One More Day For 10212 Imperial Shuttle
Just a reminder that starting tomorrow, you can order 10212 Imperial Shuttle direct from LEGO Shop@Home. Price is $259.99 USD.
Archive for the ‘LEGO Star Wars’ Category
Ace | August 31st, 2010 | LEGO Star Wars, Sales News
Ace | August 25th, 2010 | LEGO Star Wars, News
Kotaku Previews LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
Earlier today, Kotaku published a preview of the upcoming video game, LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars. It seems that with every LEGO game that Traveler’s Tales develops, they improve some aspect of the game engine and this game is no exception. An excerpt:
To deliver the experience of having multiple story lines in the game, Traveller’s Tales created levels that have you hot-swapping between storylines. While you’re playing one storyline, controlling a set of characters, you can see the other storyline preparing to unfold in a bubble-shaped window in the top right corner of your screen.
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Shell said that during these moments, the game’s AI will take over for the windowed gameplay, making sure not to die, but also not completing the task at hand. This allows players to go through both story lines simultaneously, Shell said.
Ace | August 24th, 2010 | LEGO Star Wars, News
LULS Darth Vader Returns
Sort of.
Spotted at his local Target, Jared Burks (Fine Clonier) of Fineclonier.com fame spotted this Light Up Lightsaber Maxifigure of Darth Vader. Not only does it light up, it moves! Apparently, there was no sound as is customary with LEGO display cases, and if there was it wasn’t very loud, at least with this unit. Jared also adds, “Helmet looked a bit cheap like a blow mold instead of solid plastic, but who cares”. Who cares indeed.
Ace | August 24th, 2010 | LEGO Star Wars, MOC Spotlight
Brickdoctor’s UCS V-wing
I couldn’t wait for Brickdoctor to post this himself in our MOC Showcase forum, so I decided to jump the gun a bit and show you all his UCS Alpha-3 Nimbus-class V-wing Interceptor. His Venator-class Star Destroyer is nothing to sneeze at either. When I saw the thumbnail in the flickr pool I had to click to make sure it was indeed made out of LEGO.
When Themes Collide: Toy Wars
Okay Yaramanoglu (okayaraman) created a series of minifigs of the Toy Story cast dressed up as Star Wars characters. Though I object to the use of multiple Buzz Lightyears used in the same photo, nonetheless it is pretty awesome stuff! More in his stream.
Ace | August 16th, 2010 | LEGO Star Wars, News
Star Wars Celebration Video
Star Wars Celebration wrapped up this weekend and I received a link to a video of LEGO’s presence at the event. The video has a time-lapse segment revealing the mystery mural that was hyped just before the event:
BrickBuildr from our forums attended the event with his lug, GFLUG, and posted some pictures to his stream.
Ace | August 13th, 2010 | LEGO Star Wars, MOC Spotlight
The Mislabeled MINI Venator
Mislabeled because it should be called a MIDI-scale Venator. rack911‘s MINI Venator puts the Brickmaster version to shame. To shame!
Ace | August 10th, 2010 | Events, LEGO Star Wars
LEGO Star Wars Celebration V Press Release
Got the following press release detailing some events LEGO is hosting at Star Wars Celebration:
LEGO® STAR WARS™ Celebrates 30th Anniversary of
The Empire Strikes Back at Star Wars Celebration V–Interactive LEGO mural building event supports ‘The Empire Gives Back’ and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital–
ORLANDO (August 13th, 2010) – To commemorate the 30th anniversary of Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, LEGO Systems, Inc. and Lucasfilm Ltd. are summoning the force of LEGO® and STAR WARS fans and families to participate in a three-day collaborative build of an eight-foot tall, 15-foot wide LEGO mystery mural to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The mural will be constructed by attendees of Star Wars Celebration V and a LEGO Master Builder at Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center from August 13-15.
Fans who help the LEGO Master Builder to construct the mural will receive one of 10,000 limited edition white Boba Fett LEGO minifigures. Additionally, for every LEGO plate a fan builds and adds to the mural, LEGO Systems and Lucasfilm’s “The Empire Gives Back” program will donate 330 LEGO System and LEGO DUPLO® bricks to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to encourage imagination and creative play and support the patients of St. Jude. In total, more than 1.5 million LEGO bricks will be donated..
