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.

LEGOLAND California to host Star Wars Days – June 13 and 14, 2009 [News]

This coming weekend, June 13 and 14, Legoland California is hosting Star Wars Days. The park, located in Carlsbad, CA just off the I-5 freeway, will be open from 10:00am to 6:00pm on both Saturday and Sunday. Single-day ticket prices start at $53 for children and $63 for adults, though membership, multi-day and “hopper” packages are also available.

Members of my local LEGO user group (SandLUG) and I will be manning a display table or two of our own creations. From Bricks to Bothans (FBTB), a LEGO Star Wars special interest group, will also be partcipating. We have many skilled builders (Right: John Cooper’s “Cantina Band”) in Southern California and this is a chance to see their creations, or more importantly meet the builders, in person. You are all welcome to drop by our display and say ‘hello.’

Though SandLUG has been around for a couple years and we have done displays in the past, this is our first effort at a cooperative display, so it may be interesting to see our starting point, so you can be stunned by our slickness in future years and say with authority: “I remember when Sandluggers couldn’t fit two base plates together.”

Here’s the full press release from LEGOLAND:

THE FORCE RETURNS TO LEGOLAND® CALIFORNIA FOR STAR WARS™ DAYS

Special two-day event features Xbox 360 gaming, Droid Hunt, daily costume contests and a special visit from Darth Vader himself

CARLSBAD, Calif. (April 20, 2009) – The Force returns to LEGOLAND® California on June 13 and 14 during LEGO® STAR WARS Days. Darth Vader and his 501st Legion of stormtroopers will invade the family theme park to interact with fans all weekend long, and LEGOLAND guests will also be able to take part in out-of-this-world activities like the Droid Hunt, video game battles, trivia competitions, building activities, scavenger hunts and daily costume contests.

For the first time ever during LEGO STAR WARS Days, fans of all ages can experience the new Xbox Family GameSpace, where they can play LEGO STAR WARS games all weekend long. The Xbox Family GameSpace features 13 game stations, providing an optimal gaming experience. Xbox Family GameSpace is a new permanent feature at LEGOLAND California where guests can experience LEGO STAR WARS and other family-friendly games year-round.

One of the most popular LEGO STAR WARS Days events is the Droid Hunt. Guests of all ages receive “droid badges” if they are among the first to stop by a specially marked table in The Beginning of the Park, where they will learn a special droid quote from within the STAR WARS Saga. When guests wearing droid badges are “caught” within the Park by members of the 501st Legion, they must recite the quote to receive a raffle ticket for the chance to win fantastic LEGO STAR WARS and LEGOLAND California merchandise.

Other features and attractions include the LEGO STAR WARS Fan Gallery, highlighting LEGO STAR WARS creations built by local fans and LEGO Club members; Jedi Trivia Contests, which allow guests to use their STAR WARS knowledge to compete for fabulous prizes; and a Miniland U.S.A. scavenger hunt to discover scrambled letters hidden by clone trooper mini-figures. Those who locate all the letters and unscramble the secret phrase will be entered into a contest to win a family four-pack of LEGOLAND California tickets and exclusive LEGO STAR WARS merchandise.

Also, guests are encouraged to dress as their favorite STAR WARS characters and participate in daily costume contests. Prizes will be awarded in two age categories: 8 and younger and 9 to 15. Each prize is valued at more than $500 and includes exclusive LEGO STAR WARS toys, collectible gear and tickets to LEGOLAND California.

When I revealed the following at my last SandLUG meeting, I was almost kicked out: I have lived in San Diego for 8 years and have never been to Legoland.

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Mace Windu gets his ride pimped

Kevin (Legorevolution) combines a whole bunch of rare chrome-gold LEGO elements with an excellent microscale cityscape for this wonderful scene featuring everyone’s favorite purple-lightsaber-wielding Jedi.

A chrome-gold C-3PO head serves as the hood ornament on the speeder piloted by “Lord Bamfness”.

