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UK News: LEGO Star Wars 2018 Sets Available To Buy On Shop@Home!
Click on any of the images below to jump straight to the set’s page – they are all available now to buy!
Month: December 2017
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UCS Falcon Coming To Mr Toys
Even before the news that Toys “R”Us in France will be stocking 75192 UCS Millennium Falcon has got cold, we have news that Mr Toys – a chain of 23 toy shops in Queensland – […]
Grapevine
75213 Star Wars Advent Calendar
Though no firm list has been seen yet a decent pair of Mark I eyeballs can discern that the 2019 Star Wars Advent calendar will include a landspeeder, Naboo Starfighter, Xander Freemaker minifig, brick-built snowman, […]
Grapevine
30380 Kylo Ren’s Shuttle
Though it was last seen at the Battle of Crait in The Last Jedi this TLJ mastheaded packaging has the verdant lake shores of Takodana from The Force Awakens in the background. Perhaps the […]
Events
Platinum R2 Comp Heating Up
Check out this short for a glimpse into the process that went into creating this solid platinum version of R2-D2. It won’t come as a surprise to learn that this isn’t the droid you are […]
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Only Two Days Left On 10% Sale!
The current 10% sale on LEGO Star Wars sets still has two days left to run – so if your shopping bag has got all the latest The Last Jedi sets in it and your […]
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Summer ’18 Set Info
While they aren’t the best images they do offer a glimpse at what is to come in the second half of the year. Catalogue Pages – two images System Scale Sets – three […]
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40298 DJ Minifig Update
A few days ago an image of the third figure to the modular line-up, that includes 40268 R3-M2 and 40176 Scarif Stormtooper, surprised the LEGO community. And now Rebelscum has a photo of the loose […]
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75192 UCS Millennium Falcon To Get General Release
Months ago when all the world could talk about was the FUBAR distribution that the 75192 UCS Millennium Falcon was receiving, Rebelscum was able to offer a ray of sunlight when it was revealed that […]
Community
Porgs Invade London
The group (or ‘murder’) of LEGO Porgs travelled from London’s South Bank, across Millennium Bridge and past St. Paul’s Cathedral – before finishing their sight-seeing tour at London’s Trafalgar Square and the LEGO store in […]
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LEGO Solo Release Date Correction
Despite our recent – and confident – report that the date that we would see LEGO Solo sets hit retail had been moved to April 13th, we now have official word that we can expect […]
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First Solo Minifig
This image of an unreleased LEGO minifig started doing the rounds earlier today – at first no-one was sure if it was from the upcoming Solo spin-off, the toys from which are scheduled to […]
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10% Sale Includes Buildable Figures!
The current sale at LEGOshop.com still has four days to run, and on top of the first wave of The Last Jedi sets it also includes the larger-scale buildable figures – 75526 Elite TIE Fighter […]
Collecting
VIP Card Delays In North America
We’ve seen plenty of posts that quite a few 75192 UCS Millennium Falcon shoppers in Europe have received their limited edition VIP card, but there have been no reports in the US or Canada yet. […]
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Flash 10% Off On Star Wars Starts Today
If you are still looking for Christmas presents then look no further than LEGO, because between now and Christmas Eve (December 24th) all – with the exception of 75192 UCS Millennium Falcon – Star Wars […]
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40298 DJ Minifig
The third figure to the polybagged minifig has been added to the modular line up. Scuttlebutt is that this came out of the back door from a European factory. While there’s no official word on […]
Community
Celebrity Fans: Mark Hamill
If you thought that you’d never get to see Jedi Master Luke Skywalker (Retired) again then think again, because the official Star Wars UK Twitter account has just posted a cool video of Mark Hamill […]
Features
How It All Clicks Together
With all the pre-release hype that goes into generating marketing opportunities in the build-up to the release of a Star Wars movie it’s not surprising that key stakeholders co-ordinate their merchandising campaigns with Disney and […]
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75201 First Order AT-ST Improved Image
Another photo of the First Order At-ST, as seen briefly in The Last Jedi has popped up – and this one confirms that it has been found at retail. There’s no word where it was […]
Collecting
2018 Sets On Shop@Home Now!
In the last few hours all the January 2018 sets – with the exception of 75201 First Order AT-ST (which Rebelscum revealed last week) – have been added to the LEGO Star Wars section on […]
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100 VIP Points & Double Up For Star Wars Purchases!
