Reviews
Shining The Light On 75308 R2-D2
Appearing in every Star Wars movie, TV series and special, video game and the focus of more LEGO sets than any one character in the entire franchise, you’d be pardoned for thinking that the Star […]
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Features
UCS: Undefined Collector Series
Perhaps the most contentious Star Wars subtheme – due to its loose definition and flexible application of criteria – the Ultimate Collector Series has been causing consternation amongst LEGO Star Wars fans for decades, and […]
Events
May The 4th Be With You: All You Need To Know
Aside from it being the fourth day of the fifth month and the 123rd day of the year, the date that has become known as Star Wars Day is one that is heavily anticipated by […]
Collecting
75308 R2-D2: Triple Trilogy Threat
Having appeared in all three Star Wars trilogies, the Clone Wars (both 2D and 3D), Rebels, the original Holiday Special, the recent LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special and been the subject of a quest, this […]
Grapevine
UCS R2-D2 Officially Teased Then Redacted
The marketing strategists at LEGO have a long history of dropping Easter eggs into their promotional material, and fans are pretty quick to jump at shadows, hoping to find clues to the next release – […]
Community
Presenting The Ultimate UCS Collector’s Book
Launched in 2000, the UCS subtheme has caused considerable vexation for the LEGO Star Wars community by meandering through a variety of concepts and conceits, an issue that fan and collector Rafael López aims to […]
Collecting
LEGO Provides Republic Gunship Update To Community Media
Since it was first revealed in February 2020 when it was announced that the Republic Gunship was the winner of the poll the LEGO Ideas team ran to select the next Ultimate Collector Series, news […]
Grapevine
TBD: ISD GWP?
With the LEGO Ambassador Network (LAN), the official support program for recognized media and fan groups, recently changing their attitude towards rumors – so long as it isn’t leaked by an official source – there’s […]
Features
Retro Recap: Taking A Look Back At All The Imperial Shuttle Sets
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 […]
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Nothing Lasts Forever: Retiring Sets Update
While some lament the end of a set’s shelf life, others recognise that if LEGO didn’t put its designs to pasture we’d still be enjoying the rudimentary blockiness of 1999 instead of the sleek builds […]
Collecting
Encore For 75144 UCS Snowspeeder
It’s been a long time since we shared word that 75144 Snowspeeder, which we first revealed in February 2017, had been flagged by LEGO as a future resident of the Del Boca Vista retirement community, […]
Customs
LEGO UCS Star Destroyer: Pimp My Ride V
The final modification to 75252 Imperial Star Destroyer has been shared by the Mod Squad at Blocks Magazine – Darth Vader’s meditation chamber! In addition to Vader’s seclusive habitat 75252 Imperial Star Destroyer gets a […]
Collecting
LEGO UCS Republic Gunship Updatoid
With the annual Fan Days – normally a physical get together of LEGO blogsites from around the world but this year occurring online due to limitations on travel and social gathering – taking place at […]
Reviews
75275 A-Wing Starfighter Reviewed
Ever since the release of 10227 B-Wing Starfighter in 2012 the combined voice of the LEGO and Star Wars fan community has been calling for the addition of the Rebel Alliance’s most famous interceptor to […]
Customs
LEGO UCS Star Destroyer: Pimp My Ride IV
With the modifications to 75252 Imperial Star Destroyer only half complete, the Mod Squad at Blocks Magazine begins the process of tackling the Dark Lord of the Sith’s meditation chamber by creating an antechamber for […]
Features
That’s No Moon, It’s A LEGO Set!
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 […]
Collecting
May The 4th Be With You Promotion
First in, best dressed is an Australian saying that really befits the early start that LEGO has gained itself, with fans getting their orders in three days ahead of the official start of International Star […]
Collecting
LEGO Reveal Next Ultimate Collector Series Set
Just ahead of the annual May The 4th Be With You worldwide Star Wars fandom celebration, May 1st will see the release of the next Ultimate Collector Series set – 75275 A-Wing Starfighter – to […]
Customs
LEGO UCS Star Destroyer: Pimp My Ride III
What began as a simple exercise to spruce up the cavernous interior of the latest Ultimate Collector Series set – 75252 Imperial Star Destroyer – has evolved into a build that is as complex and […]
Customs
LEGO UCS Star Destroyer: Pimp My Ride II
In the last issue of Blocks Magazine their resident team of LEGO customising masters, the Mod Squad, showed us how to retrofit the 75252 Imperial Star Destroyer with the probe droid console to replicate the […]
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
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
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 […]
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 […]
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
LEGO UCS Imperial Star Destroyer (75252) In Review
It’s been over 15 years since LEGO released their first UCS Imperial Star Destroyer – and seventh in the Ultimate Collector Series run – so, according to Creative Director of the Star Wars team Jens […]
Features
Burgers, Beers & Bricks
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 […]
Community
What LEGO Star Wars UCS Set Do You Want?
