We all agree that Rex should and needs to be available to the public at an affordable price. But it’s the deceitfulness and greed of Lego that has really left a bad taste. I’m shocked how many people can’t or won’t understand that.
Because they're shills and pay pigs. That's really all it is. Just dismiss them and move on. No need to waste precious time and energy on these hollow husks. Everyone has their funny little opinions, but ultimately there sometimes comes a point where you just cannot deny the *absolute* facts and evidence presented before you and if you choose to ignore or deny or even deflect and attempt to lessen the cold, hard truths set before you, than you truly are nothing more than a hollow husk. Nothing but a clown. A joke. Someone not to be taken seriously anymore, nor even given the time of day in general, and is just disingenuous and harmful more than anything. As a wise Stormtrooper once said: "Move along, move along."
I'm shocked people are still trying to push this narrative that lego somehow wronged the community because they said he was exclusive in an instruction manual. Nobody expected him to stay exclusive. And it's deceitful to say that lego was trying to be greedy by trying to make it seem like he was exclusive. You're ignorant for believing that, not lego.
@@MandRproductions You didn't say it no, but we all know that scalpers were banking on selling theminifig for big money. Seeing this just means scalpers will lose money and thats a huge W
Yea. Just for it to be a cringe as hell microfighter too, no less. God they truly hate the Prequel era. Couldn't care less about what the fans want and still don't today.
Someone said that "exclusively in theaters" doesn't mean it's not gonna be released as DVDs or on streaming services afterwards. I think that's a fairly good point.
That's a good way to look at it, at the time rex was exclusive to the venator but that didn't mean he'd permanently be exclusive. Just look at the clone pilot- I mean commander in the Republic gunship
i get what you mean but its still mild semantics, and the fact that there is any room for interpretation other than what lego intended is already a bad sign. ideally, when lego writes something is exclusive, there should be no ambiguity on whether that figure will appear in other sets
@@diphamza4213thing is it was exclusive at the time, there was no other Capitan Rex minifig released in any other sets at the time, so Rex was indeed exclusive
@mcoprops9992 no, exclusive means that it would have only been in that one set that specific way, I think they should have changed something either for the better or worse.
@@CysgodAstua I think it would be better to compare Bricklink to Ebay than to Amazon... (I do agree with you, by the way I'm just suggesting a different comparison)
@@johanne8260 Those people usually sell the Yularen figure separately, and either sell the rest of the set together without the figures, or part it out and list each of the pieces individually. Nobody would buy a $650 set that they didn't want, and sell just a single part of it and only get like $100 of it back.
This figure is still selling for $40 on Bricklink. Why??? Do people not realize the same thing is available for a fraction of that if they just wait a week?
When I was a kid I lost all my Legos. But when I quit drinking 4.5 years ago. I used Legos as the escape. I up to over 50 Star Wars sets and the wife go in on it and has over 25 sets herself. Mostly Disney. Got something back from my childhood that I had lost.
Amazing! I did the same before pandemic started as a nice past time and a way to cope with the rough times I had before and during that whole thing. It helped me through. Now I own over 50 sets without counting my old 2001 and 2005 sets. It's been a relaxing hobby but I need to sort my pieces so I can do more MOC's. Happy building and collecting to you.
Not everyone brought it for a mini figure, it was a bonus that they said the figure was exclusive. Not long now for the release hope you have managed to save up $13 😂😂
@@TiltonRD duh... I know not everyone bought it for the minifig. Obviously. 650 bucks is a lot of money. But some people did. And I am laughing at them.
They released two 501st Battle Packs in the last four years. Makes zero sense that Lego wouldn’t make Rex in a more affordable set considering that Army Builders are probably going to want a Rex for their 501st Army.
And it also made sense for them to put fives as an anniversary figure in the tantive IV set. Say what you will about him, it's nice we got a figure of him. Here's to hoping we get Echo and Jesse sometime, maybe even kix
It didn’t say it wouldn’t be either. We all know what the word exclusive implies though and when I show an example of another set saying “new” from the same year for its fig it’s obvious why they used different words… deceit.
@@gplgs4640show and tell us where he’s scalping Rex figures (Answer: He’s not, you’re making stuff up to make you and your friends at r/legocirclejerk feel better)
I kinda think it’s funny too tbh 😂 like who wants to be lied too and sold on something saying it’s exclusive in a $650 set, and then a few months later it comes out for $13.
I think it’s a little overblown how big of a deal it is, but I do at least understand where they’re coming from. A lot of people did buy the Venator specifically for the Rex so I get why it’d be annoying to find out you could’ve waited a little bit and gotten the exact same one for $13. Does seem kinda like a sleazy business practice. But I think it is being made into a bigger deal than it maybe needs to be.
It's not that people bought these as investments, other fans (under the idea it was exclusive) were shelling out $100 each to buy it. What LEGO did was unfair to them & benefited their own bottom line. Of course at the same time I'm very happy for your son and countless other fans that will finally get a Captain Rex figure. It's just an unfortunate situation caused by LEGO.
@@MandRproductionsLego doesn't, get a cut off second hand market sales, the venator would have sold great anyways, also "deception" is a bit of a misleading statement when they only said it was exclusive in a instruction manual, no where in advertising did they say it was exclusive, "exclusive to theatres" doesn't mean it won't be available to stream down the road or have a DVD release
@@justinbombach9873 did the math for all bricklink sales and it came out to $836 usd so Lego made about two UCS sets worth of profit from the entire second hand market, not exactly a lot of money
More like a rant than a review. It was exclusive for a time being (not to mention Yularen is still exclusive). Look at Funko Pops, they say exclusive to whatever retailer they're exclusive to, yet can be found at other places such as smaller shops. A pop can say Only At Target and yet can be found at a comic shop or end up at a Marshalls. Looks at video games, they may say "only for this specific console" yet can get ported later on in the future. It's also ironically hardly anyone complained about UCS Luke becoming a keychain, barely anyone complained about the P1 Commander in the UCS Gunship being featured in a Advent Calender, yet when Rex gets in a cheap set, everyone loses their marbles. Also, in the end, it’s a plastic toy. Yes, they make sets for adults, but in the end, they’re a children’s toy company first.
Lego has said figures have been exclusive for a good while and then included them in later sets, I’m pretty sure one of the early tie fighters had a storm trooper as an exclusive figure. To think that specific captain Rex was gonna stay in a 600+ dollar set was pretty dumb. They did it with the ucs gunship
+ one more thing, I don't think lego would make a profit big enough from one figure via bricklink and "deceive" customers with one sentence in order to make a tiny profit for it to be worth it. They just don't care enough
@@LWild-jx1iotrue, but then why not say limited time exclusive? For example, I believe when the game borderlands 3 came out it was advertised as a timed exclusive for the epic games store and it wouldn't be out on steam for another 6 months. Compare this to some playstation exclusives that are over a decade old and still only available on playstation. Lego could've very easily done the same thing or as M&R said they couldve just said "new". Based on the way that lego has used the word "exclusive" in the past, it does imply that it would stay that way
Agreed. In my opinion, the definition of exclusivity used by the people who got "decieved" is wrong. Exclusivity is not perpetual(unless stated so) Mandr said something about "lawyer speech" but i personally believe its just common knowledge. I could say a lot more(believe me i wanted to) but i'll keep it brief since its pointeless to disscuss such a thing on replies to a youtube comment.
@@LicheyLostexclusive means forever. You can’t say that and change it then it was never exclusive as they knew they were going to make another one. I could say anything is exclusive to a set the first time it comes out and then change it the next week that’s scummy and deceptive. Stop covering for a multibillion dollar company you are embarrassing yourself.
@@THEONETRUEOVERLORD Yknow, i'd argue against this, a lot of the time in media you see "only in theaters" just for the movie to release in streaming later "exclusive coverage" in the news only for it to be covered by other stations, sure if this set released like, 4 to 6 months earlier i'd have no problem with people complaining give the context, hell i'd i would even join in but after a while, exclusivity isn't perpetuos, could have they worded it better yes, but the level of complaints reached too high a level, and for the wrong reasons. Second, i don't care the subject i'm defending, if i believe in something's innocence i'll deffend it, just like i would for any other one(also i hate corporate executives, but i belive this was something either writen by the designer, or the team behind instructions, not a deceptive marketing team or greedy executive, if that was the case i would complain just as i did with the price hikes). In conclusion, enough time has passed for the "exclusivity lock" to be unchained for a good reason.
