Collecting
New LEGO Star Wars Hallmark Keepsakes Ornament Revealed
The latest Christmas ornaments from the Hallmark Keepsake line have been revealed and BB-8 gets to represent LEGO Star Wars this coming Yuletide. […]
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Collecting
Retiring Soon: August Update
The list of confirmed and rumored LEGO Star Wars sets retiring this year in North America continues to fluctuate, with some expected and surprising additions to the list we posted last month, as retailers begin […]
Books & Mags
LEGO Star Wars Magazine: Issue #73 Out Now
This is the big one! This month’s epic LEGO Star Wars magazine comes with both a BB-8 and Rey minifigure! Luke Skywalker and R2-D2 face a massive battle in a mega comic and why is […]
Reviews
Is 75297 Resistance X-Wing Fun Or Futile?
With the success of the Space (now called Classic Space) theme came a profusion of simplified parts – usually bulkier than the standard bricks and plates many of us remember from the old days – […]
Mini Steps
Mini Steps: Advent Calendar Exclusive Minifigures
After opening twenty-four cardboard doors, the end of the 2020 Star Wars Advent Calendar is here. To put a cap on the Christmas countdown, the advent minifigures are getting the Mini Steps treatment! This addition […]
Collecting
Show Your Rebel-lious Side With A New Ugly Christmas Sweater
A few days ago a Holiday Special lineup of ugly Christmas sweaters went live, and now you can add the newest addition to your wardrobe! Unlike the others which have all been based on products […]
Collecting
Holiday Special Ugly Christmas Sweaters Are Here!
Ready to look like your favorite Holiday Special character? Well now you can! Over on Teespring, listings for the four designs from this year have been added and are available on a variety of shirt […]
Collecting
Full Look At The 2021 Winter Wave
Earlier this week LEGO.com revealed four of the Winter Wave sets and announced the official name of another within the set descriptions. Today, though, less grainy images of the remaining late December/early January sets have […]
Reviews
Brick Sketches: Out Of The Box
If you’re a Star Wars fan who has been lurking on the LEGO periphery you might not know about Chris McVeigh’s brick-built signature sketch card series, but most LEGO fans will have come across them […]
Multimedia
Disney Announces LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special
The original Star Wars Holiday Special, the repressed memory of many Star Wars fans which followed Luke, Leia, Chewbacca and Han Solo’s attempt to visit the Wookiee homeworld of Kashyyyk in order to celebrate Life […]
Collecting
Illustrate Your Passion
In their continuing campaign to attract more adult builders, LEGO has added the Brick Sketches subtheme to their palette of LEGO Star Wars sets. Designed by Chris McVeigh – who shared his own personal sketch […]
Collecting
LEGO Releases Sketch Card Series
A new and surprising LEGO theme has been revealed at Brickset – Brick Sketches launches with two Batman and two Star Wars characters. Images courtesy of Brickset.com Described as “quick, easy and satisfying builds” by […]
Collecting
Free Mini LEGO BB-8 Promo
If you missed the 40288 BB-8 GWP promotion during last year’s May The 4th Be With You extravanganza, US customers at LEGO.com are getting a second chance. All you have to do is sign up […]
Reviews
Light My Bricks
Though I am not a huge a fan of BB-8, it’s impossible not to appreciate the appeal of this sidekick-cum-confidant-cum-space cartographer and having recently conducted a deep-dive into the numerous LEGO formats of this globular […]
Reviews
The World Of BB-8
Fans of Star Wars have always had a soft spot for the droids of the galaxy – the inquisitiveness of R2-D2, the ineptitude of Separatist battle droids, L3-37’s no-nonsense approach and the admirably low centre […]
Collecting
Polybags On Sale At FL Park
Thanks to Reddit poster Brickandbrew we can share that the Big Store in LEGOLAND Florida is clearing out a bunch of LEGO Star Wars polybags for less than $2! Pictured above are the Kessel Mine […]
Collecting
Costco Canada Online Savings
As originally shared by Toys N Bricks, Costco Canada is having a sale on LEGO that includes a number of The Last Jedi sets. With an average saving of around 30% this clear out is […]
Collecting
Exclusive LEGOLAND BB-8 Collectible On eBay
Though the events of May 5/6th, 12/13th and 19/20th are long past their legacy still lives on, because we have found yet another park exclusive. This one takes the form of a flat BB-8 and […]
Collecting
Lastest Shop@Home Additions
