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Double VIP Points on Select LEGO Star Wars

Just wanted to bring to your attention that although the Star Wars Day specials that ran at the beginning of the month are over, there are a couple of LEGO Star Wars sets still offered with Double VIP Points. The two sets are the #75242 LEGO Star Wars Black Ace TIE Interceptor, and the #75259 LEGO Star Wars 20th Anniversary Edition Snowspeeder – both recently released LEGO Star Wars sets. They are available with Double VIP Points until the end of the month.

The #75242 LEGO Star Wars Black Ace TIE Interceptor is from the Star Wars Resistance TV show. It features an opening cockpit to sit ace pilot Griff Halloran, two spring-loaded shooters on the wingtips, and a removable panel at the back to store a spare missile. The included minifigs are Griff Halloran and Poe Dameron, plus there is also a BB-8 droid. The TIE Interceptor measures over 3” (8cm) high, 14” (36cm) long and 8” (21cm) wide. 396 pieces. Price: $49.99 – BUY HERE

The #75259 LEGO Star Wars 20th Anniversary Edition Snowspeeder is one of the recently released 20th anniversary sets. It is an updated version of the original #7130 LEGO Star Wars Snowspeeder model released in 1999, and features an opening cockpit with space for the Luke Skywalker and Dak Ralter in pilot suits, laser cannons, a spring-loaded shooter under each wing, plus a stud shooter and harpoon with string at the rear. There is also an elevating and rotating gun tower with stud-shooter for epic Battle of Hoth action from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, plus a bonus Lando Calrissian minifigure from 2003 on a 20th anniversary display stand. The four minifigs are Luke Skywalker and Dak Ralter in their pilot outfits, a Rebel Trooper, and a bonus anniversary Lando Calrissian. The LEGO Star Wars 20th anniversary minifigure display stand can connect to the other display stands in the 20th anniversary collection. The Snowspeeder model measures over 1” (5cm) high, 7” (18cm) long and 5” (14cm) wide, and the gun tower measures over 3” (8cm) high, 2” (6cm) wide and 2” (6cm) deep. 309 pieces. Price: $39.99 – BUY HERE

The other 20th anniversary sets include the #75243 LEGO Star Wars 20th Anniversary Slave I, the #75258 LEGO Star Wars 20th Anniversary Anakin’s Podracer, the #75261 LEGO Star Wars 20th Anniversary Clone Scout Walker, and the #75262 LEGO Star Wars 20th Anniversary Imperial Dropship. We have talked about the sets in detail here, and if you want to check them out, they are available at the LEGO Star Wars section of the Online LEGO Shop.

Also, don’t forget about the newly released #75244 LEGO Star Wars Tantive IV! Although the Double VIP Points period for this set is now over, it is still the newest large LEGO Star Wars set, with an updated version of the #10198 LEGO Star Wars Tantive IV from 2009. You can learn more about the set via the links at the end of this post, and purchase it at the LEGO Star Wars section of the Online LEGO Shop.

What do you think? How do you like the LEGO Star Wars 20th anniversary sets and the other recently released LEGO Star Wars sets? Do you have any of them already? Which one is your favorite? Feel free to share your thoughts and discuss in the comment section below!

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Recently, the LEGO Ideas team introduced a new way to showcase your creativity on LEGO Ideas called Activities. Activities are small, informal warm-up challenges that the LEGO Ideas team will set forth on a more regular basis than contests and are of a shorter participation period. The program is about unleashing your creativity in a shorter burst and it’s for members who may not want to spend a whole load of time building big creations, but instead want to take an evening of their week to tinker with something new – just for the fun of it.

What further distinguishes Activities from LEGO Ideas project submissions and LEGO Ideas contests is that there are no winners and prizes. However, from time to time the LEGO Ideas team may feature some of the coolest designs on LEGO’s social media channels to celebrate the skills of LEGO fans.

Additionally, to keep things as simple as possible and to allow as much creativity as possible, the LEGO Ideas team simplified the rules for Activities as much as possible. In case this all sounds slightly familiar, the concept stems from a test the team ran during the LEGO Ideas Test Lab back in early 2017. At that time, they ran a mini warm-up activity called “Build a Duck”, which was a fun way for even more members to participate regardless of skill level or time availability.

Currently, Activities is running in Beta and is restricted to a group of the most active members with the aim of learning more about this new functionality over time. When Activities is ready for the big stage and for more members to participate in, the LEGO Ideas team will let everyone know so that many more LEGO fans can join in the fun too.

The LEGO Ideas team is kicking off Activities with a challenge titled “Build Your Finest Micro Modular Building” that will run until Monday, the 13th May. Yes – that means only having time to build this weekend. Having only a few days to a week is the kind of time period that we can expect of Activities going forward. If you’re a part of the Beta group, you’ll be able to find the activity on the LEGO Ideas home page.

Also, to recap about current LEGO Ideas projects, the LEGO Ideas review board is working to wrap up the third 2018 LEGO Ideas review period, and they will be sharing the news of which projects (if any) get chosen to be an official LEGO Ideas set. In the image above are the five fantastic projects that are currently being reviewed. In addition, the first 2019 LEGO Ideas review qualifying period ended on May 6th with nine very different and impressive product ideas after they managed to reach the 10,000 required votes between the months of January and early May 2019 (see image below). If you follow the LEGO Ideas blog, look forward to interviews later in the year with the creators of these projects, as we get closer to the review results announcement.

And, we can also look forward to the LEGO Treehouse, by LEGO fan Kevin Feeser (a.k.a. KevinTreeHouse) from France which should be released sometime soon. And don’t forget about all the recently released LEGO Ideas sets like the #21316 LEGO Ideas The Flintstones, the #21317 LEGO Ideas Steamboat Willie, the previously released but still available #21315 LEGO Ideas Pop-Up Book, the #21311 LEGO Ideas Voltron, the #21313 LEGO Ideas Ship in a Bottle, the #21309 LEGO Ideas NASA Apollo Saturn V, the #21312 LEGO Ideas Women of NASA, and the #21314 LEGO Ideas TRON: Legacy. You can find them all at the LEGO Ideas section of the Online LEGO Shop.

What do you think? How do you like the new LEGO Ideas Activities program? Would you like to participate? And which one is your favorite LEGO Ideas project under review? Are there any other projects that are still gathering support that you really like? Feel free to share and discuss in the comment section below!

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