@@THEONETRUEOVERLORD Lego said the exact same thing as the stormtrooper in 1999. Get over it it’s a freaking plastic toy for kids and all of you mandr worshipers are acting like it’s the end of the world when Lego thinks about children.
This isnt me hating or whatever but in the instructions manual, lego never said that the either of the minifigures would be exclusive hoing forward only that they were exclusive at that time. They never said that there were no plans to re-release them so really the instructions were right as for the past 8 months, the minifigures have been exclusive
The word exclusive and the designers recent comments imply exactly that: exclusivity. LEGO commonly has exclusive figures that stay exclusive, stated so or not.
@@BatMan-102 do you not understand what "exclusive to this set means" that doesnt mean exclusive to this set until we make a new set..... the correct analogy for your stupid mind is imagine going to the theaters to see dune 2 and get the popcorn bucket your happy you got your popcorn bucket because they advertised "EXLUSIVE DUNE 2 ONLY POPCORN BUCKET" and then when dune 3 comes out they release the same popcorn bucket that was literally advertised TO BE FOR DUNE 2 ONLY
@@MandRproductions I don’t think the people who wrote the instructions for the venator knew that Lego would put the figure in another set 8 months later lmao
@@MandRproductions dude you have a whatnot were you always resell overpriced minifigures and sets. you wanted rex to stay exclusive so you could resell it for $500 bucks in a few years
@@johanne8260 highkey this the only valid criticism against mandr in this entire comment section. everyone else is just complaining about the video being too long (suit urself; im a big fan of mandr yap sessions) or strawmanning his point. this specifically tho... yea... i hadnt thought about that before but now i can't not think about this when considering his other arguments. doesn't make his points any less valid tho.
please answer me this. who looked inside the instructions for a set they didn’t already own to decide whether they want to buy it? how is this a scam at all? nobody used a random page from the instructions as their reasoning for buying the venator. please just come back to reality man. you said that the promise of exclusivity in the wording was what lured people in to buy this set but seriously are people just reading the instructions for lego sets they don’t have just for fun? dude please come on
Half a million people watched my review where I showed the inside of the instructions and explained what it said. People watch reviews to help them decide to buy something sometimes.
@@MandRproductions There are still another 332.5 million people in the US alone. Assuming all of the half a million people bought it because they thought Rex would be exclusive forever, LEGO doesn't give af about that small minuscule percentage of their customers. Sorry to burst your bubble but the world isn't centered around you.
I could be pedantic and say that the Captain Rex figure was exclusive to that set when it came out. Nothing in that copy says it would be exclusive forever. Exclusive doesn’t necessarily mean exclusive for all time and in perpetuity. It was technically true when the set was released. You can be mad about it, but if you bought a massive $650 set for a little two inch toy figure, that’s really on you. I think it’s fantastic that Rex is available in a very cheap set. I’m going to buy four.
They'll be on shelves at the same time though. And Lego plans ahead way further than the 7 months so they knew this was releasing when the Venator released. I personally don't think it's that big a deal.
@@MandRproductions This made it onto the circlejerk subreddit. They are eating you alive, which is sad. Lego have dug a hole, and I will be honest, I don't like everything about you, but I have only respect for you since you keep manning to guns and sticking to them
@@Mann528 Yeah I mean it's the internet, if you don't agree with me I'm a deplorable person with no moral compass clearly. It's Reddit lmao of course they're losing their mind over an opinion on "just a kids toy" according to them ;)
@@MandRproductions because it is a kids toy smh, it doesn't take a genius or even a Redditor to figure that out. You are very fluent in the language of Yapense
@@jamesphillips5282yeah why do these childish mfs critique these pieces of plastic like they’re top of the line display models? Hey dumbass they’re made for kids it says so on the box, sorry I’m not shitting my pants in rage over A FUCKING HELMET HOLE this guy is so childish it makes me want to swallow nails Fuck you Ryan
Rex WAS exclusive to The Venator at that time. Did they say anything about exclusive FOREVER? Unless you have some sort of disability or somehow can't read, buying a $600 set just for a minifig is dumb.
@MandRproductions, we all know what exclusive means, but exclusivity only applies to the object at the time, and for a time, it was exclusive, but through demand, and lack of buyers lego made rex more available. Is he still exclusiv? No. Is it ridiculous to assume he would stay exclusive to the venator? Yes, it is ridiculous to assume or think that.
Lego did not lie. “Are exclusive” is not the same as “will be exclusive forever”. Lego didn’t say that in the instructions to drive sales. Who the heck is making the venator purchase based on a random line in the instructions?
@@QuiGonJeans It actually doesn't mean perpetually though? Exclusivity, in its definition only means special product limited to (blank) it doesn't state time or perpetuity in the slightest. Also one more thing since you're probably not gonna you're mind on this, its probably only the Star Wars department that is to blame not the entire "billion dollar company im deffending" since, well other themes (well most since im not sure about DC or Marvel) don't pull anything simmilar to this type of "decieving" acts. So if any Star Wars fans want to actually make a change, it wouldn't be right blaming the entire company or the designers, probably the department that does revisions to wording and packaging before shipping. (not that anyone should harass them anyways)
the incredible bad faith of people who make fun of those who bought the Venator. It's clearly stated "exclusive for this set", there's nothing else to say, LEGO lied. We don't give a damn about your arguments "at the time it was exclusive, you don't understand this term", it's bad faith
@@QuiGonJeansMate your English teacher was on something else if you think that “are exclusive” means “are exclusive forever”. Exclusive itself doesn’t mean permanent. It’s just an adjective.
I don't understand the argument of "I paid $650 and now my little plastic man is not worth $200" argument. I mean, did you buy the set with the express purpose of selling the figure and recouping some money? Probably not. The argument is more about poorer or more financially savvy people should not have what I can afford. - that's a bad attitude and they deserve to be duped.
its not about the price its about lego being scummy they arent your friend they purposefully marketed the first rex as "EXCLUSIVE TO THIS SET ONLY" and for alot of rex fans that pushed them over the edge for a purchase they wouldnt have made otherwise...... the only reason they said those words was to trick people and then later when sales and hype died down then they profit on the people who cant afford the set and act like nothing happened because they already scalped the first consumers..... this couldve been fixed by not marketing the figs as "EXCLUSIVE TO THIS SET ONLY" or they couldve released both sets at the same time but we all know why they didnt do that {ill give you a hint ITS ABOUT MILKING ALL THE CONSUMERS} they dont care about everyone getting a rex for cheap they care about min maxing profits by deceit and then acting like it never happened and moving on because people with no braincells dont see the reason they did this and because it worked they will do more and more decietful tactics and trick consumers into giving them money by using phrases such as "EXCLUSIVE TO THIS SET ONLY" and people who dont see how thats a problem are either stupid ignorant or both
@@MandRproductions we are happy that we can afford Rex now honestly why do you care so much the Lego product has given you a job on UA-cam yet it seem like all you do is take a Crap on them for catering to figures to the little guys just because you guys want to scalp people and over charge for a mini-figure personally I’m gland the scalpers are suffering
@@WalterWhite-e1ebrother all he does is spit facts and make great reviews and videos about how LEGO can do better with their products and cares that YOU the customer get a better product 😊 is that not something that you’d want if your spending so much money on LEGO?
I understand it right tho… When this venator came out, Rex WAS exclusive to the set. It’s not anymore, doesn’t mean that the first statement is wrong, it’s just not true ANYMORE. Ik it’s cheeky from Lego and don’t defend them from doing it tho they should precise if it is going to be exclusive for ever or just for some time .
Of course he is. Hes similar to Lego. He gets all this cool stuff for free just to talk about it. Acting like he's for the people. He's not one of us. Hes advertising for Lego.
