I always appreciate Jang’s candid honesty and straightforwardness and it comes out especially in this video. It’s so refreshing. I have been into LEGO since I was 6-7 years old, especially Star Wars. I’m going to graduate college soon and LEGO is definitely a luxury purchase for me now, especially in the past few years with skyrocketing prices all around. Let’s face it: for most people today LEGO is a premium luxury good. At the same time, though, we as consumers seem more willing than ever to throw a ridiculous amount of money at almost anything; we don’t even second guess ourselves. For the first time in years I spent close to $200 on LEGO to buy the Endor Speeder Chase and Emperor’s Throne Room set during the May 4th promo period. I love the Throne Room set for all the reasons Jang pointed out but I also came to same conclusion: it’s so frustrating that this set $100 and LEGO is getting away with it. It should be $80 MAX and that is still asking a lot for most people. I took a page out of Jang’s book and started getting into Gundam/Gunpla because it’s a great hobby and orders of magnitude more affordable. I’m sure I’m not the only LEGO refugee fleeing from these insane price increases, especially in North America. LEGO continues to price a lot of fans out of the hobby completely and it makes me sad. I’m glad that such a respected community member like Jang isn’t afraid to come out and say as much.
As a long time fan of gunpla, I concur. Even with the overseas import shipping/tax or whatever, gunpla is substantially more affordable in comparison. I was pretty hyped to see Jang start his journey into gunpla.
This is one of those sets like the 2021 Slave 1; at first glance does NOT look worth the price, but after building it, it's a bit more palatable. But I agree, $100 is pretty outrageous given what you get. $80 max would be fair to me, but I agree $60-70 would be a sweet spot. Loved some of the building techniques for this set. Both this one and the Endor diorama were fun to build. Thanks for the review Jang! Awesome as always. 😁👍🏼
If this had been priced at $50, I would have easily bought this set. It's a beautiful display piece, but there are so many other sets in this price range that have better value and play features. One being the Galaxy Explorer set I just picked up over the weekend. The building experience, functionality, and nostalgia factor alone were well worth the $100 price tag.
@@117johnpar Yeah but they are wildly different types of sets. acting like they should be priced the same is ridiculous. Yeah, this set is $20, maybe $30 overpriced, but $50 is simply ridiculous
I disagreed. $99.99, yes feels expensive. $50 also feels like you're lowballing. Like Harawanagangsta said, Dried flower centerpiece is also $50, but that have no licensing fee nor minifigures, so having them priced the same, isn't right. $75 - $80 should be the acceptable range.
It does look nice and is a nice build. But this is the same price as the version which came out in 2020, which featured this segment, palpatine's tunnel, a bridge section, and the entrance with stairs. Not to mention an additional two minifigures. And that set was clean, practical, good for display AND play, and upon revisiting it for comparison I even heard you call it a diorama! A nice set for sure, but at this price and in comparison it's a strange direction to start doing so many dioramas
My son bought me this set for Father's Day. Normally, I would say it is not at all worth the price, but given the circumstances by which it was given to me, in this case, it was worth every penny.🙂
I feel like Lego has been setting prices with 20% discount in mind. Rather than being able to get a resonably priced set at a bargain when it goes on sale, we now have to wait for the sale for the overpriced set to become reasonably priced, and bargains are seldom found anymore.
I totally agree with Jang's mindset on money and work; I grew up the same way. This set looks much better here than it did in the promo shots but the asking price is just crazy.
These dioramas are truly beautiful, and equally gut wrenching in terms of the value proposition. They’re so beautiful but also small enough to feel very very overpriced. It’s tough to navigate as this looks so GORGEOUS
You're the best AFOL reviewer. Other reviewers go like "Just get the GWP and sell it to offset costs". I 100% agree that patience is the best way to buy Lego. After a year of collecting, I realized that there will always be ways to get sets for cheaper whether its waiting for the inevitable 20% off, cashback, or VIP points.
I am a Canadian viewer who appreciates your work. So I do find it rather upsetting that people would get that upset over a readily available conversion metric like that. However, I can empathize a little with their frustration of how poor the conversion to the American dollar is right now given that the Canadian dollar has been near equal with the American dollar as recently as like a decade ago. When I was growing up, American and Canadian prices were rather consistent in the Lego world, so it's disappointing. But that's the state of two contrasting economies, not Jangs problem for stating the facts. So don't take that out on him.
