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.

if there's ever another "exclusive" / "direct to consumers" set that retailers are allowed discount even remotely close to 10227, 75098 is probably the best bet.  remember, the ewok village was discounted by 25% for a week by amazon.

we'll see how things play out. 

Think this set is bad, wait til this one hits stores...

6 hours ago, ravenb99 said:

Think this set is bad, wait til this one hits stores...

This set pic was posted earlier in this thread with a piece count. The one above seems to be making the FB rounds. I wonder who copied who with this. 

Just now, Mos_Eisley said:

This set pic was posted earlier in this thread with a piece count. The one above seems to be making the FB rounds. I wonder who copied who with this. 

imugr has some too

3 minutes ago, Mos_Eisley said:

This set pic was posted earlier in this thread with a piece count. The one above seems to be making the FB rounds. I wonder who copied who with this. 

The one without a piece count is the European version  

5 minutes ago, Bold-Arrow said:

The one without a piece count is the European version  

well said.

That should totally come with a Bail Organa figure.

6 hours ago, ravenb99 said:

Think this set is bad, wait til this one hits stores...

Shouldn't there be some minifig parts included?

3 hours ago, citymorgue said:

I'll bet money that 75098 never sees a discount greater than Lego's double VIP.

Maybe it will be on sale during the "May the 4th be with you" promotion. Last year TLG offered 10% off Star Wars sets plus VIP points.

Now visible at SAH Europe. 250 euros for all major countries except.......  Italy 260, Belgium and Holland 280!

Edited February 18, 20169 yr by Val-E

7 minutes ago, Val-E said:

Now visible at SAH Europe. 250 euros for all major countries except.......  Italy 260 and Holland 280!

Yes because the Holland version comes with four stormtroopers... 

 

 

 

 

 

Stormartroopers... 

Edited February 18, 20169 yr by mauro23

Only makes it easier for me.

1 hour ago, Val-E said:

Now visible at SAH Europe. 250 euros for all major countries except.......  Italy 260, Belgium and Holland 280!

Hahaha you weren't kidding. I guess a UCS set commands a UCS price. I honestly can't see this turd selling at that price.

I´ll invest in a few when the price is reduced by a turd.

Hmm.... Assault on Hoth or Architecture Studio? What to choose, what to choose?

On Saturday, 13 February 2016 at 10:09 PM, Ed Mack said:

I have been busy at work, so I haven't really had the time to discuss this set.  I have thought about it more and this set in particular really disturbs me.  The one thing that has driven the LEGO secondary market for years are sets geared towards the adult collector.  The nonsense I read above from a LEGO rep talking about "LEGO sets need to be played with" is just dumb.  They are all played with...aren't they?  The large display models don't come assembled, do they?  If you want to destroy the LEGO company, just go back to the dull set designs of the 80s and 90s that were based on "play."  The company almost went bankrupt releasing the same retreads over and over again.

 

 

LEGO nearly went bankrupt because they were selling sets for less than the cost to make them.

 

31 minutes ago, whoisbiggles said:

LEGO nearly went bankrupt because they were selling sets for less than the cost to make them.

 

That's the consequence of the "play" philosophy, the designers went batsh!t crazy and almost doubled the number of part references in the Lego catalog, with a lot of specialized pieces. And also Galidor, never forget Galidor.

2 hours ago, Val-E said:

I´ll invest in a few when the price is reduced by a turd.

B wing type of discount good enough?

2 hours ago, brickcrazyhouse said:

B wing type of discount good enough?

If this thing goes B Wing the horde will be out in full force, no matter what people are saying today. 

People will buy this set when its about to retire. All Lego has to do is drop the price to 20% off at SAH and it will get cleaned up by the horde. I don't want the horde to partake in buying this set thought. I want Lego to have a filled warehouse of them and force them to sit on it and destroy the set in the crusher. I don't want another play set that looks like is was made by a intern on his first day. 

Well I won't buy even one, so the hihorde can have all they want!

8 hours ago, whoisbiggles said:

LEGO nearly went bankrupt because they were selling sets for less than the cost to make them.

 

They'll have to do the same thing with this piece o crap. If you're selling a premium product you can charge a premium price, but no matter how good your product is, if the design is garbage and the target audience sees it, you can't charge that premium. The commentary on this set is overwhelmingly neutral to negative. It's Star Wars so of course it'll sell at first but it'll fall to the bottom of the heap pretty quickly.

This thing looks like as if somebody took a dump among the exclusives. It's pathetic.

I'm going to buy the same amount of these as I have Ewok Villages... ZERO !!!

52 minutes ago, inversion said:

This thing looks like as if somebody took a dump among the exclusives. It's pathetic.

So what you're saying is that it's a good thing it's a snow scene and not a desert scene that used a lot of brown bricks?