The first LEGO® Star Wars sets hit the market back in 1999. It seems like yesterday that we were celebrating the 20th anniversary of the special relationship between Lucasfilm and the LEGO Group. This year we have a new series of Midi-scale ships, as well as a new R2-D2 buildable model, and a model of the scene that introduced us to the first characters to appear Star Wars, back in 1977, – the arrival of Darth Vader on the Tantive IV. (I acknowledge that I didn’t see the film until 1978,for some reason that escapes both my memory and that of my family. That said, it made for an awesome 9th birthday party).
Along the way, we see our first minifigure appearances of a couple of previously unrepresented characters in minifigure form.
Read on for more details and images.
The LEGO Group, in collaboration with Lucasfilm, Kicks-Off the 25th Anniversary Celebration at the Spielwarenmesse: Nuremberg International Toy Fair
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the LEGO® Star Wars™ collaboration between the LEGO Group and Lucasfilm with a year-long celebration announced by the LEGO Group, befitting this relationship milestone and honoring LEGO Star Wars fans across the galaxy.
Today, the LEGO Group is kicking off the anniversary festivities at the Spielwarenmesse, otherwise known as Nuremberg Toy Fair, in Germany, with new anniversary products now available for pre-order in some markets. Additionally, the LEGO Group announced the LEGO Star Wars 25-Second Film Festival, which will kick-off in March as part of the celebrations.
First revealed at the International Toy Fair in New York in 1999, the LEGO Star Wars collaboration marks its 25-year milestone at the Spielwarenmesse with a selection of 25th anniversary LEGO Star Wars building sets, launching March 1st. These include a new Starship Collection line featuring brand-new builds inspired by the Millennium Falcon™ and the Invisible Hand™ starships; not one but two building sets inspired by the Tantive IV™ ship; and a special 25th anniversary edition building set honoring R2-D2™. Some sets will include collectible minifigures never seen before in LEGO form or anniversary tiles, marking the special occasion.
At the LEGO booth at the Spielwarenmesse is a brand-new LEGO Star Wars 25th anniversary logo featuring a LEGO recreation of the lovable droid, R2-D2. Visitors will also find a 1:1 LEGO brick build inspired by R2-D2 made from 27,797 LEGO elements. The R2-D2 life-size build will travel across Europe and the U.S. throughout 2024.
“The LEGO Star Wars collaboration has enjoyed a most impressive 25 years with products, video games, animated content, big builds, merchandise, and more! We want to celebrate all those years and milestones with everyone who helped us get here, but especially with the fan community as we would never be where we are today without their creativity and passion,” says Mike Ilacqua, Head of Product at the LEGO Group.
25 Second Film Festival: Details yet to come
On March 1st, the LEGO Group will kick-off the LEGO Star Wars 25-Second Film Festival, inviting fans around the world to submit their own 25-second film that recreates their favourite Star Wars moments or forges a new one with LEGO Star Wars building sets and minifigures they treasure.
Fan Experiences
“It’s been 25 years of true fun combining Lucasfilm’s expansive Star Wars galaxy with the ingenuity of the LEGO Group, offering fans exciting ways to recreate their favorite scenes, vehicles and characters from our stories,” said Paul Southern, Senior Vice President, Lucasfilm Franchise and Licensing, Disney Experiences. “With the enthusiasm of our fans to engage with the Star Wars galaxy and express creativity through building, we look forward to continuing the legacy of fun for decades to come.”
Throughout 2024, the LEGO Star Wars team plans to celebrate with fans front and center of it all and a couple fans already shared what makes the LEGO Star Wars relationship so special to them:
- “I’ve had the pleasure of being part of the LEGO Star Wars fan community for 16 years. Known for my LEGO Star Wars diorama builds, I’ve recently been working on a build inspired by the planet Geonosis for the past year. It’s my largest to-date at over 10ft long and features 150K+ LEGOelements, including my favorite set of all time – the LEGO Star Wars Republic Dropship with AT-OT Walker (10195) building set.” – David Hall (YouTube – Solid Brix Studios)
- “I have loved Star Wars my entire adult life. It is what kickstarted my LEGO journey. Star Wars tells stories of hope and of good persevering. It’s incredible to see that same storytelling come alive via LEGO Star Wars bricks.” – Jean V (Instagram, @Jeansversion)
But Wait, there’s more…
Additional product releases tied to the 25th anniversary of the LEGO Star Wars collaboration includes an updated edition of DK’s LEGO Star Wars Visual Dictionary, which comes with an exclusive new minifigure. It’s currently available for pre-order and will be released in April 2024.