The thing about Lego Stars is the models are very rarely bad. Most are very good actually. But the sad thing is, nowadays you'll almost never find a full price star wars set that you feel GOOD about purchasing, one that actually deserves that tag. Some people used to say there was a "star wars tax" and I didn't use to believe them. Now... they're probably right.
Yeah, Lego SW is a brand of its own, not just lego and not just SW, but the synergy of both. The price js a bad outcome, but on the bright side at least we don’t have to worry about the theme being cancelled as fans of other lego themes do hahaha
Really appreciate your perspective on value, these days it’s feeling so hard to justify a day one purchase without significant sales. Thanks as always for your hard work
In Israel this set is 135 usd from the official LEGO store, and you can find it elsewhere for as low as 85 usd. not sure how a competing retailer can offer a better deal than the official store, but I'm not complaining 85 is high but manageable
It baffles me, that people attack you / take out their frustrations upon you, regarding pricing of sets in their territories... And for any information or opinions you express. Your channel is fantastic. I really value your in depth reviews, the insight into global pricing and the even-handed and objective assessment of value. Please don't change and don't allow the keyboard warriors to get to you. I look forward to your content enormously.
In my country this is over 120 USD on the official lego website which is insane. I can find it for the equivalent of 80 USD elsewhere which is more reasonable. For $100 this set should have included more minifigs.
I think the final duel sets being fairly similar in price (at least in my country) and pieces number (I guess?) Is much more fun and interesting both to look at and interact with. Really can't justify buying the diorama and it kinda stinks that they retired final duel just for this one not to have the strong competition
Hey sir! I'm Canadian, and I just wanted to tell you that you are my #1 reference for all Lego related topics. Thank you so much for informing the community with such a professional attitude. Respect from up North !
thank you for calling out the canadians I see those comments complaining about the CAD price constantly it's like they think just because we both call our money dollars that it is somehow a 1:1 conversion rate
I may be wrong but I'm left with the distinct impression you could probably buy the parts and figs off of Bricklink or somewhere and do this for significantly cheaper than buying the set itself.
Sidenote on Canadian prices: It's true the difference is more or less the exchange rate but I think a lot of the emotions are due to Lego being plain impossible to collect for most Canadians. The economics just don't make sense... 1. Average income is lower in Canada 2. Average income tax is higher in Canada 3. Average consumption tax is higher in Canada 4. There is a 30% USD-CAD price premium Honestly, I had to stop collecting this year. I am very fortunate to have a solid job but I can't justify paying so much on Lego. Sad really, there are so many great sets coming out but I don't think I'm the only Canadian enthusiast who will never experience them. Anyway, great review Jang!
You definitely work hard! Two videos from you this morning alone! Thanks! You are right about the first day discounts, it's pot luck here in New Zealand, but if one of the big department stores happens to have a discount running across the Lego brand, you can get first day discounts, or maybe first week discounts fairly easily - for example I went into Farmers department store last week and all Lego was 15% off including all the new Star Wars sets - was really tempted to pick up the Tie Interceptor/Fang fighter, but I know if I wait one of the big stores will have 20% off some time in the next month or two.
In Europe, many shops sell this set for 80 euros immediately upon launch. That seems like an adequate price to me. I don't understand why they don't sell it at the official Lego shop for that price.
It's nuts that even still you're getting bitter comments that make you less comfortable saying anything remotely opinionated despite that being the purpose of the review. I commend your ability to keep pursuing your passion and being honest in spite of silly and uneducated responses.
