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Hark! Harold the angel sang! Wait Harold was an angel? Welcome to another year of the Lego Advent Calendar (2009 – 2010). This year we are celebrating Star Wars and starting off with a mini Republic Cruiser.
The Consular-class space cruiser was a starship designed and manufactured by the Corellian Engineering Corporation and used by the Galactic Republic to transport Jedi and diplomats to troubled spots across the galaxy.
So if you asked yourself – “What’s geekier than a Lego Advent Calendar?” you have your answer. A Star Wars Lego Advent Calendar. Prepare for the jump to hyper-speed because we have a 23 days to go until Santa Claus!
I’ve been to locally hosted Brick Magic [2010,2011] and Legopalooza [2011] but this is the first official Lego company event I have attended. Probably because it is the first I am aware of the in the area.
So the highlights – lots of interactive hands on building. Something that just didn’t happen at the other events. Many more large – very large structures than I’ve seen in one place. So awesome large builds. A great store – where I bought a couple of things I had planned to buy and a few things I didn’t plan to buy. More bricks than I think I’ve ever seen in one place – ever. Calling it “kidsfest” was exactly the right thing. If you had kids old enough to play with bricks they were going to have fun. There was a lot to do and things going on all over the convention center floor.
Unfortunately – there wasn’t the same feel of Brick Magic or Legopalooza with the level of creativity that some of the displays had. They weren’t bad – there was just nothing there that left you in awe of the individual accomplishment. Everything here had a nice polished corporate feel to it. Not bad just different. In many ways I really like the smaller festivals a little more. Pictures after the jump and if you have kids – and your kids like Lego bricks – it is worthwhile to overwhelm them at this event. Be careful – there are deals to be had and you could end up with a trunk full of Lego – just like I did.
EDIT: Forgot to mention – DC Universe Super Heroes is coming in 2012. I assume from the looks of it that means video game but it likely means some awesome sets as well featuring Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman (they may look like this).
This place is awesome! They have Lego soap.
We need this in NC.
If I see the maid cart anywhere I’ll steal enough for all of us.
Not too long ago we posted here and several other places about the unusual Lego bricks BobG found at the Flea Market. In addition to all the usual places I emailed James Foulds Community Operations Manager of Lego who I met at the recent Brick Magic festival this Spring. It took him a while but we finally got as close to an official answer as you can possible have – from Lego itself.
Anthony,
Sorry about the long delay in responding. To answer your question, they were made by Samsonite:
http://www.miniland.nl/
Historie/legoautos/samsonite/ samsonite%20jumbo%20bricks% 20eng.htm Cheers,
-Jim
James Foulds
Community Operations Manager
Community Dev. Americas & Australia
So now we know 100% that these are real Lego bricks. Thanks to Jim for the confirmation.
Because the world knows Lego and NASA are like peanut butter and chocolate (good by themselves but better together) the three minifigs above are headed to Jupiter aboard Juno which is launching tomorrow. Like a lot of the recent sets that have gone to space I am looking forward to seeing them in a Lego store near me soon. Are you paying attention Lego?
The figures, milled from aluminum, will accompany Juno on its five-year trip to Jupiter. When Juno arrives in 2016, the Lego likeness of the Roman god, Jupiter, his sister, Juno, and the Italian astronomer, Galileo, will be there to take in all the sights and bask in the immensity of the largest planet.
The brick company even underwrote the project, at a cost of $5,000 for each of the minifigs, which will soon become the farthest flying toys ever. The manufacture of the figures was a deliberate process to ensure the figures would not interfere with NASA’s sensitive measurements.
At $5k per I doubt these will actually be in the stores but a nice plastic replica would be awesome. Juno launches tomorrow (August 5th) at 11:34 a.m. EDT.
[Source] [NASA Release]
Thanks to BobG for the tip and Google for finally finding what he was talking about.