Generally speaking, you won’t find these anywhere except the Apparel & Accessories section of the website or brand stores, so if you are in the market for some new additions to your LEGO Star Wars […]
Collecting
LEGOLAND California Has New Star Wars Stock
With LEGO Star Wars Days taking place at LEGOLAND California and Solo: A Star Wars Story still in theatres there is a lot of attention focussed on the park right now. You’d think offering the […]
Collecting
LEGOLAND California Star Wars Days BB-8 Offer
Those attending this weekend’s LEGO Star Wars Days at the California park near San Diego ought to consider downloading the park’s mobile app. Not only does it help you utilise L3-3T’s advanced navigation database […]
Features
May The 4th Was With Us
While international Star Wars has been around since the late 1970s when the Conservative party ran an ad in The London Evening News to commemorate the day Margaret Thatcher took up office as the UK […]
Collecting
75181 Y-Wing Starfighter Takes Flight
Whether you are engaging the Empire over the skies of Scarif or the surface of the Death Star you will definitely want the latest Ultimate Collector’s Series set in your flying arsenal, because 75181 Y-Wing […]
Collecting
AU News: 10% Off For May The 4th Be With You Day Sale
In an unexpected shift LEGOshop.com has discounted a select number of sets for today only. While their 10% price drop doesn’t match the 20% that other regions are going to see it’s a bonus none-the-less. […]
Collecting
AU News: Dreamworld Certified Store Marks May 4th
Good news to any LEGO Star Wars fans within cooee of the Gold Coast because the LEGO Certified Store at the Dreamworld theme park is marking May The 4th Be With You with the Australian […]
Events
First May The 4th Promo Details Emerge
The freshly revealed brick-built BB-8 has been confirmed as the next Star Wars Day promotion! Though the celebration starts on May 4th and goes through to the 6th, 40288 Mini BB-8 is only […]
Collecting
Is This The May 4th BB-8 Promo?
There’s scant information on this set, and all the rumours are pointing to it being an instore promotional exclusive for the May The 4th Be With You celebrations next month. But until we have solid […]
Collecting
75201 First Order AT-ST Revealed
Though the image below is particularly grainy – and no intelligence service-level image enhancement is going to change that – there are a couple of relevant pieces of information we can draw from it and […]
Events
FR News: LEGO BB-8 Make & Take Tour
The little rolling robot who could, crosses Le Manche this week to spin out in France! Come build BB8, the little Star Wars robot in LEGO and leave with! Head to your Toys “R” Us […]
Community
Blocks Magazine: Issue 38 Out Now
Blocks magazine celebrates the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi with an exclusive interview with BB-8’s creator and 40 years of Star Wars with a LEGO re-telling of the original film. When the Blocks […]
Events
UK News: BB-8 Make & Take At Toys “R” Us
Following on from successful dates in the US, Canada and Germany, LEGO is bringing the BB-(GR)8 Tour to the UK and has scheduled a number of appearances at Toys “R” Us branches throughout the country. […]
Events
BB-8 Make & Take Build Event In Germany
Following on from the success of the BB-8 Make & Take build recently held in the USA and Canada, Toys “R” Us in Germany is running a similar event for their customers. Come to your […]
Events
Toy “R” Us BB-8 Make & Take Gallery
Rebelscum’s own Nick Napoli was at his local Toys “R” Us, with his two younglings, to bring back these photos of this special event. If you are new to the format it is quite simple […]
Events
Toys “R” Us Canada Marks Bricktober
If you are north of the border then you’ll definitely want to check of the Toys “R” Us Ca event calendar where there are three in-store LEGO Star Wars experiences – Oct 13th to 19th: […]
Events
BB-8 Make & Take At Toys “R” Us
To mark the month of Bricktober, Toys “R” Us are hosting a series of Make & Take events at their US branches – and they are saving the best for last! On Oct 28th you […]
Collecting
ClicTime The Last Jedi LEDLites Found
Reports of upscaled LEGO Star Wars character keychain lights have surfaced in The Astromech Collection group on Facebook. While the BB-8 one was released in The Force Awakens packaging this is the first we’ve seen […]
Collecting
UK News: LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar At Argos
It would appear that UK catalogue retailer Argos has provided the first opportunity to get this Christmas collection of minifigs, space ships, vehicles and other themed collectables. So get the jump on Father Christmas this […]