Final duel 1 from 2002 cost similar now with just 30 pieces. :P But OG Palpatine looks better with tiny sunken eyes. His robe had awsome design and print quality for it's days, compared to Maul, Luke or Harry Potter sets. He proudly catches dust on my shelf since then. :)
It is a shame that the Lego Star Wars tax exists. The huge Raiders diorama shows that a Disney license does not mean an inflated price tag. That said it is my favourite diorama so far and it is tempting to get. It would be nice to have a few more Vader scenes from previous movies to have a really nice looking set of 3
I love this set as a whole yes the price is definitely a kick in the teeth at the end of the day sales and clearances can help satisfy those that fume over the price
I have to explain something about what you call a discount in Europe. In most (if not all) European countries, the price of a set is with tax included. Lego has besides their own stores some retailers in several countries, from which local toy stores can buy. Retailers can get their tax reduced, so local stores can get it a lot cheaper and are able to sell it for 15% less than lego can offer in their own stores. (Retailer get 20% off from Lego, and pays no tax, local store buys from retailer and pays no tax, so can offer lego at a lower price as official lego stores who get supplied by lego directly). This doesnt work always, because the retailers cant always deliver, but if they do, the most of the times are early and cheaper. Technicly it isnt a discount, but well who cares what it is called, it is cheaper and that is what matters. However true discounts are a bit rarer. Bigger chains of toystores have those and some big webshops. But most of the times those havent the newest sets after at least 2 weeks after the official release dates. That said, we europeans, or at least this crazy dutchman, is always looking jealous to those crazy garage sales where people sell their lego without knowing the value, but also to the crazy 50% off deals at stores like walmark or target. So sometimes the leftbankers of the puddle are lucky and sometimes the rightbankers are. And still we are all willing to pay gold for plastic. Ok I hope it is clear what I wrote, because when typing on my phone i cant hardly see what i typed so my english grammer probably is butchered.
Oh I am very sorry you've been getting nasty comments from Canadians about the pricing of sets. I didn't realize that was the reason for bringing it up! I have very much appreciated having the canadian price and the conversion be in these videos lately. I think it's a very nice bit of info to have in the videos. Thanks for all your hard work!
We appreciate Jang's commentary about the price & value, because he's just built the set and we haven't, so he can tell us what he thinks now that he's built it. Sometimes a set seems worth the price, but after building it, you wish you had waited for a deal. This seems to be one one of those sets. Thanks, Jang!
It's so attractive but its another example of a lego set that not for kids or play it's just for adults who dont know the value of lego to over pay for something lovely for a shelf. Great review and thanks for reminding everyone that we can hold and wait for discounts.
Great review Jang 100% agree with your thoughts. Personally i’ll be waiting for it to go on sale before picking it up. Been watching your videos since the RC days thanks for all the great content through the years 😊👍🏻.
In my region of europe (Poland) we have Star Wars anniversary sets already on discounts about 1/3 price. I think it's biggest discounts from new set ever. I will wait a little and maybe... i will buy them in 1/2 of orginal price :)
Thanks for the review. Not my cup of tea but one of the best diorama sets. Now, Canadian here and I am THRILLED you are now giving Canadian pricing. But I'd never blame you for the price discrepancy. :)
Just bought this for my dad's birthday. Costs too much, but what are you going to do? I got the TESB ComicCon duel set, and he misses not having one. So, hopefully, this makes up for it. Not a fan of The Emperor: I'd much prefer him to be white or even grey, and have proper eyes (give him a cane too). But Vader and Luke look great, and it's a great looking diorama.
I got the Trench Run from episode IV and I would like this one as a companion, but I think 100$ is too much. I hope they make a diorama that would complement them from Empire Strikes Back too, but I'm not sure what that would be (I'm not a fan of the Dagobah set.. or the motif really). Regarding studs on display sets: Sometimes they look OK, but mostly I cover them up unless I want to put a minifig somewhere. In this set it would be easy to cover them if you want to.
One thing to remember about the discounts though is that these discounts come from the stores that lose their profits. Lego does not reduce their wholesale prices and the current price strategy from Lego makes it hard on the sellers to make these overpriced sets attractive to buyers.
100$ is just mad for me, even 70$ as you’ve mentioned is too much imo But have to agree, the “portal” and the throne are really nice, smooth design here
I could stomach the high cost of these starwars dioramas if they also included some sort of mechanism like the excellent indiana jones golden idol set.
For me that's a 79€ set! Yes, in US you pay less than for instance Europeans! That's 100€ for us... more than 100$! In stores you pay less but in the secundary market you pay insane prices! Makes no sense! Thank You Sir. Great vid as usual.
I still can’t justify the 100 dollar price point for the throne room. The Indy diorama was 150 but you got play features, a light brick, 4 minifigs, 3 different sections with tons of detail. One of the best sets I’ve ever built. The throne room just sits there and it’s not very big. It’s a great looking set but 100 bucks is ludicrous. Also I really dislike Luke’s hair. It looks like a wad of silly putty on his head and it wasn’t that long in the movie
While this, and the other diorama sets too, looks great, I really wish Lego would just focus more on making more affordable and playable sets again. Right now there are just too many of higher cost sets out, especially when combined with the helmets too, and not enough lower priced options.
