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Fun LEGO Star Wars videos & film-tricks

by on April 3, 2016
in Featured LEGO Creations

The BrotherhoodWorkshop has been creating a series of excellent LEGO Star Wars stop-motion videos for the LEGO Group that you can see on the official LEGO Star Wars website, as well as on LEGO’s YouTube channel. Below I will show you three of the most recent videos, as well the videos where Kevin from the BrotherhoodWorshop shares how the scenes were created using some very clever techniques. 🙂

LEGO Star Wars Behind the Scenes by the Brotherhood Workshop

You can find all three LEGO Star Wars stop-motion videos in the video-playlist below. The first is titled LEGO Star Wars – Freeze Frame – Master Your Force, where Boba Fett is after Luke Skywalker and Han Solo. Can they use the Force to escape the Carbonite Freeze Chamber? The second video is titled LEGO Star Wars – Imperial Roadblock. The Empire is on high alert. Every vehicle entering Lothal is being searched for Rebel spies. When Kanan, Ezra, and a Rodian Rebel are caught in an Imperial Roadblock, they turn to the Force for help, with various success rate. The third video is titled LEGO Star Wars – Jawa Surprise, featuring two Jawas in the deserts of Tattooine. They are searching for salvage when they come upon a mysterious Jedi with the power to build a ship in mid-air by using the Force. Can the Jawas become masters of Force, too? All three videos are very funny, so I’m pretty sure you will enjoy them.

In the second video-playlist, I compiled the behind-the-scenes footage by Kevin from the BrotherhoodWorkshop, where he shares some of the most interesting techniques used in these three stop-motion films. The first video discussed lighting and other special effects used in LEGO Star Wars – Freeze Frame – Master Your Force. The second video focuses on blue-screen compositing in LEGO Star Wars – Imperial Roadblock. And the third video is about how to create a sandy surface that doesn’t make a mess by using Kinetic Sand, and featured in LEGO Star Wars – Jawa Surprise.

Interesting techniques, aren’t they? I particularly like the combination of Kinetic Sand and clay featured in the third video. Kevin also mentions that he has been inspired by the work of photographer Vesa Lehtimaki, who is know for creating amazing LEGO Star Wars images using some unconventional methods, like using baking soda for snow. If you are interested you can check out his book LEGO Star Wars: Small Scenes from a Big Galaxy. It is a beautiful hard-cover coffee-table book.

So what do you think? How did you like these LEGO Star Wars videos? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comment section below! And if you would like to learn more about LEGO stop-motion, I highly recommend checking out the other videos from the BrotherhoodWorkshop listed below, or you can also visit their YouTube Channel directly for more.

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April 2016 – new sets & promotions

by on April 1, 2016
in LEGO Sales & Deals

LEGO is continuing their spring promotions with some exciting new sets and special offers for this month. Below we will take a look at the LEGO Store Calendar for April, and see what is worth paying attention to during the month. There are quite a few goodies. 🙂

LEGO Store Calendar April 2016

➡ LEGO SUPER HEROES FREE MINIFIGURE: To complement the recently released #76052 LEGO Super Heroes Batman Classic TV Series – Batcave, LEGO is offering a free exclusive #30603 LEGO Super Heroes Classic Mr. Freeze minifigure polybag with purchases of $75 or more from April 5th to the 15th. Please note that this offer is valid on all orders, not just LEGO Super Heroes, but it would definitely be most interesting to LEGO Super Heroes fans. Especially if you already got, or planning to get the LEGO Super Heroes Batman Classic TV Series – Batcave. You can find it under the LEGO DC Super Heroes section of the Online LEGO Shop.

#76052 LEGO Batman Batcave Available Now

➡ FREE LEGO ELVES MINI-DOLL SET: From April 25th to May 8th you can get a free #30375 LEGO Elves Sira’s Adventurous Airglider with purchases of $35 or more in the LEGO Friends, LEGO Elves and LEGO Disney Princess categories. This is a sweet little set with a beautifully detailed mini-doll to match the new LEGO Elves dragon sets we reviewed just a few days ago (see link at the end of this post). Also, you can earn Double VIP Points on the #41174 LEGO Elves The Starlight Inn and the #41175 LEGO Elves Fire Dragon’s Lava Cave. You can find the sets under the LEGO Elves section of the Online LEGO Shop.

LEGO Store Calendar April 2016 - LEGO Elves

➡ LEGO IDEAS MAZE SET: The #21305 LEGO Ideas Maze set is now available. This is the latest fan-designed LEGO set that is officially released by LEGO. I have been playing with mine for a few days now and it’s really excellent. Review will come soon. You can find it under the LEGO Ideas section of the Online LEGO Shop.

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➡ LEGO ANGRY BIRDS SETS: The brand new LEGO Angry Birds collection is now available with six sets. While the Angry Birds theme may not appeal to everyone, the sets themselves are very fun, with lots of new unique pieces, printed elements, and interesting designs. So it is worth checking them out under the LEGO Angry Birds section of the Online LEGO Shop.

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Also, don’t forget about all the new sets released last month in the LEGO Star Wars, LEGO Super Heroes, LEGO Juniors, LEGO Minecraft and LEGO Speed Champions themes. The LEGO Super Heroes Mighty Micros and the LEGO Speed Champions sets are particularly popular with LEGO fans (see reviews at the end of this post). You can find them all under their specific categories, or at the What’s New section of the Online LEGO Shop.

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There is also a clearance sale going on at the Online LEGO Shop, so it is worth taking a look before you check out. Many of the LEGO Dimensions packs are 50% off, and there are also some LEGO BIONICLE sets on clearance. Most noteworthy though is that two recently released LEGO Disney Princess sets got a price break; the #41068 LEGO Disney Princess Arendelle Castle Celebration and the #41066 LEGO Disney Princess Anna & Kristoff’s Sleigh Adventure. Both are excellent. You can find them all under the LEGO Sales and Deals section of the Online LEGO Shop.

LEGO Store Calendar April 2016 - New Sets

And that wraps up all the specials offered by LEGO this month. There are plenty of new sets to choose from, and the freebies only sweeten the deal. Remember that you also get free shipping for orders over $75. So what do you think? Are you planning to pick up any of the new sets this month? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comment section below! 😉

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