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If you are in the Houston, Texas area, you may already know about the new LEGO Store that is opening up. It may have even opened already, but the official Grand Opening Celebration is starting tomorrow and runs from March 26 – 28. It’s located on the 2nd Floor near Border’s

There are some events/special give-aways planned, including:
* Helping a Master Model Builder build an 8 foot tall Star Wars R2-D2. This will take place from Friday (March 26) through Sunday (March 28). If you help with the build, and if the supplies hold out, you’ll get a free LEGO Star Wars Certificate of Achievement.
* On Saturday (March 27), if you are one of the first 300 customers that spends $35 or more, you’ll receive the exclusive, limited-edition LEGO Bull Rider set pictured above.
* On Sunday (March 28), the first 300 customers to spend $35 or more will receive an exclusive, limited-edition LEGO Minifigure/Minfig T-Shirt (only in children’s sizes)
* You can also enter a drawing for a chance to win a $50 LEGO Store Gift Card (no purchase needed)

Store times for this weekend are:
Friday, March 26: 11:00am – 7:00pm
Saturday, March 27: 10:00am – 6:00pm
Sunday, March 28: 11:00am – 6:00pm

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LEGO Silver Star Wars Storm Trooper. Say that 10 times really fast!

This popped up this morning on the Toys R Us website – if you purchase a LEGO Star Wars set of $11.99 or more in value, you get this Storm Trooper (or stormtrooper) free. It looks like you can purchase it as well, for $2.99, which seems a little odd. It is listed as sold out, but if they were actually offering these for sale, people would just go in and pay the $2.99 a piece and throw them up on eBay or BrickLink. My guess is that it needed a price to be in the system and it’s probably only being offered through the stores with the purchase of a LEGO Star Wars set. I could be wrong, and I’ll take a look in a few days and see if they have any available near me.

Here’s the statistics from the Toys R Us site:
Item #: 181363
SKU: F7384E2D
UPC/EAN/ISBN: 673419139625
Manufacturer #: 4591726

I’m not sure if “4591726″ is the actual LEGO # for this minifig or not. That’s what is listed in the Toys R Us system.

Product page: ToysRUs.com

Update: This is the same silver/chrome minifig being discussed at Brickset.

Update #2: I got an email (thanks Ruben) that you could buy them online and that they sold out online sometime around 10:30am (CST) and that he was able to purchase yesterday morning before they sold out. No idea yet on if stores have them in stock, since they are not consider a part of the normal inventory.

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Following on the heels of the LEGO 30001 City Fire Chief review and the LEGO 30002 City Police Boat review, comes this review of the 30050 Star Wars Republic Attack Shuttle in MINI-scale. These are related – these three sets plus the 30051 Star Wars X-Wing are all exclusively available through Target stores in the US, as part of an Easter promotion. You’ll find them in the Easter section rather than the toys/LEGO aisle. There are a few key differences – the City sets are minifig-scale and $2.99 while the two Star Wars sets are MINI-scale and are slightly more expensive, at $3.49. The extra $0.50 gets you a few dozen pieces more, although it’s a trade-off since the two City sets each comes with a minifig.

In my view, the 30050 and the 30051 are both really cool sets that are meant to be displayed on a shelf or on a desk – there should have been a small stand included (the one you see below was quickly improvised).

By the Numbers:
Set: 30050 Republic Attack Shuttle (Star Wars)
Year of Release: 2010
Type: Mini-scale or polybag (Target Easter promotion)
# of Pieces: 60 (6 extra)
# of Extra pieces: 6 (see photo below)
# of Minifigs and what kind: No
Stickers? No
Price: $3.49 at Target (USA)
Ages: 6-12
Time to Complete:

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Wired Magazine is running a story on new Star Wars toys, including a couple of LEGO sets.

