The Realm Recap returns with the week’s news from Hasbro, LEGO, Funko and several of the festivities tied to the May the Fourth Weekend.
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Continue reading Episode #61: May The Fourth Weekend Be With You
Hitting book stores and e-tailers now is the LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded.
The updated and expanded ultimate guide to the minifigures of the LEGO® Star Wars® galaxy DK’s LEGO® Star Wars® Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded now includes many more new LEGO Star Wars minifigures! Discover incredible LEGO Star Wars facts, such as which minifigure is the rarest and which can be found in the most LEGO sets. This updated and expanded edition contains 72 additional pages of new minifigures and includes an exclusive minifigure to add to your collection.
As a bonus, this book also includes a McQuarrie Concept Boba Fett minifigure. Order yours today from Amazon.com
Starting on May 2, come to the LEGO Store to take advantage of exclusive offers and activities including a FREE Exclusive Admiral Yularen Minifigure!
This Sunday from 12-2pm Toys R Us is holding a special LEGO build event where you (with a child) can build a FREE mini Star Wars Rebels Wookiee Gunship. Thanks to Flyguy for the heads-up.
LEGO Tatooine Mini Build Final Images $40 178 Pieces Boxed Image.#swca pic.twitter.com/6sEBagvMgx
— FLYGUY (@FLYGUY) April 16, 2015
The Realm Recap co-host shares this nice packaging shot of the Celebration Exclusive LEGO Tatooine Mini-Build set. It feature 178 pieces and retails for $40.00
Toys”R”Us has updated their website with a Midnight Madness page to register for the VIP Shopping Spree plus, they announce their exclusive LEGO build day on May 3.
The Wall Street Journal has posted the first look and LEGO Group’s upcoming line of buildable Star Wars figures.
At the Star Wars Celebration festival beginning Thursday, four new Lego Star Wars large scale, buildable figures will be unveiled — Obi-Wan Kenobi, General Grievous, Jango Fett and Clone Commander Cody. Speakeasy has an exclusive first look at Obi-Wan Kenobi and General Grievous. The General Grievous set includes 186 pieces, and Obi-Wan Kenobi includes 83 pieces.
Two additional sets, Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker, were unveiled in February at the New York Toy Fair. All six sets will be available in September, with prices ranging from $19.99 to $34.99.
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Continue reading LEGO Buildable Grievous and Obi-Wan Kenobi Revealed
It looks like LEGO’s Exclusive for Celebration Anaheim has unofficially leaked on eBay. Thanks to a tip from Groovebricks & “Just2Good”, we get a blurry look at a Mini Lars Homestead scene that includes a Microfighter-like Sandcrawler, a mini version of the Lars Homestead, mini Landspeeder, 5 micro figures (R2, C-3PO, Luke, Jawas x2) and a standard minifigure of C-3PO. No word as of yet as to an official cost, but as imagined, it is already demanding quite a premium on eBay. Head on over to Groovebricks for a closer look.
Still need passes to this year’s Star Wars Celebration? Itching to pickup a Battle of Hoth LEGO set? The guys over at Gemr have a free giveaway ending this Friday the 20th where you can win a three-pack of 4-day adult passes to the Celebration and / or an AT-AT and Snowspeeder LEGO bundle. There are more details on how to win over on the Gemr blog.
Gemr is a social platform for collectors to share their collections with other folks over the inter-webs. Have Star Wars action figures or Funko Pop? Upload them to Gemr and check out all the other stuff people have put on the site!