@@stipkovich15Now I don't agree with Mandr about the Rex thing but I will say that is no longer apart of the Lego network (or whatever it's called) so he doesn't get the sets for free, from my understanding he buys it from people who somehow have the set early for a very large upcharge.
@@axtyn7620 I kind you not, I commented on this video as a joke, and he replied to my comment with a entire paragraph about how he wasn't selling like 50 captain rex minifigures. Maybe I'm in wrong or something or I am just not educated with the whole deal. *EDIT: I HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY MY conscious THAT WHAT I JUST SAID WAS A JOKE. I DON'T MEAN ANY HATE AT ALL AND I'M HERE TO SAY SORRY IF I SOUNDED MEAN SPIRTED, I MADE THAT COMMENT AT 1AM AND WASN'T REALLY THINKING SMART*(hope u can forgive me)
@THEONETRUEOVERLORD at the time, they weren't. The outrage is ridiculous. It would be dumb to not have rex accessible. You want them to skimp on quality?
@@Crazybeachstudio its not about the resellers here its about false advertising lego is not your friend they want to make sure to milk the consumers not the scalpers they said specifically "EXCLUSIVE TO THIS SET ONLY" for a reason to get loyal customers to buy in with fomo to then turn around and stab them in the back...... and if thats not the case WHY DIDNT THEY RELEASE BOTH SETS AT THE SAME TIME...... its the same fig and a microfighters set takes the least amount of time to create it doesnt take 8 MONTHS TO MAKE A MICROFIGHTER SET..... they did this for VERY specifically to milk not to help and its scary to think what links they will go to for milking purposes because its already proven to be successful by cavemen like you who are focused on the wrong issue here who gives tf about scalpers but this doesnt hurt scalpers only it will hurt you eventually when lego does something scummy to max profits AGAIN
I’ve never been a huge minifig collector nor I have cared significantly about super detailed figures, I buy Lego for the builds. Not sure how many others feel the same way.
Them saying rex was exclusive isn't lying because it was true at the time. Just like how spider man and God of war were exclusive to playstation but now they're on pc
Also not to mention they weren't trying to push a "exlusive" message as it was just a line in the instructions for people who already bought it. They didn't leverage that in any of their marketing. @@noahmaldonado5461
Man are people salty. I’m so happy this microfighter was released. I was never able to get a Rex figure as a kid, but now I can have one for the low low price of $13. But for real, if you bought the UCS Venator JUST for the Captain Rex figure… well sucks to suck i guess. Lego should have had their terminology right in the Venator marketting material, and for a time it was true, both WERE exclusive to the UCS Venator. How much time has to pass before Lego can release the same figure in a lower priced set? Or are they just not allowed to because one person in the fanbase with a big platform says so? This is a huge win. Scalpers, resellers, and “investors” might have to think twice now lmfao.
@@MandRproductionsyeah you become a reselling scalper. And now your butt hurt over people being able to to get Rex for cheap. I wish Lego would remake all Lego sets so you couldn’t scalpe
@@MandRproductionsno dude it’s a barrage over time of nonstop victimization and childish entitled complaints. But sure 😊 teehee it’s my video haters hate la la stay in delusion land
Timed exclusives, much like video games nowadays, would solve this issue entirely. The Venator drops, then six months or a year later, this Rex Y-Wing drops and no one would complain as long as the timed exclusivity was announced. Heck, put Yularen in a battlepack, dual molded legs and all, watch what happens then.
I really hope they reboot microfighters, cuz like, I could imagine a kid/teen watching the star wars films and series’ then taking their pocket money to buy a lego star wars set with a cool character and a spaceship for a cheap price instead of begging their parents for a 100€$£ ship!
To be honest I just think that Lego will earn more money from all the people who can afford a Captain Rex with this set than with the incomes of the Venator sales.
As someone who cant afford anything close the UCS sets, getting this Rex figure like this is amazing. Obviously it was shitty of LEGO to lie like that and I feel for the fans who bought the UCS mainly for Rex but this one happened to work out very well for myself and probably most fans
its not about buying a 650 dollar set for a 100 dollar figure, its about the set you bought for 650 dollar now has 100 dollar less value. I dont know, why so many people are not understanding this^^ Also, i know some people who sold this figure to finance the set and get it 100 dollar cheaper.
I understand people who bought it off the second hand market would be upset but I never believe Lego when they say exclusive or anything else, when the UCS ventor game out I almost immediately new that it would be in a set soon
I don’t really care about him coming in such a cheap set. I’m annoyed that they are teasing his y wing. A playscale Rex y wing is something I’ve wanted since its debut in the clone wars. 😫
I'm glad that you mentioned the rangefinder falling out. They "had to" add the helmet holes there, but they couldn't even be bothered to make the rangefinders fit like they did in all of the other old helmets with holes. And it's not even like they just don't turn very well. I have a 501st officer whose rangefinder just slides itself out if I leave it to sit for a few minutes.
That sucks. I hope you can find a solution. If not then I suggest swapping out his helmet for one of the troopers in the Grogu's escape set, since they have the exact same helmet
Bought the Venator because I wanted the Venator, exclusive Rex was a bonus. I'm a little annoyed that the figure I was told would be exclusive will no longer be, and if anything I just want my book to be accurate. However, I'm also ok with Rex being available for a much more accessible price point, I want a couple more to sit in different parts of my collection and wasn't going to pay the exclusive tax to get them. I'd feel better about it if the Rex in the new set was not quite the same - missing the band aid, or the arm printing for example.
@pixlhound yea, people can't understand that we just wanted to have Venator rex exclusive to that set... No issue with different variant in normal, cheap set but the same one? Lego has just laughed at collectors
Bro, why are you complaining? You say all this shit for years about "Oh, sought-after figs shouldn't be exclusive to expensive sets, a lot of fans won't be able to get them". Then you turn around and say "bUT tHEy SAiD It wAs ExcLUsIvE!" Make up your mind already
@@MandRproductionseh, all that matters to me is that all the morons who bought the Venator just to sell the Rex for 100's of dollars can't get away with it anymore
I agree with your assessment of the situation and have said for months that Lego calling figures exclusive is just immoral because it means that scalpers will mass buy and sell for as you proved in the videos tens of thousands of dollars if not more. I feel awful for the fans who got it but at the same time Lego should have released it on the same day and just made it a choice.
3:29 The minifigure was exclusive at the time of that so they never lied. And if someone is pissed about spending $650 for a set that they thought had an exclusive Captain Rex, that’s 100% their problem. If people are pissed about spending hundreds of dollars on one Minifigure on the aftermarket, that’s 100% their fault. 4:08 Also, what a horrible thing for Lego to do to use a Captain Rex Minifigure to *scoffs* drive up sales? Wow I mean it’s almost like it’s a billion dollar company that has been around for so long and knows how to make money and knows how business works! How dare they try to continue to make more money as a ginormous and popular company. They are not “resorting to deceiving their customers to earn more sales”
Glad that you opened the video with a flashback to 8 months ago, it annoys me seeing many fools try to make out that you're overly annoyed at this set because... *insert wackjob reddit theory here*. I'm glad that an official Rex figure costs less than 20 bucks for the first time since like 2017l
I assume everyone is pretending that I somehow thought LEGO wouldn’t put a Rex in a cheaper set but I literally said it 😂 the truth doesn’t matter though if you don’t like me you can just make stuff up and people believe it.
"exclusive" was never clearly defined. Seems those who are outraged just made an assumption it meant "indefinitely exclusive". LEGO could be more clear sure, but there are bigger fish to fry.
I am all for this set. I love Captain Rex, but I couldn't afford to get him in the Venator. And the figure was exclusive when the Venator came out. So, from a certain point of view, LEGO didn't lie. Plus at least Yularen is still exclusive. Also I guess it's an unpopular opinion, but I love Microfighters. A cheap way to get a decent build that comes with usually a good figure and doesn't require too much room. Perfect.
I really don't get all the hate scalpers receive. They're a vital part in the LEGO community, if not for them investing their money the lego community would fall pretty hard. For instance... Billy Bob goes out and buys a lego set now and sets it aside... Ken is unable to buy it at the moment. Fast forward ⏩ three years Ken now has the funds 💰 for it but the set has retired so he goes on Bricklink and is able to purchase the set from Billy Bob. BOOM 💥 both sides win 🤙
I love this set because the Rex minifig is so nice and affordable as it should be. I don’t care about what Lego said about it’s exclusivity; some people just need to get with the times and accept the fact that thousands of kids will have this minifig for their collection and play.
I missed Rex in 2013 and now I'm not going to. Who cares if it was supposed to be exclusive, Rex should be affordable to masses F for those who bought Venator just for this one
As a Venny owner I’m still glad I can buy another Rex for a cheap price but I really would like a Playscale Rex’s Y-wing. Great analysis of the different POVs on this set. :)
1:15 love the fact that in the pictures on screen you can clearly see Rex’s puldren is bigger than the other one also would like to point out that you still do get ab exclusive minifigure in the Ucs Venador in admiral ularin
We all agree that Rex should and needs to be available to the public at an affordable price. But it’s the deceitfulness and greed of Lego that has really left a bad taste. I’m shocked how many people can’t or won’t understand that.
fr ngl
Because they're shills and pay pigs. That's really all it is. Just dismiss them and move on. No need to waste precious time and energy on these hollow husks. Everyone has their funny little opinions, but ultimately there sometimes comes a point where you just cannot deny the *absolute* facts and evidence presented before you and if you choose to ignore or deny or even deflect and attempt to lessen the cold, hard truths set before you, than you truly are nothing more than a hollow husk. Nothing but a clown. A joke. Someone not to be taken seriously anymore, nor even given the time of day in general, and is just disingenuous and harmful more than anything. As a wise Stormtrooper once said: "Move along, move along."
Scalpers trynna cope 😂
@@lulushishihes got a point.
Obviously its good to get rex cheap but he should never have been in a ucs set locked behind a big paywall
I'm shocked people are still trying to push this narrative that lego somehow wronged the community because they said he was exclusive in an instruction manual. Nobody expected him to stay exclusive. And it's deceitful to say that lego was trying to be greedy by trying to make it seem like he was exclusive. You're ignorant for believing that, not lego.
I love that fans who can't afford a $700 set can now get a captain Rex for their collection for cheap
That’s me 😁
Me too. I’m one of them.
Just wish LEGO wouldn't lie about it, but yeah
Same even though I make damn near $300 a day I ain’t spending that on a venator unless I plan on keeping it sealed
They could have lowered the quality but yea
Scalpers taking an L is always a wonderful thing
It’s not tho lol
As explained in the video this has zero to do with scalpers.
@@thegreenbacone3392scalpers are POS
@@MandRproductions You didn't say it no, but we all know that scalpers were banking on selling theminifig for big money. Seeing this just means scalpers will lose money and thats a huge W
@@jonvp9038 Seeing MandR get ratio’d brings a smile to my face
Say what you want about exclusive figs but the fact that this is truly the first set with Rex in over a decade is ridiculous.
Second set*
@@the1andonlyjawa ya you’re right but I said truly because a $700 venator isn’t a standard released set
Yea. Just for it to be a cringe as hell microfighter too, no less. God they truly hate the Prequel era. Couldn't care less about what the fans want and still don't today.
@@Vandicoupthe prequel sets are not that bad (imo)
(Although we got old Rebels Rex im 2016)
Someone said that "exclusively in theaters" doesn't mean it's not gonna be released as DVDs or on streaming services afterwards.
I think that's a fairly good point.
That's a good way to look at it, at the time rex was exclusive to the venator but that didn't mean he'd permanently be exclusive. Just look at the clone pilot- I mean commander in the Republic gunship
Best take
Yep this right here
Good example
i get what you mean but its still mild semantics, and the fact that there is any room for interpretation other than what lego intended is already a bad sign. ideally, when lego writes something is exclusive, there should be no ambiguity on whether that figure will appear in other sets
Only microfighter I’ve ever been excited for.
Same
Same
Same, this'll also be the only set I purchase day one the first chance I get
Ive always been hyped for micro fighters i have all of them i adorrre the mini falcons
It’s definitely in the top 3 microfighters of all time alongside the turbo-tank microfighter and Din Djarin’s N1 microfighter
Whoever bought a $650 set just for an "exclusive" Rex figure should have seen this coming lol
No because it said exclusive, that’s it.😂😂😂
@@diphamza4213How would they know it said exclusive before they bought it?
@@theblue_hatter4829UA-cam reviews?
@@diphamza4213thing is it was exclusive at the time, there was no other Capitan Rex minifig released in any other sets at the time, so Rex was indeed exclusive
@mcoprops9992 no, exclusive means that it would have only been in that one set that specific way, I think they should have changed something either for the better or worse.
You should not buy a $650 set for a minifig and Lego should not give a shit about the secondary market.
Lego own Bricklink so they 100% give a shit about the secondary market
They shouldn't make that the selling point and people wouldn't do it. If he wasn't in it a lot of people wouldn't want it
@@piotr78 That's just one. Many many other places that sell secondary Lego
@ccgert there are other places but I would bet bricklink does more in sales then all thier competitors combined. It's the amazon of lego.
@@CysgodAstua I think it would be better to compare Bricklink to Ebay than to Amazon...
(I do agree with you, by the way I'm just suggesting a different comparison)
People who paid 700 just for Rex: 😭
Normal people: 😁
0 people did that.
As stated of course anyone else should be excited.
@@MandRproductionsresellers, scalpers and ""investors"" did
@@johanne8260 And how exactly is it profitable to spend $650 and get $100 of it back?
@@MandRproductions why else would someone have 7 or 10 copies to sell on bricklink or ebay?
@@johanne8260 Those people usually sell the Yularen figure separately, and either sell the rest of the set together without the figures, or part it out and list each of the pieces individually.
Nobody would buy a $650 set that they didn't want, and sell just a single part of it and only get like $100 of it back.
This figure is still selling for $40 on Bricklink. Why??? Do people not realize the same thing is available for a fraction of that if they just wait a week?
Case and point about LEGO profiting off of their deception lmaooo
People are trying to get as much as they can before it releases, I sold mine for $110 a month ago on eBay cause I heard the rumors.
@@diphamza4213really for that much? I didnt put mine on ebay because i thought no one would gonna buy it, but i think i shouldve at least tried it
@@MandRproductions AskMandR: if Lego never became a thing what do u think ur job would be now?
@@YHWH-king I swear he already got that question asked, look at past videos and look for yourself.
When I was a kid I lost all my Legos. But when I quit drinking 4.5 years ago. I used Legos as the escape. I up to over 50 Star Wars sets and the wife go in on it and has over 25 sets herself. Mostly Disney. Got something back from my childhood that I had lost.
I'm on the same boat mate! No regreats
Probably lost more money in Lego than drinking tho haha
@Takedownairsoft1 but no liver issues tho! Eheh
Happens to us all, specially with SWs
Amazing! I did the same before pandemic started as a nice past time and a way to cope with the rough times I had before and during that whole thing. It helped me through. Now I own over 50 sets without counting my old 2001 and 2005 sets. It's been a relaxing hobby but I need to sort my pieces so I can do more MOC's. Happy building and collecting to you.
Imaging watching an m&r productions video and taking a shot every time he says Lego Lied. Bro you’d be dead
Grown ass man losing sleep over children’s toys
Sips coffee*
Opens comments*
"Ahhhh what im really here for...."
If you bought a 650 dollar set for a minifig, its on you. I'll be laughing at you when I spend 13 bucks for Rex.
Not everyone brought it for a mini figure, it was a bonus that they said the figure was exclusive. Not long now for the release hope you have managed to save up $13 😂😂
@@TiltonRD duh... I know not everyone bought it for the minifig. Obviously. 650 bucks is a lot of money. But some people did. And I am laughing at them.
@NPC-1987 being broke means spending 650 bucks for a fig? Nah, bro... I probably have more money than you. I just know how to spend it.
I thought this set was rumored even when the Venator released...?
