Lego Star Wars

My son and I both love the cantina scene in Star Wars Episode I A New Hope. We were extremely excited to get it as Lego. Beside missing the Imperial Sandtrooper, the Mos Eisley Cantina Lego set (#4501) is complete and in very good condition.

We got the Luke Skywalker, Ben Kenobi, Han Solo and Greedy figures along with a Dewback and the section of the cantina where Han meets Greedo. The complete set had 193 pices and was released in 2004.

Lego Star Wars

One of the Lego Star Wars set we got was the Imperial Shuttle (#7166). Released in 2001, the set has 234 pieces, comes with four figures but we got five. Originally the Emperor, two Royal Guards and a Imperial pilot came with it but we got a very cool Darth Vader as a bonus!

The shuttle is rather big, as an opening window in the front, a loading bay for characters in the back and the wings actually move. Its crazy to know that when it came out this set was selling for $35 US but now goes for around $140 on Ebay! Lucky for us, we got it for only $20 (and it is complete along with the manual).

Lego Star Wars

Last month I managed to find the very cool Star Wars Tie Fighter Interceptor Lego set (#6202). It came with a Tie fighter pilot. Well I now got my son a Lego Darth Maul along with two IG-88 figures. We love the Lego toys and the Star Wars collection is simply amazing!

Here's our collection so far... more to come in the next days!

Lego

A couple of months ago I subscribed my son to the free Lego Club magazine. Well it finally arrived and let me just say that my son was so proud of receiving mail he went almost crazy! While the mag is mainly a way for Lego to advertise their new products it is still extremely cool.

Created in Denmark in 1949 by Ole Kirk Christiansen, the Lego Group have released probably trillions of these little colorful interlocking plastic bricks that have helped building the imagination of kids and adults around the world.

Today a huge Lego subculture exist and is worship around the world. In the coming days we'll be posting all of the amazing Lego sets we recently got.

Star Wars McDonald's

Through the years McDonald's have released some cool Star Wars toys with their Happy Meal. Last February, a Clone Wars collection was out. It features some characters and spaceships. From these we got an Anakin and Yoda (missing from the picture, sorry).

In the summer of 2008, another Clone Wars Happy Meals collection was released. It features bobblehead type figure on the top of their respective spaceship. In total 18 were released. Here's the few we got.

 

Star Wars Kentucky Fried Chicken

While not as cool as the Burger King collection, around 1999 with the release of The Phantom Menace, the Kentucky Fried Chicken chain released some Star Wars based figures, spaceships, globes and cube.

I am not sure just how many items were released but we probably own most of them. One Jar Jar Binks is missing from the images.

Star Wars Burger King

These are the last batch from the very cool Star Wars Burger King collection released a few years ago. Here are all of the spaceships. Apart from that sea creature from The Phantom Menace, all of them actually can roll on the floor once pushed back. In the next days We'll look into the Star Wars toys we own that were released by Kentucky Fried Chicken and McDonald's.

100th post! Vintage Star Wars

This is our 100th posts! Thank you to everyone who have been reading our blog! Its been a great ride so far and it is far from over!

For only two bucks we recently won on Ebay the very cool Return of the Jedi Tie Interceptor. This spaceship is big and looks very nice. The dagger-shaped wings can be taken off (exploded) by pressing buttons on each sides. Released in 1984 by Kenner this goes for around extremely high on Ebay.

Star Wars Burger King

Here's the monsters/creatures from the Burger King collection. The Jawa's eyes illuminate when you press his stomach. I've got to admit that I never though a Wampa could be that cute. Jabba is also a nice figure from the collection.

Star Wars Burger King

Here's the heroes from that cool Burger King collection. They all look very nice and nicely sculpted. Han Solo actually comes in a carbonite freezer that break itself open when you activate it. Yoda is a personal favorite of mine and he jumps three times backward.