Category: LEGO Star Wars (Page 190 of 211)

LEGO May the 4th (and 5th) Event Offerings

April 27, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

LEGO’s May the 4th event is a week away and I’ve just received an email from LEGO detailing some of their offers during the event. If you’re a VIP member you should’ve gotten a similar email showcasing their specials for next week. There will be FREE shipping for purchases of $49 or more. We all know about the FREE Han Solo (Hoth) minifigure by now. You can get it with Star Wars purchases of $75 or more. Finally, you can get an exclusive poster with any Star Wars purchase. Plus, the Red Five X-wing Starfighter (10240) is released on the same day so you can get all the deals with that one purchase.

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BrickPicker Announces LEGO Set Review Contest

April 23, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Our friends over at BrickPicker has announced a LEGO set review contest over on their site with a chance to win some great prizes. All you have to do is write some quality reviews of LEGO sets. The contests starts today and ends on July 3rd, 2013 at 11:59pm (Eastern Time). There are some guidelines that are required for you to be entered in the contest. The reviews have to be a total of 1000 characters combined in the following categories:

First Impression(WOW Factor) & Introduction
Unique Parts/Minifigures
Playability/Build Experience
Value for money(new)
Theme Popularity
Exclusivity
Packaging
Growth Potential
Display Attributes
Final Analysis & Conclusion

The Brickpoints system has also been overhauled for this contest. A normal 1000 character review will get you 10 Brickpoints but you can earn 500 points for more in-depth, detailed reviews. All reviews will be approved or disapproved by Ed or Jeff and you will be able to revise and resubmit them if they are disapproved.

Now to the goodies! There are some really nice prizes for the winners of the contest.

1st Place: Monster Fighters Haunted House (10228) or $200 LEGO Gift Card
2nd Place: Creator Expert Palace Cinema (10232) or $150 LEGO Gift Card
Star Wars Jabba’s Palace (9516) or $100 LEGO Gift Card

There are also four (4) $25 LEGO Gift Cards given to exceptional reviews which are then converted for the Evaluation Corner. For these special reviews, a single person can win them all so there’s more incentive to write quality reviews. To read more about the … Continue

Toys R Us LEGO May the 4th Building Event

April 21, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 1 Comment

Toys R Us will also be having their own “May the 4th” event at participating stores. According to the image above, you can build a mini Jek-14’s Stealth Starfighter from The Yoda Chronicles from 12pm-2pm. Remember that LEGO stores will also have their own “May the 4th” event with the exclusive Han Solo minifigure and the release of the UCS Red Five X-wing Starfighter (10240).

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LEGO Star Wars Summer 2013 Hi-Res Images

April 12, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 1 Comment

The official LEGO Star Wars Summer 2013 high resolution images are now available online for your viewing pleasure. All of these sets have already been seen at the 2013 New York Toy Fair but now you can see the sets and minifigures more clearly.

LEGO Star Wars Corporate Alliance Tank Droid (75015)

Corporate Alliance Tank Droid (75015) – $19.99

Homing Spider Droid (75016) – $29.99

Duel on Geonosis (75017) – $39.99

JEK 14’s Stealth Starfighter (75018) – $69.99

AT-TE (75019) – $99.99

Jabba’s Sail Barge (75020) – $119.99

Republic Gunship (75021) – $119.99

Mandalorian Speeder (75022) – $24.99

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LEGO’s Official Press Release on Jabba’s Palace Criticism

April 2, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Today, LEGO has released their press release on what happened with the Jabba’s Palace criticism. We reported yesterday that LEGO will stop production in 2014 but not because of the issue at hand but because of the normal shelf life of different LEGO sets. LEGO has clarified that in their press release seen below.

The LEGO Group’s reaction to criticism of LEGO Star Wars product: “Jabba´s Palace”

The Austrian Turkish Cultural Community has criticized a LEGO Star Wars product for looking similar to a mosque in Istanbul. The product is however not based on any real building but on a fictional building from a scene in the movie Star Wars Episode VI.

All LEGO Star Wars products are based on the movies of the Star Wars saga created by Lucasfilm. Jabba’s Palace appears in Star Wars Episode VI and appears in a famous scene on the planet Tatooine. The building is the palace of Jabba – a fictional movie character.

The picture shown above depicts the building from the movie scene. The LEGO designers try to reproduce all buildings, space ships and characters from the movies as close as possible when creating a new LEGO Star Wars product.

This is done to allow both young and old Star Wars fans to act out the scenes from the movies at home. The LEGO Star Wars product Jabba´s palace does not reflect any non-fictional buildings, people, or the mentioned mosque.

The LEGO minifigures shown on the box and found inside the box (Jabba, Salacious Crumb, Bib Fortuna, Gamorreanic

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LEGO To Cease Production of Star Wars Jabba’s Palace

April 1, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 5 Comments

Back in January, we reported that LEGO was being accused of being racist by the Turkish Cultural Community of Austria because the Jabba’s Palace (9616) looked too similar to the Hagia Sophia mosque. The group also claimed that the set’s Asian and Oriental characters had “deceitful and criminal personalities” and the minifigures were portrayed as terrorists, criminals, and murderers.” This comes from a Muslim man’s son receiving the set as a present.

In response to these allegations, The LEGO Group as agreed to cease production of the Jabba’s Palace set from 2014 forward. This decision came between LEGO executives and the Turkish community leaders in Munich, Germany. Birol Killic, president of the TCA, states that “We are very grateful and congratulate Lego on the decision to take Jabba’s Palace out of production.”

As a result of this decision by LEGO, the Jabba’s Palace set may have just became an instant collector’s set because of this blemish. By the time 2014 rolls by, the set will already be at the end of it’s shelf life so this is really doesn’t hurt LEGO that much and they would rather concede this moral victory to the Turkish Community. Buyers and sellers on the secondary market can expect prices of the set to rise as they are being taken off the shelves. You can still pick up the set right now on Amazon for $87.99, a 27% savings, or you can pick it up at Shop@Home with double VIP points.

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Han Solo Minifigure Confirmed as LEGO “May the Fourth” Exclusive

March 30, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

LEGO Star Wars Han Solo May The Fourth Exclusive Minifigure

The above image comes from the May LEGO Store Calendar which confirms that the Han Solo minifigure (5001621) will be the “May the Fourth” exclusive for 2013. This Hoth variant of Han is FREE with any LEGO Star Wars purchase of $75 or more. Remember that the Red Five X-wing Starfighter (10240) will also be released May 4th so that will easily satisfy the $75 purchase requirement. The “May the Fourth” deal will only be available May 4-5. As we reported yesterday, the Hoth Han Solo will be dressed in a brown coat and a removable hood.

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