$1000 For A Plastic Child's Toy? Graded LEGO Star Wars Sets Are DUMB! MTT Minifigs? | ASK MandR 335

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It’s a Christmas miracle, I uploaded a Q&A on a Tuesday!

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theres notjing better then a new M&Are video!

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Askmandr: did you hear about one piece is doing a Lego collab in August will you be reviewing those sets

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Let’s go

[@JWbricks]

Merry Christmas Eve Ryan and all!

[@crazydog1750]

I had to double check the calendar to make sure. You threw me off.

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Merry Christmas everyone! 🎄🎄🎄

[@Warthundernoob99]

“Merry”

[@CupcakeMan337]

I’m not gonna marry Jesus. He just isn’t my type.

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@@CupcakeMan337 I cant spell 😂

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@@Warthundernoob99 Thx 😅

[@SKYREN17]

@@brickbybricktogetherMerry Christmas to you too good sir! :D

[@crazydog1750]

I think you are WAY too optimistic about the minifigure quantity.

[@tabletopstudios66]

Agreed. Honestly, I would rather Lego make it as big as possible instead of making it smaller with minifigures. Since most of the figures they will include in the new Death Star are most likely already released.

[@Legobuilder2]

@tabletopstudios66for a $1000 Lego set I would like to believe that most minifigures are going to be exlusive with arm printing and duel moulded legs. However with the way Lego is going on the past years I highly doubt it

[@TT-Bricks]

​@Legobuilder2nah no dual molded legs and so on. They will have a slight difference in prints

[@napkinx4341]

i really really don’t want graded lego to start infecting this hobby

[@Ultimate_Toast]

AskMandR: Do you think there's a possibility that the rumoured $50 Turbo Tank could be a 4+ set? With Mando's N-1 being $30 I don't think it's too far of a reach that Lego would charge $50 for a dinky little Turbo Tank, then maybe throw someone like Bly in it to make more people that normally wouldn't want it to buy one, similarly like what they did with R5 in the N-1

[@aliciaserrano9698]

Yoo that’s insane; I hate that it’s not far fetched 😭

[@Alltimechamp24]

Dude my money is this death star being a display only, no mini-figs. Just a huge thing. This wouldnt surprise me, whatsoever.

[@MandRproductions]

I’d take that bet and give you like 10-1 odds. No inside info but I just can’t see it the other way.

[@arcadestoretours2719]

if you did not know, on the jedi bob’s star-fighter, you can take off the piece that is used to hold the milk and banana and put the droid in that hole

[@ginger_biscuit65]

I swear I did that first

[@17denby]

@ginger_biscuit65no tf u didn’t I did first!

[@pravnav]

The comment on "$1000 dollars for a child's toy" is pretty valid even if the box says 18+: the Ayrton Senna's MP4/4 is probably the most iconic formula one car of all time thanks to it's Marlboro livery, and in the Lego set they left the Marlboro name out, the designer stated something along the lines of "at heart, Lego is still a children's toy" even though the set was marketed towards adults

[@ironkoenigman3258]

Any of us would be like a child on the inside.

[@doze9519_idk]

AskMadnR: I recently broke my 2016 Death Star and when I was rebuilding it I noticed that the instructions were more complicated and less simplified than set instructions (even 18+ sets) today. Do you think this is surprising considering that Lego has gained way more adult fans and has catered more towards them? Love your videos man keep up the greatness!

[@SO-ym3zs]

18+ doesn't refer to difficulty level, but to whom they're trying to market the sets. 18+ sets are often extremely simple to build and easy to follow in the instructions precisely because Lego is trying so hard to bring in new adult fans with lots of disposable income who don't know Lego building techniques intimately the way hardcore AFOL's do.

[@codylello1448]

Has anyone else noticed that at target the only lego that is still in stock are Star Wars sets?

[@claytonblak4419]

Its cuz the buyers are realizing the prices are awful lol

[@Fjfj-r5j]

Not at mine lol

[@miggyz8975]

I was at 2 today and noticed the very same thing.

[@MR_THINQ]

300 for the ucs slave 1 is just down to the ‘Star Wars tax’ Lego has just renewed the licence with Disney and as Disney isn’t making any money they’ve increased the Star Wars licence fee that Lego has bought - hence the price rise in Star Wars sets.

[@landonw8982]

The customer yet again has to pay for their bad business decisions? No thanks , and not the correct way to run a company.

