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New LEGO Star Wars Solo set & more review

by Thita (admin) on April 23, 2018

in LEGO Star Wars

The new wave of LEGO Star Wars sets, mostly related to the upcoming Solo: A Star Wars Story film (release date May 25th) became available just about a week ago, so it’s time to take a closer look. Below, we will discuss each of the new LEGO Star Wars sets, and I will also include video-reviews by JANGBRiCKS, so you can see them in more detail. 🙂

The smallest of the new LEGO Star Wars sets are the #75206 LEGO Star Wars Jedi and Clone Troopers Battle Pack, and the #75207 LEGO Star Wars Imperial Patrol Battle Pack. The first set includes Ki-Adi Mundi, Barriss Offee, and two Clone Troopers, along with a small speeder. The second set includes an Imperial Recruitment Officer, Imperial Emigration Officer, and two Imperial Patrol Troopers, plus another speeder. Both sets are great troop builders, and available for $14.99 at the LEGO Star Wars section of the Online LEGO Shop.

The #75208 LEGO Star Wars Yoda’s Hut takes us all the way back to Dagobah in the first Star Wars films. The set features Yoda’s swamp home with foldout training sections where Luke can balance boxes and stand on one arm to demonstrate his fledgling Jedi powers. There’s also a Force jump function that can be attached to the front or back of the model. Inside, there’s a folding bed, fireplace, a selection of food and furnishing elements, plus a secret compartment under the floor. There’s even a window at the side so R2-D2 can peer in. Frankly, I’m not too fond of the design of this set. It just doesn’t look as organic to me as in the film, and I do know that LEGO can build better huts that this. However, I think the colors are nice, so perhaps this set would be a good candidate for a redesign project. Yoda, Luke, and R2-D2 are included. The price is $29.99, and the set is available at the LEGO Star Wars section of the Online LEGO Shop.

We also get two new landspeeders, both from the Solo: A Star Wars Story film. The #75209 LEGO Star Wars Han Solo’s Landspeeder (see picture above next to Yoda’s Hut) features an open cockpit, opening hood with storage compartment, removable engine, rear storage compartment with secret cargo, hidden wheels for a hover effect, and two spring-loaded shooters. Young Han Solo and Qi’ra are also included, along with a Corellian Hound. The #75210 LEGO Star Wars Moloch Landspeeder (see picture above) features an open cockpit, storage hold at the rear, hidden wheels for a cool hover effect, a 6-stud rapid shooter for intense action play, and an opening cage to hold two Corellian Hounds. The two minifigs included are Moloch and Rebolt. I quite like both of these landspeeders; nice colors, nice shapes, great minifigs, and great play-features. Check out the video-reviews further below for more details.

Now we are getting into the bigger sets territory. The #75211 LEGO Star Wars Imperial TIE Fighter is… well… yet another TIE Fighter we have seen many times in the past, however the four minifigs are new; an Imperial Pilot, Han Solo, Tobias Beckett (in Mimban Stormtrooper disguise) and a Mimban Stormtrooper. More interesting is the #75212 LEGO Star Wars Kessel Run Millennium Falcon with a fresh white and blue color-scheme and a detachable escape craft at the front. Other features include a cockpit with detachable canopy and enough room for two minifigs, two spring-loaded shooters, sensor dish, ramp, rotating top and bottom laser turrets with two gunner seats, and opening hull plates for easy access to the detailed interior. The interior includes a cargo area with couch and Dejarik hologame table, bar, bunk, missile storage compartment, and a buildable hyperdrive with repair tools. Minifigs included are Han Solo, Chewbacca, Qi’ra, Lando Calrissian, Quay Tolsite, a Kessel Operations Droid, plus a DD-BD droid.

