I am so glad we have someone like you to thoroughly explain the problem with Lego Star Wars minifigures. We almost never seem to get a good set that meets every mark, ( Great quantity and quality of minifigures, Great build, and Good value/price). One of these is always missing, and because of that I haven't bought a set this year, and I was hoping to buy something in August but now I'm not sure.

@PenPlays

23 күн бұрын

Be diligent about finding discounts and you can have your cake and eat it too. The problems is the FOMO at the very start, and wanting to enjoy the new stuff as it releases. I lost that feeling long ago.

@timebomb42

23 күн бұрын

I feel like you should pin that comment you just made, because everything about it is 100% true. The fomo is what drives Star wars fans to pay these ridiculous release prices. But if you wait a while for discounts, and take time to narrow it down to the sets you really want, you'll find that you enjoy it so much more. ​@@PenPlays

@daviddaniels2204

23 күн бұрын

100%

@andynachos2045

21 күн бұрын

LEGO Star Wars fans try not to complain challenge (impossible)

@hoarder66

21 күн бұрын

​@@andynachos2045no one hates Lego StarWars like a Lego StarWars fan😂

the gunship could of also included pilots. we haven't seen a phase 2 pilot sense the head hunter. that mold was so sick.

@PenPlays

23 күн бұрын

True, but that helmet is also long retired, which is why it hasn't been used since, and... also why they tried passing of a completely different helmet as one too.

@nihili4196

23 күн бұрын

​@@PenPlays We've seen Lego reviving molds that have been retired for decade. Hell, they revived B2s not that long after. Tho since it's shock trooper gunship, we've seen regular shock troopers pilot it, so I wouldn't mind if they included two more regular shock troopers instead.

@PenPlays

23 күн бұрын

Very true on both accounts. We will see what the future holds. Maybe they'll remake them entirely, like they've been doing with all the trooper helmets as of late?

@danyzg_2053

22 күн бұрын

Maybe we can see that mold in the aniversary of revenge of the sith

@AspiringAsparagus

21 күн бұрын

To be fair, in the episode the set is based on, we see regular troopers piloting the gunship

LEGO just knows that - with all loudly expressed criticism - AFOLs will just buy the sets. So why add more value if you don't have to? They know their customers,

My biggest complaint is I hate it when they give us a vehicle with not enough clones, droids, stormtroopers etc to fully man it. I get it, they do that so you’ll buy a battle pack or something but just give me more basic variants to have a fully kitted vehicle.

@PenPlays

20 күн бұрын

Still waiting on the 212th Battle Pack to go with the AT-TE and the Coruscant Guard Battle Pack to go with the Gunship…

@ryanelliott71698

9 күн бұрын

@@PenPlaysthe same! I so badly want to fill up my at te set but 2 years later we still don’t got a 212th battle pack

@BrandonScott-mi5pz

8 күн бұрын

EXCELLENT WORK. PENPLAYS LEGO STAR 🌟 WARS MINIFIGURES

@CabinetWabinet

9 сағат бұрын

Or when we get 3 clones and a vehicle and 1 droid

You really are spot on with the "added value" section. Great video.

@PenPlays

23 күн бұрын

Thank you. I appreciate your kind words.

Sad to see you didn’t say “The Justifier really didn’t JUSTIFY its price”

It's nothing short of incredible how stingy LEGO can be when they pinch pennies in a LEGO Star Wars set. On the scale they work with, including cloth pieces in a $20-$40 costs them pennies. Yet, other than capes, they have chosen to omit them outside of $100+ sets(except in the case of Clones. They don't get cloth pieces anymore, period, unless it's Captain Rex. Even then they cheaped out and printed the waist cape). They used to do it. They CAN do it. It's not inflation preventing them from including cloth pieces- it's greed. Pure unadulterated greed.

@RealSteveLarry

3 күн бұрын

Bingo

the licencing costs are not that big for Lego. Lego is not the friendly company that some people think. They do the bare minimum at the maximum price, that they think people will buy that shit. As long as people buy that sets for the high price, Lego will not change. My solution for this: look at the competitors. The last thing Lego has are the minifigures, (also the custom market is in this point way better) everything else is significantly worse than the competitors

Lego Star Wars would be saved if they gave us Ben Quadrinaros smh

@PenPlays

23 күн бұрын

Easy money for them right there. What gives?!?

I wish that you also mentioned in detail how bad the quality of figures is. Inaccuracies, lack of waistcapes and shouldercapes, most figures not even having leg printing or coming with plain legs when they need dual molding. The gunship is a good example: Instead of giving us a new Padme look, they recycle an old one and give her no dual molded legs although she clearly wears boots. Fox armor is inaccurate, pink instead of white and has no waistcape. The set is not worth its price, doesnt have enough figures and 40% of them are lackluster, all of that considered I dont see how this is a budget issue, unless the budget for this 150$ set was 50$.