All this talk about inflation, Lego sets costing more than ever, yeah, it's frustrating, we want to be able to enjoy Lego without having to fork over all of our pays for a single set, I pointed out in another review that we Canadians seems to always get the short part of the stick because our prices seem way higher (but they are equivalent to US dollars), not gonna argue over this, Jang knows his stuff when it comes to prices and I won't dispute that. Still, logically, I'd really rather pay 100$ than 130$, or as you said, 60-70$ would certainly be way more acceptable for both countries. And I'm starting to wonder if the hobby itself is in jeopardy because of high prices like those, Lego should not just be for the rich, it should be for everyone (thank goodness for 10$ sets!) I hope I'm just being paranoid, because right now, things are not looking up. And it could hurt Lego in the long run just as much as the collectors, hope for the best, people. 🤞
The price defiantly isn't matching the scale of the set, I look at this and can't really imagine spending $100 and feeling good about it. For sure should of been maximum $75-80. I think LEGO's new Adult push is just banking on nostalgia and the set looking nice enough to justify Overpriced display sets to interested people.
true. The price of these diorama sets are pretty crazy. i hate those stands are like an extra 10-15 dollars onto the price. I built the set with parts i got from brick link (looks identical besides the window dish doesn’t have the printed detail). and instead of making the whole set i didn’t make the black stand and just bought the common version of each minifig. I did all of that in 50 dollars
This is my first year placing an order during the May 4th event. It took about 20 minutes of fighting the website to successfully place the order, starting right when the window opened at midnight. For a little over a week now, my order status is "shipped," but the tracking says "Label Created, UPS waiting for item." Is this sort of delay in tracking updates expected, or should I contact Lego?
Just call CS and see. I got both of my orders placed on May 1. I received them May 5 and May 8. It isn't uncommon though to see a delay depending on when you ordered. LEGO has a lot of orders to fulfill from this promo period, so it could be in the warehouse still waiting for UPS pickup like it says.
For a hundred bucks, they could have at least given you two Imperial Guards
They should have done an imperial guard figure as the middle GWP for may 4th imo, instead of a coin
Ikr with a skirt piece would have been choice
They arent in the scene so thats why
Shrinkflation I guess...
@@MaddenhawkBut they are, Palpatine tells them to go away when Vader and Luke come in
I always appreciate Jang’s candid honesty and straightforwardness and it comes out especially in this video. It’s so refreshing. I have been into LEGO since I was 6-7 years old, especially Star Wars. I’m going to graduate college soon and LEGO is definitely a luxury purchase for me now, especially in the past few years with skyrocketing prices all around. Let’s face it: for most people today LEGO is a premium luxury good. At the same time, though, we as consumers seem more willing than ever to throw a ridiculous amount of money at almost anything; we don’t even second guess ourselves. For the first time in years I spent close to $200 on LEGO to buy the Endor Speeder Chase and Emperor’s Throne Room set during the May 4th promo period. I love the Throne Room set for all the reasons Jang pointed out but I also came to same conclusion: it’s so frustrating that this set $100 and LEGO is getting away with it. It should be $80 MAX and that is still asking a lot for most people. I took a page out of Jang’s book and started getting into Gundam/Gunpla because it’s a great hobby and orders of magnitude more affordable. I’m sure I’m not the only LEGO refugee fleeing from these insane price increases, especially in North America. LEGO continues to price a lot of fans out of the hobby completely and it makes me sad. I’m glad that such a respected community member like Jang isn’t afraid to come out and say as much.
You are so right, and this is exactly why appreciate Jang’s work so much, he is really honest about this stuff
As a long time fan of gunpla, I concur. Even with the overseas import shipping/tax or whatever, gunpla is substantially more affordable in comparison. I was pretty hyped to see Jang start his journey into gunpla.
This is one of those sets like the 2021 Slave 1; at first glance does NOT look worth the price, but after building it, it's a bit more palatable. But I agree, $100 is pretty outrageous given what you get. $80 max would be fair to me, but I agree $60-70 would be a sweet spot.
Loved some of the building techniques for this set. Both this one and the Endor diorama were fun to build. Thanks for the review Jang! Awesome as always. 😁👍🏼
More Palpatable?
If this had been priced at $50, I would have easily bought this set. It's a beautiful display piece, but there are so many other sets in this price range that have better value and play features. One being the Galaxy Explorer set I just picked up over the weekend. The building experience, functionality, and nostalgia factor alone were well worth the $100 price tag.