While shoppers in Europe are getting 10% off to make up for the cancellation of the Darth Vader pod, North Americans who make an online or brand store purchase of the main LEGO Star Wars […]
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75201 First Order AT-ST Revealed
Though the image below is particularly grainy – and no intelligence service-level image enhancement is going to change that – there are a couple of relevant pieces of information we can draw from it and […]
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75205 Mos Eisley Cantina Official Reveal
Just now posted on Toys “R” Us.com, where it is a $39.99 store exclusive, this set issadly not available to order yet but when it is we’ll be sure to get a post up – […]
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75205 Mos Eisley Cantina Photo Evidence
A picture says a thousand words, undercutting our original description by 304 words. There’s efficiency for you. This set is slated for a late January release with a RRP of US$39.99 and is tipped to […]
Collecting
75192 UCS Millennium Falcon Retail Rebound
Like many readers, you might have missed it, but in the last twelve hours that mightiest of LEGO sets – 75192 UCS Millennium Falcon – popped up as “in stock” in the UK, France, Germany […]
Events
FR News: LEGO BB-8 Make & Take Tour
The little rolling robot who could, crosses Le Manche this week to spin out in France! Come build BB8, the little Star Wars robot in LEGO and leave with! Head to your Toys “R” Us […]
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Darth Vader Pod Promo Cancelled
Less than a week away from the promotion that would have seen LEGO Star Wars shoppers who spent of $60/€55 get one of these play/display pods, there are concerns and the promotion has been pulled: […]
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Flash 10% Off On Star Wars Sets!
In light of the recent cancellation of the 5005376 LEGO Star Wars Darth Vader Anniversary Pod, LEGO has decided to run a 10% discount on all Star Wars sets (excluding 75192 UCS Millennium Falcon which […]
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LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar 2017: Day 7
I’m starting to detect a pattern – the first three days were Rebels (The Ghost/Sabine minifig/The Phantom) toys, a bitser build in between, and now the latest three are from The Force Awakens – Resistance […]
Books & Mags
UK News: LEGO Star Wars Magazine – Issue 30 Out Now
The thirtieth issue of the LEGO Star Wars Magazine from Egmont Publishing is out now, priced £3.99. In addition to original comic strips, games, puzzles, posters and competitions is a limited edition foil bagged mini […]
Multimedia
The Freemaker Adventures Nominated For Award
These awards for accomplishments in animation, given out by the Los Angeles branch of the International Animated Film Association, have been run since 1972. The category of Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Television/Broadcast […]
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LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar 2017: Day 6
Twenty two small grey pieces make up this First Order Troop Transport, and as Son of LEGOscum put it “Ooo, this would have been a great polybag set!”
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Han Solo Set Date Release
Get ready for a galaxy full of smugglers and scoundrels in Han Solo: A Star Wars Story from April 13th, counter to our previous report of April 20th. There are plenty more interesting pages in […]
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LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar 2017: Day 5
Today’s window reveals the second minifig of the Advent season – this one is a unique Resistance Officer known only as sw0876, and from whose rank badge we can determine is a major.
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75204 Sandspeeder Now On Shop@Home
The official LEGO shopping portal now has this inexplicable and undefinable LEGO T-47 airspeeder listed as on backorder (will ship in 30 days) for US$29.99. While this gives Target their exclusive retail lead it’s still […]
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75200 Ahch-To Island Training Euro Release Dates
If you read our report covering the surprise reveal of this set on Irish television over the weekend you might have been cursing lucky shoppers on the Emerald Isle who seemingly had early access to […]
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LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar 2017: Day 4
This fifteen piece tri-pod mounted light laser cannon is sure to come in handy in the upcoming The Last Jedi face off on Crait between the Resistance and the First Order. Pew, pew, pew!
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LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar 2017: Day 3
Scoring a hat trick for Rebels is The Phantom in eleven pieces. And if you were wondering what the combination of these two mini Rebels ships look like, here you go.
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75205 Mos Eisley Cantina Minifig Reveal
Wuher the bartender, with one face print depicting his grumpy personality and the other his mean persona, is a complicated character who’s going to be a welcome addition to the LEGO minifig family. I’m kicking […]
Collecting
LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar 2017: Day 2
With a Sabine minifig it’s another build from Rebels – and an easy in-the-bag-build for Son of LEGOscum.
Books & Mags
FR News: LEGO Star Wars Magazine Issue 30 Out Now
This edition, which comes with a pull-out poster and two exclusive LEGO Star Wars toys, contains: Luke is in a training center where he supervises young X-wing pilots during a drill. One of these young […]
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75200 Ahch-To Island Training Live Reveal
There is no more a fitting place to officially reveal 75200 Ahch-To Island Training, the set that depicts the ancient monastic island retreat of Michel Skelling, than The Late, Late Toy Show. This seasonal staple […]
Books & Mags
Life Magazine Sports Star Wars Cover
In its life time LEGO has produced, revised and revived a number of promotional/marketing magazines; Club, Junior, Bricks & Pieces and BrickMaster to name a few. In its latest incarnation LEGO Life is a combined […]
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LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar 2017: Day 1
The twenty-two piece micro rendition of The Ghost from Rebels is the smallest version so far!