[@Warhammer62iq]

Merry Christmas Ryan and everyone else

[@The-first-galactic-empire-u5y]

I hope that it is not $1000 but has panelling and internal play features but costs more around the mark of $750 like the UCS falcon

[@legoforestmen3234]

Merry Christmas!! 🎄🎄

[@paulhawkins1514]

What if the UCS Slave 1 is the same size as the 2015 version, but cost more because it has all the pieces to do a colour swap between Jango’s & Boba’s versions? I doubt that’ll be the case, and would be annoying that it costs so much because of it, but it could potentially be a pretty cool idea

[@paulhawkins1514]

To add to this, maybe Lego wanted to do Jango’s Slave 1, but it may not sell enough as more people may prefer Boba’s one. So this way, Lego get to do both at once, people can pick which one they build (esp good for those with the 2015 one). And some people may even buy 2 to have both

[@collinknoll8341]

Merry Christmas and happy new year. May the force be with you!❤

[@kobalt987]

Instead of panels on the new Death Star I could see it “splitting” in half or in quarters and opening up in the same way / idea as the mos eisley cantina. That way we get a really good looking exterior and still have various scenes on the inside

[@THE_KlNG]

Will LEGO call it the "Slave I" or would they rather go broke and call it "Starship?"

[@100Creed]

Lego can’t decide this. Disney is the one deciding and they did that it’s no longer named slave one. Sadly.

[@tam2237]

it’s not up to lego

[@ninja_raider2757]

Stupid woke Disney will force them to call it “starship”. It’s not legos fault, it’s disneys

[@davidfisher5507]

​@@ninja_raider2757They aren't 'renaming' anything. They are just describing it as a starship. If they don't want to use the name Slave 1 they can't just put Jango Fett on the box can they so they call it his starship.

[@TheCollector73]

Merry Christmas everyone😊

[@StudtasticStudios]

Ask M&R: This is a little ways to go, but what would you like the May GWP to be?

[@maximalpaximal]

Ask Mandr: Do you think buildable figures could return? I feel like the choice to bring them back would be nice, if they do 3 things. 1: price. Alot of sets are insanely overpriced, espically the sarlacc pit and desert skiff. 2: Character. Last time we were met with buildable figures, some charactars looked REALLY ugly (jyn erso), but I feel like captain rex or clone force 99 would look nice. 3: Extra. It would make it even better if it included a plaque or minifigure based off the buildable figure. What do you think about them?

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Askmandr: What is your opinion on Andor S2 being the most expensive Disney starwars project? Also Merry Christmas.

[@BOBtheMUSHROOM17]

what fo you expect lego to do with the Turbo Tank? will it will be more of a mimifigure pack then a tank set, will it be a sucky tank, or a mini desplay set?

[@SlitherBricks]

Ask Mnar: What characters do you think lego would make into brickheads next year if they make a rots brickhead pack like the ep 1 brickhead pack from last year

[@JWAnimal26]

AskMandR: would you like to see another playset with the red and yellow jedi interceptors, and some vulture droids or buzz droids?

[@Thebeanman27]

Ask MandR: Do you think we will ever get a UCS First Order star destroyer? I don't like the sequels but they had some really cool vehicle designs

[@jkoda7420]

Merry Christmas everyone

[@ZdinoYT2]

SKELton Crew episode comes out today!!🔥🔥🔥

[@VaderBrickStudios]

And Christmas is tomorrow?

[@ZdinoYT2]

@ yah

[@Peeepsshow]

AskMandr: Do you still plan to do a video showing how you color swapped the republic gunships from your clone army video? Thinking about buying another gunship to color swap myself, just curious on how you did yours. Thank you

[@ZdinoYT2]

14:01 I got it for Christmas and it’s one of the best sets ever

[@thetankcommander3838]

Regardless of how good the Death Star will be, I cannot see myself paying *$1000* for it. Paying $600 for the Venator was my limit. I’m sorry. I just can’t. If I save enough VIP points, maybe I will consider it. But still, it’s just ridiculous. That is known as “Shrinkflation” and “Greedflation”.

[@SO-ym3zs]

Ditto. I don't care how cool it might be. It reaches the point where it just becomes silly, and I don't particularly want to support Lego's corporate avarice when I can get all kinds of awesome sets from other manufacturers for half the cost of a Lego set.