The Dried flower centerpiece is $50 and has the same piece count. looks amazing hanging on a wall, and the build experience is... unique.
@@117johnpar Yeah but they are wildly different types of sets. acting like they should be priced the same is ridiculous. Yeah, this set is $20, maybe $30 overpriced, but $50 is simply ridiculous
Ok but Lego doesn’t owe you anything. I think 100$ is more than fair for this awesome diorama.
I disagreed. $99.99, yes feels expensive. $50 also feels like you're lowballing. Like Harawanagangsta said, Dried flower centerpiece is also $50, but that have no licensing fee nor minifigures, so having them priced the same, isn't right.
$75 - $80 should be the acceptable range.
It does look nice and is a nice build. But this is the same price as the version which came out in 2020, which featured this segment, palpatine's tunnel, a bridge section, and the entrance with stairs. Not to mention an additional two minifigures. And that set was clean, practical, good for display AND play, and upon revisiting it for comparison I even heard you call it a diorama!
A nice set for sure, but at this price and in comparison it's a strange direction to start doing so many dioramas
My son bought me this set for Father's Day. Normally, I would say it is not at all worth the price, but given the circumstances by which it was given to me, in this case, it was worth every penny.🙂
I always appreciate your comments on pricing/cost. Thanks for what you do.
I feel like Lego has been setting prices with 20% discount in mind. Rather than being able to get a resonably priced set at a bargain when it goes on sale, we now have to wait for the sale for the overpriced set to become reasonably priced, and bargains are seldom found anymore.
I totally agree with Jang's mindset on money and work; I grew up the same way. This set looks much better here than it did in the promo shots but the asking price is just crazy.
"OSHA Compliant hand rails" Jang man you are best! Love your reviews!
These dioramas are truly beautiful, and equally gut wrenching in terms of the value proposition. They’re so beautiful but also small enough to feel very very overpriced. It’s tough to navigate as this looks so GORGEOUS
You're the best AFOL reviewer. Other reviewers go like "Just get the GWP and sell it to offset costs". I 100% agree that patience is the best way to buy Lego. After a year of collecting, I realized that there will always be ways to get sets for cheaper whether its waiting for the inevitable 20% off, cashback, or VIP points.
It’s a shame the black bases seem to be a sign of “screw you, it’s $20 more expensive than it should be” than that of a premium display piece.
I remember as a kid watching these movies, I always thought the window behind the Emperor's throne was the giant "eye" on the deathstar lol
I am a Canadian viewer who appreciates your work. So I do find it rather upsetting that people would get that upset over a readily available conversion metric like that. However, I can empathize a little with their frustration of how poor the conversion to the American dollar is right now given that the Canadian dollar has been near equal with the American dollar as recently as like a decade ago.
When I was growing up, American and Canadian prices were rather consistent in the Lego world, so it's disappointing. But that's the state of two contrasting economies, not Jangs problem for stating the facts. So don't take that out on him.
That chair has nice lumbar support
The thing about Lego Stars is the models are very rarely bad. Most are very good actually.
But the sad thing is, nowadays you'll almost never find a full price star wars set that you feel GOOD about purchasing, one that actually deserves that tag.
Some people used to say there was a "star wars tax" and I didn't use to believe them.
Now... they're probably right.
Yeah, Lego SW is a brand of its own, not just lego and not just SW, but the synergy of both. The price js a bad outcome, but on the bright side at least we don’t have to worry about the theme being cancelled as fans of other lego themes do hahaha
Really appreciate your perspective on value, these days it’s feeling so hard to justify a day one purchase without significant sales. Thanks as always for your hard work
In Israel this set is 135 usd from the official LEGO store, and you can find it elsewhere for as low as 85 usd. not sure how a competing retailer can offer a better deal than the official store, but I'm not complaining 85 is high but manageable
THIS is the one to put next to the super star destroyer, so good
It baffles me, that people attack you / take out their frustrations upon you, regarding pricing of sets in their territories... And for any information or opinions you express. Your channel is fantastic. I really value your in depth reviews, the insight into global pricing and the even-handed and objective assessment of value. Please don't change and don't allow the keyboard warriors to get to you. I look forward to your content enormously.
I had a lot of fun building this last night. I bought it during the May the Fourth promo week, but just got a chance to build it.