Has the golden age of the LEGO Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series come and gone? Are we ever going to see something more than re-releases of the top ten UCS sets? We have paired […]
Community
Brick Fanatics Mag Looks At New UCS Star Destroyer
The 11th edition of the print publication all about LEGO leads with a special look at the latest Ultimate Collector Series release from the LEGO Star Wars team. At $699.99 the 75252 Imperial Star Destroyer […]
Collecting
75252 Imperial Star Destroyer Now Available Everywhere!
Build and display an icon of the Galactic Empire – the Devastator. With over 4,700 LEGO pieces, this Ultimate Collector Series 75252 Imperial Star Destroyer model captures all the authentic details of the starship as […]
Features
Decoding The UCS Box
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 […]
Collecting
The Devastator Has Arrived!
Own the ultimate Imperial Star Destroyer! Build and display an icon of the Galactic Empire – the Devastator. With over 4,700 LEGO pieces, this Ultimate Collector Series 75252 Imperial Star Destroyer model captures all the […]
Events
New LEGO Imperial Star Destroyer Debuts
Flagship store and tourist favourite LEGO Store Leicester Square played host to the official public launch of the latest Ultimate Collector Series set – 75252 Imperial Star Destroyer – on September 16th, three days ahead […]
Events
LEGO UCS Imperial Star Destroyer Designer Signing Event
All true LEGO Star Wars fans in London will be heading to the LEGO retail store in Leicester Square this Sunday. Will you be one of them? You could be one of the first owners […]
Collecting
New UCS Star Destroyer Revealed
It’s hard to believe that only three years into the Star Wars license – one that was only expected to last five years at the outset – came the announcement that it was committing a […]
Community
Fan Takes UCS Falcon To New Heights
First reported by Beyond The Brick, via their Twitter feed, is this stupendously super-sized modification of the UCS Millennium Falcon which creates the impression that the model is making the jump to lightspeed. Measuring an […]
Grapevine
What’s Next?
When the catalogue for the second half of 2019 briefly – and accidentally – popped earlier in the week fansite scrambled to dissect it. Unsurprisingly there weren’t any reveals and the only unreleased LEGO Star […]
Community
Brickstuff Lighting & Sound System
Until recently I was oblivious to the possibility of adding lights and sounds to LEGO sets, but having just come out of a mini Dark Age and having my interest in LEGO Star Wars rebooted […]
Reviews
Dualing Y-Wings
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 […]
Events
UCS Millennium Falcon Giveaway
To celebrate International LEGO® Day (January 28th), LEGO Discovery Centre Melbourne is giving away a LEGO® STAR WARS® UCS MILLENIUM FALCON set, valued at $1299.99! To enter you have to visit the LEGO Discovery Centre […]
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Is A UCS Yoda Being Teased?
It’s been over a decade and a half since the release of the first and only plus-sized Yoda (7194), which was the precursor to the recent 75187 BB-8 and 75230 Porg, and now there is […]
Customs
Efferman’s Vertical Stand
With a name like Efferman and a building style that makes grey rectangles look graceful, you’d be pardoned for thinking he might be a descendant of a certain engineer who gave his name to a […]
Collecting
VIP Holder Offer Lengthened
A number of eagle-eyed forum members, including dr_jedi and theottomanguy, noticed a discrepancy concerning the end date of the promotion. The issue being that the initial promotion notification for 5005747 VIP Frame had it ending […]
Features
Remembering The Falcon
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 […]
Collecting
Last Day Of VIP Holder Promotion
Today marks the final day of the black Star Wars VIP card promotion – dubbed Club 75192 by Rebelscum – and with its passing so will the last chance to get the latest exclusive offering. […]
Reviews
5005747 VIP Frame Review
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 […]
Features
Dare We Define UCS?
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 – […]
Collecting
5005747 Star Wars VIP Gift
Briefly revealed earlier today when it popped up on LEGO.com, is the final 5005747 Star Wars VIP Gift that holders of the Star Wars VIP card are entitled to receive this month. While the mechanism […]
Collecting
AU News: 75192 UCS Millennium Falcon Discount At Myers
Having been available in Australia from September, 2017 the set was an immediate sell out in the land that has only two official LEGO outlets. With 835 miles (1345 km) separating these two stores – […]