[@brettturner8569]

We are already paying $1,300.00 in Australia for the UCS Millenium Falcon and the A.T - A.T. I'm a little scared to see the final price for this new Death Star.

[@jordanneufer5015]

Ask MandR: Do you think the Clone Turbo Tank for $50ish/350ish pieces could be a combo pack of Microfighters? Like maybe a Marauder/CTT/Omega’s ship with Hunter/Wrecker/Omega?

[@KullenGarcia]

AskMandR: So what's the deal with Revenge of the Sith 20th Anniversary sets?

[@thomascasillo9861]

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays yall

[@Kingpigaxe9000]

16:08 The wrong way to collect Lego is to buy sets you don’t want or display if a way that you don’t like

[@JackCarter-g2y]

AskMandR: Will we Get any more rebels sets!? I know we got the ghost last year but that was for Ashoka. So what vehicles or places could become a future set?

[@ninja_raider2757]

Ask mandr: do you think Lego will release both the UT AT and the MTT in the summer since both are at the same price point of 150$? Lego doesn’t usually release two big sets at 150$ in the summer

[@Shadow_9904]

Ask MandR: Fortnite just released two skins, a Darth Vader and Storm Trooper in a samurai style. While this was likely a combination of star wars and the theme of the new Fortnite Chapter, do you think there's a possibility of getting samurai style Darth Vader and Storm Trooper Minifigures, after all we did get the dark side falcon. While it was legends, it technically was within the Star Wars Universe, and we did get that one episode of Star Wars Visions in a Japanese Anime style. So it could be possible, right?

[@Kaden-z4c]

Ask MandR: With the $1000 Death Star coming out I thought that they should make a $350 or $400 starkiller base set with scenes like Hux’s speech and Han Solo’s death.

[@calebbarnhouse496]

Market isn't big enough, there's not enough sequel fans to support the sets that costed less then 200, a few sequel sets should be made, but I would only say sets made for children would be what you should expect, maybe a battlepack

[@Kaden-z4c]

@ I don’t like the sequels but you have to agree that we need some sets for the golden moments in those movies

[@calebbarnhouse496]

@@Kaden-z4c no, we don't, because there's no golden parts of those movies, at best there are well shot scenes that fall apart because of the movie they are in

[@Kaden-z4c]

@@calebbarnhouse496 sequel set would still be cool because there are a lot of cool designs of ships and characters

[@calebbarnhouse496]

@Kaden-z4c that's a stretch.

[@7th_best24]

AskMandr: What about when you reviewed the off-brand Death-Star with interior. You said a set like that could never happen. Have you changed your mind?

[@leonardo8181]

In Brazil, the Falcon or ATAT set has already exceeded 1290 dollars in normal prices, in promotions it reaches 950 dollars converting directly.

[@Fanninjd_23]

Maybe you could disclaim if you didn't build it yourself? I think the build is a very important aspect of a review and it's a big factor for me when buying sets

[@Veneboy18]

Merry Christmas ! 🎅

[@meowman8923]

AskMandR: Do you think that lego will dive more into the IDEAS TV shows set line, phineas and ferb is my favorite childhood TV show and I would love to see it in lego..

[@Treytheturtle17]

AskMandr: when will you review the jek-14 sets?

[@SlitherBricks]

Marry Christmas

[@Dawg347]

If you say so.

[@arya_from_club_penguin]

Well, the Church is the bride of Christ so...

[@andrewsnowden-mt6tp]

Merry Christmas everyone - here’s to some great sets in the coming year

[@Lastbrickstanding99]

Ask MandR: What are some of your worst fears/worries about a $50 Turbo Tank? Love the videos keep up the great work and have a merry Christmas!

[@daystoppol1592]

Who got Lego for xmas ?

[@CanadaBricks]

Merry Christmas, Ryan!

[@BigBlackVeasel]

My comment will probably get lost in the masses but something that I want to point out is that the CIS MTT in the Clone Wars deployed exclusively B2 Super Battle Droids. So they'd have to find a way to get Supers in an MTT.

[@chaddaniels2490]

There is no wrong way to collect, let people do what makes them happy, if that means your not included or ‘miss out’ that’s life, collectors gonna collect.

[@SM-SM-SM-SM]

it costs Lego about 10 cents to manufacture a minifigure. I dare them to put just 2 into the Death Star.