@PenPlays

22 күн бұрын

@@GreenNinj4 I have! Just not in this video. That part where it shows the “LEGO Star Wars Fans Are Angry” thumbnail with all the clones has a link to a video that goes over all of that, and solutions as well.

That minifigs per interval graph was really great, and a great way to communicate how many minifigs should be included at any given price point. I do wonder what your opinion on UCS sets is though, say like a $500 UCS set that comes with over 4,000 pieces. Would you still include that interval considering that would come out to be about 26 minifigures?? Or would it be that the interval doesn't matter with UCS sets because those are made primarily for display and not play??

@PenPlays

23 күн бұрын

That list bit is correct. The minifigs are a bonus. It's why I'm not very particular about how they handle exclusive minifigs they include, and will celebrate if any that do are set free of that (like Captain Rex and the Landspeeder's C-3PO). For MBS sets, as playsets, the hope would be that nearly every relevant character be included, and then a fair quantity of who else could be added if applicable. Cloud City having no general citizens was a bummer, and while the Cantina didn't have enough Bith's I would've preferred more of the patrons anyways. Both did a great job at minifigs-per-interval tho, all things considered.

@timebomb42

22 күн бұрын

@@PenPlays I'm afraid my question didn't come across as clearly as I would have liked it to, my bad. What I actually meant to ask was, do you think it's applicable to have minifigs come with these giant builds in the first place? Considering the majority of UCS sets are meant for display and a large portion of them are big ships. Take the set that you mentioned with the "certain Captain Rex" would you use that interval for that particular set considering that there is almost no playability and the entire thing is for display??

Lego really is greedy on generic troops/grunts. Like in that Moff gideon vs Pre vizsla set - The scene has 3 pretorian guards, why only put 2 in the set? it's like a few cents in production costs

@PenPlays

22 күн бұрын

@@LLegaLLizeITxC2 I guess the logic is trying to get you to buy the Paz set and the Advent Calendar to get the total quantity (which is ridiculous, as it should have all three off the bat)

How they plan sets and minifigures baffles me, it makes no sense to get a new x-wing or speeder almost every other year. People have longed for older sets like Palpatines arrest, Home one, Rancor pit. In some cases they will bring back a crowd favorite but end up making it worse, being of smaller size and worse choice of minifigs. Examples would be Imperial shuttle and the MTT. So the sets keep getting less appealing and more expensive. I understand that disney wants a cut of the profit but they should not charge more then 10% of the cost of an unlicensed set.

@PenPlays

18 күн бұрын

The reason we get X-wings and Landspeeder every couple years is because the average timespan a child is interested in LEGO is about three years tops. A new version of either of those iconic vehicles drives interest. So as more kids come into likening LEGO, there is a want to make sure they have access to the latest versions of the most iconic things about Star Wars.

As a minifig-focused collector, I couldn’t agree more. I want more figs than we’ve been getting (and more builds that aren’t just ships; I want buildings and settings, something I can keep on a table and place figs and it’ll make a nice thing to look at).

So refreshing to see educated takes about the issues with the modern Lego era. So many just complain and take the reasons given as excuses for Lego being lazy. Feels nice to see someone actually recognizing themes have a budget with the amount of new prints they can introduce each year and because of that you instead offer alternatives like including more repeat figures across sets or in the same set, when it applies. Keep up with the great content!

@PenPlays

23 күн бұрын

I’ll do my best to. Thank you. The worrisome part is that a lot of the community has resigned to the idea that “they’re just lazy” so that they don’t have to take the steps and effort to learn what’s actually going on. I feel I have the ability to share that all in one space, and I take pride in it. This isn’t the first time I’ve gotten real about minifigs, and it sure ain’t gonna be the last.

@gonkdroid8279

21 күн бұрын

Yeah, throwing in a few extra identical clones wouldn't bankrupt Lego and would make the set feel more reasonable in terms of what you get

the point about adding more troops is something i agree with, even as an adult. id love to have gotten enough 212th troopers to fill out the at te and gunship. but you know lego does it so they can sell more battlepacks. money money money.

@PenPlays

23 күн бұрын

Ok but where’s my 212th Battlepack? Where’s my Stormtrooper Battlepack? Why wait when we can have it now, ya know?

@elysianxo

23 күн бұрын

@@PenPlays yeah its quite unfortunate they dont do that. I am in need of another storm trooper battle pack now that I am an adult and can start massing them. It would be nice if, as you briefly touched on, lego were to get more funding/ designers allocated to star wars so we could get more battle packs. or, they could just put more figures in these expensive sets

@WyattKittle

21 күн бұрын

then you add onto it that there’s often so long between when these things release that they’ve changed the style of the figures and now the battle pack isn’t synergistic with what you wanted in the past anymore

I see star war lego I click 😅

@PenPlays

23 күн бұрын

Basic life needs, indeed.

