“Inexorably marching” is a commonly-used phrase that springs to mind when describing these plodding behemoths, but think back to the scenes in The Last Jedi where we meet them on the salt plains of Crait […]
Originally airing in October, 2018 the on-going animated television series Star Wars Resistance looks at how the Resistance quietly grew its ranks of spies and pilots while the New Order brazenly expanded its borders and […]
Curious – and a touch jealous if I’m honest – about all the fun that Oscar and George had when they play tested the two Action Battle sets for Hoth, I recruited Son of LEGOscum […]
I have to admit that I found myself in a high state of anticipation at the thought of building this set because the graphics on the front of the box was so evocative and captured […]
Too many of us in the original generation of Star Wars fandom, LEGO is synonymous with our childhood and playing with these multi-coloured bricks come as naturally as bullseyeing womprats in a T-16. But times […]
Far from being the first Hoth scene depicted in LEGO (not including a cool boardgame, there are actually six minifig sets that fit the bill) this Battle of Hoth micro-scene is a perfect example of […]
With twenty years of LEGO Star Wars under its belt, LEGO has raised their lightsabres to salute the fans who’ve been in it since day one, which has been declared as the 1st of April, […]
Last month at Star Wars Celebration Chicago 2019, LEGO took the opportunity during their compactly titled “20 Years Of The LEGO Star Wars Story – A Retrospective And Forward Look” to provide a glimpse into […]
New movies and new TV series means new sets, which is a great opportunity for DK to update their LEGO Star Wars Visual Dictionary series. The book is broken down into five chapters; the first […]
Cast your mind back two decades and conjour up the blockiness of the original LEGO Star Wars sets that were released in 1999. Chunky and square, they were like an Eastern Bloc breakfast cereal, but […]
From the moment I saw these lumbering bombers skimming across the surface of the Death Star I’ve always had a soft spot for the Y-wing, and though I wasn’t lucky enough to own the Kenner […]
Though I am not a huge a fan of BB-8, it’s impossible not to appreciate the appeal of this sidekick-cum-confidant-cum-space cartographer and having recently conducted a deep-dive into the numerous LEGO formats of this globular […]
Back in 2003, when the world was flat, LEGO gave us the opportunity to recreate our favourite moments from The Empire Strikes Back through 10123 Cloud City, which, at the time, was the biggest playset […]
Right after 75192 Millennium Falcon went on sale at the special midnight opening event of the LEGO store at Leicester Square in London on September 14th, we got out very first glimpse of the black […]
Little worlds in a box have been around a lot longer than most people think with some of the first examples – typically included tin soldiers and revolved around warfare – started to appear at […]
Fans of Star Wars have always had a soft spot for the droids of the galaxy – the inquisitiveness of R2-D2, the ineptitude of Separatist battle droids, L3-37’s no-nonsense approach and the admirably low centre […]
Having spent a number of years living in Pembroke Dock – the town in which the first full-scale Millennium Falcon was built for the production of The Empire Strikes Back in 1977 – and walking […]
Once upon a time, in a bedroom recalled with fondness and nostalgia, there was a child who used to spend hours at play with LEGO bricks spread across the floor. Castles, spaceships, pirate strongholds and […]
Not so long DK gave us LEGO Star Wars Build Your Own Adventures, and now they’re adding LEGO Star Wars Choose Your Path to our collective book shelves. Considering that LEGO is a toy we […]
The latest attraction from LEGO opened nearly a year ago, and in the build up to their anniversary, they are hosting their first LEGO Star Wars Days so The Holo-Brick Archives dispatched its crack LEGO […]
My history with DK goes back to 2008 when I was given the opportunity to consult on the original LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary, and when editor David Fentiman contacted me to join the […]
Is it from Last of the Jedi, Battlefront 4 or some throwback design that LEGO has latched on to? Though no one knows how this oddity fits in to the Star Wars universe it’s gaining […]
Coming across as a junior LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary, published in 2009 and 2014, this book is a kid-friendly Star Wars encyclopedia presented in a distinctly LEGO style. With punchy characters, foil stamping […]
Numerous polybagged exclusive LEGO Star Wars sets and minifigures were distributed globally, either directly by LEGO or through retail partners. This minifigure was one of four The Force Awakens exclusives in 2015 – the other […]
Dating back nearly 100 years, the annual is long-standing tradition in the UK and are commonly published shortly before Christmas. Originally annuals were compendiums of the best features and articles of the previous year, but […]
This is the kind of book that should be in every bank, hair dresser, doctor’s surgery, travel agents and anywhere else that kids are forced to wait while their parents have to spend vital time […]
Containing four elements – two sticker books, a scaled-down Visual Dictionary and a MINI Poe’s X-wing Fighter set – the LEGO Star Wars Adventure Pack comes in a solid slip case that offers protection and […]
Based on the hit five-part LEGO Star Wars animated comedy mini-series that was broadcast in 2015, this publication is a chapter book that combines easy read text broken down into three chapters (or episodes) and […]
Effectively replacing the Brick Master series, which were published from 2010 to 2014, this book joins Friends, City and Ninjago in DK’s Build Your Own Adventure collection. So what does this book have and how […]
This book provides easy-to-understand building instructions to help create tons of LEGO models from outer space! This new volume in the successful LEGO books series addresses young LEGO enthusiasts. It provides helpful information on how […]
If you’ve been waiting and waiting for the LEGO-ised video game Star Wars: The Force Awakens to come out, you have probably been hanging on for this book to come out too. And thanks to […]
Epilogue: Luke’s Island The Starkiller facility has been destroyed and with it the immediate threat from the First Order. Back on D’Qar, R2-D2 has reactivated himself, revealing data taken from the Empire’s archives. With this […]
Chapter VII: The Resistance Having captured Rey, the First Order hurriedly withdraws from Takodana, their forces overrun by reinforcements from the Resistance. Back at the Starkiller facility, Kylo Ren attempts to use his powers to […]
Chapter V: Maz’s Castle Finn, Rey and BB-8 are once again aboard the Millennium Falcon, having only narrowly escaped from Kanjiklub and the Guavian Death Gang. Now accompanied by the Millennium Falcon’s rightful owners, Han […]
Advancing from the game’s hub at the Resistance base on D’Qar involves selecting the next destination planet from a galactic map – and quite cleverly the planets have been depicted as the twin element orbs […]
Two weeks ago the game that is gripping the planet was finally released after months and months of marketing build-up. If you are a regular reader of the internet there’s no way it could have […]
Featuring the latest LEGO Star Wars sets and minifigures, the LEGO Star Wars Chronicles of the Force is a fun and informative guide to a LEGO galaxy far, far away. A must-have for fans of […]
As billed by DK, the LEGO Star Wars: Ultimate Factivity Collection is An out of this world, fact-packed activity book filled with galactic LEGO adventure. DK’s LEGO Star Wars: Ultimate Factivity Collection combines facts with […]
Author of The Ideal World, Christoph Bartneck, has released a catalogue and price guide to every LEGO Star Wars minifig from day one to those sets officially released at the end of 2015. If you’ve […]
Early in March 2005 we received an invitation to meet with Giant Interactive Entertainment, the software house who is responsible for development of LEGO Star Wars The Video Game. It was an invitation accepted with […]
To be honest with you I don’t spend any time playing children’s computer game, I also have limited experience playing on consoles and I don’t really like those over-the-shoulder perspective games. So you might be […]
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