September 5, 20205 yr First image of the interior - definite similarities with 75052 but I'm quite impressed!
September 5, 20205 yr First image of the interior - definite similarities with 75052 but I'm quite impressed!YES! A minifig of this creeper
September 9, 20205 yr https://www.thebrickfan.com/lego-star-wars-mos-eisley-cantina-75290-officially-announced/?fbclid=IwAR2dvnDz1IHuKIjCgyBPEVqNxBthMVhUU312PdZwVVvSFiSJRaujtZ6WKck
September 9, 20205 yr So it gets the Master Builders tag like Cloud City Edited September 9, 20205 yr by MotorCityMuscle
September 9, 20205 yr This set is going to be a winner when it retires. Iconic scene? Check. Beloved and highly regarded film? Check. Aesthetically pleasing and mobile design? Check. Lots of first-time minifigures? Check. Yeah, calling it now.
September 9, 20205 yr Author First Official photos (link) - selection below: 75290 Mos Eisley Cantina, 3187 pieces £319.99, €349.99, $349.99 - Available from 16th September
September 9, 20205 yr 6 minutes ago, TANV said: This set is going to be a winner when it retires. Iconic scene? Check. Beloved and highly regarded film? Check. Aesthetically pleasing and mobile design? Check. Lots of first-time minifigures? Check. Yeah, calling it now. i think you're right. there is a VIP event on 9/16. hoping there may be some freebies? a landspeeder maybe? 17 minutes ago, marcandre said: Looks great. Way better than Cloud City. agreed. good play value but also looks to make a great display piece.
September 9, 20205 yr 6 minutes ago, MotorCityMuscle said: a landspeeder maybe? 75271 was released this year. Which is why they included a different speeder in this set. Double dipping in your wallet to complete the scene. Usually they botch it like they did with the AT-AT and Assault on Hoth.... or like they did just recently with the Snowspeeder retiring right before the recent AT-AT was released. Unfortunate they aren't fueling our wallets this time by releasing things piss poor like usual. Outside of the minifigure selection, I'm not seeing this as a huge improvement on 75052 and 75205 which retailed at $110 for the pair. Certainly not worth triple the price. Edited September 9, 20205 yr by brickvoyeur
September 9, 20205 yr While it's not as bad a display piece as Cloud City or the Hoth, it's still a set that you'd have to get up close to see and identify the characters before knowing what it is. Not as easily recognizable as the UCS ships. It's missing the wolf man. Therefore I don't believe this is CEO credenza worthy, only home office pressed wood desk worthy.
September 9, 20205 yr I just don't like these - I feel like you are just cobbling small sets together to make a big set. I was never enthused with Hoth And that has just set me against these "scene" sets. Just my feeling. And truly I am starting to get a felling they are stretching to get their next idea. I guess I will have to think about this for a while
September 9, 20205 yr IMO, this is definitely a step up from Cloud City, and light years better than AOH. But none of these have captured the charm of the Ewok Village - still the best MBS set, even though it didn't officially have the tag.
September 9, 20205 yr 30 minutes ago, Dr Jedi said: IMO, this is definitely a step up from Cloud City, and light years better than AOH. But none of these have captured the charm of the Ewok Village - still the best MBS set, even though it didn't officially have the tag. I think AOH and this set have the blandness issue that the Ewok Village avoided, which is no fault of Lego--- just set design issues on most early trilogy films. You've got your sand planet, ice planet, forest planet, and space stations. Not easy to develop much detail or juxtaposition with so much blandness. Though I'll easily concede that the sand crawler and MF are excellent examples of putting as much detail as possible into fairly monochromatic models.
September 9, 20205 yr 59 minutes ago, legoray01 said: I just don't like these - I feel like you are just cobbling small sets together to make a big set. I was never enthused with Hoth And that has just set me against these "scene" sets. Just my feeling. And truly I am starting to get a felling they are stretching to get their next idea. I guess I will have to think about this for a while I agree. The HP sets do these scenes much better and for me, spreading my $99 purchases over 5 sets that link together is pretty awesome. I do enjoy Star Wars, but we have seen so many replica sets now, it all seems bland. Im sure HP will get that way, but at least there was some time between the last release and not an annual thing.
September 9, 20205 yr Looks like a very good set. But Lego sure likes that $350 price point which is too rich for my blood. I feel like it could’ve been just as easily captured in a $150 set. The Cantina scene is all about the characters. The 2014 Cantina was so close that I think they could have used that as the template by adding 5 or 6 minifigs and a couple of walls. Edited September 9, 20205 yr by Mathew
September 10, 20205 yr 12 hours ago, jdr159 said: https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/mos-eisley-cantina-75290 October 1st in US. VIP Early Access to the exclusive new Mos Eisley Cantina™ starts 09/16.
September 10, 20205 yr Has anyone seen what the "attachable buildings" are supposed to be? Are they just shops or the doorway where R2 and C-3PO hide from the storm troopers? I was hoping it would be an entry way to Docking Bay 94 so I could put the UCS MF next to this.
September 10, 20205 yr 25 minutes ago, exracer327 said: VIP Early Access to the exclusive new Mos Eisley Cantina™ starts 09/16. Cool! Thanks for the info 😊
September 16, 20205 yr On the mos eisley product page at the side it says VIPs: FREE Yoda's Lightsabre™ with purchase of the new Mos Eisley Cantina™. HATE it, because lightsaBRE it's a lightsaBER! Whatever, anyways lightsaber isn't adding to my cart when I try to check out so there is NO WAY I am going to buy this and not get anything free. I think it is probably just another case of lego.com on drugs.
September 16, 20205 yr 38 minutes ago, MusiKyle said: OOS wow that was pretty fast...especially for such a high priced set...I had my doubts. Saber GWP purchase should settle in at around $125-$150...$200 is not out of reach IMO.
September 16, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, $20 on joe vs dan said: wow that was pretty fast...especially for such a high priced set...I had my doubts. Saber GWP purchase should settle in at around $125-$150...$200 is not out of reach IMO. Maybe. Already sub $100 listings hitting ebay. One sets are delivered it will be a race to the bottom.
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