@Seersilky

23 күн бұрын

I see Lego star trek i quit🗿

Thank you for making this video and making it so well argumented. I'm a Lego star wars fan and the pricing, quality and minifigure distribution issues are frustrating, it's important to talk about them.

Well done, a solid systematic argument that doesn’t simply complain (although warranted) but brings facts and examples

Supply answers instead of just complaining about it??? Thats unheard of😂

@PenPlays

21 күн бұрын

Answers based on what we know, ya. Gotta at least try to encourage rather than just criticize after all.

Do they really have to licence every character separately? I would have expected that the licence taker (Lego in this case) would have a deal that includes the whole theme in a flat rate deal situation. It's not like Sony acquiring the movie rights only to Spider-Man and not Marvel as a whole or different entities holding the rights to specific characters. Even when Timothy Zahn invented Thrawn he's not holding the rights to the character since it all belongs to Disney now (and back then probably some entity as Lucasfilm or it's book branch.

@Bas-TB

23 күн бұрын

I agree, if Zahn get something from Lego Thrawn it is probably arranged by Disney. Under Lucas it was up to the book publisher to pay both them and the author, for books. I think they said Sony had movie & game right. I am not sure about a live action series, but Disney has the comic and cartoon series rights. Most Lego Spider-Man sets aren’t based on the movies, probably so it falls within the Disney deal only.

@PenPlays

23 күн бұрын

Zahn was at least a contractor, if not an employee of Lucasfilm at the time of Thrawn's creation. So Thrawn is Lucasfilm's property regardless of who made it.

I 100% agree I need more clone phase 2 pilots and vehicle crewmen for my vehicles

Man, this is a great video... Thank You!! I just found your channel. Instant Sub!!!

@PenPlays

23 күн бұрын

Thanks for the kind words, and for subscribing!

I agree with pretty much everything, but I do think it’s important to point out when LEGO gets it right and includes the perfect amount of [great] figures like the MBS Mos Eisley Cantina.

That minifigs-per-interval is…*chefs kiss*

Video is very well done, look forward to more uploads from you!

@PenPlays

23 күн бұрын

Thank you very much. I appreciate it.

Sometimes I wish people actually ask the lego star wars design team as to why capes/pauldrons/waist capes werent included when they should of been.

oh lord, the Tallon Overworld depths track playing in the background was delightful

@PenPlays

21 күн бұрын

Only the best for my viewers

Part of the problem with these sets, along with other themes, is tie in sets not including the proper characters because Lego wasn’t given the proper context. Most of the time it’s just random vehicle with random inaccurate figures because Lego simply didn’t know. It’s the problem with tie in sets for new films and shows.

@PenPlays

23 күн бұрын

I'd agree with the context part. LEGO is given 4k turnarounds of characters and vehicles these days, as allowed, but the context itself is usually ambiguous unless, concept art has been developed to offer context in addition to the materials they already get from Lucasfilm, for example.

Not Critical at all. All you have to look at is the 500 dollar (+) UCS collections with 2-3 mini figures. And we keep collecting. :/

Great video as always Pen. Most Lego Star Wars sets feel like they are lacking in either the build, figure selection, or both for the price they cost.

We didn't get a regular version of CW/Episode III Anakin for 10 years. I'm not counting the Mustafar one because of the burn marks. It's insane. The issue isn't necessarily that Lego puts wrong versions in sets, it's that the default is often not available at all. Certain characters across all trilogies should always be available.

@PenPlays

23 күн бұрын

I agree wholeheartedly. It's been nearly five years since that Anakin was in a set, and that's insane to me

@danyzg_2053

22 күн бұрын

They have like a predilection to 4 -5-6 movies and the prequels are often forgotten

This is the most level headed chanel I have seen in ages. Both for Lego and Star Wars.

@PenPlays

23 күн бұрын

I try my best to be. Thank you for the kind words.

I am so glad that you don’t just point out the problems with Lego’s current philosophy but you also provide a fair and reasonable solution to those problems. Great job on this video and I hope the Lego Star Wars board of directors see this video. 👍

@PenPlays

4 күн бұрын

They don’t have a board of directors per theme lol. I do hope this message reaches LEGO tho. Thanks for the kind words

very well articulated !

This is my first time watching one of your videos, so I dunno if you do this all the time, but thank you so much for reminding me that I need to re-listen to the Metroid Prime soundtrack.

@PenPlays

19 күн бұрын

Only the best OSTs for my viewers.

