Customs
Pimp My Ride: 75244 Tantive IV
When you or I build with LEGO we invariably begin with a big pile of random bricks, our imagination and a whole lot of expectation, whereas the team at LEGO take a much more […]
Articles by Team THBA
Collecting
75317 BrickHeadz The Mandalorian & The Child
Build awesome LEGO BrickHeadz versions of the two most popular Star Wars: The Mandalorian characters! Strap a blaster rifle to The Mandalorian’s back and put a blaster pistol in this bounty hunter’s hand ready for […]
Collecting
Official LEGO Reveal Of The Razor Crest
Fly to the outer reaches of the galaxy in The Mandalorian’s armored transport shuttle, The Razor Crest! It’s got everything you need for a mission – a big cargo hold for carbonite bounty, spring-loaded shooters, […]
Books & Mags
LEGO Star Wars Magazine – Issue 56 Hitting Shelves!
The brand-new issue of LEGO Star Wars magazine is in UK shops now, complete with a limited edition foil-bagged TIE Striker set and a packet of LEGO Star Wars Series 2 trading cards! Inside you’ll […]
Grapevine
What Can We Expect From Toy Fair?
With the international toy fairs in London and Nuremberg having already taken place, the word is starting to trickle out. From past experience we know that LEGO is good at keeping their set development under […]
Features
Polls By The Numbers
Fans of Star Wars and polls are no strangers to each other and go back as far as the summer of 2000 when Hasbro ran their first Fan’s Choice action figure poll. Hosted on a […]
Collecting
75317 The Mandalorian & The Child Revealed
In advance of the second seascon of The Mandalorian comes this (almost) surprise addition to the LEGO BrickHeadz family – a dual pack of The Mandalorian and The Child (aka Baby Yoda). The Mandalorian buildable […]
Books & Mags
LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia Previewed
Joining the vast library of LEGO Star Wars books from DK this April is the LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia (third edition). It contains hundred of LEGO minifigures from a galaxy far, far away and […]
Reviews
LEGO Droid Commander – Powered By STEAM
If you’re of a certain generation there’s an almost immediate association of STEAM with ornate Victorian technology, flying goggles and cosplay. For the strata of population that has arrived more recently and aren’t yet old […]
Features
LEGO The Rise Of Skywalker: Create Your Own Saga
For the millions of LEGO fans around the world the release of a new Star Wars movie means new sets but, inevitably, it’s not always possible for LEGO to capture every new environment, vehicle or […]
Events
ROW: Deep-Dive LEGO Star Wars Tour
There are still a few tickets left for next Saturday’s fully submersive LEGO Star Wars experience, guided by the knowledgeable Marc Morita, at Rancho Obi-Wan. If you ever wanted to set your eyes on some […]
Community
And The LAAT/i’s Have It
After a week of voting, followed by a tense week of waiting the results are in! In a surprising outcome – with over half the votes – the winning option is the Republic Gunship. Following […]
Collecting
Expanding The Rise Of Skywalker Universe
You’d be excused if you thought that after the October 2019 and January 2020 waves the full range of The Rise of Skywalker sets had been released. Given that LEGO has a twenty year history […]
Reviews
The Rise of Skywalker: All You Need To Know
From start to finish the road to The Rise of Skywalker has been a long journey, with a lengthy and tempered promotional, marketing and merchandising campaign that took a full three quarters of a year […]
Community
Assemble The Fleet Competition
Dedicated LEGO Star Wars group RebelLUG is hosting an amazing two-pronged competition that anyone can enter! All you have to do is build a micro-scale space ship – whether it be a fleet vessel or […]
Community
What UCS Set Should Be Next?
Mirroring the poll that LEGO is currently asking Star Wars fans to take part in, our reprogrammed Imperial Probe Droid is pondering the same question: what LEGO Star Wars UCS set do you want made […]
Collecting
Own A Record Breaker!
The current holder of the largest commercially available LEGO set – 75192 Millennium Falcon – made jaws hit the floor when it was released in September 2017, and this 7541 piece build quickly became the […]
Community
Ultimate Collector Series Fan Poll
It’s been just over 10 years since LEGO canvassed its fans for their input to mark the 10th anniversary of the LEGO Star Wars line and help them choose an exclusive set (resulting in 7754 […]
Customs
UCS Star Destroyer: Pimp My Ride
It’s been nearly two years since the Mod Squad at Blocks showed us, in issues 40 and 42, how to retrofit 75192 Millennium Falcon with a crew quarter and smuggling compartments and now they have […]
Gaming
Series Two Of LEGO Star Wars Trading Cards Breakdown
Having been released in early November, the second series of the LEGO Star Wars Trading Card game from Immediate Media was a popular present this Christmas, with the new series’ Starter Pack, Multipacks and Booster […]
Collecting
ZiNG Offers Poe Dameron’s X-wing Polybag
It’s been offered up in Canada through Toys “R” Us, as well as Walmart in America and now it is the turn of Australian fans to get their hands on this miniature version of the […]
Events
Instore LEGO Star Wars Build Event
Simply take your children into your local LBS and take part, for free and without the need to make a purchase. Kids can assemble their own spaceship from a bin full of random LEGO parts. […]
Books & Mags
LEGO Star Wars Magazine – Issue 55 Out Now
The latest issue from Immediate Media is crammed full of fun features for the young Star Wars fans. There’s an action-packed comic that sees trouble in Takodana, cool brainteasers, slick posters, LEGO set news, and […]
Books & Mags
LEGO Star Wars Magazine Changes Publisher
Since its launch in July 2015, Egmont Publishing has faithfully produced the English-language version* of the LEGO Star Wars Magazine in the UK. A magazine that brings together the galaxy’s two most powerful things, LEGO® […]
Reviews
A Look At The LEGO Staff X-maswing Starfighter
Every year since 2008 LEGO has given their corporate, factory and full-time brand store staff an exclusive and unique set to thank them for their efforts through the year, and this year’s is quite exceptional. […]