@@KyleExplosion I got the ucs venator for free so im not bothered by the rex lol just 20 more for me to own
They released two 501st Battle Packs in the last four years. Makes zero sense that Lego wouldn’t make Rex in a more affordable set considering that Army Builders are probably going to want a Rex for their 501st Army.
They don't always do what might seem to make sense though, we're lucky this time
And it also made sense for them to put fives as an anniversary figure in the tantive IV set. Say what you will about him, it's nice we got a figure of him. Here's to hoping we get Echo and Jesse sometime, maybe even kix
Honestly they should have made it as a play scale not a micro ship
This would be a good idea
For real just waiting at this point hopefully Lego will realize that the demand is there for a play scale version.
@@commanderYOLKY same
Seriously, plus great opportunity for characters like Jesse
They still can. Maybe if this set sells really well (which it's pretty much guaranteed to do) they'll make a bigger one in the next few years.
Lego didn’t lie. At the the time the Venator came out, the figures were exclusive. It didn’t say that the minifigures would be exclusive forever
It didn’t say it wouldn’t be either. We all know what the word exclusive implies though and when I show an example of another set saying “new” from the same year for its fig it’s obvious why they used different words… deceit.
@@MandRproductionswho cares. If you buy a giant $650 model for a 2 inch figure your an idiot.
@@gplgs4640show and tell us where he’s scalping Rex figures (Answer: He’s not, you’re making stuff up to make you and your friends at r/legocirclejerk feel better)
@@Coltrm6 why is is hard to admit they lied?
@@Coltrm6 but they did. Nobody cares about resellers.
Ryan when a movie comes out on dvd when the trailer for it said only in theatres (he wanted it to stay in theatres until the end of time)
I kinda get a kick out of all the complaints about Rex not being exclusive 😂.
I kinda think it’s funny too tbh 😂 like who wants to be lied too and sold on something saying it’s exclusive in a $650 set, and then a few months later it comes out for $13.
I think it’s a little overblown how big of a deal it is, but I do at least understand where they’re coming from. A lot of people did buy the Venator specifically for the Rex so I get why it’d be annoying to find out you could’ve waited a little bit and gotten the exact same one for $13. Does seem kinda like a sleazy business practice. But I think it is being made into a bigger deal than it maybe needs to be.
@crazydog1750 yep definitely it’s not right to say one thing and completely disregard it a few months later when they know it’s coming out. 😂
@@diphamza4213 If you spent £650 on set for 1 figure. That's on you.
How is this video 9 minutes long? Oh yea this isn’t a review its an entire complaint lol
Sure
@@MandRproductionsyou spend 4 minutes of a 9 minute video actually reviewing the product, so yes, “sure”
@@MandRproductionshe’s right though, stay in denial trust fund man baby
@@carson4862the ratio is BEAUTIFUL this video is so entertaining just for the comments
@@MandRproductionsyes, glad you can see the comment is correct
I am getting this set no Questions Asked.
Rex is just incredible to me!
This'll absolutely be a set I'll buy when I first see it
Finally my son has Rex to lead his 501 brigade. Don’t care if some people made a bad investment!
It's not that people bought these as investments, other fans (under the idea it was exclusive) were shelling out $100 each to buy it. What LEGO did was unfair to them & benefited their own bottom line. Of course at the same time I'm very happy for your son and countless other fans that will finally get a Captain Rex figure. It's just an unfortunate situation caused by LEGO.
@@MandRproductionsLego doesn't, get a cut off second hand market sales, the venator would have sold great anyways, also "deception" is a bit of a misleading statement when they only said it was exclusive in a instruction manual, no where in advertising did they say it was exclusive, "exclusive to theatres" doesn't mean it won't be available to stream down the road or have a DVD release
@@sadfrog15 They actually do benefit off of second hand market sales, since they own Bricklink.
@@justinbombach9873 did the math for all bricklink sales and it came out to $836 usd so Lego made about two UCS sets worth of profit from the entire second hand market, not exactly a lot of money
@@MandRproductions30 yo manchild goes ballistic over piece of plastic
r/LegoCircleJerk is dragging you across the coals with this one.
What else is new? 😂 they’ll find something else one day!
@@MandRproductionsYou fucking deserve it stinky loser 🫵🤣
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Got 2 yesterday. One for me and another as a gift for a friend. So happy Rex minifig is not being held hostage by f***ing scalpers anymore.
More like a rant than a review. It was exclusive for a time being (not to mention Yularen is still exclusive). Look at Funko Pops, they say exclusive to whatever retailer they're exclusive to, yet can be found at other places such as smaller shops. A pop can say Only At Target and yet can be found at a comic shop or end up at a Marshalls. Looks at video games, they may say "only for this specific console" yet can get ported later on in the future. It's also ironically hardly anyone complained about UCS Luke becoming a keychain, barely anyone complained about the P1 Commander in the UCS Gunship being featured in a Advent Calender, yet when Rex gets in a cheap set, everyone loses their marbles.
Also, in the end, it’s a plastic toy. Yes, they make sets for adults, but in the end, they’re a children’s toy company first.
Lego has said figures have been exclusive for a good while and then included them in later sets, I’m pretty sure one of the early tie fighters had a storm trooper as an exclusive figure. To think that specific captain Rex was gonna stay in a 600+ dollar set was pretty dumb. They did it with the ucs gunship
How are you supposed to know that if you just wanna buy the cool big lego set as a newcomer tho?
@@kanjiklubskywalker4951 skill issue tbh
@@cowerdnerddespacito9518 I won't bother tryina reason with you brother, you do you🙏
What about Comic-Con exclusives? Celebration exclusives?
@@Bricklete those are still exclusive since they were only available there
exclusivity does not imply permanency
As explained in the video: why say "exclusive" when in other instances they say "new". To deceive customers.
@@MandRproductions to be fair exclusive in cinema and new in cinema doesn't mean a movie doesn't come out on DVD
+ one more thing, I don't think lego would make a profit big enough from one figure via bricklink and "deceive" customers with one sentence in order to make a tiny profit for it to be worth it. They just don't care enough
@@LWild-jx1iotrue, but then why not say limited time exclusive? For example, I believe when the game borderlands 3 came out it was advertised as a timed exclusive for the epic games store and it wouldn't be out on steam for another 6 months. Compare this to some playstation exclusives that are over a decade old and still only available on playstation. Lego could've very easily done the same thing or as M&R said they couldve just said "new". Based on the way that lego has used the word "exclusive" in the past, it does imply that it would stay that way
Scalpers getting their just deserts.
Review ❌ Rant ✅
Agreed. In my opinion, the definition of exclusivity used by the people who got "decieved" is wrong. Exclusivity is not perpetual(unless stated so) Mandr said something about "lawyer speech" but i personally believe its just common knowledge. I could say a lot more(believe me i wanted to) but i'll keep it brief since its pointeless to disscuss such a thing on replies to a youtube comment.
@@LicheyLostexclusive means forever. You can’t say that and change it then it was never exclusive as they knew they were going to make another one. I could say anything is exclusive to a set the first time it comes out and then change it the next week that’s scummy and deceptive. Stop covering for a multibillion dollar company you are embarrassing yourself.
@@THEONETRUEOVERLORD Yknow, i'd argue against this, a lot of the time in media you see "only in theaters" just for the movie to release in streaming later "exclusive coverage" in the news only for it to be covered by other stations, sure if this set released like, 4 to 6 months earlier i'd have no problem with people complaining give the context, hell i'd i would even join in but after a while, exclusivity isn't perpetuos, could have they worded it better yes, but the level of complaints reached too high a level, and for the wrong reasons.
Second, i don't care the subject i'm defending, if i believe in something's innocence i'll deffend it, just like i would for any other one(also i hate corporate executives, but i belive this was something either writen by the designer, or the team behind instructions, not a deceptive marketing team or greedy executive, if that was the case i would complain just as i did with the price hikes).
In conclusion, enough time has passed for the "exclusivity lock" to be unchained for a good reason.
@@THEONETRUEOVERLORD Lego said the exact same thing as the stormtrooper in 1999. Get over it it’s a freaking plastic toy for kids and all of you mandr worshipers are acting like it’s the end of the world when Lego thinks about children.
