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Tag: Hans Burkhard Schlömer
LEGO says ‘there are no fixed rules’ on exclusive minifigures in UCS sets
The LEGO Star Wars design team says ‘there are no fixed rules’ when it comes to including exclusive minifigures in UCS sets. This year’s headline May the 4th set 75341 Luke Skywalker’s Landspeeder includes two minifigures, one of which is a brand new C-3PO. It’s the most detailed version of the droid we’ve seen to…
If LEGO is true to its word, C-3PO shouldn’t be locked behind the Landspeeder
LEGO Star Wars 75341 Luke Skywalker’s Landspeeder includes the best C-3PO minifigure to date – but if the LEGO Group is true to its word, it won’t be exclusive to that set. With arm printing, side-leg printing and a dual-moulded silver leg, the latest Ultimate Collector Series set’s Threepio minifigure is far and away the…
LEGO Star Wars magazine fixes 75309 Republic Gunship’s minifigure problem
The latest issue of the LEGO Star Wars magazine corrects one of 75309 Republic Gunship’s most divisive design decisions. When the first prequel trilogy-inspired Ultimate Collector Series set in over a decade landed on shelves last summer, the primary point of conversation in the community – for better or worse – centred on its minifigure…
LEGO removes Star Wars designer video following fan backlash
The LEGO Group has removed the designer video for 75309 Republic Gunship from its YouTube channel following significant backlash from Star Wars fans. Controversy has followed the newest Ultimate Collector Series set since day one, mostly stemming from quotes from the design team and decisions made by the LEGO Group’s marketing department. The designer video…
LEGO Star Wars 75309 Republic Gunship designer video released
Following its release in August, the designer video for LEGO Star Wars 75309 Republic Gunship is taking us behind the scenes of the UCS build. The accompanying designer video for the massive 75309 Republic Gunship has been uploaded to the LEGO Group’s YouTube channel with designer Hans Burkhard Schlömer on hand to give us the…
The LEGO Marvel Collectible Minifigures solve a Star Wars problem
The newly-revealed LEGO 71031 Marvel Studios Collectible Minifigures may help to solve one particular problem that’s still plaguing the LEGO Star Wars line-up. If you’ve already got your hands on 75309 Republic Gunship, you’ve probably bemoaned the lack of arm printing on the included Clone Trooper Commander minifigure. That’s not an issue unique to the…
LEGO Star Wars 75309 Republic Gunship – six things you didn’t know
From its ‘nightmare’ design process to the other prequel trilogy set that brought it to life, here’s six things you probably didn’t know about LEGO Star Wars 75309 Republic Gunship. Voted into reality by a whopping 30,000 Star Wars fans in last year’s LEGO Ideas poll, the latest Ultimate Collector Series set is the first…
LEGO Star Wars designers react to Republic Gunship winning LEGO Ideas poll
The LEGO Star Wars designers have revealed how they reacted to the Republic Gunship winning last year’s Ideas poll to find a future Ultimate Collector Series set. The prequel-trilogy ship triumphed over a potential UCS TIE Bomber and UCS Nebulon-B Frigate – both of which hail from The Empire Strikes Back – by an overwhelming margin. Some…
LEGO: ‘You’ll probably never see arm printing on every minifigure’
The LEGO Star Wars design team says we’ll probably never see arm printing on every single minifigure from a galaxy far, far away. At the moment, only a handful of LEGO Star Wars characters are given the honour of arm printing, with the rest left to suffer undecorated upper limbs. Sometimes, it’s just a matter…