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Official Press Release: https://ideas.lego.com/blogs/a4ae09b6-0d4c-4307-9da8-3ee9f3d368d6/post/f0c33605-faf8-4628-9d1a-643b90064bfc Pics:

Spotted this on TRU.com... https://www.toysrus.com/product?productId=111912996

Minifigure wall continues to blossom, hung today - Star Wars: Good Vs Evil.

Dang.. I personally think this is the most interesting set of the Summer waves and once the BOGO40% off comes into play, i'll probably buy a few, because these sets always do well in the aftermarket.. I always tend to dig the TRU summer exclusive sets that tend to have a prequel bias, and I think this one follows the mold fairly well. If you follow the history of those sets (Palpatines Arrest, MTT, Battle Droid Carrier, Sith Infiltrator, Homing Spider Droid, and now this) they always tend to provide an interesting set that isn't perhaps mass marketable, but is usually the best version of that vehicle (ok, MTT is debatable). This set contains a decent rendition of the vehicle, and a good selection of minifigures (following the mold of previous TRU exclusives ). Overall, I like it. I'm waiting until the 40% BOGO to buy it, but i'll definitely buy this one. This set is more interesting to my boy and I than the Rathtar Escape, Quadjumper, and most of the other summer wave sets. It looks like the best technical build of the bunch, as well.

All the encouragement I needed.

I'm actually pleasantly surprised by the price.

A "Handy Instant Win" is a DB right now!!! Codes: bouqu3ts and HANDY123

Not directly about LEGO, but it was something that could have had implications down the road. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/30/business/supreme-court-patent-rights-lexmark.html WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday placed sharp limits on how much control patent holders have over how their products are used after they are sold. The case concerned Lexmark International, which makes toner cartridges for use in its printers. The court ruled that the company could not use patent law to stop companies from refilling and selling the cartridges. Mark Lemley, director of the Stanford Program in Law, Science and Technology, said that anyone who refurbished, repaired or resold used products would now be protected from patent infringement claims. The ruling will also prevent manufacturers from forcing consumers to buy supplies only from the original source. “It’s good for consumers,” Mr. Lemley said. “It’s going to reduce consumer prices.” Lexmark sold the cartridges on the condition that they not be reused after the ink ran out. Impression Products, a small company in Charleston, W.Va., nonetheless bought Lexmark cartridges in the United States and abroad, refurbished and refilled them, and sold them more cheaply than Lexmark does. Lexmark sued for patent infringement, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, a specialized court in Washington, accepted both of its main arguments, concerning domestic and international sales. The appeals court acknowledged that the general rule was that buyers of patented products could do with them what they wished. But it said the conditions Lexmark placed on the sale of its cartridges could be enforced as a matter of patent law for sales in the United States. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., writing for a unanimous Supreme Court on this point, disagreed. He said Lexmark could not use the patent laws to enforce the contractual conditions it placed on the sale of its cartridges. Under the doctrine of “patent exhaustion,” he wrote, once a patent holder sells an item, it can no longer control the item through the patent laws. “The purchaser and all subsequent owners are free to use or resell the product just like any other item of personal property, without fear of an infringement lawsuit,” the chief justice wrote. He used an illustration to make the point. “Take a shop that restores and sells used cars,” Chief Justice Roberts wrote. “The business works because the shop can rest assured that, so long as those bringing in the cars own them, the shop is free to repair and resell those vehicles. That smooth flow of commerce would sputter if companies that make the thousands of parts that go into a vehicle could keep their patent rights after the first sale.” Printer makers like Lexmark and HP have long battled independent companies that refill ink and toner cartridges and sell them more cheaply than the manufacturers do. Inkjet printer ink is one of the world’s most expensive liquids, with Consumer Reports magazine estimating in 2013 that it cost $13 to $75 an ounce — more than top-class Champagne and many perfumes. A new Lexmark toner cartridge, with a suggested price of almost $200, sells for $138 at a major retailer. But a refurbisher currently sells a replacement for $72. While Lexmark turned to the courts to stop the refill companies, HP resorted to technology, such as changing the internal software in the printers to recognize and block the use of unauthorized cartridges. But the court’s decision will have ramifications far beyond ink, particularly for the import and resale of products like smartphones and name-brand drugs. The justices essentially ruled that once products are sold, buyers can do what they want with them unless other laws intervene. In theory, the decision will allow a retailer like Costco Wholesale, which filed a brief for the defendant in the case, to buy high-tech goods at the cheapest price it can find worldwide, bring them to the United States and resell them to customers. In a brief supporting Impression Products, Intel and other technology companies told the court that patent law should not be used to undermine an interconnected global economy. “A product may be designed in the United States; assembled in Singapore from parts made in Costa Rica, Israel and China; and then shipped to the United States for sale,” the brief said. “Intel’s multitier supply chain, for example, comprises more than 16,000 suppliers in over 100 countries. Likewise, more than 750 companies supply components from over 30 countries that are incorporated in iPhones and iPads.” The appeals court had also ruled in favor of Lexmark on foreign sales, saying that patent holders could control what was done with their products after they were sold abroad and re-imported by buyers. Chief Justice Roberts again disagreed, writing for the majority that the same basic principles applied. “An authorized sale outside the United States, just as one within the United States, exhausts all rights under the Patent Act,” he wrote. In a 2013 Supreme Court copyright decision, Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, the Supreme Court ruled that it was lawful to import and resell textbooks that were first sold abroad. Chief Justice Roberts wrote that making distinctions between patent and copyright protections “would make little theoretical or practical sense.” The ruling on international sales is significant, legal experts said, because companies often sell their products abroad at lower prices on the condition that they will not be imported into the United States. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dissented from that part of the decision. “Patent law is territorial,” she wrote. “A foreign sale, I would hold, does not exhaust a U.S. inventor’s U.S. patent rights.” Justice Neil M. Gorsuch did not participate in the case, Impression Products v. Lexmark International, No. 15-1189.