This isnt me hating or whatever but in the instructions manual, lego never said that the either of the minifigures would be exclusive hoing forward only that they were exclusive at that time. They never said that there were no plans to re-release them so really the instructions were right as for the past 8 months, the minifigures have been exclusive
The word exclusive and the designers recent comments imply exactly that: exclusivity. LEGO commonly has exclusive figures that stay exclusive, stated so or not.
what do you not understand in "exclusive TO THIS SET" ?
@@MandRproductionsA new movie comes out and it's exclusive to watch in theaters. 6 months later now it's on Blu ray?? They LIED TO US!!!
@@BatMan-102 do you not understand what "exclusive to this set means" that doesnt mean exclusive to this set until we make a new set..... the correct analogy for your stupid mind is imagine going to the theaters to see dune 2 and get the popcorn bucket your happy you got your popcorn bucket because they advertised "EXLUSIVE DUNE 2 ONLY POPCORN BUCKET" and then when dune 3 comes out they release the same popcorn bucket that was literally advertised TO BE FOR DUNE 2 ONLY
@@MandRproductions I don’t think the people who wrote the instructions for the venator knew that Lego would put the figure in another set 8 months later lmao
The fact that The Venator is already 8 months old is crazy!
didnt realize i clicked for a rant instead of review...
Didn’t realize it was a review and I just watch a knowledge bomb from this guy. Haha 😂😂
What did you expect, it's mandr
The best part about this set is looking in the comments and seeing people furious that they spent all this money on Rex lol
Say your broke without saying your broke 😂😂lol🎉🎉
Yeah, i would be mad too if i spent $100+ for a rex thats now ~$13 (not to resell or anything)
@Maddenhawk yep 👍
@@diphamza4213say your terrible with your money without saying your terrible with your money
@@Maddenhawkthen don’t spend 100+, if you couldn’t put together that a cheaper Rex would come out eventually, that’s on you
Scalpers when they can’t sell Rex for $900 anymore:
but think about the poor scalpers :(((
It has nothing to do with scalpers please listen to what I explained in the video
@@MandRproductions dude you have a whatnot were you always resell overpriced minifigures and sets. you wanted rex to stay exclusive so you could resell it for $500 bucks in a few years
@@MandRproductionsoh but it does
@@johanne8260 highkey this the only valid criticism against mandr in this entire comment section. everyone else is just complaining about the video being too long (suit urself; im a big fan of mandr yap sessions) or strawmanning his point. this specifically tho... yea... i hadnt thought about that before but now i can't not think about this when considering his other arguments. doesn't make his points any less valid tho.
I like how he said he almost forgot the y wing. Just goes to show how many people only care about the minifigs no matter the set
It’s kinda sad that ppl focus on a minifigure when there’s a build (the entire point of Lego) with it
please answer me this. who looked inside the instructions for a set they didn’t already own to decide whether they want to buy it? how is this a scam at all? nobody used a random page from the instructions as their reasoning for buying the venator. please just come back to reality man. you said that the promise of exclusivity in the wording was what lured people in to buy this set but seriously are people just reading the instructions for lego sets they don’t have just for fun? dude please come on
Half a million people watched my review where I showed the inside of the instructions and explained what it said. People watch reviews to help them decide to buy something sometimes.
@@MandRproductions There are still another 332.5 million people in the US alone. Assuming all of the half a million people bought it because they thought Rex would be exclusive forever, LEGO doesn't give af about that small minuscule percentage of their customers. Sorry to burst your bubble but the world isn't centered around you.
@@cts_corey1119GET,
FUCKING,
OBLITERATED RYAN WOW
You just murdered him with logic Jesus
I could be pedantic and say that the Captain Rex figure was exclusive to that set when it came out. Nothing in that copy says it would be exclusive forever. Exclusive doesn’t necessarily mean exclusive for all time and in perpetuity. It was technically true when the set was released. You can be mad about it, but if you bought a massive $650 set for a little two inch toy figure, that’s really on you. I think it’s fantastic that Rex is available in a very cheap set. I’m going to buy four.
They'll be on shelves at the same time though. And Lego plans ahead way further than the 7 months so they knew this was releasing when the Venator released.
I personally don't think it's that big a deal.
The ammo pouch is actually accurate. If you look at Rex from Ahsoka his ammo pouch is actually that big.
It would be acceptable if this or The Venator was an AHSOKA set IMO
@@MandRproductions This made it onto the circlejerk subreddit. They are eating you alive, which is sad. Lego have dug a hole, and I will be honest, I don't like everything about you, but I have only respect for you since you keep manning to guns and sticking to them
@@Mann528 Yeah I mean it's the internet, if you don't agree with me I'm a deplorable person with no moral compass clearly. It's Reddit lmao of course they're losing their mind over an opinion on "just a kids toy" according to them ;)
@@MandRproductions because it is a kids toy smh, it doesn't take a genius or even a Redditor to figure that out. You are very fluent in the language of Yapense
@@jamesphillips5282yeah why do these childish mfs critique these pieces of plastic like they’re top of the line display models? Hey dumbass they’re made for kids it says so on the box, sorry I’m not shitting my pants in rage over A FUCKING HELMET HOLE this guy is so childish it makes me want to swallow nails
Fuck you Ryan
Rex WAS exclusive to The Venator at that time. Did they say anything about exclusive FOREVER? Unless you have some sort of disability or somehow can't read, buying a $600 set just for a minifig is dumb.
Do you know what the word exclusive implies?
@MandRproductions, we all know what exclusive means, but exclusivity only applies to the object at the time, and for a time, it was exclusive, but through demand, and lack of buyers lego made rex more available.
Is he still exclusiv? No. Is it ridiculous to assume he would stay exclusive to the venator? Yes, it is ridiculous to assume or think that.
@@geo5660 Bro stop inventing your own definitions lmfao
6:00 for the review if you don’t want to hear 6 minutes of discussion about the word exclusive
Bro's yapping about nothing 😭
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Lego did not lie. “Are exclusive” is not the same as “will be exclusive forever”. Lego didn’t say that in the instructions to drive sales. Who the heck is making the venator purchase based on a random line in the instructions?
@@QuiGonJeansyeah that where a majority of the community gloss over. LEGO blatant anti consumer practices.
@@QuiGonJeans It actually doesn't mean perpetually though? Exclusivity, in its definition only means special product limited to (blank) it doesn't state time or perpetuity in the slightest. Also one more thing since you're probably not gonna you're mind on this, its probably only the Star Wars department that is to blame not the entire "billion dollar company im deffending" since, well other themes (well most since im not sure about DC or Marvel) don't pull anything simmilar to this type of "decieving" acts. So if any Star Wars fans want to actually make a change, it wouldn't be right blaming the entire company or the designers, probably the department that does revisions to wording and packaging before shipping. (not that anyone should harass them anyways)
the incredible bad faith of people who make fun of those who bought the Venator. It's clearly stated "exclusive for this set", there's nothing else to say, LEGO lied. We don't give a damn about your arguments "at the time it was exclusive, you don't understand this term", it's bad faith
@@LicheyLost what do you not understand about "exclusive to this set"
@@QuiGonJeansMate your English teacher was on something else if you think that “are exclusive” means “are exclusive forever”. Exclusive itself doesn’t mean permanent. It’s just an adjective.
I don't understand the argument of "I paid $650 and now my little plastic man is not worth $200" argument. I mean, did you buy the set with the express purpose of selling the figure and recouping some money? Probably not. The argument is more about poorer or more financially savvy people should not have what I can afford. - that's a bad attitude and they deserve to be duped.
its not about the price its about lego being scummy they arent your friend they purposefully marketed the first rex as "EXCLUSIVE TO THIS SET ONLY" and for alot of rex fans that pushed them over the edge for a purchase they wouldnt have made otherwise...... the only reason they said those words was to trick people and then later when sales and hype died down then they profit on the people who cant afford the set and act like nothing happened because they already scalped the first consumers..... this couldve been fixed by not marketing the figs as "EXCLUSIVE TO THIS SET ONLY" or they couldve released both sets at the same time but we all know why they didnt do that {ill give you a hint ITS ABOUT MILKING ALL THE CONSUMERS} they dont care about everyone getting a rex for cheap they care about min maxing profits by deceit and then acting like it never happened and moving on because people with no braincells dont see the reason they did this and because it worked they will do more and more decietful tactics and trick consumers into giving them money by using phrases such as "EXCLUSIVE TO THIS SET ONLY" and people who dont see how thats a problem are either stupid ignorant or both
Well it was exclusive at the time. So they technically weren’t lying?🤷🏻♀️
If you have to say technically you know it was intentionally misleading now.
