FBTB - From Bricks To Bothans

Man, a full week goes by with no news? Tsk tsk. I should be fired. Maybe I can apply for the LEGOLand Master Model Builder Job instead.

Glorious Kyle from our forums is the big winner of January’s Webcomic! contest. His winning webcomic was both funny and beautifully photographed. Great job! For all his efforts, Kyle wins a hand-drawn character of his choice done by none other than our very own Greg Hyland! Congrats, Kyle!

EDIT by Greg: Here’s a look at Kyle’s prize! It used up all my black ink!

Just finished uploading the last set of pics. Follow the links below to check out what LEGO has in store for 2006.

• Avatar
• Batman
• Bionicle
• Bob the Builder
• City
• Creator
• Duplo
• Exo-Force
• Knights’ Kingdom
• Mindstorms
• Quatro
• Racers
• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Star Wars
• Technic
• Thomas and Friends

Yahoo reports that LEGO and Lucasfilm Ltd. have reached an agreement to extend the license through 2011 . The license was originally set to expire next year in 2007. We get four more years of LEGO Star Wars goodness. Hopefully, during that time, we’ll see some Death Star playsets.

Almost a week with nothing new to report. Well, I’ll call this the calm before the storm. I get on a plane tomorrow morning to head to Toy Fair. I’m fighting off a head cold so the flight should be oh so fun. Anyways, I’ll be covering the show as best I can and hope to bring you all sorts of pictures. At this point in time, we’re already aware of the two sets coming out later this year (Jabba’s Sail Barge and the Imperial Star Destroyer); who knows what else LEGO has up their collective sleeve for the Star Wars line.

I know Ryan has upstaged me so well some may not even remember my name.
But I’m back & I bring you an updated gallery for Zac G:

Zac G brings us a nice customized V-Wing, and a Lagoon Trooper minifig.