It's an Ideas set. I'll bet they're all printed.

Ok, im going full on Star Wars nerd here, but actually, it's not a remake. This set hasn't been done like this. They made a UCS version of the Delta 7 Aethersprite class light interceptor without the hyperdrive ring, but they never made that starfighter with the hyperdrive ring. The only other version with a hyperdrive ring was this set below, which isn't from the Episode 2 Attack of the Clones sequence where Obi had to dodge Jango Fett's Slave 1 in a meteor field. In fact, it's using a different ship, the Eta-2 Actis class light interceptor and I don't remember a hyperdrive ring appearing in the Battle of Coruscant sequence in Revenge of the Sith, so the set below has no real merit in it's authenticity as a "Movie based lego set" :

Hope u or who ever owns the sets got them on a discount or free to get so many too early in the game. And please dont stack them like that for long periods of time.

2HY 2017 catalogues are starting to surface.EU one should be up soon.

You went Star Wars nerd,but you didn't go full Star Wars Nerd or you would know that this version of the Eta Interceptor wasn't from the battle of Coruscant. <Pushes pretend glasses up nose and sniffs.> Obi-Wan uses this Jedi Interceptor to go to Utapau and clearly docks with the hyperdrive ring at about 52:07 and then is seen coming out of hyperdrive at about 53:48. the scale is off for those 2 ships. plus, why not have another ship to buy that has more scene accurate colors. (or colours if you will.) This set is totally covfefe

This set needs Scully, Yorku, Scully's catch of the day, and the Barnacle from Summer Rental.

Really impressed, the ideas sets continue to set the bar! Last two have been home runs in my opinion, with a doubt my favourite theme within the lego line up.

I needed some shipping boxes and didn't have any Staples coupons, so I just discovered Jet.com is now selling corrugated boxes in all sizes. I'll let you know how the quality is. They appear to be different brands, depending on what you're looking for.

Thanks. In for 8... Hope they don't get cancelled

Product Weight:3.1 pounds Product Dimensions (in inches):14.7 x 13.8 x 3.6 Looks to be same size and weight

Had to grin about his comment (near the end of the video) about the PRICE of this set. He's slamming LEGO for pricing this set so high! $100 in the US... But it's even worse here, at €120 in The Netherlands! No F'ing way!

New Death Star says hello!!!

From the LEGO Batman 3 game:

Holy moley...I never thought I'd live to see the day that TLG would wake up and memorialize the brilliance of Sherrif Lobo in plastic bricks. Oh wait...you meant a different Lobo?

LOBO! Fraggin' awesome.

5th bag done for the Silent Mary. Pulled the sharks and minifigures before the build for the kids.

Finished the AT AT today

Done, what a beast!

From Delta Customs: New minifigs include Lobo, Cheetah, Firestorm, Killer Frost, and Reverse Flash One set might be a Lex Luther Mech. Might be time to get rid of those 6862s. Could be an even more awesome mech. Something like this would be awesome: (That's an MOC)

I can't think of any in that style.. they have printed doors though not very many. https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=bb03pb02#T=C&C=13 The very large majority of Bricklink's Door, Decorated parts are stickers.

Call it a UCS NASA Rocket. Once this is gone, it'll be as sought after as the shuttle IMHO. I'm betting they under estimated its popularity.

$2 thank you sir!

This is an outstanding set. Will buy on day 1 to show my support for these big Ideas sets

And the 75158 at 40% off is OOS, I hope everybody got the ones they wanted! It's also OOS on LEGO Shop at Home and probably gone for good. I was just thinking of getting a few more, the May 4th SW sale and the Mastermind Toys clearance had left the account a little dry...

8 is rodian alliance fighter with the wrong head

2 is rhino from rhino/sandman set

Sorry in advance for the meme...

Greetings, Today i build the magazine gift SW911724-1: A-Wing. I think it looks and matches the movie A-Wing really good. The only issue is that the thrusters on the back are very wobbly. I did not build LEGO for about 15 years and i always stumble over weird new bricks. This A-Wing has two weird "negative" bricks underneath it. Never seen this before...

Thanks, I had somehow overlooked the jpeg encoding algorithm.

Picnic in the City by Melan-E

Took a break from Technic and built the UCS Tie. Fun build, sturdier than it looks.

I finished this set yesterday, new favorite set. It's fantastic as a model, and yuuge.

Also added a light kit to my Creator Ecto-1 (: home from college means more lego down time

Ghostbusters Firehouse: Been working on this a couple hours a night. Scored it a few nights back off Craigslist, for $250. The box was destroyed, but the seller let me check all bags! Been building 1 bag number set each night, on bags #5 tonite. I am quite surprised at the level of detail inside. The quality of the build is superb,(i have never built a modular building). That window AC unit build not having ANY detail or sticker/print is driving me nuts. But I should be able to come up with something off an extra sticker sheet I have laying around. Onward to the second floor!

Here's what the Tower of Airjitzu looks like at my local toy store: I checked the seals today and they are 46S6...

Wow, you went from zero to Star Wars tech geek in less than 12 parsecs.....I Love It!

Well I can see that the boxart is leeked out from my first set the Old Fishing Store I hope that every body like the box. The brick count is still hiding behind the store. Brick on!