Grapevine
75187 BB-8 Accidentally Confirmed?
While it’s certainly not official yet, a number of European retailers and wholesalers in Germany, Italy, Hungary, Poland and Greece have listed a mysterious “LEGO 75187 – Star Wars – Confidential brick Build Bb-8” as […]
Grapevine
The Last Jedi Piece Count
Based on a list that has appeared on a German toy retailer: Mini Scale 30497 First Order Heavy Assault Walker System Scale 75176 Resistance Transport Pod- 294 pieces – €39.99 75177 First Order Heavy Scout […]
Grapevine
Introducing The Next Rumour
If there’s one way to get traffic to your website it’s to post an enticing LEGO Star Wars rumour, and the latest one centres around a UCS BB-8. This one has been circulating for a […]
Collecting
eBay Today #1584: LEGO Star Wars Video Games Developer’s Reward
If you are part of that certain subset of LEGO Star Wars collectors who favors promo bricks then this auction for a very limited edition perspex LEGO brick with an embedded BB-8 minifig in it […]
Community
Ideas 2016 First Results Announced
Votes from the first selection round of Ideas 2016 have been tallied and, sadly, none of the LEGO Star Wars projects have made the cut. It’s not all over yet because the UCS X34 Landspeeder […]
Collecting
The Force Awakens LEDLites
Just now popping up in Australia (priced AU$18 at EB Games) of all places are seven new LEDLites from IQ LED. Pictured above is Kylo Ren, Captain Phasma, First Order Stormtrooper and Poe Dameron. The […]
Gaming
Bricks to Pixels – Act Three
Chapter VII: The Resistance Having captured Rey, the First Order hurriedly withdraws from Takodana, their forces overrun by reinforcements from the Resistance. Back at the Starkiller facility, Kylo Ren attempts to use his powers to […]
Gaming
Bricks to Pixels – Act Two
Chapter V: Maz’s Castle Finn, Rey and BB-8 are once again aboard the Millennium Falcon, having only narrowly escaped from Kanjiklub and the Guavian Death Gang. Now accompanied by the Millennium Falcon’s rightful owners, Han […]
Gaming
Bricks to Pixels – Act One
Advancing from the game’s hub at the Resistance base on D’Qar involves selecting the next destination planet from a galactic map – and quite cleverly the planets have been depicted as the twin element orbs […]
Gaming
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Demo Video
Over at E3, the annual video game conference and show at the Los Angeles Convention Center, LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens is getting a lot of attention and IGN have posted a 20 minute […]
Gaming
And BB-8 Makes Three
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today released the next video in a series of LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens character vignettes spotlighting BB-8, the lovable astromech droid and loyal companion of Resistance pilot Poe Dameron. […]
Collecting
The Force Awakens Key Chains
More new stock has arrived at the LEGO Shop@Home website, with the inclusion of four new keychains from The Force Awakens. Check out the Finn, Rey, BB-8 and Poe Dameron before you do absolutely any […]
Community
LEGO BB-8: Let’s See Him Rollin’
Looking like something from James Dyson’s sketch pad, BB-8 is set to knock R2-D2 off his “world’s most adorable droid” perch. Described by Tested’s Adam Savage “as an update of R2, a cute robotic character […]