At the opening ceremony at Brickworld on Friday July 20th, the 10188 Death Star playset was officially announced and revealed by representatives of the LEGO group. The price will be $399.99 and there are 24 minifigs. I captured a video of the model, enjoy.
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Rong Yiren micros the Emperor’s arrival at the Death Star
In our third LEGO Star Wars post of the day, Rong Yiren depicts Emperor Palpatine’s arrival aboard the Death Star, in ultra-microscale:
Jesus Diaz learns where LEGO Star Wars Stormies come from
Gizmodo’s Jesus Diaz just got back from his trip to LEGO headquarters in Billund, Denmark, where he took a great video of stormtroopers getting made in the LEGO factory.
Click through to Jesus’ post on Giz to watch the video.
10188 Death Star now available for preorder from LEGO Shop [News]
Well, that was certainly quick. The highly anticipated new set 10188 Death Star is now available for preorder from the LEGO Shop online.
3,803 pieces. 399.99 USD. Ships on September 16, 2008.
EDIT: Jesus Diaz over at Gizmodo has the full list of minifigs and features. What the heck is a Phlutdroid? Oh, I see.
LEGO Star Wars 10188 Death Star pics reveal interior and 21+ minifigs [News]
UPDATE: 10188 Death Star is now available for preorder from the LEGO Shop.
The intrepid Eurobrickers who comb the LEGO.com image cache for new files have found photos of the upcoming LEGO Star Wars set 10188 Death Star.
The box art:
At least twenty-one (21!) minifigs:
The set even comes with a small TIE Advanced fighter (aka “Darth Vader’s TIE fighter”):
Check out Eurobricks or reader Will’s photoset for a couple more pics.
Droid Tri-fighter
Check out this well-built model of the Droid Tri-fighter from Star Wars by Brickshelf user rack911. While there has not been many recent noteworthy UCS (ultimate collector series) Star Wars creations, there has been two good tri-fighter models in the past by Reto and wintermoog.
New upcoming Star Wars sets: Homing Spider-Droid and The Twilight [News]
Eurobricks has the first pictures of the newest Star Wars sets: Homing Spider-Droid and The Twilight. While we can’t make out much details from these images, I can see that there will be new unique minifigs, including Ahsoka. The Homing Spider-Droid looks especially well-designed while The Twilight can be a good set for more bley colored pieces. I look forward to these as with any Star Wars set.
So now that I’m an Ambassador, is this post legal? ;)
Tim Goddard respects the planet
Well, at least Kamino, anyway. Tim Goddard recycles two great microscale Star Wars vehicles we hadn’t featured here before into a new vignette showing the intense battle between Jango Fett and Obi-Wan Kenobi:
Iconic Star Wars scenes medievalized by Piotr Lewandowski
Castle builder Piotr Lewandowski has recreated several iconic scenes from the Star Wars universe as Castle vignettes.
Here’s “Duel of Mates” (inspired by “Duel of the Fates” between Qui-Gon Gin and Darth Maul in Episode I):
And another duel, on “BestPin,” between Luke Groundwalker and Darth Father (heh heh):
(Via VignetteBricks.)
Upcoming Star Wars minifigs
A group shot of the upcoming Star Wars minifigs in the summer ’08 sets were found in the latest issue of Star Wars Insider. Start getting excited! :)
Via Eurobricks
Vote on an upcoming LEGO Star Wars set in 2009! [News]
UPDATE: Voting on this set ended on May 17, 2008.
The LEGO Company and Toys R Us want to create the perfect set to add to your 2009 LEGO Star Wars collection. Vote on the scene you like best!
Here are the options:
Click here to see more details and cast your vote.
Via Eurobricks
Not the droids you’re expecting
The ever so whimsical and wild Shannon Young adds a new touch to the classic droids from Star Wars, making them totally bad@$$.