I'm a Boba Fett fan. I've collected every set with Boba Fett in it, and continue to buy new sets with a Boba Minifigure. The mech set they brought out last year had me excited, and I bought one because it had a new updated figure, with new arm printing. It was a little disappointing that there wasn't a cape, but I get it because they said a mech set needed a functional Minifigure without capes so it would fit easily inside the mech. Fair enough. Then the new pics of the 2024 desert skiff set come out. It's the exact figure from the mech. They can't say it needed to have no cape, because this isn't a mech, or anything where Boba is designed to go into a cockpit or anything. Then what makes me more disappointed, is that this design is totally inaccurate when it comes to the movies. The Boba we see in ROTJ has a cape, and the leg printing is not accurate for the movie either. They've previously released skiff sets with more accurate figures, with capes. Why are they doing this? It really makes me want to reduce my buying down so that I only buy new sets if the figure is actually new, or exclusive to that set. I'm so disappointed, because I grew up loving lego star wars, and went on to being an adult collector of lego, with a complete Boba Fett collection. And I like to see new versions of the figures. I'll also note that I collect Jango Fett as well, and I've hoped for years they'd release a new Jango Fett Slave 1. I don't care about the size, or the accuracy too much. Just a nice build with a new figure set. Fans have asked for this for decades. Literally. So my question is - WHY WHY WHY?????!

@TheDrWill

20 күн бұрын

What I'm trying to say is, why release a set, if it doesn't meet the standards of the majority of fans? If the design falls short, they should wait it out until they perfect the design and give actual fans the ability to rate these.

@PenPlays

19 күн бұрын

The impression is that it’s meant to support a future set, going off rumors. An unfortunate side of LEGO rn is that they reuse out of place minifigs to cut corners. What is VERY unbecoming of them is them doing this to Boba Fett of all characters. The reason is always money.

I definitely agree with a lot of this. I can’t imagine the complexity that goes into pricing LEGO sets and I assume there is still a measure above what we understand, but it sure would be nice to see a bit more improvement on minifigs. I hope that LEGO is doing their best with what they can 🤞🏼

Seeing the screenshots from TCW episode that the Coruscant Guard Gunship was based on, it’s makes so much more sense why the Commander Fox minifigure is so inaccurate. Lego definitely based the design for Fox off of Thorn

honestly I feel like Lego star wars fans care way too much about minifigures, I saw so many people complaining that the UCS venator only came with 2 minifigures, when you can't even do anything with them.

@PenPlays

23 күн бұрын

Think of it sort of like action figure collecting. Sure most collectors will have them displayed and do nothing with them, but that doesn't stop it from being a hobby. People want exclusives if they're going to collect, that's just part of the appeal. There needs to be a balance tho, of course, as this is a toy for children first and foremost, and in that, also comes the concern for quality. I will add tho, this is just one video in a series talking even beyond LEGO Star Wars about the LEGO minifigs, and you'll find some of the topics from this video discussed in future episodes regarding different themes as well.

@OtisCluck

23 күн бұрын

I love how mad the “collectors” are about the Captain Rex now being in a $13 micro fighter set lmao

@coralthehippo1247

23 күн бұрын

I’m sorry but four minifigures would’ve been nicer than two :/. It’s $650 and getting more value for your money is nice

@PenPlays

23 күн бұрын

@@coralthehippo1247 I mean, if the set was more than just a display piece, I'd feel it could use more, and, honestly, it should have. The Venator including Anakin and maybe even Ahsoka would have been most welcome, considering it's specifically based on Anakin's ship.

@AisuAsai

23 күн бұрын

@@coralthehippo1247 if you could do anything with them then yeah, but they just sit on a stand and do nothing, no reason to add them and inflate the price

I pretty much stop buying Lego for a while now. Not sure why people get so angry and bent out of shape over it. There’s the metal molds LEGO has to make, also plays a factor. I completely agree with you as well.

Spectacular video as always.

@PenPlays

22 күн бұрын

@@dtinagliastudios Thank you, Dan. I appreciate it.

You only have to look back at the first waves of SW sets to see where sets had more minifigs and parts in general. I’ve found frequently it feels like a set needed 2-3 extra figures to round it out. On Yavin IV temple design, it was plainly evident a larger set was in mind as the two wings holding the briefing room and command room appear cut down from a larger design. Once you extend them out a bit proportionally to the center section the set feels and looks right. I’m convinced the original design had larger wings after seeing it. To the point about figures, the set cries out for at least three minifigs: X-Wing Pilot Luke, one more Rebel Trooper and one Rebel Ground Crew. With the extended wings (about 5 studs depth) and the additional figures it hits the mark.

For the at-te i swapped out the 212th with my 501st cause i had 14 and thats plenty to fully fill the walker with some extra to walk around outside the walker.

preaching to the choir. well done, but doubt anything will change sadly.