In my country this is over 120 USD on the official lego website which is insane.
I can find it for the equivalent of 80 USD elsewhere which is more reasonable.
For $100 this set should have included more minifigs.
Another fantastic review. Love the details of this set, but definitely have to wait for this one to go on sale. Keep up the good work Jang
I think the final duel sets being fairly similar in price (at least in my country) and pieces number (I guess?) Is much more fun and interesting both to look at and interact with. Really can't justify buying the diorama and it kinda stinks that they retired final duel just for this one not to have the strong competition
Hey sir! I'm Canadian, and I just wanted to tell you that you are my #1 reference for all Lego related topics. Thank you so much for informing the community with such a professional attitude. Respect from up North !
thank you for calling out the canadians I see those comments complaining about the CAD price constantly it's like they think just because we both call our money dollars that it is somehow a 1:1 conversion rate
I may be wrong but I'm left with the distinct impression you could probably buy the parts and figs off of Bricklink or somewhere and do this for significantly cheaper than buying the set itself.
Sidenote on Canadian prices: It's true the difference is more or less the exchange rate but I think a lot of the emotions are due to Lego being plain impossible to collect for most Canadians. The economics just don't make sense...
1. Average income is lower in Canada
2. Average income tax is higher in Canada
3. Average consumption tax is higher in Canada
4. There is a 30% USD-CAD price premium
Honestly, I had to stop collecting this year. I am very fortunate to have a solid job but I can't justify paying so much on Lego.
Sad really, there are so many great sets coming out but I don't think I'm the only Canadian enthusiast who will never experience them.
Anyway, great review Jang!
That 40th anniversary plaque must be worth at least $30 in the price value.
But the Luke hair is definitely pulling a lot of weight.
Thanks for another great review! Keep up the good work Jang
You definitely work hard! Two videos from you this morning alone! Thanks! You are right about the first day discounts, it's pot luck here in New Zealand, but if one of the big department stores happens to have a discount running across the Lego brand, you can get first day discounts, or maybe first week discounts fairly easily - for example I went into Farmers department store last week and all Lego was 15% off including all the new Star Wars sets - was really tempted to pick up the Tie Interceptor/Fang fighter, but I know if I wait one of the big stores will have 20% off some time in the next month or two.
In Europe, many shops sell this set for 80 euros immediately upon launch. That seems like an adequate price to me. I don't understand why they don't sell it at the official Lego shop for that price.
I considered buying it for that price, but honestly its still just too expensive. 60 maybe 70 sounds fair to me
It's nuts that even still you're getting bitter comments that make you less comfortable saying anything remotely opinionated despite that being the purpose of the review. I commend your ability to keep pursuing your passion and being honest in spite of silly and uneducated responses.
This set looks really awesome but for $100, the playscale models feel like a better deal and more figures/structures.
Final duel 1 from 2002 cost similar now with just 30 pieces. :P But OG Palpatine looks better with tiny sunken eyes. His robe had awsome design and print quality for it's days, compared to Maul, Luke or Harry Potter sets. He proudly catches dust on my shelf since then. :)
It is a shame that the Lego Star Wars tax exists. The huge Raiders diorama shows that a Disney license does not mean an inflated price tag.
That said it is my favourite diorama so far and it is tempting to get. It would be nice to have a few more Vader scenes from previous movies to have a really nice looking set of 3
I love this set as a whole yes the price is definitely a kick in the teeth at the end of the day sales and clearances can help satisfy those that fume over the price
Its a nice set but... would you rather have 2 of these or 1 modular?
Thank you much Jang, for your work for money statement!
(Myself will wait to get it until ~62).
I have to explain something about what you call a discount in Europe. In most (if not all) European countries, the price of a set is with tax included. Lego has besides their own stores some retailers in several countries, from which local toy stores can buy. Retailers can get their tax reduced, so local stores can get it a lot cheaper and are able to sell it for 15% less than lego can offer in their own stores. (Retailer get 20% off from Lego, and pays no tax, local store buys from retailer and pays no tax, so can offer lego at a lower price as official lego stores who get supplied by lego directly). This doesnt work always, because the retailers cant always deliver, but if they do, the most of the times are early and cheaper. Technicly it isnt a discount, but well who cares what it is called, it is cheaper and that is what matters. However true discounts are a bit rarer. Bigger chains of toystores have those and some big webshops. But most of the times those havent the newest sets after at least 2 weeks after the official release dates. That said, we europeans, or at least this crazy dutchman, is always looking jealous to those crazy garage sales where people sell their lego without knowing the value, but also to the crazy 50% off deals at stores like walmark or target. So sometimes the leftbankers of the puddle are lucky and sometimes the rightbankers are. And still we are all willing to pay gold for plastic. Ok I hope it is clear what I wrote, because when typing on my phone i cant hardly see what i typed so my english grammer probably is butchered.