In addition to the regular sets, we also get three new large buildable figures: the #75535 LEGO Star Wars Han Solo, the #75536 LEGO Star Wars Range Trooper, and the #75537 LEGO Star Wars Darth Maul. These buildable figures are an acquired taste, however some LEGO fans really like them because of the interesting parts. I think the Range Trooper looks particularly awesome. Such an imposive figure! You can find them under the LEGO Star Wars section of the Online LEGO Shop.

There are also a couple of new LEGO Star Wars BrickHeadz sets related to the Solo: A Star Wars Story. The #41608 LEGO Star Wars Han Solo, and the #41609 LEGO BrickHeadz Chewbacca. Han’s BrickHeadz figure is spot on, but Chewy has been getting mixed reviews. His head is just so strange; somewhere between a cute puppy and a creepy monster who is set out to steal your soul. The good thing about BrickHeadz though is that it’s easy to rebuild them. Both characters are available under the LEGO BrickHeadz section of the Online LEGO Shop.

In the video-player below, I have included reviews of the new Star Wars sets, so you can see them in more detail. You can use the drop-down menu in the upper left corner to select the review you would like to watch, or you can just let them play one after the other.

Also, remember that from now until May 3rd, you will get a #5005376 LEGO Star Wars Darth Vader Pod with LEGO Star Wars purchases of $60 or more. This is a highly desirable set in the LEGO Collectible Pods series, as well as for Star Wars fans, so make sure you don’t miss out. While the included version of Darth Vader is not exclusive to the pod, the pod itself has a very nice chromed finish, and the lid comes with a special lenticular feature, displaying either the LEGO Star Wars logo, or the Death Star laser ready to fire, depending on how you tilt the lid. The promotion is available at official LEGO stores and the Online LEGO Shop.

What do you think? How do you like all the new LEGO Star Wars Solo sets? Are you planning to get any of them? Do you have a favorite? Feel free to share your thoughts and own reviews in the comment section below! 😉

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2018 LEGO Jurassic World sets overview

by Thita (admin) on April 21, 2018

in Other LEGO Sets & Themes

The new LEGO Jurassic World sets were released just a few days ago, and they are already gathering lots of enthusiastic feedback from the LEGO fan community. This is the second time LEGO worked with the Jurassic World license. Back in 2015, LEGO released seven LEGO Jurassic World sets, with a mainly white and blue color-scheme, and a good selection of dinos. While the sets were popular with kids because of the play-features and dinos, for older builders the sets appeared too toy-ish and simplistic. This time around, LEGO decided to go much deeper and wider with their Jurassic World collection; including eight regular LEGO Jurassic World sets (plus a small polybag), three sets under the LEGO Juniors line for younger kids, two sets under LEGO DUPLO for the youngest LEGO fans, and one set under LEGO BrickHeadz. That’s a lot of sets, so let’s take a closer look. 🙂

Under the regular LEGO Jurassic World line we get the the #75926 LEGO Jurassic World Pteranodon Chase, the #75927 LEGO Jurassic World Stygimoloch Breakout, the #75928 LEGO Jurassic World Blue’s Helicopter Pursuit, the #75929 LEGO Jurassic World Carnotaurus Gyrosphere Escape (see below), the #75930 LEGO Jurassic World Indoraptor Rampage at Lockwood Estate, the #75931 LEGO Jurassic World Dilophosaurus Outpost Attack, the #75932 LEGO Jurassic Park Velociraptor Chase, and the #75933 LEGO Jurassic World T. Rex Transport.

One thing you will notice right away about these sets is that they have a less toy-ish look compared to the previous releases. The darker color-scheme of grays, dark-blue, and black goes really well together, and make the sets look more serious and substantial. And while the dinos looks excellent in the the 2015 sets, here they are upgraded with even more details. They are truly beautiful with detailed moulding, printing, and nicely combined colors.

