Holiday shopping guides come but once a year, and The Holo-Brick Archives is here to lend you a helping hand – with a twist because this year LEGO actually has a range of Star Wars […]
After a shock drop that took LEGO Star Wars fans by total surprise earlier today when shopDisney.com suddenly listed the set, the debate has moved on from arguing about the limited numbers and localized distribution […]
Known as the Oscars of the toy industry, the Toy of the Year (TOTY) Awards are presented annually to the top toys, games, and properties of the year – and this year’s nominations are out […]
If you, like us at The Holo-Brick Archives, are feeling let down that no-one has thought to merchandise the ugly sweaters seen in this year’s LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar (75279) set and the Holiday […]
Earlier this week LEGO.com revealed four of the Winter Wave sets and announced the official name of another within the set descriptions. Today, though, less grainy images of the remaining late December/early January sets have […]
‘Tanocouture’ might not be in the vocabulary of the average LEGO Star Wars fan, but when Ashley Eckstein – founder of the groundbreaking fangirl HerUniverse.com fashion company as well as voicing Ahsoka Tano in The […]
It might not be the most popular – or populated – subtheme in the LEGO Star Wars gallery, but BrickHeadz is about to turn 150 sets old and the LEGO Ideas team want your help […]
With the release of the seventh and final season of The Clone Wars, this young Jedi found herself at the top of many collectors’ wishlists. When viewers last saw her, Anakin Skywalker’s Padawan had grown […]
The biggest shopping event in the Western world is here with retailers offering huge, unheard-of discounts on thousands of consumer products. But there’s only one product that counts at The Holo-Brick Archives and that’s LEGO […]
Unsurprisingly, having been around for 20 years, the LEGO Star Wars theme has a broad range of publications and while many collectors focus on sets, minifigures, and the occasional promotional item, books receive far less […]
The latest Publications expansion to our ever-growing database of LEGO Star Wars collectibles is now live and ready for your perusal, thanks again to the assistance of Daniel Richards. With the addition of over 220 […]
The hardest part of collecting LEGO Star Wars sets is spending your money, and unless you are taking part in the LEGO equivalent of a paperclip challenge you’re going to want to know the ins […]
After a long, tough year and with the coming of Christmas, there’s no better time to #rebuildtheworld – and the LEGO Star Wars team have stepped up to the challenge by helping to redecorate the […]
Fresh off the back of their Mando Mondays reveal of the new 75299 Trouble on Tatooine set, LEGO.com has added four new sets of the upcoming Winter Wave, due out late December/early January. 75295 Millennium Falcon […]
There’s no denying that The Mandalorian – whether it be the TV series or the growing collection of sets that LEGO is producing – is a favorite here at The Holo-Brick Archives, but sometimes we […]
Always two there are – a master and an apprentice. However, this Sith minifigure actually has ten! Unlike the characters we have covered before throughout the Mini-Steps series, Darth Maul’s Bricklink numbering does not flow […]
The folks over at Lucasfilm HQ in San Francisco get the honor of revealing the newest LEGO set from The Mandalorian today, in the most recent episode of This Week In Star Wars – and […]
It’s quite poignant that the last spaceship seen in The Empire Strikes Back is also the final LEGO Star Wars set of 2020 – the year that marked the 40th anniversary of The Empire Strikes […]
Before delving into the various aspects of where to shop for LEGO Star Wars sets, it’s important to understand the different ways – and not just the different places – you can shop for LEGO. […]
Out today is the latest LEGO Star Wars Magazine, published by Immediate Media in the UK, so head to your local supermarket or newsagency and grab a copy quickly! This latest issue comes with a […]
It’s taken a long time to get where we’re at today – 42 years in fact – and today is the day that we can answer the question we’ve all been asking ourselves: was the […]
For the last 88 years LEGO, which was founded in a carpenter’s workshop, has concentrated on making toys for children – first it was piggy banks, pull toys, cars and trucks, and houses before moving […]
LEGO makes billions of elements every year, and they are well-known for the strict quality standards that they have. This is what allows parts from today to connect with parts from decades ago. There is […]
With only a few days to go before the LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special gets streamed on Disney+, we thought this was a good opportunity to remind The Holo-Brick Archives’ readers that these holidays are […]
After weeks of waiting, besides those few hours that pre-orders accidentally went live on Amazon back on October 14th – suggesting that someone typed in 10 instead of 11 in the month field – the […]
When we launched we knew we had some work to do to amend the accessibility and functionality of our database section, and the single most common piece of feedback we received from readers was that […]
In the latest episode of The Mandalorian, our favorite helmet-wearing, gravel-voiced gun-slinger is no stranger to danger when he faces down the most fearsome of Tatooine’s denizens – the legendary Krayt Dragon. And it looks […]
The next step in committing yourself to collect LEGO Star Wars sets is understanding when they are released – getting to grips with this will help you grow your collection at a sustainable rate. When […]
After much speculation, nail-biting and worn-down seat edges the announcement that all true LEGO Star Wars collectors have been waiting for is here – the ex-San Diego Comic-Con exclusive Nebulon-B Frigate (77904) will be available […]
The latest issue of Blocks Magazine is now out and they are marking their in-depth review of 75318 The Child with a top ten countdown of the best ever LEGO buildable characters, with Star Wars […]
If your LEGO Star Wars habits are more on the side of LEGO then you’ll likely already know about their #rebuildtheworld campaign to remind kids and adults to think outside the instruction booklet and be […]
Unlike the friendly C-3PO that was covered in a previous Mini Steps article, this droid was notorious for its unpleasant personality. The RA-7 model was created by Arakyd Industries and largely served the Empire although […]
The first time the Holiday Special dropped it was during the era when “new media” was still the television set and the Internet was a long way off. Back then the market audience was considerably […]
With all the attention that The Child has got since his first appearance in The Mandalorian’s premiere episode, you’d be pardoned from thinking that ABY – the nominated Star Wars calendar era timeline origin – […]
Much like the slip-up that revealed the Old Man Luke minifigure design, when the LEGO.com website in Russia updated its header to include a teaser of The Last Jedi. Now, it’s the turn of LEGO […]
The thought of the Winter holidays conjures up a lot of cultural symbology – turkeys and pumpkins spilling out of a cornucopia, pine trees decorated with glass baubles, portly gentlemen delivering presents to well-behaved children, […]
Those collectors who were worried that they had missed their opportunity to purchase 77904 Nebulon-B Frigate after it appeared for sale last week on Amazon – when a flurry of purchases saw stocks decline rapidly […]
Of the myriad of LEGO themes, there are only two that are available year in, year out and continually refreshed with new set designs – City and Star Wars. Being an evergreen theme also means […]
Whether the rumored November 14th release date for the ex-San Diego Comic-Con exclusive 77904 Nebulon-B Frigate is true or not, it seems a number of LEGO Discovery Centers in the USA are stocking them early! […]
It’s often said that so-and-so is an iconic Star Wars vehicle, making it – after “most impressive” – one of the most over-used descriptive words applied to a galaxy far, far away. That said, when […]
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