I'm so exited that we're getting characters like Rae Sloane who only appear in games and comics, it's great that lego is exploring other Star Wars content
It works with the 2021 tie fighter. When you look at tie bombers or the tie advanced next to a standard tie fighter the wings are indeed significantly shorter.
The only thing not to scale on the 2021 fighter is the cockpit “ball”. They should have constructed the “ball” for the 2021 fighter similarly to the bomber.
This is definitely being added to the collection now that I've seen it in more detail! Unsure whether to grab it on release day or (more likely) hold off for a bargain, but it'll be great to finally have a TIE Bomber in the fleet.
+ Having the 2021 Tie, 2022 january tie bomber, 2022 summer Tie interceptor All the TIE design pretty much at the same time and probably at the same size is awsome, they wont look off together
@@johnnybaxter1953 Just because you might already have a few Darth Vaders or TIE pilots doesn't make the figures in this set any worse. They're still good figs.
@@crazydog1750 They are definitely good quality figures, but the more common something is the less value is has. If everyone had a cloud city boba fett it wouldn’t be cool anymore. The build looks great though, and I’ll definitely be picking up at least 1
What was funny is that solidbricks and brick wiz uploaded there reviews about the same minute of eachother and are prob gonna be carbon copies of eachother
I now really want a remake of Vader's TIE Advanced with this wing design and/or TIE Advanced vs Red 5 for the next mircofighter wave. Great videos, been a massive fan of the channel for a while. Keep up the good work.
I think a 2x2 plate should be able to rest on top of the missiles. It would look good for display and easy to remove for the play feature. Would probably fall inside the build if it was used like a button to launch the missiles though
I am surprised by how small the Bomber is when compared to the TIE fighters. The bomb-dropping function is a bit lackluster, but overall a great playset!
Seeing how well this came out really makes me want an official lego tie punisher, which is essentially this but with 5 pods, two stacked on top each other on each side of the cockpit. It's a bit overboard but it's also really cool
Love how you get some of these sets before LAN members. Just shows once again how dedicated you are to LEGO, that you’re willing to pay double the price to get stuff early
I think that LAN members get their sets super super early, they just don't upload their reviews until LEGO tells them they can. I know Solid Brix has talked in his early reviews about how he's filming them months before he uploads them.
As a viewer who’s been on Ryan’s channel since literally day one, right now is what I hoped the future would look like! Lego is awesome and all of you guys in the comment sections are awesome keep it up and I love yall !
A part of me still wishes they had gone with a light blue color, instead of grey, like the actual screen used TIE Bomber model; but I think this looks great. The small size doesn’t bother me since I’m running out of space anyway. Easily my most anticipated set from the last several years.
I’m so glad they made a new face print for Darth Vader. I think the old one we used to get where he’s smiling like a happy old grandpa would, just doesn’t fit the Darth Vader vibe at all? This is definitely one of the best faces we’ve ever gotten for him imo
Yeah it fits when he is talking to Luke in episode 6 and I guess they reused it since we dont really see him without the helmet otherwise. This new one is much better tho
Although I understand that the uniform of a Grand Admiral looks cooler than the one of a lower ranking imperial officer I think the uniform choice for Vice Admiral Sloane is a little underappreciated by some people: Not only is Lego's choice more accurate for the time frame (ESB and RotJ) being associated with this set as already pointed out here in the video, the 5x2 rank insignia Sloane is wearing in this set was never seen on a minifigure of an imperial officer before and might even stay exclusive for her given the fact that she is the most known officer in Star Wars media who held that rank. Also considering that Thrawn will most likely appear in the upcoming Star Wars projects again, it is even more likely that we will see a new Thrawn minifigure in the next one or two years and with it the actually accurate uniform of a Grand Admiral. Otherwise this set seems solid although they also could have given us an Admiral Piett and/or Ozzel (maybe even instead of Vader) and therefor could have corrected the missed opportunity to throw these two characters in Vader's meditation chamber where they should have been. Looks like these two characters will not get a minifig until Lego releases a new Executor :( I will definitely get the set nonetheless.
I agree. I was hoping for either Piett or maybe a generic Lieutenant since the UCS Star Destroyer is retiring but Vice Admiral is good to finally have. I hope we do get a new Thrawn soon- still can't believe they messed him up like that.
@@callumpears1523 True, it is kind of weird that higher ranking officers like naval captains and commodores are seen way more often (especially in cheaper sets) than lower officer ranks. For the 2017 Thrawn minifig the rank insignia error at least has the advantage that this will most likely remain unique to this minifig and the minifig therefor could even keep its high value when they release a new version of him with an accurate rank insignia.
