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Ryan "chief" Wood | April 21st, 2011 | LEGO Star Wars
Ryan "chief" Wood | March 30th, 2011 | LEGO Star Wars, News
Legoland California’s Star Wars Miniland: Caught on Webcam!
Legoland California Resort’s Star Wars Miniland opens tomorrow! FBTB will be there with the press to cover all the events of the day. However, if the article and photos later in the day can’t satisfy you, LLCR has set up a live webcam to broadcast right from Miniland! (If you’re having issues with the cam not loading on that page, try this direct link.)
Thanks to Collin and mrschief for the heads up!
Ace "onions" Kim | February 16th, 2011 | LEGO Star Wars, News
LEGO Toy Fair 2011 Premium Giveaway
Every year at Toy Fair, the attendees of the Collector Event each get a goodie bag filled with press releases, a retailer catalog, and, of course, the premium giveaway. For this year’s premium item, the focus is on the Star Wars Miniland area debuting at LEGOLAND CA next month on March 31st. You get this box:
Ace "onions" Kim | January 27th, 2011 | LEGO Star Wars, News
More Star Wars Miniland Models Arrive At LEGOLAND CA
By now, you’ve seen the video that Ryan reported a few days ago showing the Millennium Falcon model being hauled into the park. I received assets from LEGOLand California a few days ago with more photos of some of the models at the Model Shop and being installed in their respective areas. Enjoy!
Ryan "chief" Wood | January 19th, 2011 | LEGO Star Wars, News
First SW Miniland Models Arrive at LLCA!
The first Star Wars models have begun to arrive for installation at Legoland California!
Love the shot of the Falcon flying over Washington DC 
Ace "onions" Kim | January 6th, 2011 | LEGO Star Wars, News
Star Wars Miniland Coming To LEGOLAND California
I attended a press event today at LEGOLAND California. It began with the president of LEGOLAND giving an update on the parks attendance, the plans for 2011 for new areas of the park, etc etc. It was all very ho hum until he was interrupted by the lights going out, and the Star Wars theme music blaring out of the speaker system. Finally, I thought, he’s going to announce what I was waiting for the whole morning, that Hero Factory was getting a new area in the park that Miniland would get a new, permanent Star Wars themed area. Scheduled to open March 31, 2011, LEGOLAND California will be the first theme park to feature a Star Wars theme miniland area, to be followed by LEGOLAND Deutschland and LEGOLAND Billund.
Unfortunately they didn’t have any of the actual models on display, so I snapped some pics of the promotional posters that were on stage during the event that had some of the models pictured:
R2 and Chewie were there:
The press kit has some promo pictures of the model builders building some of the… models… :
Afterwards, I was lucky enough to enter the Model Shop that’s adjacent to Miniland and Gary McIntire showed a few of us a model of miniland Han on Tauntaun and a miniland Boba Fett that Gary designed:
Excited? I frakkin’ am.
You can read the official press release after the jump.
Ace "onions" Kim | January 6th, 2011 | News
Star Wars Days at LEGOLAND California Announced
I also received word today that Star Wars Days for 2011 has been dated: June 18-19. Hope to see you there!
Ace "onions" Kim | August 10th, 2010 | Events, LEGO Star Wars
LEGOLand California Star Wars Weekend Report
LEGOLand California held their annual Star Wars Days this past weekend August 7th and 8th and what a glorious weekend it was! The AFOL community was well-represented by SANDLUG and LUGOLA with members driving in from as far as Fresno, CA and Las Vegas, NV. With this year being the 30th anniversary of Episode V, there was a slight emphasis on Empire-based MOCs. (more…)
Ryan "chief" Wood | July 27th, 2010 | LEGO Star Wars, News
Coming Soon: LLCA Star Wars Days 2010!
Update: as Commander Keller on the forums (and probably others who didn’t score as low as me in reading comprehension) noted, Legoland’s page says that participants in the Trivia game have a chance to win the elusive White Boba Fett minifig!
Legoland California’s annual weekend tribute to Star Wars is fast approaching: mark your calendars and make your plans for Saturday August 7th and Sunday August 8th!
Activities include the traditional 501st Droid Hunt game, costume contests, and fan displays. One highlight of the fan display will be Brickplumber’s Endor landing platform dio.
Also fleshing out the weekend are building challenges, trivia games, and more! See Legoland California’s event page for the full agenda.
Hit the break for more shots of last year’s fun! (more…)
Ryan "chief" Wood | April 22nd, 2010 | News
Model Builders Wanted!
I’m a Model Designer at Merlin Entertainment’s Legoland Development model shop in Carlsbad, CA. When I was hired as a Model Builder 10 months ago, we were working on Legoland Malaysia. Now we’re hard at work on the production of Legoland Florida. With upcoming Legoland Discovery Centers and attractions being announced at an exciting rate, the job security is awesome. Our shop is looking to grow even larger to accommodate the production of the new parks. And with that growth comes your chance to join our expanding team!
From Legoland:
Do you have what it takes to be a Master Model Builder? LEGOLAND is currently looking to add five people to the team at the LEGOLAND Development Model Shop. Work on exciting new projects for LEGOLAND Florida, LEGOLAND Malaysia and the new LEGOLAND Water Park in California opening in June. Applications will be accepted from now until April 30th.
Go here for Legoland’s career page and click on job id 291 Model Builder.
I’m happy to answer questions as best I can in the comments!
