HELO{"id":99999999271219,"date":"2022-10-02T14:00:07","date_gmt":"2022-10-02T13:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/?p=99999999271219"},"modified":"2022-10-02T15:18:14","modified_gmt":"2022-10-02T14:18:14","slug":"exclusive-minifigures-will-remain-in-ucs-lego-star-wars-sets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/exclusive-minifigures-will-remain-in-ucs-lego-star-wars-sets","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive minifigures will remain in UCS LEGO Star Wars sets","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A <a class=\"thirstylink nturl\" rel=\"nofollow rakuten\" title=\"LEGO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/product\/lego\" data-shortcode=\"true\">LEGO<\/a> designer has explained that future UCS <a class=\"thirstylink nturl\" rel=\"nofollow rakuten\" title=\"LEGO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/product\/lego\" data-shortcode=\"true\">LEGO<\/a> <a class=\"thirstylink nturl\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Star Wars\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/product\/star-wars\" data-shortcode=\"true\">Star Wars<\/a> sets will include exclusive minifigures, following the Gunship.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minifigures in <a class=\"thirstylink nturl\" rel=\"nofollow rakuten\" title=\"LEGO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/product\/lego\" data-shortcode=\"true\">LEGO<\/a> <a class=\"thirstylink nturl\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Star Wars\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/product\/star-wars\" data-shortcode=\"true\">Star Wars<\/a> Ultimate Collector Series sets haven\u2019t always been exclusive in the past. <a class=\"thirstylink nturl\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"75309 Republic Gunship\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/product\/75309-republic-gunship\" data-shortcode=\"true\">75309 Republic Gunship<\/a> came with Mace Windu and a Clone Trooper Commander, only one of which is exclusive now as Mace Windu would be included, with printed arms, in a set the year after its release. As we reported, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/why-are-people-so-unhappy-with-lego-star-wars-75309-republic-gunship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this made some fans unhappy<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following that, members of the <a class=\"thirstylink nturl\" rel=\"nofollow rakuten\" title=\"LEGO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/product\/lego\" data-shortcode=\"true\">LEGO<\/a> <a class=\"thirstylink nturl\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Star Wars\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/product\/star-wars\" data-shortcode=\"true\">Star Wars<\/a> design team have explained how they\u2019re taking feedback on board for future models, using <a class=\"thirstylink nturl\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"75331 The Razor Crest\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/product\/75331-the-razor-crest\" data-shortcode=\"true\">75331 The Razor Crest<\/a> and its three exclusive minifigures as an example.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1636\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/static-files\/2021\/08\/75309-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99999999103690\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis was something we\u2019ve changed based on input from fans,\u201d said Jens Kronvold Frederiksen regarding exclusive minifigures in UCS sets as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/jaysbrickblog.com\/news\/rlfm-days-2022-lego-ucs-razor-crest-designer-reveal-and-insights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jay\u2019s Brick Blog<\/a>.&nbsp;\u201cIt was something we changed because we know that when you buy a big set, it\u2019s nice to get something unique, something special and that\u2019s what we want to provide.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe had a case and that was with the UCS Republic Gunship where people were not super happy about the minifigures because they were not unique, and honestly, we\u2019ve taken that feedback in.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"656\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/75331-1024x656.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99999999270207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/75331-1024x656.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/75331-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/75331-768x492.png 768w, https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/75331-1536x984.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/75331-2048x1312.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/75331-600x384.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a class=\"thirstylink nturl\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"75331 The Razor Crest\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/product\/75331-the-razor-crest\" data-shortcode=\"true\">75331 The Razor Crest<\/a> is the latest Ultimate Collector Series set though as the theme continues, it\u2019s likely that there will be more in the future and this quote suggests that their minifigures will remain exclusive.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Support the work that&nbsp;<em>Brick Fanatics<\/em>&nbsp;does by purchasing your&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/product\/lego\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored\">LEGO<\/a>&nbsp;using our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/product\/lego\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored\">affiliate links<\/a>. Thank you!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A LEGO designer has explained that future UCS LEGO Star Wars sets will include exclusive minifigures, following the Gunship.\u00a0 Minifigures<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":44713,"featured_media":99999999113567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10559,999999996977,22,326,59,582,12536,2471],"acf":[],"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"link","format":"url"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99999999271219"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44713"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99999999271219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99999999271219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99999999113567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99999999271219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99999999271219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99999999271219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}