@PenPlays

22 күн бұрын

@@FabuBrik If Star Wars has taught us anything, it’s to have hope.

I enjoyed the video but I feel there were a few times the music was cut oddly. Do you think Disney has a choice on what figures should be included because I know they do have a say on some others sets that have released with what characters were in it

@PenPlays

23 күн бұрын

I have had some issues with the sound doing it’s job as of recent. Needs more investigation it seems

@PenPlays

23 күн бұрын

Lucasfilm has a say, yes. All decisions are made by them. Disney just owns them.

I see you casually plugging in that metroid prime music in the background. Finally a lego you tuber with proper taste and culture

@PenPlays

21 күн бұрын

Only the finest OSTs for my viewers

Great explanation! I've always felt like the Star Wars theme sorely lacks diversity & consistency with quality

Nice video btw, I totally agree. If they added more minifigures I would be much happier with the price.

also annoyling lego keeps forgetting that there are clone piltos who pilot clone gunship

@PenPlays

23 күн бұрын

Agreed. They should make a new helmet, and then plan on releasing a ton of sets requiring them. Both for Phase 1 and for Phase 2.

Great video, thank you for articulating something that seems so obvious to us fans but for some reason Lego doesn’t seem to understand

@PenPlays

23 күн бұрын

It's my preference to spell it out, rather than use harsh phrasing. Being constructive is the only way we can hope to see them improve.

I’m glad we share the same opinion on this topic!

Nice vid, and thoughtful Minifigure Metric! I DO feel as though price per piece has to be factored in, however. The Interstellar Spaceship, for instance (60430) has 240 pieces, ONE minifigue, no stickers, and costs $20 - basically the perfect set.

@PenPlays

22 күн бұрын

@@paradox2767 Oh believe me, price per piece is as much as a standard here as minifigs-per-interval. We can have both. In the case of that Spaceship, it delivers on the part qty front to legitimize only coming with one minifig. Balances itself out quite nicely.

The dude who designed the $30 Clone Battlepack with a ton of figs (awesome value) is no longer with Lego. They hate putting a ton of figs in SW sets.

@kinglukethe7th524

14 күн бұрын

Source for this claim?

@shaunw9092

14 күн бұрын

@kinglukethe7th524 It won't let me post a link, but look at the Brickset page for the set. Designer was Nathan Clark.

@shaunw9092

6 күн бұрын

@@kinglukethe7th524 Brickset

Hey Pen now that we just got bumblebee do you think you may do another transformers video? Hopefully the next character we get is soundwave or another decepticon.

@PenPlays

23 күн бұрын

Definitely not off the cards. I’m going to focus on getting the rest of this series out first, and then we shall see what happens

Sadly this great arguement you make is exactly how I value SW sets within the past 3 years. Iv had people tell me its due to licensing and being a branded IP which can still be true, but I have been a SW fan far beyond lego for over 2 decades. If theres one thing I know is these product making companies know SW fans are some of the most fanatical and collection driven customers in the world. Any and everything you can think of can and will be collected by some group within the fan base. Lego minifigs are no exception and they can be the worst. Lego literally has that community by the stones. Theyll either buy the set straight up, on a sale, or buy the figures second hand. The problem is, Lego knows they can get away with these prices regardless of who buys it because SW minifig collectors will still casually spend $10-$20+ on a figure second hand. So $80 for a desert skiff set really translates to, $80 for 6 minifigs and a bunch of pieces. Which in some peoples minds is cheaper than buying all 6 of those minifigs or any number of them second hand and selling the rest to recoop part of the money lost. Perfect example is the recent retired Justifier that was at $170 retail. I bought just the justifier ship for $80 second hand because of how valuable those minifigs were in that set

I think they can leverage the minifigure series to bring us less important characters or more generic .Imagine a series only for clones , other for separatists (including og droids ,neimodians,geonosian etc).Other for jedis (the ones that we dont get since 2013 or before),other for clone wars secondary characters ,other for old/less important themes like the series.Imagine having back the minifigs of rogue one ,rebels and also series from newer series(ahsoka,kenobi,characters from mandalorian). As you can see there are infinite options. Of course they could include some relevant character from time to time. I dont really know why they dont do this, I mean there no reason against.

I had the opportunity to purchase the Justifier on discount for $99 (if you call that a discount at Walmart) at one time and I passed it up. I'll probably not purchase the new Star Destroyer set because I get enough used parts every year that I could eventually build my own (hopefully) twice as big.

Amazing music choice btw, Metroid Prime is the GOAT.

So by your calculations, how many minifigures should have come with the UCS AT-AT? I have it and adore it, but it is lacking the numbers of minifigs I would expect for being the most expensive Lego set.

