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Tag: Michael Lee Stockwell
LEGO’s new Star Wars licence rumoured to exclude Collectible Minifigures
The LEGO Group’s reported new Star Wars licence agreement apparently still doesn’t include the option to produce Collectible Minifigures. The blind-bagged characters have expanded their reach to encompass licensed properties like Looney Tunes, The Muppets and even Marvel in recent years, but there’s still no sign of a Collectible Minifigures series based on Star Wars.…
We’ve already built the first LEGO Star Wars Diorama Collection set
An interview with members of the LEGO Star Wars design team has revealed that the first Diorama Collection set is already available. Remember 75296 Darth Vader Meditation Chamber, one of the LEGO for Adults Star Wars models released in 2021? During a roundtable interview with LEGO Star Wars Creative Lead Jens Kronvold Frederiksen and Design Manager Michael Lee…
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 explains why Mando’s helmet isn’t entirely silver
The LEGO Star Wars design team explain how they balanced the lack of colour in 75328 The Mandalorian Helmet – and why it isn’t entirely silver. Where the LEGO Group’s first Mandalorian helmet – 75277 Boba Fett Helmet – is awash with colour, mixing together sand green, dark green, dark red and yellow elements, Din…
LEGO almost added a head to 75327 Luke Skywalker (Red Five) Helmet
The LEGO Star Wars designers have revealed that their earliest concepts for 75327 Luke Skywalker (Red Five) Helmet included a full brick-built head. Initially unveiled by Amazon Poland before becoming available for pre-order earlier this week, the collection’s first open-faced helmet ultimately follows in the footsteps of the Batman cowls by eschewing any kind of…
Why LEGO 75328 The Mandalorian Helmet isn’t as shiny as the Star Wars prop
An interview with LEGO Star Wars designers has revealed why 75328 The Mandalorian Helmet isn’t as shiny as the version in the Star Wars show. The official Star Wars website has published an interview with design manager Michael Lee Stockwell as well as other members of the LEGO Star Wars design team discussing the development…
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,…
LEGO explains why we didn’t get many Star Wars: The Mandalorian sets at first
The LEGO Star Wars design team has explained why it took a while for a wider range of sets based on The Mandalorian to arrive on shelves. When the first season of the Disney+ show debuted in 2019, only one tie-in LEGO Star Wars set was available at the same time: 75254 AT-ST Raider. The…