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LEGO Star Wars Detention Block Rescue

by Thita (admin) on April 25, 2017

in LEGO Star Wars

To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Star Wars saga, there was an interesting special-edition LEGO Star Wars set available at the recent Star Wars Celebration Orlando 2017 event. The LEGO Star Wars Detention Block Rescue depicts the famous scene from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, where Han Solo and Luke Skywalker in Stormtrooper uniforms are about to rescue Princess Leia (oddly, no Princess Leia is included).

The LEGO Star Wars Detention Block Rescue is 220 pieces, and doesn’t include any special elements, however, due to its very limited availability, and the difficulty that was involved with getting the set, it is highly sought after by collectors. People didn’t just have to participate at the Orlando event, but also had to get a raffle ticket ahead of time for a chance to purchase the set. There were also a few sets given away during the event via LEGO’s Twitter page to randomly selected people who re-tweeted the announcement.

In the video-review below, Stephen from the Brick Show will show you the set in more detail. As you will see, the most unique part of the set is the really nice and sturdy slip-case box. The rest of the set is pretty standard.

At the Star Wars Celebration event in Orlando, the set was available for $40 to those who were chosen through the raffle. If you weren’t at the event, or you were there, but weren’t chosen through the raffle, you can still get the set on eBay, however expect to pay significantly more. The going price the last time I checked was somewhere between $200-$250. You can see the eBay listings here: LEGO STAR WARS DETENTION BLOCK ON EBAY

If you don’t care for the exclusivity of the set, or the special packaging, you can also build it yourself with the parts you already have. LEGO Digital Designer instructions are available via Eurobricks: LEGO STAR WARS DETENTION BLOCK INSTRUCTIONS

What do you think? How do you like the LEGO Star Wars Detention Block Rescue set? Would you like to add it to your collection, or at least build it with the available instructions? What other sets would you like to see to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Star Wars? Feel free to share your thoughts and discuss in the comment section below! 😉

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LEGO BrickHeadz Animal Suit Costumes!

by Thita (admin) on April 24, 2017

in Featured LEGO Creations

The LEGO BrickHeadz collection has been a big hit with LEGO fans, and not just because it offers a series of fun collectible characters, but because the building style can be used as a template to turn anyone into a BrickHeadz. Since the series came out, LEGO fans have been busy making their own BrickHeadz characters from movies, games, cartoons, and more. We have discussed many of them at Expanding the LEGO BrickHeadz Collection, and we will look at even more!

Today I wanted to show you another type of BrickHeadz, which opens up the building style to a whole new level of possibilities. LEGO fan Jared Chan has been tinkering with the BrickHeadz building style, and decided to remake the LEGO Collectible Minifigures animal suit characters into BrickHeadz!

The craze for minifigs dressed in animal costumes started with the Gorilla Suit Guy in Series 3 of the LEGO Collectible Minifigures. Lizard Man was added in Series 5, then Bunny Suit Guy in Series 7, Chicken Suit Guy in Series 9, Bumblebee Girl in Series 10, Piggy Guy in Series 12, Panda Guy in The LEGO Movie Series, Unicorn Girl in Series 13, Shark Suit Guy in Series 15, and Penguin Suit Guy in Series 16. That’s a lot of minifigs in animal suits! There is also a rumor that a future series of LEGO Collectible Minifigures is going to be all costumed characters due to their popularity.

So far, Jared remade Lizard Man, Bunny Suit Guy, Chicken Suit Guy, Bumblebee Girl, and Piggy Guy. The minifig version of the characters were cute already, and they are even cuter as BrickHeadz!Note the attention to details, like the direction of the ears and matching of the colors to make the figures instantly recognizable. I also like the clever solutions to the Chicken Suit Guy’s wings and the Bee Girl’s antennae.

I don’t know if Jared is planning to make more, but it would be great to see the Panda Guy, Shark Suit Guy, and Penguin Suit Guy added to the line. And, of course, Gorilla Suit Guy, who started it all. There are also some other characters that could be considered costumed minifigs, like the Yeti in Series 11, Plant Monster in Series 14, and some of the LEGO Collectible Disney Minifigures like Stitch, Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck and Daisy Duck.

As you can see, there is a lot of fun to be had with the LEGO BrickHeadz characters, and once you build a few of the official figures and have the building style down, you can start making your own characters. You can find Series 1 of LEGO BrickHeadz at the Online LEGO Shop.

What do you think? How do you like there costumed BrickHeadz? Do you have any of the sets already? And have you tried making your own BrickHeadz characters? Feel free to share in the comment section below!

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