@PenPlays

19 күн бұрын

See, the UCS AT-AT is such a specific outlier. On one end, a battle pack that launched the same year it did would suffice in supporting it, but on the other end, for its price, it could have included more as a standard. The key would be more troops, but then compared to other sets, it technically isn’t lacking as much as others. The dilemma is that it’s a UCS set, where the minifigs are a bonus, rather than a requirement (as neat as having them as a bonus is). It’s very hard to say, honestly.

We need a new Anakin, it has been years since we got one

They couldve just made the scene in the justifier from earlier in the episode, put a couple phase 2 plain clone troopers in it, and boom, perfection. (Except for the price)

Thank you for making this video, Instead of just complaining about the mini-figure problem you actually provide a decent and reasonable argument not fully founded on emotions. With a actual rational solution that seems all to reasonable to me. The special focus on the new Gunship with the Thorn and other shock troops is a fantastic point to make and I don't know why they make these bigger sets able to be built out like armies is very silly to me. Great vid, you got my sub man.

isnt it obvious? lego is a company. its main goal is to earn money when they force star wars stans to spend loads of money getting dozens of the same set, they profit more (also imo that minifig metric of 1 per $10 etc is extremely arbitrary)

Am I missing something? Don’t Lego pieces cost like pennies to make? The atat has exactly 40 seats for the 40 troopers the plate says. For 1299 aud I dont understand why I can’t have 35 more troopers.

@PenPlays

19 күн бұрын

I mean there is more than that going into producing these sets. So it’s not *just* pennies… But that still doesn’t change the fact that you’re right.

@That1Redhead28

19 күн бұрын

@@PenPlayssame goes for the 2 deck officers yet it doesn’t even have 1. Also 2/4 snowspeeders

In my opinion thoes arguments, are only valid for hard core star wars nerds

@RealSteveLarry

3 күн бұрын

Hardcore Star Wars Nerds are the customer base, or used to be before the disney buyout. Now its just trash.

Lego Star Wars and other premium sets should be a loss leader for Lego. Lego is too big to fail at this point. And giving their premium sets more minifigs or parts to buy, is a reason to keep coming back and buying them. People will always buy Star Wars or marvel sets. If you give them more, it just makes them want to come back and buy again. Think milk or bread for stors, if they buy milk or bread, they’ll buy bacon and eggs, it’s a whole ecosystem of recurring purchasing in a regular bases. Or because Lego is too big to fail, they know they can undercut their premium sets, because you can’t get them anywhere else.

@jmurray1110

20 күн бұрын

Want the perfect loss leader example: baked beans In the UK baked beans were so important one store sold them for -2p No seriously

@PenPlays

20 күн бұрын

I would say LEGO is too big to fail, but something like a loss leader would be most welcome. The only issue is that it’s very likely Lucasfilm requires a certain image to be retained, and is something LEGO must adhere to. Only problem is that opinion on the consumer end won’t change, but because of corporate executives typically being disconnected from direct access to their markets, they wouldn’t assume that.

About the CG Gunship, I'm not defending LEGO don't get me wrong but kids today don't have long enough attention spans to go back and watch TCW to understand who Rush Clovis is so it wouldn't matter to them if it was included (yeah ik most LEGO SW fans are collectors anyway but I just wanted to say something funny)

@PenPlays

16 күн бұрын

It would matter because it’s another character. Context doesn’t matter as much with kids as long as they have their main characters. In the end, the older builders get a bonus figure that they understand.

LEGO is doing the exact opposite of what Kenner did, where LEGO has made dozens of the same characters over the years, while mostly ignoring all the "Glup Shitto" characters. Thinking back, I think only sets based on events of Tatooine include a bunch of unique aliens. I can't say "unnamed", because they're all named, but lesser-known or with barely any screen time. Both Jabba's Palace sets, any Mos Eisley Cantina set (especially that SWEEET $400 one, favorite thing I've ever bought) so on and so forth. Unique aliens are just so rare outside of it. I know some do exist, especially if the alien plays a larger part in the story like Admiral Ackbar or some of the sequel aliens, but yeah I agree we need more figures. But I want more aliens!

Thought you would comparé with the Harry Potter Line up. This side meet more often if not almost the Time... Sure maybe the liscensing Price is lower and help with that feeling but when I see the same Price and notice the voie is more interesting on Harry Potter theme, it hurt a bit to be a Lego Star Wars fan doubled with being 1 collectionnor...

Wen die nun keine Prints für jedes Set rausbringen und noch immer Aufkleber benutzen seh ich sowieso schwarz für Lego

Produktion kost is not what it is thats Holding Lego back. Its Just their sheer will. They wont give you any more because they get greedier and greedier and try to get away with higher price and less things in the Sets.On top of that they sue other companies that make their own minifigures

Is anyone going to say anything about no Rebel ground vehicles?

