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.

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.

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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.

First high-res pic of 8038 The Battle of Endor [News]

UPDATE: 8038 The Battle of Endor is now available from the LEGO Shop online.

Chuck Citrin has uncovered a high-resolution picture of the forthcoming LEGO Star Wars set 8038 The Battle of Endor on Kastor’s Korner:

When we say high-res, we’re talking 3666 x 2531, so there’s a lot to take in — not least of which is Leia’s new hair, printed Ewoks, and some very cool torsos on the Rebel troopers.

LEGO Star Wars Visual Dictionary now available for pre-order [News]

A new Dorling Kindersley book called LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary is now available for pre-order from Amazon.com.

Available September 21, 2009, the book will be 96 pages long, and will include an exclusive LEGO Star Wars minifig. Here’s the full description:

In true DK style, LEGO® Star Wars™: The Visual Dictionary elucidates, illuminates, and excites even the most discerning LEGO Group, Star Wars™, and minifigure fans around the world. Darth Vader, Boba Fett, Yoda, Luke Skywalker, and more are brought to life with dozens of little-known facts and hundreds of photos, as are accessories, vehicles, weapons, and even the Death Star! Learn about the history, manufacture, and construction of the minifigures of the Star Wars galaxy, and come away a LEGO® Jedi Master.

Amazon.com is selling LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary for 32% off the cover price.

Emperor Palpatine finds new ways to motivate Death Star builders

Sjaak Alvarez has just completed the fourth installment in his “It’s Hard to be a Stormtrooper” series. Click through to Bricks3D.com to watch this hilarious video:

As always, Sjaak renders and animates all his videos from scratch.

Planet TR-57 is full of hilarious clone trooper misfits

Chris Wunz and his coworkers at Valley Video Services in La Grande, Oregon put together this funny LEGO Star Wars animation, called Planet TR-57:

Planet TR-57: Pilot from Valley Video Services on Vimeo.

Planet TR-57 debuted at BrickFest 2009, where the team also held a stop-motion animation workshop, or Animate-a-thon.

Stay tuned to PlanetTR57.com for future episodes in this series.

Massive LEGO Shop sale includes LEGO Star Wars, Mars Mission, more [News]

Just in time to add regular LEGO sets to your reduced-price Pick A Brick order, the LEGO Shop online is holding a fairly huge sale, with many items 50% off or more.

LEGO Star Wars 10186 General Grievous™ is down to $30 from $90:

5587 LEGO® Basic Bricks with Fun Figures: The perfect gift for those friends and coworkers who constantly tell you, “It’s so hard to get LEGO sets without all those specialized parts these days!” ($10 down from $20.)
5598 Dino Valley: Perfect for all your meatpunk creations. ($20 down from $50.)
7646 ETX Alien Infiltrator and 7649 MT-201 Ultra-Drill Walker: Okay, so the Mars Mission sets weren’t perfect, but this is your chance to get some great minifigs (not the aliens), white, orange, and black elements on deep discount.

Sharks with frickin’ laser beams attached to their heads are $10 off in LEGO Agents 8633 Mission 4: Speedboat Rescue:

And don’t forget that there are some awesome new sets from the LEGO Shop, too. 10194 Emerald Night should be shipping soon, and 10195 Republic Dropship with AT-OT Walker is now available.

Check out all of the discounted LEGO sets now!

That’s a lot of pod racers

The pod racer contest on ~~From Bombs to Boulders~~ From Bricks to Bothans recently ended with some amazing entries. You can see them all in the contest thread. If you’re a member on FBTB, stay tuned for the exciting rounds of voting!

April Fools: Star Wars LEGO fan finds TWO chrome Vaders in one box!

Remember the post we wrote about LEGO Star Wars fan Starstreak, who knew for sure he was hot onto a never before opened box containing a rare limited edition chrome Darth Vader? This time he stumbles upon something truely remarkable. You probably guessed it from the title of the post, but see for yourself the miracle unfolding in this genuine video below!

April Fools: Order 66 destroy all Jedi mwahaha!!!1!

Commander Fed from MOCpages buildz the way kewl order 66. It’s so awesome that the clones are shooting the Jedi and the whole scene has so many minifigs and there weapons are kewl. Plz rate and leave comments!!!

April Fools: Please welcome Elite Clone Master Chief Timmy!

Even though LEGO Star Wars is our most popular category, we really don’t blog enough LEGO creations inspired by the glorious prequel trilogy or animated Clone Wars series. Similarly, I’m not satisfied with the number of LEGO Halo creations our current contributors blog. To fix that gap in our coverage of the LEGO fan community, I’m pleased to announce that Elite Clone Master Chief Timmy will be joining The Brothers Brick as a contributor!

Here’s Timmy in his own words:

i <3 clone wars and commander rex is my favorite clone but commander cody is pertty cool to. the 1st LSW wuz okay i liked how U could brake things into teh difrent legos but Halos bettre cos Master Chief is awsome!!!1!!!1!!!! my mom dosnt no i play it at my frend Cassidys house. lolololollloollol!!!!!! thanks 4 letting me join ur sight k thx buy

I’m really looking forward to reading Timmy’s insightful commentary and seeing all the great LEGO Star Wars and LEGO Halo creations Elite Clone Master Chief Timmy finds for our readers!