More opportunities to celebrate will come throughout the year as the LEGO Group joins forces with their fan community to spotlight their creativity and passion for LEGO Star Wars.
Here are the new Sets
LEGO® Star Wars™ Millennium Falcon™ building set
- Age: 18+
- Price: 84,99 €/$84,99/74,99 £ / 149.99 AUD / 36990 HUF /799 CNY /2199 MXN /109.99 CAD
- Pieces: 921
- Product No.: 75375
- Dimensions: Measures over 5 in. (13 cm) high, 9.5 in. (24 cm) long and 7.5 in. (19 cm) wide
LEGO® Star Wars™ Tantive IV™ building set
- Age: 18+
- Price: 79,99 €/$79,99/69,99 £/99.99 AUD/32990 HUF/749 CNY/99.99 CAD /1999 MXN
- Pieces: 654
- Product No.: 75376
- Dimensions: Measures over 6 in. (15 cm) high, 12.5 in. (32 cm) long and 4 in. (11 cm) wide
LEGO® Star Wars™ Invisible Hand™ building set
- Age: 18+
- Price: 52,99 €/$49,99/46,99 £ /89.99 AUD / 22990 HUF/499 CNY/1299 MXN/64.99 CAD
- Pieces: 557
- Product No.: 75377
- Dimensions: Measures over 7 in. (17 cm) high, 11.5 in. (30 cm) long and 3.5 in. (9 cm) wide
LEGO® Star Wars™ R2-D2™ building set
- Age: 10+
- Price: 99,99 €/$99,99/89,99 £ / 199.99 AUD/42990 HUF/899 CNY/
129.99 CAD/2599 MXN - Pieces: 1,050
- Product No.: 75379
- Dimensions: Measures over 9.5 in. (24 cm) high, 6 in. (16 cm) wide and 4 in. (11 cm) deep
Boarding the Tantive IV™ building set
- Age: 8+
- Price: 54,99 €/$54,99/49,99 £ /89.99 AUD/ 22990 HUF/499 CNY/69.99 CAD/1399 MXN
- Pieces: 502
- Product No.: 75387
- Dimensions: Measures over 3 in. (8 cm) high, 5 in. (13 cm) wide and 8.5 in. (22 cm) deep
Celebratory Goodies
While the 20th Anniversary sets came with specially stamped versions of classic characters, the new 756387 Boarding the Tantive IV and 75389 R2-D2 come with exclusive, never before seen minifigures from different points in the Star Wars Timeline.
Darth Melak, included with 75389 R2-D2 was a key Character in the Knights of the old Republic story/games, while Arc Trooper 5555 (Fives) was a key member of the 501st in the Clone Wars television series. The new ships include a printed brick featuring the celebratory logo.
In conclusion…
I’m not going to lie: these midi-scale ships are really appealing to me: they don’t take up too much shelf space, and include just the right amount of detail. The go nicely with last year’s microscale Executor, and cover multiple eras: Prequels, Clone Wars, Rogue I, Original Trilogy. I am a little disappointed that there are no models representing the Sequel Trilogy, or Filoni-verse at this stage. I feel that these eras will also include someone’s favorite Star Wars Experience. Perhaps we will see some more later in the year.
You can preorder them now through LEGO.com, or find them in LEGO Stores, and select retailers around the world from early March 2024.
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From the reactions I’ve seen so far, I feel I am not alone in feeling excited by these midi-scale sets. I love Star Wars, but I have never even considered buying a UCS set because of cost and how impractical they are to display in the space I have. I’ve got several helmet and diorama sets which are better for display, but what I like best are the ships, and I hope there will be more ship sets in this scale after these these three. As for getting more sets from the sequel trilogy and the Filoni-verse, I hope they don’t wait too long. I believe the UCS sets were almost exclusively based on the original trilogy until 2021 (except maybe some minifigures and the rectangular dish that came with the 2017 Millenium Falcon) before the gunship, Razor Crest, and Venator. I’m hoping that’s a sign that we’ll see more of these mid-sized models from the more recent movies and shows.
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