All of the sets come with one large dino, and the #75930 LEGO Jurassic World Indoraptor Rampage at Lockwood Estate comes with two large dinos. The large dinos are all unique, except for Blue, who appears in two sets. In addition, the #75930 LEGO Jurassic World Indoraptor Rampage at Lockwood Estate, the #75931 LEGO Jurassic World Dilophosaurus Outpost Attack (see below), and #75933 LEGO Jurassic World T. Rex Transport comes with an adorable baby dino as well.

Each of the sets also include at least one vehicle, and/or some kind of terrain, building, or enclosure for the dinos and minifigs to interact with. The larger the set, the more you will get of course, but even the smaller sets have lots of play-value. For example, the #75928 LEGO Jurassic World Blue’s Helicopter Pursuit (see below) includes a vehicle, a helicopter, a cage the helicopter can carry, Blue, and three minifigures, all for $39.99.

One of the most interesting sets in the new LEGO Jurassic World line is the#75930 LEGO Jurassic World Indoraptor Rampage at Lockwood Estate with a substantially large building. While most of what you see here is a facade with not much depth to the structure, there are some options for different configurations by removing and reattaching sections in different ways. Take a look at the video-review further down below to see all the play-features, minifigs, and dinos in this set.

While most of the new LEGO Jurassic World sets are related to the upcoming Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom film, the #75932 LEGO Jurassic Park Velociraptor Chase pays homage to the 25th anniversary of the original Jurassic Park blockbuster film. The set features a computer room with lab and kitchen area, and includes Alan Grant, Ellie Sattler, Lex Murphy and Tim Murphy, plus a Velociraptor. A nice set to add to your collection if you are a fan of the original movie.

In the LEGO Juniors line we get three sets related to Jurassic World; the #10756 LEGO Jurassic World Pteranodon Escape, the #10757 LEGO Jurassic World Raptor Rescue Truck, and the #10758 LEGO Jurassic World T.Rex Breakout. These set are meant for younger kids (ages 4-7) with simpler building techniques, but they still include regular minifigures and very nice dinos. Note that although the moulds of the dinos are the same as in the more advanced sets, their coloration is different. So, if you want a good variety of dinos, these are a great addition. Also note that while the more advanced sets use stickers for most of the decorations, here all the decorated pieces are printed. You can find all three sets under the LEGO Jurassic World section of the Online LEGO Shop.

There are dinos for the youngest kids too (ages 2-5). The #10879 LEGO DUPLO Gentle Giants Petting Zoo includes a little scenery with a Gray Mitchell DUPLO figure, plus 2 baby dinosaurs; a Triceratops and a Diplodocus. The #10880 LEGO DUPLO T. Rex Tower includes Owen Grady DUPLO figure, his car, a lookout tower, plus a large T. Rex. You can find both sets under the LEGO Jurassic World section of the Online LEGO Shop.

The last set related to Jurassic World is the #41614 LEGO BrickHeadz Owen & Blue construction characters in the same brick-built style as the other LEGO BrickHeadz figures. Owen comes with a tranquilizer gun, and velociraptor Blue got some seriously ferocious white teeth. The decorations on these figures are printed, and they are quite adorable. The set is available under the LEGO Jurassic World section of the Online LEGO Shop.

In the video-player below, I have included reviews of the Jurassic World sets, so you can see them in more detail. You can use the drop-down menu in the upper left corner to select the review you would like to watch, or you may just let them play one after the other.

As you can see, this is a very large selection of Jurassic World sets. Most LEGO fans will be after collecting all the adult and baby dinos, but the sets themselves are great with excellent play-features and very useful parts and colors. It’s also nice that instead of trying to make all the sets appeal to all age-groups and thus make them too toy-ish, this time around LEGO split the collection for different ages. You can check out the full selection at the LEGO Jurassic World section of the Online LEGO Shop.

What do you think? How do you like all the new LEGO Jurassic World sets? Are you planning to get any of them, or collect them all? How do you like the play-features, colors, minifigs, and the dinos? Feel free to share your thoughts and own reviews in the comment section below! 😉

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