[@masterbuilder2856]

I would love to see a reissue of the original Jango Fett minifigure but with arms and leg printing included in the UCS set. The original is one of my favorite minifigures of all time... 👍

[@dannyiel0618]

Ask MandR - Do you truly believe that LAN members are paid off by Lego to only say good things?

[@RichardMontgomeryYT]

I mean, he was one. And no, they do not receive payment, they just receive the sets and press info and can be threatened with that being revoked if they do/say something wrong.

[@SO-ym3zs]

You can find LAN members saying some negative things, but their overall tone and talking points tend to be eerily similar, and they mostly come across as cheerleaders/PR people instead of objective commentators/reviewers. The real problem is the obvious conflict of interest of "reviewing" the products of a company that's paying you with sets and perks, and the fact that a lot of LAN members violate KZbin terms of service and US FTC rules by not marking their videos as having paid sponsorships or verbally making it absolutely clear, which is shady and potentially a legal issue. Merely saying, "Thanks to Lego for sending me this," is probably going to get a number of KZbinrs in trouble or shut down if KZbin ever decides to enforce the rules.

[@dannyiel0618]

@ I get where you’re coming at, but I do believe that they apply the “Includes Paid Promotion” icon (you see this before uploading a video); and by paid promotion I mean that they’re sent the set for free to review. Also, whenever Republic Bricks sent MandR a set for free, he says the same thing “I got this set sent free to review”

[@SO-ym3zs]

@dannyiel0618 there are really big LAN channels that don't use the "paid promotion" icon the way they're supposed to

[@D0G5Coolpat11]

did mandr ever say this? if he did I would believe it since he was a lan member but I don't think he's ever said that they are paid to say nice things.

[@pizzaleg3655]

Ask MandR: Is it just me or does Jedi Bob feel less like Jedi Bob after the Rebuild the Galaxy show? Something makes him feel less mysterious or just a common Jedi

[@haunterhunterz6200]

Imagine they make the death star big enough that it can have a hanger that can dock a tie fighter or millennium falcon playset? That would be insane!

[@masteryoddle]

Ask Mandr: What is your favourite star wars movie and star wars character

[@jonreeves3993]

Make Lego Affordable Again!

[@Pogog69]

Would you want any clones and Jedi in the MTT?

[@samsonknow-ef7pc]

I certainly would

[@tanner5809]

Mace windu and 2 Clone ARF troopers would be a cool call back to season 1 of the clone wars

[@foreverfornever1124]

It'd be cool if they gave us the option of the Death Star I and II, providing the most amount of scenes possible. Maybe add some modular scenes like they do with the classrooms for the new Hogwarts modular castle. I would like one of each Tie fighter, interceptor, and bomber. Id also like to see Vader's advance and possibly an imperial shuttle. Hell if they really wanna wow people, throw in a millenium falcon too! Id want as many scenes as possible with this set. This set should come with minimum 25 minifigs, Im guessing 30. All the main characters if Im including Grand Moff Tarkin would total 10 already. Throw in 8 stormtroopers, 3 tie pilots, 2 imperial officers with 5 Navy Troopers, and 2 Royal Guards.

[@Orion7204-m5b]

Merry Christmas Ryan and everyone!

[@mysterybroz4810]

Ask M&R: If the MTT is clone wars based do you think we could possibly get the bad batch and finally crosshair in his BB armor? If I remember correctly MTTs were in that clone arc.

[@thebrowneyesofmandalore]

Can you imagine if the Turbo Tank ends up being the best version we ever got at such a low price? That’d be insane. Perhaps Lego being merciful. This is me daydreaming a nonsensical fantasy. If only…

[@OSO-p6w]

With the helmet series getting a droid even tho they said they don’t do droids simply because “DarkTroopers are cool” could you see The Starship collection getting NON starships simply because they are “Cool”?

[@sabine_wren101]

Ask MandR: do you prefer displaying your figures in the set or next to the set on your shelves? I prefer on the inside but it depends on the set.

[@SuperSoldier12Games]

AskMandR: as 2025 is coming closer, what plans do you have for BrickWorld Chicago 2025 (if any).

[@BOBtheMUSHROOM17]

merry christmas eve M&R! hope you have a great christmas tomarrow!

