An exciting mail call – our LEGO Star Wars May 4th order has arrived! As usual LEGO had a great promotion for Star Wars Day, with special free promo sets – the perfect time to grab some of the new sets that we had seen on display at Star Wars Celebration Europe.

We picked up three LEGO Star Wars sets, which qualified us for two Star Wars Day May 4th special ‘free gift with purchase’ sets. There was also a third Star Wars Day promo, a Death Star coin, but we suspect NZ did not get a lot of stock of that one because it was gone by the time we were able to place our order. We don’t mind – we were most excited about the two promos we did get, as they are actual LEGO sets.

Check out our LEGO Star Wars haul video –

First up, the new LEGO Star Wars Brick Headz Battle Of Endor Heroes (set 40623). This was originally released as a ‘first to market’ item at Star Wars Celebration Europe, where we got to see it in person. As it was not a convention exclusive, we preferred to wait and buy it at home rather than try to get it home in our suitcase. It was great to see the set built up in person at the convention, so we’ve been eagerly awaiting the moment we could get our hands on it.

The set includes five Brick Headz figures, all from Return Of The Jedi – Luke Skywalker, R2-D2, Lando Calrissian, Wicket, and Princess Leia. I have a few LEGO Star Wars Brick Headz figures already, including the classic white dress Princess Leia from A New Hope, so I’m excited to add five more to my collection.

Next up, another new set celebrating Return Of The Jedi – the Endor Speeder Chase scene (set 75353). This set features a Biker Scout on speeder bike racing through the trees on Endor, being followed close behind by Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia on another speeder bike. I can’t wait to build this set – so many great little details.

The third set we picked up was from Attack Of The Clones – Obi-Wan Kenobi’s Jedi Starfighter (set 75333). I first started collecting Star Wars during the prequel era, so I’m very fond of collectibles that really take me back to that time. As well as Obi-Wan’s Jedi Starfighter, the set includes three mini-figures – Obi-Wan Kenobi, R4-P17, and Taun We.

Those three sets qualified us for two exclusive giveaway sets – the first, and the one we are the most excited about, is Death Star II (set 40591). The box for this is bigger than we were expecting for a free giveaway set!

The Death Star II set includes a little plaque for the 40th Anniversary of Return Of The Jedi, which is a great match for the other two ROTJ sets we picked up.

Our second ‘free gift with purchase’ promo set is the polybag X-Wing Starfighter (set 30654). Not as exciting as the boxed Death Star II set, but hey, you can’t go wrong with a cute little X-Wing Starfighter! While X-Wing Starfighters are seen throughout the Original Trilogy, this polybag also features the ROTJ 40th Anniversary logo.

We are very happy with our LEGO Star Wars haul for May the Fourth – five sets in total, with a focus on Return Of The Jedi – very fitting as we are celebrating the 40th anniversary of the film this month. I can’t wait to get stuck in and start building – now I just have to decide which set to build first!

May the Force be with you!

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It’s May the Fourth here in New Zealand – Happy Star Wars Day! May the Fourth be with you

This week we have been rearranging a few of our Star Wars collectible shelves, so we filmed an updated tour of some of our favourite Star Wars collection displays. It’s awesome when you manage to find some more space by rearranging figures!

Check out our Star Wars collection tour video –

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Here is our main Star Wars life-size display area, including Han in carbonite, Gonk droid, Royal Guard, Stormtrooper, IG-88, R2-D2, and Death Star backdrop.

As well as our screen-used Outlander Club bar set piece (read more here), this corner houses Gentle Giant maquette statues, helmets, Hasbro Unleashed figures, Gentle Giant mini-busts, Master Replica 0.45 scale lightsabers, and an assortment of random Star Wars collectibles that don’t have a permanent display area yet. The framed C-3PO and R2-D2 poster is a new addition to this space, the ‘concert poster’ style fits well with the bar.

Then we move on to our Star Wars action figure room. This is the area we have updated the most – we had quite a few new figures and vehicles that had been gathering on the floor, needing space to join the displays. It’s always a big job to rearrange shelves to make room, so we had been putting it off. Star Wars Day was the perfect reason to finally tackle that task – and it looks great! There is still more to do (need to find a spot for our figures from The Mandalorian, Andor, and Obi-Wan Kenobi) but for now we’re really happy with how it looks.

May the Force be with you!

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Happy Star Wars Day! May the 4th be with you.

I’ve recently been getting back into Lego Star Wars – collecting that is, not that I ever really wasn’t into Lego. I grew up with Lego, and collected a lot of the Star Wars sets in the early 2000’s, but unfortunately sold them all to focus on the 3.75″ action figures. Fast forward and now I’m finally diving back in. Late last year I picked up the Armored Assault Tank set, but I’ve had my eye on some of the more collector-focused sets. There were some great Lego Star Wars promotions leading up to Star Wars Day, and so… here we are!

We picked up the Darth Vader and Biker Scout helmets, and the Imperial Probe Droid set.

Lego were offering some great free gifts this year, including Aunt Beru in the Lars Homestead Kitchen, a small AT-ST, and a Beskar ingot keyring. My favourite has to be the homestead set – a small scene from A New Hope, but it works so well in this cute little Lego scale.

I can’t wait to get stuck in and build these great sets. May the 4th be with you!

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