@PenPlays

23 күн бұрын

Lots of room for variety all around, but best to focus on one topic at a time. At least, that's how I feel about it anyways.

They really need to find a way to do collectible Star Wars minifig series. 2 every year. There’s just so many characters we don’t get for years or haven’t gotten at all. Dooku for example. A main antagonist, a must have if you collect them, and he was last released 10 years ago. Asajj Ventress hasn’t seen the light of day in years as well. I’m running out of room for these $500 sets that have the most exclusive yet coveted figs if you collect them. Cloud city Lando is a perfect example for that. An iconic character and to get the best version of him, the only one that will stand next to your modern Luke and Han, will cost you hundreds of dollars. Like sure, I can be on the ball and bricklink the specific figs I want right after the sets come out, but there’s just got to be a better way. With 2 series of collectible mini figs every year, they could cover all eras, and the mains we’ve been missing for years could return. With what gets released now, and for some years now, we’ll probably never get an updated Zam Wesell figure. Collectible series could change that. Along with adding ones we haven’t gotten like Wat Tambor, Admiral Trench, Zygerrian Queen and Slavers, Second and Ninth sister. Updates on Shaak Ti, Obi Wan in his bounty hunter disguise, Plo Koon. So much they could be doing with a collectible Star Wars minifigure series

Yeah at this point the mini-figures often outvalue the set itself, back in the day a great army men play set had to have a great set design and dozens of playable soldiers for the set to be successful. What the fan base actually wants is like 20 clone troopers at a time, with a value of $2-3 a fig. That's what a battle pack should look like, no need for lousy side builds. BTW great video.

@PenPlays

22 күн бұрын

@@SirRecon I wonder if people would be ready for a Battle Pack with that many characters? More for the price it’d come with, I mean. Thanks you for the kind words

The fact that we could have gotten both Thorn AND Fox in the same set really peeves me off

Licensed LEGO = diorama sets, not play, and that's a problem

@PenPlays

18 күн бұрын

I’d look at the options they have, again

Lego doesn’t need to license every character for each set, they just license the brand as a whole

Is there any problem LEGO doesn’t have? 😂 First with droids and snapping joints, then with a shortage of Clones and Imperials, lastly let us not forget the brittle colored bricks issue. And now this? Are you just clickbaiting us or is LEGO hiding something behind closed doors? Great video btw.

lego have a budget problem. It feels like every year the rules for designers become more strict - for example, one minifigure cuts pieces from building even if it's a duplicate, not only just couple studs but mostly function elements. I think lego just playing too safe, this is even comical, but sadly a corporate toy world.

= Disney owns the IP not Lego. Disney takes a huge percentage of sales yet it sells… So Lego is doing whatever it takes to cut costs while making a profit. Hence why Lego’s original IP such as Ninjago is full of Quality. They also have to go through “approving” the designs… which is why sets come out late. It’s that simple.

I'm excited to get the dark falcon I think the minifigures are great especially darth vader

while I think that the recent sets had some cool characters in them that we hadn't seen in a while, I 100% agree that Lego Star Wars could easily be 10x better with a few simple steps mentioned in the video. I really wonder why random 4€ collectible figures get dual-molded, side-printed legs and arm print for no reason, while Star wars characters dont get it even though they absolutely need it (Sabine Wren for example). And dont even get me started on cloth pieces/waste capes

@PenPlays

22 күн бұрын

@@LLegaLLizeITxC2 the reason the Collectible Minifigures get all the fancy stuff is because the Collectible Minifigures team has their own budget. A budget they don’t have to spend on sets, so all that money can go into minifig details. So, say if they do a Marvel series, even tho it’s Marvel, the Super Heroes team isn’t actually involved.

just add 4 more red clones so we can fill our gunship more clone means happy

Would be nice if we got a ROTJ Boba Fett in ROTJ sets, instead of ESB Bobas Also Thrawn would have been perfect if lego didn't unnecessarily remove 2 code cylinders

@PenPlays

20 күн бұрын

Hardly understand the code cylinders issue. Boba tho. It’s a completely different character at that point. No idea why they think they can pass that off

This is actually an excellent and logical video 👏

@PenPlays

19 күн бұрын

Thank you, I appreciate the kind words

@joedewitwomey9627

19 күн бұрын

@@PenPlays you are welcome, it confused me why Lego Star Wars has been so Stingy with thier mini fig selection as of late. But I will admit, I absolutely love the new battlepack with the mandalorians and the cool looking imperial dudes, and the one with the new mof Gideon. But most of it is just a massive lost opportunity. I don’t like the new sets with the figs without any link to actual Star Wars

Lego knows we're hot on clones, so they gove us the bare minimum to keep us thirsty for more or to buy more copies of the set, Or, there are just wrong people working on the wrong work.

