Tag Archives: Star Wars

LEGO Star Wars is one of the most popular LEGO themes of all time. Far beyond X-wings and TIE fighters, there’s a whole expanded universe of inspiration, and an army of LEGO fans ready to build whatever comes out of George Lucas’s head next.

[April Fools’!] Win 800 Chrome Stormtroopers!

UPDATE: Very real apologies to those of you took this seriously due to the incorrect time stamp — a technical glitch on our end. To make it up to all of you, our loyal readers, we will indeed (no joking) raffle off 5 chrome stormies to 5 of you. We’ll contact you at the e-mail you used to register.

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In appreciation of our faithful followers, The Brothers Brick is giving away 800 chrome stormtroopers to a lucky winner. Post a comment below for a one-in-a-million chance to enter a draw for this fabulous prize!

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FBTB announces the 2011 Podracer Challenge

Do you like podracers but are tired of seeing the same Star Wars variants? FBTB challenges you to build a podracer in any non-Star Wars theme. The deadline is March 31 and as usual, the prizes do not disappoint. Check out the details here.

FBTB covers 2011 LEGO Star Wars & more from Toy Fair 2011 in NYC [News]

Though The Brothers Brick couldn’t make it to New York this year for Toy Fair, our friends over at FBTB attended both the press event and the full show, to bring everyone great pictures of new and upcoming LEGO sets.

A few quick highlights…

LEGO Star Wars returns to Episode I: The Phantom Menace with a number of new sets that refresh designs from 10 or more years ago, including podracers and Darth Maul’s Sith Infiltrator.

LEGO expands its Disney/Pixar line with a System-scale Cars theme.

I’m personally most intrigued by the new Alien Conquest theme, which, if it’s anything like Agents or NinjaGo, has serious potential to be rather awesome. (Xenophobic blah blah blah. I’ll apologize on behalf of humanity when the little green men show up at my front door.)

Check out all of the different themes on FBTB.net.

Stormtrooper down

A picture is worth a thousand words, so I’ll let this one by Shobrick speak for itself.

Thanks for the tip ~Tac~

Militarized X-wing

Zane Houston shows us what the X-wing might look like if it were a modern military craft. It features folding wings and landing gear. The builder states that there’s more militarized Star Wars ships in the making. Will we see a TIE fighter soon?

Is there a problem, commander?

You don’t need Jedi powers to sense that there’s been a disturbance in the force in Chris McVeigh‘s latest photo.

Join the dark side

They have ice cream.

By Louis K.

LEGOLAND California gets Star Wars Miniland in March 2011 [News]

Home of LEGO Star Wars Days for the last several years, it’s only natural that LEGOLAND California should get a section of Miniland dedicated to Star Wars. That’s finally happening this March, as announced this morning. From Bricks to Bothans was there today covering the press event, and has all the details and photos, including the ever-awesome Mr. Gary McIntire (with Miniland tauntaun and Han Solo).

Read the full coverage and press release on FBTB.

RC Clone Turbo Tank with lights and firing mechanisms

There’s much more to this Juggernaut than meets the eye. Max Yang (Artifex Creation) built this Turbo Tank with remote-controlled driving and steering, along with other RC mechanisms such as clip-fed guns and missiles. It’s even outfitted with custom-designed flashing lights. You can see all these features in the Youtube video below.

Thanks for the tip, Masked Builder!

NinjaGo, LEGO Star Wars, and most 2011 LEGO sets now available [News]

Though this is for US & Canada only at the moment, nearly all of the first quarter 2011 LEGO sets are now available from the LEGO Shop online. As if that’s not enough of a temptation, you can still order in time for Christmas.

We here at The Brothers Brick are irrationally excited about what looks to be the silliest — and most awesome — of the 2011 themes. Fraukinder and mannkinder, I give you NinjaGo!

The premise appears to be that several brightly colored ninjas take on an army of undead in single combat using a technique called “spinjutsu”.

Seriously, how awesome is that? And don’t miss the ear-worm that is the NinjaGo theme song.

The 2011 LEGO City police sets feature a new dog, backpack, and crowbar.

And of course, the 2011 LEGO Star Wars sets are also now available — not least of which the ever-popular battle packs.

Though I have yet to see a single episode of The Clone Wars, I’m intrigued by this non-gray Bounty Hunter Assault Gunship:

Finally, 10217 Diagon Alley will be shipping on January 1st, and is currently available for pre-order:

Build your own Death Star ornament

With the Death Star ornament by Chris McVeigh (powerpig), you will rule the Christmas tree! Find out how to make your own on Chris’ blog.

Other ornaments by Chris are still available for purchase from Creations for Charity.

Classic X-wing

Flickr user marshal banana presents one of the best minifig-scale X-wings I have seen. None of the details seem forced; even the complex windshield design looks well-integrated into the ship. Check out more great Star Wars creations on the builder’s photostream.