We generally don’t feature the all-too-common (though sometimes artistic) photos of official LEGO sets people post online, but these ones by Avanaut are hardly stormtroopers in cereal bowls.
The rebel air corps may need a bit of help from their ground crew to get into this frozen Y-wing:
A pair of rebel troopers take advantage of the weather for a bit of winter fun:
Photoshop, you say. No. It’s all real. Thanks for the tip, Dave Eaton!
Brickshelf user Lumix has posted a comprehensive gallery of photos of the upcoming TIE Defender in 2010. The retail price of the set is $49.99 I believe.
Toys R Us is having another 2 Day Sale sale today and tomorrow. The LEGO item of note is that 7754 Home One Mon Calamari Star Cruiser
is 33% off — $73.69 instead of $110. To use the coupon online, you enter coupon code 933897 at checkout.
Unfortunately, the website is showing this item as out of stock, so check back over the next couple of days to see if they add any more.
Check out the post on FBTB for more ways to save money with this deal using more coupon codes, including free shipping so you don’t have to fight holiday crowds. Sweet!
While this clone shock trooper maxifig by Olivier may look like another solid LEGO sculpture, it’s actually quite different because you can make something happen by sticking a pin into it. Check out the video to see what I mean.
Via Eurobricks
From Bricks to Bothans is hosting its first annual FBTB Charity Drive. For a donation of only $2.00, you get a “raffle ticket” and a chance to win great prizes like 8038 Battle of Endor.
More importantly, your donations support a great cause, Child’s Play — an organization that donates toys and games to hospitals worldwide.
Beyond the originals by Angus MacLane, my favorite CubeDude so far is this lovely Princess Leia as Jabba’s slave girl by Larry Lars.
I love the fact that Larry’s Leia is less, uh, cubical than most other CubeDudes. Beyond juvenile references to CubeDude anatomy, Larry has incorporated some really interesting techniques, including LEGO coins as earrings. Larry explains:
The coins are squeezed in between the head and the 1×1 round plates connected to the underside of headlight bricks. Since there is an edge on the coins they stay there.
Rocko has finished his ginormous AT-AT Imperial Walker and its bigger and badder than any AT-AT ever built. It’s definitely menacing. The thing is tall enough to scare me.
Brickmodder has created an absolutely awesome R2-D2 minifig that lights up and burbles when you touch the stud on top of his dome.
Read more about this amazing custom creation on Brickmodder.com.
Via FBTB.
DK’s new LEGO book LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary
The book is 96 pages long and includes an exclusive Luke Skywalker minifig in ceremonial garb from the end of A New Hope.
(And by the way, it’s only $12.86 from Amazon.)
I strongly suspect most of you have already seen this, but this LEGO Star Wars chess set by Brandon Griffith (icgetaway) is well worth another look.
In addition to a great board and the minifig stands one might expect from a LEGO chess set, Brandon built a bunch of microscale Star Wars vehicles and even a couple of cute little vignettes as chess pieces.
Via the LEGO CUUSOO blog.
UPDATE: High-res photos of LEGO Atlantis sets are now out.
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Alexander (Shurik) posted pictures of some of the 2010 sets that LEGO has displayed at a sponsored event in Russia called Festival Rossiyskogo Fan Forum Lego. The featured sets include samples from the following themes: Atlantis, Toy Story, Prince of Persia, Star Wars, Power Miners, City, Bionicle and more.
EDIT (TG): These pictures were uploaded due to a miscommunication and have been removed from Flickr at the request of TLG. The local Ambassador, Igor Makarov, asked me to remove the deeplink which I have done.
UPDATE: Target.com also has box art for one of the 2010 LEGO Power Miners sets, 8188 Fire Blaster:
