Oftentimes I’ll exaggerate and say that a company is making a toy that nobody asked for, but today I’m discussing a toy that literally nobody asked for–the Summer 2013 LEGO Star Wars Jek-14’s Stealth Starfighter 75018! No, it’s not that no one asked for poor Jek-14 because he’s unpopular–it’s because no one had ever heard of him or his starship until LEGO announced it for release! Shrouded in secrecy, Jek-14’s Stealth Starfighter is the most mysterious LEGO Star Wars set ever…
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I spent years biased against LEGO Ninjago, certain that the theme was stupid. Then a funny thing happened earlier this month–I accidentally saw an episode of the Ninjago cartoon. And, well… now I’m buying the LEGO sets. You got me, LEGO! While I missed out on the sets with the original four dragons (which are now astronomically expensive), I was determined to own at least one LEGO Ninjago dragon. And thus, for my first Ninjago purchase, I procured the LEGO Ninjago Golden Dragon 70503…
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Taking a break from discussing the onslaught of LEGO Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones sets, I’m going back to the good ol’ days with a classic set from the Star Wars Original Trilogy: the 2013 LEGO Star Wars Jabba’s Sail Barge 75020! This set will complete the trilogy of newly-released Jabba-themed LEGO Star Wars sets, as they previously released a new LEGO Star Wars Jabba’s Palace in 2012 and the LEGO Star Wars Rancor Pit in early 2013. It’s also looking like this 75020 LEGO Star Wars Jabba’s Sail Barge will be my absolute-favorite LEGO Star Wars 2013 set…
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The Republic AT-TE liked taking on full-size LEGO form so much, it’s decided to come back for a third engagement! One of the most-produced LEGO Star Wars vehicles is back one more time! Having already been produced twice as a mini set and twice as a full-size set prior to this year, I wasn’t sure how much room there was for improvement in the Summer 2013 LEGO Star Wars AT-TE 75019 Set. Having seen the set in its entirety, I’m still not sure… but at least it comes with an all-new Jedi Coleman Trebor minifigure…
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Earlier today I posted about one of the LEGO Star Wars Summer 2013 Sets I thought might struggle at retail without a movie for support, and like many things in Star Wars… there is another. The LEGO Star Wars Duel on Geonosis 75017 is a strange set in that it gives you a speeder bike, two main minifigures and the forgettable environment that they fight in…
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I kind of feel bad for LEGO. They went ahead and planned out their entire LEGO Star Wars Summer 2013 set selection in good faith that Attack of the Clones 3D and Revenge of the Sith 3D would be in theaters later this year–and, well, that’s not going to happen. The result is sets like this LEGO Star Wars Corporate Alliance Tank Droid that seem doomed to flounder at retail without movie support…
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Now that I’ve finished up discussing all of the LEGO Chima Summer 2013 sets, I want to move onto LEGO’s biggest (by far) licensed property with the LEGO Star Wars Summer 2013 sets. We were spoiled a little bit in the lead-up to the 2013 Toy Fair in New York City, as photos leaked out of a number of the summer LEGO Star Wars sets beforehand. Luckily, LEGO still had some surprises in store for us that hadn’t been shown all over the Internet already–including this LEGO Star Wars Mandalorian 75022 set with Cyborg Darth Maul minifigure!
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If you’ve been waiting for a big sale to fill in the gaps in your LEGO Star Wars Summer 2012/Winter 2013 collections, that time be upon you now! A number of popular LEGO Star Wars sets are on sale now, including the Z-95 Headhunter for 30% off, Jabba’s Palace for 23% off, the Malevolence for 20% off, and more!
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Looking to make your LEGO Minifigures collection a little more theatrical? LEGO has you covered with the upcoming exclusive Toy Soldier minifigure! When I first reported on the LEGO Minifigures Character Encylopedia last year, I was almost certain that the exclusive figure included with the set was going to be the rumored Toy Soldier minifigure. Now we know with 100% certainty that the Tin Soldier minifigure will be the LEGO Minifigures Character Encyclopedia exclusive minifigure, as final production photos of the book with the Toy Soldier have finally surfaced!
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Previously I discussed the three more expensive LEGO Legends of Chima Summer 2013 sets (Worriz’ Combat Lair, Gorzan’s Gorilla Striker, and The Lion CHI Temple) and today I’m going to talk about the fourth and final main (boxed) LEGO Chima set coming in 2013: Eglor’s Twin Bike 70007. As you might expect from a set with “bike” in the name, Eglor’s Twin Bike is a pretty impressive motorcycle. As you might not expect, it also transforms into a wicked awesome jet…
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Most LEGO collectors have just a few themes that they like to concentrate on, whether it be LEGO Star Wars and LEGO Lord of the Rings or LEGO Batman and Ninjago (and so forth). But if there’s one thing that seems to be able to cross the theme boundaries and get buyers to buy sets from themes they usually wouldn’t it’s LEGO polybag sets! Low-priced and always with something exclusive, LEGO polybag sets are much-loved by LEGO fans the world over. And to show that LEGO loves polybags too, they’ve sent Walmart stores huge display boxes filled with a variety of a half-dozen different LEGO 2013 polybag sets!
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LEGO Legends of Chima has only been out for a little over two months now, but LEGO just keeps chugging away with retirements and new releases for the theme! A couple weeks ago they announced the first four sets that would be discontinued from the theme, and now they’ve shipped out another Chima polybag set! This time it’s the LEGO Chima Razcal’s Double-Crosser 30254 polybag. If you don’t already have a Razcal minifigure, this polybag is a superb deal. If you do already have a Razcal, well… not so much…
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Knowing that the ultra-anticipated LEGO Palace Cinema modular set was being released in stores to non-VIP shoppers March 1st is one thing, but being able to see it displayed in all its glory is quite another! I know many readers don’t have a local LEGO Store to soak in the glory of their LEGO Creator Palace Cinema display case, so over the weekend I headed to my local LEGO store, where I had the opportunity to see the LEGO Palace Cinema 10232 in-person and snap a few photos of it fully-built and displayed grandly in the store…
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