@@imperialesoberkommando yeah I was tempted to take an eraser to some of my old Captain figures and make them into Lieutenants (then the UCS destroyer with an official Lieutenant got revealed like a week later but it's still been hard to get hold of that figure lol). Crazy that one of the lowest and most common ranks is one of the most expensive officer minifigures.
Just got this set for myself. It really was worth waiting 20 years. So much better than the older set we got back then. Hopefully we will get a Tie Interceptor too some time soon.
The size is disappointing. I would gladly pay another $20-25 for a TIE Bomber that's similar in scale to the 2018 TIE Fighter. I don't like the downsizing trend LEGO Star Wars is going through. Still gonna buy it though. Damn you, LEGO.
What! You can't see the pilot through the cockpit window?? IMO that's an unexpected and massive letdown, not only for a playset, but also for display. Never seen them do that before. Along with the missile missing, this otherwise stunning set suddenly feels like a neutered prototype. Very disappointing, worth at least 2 points being retracted on a scale of 10.
Looks overall great but the size really disappoints Also this new stud-shooter seems to suck even more then the older one because you can't put custom ammo (like custom missile with a stud in the back) anymore in it.
I would have liked if they used the same mechanism from the Resistance Y-Wing for the bombs. It seems large enough to fit it... would like to test that.
i love this set, i just dont know if id buy it because i would really want it to be in scale with the 2018 tie, as thats what my collection is, i even did the mod to a 2nd 2018 tie to make it the interceptor and to both have the round cockpit mod from luke builds
One thing about the gonk droid-when you translate that piece it says "CARGO." Gonk droids were not used for cargo purposes... they were basically walking batteries. Kinda dumb that they didn't at least remove that part of the print on him because that's pretty inaccurate.
But why does the gonk droid use the same piece as the imperial marauder ._. it literally translates to cargo which makes zero sense to put on a gonk droid
Looks like it would be very easy to tile over the flick launcher spot on top and if you were to replace the front of the bomber section with a flat 2x2 round tile it would be easily converted to a tie boarding craft as seen in Rogue One and Andor.
I modified my TIE Bomber by replacing the flickfire bomb missile thingies with a Y Wing style hollow bomb bay with a trapdoor for releasing said bombs (which are now much smaller). Definetly one of the best modifications I've done to a ship. It was pretty simple too. I gutted the ordinance pod, re-tiled the top and slapled a trapdoor where the missile gap used to be.
I think they did very well with this set I think the price is a little high but it's pretty good still only if they put this much care into the new 501st Battle pack as they did this set nonetheless Good job Lego
yea i think 65 bucks is rlly pushing it. if it had a giant luancher i'd more generous to it cuz of the shere fun those things are, but as it is, i don't think the price is justified
This review shows to me that you aren’t always a naysayer, and you can applaud LEGO when they get things right. Super excited to pick this one up as a fan of the tie bomber in Empire. Oops I meant Jedi 😅
This Tie Bomber looks very cool. With the new Vader face abd the flick fire missles used as the bombs are very interesting. I like this set. It's very cool
Great review! Unfortunately I will be passing on this one as I got a sort of UCS-sized MOC for the same price which blows this one out of the water. Since have it as a display model I have no need for the play features.
Its a rly good tie bomber and props to the designers. Kinda wished they were able to make that windscreen work so we can see the pilot, but I bet they tried their best and found out they couldn't properly do it.
Unfortunate that it is so small compared to my 2018 tie fighter but still gonna buy this one because it just looks too good! Thanks for the excellent review!
I feel like all OT sets this next year may have the ROTJ crest. Just like the battlepack being based off of Battlefront 2 and having the Clone Wars anniversary set, despite not being from the Clone Wars ‘03. I definitely want this bomber, but I definitely can wait for the price adjustment or sales. Walmart always drops the prices at some point.
another 'podcast review' for me since I don't wanna see how it looks before I get one myself. Buying 3 of these anyway, it has been way too long to not show lego some appreciation for finally making this
also disagree from what I'm hearing that it delivers in every way after 20 years- it is smaller scale, so it's not gonna represent the size well compared to excellent minifig scale of 2017 tie fighter, it's gonna fit the 2021 models more. 9.5 set from what I'm hearing anyway.
I really like the look of the new TIE Bomber; but I’m a little unsure as to its scale. Is it smaller like the 2021 TIE Fighter? In other words, should you put it next to the 2021 TIE or the 2018 Solo TIE?
"It was worth the 20 year wait"... I feel old now cuz I remember seeing this on shelves, but never getting it back in the day because I was 'too young' for that and it was 'a toy for boys'... definitely getting this one tho!
Love tie bombers. Used to collect Star Wars Action Fleet toys when I was kid before LEGO Star Wars was a thing and the tie bomber model was always one of my favorites. Definitely getting this set. Only wish it was a little larger.
