It looks like we have some confirmation of what the May the 4th LEGO promotion will be for this year and we’ve already seen images of it before. A reader has emailed in details and they were told that it will be the brick-built LEGO Star Wars R2-D2 (30611) polybag. You can get it for free during the May the 4th promotion with a LEGO Star Wars purchase of $75 or more at LEGO Brand Stores and on Shop@Home.
I’ve been told that it this year’s promotional polybag would be a little different from previous years when they were exclusive minifigures and it appears that the brick-built R2-D2 will do just that. If you don’t wish to make a purchase during the May the 4th promo, you can build your own as the instructions have been online for a while. The only downside is that you have to substitute the front detailing as the printed 1×1 tiles are exclusive to this set. We’ll definitely confirm it when the May 2017 LEGO Store Calendar comes out in a few days.
Thanks to Sid for the info.
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Lame. Where’s TFA Luke?
Never going to be made. I mean he’s in the movie all of three seconds.
If they can make a random First Order General minifig, they can do TFA Luke.
Never will happen, never. There is at least one more movie with Luke in it, he probably will wear the same robe. So why make a Luke from A New New Hope of standing on a rock looking pointless when you can make him in Episode 8 where he will look the same and not be pointless?
My thoughts exactly. I’d rather have a holographic Leia to commemorate the 4OTH ANNIVERSARY OF A NEW HOPE!
I like that idea! Also would fit into Rogue One.
If Toryn Farr can worm her way into a set, I would be surprised if they didn’t push out a much more major character like Luke into at least a polybag. They’re just probably holding out for how many sets he’ll presumably be in with episode 8.
Never going to happen. Never. They will just make a Episode 8 minifigure Luke that looks the same.
I hope they do just so you are proven wrong. Just saying.
Quadjumper was in the movie for less screen time and got a set!
That’s a ship and also a set. What is everyone picturing a set with Episode 7 Luke looking like? They aren’t going to give a good character away in promo set more so when he will be in some expensive set for episode 8 looking exactly the same.
Promos are for useless characters we will never see in a set, we are going to se Luke 5 minutes after the first movie ended in a new movie, they wil just make that Luke.
“Useless figure we’ll never see in a set”
-is commenting on a promo bag for R2D2
I think that’s kinda ironic, even if it’s a brick built R2D2
What’s ironic? R2D2 is in every Star Wars Episode, so he is a good pick for a free promo. Luke will be made into at least one Episode 8 set, because he was a completely useless character in episode 8.
By commenting that “promos are for useless characters we will never see in a set,” on an article about a R2D2 promo, arguably one of the most important Star Wars characters, there is irony because the usefulness of R2D2 is in-congruent with your assessment of promo bags.
Nevermind, it was just a joke comment anyway
Aren’t going to give away a good character in a promo? have you seen Revan?
Also you are calling a FREE promo lame. Keep it up and LEGO won’t give you any promos at all.
I’d rather have no promos at all than stupid ones. Lego could put their money into something more worthwhile, like a Cloud City set.
This makes sense. Then next year they can have another ship build or character on a stand to connect with this.
This isn’t the minifgure bag with the connector pin, this is the brick built R2.There is nothing for it to connect to.
Ooppps, losing my mind. I was thinking this was the minifigure droid for a second.
That is completely understandable. After reading this, I am losing my mind too! xD
uuuuugh… you’re right, these could become a regular thing instead of a rare figure…
TFA Luke will be available later in the year in one of the EPVIII sets so they wouldn’t put him in a polybag now.
You’re a few days early Allen.
It isn’t the 1st yet.
I don’t know where else to say this, but has anybody seen the news on Lego Club magazine now being called “Lego Life Magazine?” I just received one (yes, I still get the magazines, doesn’t mean I’m a kid) but instead of being called Lego Club Magazine, it is now Lego Life Magazine. This is a disgrace to the Lego Club, and have no idea why I haven’t heard about this news before.
Once again, I don’t know where else to say this. I just wanted to make people aware of the information.
boooooo lego life, booooo.
(you have to be age 5-9 to be eligible for free subscriptions now, or they won’t let you sign up for them.)
Are you serious? You are outraged that they changed the word Club to the word Life?!!
Yep, that and the fact that the word Life is all about their new app that is only used to send tongue smileys to your friends.
I mean, they’ve made the magazine devoutly pediatric now, since it has an age range of 5 to 9 years old.
time to dig out my old red printed R4 dome piece to change this into an R4 unit…