LEGO Reveals UCS Red Five X-Wing Fighter

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Collect and create the most highly detailed LEGO® Star Wars™ X-wing Starfighter (10240) ever produced. This iconic starfighter is featured in many of the most exciting Star Wars battle scenes, including the decisive battle scene above planet Yavin™. Recreate the moment when Luke Skywalker’s X-wing delivered the proton torpedo that led to the destruction of the Imperial Death Star! With 1,558* pieces, this realistically detailed model features opening wings and cockpit, a special display stand, data sheet label and R2-D2.

• Includes R2-D2 astromech droid
• Features highly authentic detailing, and opening wings and cockpit
• Includes 1,558 pieces
• Measures over 10″ (26cm) high, 20″ (52cm) long and 18″ (46cm) wide
• Includes display stand and data sheet label!

US $199.99 (Available May 2013 via shop.LEGO.com)

*Note the press release says 1558, but the box shows 1559, but who’s counting. Watch a video reveal of it here and click on through to check out additional photos.

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DASH’s One of a Kind Features

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Before I woo you towards a membership, be sure to like DASH on Facebook for your chance to win a Masters of the Universe Classics Ram Man
Corey, your friendly neighborhood DASH guy here! I’ve survived Toy Fair and now that I’ve got a minute to spare, I wanted to swing by and talk about some of DASH’s best features in a little more detail. You probably think you’ve heard it all before, but I want you to hear it straight from my point of view as a collector first and DASH guy second. I still think a DASH Collector’s Club membership might just be the best $25 you can spend on your collection.

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Customizer Spotlight: OG Trilogy

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Diorama guru OG Trilogy returns with yet another masterpiece, with a ton of great photos which you can check out by clicking here.

Note:  Isn’t it a shame that Hasbro has continued to deny their customers any sort of diorama/playset such as the great set featured above?  Or something like this mockup?

Instead, the creative minds at Hasbro come up with this

Episode VII Customizing Contest

Once again, we have teamed up with our good friends at Imperial Shipyards for a joint customizing contest.  The theme is simple – make a custom of something you think we might see in the upcoming film, Star Wars:  Episode VII, and post a pic of your work in our forums at Yakface, or in their dedicated thread

Check out all the details by clicking on the above banner, including the cool prizes we’ll be giving away!

Star Wars FanWraps

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A FanWrap is a high performance outdoor vehicle wrap substrate that has unique properties that allows it to be wrapped onto your vehicle. Our product has a special air egress layer which prevents trapped air that creates bubbles under the FanWrap during the installation process.

We also laminated our FanWrap with an additional layer that protects against abrasion and UV damage.  The lamination layer also changes the characteristic of the FanWrap substrate to allow it to conform to compound surfaces.
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