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.

LEGO R2-D2 motorized with Power Functions

Carlos Méndez sends word of this cool R2-D2 he motorized with a Power Functions Motor:

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Dodonna-Blissex RZ-1 A-wing interceptor by Lino Martins

Despite Lord of the Rings, despite the miserable prequels, and despite Battlestar Galactica, there’s still a part of me that still can’t get over Star Wars. I’ve joked that my Star Wars geek lives in my limbic system.

Apparently, Lino Martins‘ Star Wars geek is much more deeply embedded, in his medulla oblongata. With this fantastic large-scale A-wing, Lino lets his geek run wild:

The clean, rounded lines of the A-wing are notoriously difficult to replicate in LEGO, but at this scale, Lino has been able to include critical details like the angled tail fins and the gap in the nose.

Wearable Boba Fett costume built from LEGO

I’ve been keeping an eye on Simon‘s LEGO Boba Fett costume project for a while (and yet somehow missed his great LEGO Star Wars minifigs along the way), so I was very pleased to see the completed armor.

This may be the coolest homage ever to the beloved bounty hunter with only ~~two~~ four lines in Empire Strikes Back:

That’s right, Simon has built a complete Boba Fett costume entirely from LEGO (except the jump suit and cape, of course). The outfit includes a helmet, jet pack, chest plate, and blaster. Amazing stuff!

More Preliminary 2009 Set Pictures (Indy and Clone Wars) [News]

lokosuperfluoLEGOman has updated the folder with more pictures of 2009 LEGO sets, including Star Wars: Clone Wars and Indiana Jones. Please keep in mind that these are all preliminary pictures and are almost certainly subject to change, therefore the use of old pieces in new figures (such as Patrick the starfish’s torso used for the brute in the Flying Wing set and the Imperial Guard torso used for Willie) will probably change. Also note that the Flying Wing preliminary set art includes a Swastika, something The LEGO Company will certainly not use in the final box art. Note that the pictures seen here are from corran11’s photostream on Flickr, because some images are cropped and rotated for easier viewing.

Clone Wars animated comic

Check out this cool animated Clone Wars comic, featuring the Republic Attack Gunship and Droid Gunship. Hilarity ensued!

LEGO Agents 8637 Volcano Base now available [News]

LEGO Agents Mission 7 8637 Volcano Base is now available from the LEGO Shop.

And for those of you who missed your chance to get a white protocol droid (K-3PO) last year, the former Toys R Us exclusive LEGO Star Wars set 7666 Hoth Rebel Base is once again available.

10188 Death Star speed build video

Okay, so it’s really an ad from LEGO for the upcoming LEGO Star Wars 10188 Death Star set, but it’s still really cool to watch it getting built in a time lapse video from BrickWorld 2008. ;-)

Remember, the Death Star is currently available for pre-order, and will ship by September 16.

LEGO Star Wars Clone Wars sets and the Toys R Us Midnight Sale

For those curious to know what went on at the Toys R Us Midnight Sale last night, I took a ride to my local store to check out the frontline action. The Midnight Sale, hosted by participating Toys R Us stores, celebrates the release of new Star Wars Clone Wars toys, such as action figures, LEGO Star Wars sets, and other miscellaneous Clone Wars items.

Participants at the event received the limited edition holographic General Grievous action figure and Clone Wars poster for their purchases.

The picture below was taken last night at my local store near Dallas, and you can see how many people showed up. Inside the store was a marked section dedicated to all the brand new merchandise, and I’m excited to see that the LEGO Clone Wars sets dominated about a third of the space.

Almost half of the shopping carts I saw contained LEGO products. However, to my chagrin, Toys R Us has marked up prices on all of these new LEGO sets by $5-10. In the end I used coupons to purchase two Republic Gunships, definitely one of the must-have LEGO sets of the year.

If you missed this event, good news is that you didn’t miss too much.

Just today LEGO Shop at Home has listed all of the new Clone Wars sets fresh for sale. Don’t forget that your order qualifies for a free gold brick keychain with purchases over $75 until the end of July.

Here’s the full list of LEGO Star Wars Clone Wars sets available from the LEGO Shop:

7673 MagnaGuard Starfighter: Includes two Magna Droid minifigs (44.99 USD).
7674 V-19 Torrent: Includes a clone pilot (54.99 USD).
7675 AT-TE Walker: Includes Anakin Skywalker, Ahsoka Tano, Captain Rex, a clone trooper and battle droid, plus that weird “Huttlet” Rotta (89.99 USD).
7676 Republic Attack Gunship: Includes Obi-Wan Kenobi, Plo Koon, Asajj Ventress, Commander Cody, and a clone trooper (119.99 USD).
7678 Droid Gunship: Includes two battle droids (29.99 USD).
7680 The Twilight: Includes Anakin, Ahsoka, R2-D2, and Rotta (99.99 USD).
7681 Separatist Spider Droid: Includes Commander Fox, a clone trooper, battle droid, super battle droid, and battle droid commander (29.99 USD).

BrickMaster January exclusive: mini Venator [News]

The BrickMaster January exclusive set is announced as a mini Venator revealed at Comic-Con.

Via FBTB

Comic-Con exclusive LEGO sets revealed [News]

For the past few months, LEGO fans have wondered what’s inside the exclusive secret Indiana Jones box available at Comic-Con (July 24-27) with a limited edition of 500. Just now, the set has been listed on Ebay with its contents, revealed to be the BrickMaster Indy jeep along with two natives minifigs and a small temple scene.

Furthermore, and to our surprise, an exclusive Clone Wars set is available as well with a limited edition of 1200. This kit includes full contents of the Hailfire Droid & Spider Droid set and the Droids Battle Pack in addition to five new clone minifigs and a special poster. Click on the picture below for more.

Via Brick Horizon

LEGO Star Wars Clone Wars sets at Celebration Japan [News]

The new LEGO Star Wars Clone Wars sets will be available soon, but attendees at Star Wars Celebration Japan got an early look at some of the sets — and the minifigs in particular.

Edge (エッジ) over at レゴ系 (The LEGO System) was there, and took a bunch of pictures of the LEGO Star Wars booth.

Ahsoka Tano, Anakin Skywalker, and a bunch of clones:

Clones on bikes, including CC-7567:

An overall shot of the booth:

Bonnie Burton from the Official Star Wars Blog also took a handful of pictures of the Clone Wars LEGO, including close-ups of the nose art on the Republic Gunship:

The ladies of the booth:

See lots more pictures in Edge’s blog post.

Swagman robot by Teikjoon

Even robots sometimes get down in the dumps and have to scrounge for a living. Though this reminds me of something from the Futurama universe, Teikjoon sets this lovely little vignette in the Star Wars universe, where — on a planet embargoed by the Trade Federation — unemployed robots “choose to stay operational, scavenging for energy packs”: