The new year is coming a little bit later than expected for LEGO Star Wars collectors, as for the first time in quite a while, a whopping zero new LEGO Star Wars sets were released in the January of a new year. But fear not–the drought is at an end! Though they weren’t scheduled to be released until next week, the winter 2014 LEGO Star Wars sets have all been released now in the LEGO Stores! I picked up a few sets and photographed them all at my local LEGO Store yesterday…

I balked at the rumor that the LEGO Star Wars 2014 sets would be delayed until after the LEGO Movie hit theaters, but there was obviously a grain of truth in that speculation. Now the LEGO Movie has become a blockbuster smash hit in theaters, the second week of February 2014 has arrived–and so have the 2014 winter LEGO Star Wars sets! To my surprise, my local LEGO Store restocked this week with not just a few, but every single one of the many LEGO Star Wars Winter 2014 sets!

I was not at all surprised to see that the LEGO Star Wars Death Star Troopers Battle Packs was among the best-selling (and closest to selling out) of the new Star Wars LEGO 2014 sets at my local store. As the only regular LEGO Star Wars Original Trilogy set in this year’s winter wave, that set was always going to be a big seller. The other two Battle Packs (LEGO Kashyyyk Troopers and Utapau Troopers) were also selling well, though not as well as the LEGO Death Star Troopers set.

However, one thing that did surprise me was how well the new range of LEGO Star Wars Microfighters sets were selling. I really wasn’t sure that a market existed for cutesy, super-deformed LEGO Star Wars ships like these, but perhaps I was mistaken. The LEGO Star Wars Microfighters TIE Fighter, Millennium Falcon and X-Wing sets seemed to be the best sellers from this new series.

The worst-selling sets that looked utterly untouched were the LEGO Star Wars 2014 Droid Gunship, Coruscant Police Gunship 75046 and AT-AP. With Clone Wars and Stat Wars Revenge of the Sith 3-D cancelled, I think these $50-$60 sets are really going to struggle at retail.

Though I didn’t purchase them today, the winter 2014 LEGO Star Wars General Grievous Wheel Bike, Republic AV-7 Anti-Vehicle Cannon and Vulture Droid all look terrific in-person. I’ll be picking up all of those sets in the near-future (most likely once the LEGO Martian Manhunter minifigure promo arrives in March 2014).

Are you excited for the LEGO Star Wars Winter 2014 sets to finally be in stores, LEGO fans? Which sets are you prioritizing getting first (if any)?