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Tag: Jens Kronvold Frederiksen
The LEGO Star Wars UCS Landspeeder once looked more like the 1999 version
At one stage in its development cycle, LEGO Star Wars 75341 Luke Skywalker’s Landspeeder took one of its design cues from the original 1999 set. While there’s a huge gulf in design between even just the first and latest minifigure-scale iterations of the X-34 Landspeeder – 7110 Landspeeder and 75271 Luke Skywalker’s Landspeeder – the…
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…
10 wild predictions for 10 more years of LEGO Star Wars
The LEGO Group has apparently extended its Star Wars contract for another decade, so here are 10 wild predictions for what the next 10 years could bring. Across the first two decades-and-change of the LEGO Star Wars theme, the LEGO Group has continually surprised, impressed and (inevitably) disappointed with its output to varying degrees. And…
LEGO says the new C-3PO minifigure is not a ‘rule’ for future sets
The LEGO Group says we won’t necessarily see the new and improved C-3PO minifigure in many LEGO Star Wars sets beyond the Diorama Collection. 75339 Death Star Trash Compactor is notable not only for being one of three new LEGO Star Wars 18+ sets arriving next month, but also for introducing brand new versions of…
LEGO reacts to possible prequel trilogy sets in Star Wars Diorama Collection
The LEGO Star Wars design team has reacted to the possibility of prequel trilogy sets in the theme’s new Diorama Collection. Three new 18+ LEGO Star Wars sets will debut in April, each depicting a memorable moment from the Skywalker saga. While they don’t share the same scale, they do all follow a standardised template,…
LEGO Star Wars designers talk live theatre, Google research and a weird green floor
The LEGO Star Wars design team reveals all around the three new 18+ diorama sets, from the influence of live theatre to avoiding a weird green floor. The LEGO Group has just unveiled its brand new LEGO Star Wars Diorama Collection, which kicks off on April 26 with 75329 Death Star Trench Run Diorama, 75330…
LEGO Star Wars designers react to fake Force ghost piece
The LEGO Star Wars design team has reacted to the fake Force ghost piece that originally surfaced on Instagram earlier this year. An anonymous Instagram user created the fake piece in rendering engine Blender. The finished result was convincing enough that it was picked up by YouTuber MandRproductions, and gave enough legitimacy to the source’s…
LEGO responds to packaging error in Star Wars 75324 Dark Trooper Attack
The LEGO Group has responded to concerns over an error in the packaging for the newly-revealed 75324 Dark Trooper Attack. While the reception to next month’s Mandalorian set has been mostly positive online – there’s a lot to look forward to in a sub-£25 set that includes three Dark Troopers and a new Luke Skywalker…
Why are there no LEGO Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order sets?
Following the announcement of a sequel to Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, here’s why we never saw any LEGO sets based on the original game. Across a product portfolio that caters to (or has previously catered to) fans of all nine mainline Star Wars films, both silver screen spin-offs, The Clone Wars, The Bad Batch,…