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$125 off 10179 UCS Millenium Falcon, and enter to win one for free! [News]

  • Andrew
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  • May 2, 2009
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  • LEGO, News, Star Wars
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  • 13 Comments

    • The big announcement at midnight Eastern (that’s now!) isn’t just the free LEGO Star Wars minifig poster we announced a few hours ago.

    10179 Ultimate Collector’s Millennium Falcon™ is being discounted by 25%, or 125 USD for a limited time.

    Even better, on May 3 and May 4, you can enter to win a first-edition UCS Falcon! Head on over to Shop.LEGO.com/MayTheForce in one minute for more info.

    May the Force be with You™! Celebrate 10 Years of LEGO® Star Wars™

    UPDATE: Unfortunately, the information we received about the Millennium Falcon discount and free poster didn’t indicate it was specific to the US & Canada. Sadly for our readers elsewhere, that appears to be the case.

    Celebrate 10 years of LEGO Star Wars with a free limited-edition poster from the LEGO Shop [News]

  • Andrew
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  • May 2, 2009
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  • LEGO, News, Star Wars
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  • 13 Comments

    • Celebrate 10 Years of LEGO® Star Wars™ at 12:01 AM EDT tonight by getting a free limited-edition poster with any purchase on May 3rd and 4th (while supplies last).

    LEGO Star Wars 10th Anniversary Poster

    The poster features 160 minfigs from the past 10 years. Don’t forget to check out the LEGO Shop online at 12:01 AM EDT on May 3rd to place an order and get your free poster.

    Good luck, and may the Force be with You!

    UPDATE 1: By popular demand, I’ve uploaded a high-res version of the LEGO Star Wars minifig poster to Flickr.

    UPDATE 2: Unfortunately, the information we received about the Millennium Falcon discount and free poster didn’t indicate it was specific to the US & Canada. Sadly for our readers elsewhere, that appears to be the case.

    The microscale LEGO fleets of Dr. X

  • Andrew
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  • May 2, 2009
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  • LEGO, Microscale, Space
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  • 2 Comments

    • Without a doubt, Dr. X is becoming one of my favorite builders, capable of surprising me with each new build.

    His latest builds include a due of microscale fleets. “Ambush Force Cf-79″ has a consistency of design that spans everything from the large missile destroyer to the fighters.

    LEGO microscale fleet

    His “Battle Group Nine” is different in almost every respect, with a distinct aesthetic.

    LEGO microscale fleet

    More Bad Days for Micropolis

  • Andrew
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  • May 2, 2009
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  • Contest, LEGO, Microscale, Town
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  • 1 Comment

    • The Reasonably Clever/TwinLUG Bad Day for Micropolis contest ends tomorrow, and a whole batch of great entries have come through in the last few days.

    Erik Smit (eti) depicts an Evil Corp skyscraper replacing a block of historic houses:

    Evil Corp in Micropolis

    Meanwhile, Tim Goddard (Rogue Bantha) recreates the entire line of modular buildings in microscale for his entry:

    Lightning strikes Micropolis

    Paul Lee (polywen) adds a last-minute entry titled “It Came from BELOW!!!”

    See more entries on ReasonablyClever.com.

    The Classic Castle Battles Contest has begun!

  • Josh
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  • May 2, 2009
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  • Castle, Contest, Event, LEGO
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  • 1 Comment

    • Every year, I host a Medieval Battles Contest at Classic Castle Forums and now is the time!

    So get out there and build the biggest, baddest battle you can!

    There will be prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places….so you have a pretty good chance. Get cracking!

    (The picture is of the winning battle scene from the first year of the contest…Jens was the builder)

    Sariel goes on a Crusade

  • Josh
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  • May 1, 2009
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  • LEGO, Vehicle
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  • 2 Comments

    • This incredible half-track hotrod by Sariel is something else! Its called “The Crusader”.

    Lego halftrack hotrod

    Thanks to Aaron Sneary for the head up!

    Donkey Kong throws barrels to crush Mario

  • Nannan
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  • May 1, 2009
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  • LEGO, Video Game
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  • 1 Comment

    • If you lived through the 80′s you may remember with fond nostalgia of climbing ladders and dodging barrels. Rob Majury takes us back to the past with this rendition of the original Donkey Kong arcade game.

    Via Klocki

    Schranz achieves orbit

  • Josh
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  • May 1, 2009
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  • LEGO, Space, Vehicle
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  • 1 Comment

    • Alex Schranz blasts off with an incredible build of the Space Shuttle Discovery.

    Lego Space shuttle

    EDIT (Andrew): I’m compelled by sheer awesomeness to add Alex’s fire engine.

    LEGO fire engine

    The water cannon on the top is excellent, and the eight-wide scale allows Alex to give this truck a nice sense of weight.

    PrimalBots are all growed up!

  • Josh
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  • May 1, 2009
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  • LEGO, Mecha
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  • 6 Comments

    • Rong Yiren has taken his iconic PrimalBots to the next level. Bigger, badder, and as Rong says, “more predator than prey”…this new bot is ready to kick it!

    Primal Bot Lego Mech

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