A boy and his love of all things LEGO, especially LEGO Star Wars

There were no LEGO Club Meetings from November 2010-January 2011, most likely because LEGO Store needing to deal with the insane holiday season. The few times I went in there before X-Mas the store was absolutely packed. We missed registering for the February 2011 meeting, which I believe was World Racers themed, but we made sure not miss out on the March 2011 meeting which was all Star Wars.

I'm not sure why, but like the last Star Wars one, this was centered around building Bounty Hunter ships. Jesse wasted no time cranking out this ship out. A lot of his builds are usually based around a single color, especially gray for his Star Wars ships. This time he challenged himself, and used a mix of red, grey, and black bricks, complimented with a few dark green prefabbed pieces and decals, to come up with this cool looking ship.

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Jesse thought Cad Bane's speeder was kind of weak, so he built this souped-up planet side fighter for CB to use while doing his dastardly deeds.

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The Vengeance Battle Cruiser was Jesse’s entry into a LEGO contest at one of the city libraries. There were lots of great contest entries, so he was pretty stoked to win 3rd place in his age category (9-12yo), and his prize was the LEGO Race Turbo Tow truck.

The Vengeance is armed to the teeth and is a support ship for the larger Venator Class Star Destroyer. He put a lot of time into making all the different weapons, many of which can rotate and move up and down. Jesse also detailed the inner working of the battle cruisers with control stations, weapon racks, etc.

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Jesse and I always regretted not getting our hands on the last version of the Slave I. We were excited when LEGO announced a new Slave I for 2010, but the $110 CDN the price tag deterred us. The 2006 model (537 pieces), which came with one more minigfig than the 2010 model, usually retailed in the $70-$80 CDN range. So for 36 extra pieces, and one less minifig, we get to pay an extra $40? Not cool.

But then the LEGO gods smiled upon us. One day we were at our friend's comic/toy/model store and there was a 2010 LEGO Slave I sitting on the floor. The price: $80. Not sure how he got such a great price, but there was no we were passing that up.

After a couple hours of assembling it, we finally had our LEGO Star Wars Slave 1. And a Boba Fett! And a carbonite Han Solo! Awesome!

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It would be an understatement to say that Jesse and I were stoked to find out that this month's LEGO Club Meeting was Star Wars themed. And to think we almost missed out on it. The demand was greater than usual because of it being Star Wars related, and they were offering three meetings instead of the usual two.

I called in early October to book Jesse for one of them, and was told they were all full. I think the LEGO employee heard the disappointment in my voice, because she offered to add us on the final meeting. "Heck yes!", I said, sending imaginary bear hugs down the phone line. Once again the LEGO Store customer service shines through.

Last Saturday we headed down, arriving a few minutes late, to find the store packed full of kids already busy building away. Their task was to pick a Star Wars minifig, grab a cup of Star Wars bricks, and to build both a spaceship and base.

Jesse wasted no time getting busy. He opted not to use the Star Wars bricks they provided, and build his stealthy bounty hunter ship using mostly black bricks and tiles from the various buckets of LEGO they had throughout the store. Unfortunately the camera battery was dead, so I had to use my cell phone, and the picture quality isn't all that great. There were lots of other great ships and bases built by the kids. It's really cool to see the stuff they come up with in such a limited time.

One last note...the shirt this month was by far the best Club Meeting shirt yet. It has a picture of the LEGO Star Wars Hoth Wampa, with the text "Have You Seen Him?" underneath. I wish I could have gotten one.

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Jesse hasn't got either of the previous Brickmaster books, Pirates or Castles, but he definitely wants to get his hands on the upcoming LEGO Brickmaster: Star Wars book. The books come with bricks, minifigs, building instructions, a story, and trivia. It looks like you'll get Clone Trooper and Battle Droid minifigs, and be able to build a mini AAT and Republic Attack Shuttle. Very cool. The book is available for pre-order at Amazon.

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Jesse and I spent time last weekend putting together a few minifigs. The Star Wars Ghost Commando Clone Trooper uses a modified Clone Trooper, Brick Forge space marine armor, and I believe the weapon came from Little Arms Shop. The other figures were put together using standard LEGO minifig parts. We have some other figures in the works, and will hopefully post them soon.

Ghost Commando Clone Trooper

Bounty Hunter:

Space Pirate:

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This is the Throne Room Luke figure that is available exclusively with the LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary that we posted previously. It features Luke in ceremonial grab from the victory/medal ceremony at the end of Star Wars: A New Hope. If you're a fan of LEGO Star Wars, the The Visual Dictionary is a must get.

This Armored Personnel Carrier is probably my favorite Lego model that Jesse has built. His inspiration came from the Iron Mountain Legion Tank that was posted on Brothers Brick. You can tell he put a lot of time and effort into building it. He got pretty frustrated trying to build the axle so that the front wheels could turn. But he persevered and it turned out awesome.

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Jesse and I had long been awaiting the arrival of Star Wars Lego: Echo Base, and it finally showed up at Wal Mart a couple weeks ago. The $29.99 price tag seems a little steep for a 155 piece set, but you do get 2 Hoth Rebel Troopers, 2 Snowtroopers, and parka wearing Han Solo on a freakin tauntaun! We're pretty stoked on this.

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