Rumoured LEGO Star Wars May the 4th promo breaks tradition
The LEGO Star Wars May the 4th gift-with-purchase for 2024 is rumoured to break a longstanding tradition in LEGO Star Wars’ history.
New rumoured information from itavixbrix (via brick_clicker) for this year’s May the 4th LEGO Star Wars selection has surfaced, including word of a new Battle Droid Carrier based on The Phantom Menace. It’s believed to include 262 pieces with between six and eight Battle Droid minifigures.
As a rumoured gift-with-purchase, it’s claimed to be available with qualifying purchases from May 1, 2024. That just so happens to be days away from the film’s 25th-anniversary re-release too. As exciting as this may sound, it’s worth taking the rumour with a pinch of salt and bearing in mind that it would break a 24-year-long LEGO Star Wars tradition.
Every time this vehicle has been recreated as a new LEGO Star Wars set, it has always followed a version of the MTT – whether they be a year or even four apart. Provided the rumours are accurate, 40686 Battle Droid Carrier will be changing that with no rumours of any new version of the MTT at the time of writing.
As a rumoured gift-with-purchase, it’s not quite the same as the three other Battle Droid Carrier sets but it will not be following an MTT model this time around unless the LEGO Group has a surprise in-store. Either way, it should provide some easy Battle Droids to grow your army, though it’s not ideal for army-building.
For now, we can only wait to see what the LEGO Group has planned for May the 4th in LEGO Star Wars 25th-anniversary year and there’s a fair amount of models reported to come this year, including a wave officially confirmed for March 1 specifically for the 25th anniversary.
Every LEGO Star Wars set confirmed and rumoured for 2024
| LEGO set | Price | Pieces | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30680 AAT | TBC | 75 | January 1, 2024 |
| 30685 [Polybag] | TBC | TBC | May 2024 |
| 40675 Commander Cody | $9.99 | TBC | May 2024 |
| 40676 The Phantom Menace BrickHeadz Collection | $54.99 | TBC | May 1, 2024 |
| 40686 Battle Droid Carrier | TBC | 262 | May 1, 2024 |
| 40730 [Star Wars GWP] | TBC | 145 | October 2024 |
| 75372 Clone Trooper & Battle Droid Battle Pack | £24.99 / $29.99 / €29.99 | 215 | January 1, 2024 |
| 75373 Ambush on Mandalore Battle Pack | $19.99 | 109 | June 1, 2024 |
| 75374 Skeleton Crew Ship | $129.99 / €139.99 | 1,325 | June 1, 2024 |
| 75375 Millennium Falcon | £74.99 / $84.99 / €84.99 | 921 | March 1, 2024 |
| 75376 Tantive IV | £69.99 / $79.99 / €79.99 | 654 | March 1, 2024 |
| 75377 Invisible Hand | £46.99 / $49.99 / €52.99 | 557 | March 1, 2024 |
| 75378 BARC Speeder Escape | $29.99 / €29.99 | 221 | May 2024 |
| 75379 R2-D2 | £89.99 / $99.99 / €99.99 | 1,050 | March 1, 2024 |
| 75380 Boonta Eve Podrace Diorama | $69.99 / €79.99 | 718 | May 1, 2024 |
| 75381 Droideka | $59.99 / €64.99 | 583 | May 1, 2024 |
| 75382 TIE Interceptor | $239.99 / €239.99 | 1,931 | May 2024 |
| 75383 Sith Infiltrator | $69.99 | 640 | May 2024 |
| 75384 The Crimson Firehawk | £46.99 / $49.99 / €52.99 | 136 | January 1, 2024 |
| 75385 Battle on Peridea | $49.99 | 382 | August 1, 2024 |
| 75386 Paz Vizsla and Moff Gideon Battle | $39.99 | 289 | June 1, 2024 |
| 75387 Boarding the Tantive IV | £49.99 / $49.99 / €54.99 | 502 | March 1, 2024 |
| 75388 Jedi Bob’s Starfighter | $39.99 | 310 | August 1, 2024 |
| 75389 Dark Millennium Falcon | $169.99 | 1,578 | August 1, 2024 |
| 75390 Luke Skywalker X-wing Mech | $15.99 | 195 | June 1, 2024 |
| 75391 Captain Rex Y-wing Microfighter | $12.99 | 99 | June 1, 2024 |
| 75392 Potential Creature Build | $99.99 | 1,186 | August 1, 2024 |
| 75393 X-wing and TIE Fighter | $109.99 | 1,058 | August 1, 2024 |
| 75394 Death Star Playset | TBC | 1,555 | August 1, 2024 |
| 75395 Star Wars Advent Calendar | $44.99 | 368 | September 1, 2024 |
| 75396 Escape from the Sarlacc | $89.99 | 558 | August 1, 2024 |
| 75398 Buildable C-3PO | $149.99 | 1,132 | August 1, 2024 |
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