IMO there should be 1 minifig per $10. it shouldn’t decrease after a certain amount. A $200 set should absolutely include 20 minifigures.

Is that music from Metroid? Metroid Prime?

@PenPlays

15 күн бұрын

Indeed. Only the best OSTs for my viewers

It’s insane how much of the fandom bootlicks literally anything Lego does Like people saying that fox miniature is good when it is objectively terrible with really poor quality And I hate the “it’s just for kids” argument as it would literally change nothing for them for the built to appease more to older fans who at this point are probably the majority anyway

@PenPlays

22 күн бұрын

@@omarbaba9892 I would go as far as saying the adult market for LEGO Star Wars exceeds the child audience in size. LEGO is very rare in that way. However we should still ask for the best, because kids deserve the best. We just get to benefit from it lol

@omarbaba9892

22 күн бұрын

@@PenPlays yes I do think that, they had it near perfect in the mid 2010s balancing play and collect. The thing is that now models are looking significantly worse with dumb play features that stick out way too much that I bet kids don’t even use. Like when I was younger I never used stud shooters because they were finicky and hard to use and they just take away from the imagination aspect of it all

@Makocat

20 күн бұрын

​@@PenPlaysAnd in general. As of today it's known that adult collectors and hobbyists are the ones buying toys more so than adults buying them for their children. Not just for Lego but in general. Kids are too busy playing on phones to care about toys. Reminder tho that thia doesn't mean kids don't play with toys anymore. But that the adults that keep toys for themselves greatly outnumber them. And the investing on these things has added fuel to this fire.

@omarbaba9892

17 күн бұрын

@@Makocatexactly

yea 100% understand people love builds but for me its figs so you nailed the reasons I passed on that gunship this set would have been better with Padme (New Outfit), Rush Clovis, Thorn, x2 Shocks & x2 Pilots if they needed more would not have minded getting the sep senator or the banking clan member either would be the first for their race so could even get new molds or as you said embo could even get his hound (molded mess me with that brick built crap) not sure we would ever get these figs again so such a shame they we're not included also, DC may be the worst offender theme wise for me personally so many characters yet it's almost always batman or superman stuff :/ for awhile did hold out hope for young justice figs but ig not going to happen so I'll stick to customs ik we may get some figs soon from guns reboot (not that it will be any good) but why wait they have so many shows & movies to take from

Isn't the tentative iv scene 55 dollars and not under 50

@PenPlays

20 күн бұрын

It’s around that price, hence it’s use in the vid

Why I stop collecting and stop selling 😂

Legos getting greedy with these prices… 45 dollars for the new Jedi Bob’s starfighter is bonkers

15:05 it goes into cocaine for executives, duh

Part of lego's game is to stretch and manipulate demand by selectively including minifigures. Why include ALL of the bad batch in the Justifier if you can goad the customer into buying 2 sets at double the price? I'm not saying your analysis is invalid, I just don't believe Lego does anything by accident... Lego doesn't want to add value, they want to make sales at the lowest minimum investment. And that has a lot to do with how many adults with adult money are involved in Lego. A set doesnt have to be a complete play set because the average adult fan can and does fork out for disperate parts.

I like the video

the one thing that i kinda disagree is that for the most part other licensed themes that are popular like star wars i.e harry potter and marvel superheros get more minifigures get more variety and are typically cheaper for what you get. (i will note both harry potter and marvel are getting more expensive, but they tend to have a lot more variety and minifigures with them when compared.). imo i find it rather annoying when star wars sets feel so limiting despite being the biggest theme lego has, though i will say that the theme has taken an interesting direction (not bad either)

@PenPlays

22 күн бұрын

@@merlin5662 Marvel is starting to outpace Star Wars with their pricing. Both Marvel and HP are separate licenses from Star Wars, controlled by different parties. Each license is going to cost different, leading to the HP sets seeming more favorable. All because the license is less expensive in comparison.

@merlin5662

22 күн бұрын

@@PenPlays oh I know and understand that, however that does not mean I am not envious of the sets harry potter gets

@PenPlays

22 күн бұрын

@@merlin5662 I also feel a lot of their prints are simpler than Star Wars minifigs have (not that that’s a bad thing). Combined with how much reuse they get out of students’ robes and I’d wager it’s more affordable for them with their budget to offer more characters than one would assume

@merlin5662

21 күн бұрын

@@PenPlays that may be true however harry potter definitely get some unique sets that I feel like star wars should be getting but they don't (may be until fairly recently with midscale, but I am not counting this year due to anniversary so it's a special year regardless)

I dont buy lego anymore. They keep pricing average people out

getting sick of lego sw minifigs photo hunt, some very difficult to see the variance