“The STAR WARS franchise has creatively inspired so many people since its debut, and has motivated LEGO enthusiasts to build models, create their own stories and, in some cases, produce their own films,” said Michael McNally, brand relations director, LEGO Systems, Inc. “We’re particularly proud to partner with Lucasfilm’s ‘The Empire Gives Back’ charitable giving program to both commemorate an important milestone for The Empire Strikes Back, but also to help carry forward its creative spirit with yet another generation of children through St. Jude.”
STAR WARS enthusiasts will also be able to see new LEGO products on display, have their picture taken with life-sized LEGO STAR WARS models and check out fan created LEGO models. A second LEGO Master Builder will be doing a live build of a 6-foot tall Boba Fett model.
The LEGO Store will have products available for purchase and will feature an exclusive Celebration V STAR WARS CubeDude set, designed by fan and Pixar animator, Angus MacLane, who will be on-site to sign boxes. To purchase the set, a raffle ticket must be drawn. Tickets will be pulled at the LEGO booth each day at 11 a.m.
For more information and news about LEGO STAR WARS and STAR WARS Celebration V, visit www.starwars.lego.com and www.starwarscelebration.com.
# # #LEGO Systems Inc. (LSI) is the Americas (North America and Latin America) division of The LEGO Group, a privately-held firm based in Billund, Denmark. The company is committed to the development of children’s creative and imaginative abilities through high-quality, creatively educational play materials, and its employees are guided by the motto adopted in the 1930s by founder Ole Kirk Christiansen: “Only the best is good enough.” For more information, visit www.LEGO.com
Lucasfilm, the Lucasfilm logo, Star Wars™ and related properties are trademarks and/or copyrights, in the United States and other countries, of Lucasfilm Ltd. and/or its affiliates. TM & © Lucasfilm Ltd. All rights reserved. All other trademarks and trade names are properties of their respective owners.
If you’re going to Celebration, please share your experience in our forums and/or post your pictures to the FBTB: flickr Outpost.
Ace | August 10th, 2010 | Community Project, LEGO Star Wars
FBTB Community Project: Battle Tauntauns
No doubt by now you’ve seen some of the awesome battle tauntauns on display at the Fan Gallery during Star Wars Days at LEGOLand California. The one above is by Paul Meissner (legosamurai), the battle tauntaun is his brainchild of an idea, it is a tauntaun outfitted with weapons and armor to help the Rebels defend their base against Imperial forces, probe droids, and the occasional pesky wampa or two. Highly customizable, they can be armed with a wide array of ordnance, surveillance gear, and other equipment depending on the task at hand.
I’ve been searching for a community project idea that is easily accessible to just about everybody, doesn’t require a big budget of parts, and is open to interpretation. The Battle Tauntaun project fits the bill perfectly. Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to build your own Battle Tauntaun, post it in our Community Project thread, and add it to both the Battle Tauntaun flickr group and the FBTB: flickr Outpost group. If you need some inspiration, take a look at Paul Lee’s and Brandon Griffith’s Battle Tauntauns below. Pictures by Don:
Ace | August 10th, 2010 | LEGO Star Wars, News
The Minifigures You’ll Never Get: George Lucas, R2-KT
The minifigures above and below made an appearance at the Fan Display at Star Wars Weekend this past weekend, but they are cool enough to deserve their own post. If you remember from the LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary book, there was a picture of a George Lucas minifigure somewhere in the back. At least that’s what I was told since a) I can’t remember and b) I can’t find my copy of the book. There was also a picture of every Star Wars minifigure ever made, including prototypes. The George Lucas minifigure you see above is the real deal, not a custom job. The pink R2 unit below, dubbed R2-KT due to its resemblance to the real life R2-KT droid, is a prototype figure used to test the printing pattern for the Clone Wars era R2-D2 minifigure. Only 50 of the pink R2 minifigure are known to exist. Ol’ George? His production number is unknown, making it truly a one of a kind.
These minifigures are not mine, though I wish they were, just shown to me to make me faint with wanton desire. Now, if only a kind soul in Billund would gift me some of these….