They’ve got two large photos, one of 8089 Hoth Wampa Cave which has around 300 pieces, and is set in the classic Star Wars universe, and the other is the 8098 Clone Turbo Tank with over 1,100 pieces (pictured above), set during the Clone Wars (the Cartoon Network series). The Hoth Wampa Cave features Luke Skywalker, Zev Sensca, and Wampa minifigs, and the Clone Turbo Tank features Anakin Skywalker (everybody could use another one of those, right?), Cad Bane, Ayla Secura, Ahsoka Tano, and some clone troopers and a droid.

Wired is claiming that the 8098 will cost $120 (US) and will be available in stores in August and the Wampa set will be around $40. They mention a lot more information should come out due to the Toy Industry Association Toy Fair that runs February 14 – 17 in New York

Link: Wired.com

LucasArts and TT Games (Traveller’s Tales) announced LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars yesterday. It’s the same group that was behind the LEGO Star Wars and Indiana Jones games. It’ll be available later this year (Fall 2010) on the Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, Playstation 3, Playstation Portable (PSP), Microsoft Xbox 360, and Microsoft Windows. There are going to be new battle and head-to-head modes, an “upgraded level building” that allows for making customized bases (out of LEGO pieces). There are new movements and roles as well.

The press release mentions they’ve sold over 20 million units in the LEGO Star Wars series.

Link: LucasArts.com (Press Release) (via Brothers Brick

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Update: February 14, 2010: Photos of the 2010 LEGO Harry Potter sets are available.

Huw over at Brickset attended the London Toy Fair today to look at LEGO’s upcoming offerings. No photography was allowed unfortunately. Huw made plenty of observations on the displayed sets.

A few notes on Huw’s observations:
* The Harry Potter launches towards the end of this year will be well-received, and The Burrows sounds like it’s what a lot of us were hoping for. I’m surprised at the number of new minifigs – two dozen or so.
* City Trains sounds very promising
* The Prince of Persia theme sounds awesome as well
* Hero Factory will probably be a suitable replacement for Bionicle
* Technic’s launches in August sound solid
* Also the collectible minifigs sound as good as they look. I’m not too happy that some will be rarer than others.

What I’m most excited about is this:

The three summer Atlantis sets look interesting: there’s another creature, a lobster I think, an underwater base and the ‘portal of Atlantis’. The pictures shown elsewhere of these are only a small part of them.

Full article Brickset

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Here’s the review – better late than never. I never bought the original release of the LEGO Landspeeder years ago, but I can say (based on the pics of the old one) that this Landspeeder is sleeker, and doesn’t look like a huge brick with jet engines (like the old version). The build itself is solid. There’s not one issue I had with the completed model such as jiggly engine pods, or easily knocked off parts. I also find it pretty cool that all the pieces are existing LEGO parts, so if you want to hunt down all the parts to build another one, you would be able to make a landspeeder in any color you want.

Note: One of the engines is deliberately without a cowling – check the box art.

By the Numbers:
Set: LEGO Star Wars 8092 Luke’s Landspeeder
Type: Vehicle in Star Wars Classic Line
# of Pieces: 163
# of Extra pieces: a couple of axle pins and a few stubs
# of Minifigs and what kind: 6 -> 2 human – Obi-Wan Kenobi, Luke Skywalker, 2 droids – R2-D2, C3-P0, 1 Sandtrooper, 1 security droid (you assemble)
Stickers? None
Price: $24.99 at the official online LEGO Shop plus various retailers.

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Jason found the LEGO Star Wars 8092 Luke’s Landspeeder from the 2010 Star Wars LEGO sets in the Houston area at a Wal-Mart. The price was $24.95 although it may vary – it wasn’t easily found in the system.

It comes with 163 pieces and 6 minifigs:
- R2-D2
- C-3P0
- Sentry Droid
- Sandtrooper
- Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Luke Skywalker

Both Luke and Obi-Wan had molded hair, and all of the minifigs’ details are printed.

Jason will be posting a full review Thursday.