@@MandRproductionsagreed 😂
Bro just spent 75% of the video yapping and ranting💀
Yessir! My video, done exactly how I wanted! :)
@@MandRproductions we are happy that we can afford Rex now honestly why do you care so much the Lego product has given you a job on UA-cam yet it seem like all you do is take a Crap on them for catering to figures to the little guys just because you guys want to scalp people and over charge for a mini-figure personally I’m gland the scalpers are suffering
@@WalterWhite-e1ebrother all he does is spit facts and make great reviews and videos about how LEGO can do better with their products and cares that YOU the customer get a better product 😊 is that not something that you’d want if your spending so much money on LEGO?
@@the1andonlyjawabros stackin doughnuts on it, that’s some next level glazing 💀
@@noobatron_2ooo471 bro realized he was completely wrong and made himself a fool so he deleted his own comment 💀
Rex was exclusive to the venator at the time.,
they never said it would be exclusive for ever.
what do you not understand about "exclusive TO THIS SET"
@@legotiblego2129 yeah, exclusive to that set in 2023. It's not the first time they have done that not only in star wars, but in lego in general
I understand it right tho…
When this venator came out, Rex WAS exclusive to the set.
It’s not anymore, doesn’t mean that the first statement is wrong, it’s just not true ANYMORE.
Ik it’s cheeky from Lego and don’t defend them from doing it tho they should precise if it is going to be exclusive for ever or just for some time .
Let's be real here, you're hoarding 50 of these right....right?
I think so lol
Of course he is. Hes similar to Lego. He gets all this cool stuff for free just to talk about it. Acting like he's for the people. He's not one of us. Hes advertising for Lego.
@@stipkovich15Now I don't agree with Mandr about the Rex thing but I will say that is no longer apart of the Lego network (or whatever it's called) so he doesn't get the sets for free, from my understanding he buys it from people who somehow have the set early for a very large upcharge.
@@axtyn7620 I kind you not, I commented on this video as a joke, and he replied to my comment with a entire paragraph about how he wasn't selling like 50 captain rex minifigures. Maybe I'm in wrong or something or I am just not educated with the whole deal.
*EDIT: I HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY MY conscious THAT WHAT I JUST SAID WAS A JOKE. I DON'T MEAN ANY HATE AT ALL
AND I'M HERE TO SAY SORRY IF I SOUNDED MEAN SPIRTED, I MADE THAT COMMENT AT 1AM AND WASN'T REALLY THINKING SMART*(hope u can forgive me)
@@the_real_Luke_skadoosh You probably do not see the entire picture, correct.
My god MandR just take the L bro ranted for like 6 minutes
Bro I just wanted a review 😭
brokie behavior
I see no bad news here.
This could have been a 4 minute video. Actual brain rot.
It would have been too, if it weren’t for that sentence in the book.
@@Spike78822its literally his job😭
@@Spike78822 his job is pointing out the good and bad things about the product. Which he highlighted just fine
@@Spike78822 they did. It’s so obvious what they intended to do
@@Spike78822 exclusive implies wont be released again. Lego could’ve been clearer but chose not to
People are only mad because it's cutting into their profits
Exactly
No because a multibillion dollar company lied to costumers
@THEONETRUEOVERLORD at the time, they weren't. The outrage is ridiculous. It would be dumb to not have rex accessible. You want them to skimp on quality?
this should've been a 3 minute video
You can talk to legos instruction writers lol
@@MandRproductions Surely a separate Rex Rant video would just be more views for you, right?
oh my god i can't sell a minfigure for $200 anymore
The resellers! Someone think of the resellers!
Oh don't worry we still have another minfigure no one cares about
@@Crazybeachstudio its not about the resellers here its about false advertising lego is not your friend they want to make sure to milk the consumers not the scalpers they said specifically "EXCLUSIVE TO THIS SET ONLY" for a reason to get loyal customers to buy in with fomo to then turn around and stab them in the back...... and if thats not the case WHY DIDNT THEY RELEASE BOTH SETS AT THE SAME TIME...... its the same fig and a microfighters set takes the least amount of time to create it doesnt take 8 MONTHS TO MAKE A MICROFIGHTER SET..... they did this for VERY specifically to milk not to help and its scary to think what links they will go to for milking purposes because its already proven to be successful by cavemen like you who are focused on the wrong issue here who gives tf about scalpers but this doesnt hurt scalpers only it will hurt you eventually when lego does something scummy to max profits AGAIN
I hope lego makes a regular seized scale version of Rex's Y-wing.
If they do, it has to include Jesse, that would be amazing
I’ve never been a huge minifig collector nor I have cared significantly about super detailed figures, I buy Lego for the builds. Not sure how many others feel the same way.
Them saying rex was exclusive isn't lying because it was true at the time. Just like how spider man and God of war were exclusive to playstation but now they're on pc
Really good comparison, never thought of it that way
Or like how movies say "exclusively in theaters" when we know they're gonna go to streaming sometime
Also not to mention they weren't trying to push a "exlusive" message as it was just a line in the instructions for people who already bought it. They didn't leverage that in any of their marketing. @@noahmaldonado5461
what do you not understand about "exclusive TO THIS SET"
I mean it just makes sense for this fig to be in a cheaper set. It’s good for everybody to enjoy such a beloved Star Wars character imo
I was hoping for a Rex mech because that would have been funny. But this will do!
Microfighter>Mech
Man are people salty. I’m so happy this microfighter was released. I was never able to get a Rex figure as a kid, but now I can have one for the low low price of $13.
But for real, if you bought the UCS Venator JUST for the Captain Rex figure… well sucks to suck i guess. Lego should have had their terminology right in the Venator marketting material, and for a time it was true, both WERE exclusive to the UCS Venator. How much time has to pass before Lego can release the same figure in a lower priced set? Or are they just not allowed to because one person in the fanbase with a big platform says so?
This is a huge win. Scalpers, resellers, and “investors” might have to think twice now lmfao.
Unironically, a comparison with the previous Y-wing microfighter would be cool
Lego SW fans after spending $650 for a Captain Rex minifigure: You can’t do this to me, YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I HAVE SACRIFICED
Scalpers when they can’t punch a child for taking a Capn Rex microfighter off the shelf: 😡😡😡
I swear, I’ve heard that quote somewhere…
Homeless people can now get captain Rex 🗣️
1 hour ago? damn
i think they should spend their money on something better lol
Like beer
@@matthewdameron5128Fent*
That's an entitled and spoiled as comment
When I was a kid, I used to think you were cool.
Same. But then we had one opinion that was different!
@@MandRproductionsyeah you become a reselling scalper. And now your butt hurt over people being able to to get Rex for cheap. I wish Lego would remake all Lego sets so you couldn’t scalpe
Couldn’t have said it better Mandr has fallen from a good creator to another douchey reseller
@@MandRproductionsno dude it’s a barrage over time of nonstop victimization and childish entitled complaints. But sure 😊 teehee it’s my video haters hate la la stay in delusion land
Timed exclusives, much like video games nowadays, would solve this issue entirely. The Venator drops, then six months or a year later, this Rex Y-Wing drops and no one would complain as long as the timed exclusivity was announced.
Heck, put Yularen in a battlepack, dual molded legs and all, watch what happens then.
I really hope they reboot microfighters, cuz like, I could imagine a kid/teen watching the star wars films and series’ then taking their pocket money to buy a lego star wars set with a cool character and a spaceship for a cheap price instead of begging their parents for a 100€$£ ship!
Jesus, nothing but complaints for 9mins
This whole comment is complaining!
