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LEGO Star Wars: The Freemakers are back!

by on April 17, 2017
in LEGO Star Wars

You might remember that last year Disney XD released a LEGO animated television series titled LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures. It was a really fun and engaging story, set between Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. The show follows the adventures of a scavenger family, the Freemakers, as they travel throughout the galaxy. The first season consisted of thirteen episodes and aired last summer, later becoming available on DVD. Recently Disney XD announced that it is renewing the series for a second season that will start airing this summer. Story and trailer below. 🙂

In the first season of LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures, we met the Freemaker siblings; young boy Rowan, his sister Kordi, and their brother Zander. They are scavengers, who build and sell starships from battle debris strewn throughout the galaxy. When Rowan discovers a natural connection with the Force through an ancient artifact – the Kyber Saber – his world is turned upside down, and he and his family are thrown into an epic struggle against the Empire to restore peace and freedom to the galaxy. The Freemakers explore new worlds, meet new and familiar characters and learn the meaning of family. You can get all thirteen action-packed episodes of the first season (along with extra collections of clips, behind-the-scenes footage and cast interviews) on DVD/Blu-ray on Amazon: THE FREEMAKER ADVENTURES ON AMAZON

The second season of LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures continues the story where the first season left off. At the end of the first season, the Freemaker family found a new home with the rebel fleet. Their new circumstances bring them face to face with brutal Imperial forces, desperate Hutts, conniving Sith Lords, and the Emperor’s latest plaything, M-OC, a terrifying hunter droid who continually modifies himself to fit any occasion. In response to these threats, Rowan’s powers grow and strengthen until he has a vision of a sleek, invulnerable ship that can save the Rebellion and stop the Empire in its tracks – the Arrowhead. The catch is, the Arrowhead is a ship only Rowan can build. Once again, it’s up to the youngest Freemaker to save the galaxy. Watch the trailer below.

The story looks just as good as the first season, so we can look forward to some fun this summer! And what would a great LEGO Star Wars story be without related sets? For the first season of LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures we got the #75145 LEGO Star Wars Eclipse Fighter, and the #75147 LEGO Star Wars StarScavenger – both medium-size sets that gave us the main characters and a couple of small ships. For the second season we are getting two more sets, the #75185 LEGO Star Wars Tracker I, and the #75186 LEGO Star Wars Arrowhead. Both sets are larger and more substantial than last year’s offerings, and include new characters. I especially like the Arrowhead; an elegant ship, with likely fun play-features.

If you would like to catch up on the LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures story before the new season gets released, I highly recommend getting the DVD/Blu-ray version. They are both on sale on Amazon:

If you like LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures, there are other LEGO Star Wars story expansions that are equally fun and originally aired as a TV show and now available on Amazon in DVD format. See below:

What do you think? Have you watched the first season of LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures? How did you like it? And do you have the LEGO sets related to the show? Are you looking forward to the second season? What do you think of the new sets? Feel free to share your thoughts and discuss in the comment section below! 😉

And you might also like to check out the following related posts:

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Happy Easter with hatching LEGO eggs!

by on April 15, 2017
in Featured LEGO Creations

To celebrate the arrival of spring, LEGO building virtuoso Jason Allemann, and his partner Kristal, had the idea to build a LEGO egg that could hatch. They started out with one egg that is operated by a knob on the side that allows a cute little chick to break out at the top. One thing led to another, and the project ended up as three eggs inside a nest, with added LEGO Power Functions to automate the action. 🙂

As you will see in the video below, first, the eggs wiggle a bit, then the chicks hatch. Cute! After the demonstration, Jason also explains in detail how the eggs are built, and how the LEGO Power Functions elements are added.

Fun, isn’t it? If you would like to replicate the project, Jason shares building instructions for the eggs in PDF file format. You can download it from his website at jkbrickworks.com. The easiest would be to build one egg with the manual knob configuration. That in itself is a great project both kids and adult can enjoy, and it doesn’t require any LEGO Power Functions.

If you have LEGO Power Functions motors, a battery box, an IR receiver, and a remote control, you can also replicate the motorized version. Jason uses four LEGO Power Functions M-Motors to drive all the motion; two for the wiggling effect, and two for opening and closing the eggs. Having four motors also allowed him to stagger the starts of the wiggling and hatching of some of the eggs, instead of having them all happening at once. However, if you have fewer motors you can either reduce the number of eggs, or make all the motion synchronized.

While it is possible to make this project completely manual, if you don’t have any LEGO Power Functions elements, I do recommend picking up at least one set of Power Functions at some point. They are very fun to tinker with, and can really bring your LEGO creations to life. You can find them at the LEGO Power Functions section of the Online LEGO Shop.

There are no instructions for the nest, however you can easily build your own with whatever pieces you have. Jason used a LEGO Technic ring to get the semi-circle shape, and a combination of standard LEGO tan and dark-tan plates and tiles to give an intertwined effect. Most of the pieces are actually connected to each other, though there are a few that he just slid into the gaps to fill space.

If you were looking for a fun project for Easter, this might be a good one to try out. What do you think? How do you like the hatching LEGO eggs? Are you planning to build some of your own? Feel free to share in the comment section below! 😉

And you might also like to check out some of Jason’s other projects discussed in the following related posts:

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