Thanks for the review Jang
Oh I am very sorry you've been getting nasty comments from Canadians about the pricing of sets. I didn't realize that was the reason for bringing it up! I have very much appreciated having the canadian price and the conversion be in these videos lately. I think it's a very nice bit of info to have in the videos. Thanks for all your hard work!
I really like this set. I get that price is an issue but it looks so good that I am willing to pay a premium. Same for the Super Star Destroyer.
I got this and the Tie interceptor for 70€ each from amazon, both are worth it at that price
The last one was so much better value at 100 bucks imo. This does look nice but that price. I've had to wait for sales on these diorama sets.
Would be absolutely amazing for 60 or even 70, 80 max but 100 is wayy off but on ebay it's only been out for a month but most are in the 70s alrdy
We appreciate Jang's commentary about the price & value, because he's just built the set and we haven't, so he can tell us what he thinks now that he's built it. Sometimes a set seems worth the price, but after building it, you wish you had waited for a deal. This seems to be one one of those sets. Thanks, Jang!
It's so attractive but its another example of a lego set that not for kids or play it's just for adults who dont know the value of lego to over pay for something lovely for a shelf. Great review and thanks for reminding everyone that we can hold and wait for discounts.
Great video! This set looks very nice
Man, those people complaining about conversion rates better not look at how bad it is for Warhammer.
Nice review as usual, Jang! ... I got this thing for 59 EUR on May 4th sale here in Germany! I think this was a good deal?!
Jang: I work for my money.
Me: that's the way!
You called Palpatine "Palpy" 👽👽👽
Great review Jang 100% agree with your thoughts. Personally i’ll be waiting for it to go on sale before picking it up. Been watching your videos since the RC days thanks for all the great content through the years 😊👍🏻.
Just for the title alone, I had to give it a like 😂😂
I just got this for £62 in the UK, patient guys ,thanks jang
It is indeed satisfying to insert.
Palpatine Reincarnation Reactor Shaft made me laugh way too much 😊
what a funny word 'twitch' to represent the live streaming service.
2 dioramas that are a must I hope to see are duel of fates and battle of heros
Def gonna pick this up at some point, might be a while (when it is 20% or more off).
05:04 yeah. If they can do this for a set surely they can do a Stargate! 😂 06:44 gives me more Robot Chicken vibes…. “Go for Papa Palpatine!” 😂
In my region of europe (Poland) we have Star Wars anniversary sets already on discounts about 1/3 price. I think it's biggest discounts from new set ever. I will wait a little and maybe... i will buy them in 1/2 of orginal price :)
Hi, Jang! I'm Canadian but live in the US now, and I am out of touch with Canadian Lego prices. Still, sorry!
In the Netherlands this set is on sale for 80 euros, which is a bit more reasonable than 100 bucks.
Thanks for the review. Not my cup of tea but one of the best diorama sets. Now, Canadian here and I am THRILLED you are now giving Canadian pricing. But I'd never blame you for the price discrepancy. :)
I would pay $75. Not $100.00 that's to much to me.
Just bought this for my dad's birthday. Costs too much, but what are you going to do? I got the TESB ComicCon duel set, and he misses not having one. So, hopefully, this makes up for it.
Not a fan of The Emperor: I'd much prefer him to be white or even grey, and have proper eyes (give him a cane too). But Vader and Luke look great, and it's a great looking diorama.
Is that Vader figure the same as in the TIE Bomber set ?
This or Yoda’s hut are my favorite diorama sets out of the ones Lego made so far
I remember this for the 00’s this set was 15 euros then.
For 100 bucks I expect the reactor shaft to throw him down.
I got the Trench Run from episode IV and I would like this one as a companion, but I think 100$ is too much. I hope they make a diorama that would complement them from Empire Strikes Back too, but I'm not sure what that would be (I'm not a fan of the Dagobah set.. or the motif really).