@@MandRproductionsdidn’t waste 9 minutes of my life to read it
To be honest I just think that Lego will earn more money from all the people who can afford a Captain Rex with this set than with the incomes of the Venator sales.
As someone who cant afford anything close the UCS sets, getting this Rex figure like this is amazing. Obviously it was shitty of LEGO to lie like that and I feel for the fans who bought the UCS mainly for Rex but this one happened to work out very well for myself and probably most fans
If you're buying the Venator for the Rex minifigure, you're going very wrong about the entire deal.
Why would you buy a $600 set JUST for captain rex?
Nobody did that, straw man argument.
@@MandRproductions AskMandR: if Lego never became a thing what do u think ur job would be now?
I could spend 350 for both the build and yulrean, literally a scam from Lego
its not about buying a 650 dollar set for a 100 dollar figure, its about the set you bought for 650 dollar now has 100 dollar less value. I dont know, why so many people are not understanding this^^ Also, i know some people who sold this figure to finance the set and get it 100 dollar cheaper.
@@YHWH-king He was going to go to college, I can't remember what for. His Lego was the college fund and he got attached
The UCS Interceptor instructions also say that the TIE Pilot minifig is exclusive to that set. I wonder how that will end up.
It will stay exclusive because it’s not a clone trooper 😬
I understand people who bought it off the second hand market would be upset but I never believe Lego when they say exclusive or anything else, when the UCS ventor game out I almost immediately new that it would be in a set soon
I don’t really care about him coming in such a cheap set. I’m annoyed that they are teasing his y wing. A playscale Rex y wing is something I’ve wanted since its debut in the clone wars. 😫
It'd be our chance to get an arc trooper Jesse, which I'd die fore
@@noahmaldonado54614 figs for a y wing would do great. Rex, Ahsoka, Ahsokas droid, and Jesse. It would easily sell for for realistically like $70-$80
If we want to get really technical, the figure WAS exclusive to the UCS Venator at the time. They never said it would stay exclusive.
I'm glad that you mentioned the rangefinder falling out. They "had to" add the helmet holes there, but they couldn't even be bothered to make the rangefinders fit like they did in all of the other old helmets with holes. And it's not even like they just don't turn very well. I have a 501st officer whose rangefinder just slides itself out if I leave it to sit for a few minutes.
That sucks. I hope you can find a solution. If not then I suggest swapping out his helmet for one of the troopers in the Grogu's escape set, since they have the exact same helmet
The cope is insane
Bought the Venator because I wanted the Venator, exclusive Rex was a bonus. I'm a little annoyed that the figure I was told would be exclusive will no longer be, and if anything I just want my book to be accurate. However, I'm also ok with Rex being available for a much more accessible price point, I want a couple more to sit in different parts of my collection and wasn't going to pay the exclusive tax to get them. I'd feel better about it if the Rex in the new set was not quite the same - missing the band aid, or the arm printing for example.
Honestly, I may do that as well. Have a rex for my 501st army and another for my 332nd army
@Specter_Design So it's no longer exclusive then, making the book inaccurate... as I said.
Lol you mad.
@@stipkovich15 lol... you can't read
@pixlhound yea, people can't understand that we just wanted to have Venator rex exclusive to that set... No issue with different variant in normal, cheap set but the same one? Lego has just laughed at collectors
Its exclusive till it's not. Movie trailers sometimes say exclusively in theater's. Then it eventually shows up elsewhere.
I love your mad about losing out on your Rex sales thru whatnot. Sorry but I’m on Lego side for this one
Now i hope a venator with Yularen microfighter happens soon lol
Bro, why are you complaining? You say all this shit for years about "Oh, sought-after figs shouldn't be exclusive to expensive sets, a lot of fans won't be able to get them". Then you turn around and say "bUT tHEy SAiD It wAs ExcLUsIvE!" Make up your mind already
You are confusing what one designer said for me on the first instance. That is almost word for word what the UCS Gunship designer said.
@@MandRproductionseh, all that matters to me is that all the morons who bought the Venator just to sell the Rex for 100's of dollars can't get away with it anymore
Moving the goal post I see lmao fair enough
I agree with your assessment of the situation and have said for months that Lego calling figures exclusive is just immoral because it means that scalpers will mass buy and sell for as you proved in the videos tens of thousands of dollars if not more. I feel awful for the fans who got it but at the same time Lego should have released it on the same day and just made it a choice.
Minifigs are exclusive/unique to a set until they are not. I feel like its always been like that
3:29 The minifigure was exclusive at the time of that so they never lied. And if someone is pissed about spending $650 for a set that they thought had an exclusive Captain Rex, that’s 100% their problem. If people are pissed about spending hundreds of dollars on one Minifigure on the aftermarket, that’s 100% their fault. 4:08 Also, what a horrible thing for Lego to do to use a Captain Rex Minifigure to *scoffs* drive up sales? Wow I mean it’s almost like it’s a billion dollar company that has been around for so long and knows how to make money and knows how business works! How dare they try to continue to make more money as a ginormous and popular company. They are not “resorting to deceiving their customers to earn more sales”
Facts over Facts
Lego has become increasingly lazy and scummy and it’s alarming as fuck
@@Beanzenjoyer76 hard to disagree😉
Lego hasn’t mentioned any period on exclusive figures tho,they’re just being lazy
Glad that you opened the video with a flashback to 8 months ago, it annoys me seeing many fools try to make out that you're overly annoyed at this set because... *insert wackjob reddit theory here*.
I'm glad that an official Rex figure costs less than 20 bucks for the first time since like 2017l
I assume everyone is pretending that I somehow thought LEGO wouldn’t put a Rex in a cheaper set but I literally said it 😂 the truth doesn’t matter though if you don’t like me you can just make stuff up and people believe it.
Glad he has come in a cheaper set, and love how it sticks it to them resellers
"exclusive" was never clearly defined. Seems those who are outraged just made an assumption it meant "indefinitely exclusive".
LEGO could be more clear sure, but there are bigger fish to fry.
It’s not misleading. It was exclusive originally. Now it has been released in a new set.
I am all for this set. I love Captain Rex, but I couldn't afford to get him in the Venator. And the figure was exclusive when the Venator came out. So, from a certain point of view, LEGO didn't lie. Plus at least Yularen is still exclusive. Also I guess it's an unpopular opinion, but I love Microfighters. A cheap way to get a decent build that comes with usually a good figure and doesn't require too much room. Perfect.
I really don't get all the hate scalpers receive. They're a vital part in the LEGO community, if not for them investing their money the lego community would fall pretty hard.
For instance... Billy Bob goes out and buys a lego set now and sets it aside... Ken is unable to buy it at the moment. Fast forward ⏩ three years Ken now has the funds 💰 for it but the set has retired so he goes on Bricklink and is able to purchase the set from Billy Bob. BOOM 💥 both sides win 🤙
The set is sold out everywhere
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Now they have it on sale for a few dollars off in a shop near me lol
People like this and LEGO scalpers are why I'm proud of owning the microfighter, because I know they don't want me to own it or Rex
Now that Rex is widely available you should make a Rex upgrade kit
I think it’s great that I now have a Captain Rex for only €13, but it is unacceptable for the people who were tricked into buying him him for €600+
People should have cared about the set when they bought it not just the one minifigure
What about admiral Yularen? He is still exclusive.
And probably will remain an exclusive to that set
I love this set because the Rex minifig is so nice and affordable as it should be. I don’t care about what Lego said about it’s exclusivity; some people just need to get with the times and accept the fact that thousands of kids will have this minifig for their collection and play.
I missed Rex in 2013 and now I'm not going to. Who cares if it was supposed to be exclusive, Rex should be affordable to masses
F for those who bought Venator just for this one
If you compare the live action rex in ahsoka with the minifig, the ammo pouch size is fairly accurate
As a Venny owner I’m still glad I can buy another Rex for a cheap price but I really would like a Playscale Rex’s Y-wing. Great analysis of the different POVs on this set. :)
1:15 love the fact that in the pictures on screen you can clearly see Rex’s puldren is bigger than the other one also would like to point out that you still do get ab exclusive minifigure in the Ucs Venador in admiral ularin