Category: LEGO Star Wars (Page 115 of 205)

How a LEGO Star Wars Set is Created

May 14, 2017 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 1 Comment

A particular LEGO set takes lots of time and planning to get from the development stage to store shelves. During Star Wars Celebration 2017, LEGO Star Wars Senior Art Director and Brand Manager Rob Johnson did a panel to discuss the development process of how a LEGO Star Wars set was created which normally the public doesn’t get to see.

Solid Brix Studios was able to attend the exclusive panel and he has posted the whole panel on his channel. If you have some time, I highly suggest checking out the video as it does have some great detail of how a LEGO set is made.

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Did LEGO Accidentally Confirm LEGO Star Wars UCS Millennium Falcon?

May 10, 2017 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 17 Comments

There has been lots of rumored regarding the new LEGO Star Wars UCS Millennium Falcon. Back in January, there were details about the ship itself while in April, there were details about some of the minifigures. There was even a reported price point of $799.99 for it.

The latest intel that was revealed was on LEGO Shop@Home itself. Earlier today, when people did a search for “UCS Millennium Falcon,” you would get a a coming soon page with the message, “Coming soon. You’re ahead of the game! That product is coming soon. Try again later!” This message was confirmed by others in various regions of the world as well. As of this writing, it looks like LEGO has fixed the query and it comes up with the no results found message.

Did LEGO accidentally reveal that there is a new UCS Millennium Falcon coming? Thanks to everyone who emailed in about it as well.

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LEGO Star Wars 2017 May the 4th R2-D2 (30611) Polybag Sold Out Online

May 7, 2017 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 2 Comments

It looks like the exclusive 2017 May the 4th LEGO Star Wars R2-D2 (30611) polybag is now out of stock over on Shop@Home. It didn’t make it past the whole promotional event period online but some stores may still have them available. If you weren’t able to get one online but have a store close to you, I suggest calling your store to see if they have any left over. If you decide to just buy the polybag outright, they are available on eBay.

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LEGO Star Wars Toys R Us May the 4th Princess Leia Review

May 6, 2017 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 2 Comments

Today was the LEGO Star Wars May the 4th event at Toys R Us in which participants could build Princess Leia. I’m on vacation but was able to attend the TRU here and build her. The set is very simple with no exclusive parts so you can easily build her. I do like that 33291 brown flower pieces are used for her hair buns instead of 1×1 stud pieces.

I must say that the Princess Leia build is actually pretty bad compared to other TRU builds that they’ve done before especially for the Star Wars 40th anniversary. The event itself, however, was very organized. As a reader said before, the intent was there but was poorly executed.

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LEGO Star Wars May the 4th Sales on Amazon

May 4, 2017 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

The LEGO Star Wars 2017 May the 4th promotion is well underway and if you are still looking to make a purchase, some of the sets are now listed as backordered or out of stock. Fortunately, Amazon still have quite a few of these sets in stock and available for shipping immediately. The only thing you’ll be missing out on is the double VIP points and the R2-D2 (30611) polybag but if you don’t really care for those, Amazon may be a good alternative as some of the prices are lower than at LEGO. The following prices are at the time of this writing.

UCS TIE Fighter (75095) – $199.50

Sith Infiltrator (75096) – $86.99

Rey’s Speeder (75099) – $15.21

Poe’s X-Wing Fighter (75102) – $59.99

First Order Transporter (75103) – $73.75

Millennium Falcon (75105) – $119.00

Imperial Assault Carrier (75106) – $129.69

First Order Stormtrooper (74114) – $14.54

Resistance X-Wing Fighter (75125) – $7.93

TIE Advanced Prototype (75128) – $7.93

Wookiee Gunship (75129) – $7.93

Carbon-Freezing Chamber (75137) – $17.49

Eclipse Fighter (75145) – $19.37

Imperial Assault Hovertank (75152) – $26.99

AT-ST Walker (75153) – $37.00

Rebel U-Wing Fighter (75155) – $53.99

Krennic’s Imerial Shuttle (75156) – $67.99

Imperial Trooper Battle Pack (75165) – $14.54

Yoda’s Jedi Starfighter (75168) – $24.24

The Phantom (75170) – $28.97

Y-Wing Starfighter (75172) – $49.99

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LEGO Star Wars May the 4th 2017 Promotion Begins

May 3, 2017 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 1 Comment

The LEGO Star Wars May the 4th promotion is now live on Shop@Home. The main promotions during the event is the R2-D2 (30611) polybag with purchases of $50 or more. You can also get double VIP points on LEGO Star Wars purchases.

The UCS Snowspeeder (75144) will also be available for purchase for $199.99 which you also get double points for. You can check out my review of the set here.

There are also a number of LEGO Star Wars products that are 20% off the normal price.

The promotional event runs until May 7. You can help support The Brick Fan by making your purchases with the links above.

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LEGO Star Wars R2-D2 (30611) 2017 May the 4th Polybag Review

May 3, 2017 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 8 Comments

The annual LEGO Star Wars May the 4th promotional event starts in just a few hours and usually we get exclusive minifigures as part of the promo but this year, LEGO has decided to do something different. For this year, we get a brick-built R2-D2 (30611) polybag to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Star Wars. The polybag consists of 70 pieces and you can get it for free with purchases of $50 or more in LEGO Star Wars products.

When the set was revealed to be this year’s promotional polybag, there were differentiating opinions on it. Some welcomed the change while others are somewhat disappointed that it’s not an exclusive minifigure since there are a ton of other characters that could be great minifigures.

Build

R2-D2 is actually a pretty decent build with the body useing SNOT techniques to create the look. You actually build it upside-down before turning it back over to finish it up at the end. The head piece is exclusive to this polybag and there’s printing all around it. It is attached in the middle of the body with a Technic pin so it can actaully rotate around. Just a side note, the head is the same size as the R4-P17 Astromech droid head from the UCS Obi-Wan’s Jedi Starfighter (10215).

There is some articulation at the legs and feet using Technic pins as the main things to connect the legs to the body and the feet to the legs. There’s also the retractable central leg in the front to show R2-D2 … Continue