Regarding studs on display sets: Sometimes they look OK, but mostly I cover them up unless I want to put a minifig somewhere. In this set it would be easy to cover them if you want to.
“OSHA compliant hand rails” lol
I think even 70 $ is pushing it already. I feel it should be 60 $. It looks nice, though.
What are your thoughts on the bespin duel diorama Lego set75294 what ar
For $100 they should have added a lower under the staircase section.
This would’ve been perfect if they build the reactor shafts imo
Palpatine's reincarnation reactor shaft😂😂😂
I preferred the old one with the imperial guard.
Good review, thank you
Why is it when I saw Palps on his throne, the first thing I thought was, "Something something something Dark Side"? 😀
Even 50 dollars for this set would be pushing it. 100 is crazy.
One thing to remember about the discounts though is that these discounts come from the stores that lose their profits. Lego does not reduce their wholesale prices and the current price strategy from Lego makes it hard on the sellers to make these overpriced sets attractive to buyers.
Agree, 70$ is max of the max.
100$ is just mad for me, even 70$ as you’ve mentioned is too much imo
But have to agree, the “portal” and the throne are really nice, smooth design here
I want but I know will eventually be cheaper so I’ll wait
I could stomach the high cost of these starwars dioramas if they also included some sort of mechanism like the excellent indiana jones golden idol set.
I liked building this set
I'd be willing to pay $10 for that throne and a couple figs by themselves. Very nice👌
For me that's a 79€ set!
Yes, in US you pay less than for instance Europeans! That's 100€ for us... more than 100$! In stores you pay less but in the secundary market you pay insane prices! Makes no sense!
Thank You Sir. Great vid as usual.
I still can’t justify the 100 dollar price point for the throne room. The Indy diorama was 150 but you got play features, a light brick, 4 minifigs, 3 different sections with tons of detail. One of the best sets I’ve ever built. The throne room just sits there and it’s not very big. It’s a great looking set but 100 bucks is ludicrous. Also I really dislike Luke’s hair. It looks like a wad of silly putty on his head and it wasn’t that long in the movie
While this, and the other diorama sets too, looks great, I really wish Lego would just focus more on making more affordable and playable sets again. Right now there are just too many of higher cost sets out, especially when combined with the helmets too, and not enough lower priced options.
All this talk about inflation, Lego sets costing more than ever, yeah, it's frustrating, we want to be able to enjoy Lego without having to fork over all of our pays for a single set, I pointed out in another review that we Canadians seems to always get the short part of the stick because our prices seem way higher (but they are equivalent to US dollars), not gonna argue over this, Jang knows his stuff when it comes to prices and I won't dispute that. Still, logically, I'd really rather pay 100$ than 130$, or as you said, 60-70$ would certainly be way more acceptable for both countries. And I'm starting to wonder if the hobby itself is in jeopardy because of high prices like those, Lego should not just be for the rich, it should be for everyone (thank goodness for 10$ sets!) I hope I'm just being paranoid, because right now, things are not looking up. And it could hurt Lego in the long run just as much as the collectors, hope for the best, people. 🤞
i think the different color of thw window in the box is kindof false advertising
Are you going to react to the new Ninjago sets?🤔 Nice video btw! Just like always!🔥
The price defiantly isn't matching the scale of the set, I look at this and can't really imagine spending $100 and feeling good about it. For sure should of been maximum $75-80. I think LEGO's new Adult push is just banking on nostalgia and the set looking nice enough to justify Overpriced display sets to interested people.
true. The price of these diorama sets are pretty crazy. i hate those stands are like an extra 10-15 dollars onto the price. I built the set with parts i got from brick link (looks identical besides the window dish doesn’t have the printed detail). and instead of making the whole set i didn’t make the black stand and just bought the common version of each minifig. I did all of that in 50 dollars
This is my first year placing an order during the May 4th event. It took about 20 minutes of fighting the website to successfully place the order, starting right when the window opened at midnight.
For a little over a week now, my order status is "shipped," but the tracking says "Label Created, UPS waiting for item." Is this sort of delay in tracking updates expected, or should I contact Lego?
Just call CS and see. I got both of my orders placed on May 1. I received them May 5 and May 8. It isn't uncommon though to see a delay depending on when you ordered. LEGO has a lot of orders to fulfill from this promo period, so it could be in the warehouse still waiting for UPS pickup like it says.
In the UK this is £90 which is ridiculous, should be £80 with the conversion rate