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Tag: Astromech Droid
Celebrate Zavvi LEGO Week with 17% off LEGO Star Wars 75308 R2-D2
The great offers and deals continue this week at Zavvi, with the retailer discounting LEGO Star Wars 75308 R2-D2 to £149.99. Now’s your chance to grab a fantastic deal on LEGO Star Wars 75308 R2-D2, with online retailer Zavvi currently selling the set for £149.99. The 18+ model is usually £179.99, so take advantage of this latest…
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga introduces all-new character classes
When LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga arrives on April 5, it will do so with another all-new feature — character classes. Previous LEGO video games have let you select from an endless multitude of playable characters, but LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is adding a new spin on what happens when you choose…
Comparing LEGO Stars Wars 75308 R2-D2 to the real deal
The LEGO Group have uploaded a new video comparing 75308 R2-D2 to the familiar droid’s cinematic counterpart across the Star Wars franchise. The large LEGO Star Wars 75308 R2-D2 is packed with features tying into the vast source material of the astromech, and to help showcase these functions and their authenticity, the LEGO Group have…
The 22-year evolution of LEGO Star Wars R2-D2 sets
The latest version of the famous Star Wars astromech R2-D2 has been compared to the original model, with 22 years of LEGO design differences between the two sets compared. In 1999, before the first brick build of the domed droid could release, there was one other model of the Star Wars character that graced LEGO…
LEGO Star Wars 75308 R2-D2 designer video reveals the droid’s details
From a galaxy far, far away the LEGO Star Wars 75308 R2-D2 designer video has finally released, giving us the designer insight into the astromech model. LEGO design master Kurt Kristiansen takes us behind the scenes of the new LEGO Star Wars model that released both May the fourth and the 50th anniversary of Lucasfilm.…
LEGO Star Wars 75308 R2-D2 is out of stock
Following the end of the official online LEGO store’s annual Star Wars deals, the stock on 75308 R2-D2 has run dry – making this droid a little harder to find. Apparently, this was the droid lots of builders were looking for. 75308 R2-D2 is now temporarily unavailable from LEGO.com, just days after it was added into Brick Fanatics’ Top…
Five things you need to know about LEGO Star Wars 75308 R2-D2
Everyone’s favourite astromech droid is getting an all-new model in LEGO Star Wars 75308 R2-D2, so we’ve scoured the set for five things you might not know. As part of the LEGO Group’s annual May the Fourth celebrations R2-D2 will receive his second dedicated set, alongside a number of other offers. But there’s a lot more behind this…
Comparing classic and new LEGO Star Wars UCS R2-D2s
As part of this year’s May the Fourth Celebrations, the LEGO Group are releasing a new model of the iconic R2-D2 astromech, but how does it stack up to the original? 75308 R2-D2 isn’t the first set dedicated to the droid, as in 2012 10225 R2-D2 released as the first brick-built iteration of the character, not including some earlier…
Five Star Wars droids that need their own buildable LEGO figures
Droids are a regular inclusion amongst the LEGO Star Wars theme, and there’s another set coming soon for R2-D2, so here are five more metallic characters that need their own sets. 75308 R2-D2 will join the ranks of other brick-built droids both new and old, but there are plenty of astromechs and mechanical companions beyond BB8, D-0…
