There is a rumored UCS Hoth Echo Base possibly being released in October 2015:  http://www.groovebricks.com/lego-star-wars-ucs-hoth-echo-base-coming-2015/

 

I'm having trouble imagining exactly what this would look like for it to have the features of the base but also fit into the mold of UCS sets being very 'complete' models. In other words, is a sprawling playset really suitable for this type of set?

 

I also wonder if this will be the nail in the coffin for the Death Star.

isnt there a new AT-ST coming out ? There u go , mystery solved . 

Maybe it was a bad seller as a stand alone set(I doubt it but possible).  But I know a way to improve its sales either way - release a base for it to attack!

No other logical explanation for retiring the AT-AT other it was a poor seller or a new one is coming out. Who knows...

Glad that there is no mention of an AT-AT. I might need to keep one to add to this set (need to see pics first of course)

 

I really hope that the set is on par with Ewok Village and the Sandcrawler.

38 minutes ago, jaisonline said:

No other logical explanation for retiring the AT-AT other it was a poor seller or a new one is coming out. Who knows...

New one methinks, similar scenario as MF last year

Maybe it's only me, but I really don't care about Hoth.

Maybe it's only me, but I really don't care about Hoth.

BLASPHEMY!

Question is is this replacing The Death Star or Ewok Village.

Just now, Starkthunder said:

Question is is this replacing The Death Star or Ewok Village.

A new DS is replacing 10188 

25 minutes ago, Ed Mack said:

Maybe it's only me, but I really don't care about Hoth.

2 of us. 

27 minutes ago, Ed Mack said:

Maybe it's only me, but I really don't care about Hoth.

Probably because lego has done it to death.

Umm 75054 didnt get the retired tag like 75055. So could always be a new box.  We do like new boxes still don't we?

And even if they do retire it just print some more to compliment hoth.  It's only a matter of time before they try it on a few larger sets other than seasonal

I don't own a single Hoth related set (as far as my personal collection is concerned), so I am very excited about finally adding one to my collection!

11 hours ago, dcdfan said:

They seem to be using it based the sticker price...

 

11 hours ago, Ed Mack said:

Who?

I'm going to just put this here..

Let me know when the box art is leaked .. until then, this owl could care less about either side of the debate.

Considering this has been done multiple times over I'm guessing most of use would have preferred to see some other scene.  Lots of us "new" folk would like a Cloud City (they did the carbon freezing after all).

30 minutes ago, colossus said:

Considering this has been done multiple times over I'm guessing most of use would have preferred to see some other scene.  Lots of us "new" folk would like a Cloud City (they did the carbon freezing after all).

I didn't mention "Cloud City" in my previous posts here because it could turn this thread upside down.  All I'm going to type is, Like Kenner in the early 1980s, Lego is dropping the ball by not releasing Cloud City stuff. The Freezing Champer set is a joke gone terrible bad.  So instead, we finally will get probably decent Hoth set that should be expandable or reconfigurable. Yay.

 

It's all going to boil down to what exactly is included in the set.  We know there is a snowspeeder, but is it going to be in the same scale as the one that just recently disappeared?  I for some reason have my doubts on that.  For a 2100 piece set, it would probably be smaller, and if they do include some kind of version of an AT-AT, then you can pretty much figure the rest of the set is going to be sorely lacking.  I'm cautiously optimistic about it.  If they can include enough detail to tell what it is without having to rely on the vehicles, then I would be ok with it.  But, like others, I just have an odd feeling about this set.

It's going to include a lot of white bricks. Yay!

I know its highly unlikely but a micro scale hoth would work. Well for me it would.

12 minutes ago, Ed Mack said:

It's going to include a lot of white bricks. Yay!

If you leave them in the sun, some of will turn yellow.

So is this it in the picture?

http://toysnbricks.com/

 

5 minutes ago, JDLego324 said:

So is this it in the picture?

http://toysnbricks.com/

 

Thats from the video release on lego.com a couple months ago.  The speculation at the time is the video was a preview of the set, so likely shows much of the design.  

This is what you need guys!

Looks like an insult to the gold seal