[@justyuri8944]

Ask MandR: in your opinion, what is the best year of Lego star wars? (Nostalgia, quantity, and quality in mind) I personally think 2013 takes the cake

[@crazydog1750]

9:20 Ah, but at the end of the day, aren’t we all really still just kids pretending to be adults that know how life works? 😂🤣

[@dylanpaoloni7531]

Merry Christmas to everyone and their loved ones 🎄🎉 Here's to some great sets in the new year 🥳

[@katv1195]

Ryan, you're missing the elephant in the room re the Slave One price. Lego is made in Mexico. $240 to $300 is probably the expected 25% tariff hike. Sadly all USA lego will go up 25%

[@nicholasmarshall9128]

No way that Tarrif will be put in place (especially since Trump negotiated the USMCA free trade agreement with Mexico). The tarrif is just a threat to get Mexico to do something for the US.

[@THE_KlNG]

Thanks for including my comment

[@ewan_is_me]

Merry Christmas y’all!!!

[@pAB-14]

In Australia we have had 1k Lego sets for a few years

[@aussiedude3121]

Have you ever thought that the reason the brickheadz are not going up in price is because it’s a loss leader product

[@Alationn]

AskMandR: Should I buy a UCS venator ASAP. I’ve been wanting one for a while but tuition got in the way. Or do you think the price post retirement won’t absolutely skyrocket?

[@tythemovieguy4832]

I think a cool Death Star GWP would be some mini Imperial/Rebel ships that you can use to populate the outside of the Death Star but maybe that should just be included in the set anyways.

[@billboche8368]

AskMandR: what’s more overdue, a UCS Y-Wing, UCS Tie Bomber or UCS B-Wing?

[@stefbog79]

How much margin do shops have on selling lego? If the 1000$ lego set gets sold for a discount after some months for 750$ then the shops still have some margin, right? So 30 to 35% for the shops?

[@Euan98morgan]

Ask MandR: if you could make 3 sets to celebrate revenge of the sith, what would they be?? And what kind of sets (diorama, play set, etc)

[@rexeater14]

Ask MandR: With the new midiscale ships coming out, what figures would you place with each set that has been released? I think there are 7 total as of right now

[@Proffesionalnoobatcod22]

Merry Christmas guys🎉🎉

[@OtisEli]

AskMandR: What’s the next most wanted UCS set to come out? I think it’s about time for a UCS MTT

[@BrickNGo]

I got a question how do I start/grow my business and what do you think the best way is to

[@tyler.harford6479]

AskMandR: What happened to the comparison videos? Those were my favorite style of videos, seeing every generation of a set. The last one you uploaded was over a year ago. I still love your videos and have been watching since Covid

[@saber9926]

I got the onyx for Christmas!! Definitely worth the purchase it is such a cool set! Would never have thought to want it without your review!

[@samthemanlee1508]

I know it’s a little late for this Christmas but for next Christmas you should get another stocking with an M on it. So you’ll have M and R stockings for your background.

[@kipitrash9403]

What do you do with sets you build and don’t display? After reviews do you sell them, throw them in a box, or something else?

[@ostrichguy7810]

You never got all those tie fighters....

[@pbsquared8869]

AskMandR: I’m collecting every clone trooper, excluding Boba Fett and Jango because they are Bounty Hunters. I was wondering if you would count the imperial V-Wing pilot as a clone trooper or not? Also Merry Christmas btw 🎄

[@ExpertAssass1n]

Merry Christmas Ryan!!! 🙏👍❤️

[@ullbill]

Maybe it's gonna be a Master Builder series Death Star now that the Cantina is sold out? Happy holidays dude and hopefully 2025 has some cool order 66 sets!! ☃🎄

[@tabletopstudios66]

Where can I get that sweater?! Looks super cool.

[@Stormtrooper_Studios]

The people need answers!

[@yourfather7724]

AskMandR: Which retired LEGO theme would you chose for one more wave? Could be a sub theme also.

[@RedMan-z3r]

Merry Christmas ❤

[@BRICKSAM1]

AskMandR: why do you not display all your unique and rare sets behind you in these videos?

[@brendeeno1369]

Ask MandR: How close are you to having every Star Wars Lego set? What are the next sets you’re looking to add to the collection?

[@nicholasmarshall9128]

Now that the UCS Gunship has been retired for about a year, did that set meet, exceed, or disapoint lego in terms of sales for the set, and is that why it was retired sooner than the MBS Cantina? Also happy New Year!