Vintage Photo of Yoda discovered!

This rare vintage photo shows Yoda during his brief stint with the French Foreign Legion. Prior to hiding away on Dagobah, Yoda thought that the deserts of Algeria might be a good place to lose himself.

The hot weather, ill-fitting clothes, and hazing by the other soldiers, made him decide to explore other options. He also wasn’t very good at taking orders….

Clone Jedi Elite Captain Glorious takes to the skies!

Uspez Morbo gives the Republic Gunship design a seriously awesome upgrade with his Blackhawk.

Naturally, Clone Jedi Elite Captain Glorious has a cool swoop bike to jaunt around planets in the Outer Rim.

Read all about Clone Jedi Elite Captain Glorious on MOCpages.

Larryfigs

Larry Lars has been posting a series of cool little figures he calls “Larryfigs”. Somewhere between tiny mecha and hardsuits, Larry demonstrates that these offer a wide range of possibility.

One day left to get free LEGO Star Wars poster and win a free UCS Falcon [News]

This is time-sensitive enough that I figured it was worth a reminder. The free LEGO Star Wars minifig poster promotion ends at midnight Eastern tomorrow, along with your chance to win a free Falcon.

It’s not clear how long the $125 discount on 10179 Ultimate Collector’s Millennium Falcon™ will last either.

Again, this is unfortunately limited to the US and Canada~~, but those of you elsewhere can download the high-res LEGO Star Wars minifig poster from Flickr~~.

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

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]

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).

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.

LEGO Star Wars 2009 7753 Pirate Tank and 7778 Midi-scale Millenium Falcon revealed on StarWars.com [News]

Apparently, StarWars.com is getting all the exclusive details about the upcoming 2009 LEGO Star Wars sets. I didn’t notice when I blogged 7754 Home One Mon Calamari Star Cruiser, but the site also has articles about 7753 Pirate Tank and 7778 Midi-scale Millenium Falcon.

From the Clone Wars animated TV series, 7753 Pirate Tank could be at home in the 2009 LEGO Space Police theme.

The pirate figs (Hondo Ohnaka and Turk Falso, apparently) look unlike any other LEGO Star Wars minifigs I’ve ever seen.

7753 Midi-scale Millenium Falcon is the ~~third~~ fourth scale in which the Millenium Falcon has been released, following 7190 and 4504 at minifig-scale, 4488 at mini-scale, and 10179 at UCS scale.

Read the interviews with Jens Kronvold Frederiksen in the articles about the Falcon and tank on StarWars.com.

StarWars.com interviews 7754 Home One Mon Calamari Star Cruiser designer Jens Kronvold Frederiksen [News]

We first saw prototypes of LEGO Home One at Toy Fair 2009 a couple months ago, but StarWars.com has an interview with Jens Kronvold Frederiksen, who designed the upcoming LEGO Star Wars set 7754 Home One Mon Calamari Star Cruiser.

The article also includes our first look at high-resolution shots of the box art and minifigs.

In fact, Jens tells StarWars.com that “all the mini-figures except the A-wing pilot are brand new!”

Read the full interview on StarWars.com. For those of you wondering what a “Toys R Us Exclusive” means, it just means that TRU is the only store other than the LEGO Shop online and local LEGO Stores that will carry the set.

UCS Speederbike...oh yeah

Guybrush just posted pics of another incredible UCS model. This time its an amazing rendition of my favorite Star Wars vehicle. Check out the detailing on this gorgeous thing!

Sweet!

Custom LEGO Star Wars minifigs by Tekka Croe

I’m not up on the latest Star Wars Expanded Universe characters, but I think I can recognize excellent custom minifigures when I see them.

Khain and his Padawan by Tekka Croe incorporate custom faces, torsos, and cloth items, as well as a pair of interesting lightsaber handles. Also note the modified minifig legs on the shorter figure.