When the curtains opened on the sixth-but-third movie of the Star Wars saga in 2005, we were treated to the culmination of what would become the Skywalker Saga, and went away expecting that to be […]
Seemingly appearing out of nowhere at the height of the 2010 convention season when LEGO released a set of CubeDude – Clone Wars Edition exclusives at San Diego Comic-Con, attendees were taken by surprise by […]
A decade (and change) ago, when the LEGO Star Wars juggernaut was just coming up to full speed, a unique building fad caught someone’s eye at the LEGO office in Enfield, Connecticut and inspired two […]
Guest writer Russ Dawson looks back at the full 20-year history of the sets that LEGO has transformed this unique Star Wars vehicle into. The Imperial Shuttle, or to give it the correct name Lambda-class […]
The lightsaber is one of the most iconic weapons of all time. In 1999 when LEGO released the first sets, they knew they had to capture the look correctly. Of the fourteen regular production sets […]
Now that both internal set designs and external packaging layouts have been discussed, it’s time to take a look at a few minifigure changes that have occurred during various production runs. As we started to […]
In the last installment we covered a variety of sets that have changed in their overall build design during production. However, it isn’t just the items within the box that can be changed but so […]
By this point you will have figured out what your LEGO Star Wars angle is, what approach to collecting you’ll be adopting and where you’ll be doing your shopping – but how are you going […]
Just like when Qui-Gon Jinn told a young, blonde Anakin Skywalker that “Your focus determines your reality,” what you decide to buy will determine the extent (and cost) of your collection. There are lots of […]
LEGO’s process of creating a set begins months before a product is launched and has multiple stages where the concept and design are tested and tweaked. As anyone who has launched a product can tell […]
The toy run, a staple collecting activity in the 1990s and early 2000s, might be long gone thanks to the closure of so many chains of toy stores and the rise of the Internet, but […]
‘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 […]
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 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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Heads were scratched and eyebrows raised when LEGO started promoting a whole new concept – the midi-scale – when it was first introduced on StarWars.com in the Spring of 2009. Described as a between miniature […]
The blaster is as old as LEGO Star Wars itself as the two as inextricably linked. Although some have clamored for more realistic weapons, the simple yet instantly recognizable designs are perfect for the LEGO […]
From the very first Snowspeeder in 1999 to the latest ex-convention exclusives of 2020, minor, major and milestone sets are featured in this unique retelling that celebrates the 40th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back […]
As remarkable as they are ubiquitous, the LEGO brick becomes something extra special when combined in certain ways, and the LEGOLAND California Han Solo on his Tauntaun (LLCA53) exclusive is a great example of how […]
It all began back at the start of August 2020 when Amazon in Germany removed the pre-order page from their site, canceled all pre-orders of 75292 The Razor Crest, and issued the following email by […]
When it comes to LEGO stop-motion movies Brotherhood Workshop is the force to be reckoned with; if you haven’t already checked out the Youtube channel you’ve probably come across the work they did for LEGO […]
Though the LEGO Star Wars line had received a star-studded launch when it debuted in 1999, their first foray into the most mammoth example of Imperial engineering is still to this day one of the […]
It’s hard to think of a time when there wasn’t a new LEGO Star Wars video game coming out, and with the imminent release of LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga we are looking back […]
So part of the pixellated landscape are the LEGO video games that it’s hard to imagine a time when they weren’t around – and it was Traveller’s Tales first Star Wars title that made it […]
Billed as a deep dive into the extensive LEGO Star Wars collection housed at Rancho Obi-Wan, this ticketed event treated guests to a tour – with Steve as the guide – of the world’s biggest […]
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 […]
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 […]
At the age of forty-eight I get odd looks from friends when they find out I spend much of my free time building LEGO Star Wars models, and when I tell them that I get […]
Synonymous with holidays and celebrations, Hallmark (named after brother-founders J.C. and Rollie Hall) has been on the innovative edge of greeting cards, holiday ornaments, and other seasonal essentials from its Kansas City headquarters since the […]
It’s hard to imagine a time when Star Wars wasn’t part of mass culture. It’s even more fantastical to think that our beloved space opera wasn’t even on the pop culture radar when Marvel Comics […]
With the release of the final The Rise of Skywalker trailer and the movie poster revealed, all we have left to help us fill in the time until December 20th is wait for their obligatory […]
Ever since LEGO introduced the Ultimate Collector Series range of models for adult collectors and builders in 2000, the subtheme has been surrounded by an air of intrigue and debate, particularly concerning the loose use […]
Where ever it has been 2019 it has been the 20th anniversary of the release of the first LEGO Star Wars sets, and this month the celebration moved to Toronto, Canada for not one but […]
A collectible minifig series of Star Wars characters, despite fans making it clear that such a series would be an instant sell out, has never materialised. The call for a dedicated collectible minifig series of […]
It was 2007 – the 30 year anniversary of the first Star Wars movie – when a giveaway for five 14 carats, solid gold C-3PO minifigures was innocuously slipped into the LEGO Magazine that was […]
It was April 30th when the world learned about the multi-year agreement that marked the first property licensed by the LEGO Group, and gave them the right to produce construction sets based on the three […]
The background of this specialised airspeeder began when Kenner, in 1984, started to plan their post-Power of the Force line up. Nowadays we talk about Star Wars fatigue, but back in the mid 1980s fans […]
When LEGO made the official announcement on August 31st, 2017 that they had re-designed the classic and record-breaking 10179 Ultimate Collector’s Millennium Falcon it came after months of rumours, speculation and Easter egg teases that […]
With the successful release of the LEGO Star Wars theme in 1999, fans of both genres went wild. Initially, the sets were intended for the typical LEGO fan, and when their popularity amongst adults – […]
For nearly 20 years Star Wars fans have been building their favorite playsets and ships out of the wildly popular LEGO bricks. Since 1999, the Danish company has made hundreds of cool sets and fun […]
It is common knowledge that LEGO is one of the most recognized brands on the planet: they’re the 71st most valued brand in the world, is progressive when it comes to sustainability, and has some […]
After selling out online and in its brand stores over the Early Bird weekend when VIP members flooded LEGO with orders, global stocks of 75192 became rarer than hen’s teeth meaning only a handful of […]
Last week LEGO announced the results of the ten submissions that made it to the Ideas review panel between January and May, and have revealed that not one but two projects have passed muster and […]
Though the popularity of the second standalone Star Wars movie might be in question it still managed to stay in theatres for 17 weeks and held on to the #1 box office ticket sales for […]
When the official announcement – after months of speculation and leaks – of the impending release of the updated Ultimate Collector’s Series Millennium Falcon was finally shared LEGO and Star Wars fans were equally excited […]
It”s nearly that time of year (July 19th to 22nd) when tens of thousands of TV, movie, video game and comic fans from across the globe flock to San Diego to celebrate the annual gathering […]
Holders of the much bemoaned black VIP card that was earned through an early bird purchase of 75192 UCS Millennium Falcon have today received their latest newsletter. Though it isn’t much of a page scroller […]
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