Collecting
New 2020 Sets At Walmart
There might not be any significant savings for the new Winter wave sets at Wally World, with nearly 5000 store fronts this big box retailer is orders of magnitude more accessible than any other LEGO […]
Collecting
New Poe Dameron’s X-wing Fighter (30386) In The Wild
First reported at the end of November when stocks first appeared at branches of Toys “R” Us Canada, this unique 72 piece version of the starfighter Poe Dameron flew at the Battle of Exegol is […]
Collecting
LEGO Winter Wave Now Available
After a year of slow sales and the closure of Toys “R” Us, a bankruptcy that some saw as the death of the toy store, sales picked up at the end of 2019. LEGO successfully […]
Collecting
Walmart Reduces LEGO Star Wars Sets
In their bid to clear some shelf space for the impending arrival of the Winter wave, which contains eleven new LEGO Star Wars models, Walmart has reduced their prices on a number of recent sets […]
Collecting
Winter Wave Now Available In Europe
Right on cue for collectors with a bit of Christmas money to spend – and for those kids who need a reward for being dragged from shop to shop along the length of the high […]
Collecting
Toys “R” Us Canada Breaks Embargo
When you’ve got toys that sell themselves it doesn’t make sense to get them boxed up in a storeroom, does it? Despite the LEGO-imposed street date of January 1st, at least one branch of Toys […]
Collecting
LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar 2019: Day 24
With the final door of this year’s advent LEGO Star Wars Calendar open – and the festive Porg with gift box revealed – it’s time to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and pack it allaway. […]
Community
Brick Fanatics Magazine – Issue 12 Is Out
With the final episode of the Skywalker Saga comes the end of Brick Fanatics Magazine. This issue’s strong Star Wars focus has an eyecatching cover that hints at what’s inside. The lead article is a […]
Collecting
LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar 2019: Day 23
Honestly, this brick-built festive Gonk droid is the most amazing Advent addition that LEGO has ever come out with. Despite only having 21 pieces in its construction it conveys so much!
Collecting
Savings At Target
With the end of the year nigh we are in the waning days for the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the LEGO Star Wars theme – there are a number of sets being retired […]
Collecting
LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar 2019: Day 22
There’s no need to shell out on 75222 Betrayal At Cloud City to get this minfigure now, because if you have 75245 LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar then today is your lucky day!
Reviews
Obi-Wan, Two, Three Acts
With the announcement that Obi-Wan Kenobi is coming to our TV screens in a year or so, the venerable Jedi Knight has had a lot of focus on him and LEGO was quick to capitalise […]
Collecting
LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar 2019: Day 21
One of the few fan-favourite vehicles that gets constant rehashes and upgrades, this Twin Pod Cloud Car is the micro-est version to date.
Collecting
More LEGO Star Wars Christmas Surprises
The surprise reveal of 4002019 LEGO Staff Christmas Gift, in the form of the Yuletide Squadron X-wing fighter, raised a collective squeal of delight from the LEGO and Star Wars fan communities (and caused completists […]
Collecting
LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar 2019: Day 20
There have been a number of versions of Echo Base, with its turret and ion cannon, and this is likely the one that beats all the rest!
Community
Blocks Rises In Issue 63
The latest issue of Blocks magazine is out now to coincide with the release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the final chapter in the Skywalker saga. As well as exclusive cover art based […]
Reviews
Building Tatooine By The Numbers
Since the beginning, The LEGO Group’s foundation of “play well” has meant that they have developed their products with imagination and creativity in mind. Some sets – like the programmable 75253 Droid Commander set from […]
Gaming
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Sizzle Reel
The galaxy is yours with LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga! Play through all nine Star Wars saga films in a brand-new LEGO video game unlike any other. Experience fun-filled adventures, whimsical humour, and the […]
Reviews
The Mandalorian Sets Under Scrutiny
Back before John Favreau gave us his re-imagining of the Ultimate Fighting Champion and made all things Mando’ade cool again, we had Dave Filoni’s retconning of the Mandalorian history and culture as initially told by […]
Collecting
LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar 2019: Day 19
So far the only LEGO Star Wars fans who’ve been able to include a mynock in their collections are those who could afford 75192 UCS Millennium Falcon. The year’s LEGO Star Wars Advent calendar changes […]
Collecting
LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar 2019: Day 18
Fearless in the face of their enemies – whether they be white clad stormtroopers or black visored Sith Lords – these Rebel Fleet Troopers are safe behind their black vests and 1980s style track cycling […]
Collecting
LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar 2019: Day 17
The battle to bring down the Empire – and a science fiction franchise that has spanned generations – could have been brought to a swift end if the sensors on The Devestator had been calibrated […]
Community
LEGOLAND Star Wars Miniland Closure Dates
It shocked LEGO and Star Wars fans around the world when we shared the news that LEGOLAND was permanently closing its popular Star Wars Miniland feature at all of its LEGOLAND parks during the winter […]
Collecting
LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar 2019: Day 16
Delivering battle droids to planet-side hotspots during the Clone Wars, this MTT – at 16 pieces – is as small as they come.
Collecting
Free 20th Anniversary Micro Builds!
If you are still in the market for the amazing 75252 Imperial Star Destroyer model, then this is the offer you have been waiting for. Purchase the new UCS Star Destroyer between now and the […]