9516 Jabba's Palace Preview

Where to Buy

• LEGO® Shop at Home
• Amazon.com
• LEGO® Shop at Home CA
• Amazon.co.uk
• Amazon.de

LEGO® 9516 Jabba's Palace will be available in August 2012. According to the preliminary images from FBTB Flickr Stream, this Star Wars Episode VI : Return of the Jedi sub-theme set contains 717 pieces used to build 10 unique minifigures (only 3 of them that isn't new), the Jabba's Palace, and a lot of accessories. The price of this set is $119.99.

Minifigures

• Han Solo (new) - I can't clearly see what is new about him. He still got white torso and dark brown pants. a regular blaster and his carbonite mold are equipped to him.
• Bib Fortuna (new) - He is cool. He got a nice headpiece joint mold, new printed face, and front torso marking. His body is dark blue colored. A black cape is equipped to him.
• Gamorean Guard (new) - He is an awesome detailed minifigure and much better than the predecessor. His headpiece is fused with his armor piece. He equips an axe.
• Chewbacca - There is nothing new about him. He has been cuffed.
• Oola (new) - She is totally olive green colored with some nice markings on the torso and legs.
• Boushh (new) - He is actually Leia whom in disguise. He got double sided Leia faces, double sided torso markings, and printed legs which are cool. He equips an awesome helmet, a weapon, a termal detonator piece, and a jetpack.
• BT-16 - There is nothing new about this droid.
• Jabba The Hutt (new) - He is big and pretty accurate. He got detailed face and chest articulation. His hand can hold Salacious Crumb.
• Salacious Crumb (new) - He is brown colored. He doesn't have an articulation.

Jabba's Palace

The set divide the Jabba's Palace into 2 sections i.e. Jabba's throne room and the palace tower with it gate.

Jabba's Throne Rome - The throne room is cool and pretty scalable to the minifigure. It featured with flick-fire missile on its removable roof, slided trap door, and movable throne. There is also some nice accessories and a place to display the carbonite of Han Solo.

The Palace Tower - The tower comes with a gate that featured with the simple lock and release system and a droid gatewatcher piece.

Beside in Episode VI, the Jabba's Palace is also appear in some the Clone Wars episodes. According that reason include it in some sets that related to the Clone Wars sub-theme set.

This preview is based on the images and video of LEGO® Star Wars™ 9516 Jabba's Palace images and video when displayed in New York Toy Fair 2012 that provided by FBTB on their Flickr Stream. Beside that, you can also see its video preview by visiting brickshowtv's YouTube channel.

Updates :
04/27/2012 - 9516 Jabba's Palace Box Image is already available at Eurobricks.

07/15/2012 - Rancor Pit, a new set that will be released in 2013 has revealed in San Diego Comic-Con 2012. It will be a nice addition for 9516 Jabba's Palace.

07/23/2012 - 9516 Jabba's Palace is available now at LEGO® Shop at Home.

01/15/2013 - 9516 Jabba's Palace is included in Top 10 LEGO® Star Wars™ 2012 Sets by a brickshowtv's poll. It occupies the 2nd position.

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9496 Desert Skiff Preview

Where to Buy

• LEGO® Shop at Home
• Amazon.com
• LEGO® Shop at Home CA
• Amazon.co.uk
• Amazon.de

LEGO® 9496 Desert Skiff will be available in August 2012. According to the preliminary box images from FBTB Flickr Stream, this Star Wars Episode VI : Return of the Jedi sub-theme set contains 213 pieces used to build 4 new awesome minifigures, 2 different features, and some accessories. The price of this set is $24.99.

Minifigures

• Luke Skywalker (new) - His body and legs are entirely black. He got a new printed torso. A green lightsaber is equipped to him.
• Boba Fett (new) - He is so cool and pretty accurate. He comes with some nice markings on his body and legs. A nice helmet with some printed scratch, a cape, a rangefinder, a jetpack, and a suppressed blaster pistol are equipped to him.
• Khitaba (new) - Except his hat and blaster pistol, everything is new about him. His torso marking is nice.
• Lando Calrissian (new) - He is much better than the predecessor. He got printed smile face, nicely designed hat, and sweet front torso marking. A halberd is equipped to him.

Features

Desert Skiff - The skiff that officially named as Bantha-II cargo skiff is pretty accurate and minifigure scaled. It comes with jumping platform, rear control station, and a pair of vanes. There is also some cylindrical pieces that hold the skiff and make it looks hovering.

Sarlacc Pit - The Sarlacc Pit is nice and light brown colored. It mouth is made from two cockpit windshields. I think the mouth can swallow one minifigure.

Beside in Episode VI, the Desert Skiff is also appear in "Slaves of the Republic", the 12th episode of the Star Wars : The Clone Wars television series' 4th season. According that reason I include it in some sets that related to the Clone Wars sub-theme set.

This preview is based on the images of LEGO® Star Wars™ 9496 Desert Skiff images when displayed in New York Toy Fair 2012 that provided by FBTB on their Flickr Stream. Beside that, you can also see its video preview by visiting brickshowtv's YouTube channel.

Updates :
04/27/2012 - 9496 Desert Skiff Box Images is already available at Eurobricks.

05/30/2012 - More 9496 Desert Skiff images by Sidasa, an Imperium Steine's member

07/23/2012 - 9496 Desert Skiff is available now at LEGO® Shop at Home.

01/15/2013 - 9496 Desert Skiff is included in Top 10 LEGO® Star Wars™ 2012 Sets by a brickshowtv's poll.

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Homing Spider Droid Model by Shannon Ocean

Another great LEGO® Star Wars™: The Clone Wars model creation that I got via FBTB. This Trade Federation Homing Spider Droid Model is created by Shannon Ocean, a Flickr user. I think this model creation is more simple and stunning than its official LEGO® model from set 7681 Separatist Spider Droid which was released in 2008. Uniquely he uses the 9676 Death Star globe from new 2012 Planet Sets Series 1.

Image Courtesy by Shannon Ocean

Updates :
07/20/2012 - 9676 TIE Interceptor & Death Star is included in Official Planet Sets Series 1 Deal on shop.LEGO.com.

12/22/2012 - Homing Spider Droid set is rumored to be released on Summer 2013. Its number is 75016.

02/12/2013 - The new 2013 version of Homing Spider Droid set had officially confirmed. Its already displayed at 2013 NY Toy Fair.

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ARC-170 Starfighter Model Creation by thire5

Yesterday, I have found one of my favourite LEGO® Star Wars™ model creation, an ARC-170 Starfighter Model that created by thire5 aka Martin Latta, a Flickr user via FBTB. You can see more it images on his Flickr Stream through the link below :

ARC-170 Starfighter Model images on the thire5 Flickr Stream

OK, I just want to give my opinion about this vehicle model based on some images in the link above. I think the Martin Latta's ARC-170 Starfighter Model Creation is cooler than the original one which released by LEGO®. Overall, It looks more detailed and accurate, especially the cockpit and engines. There is also an instruction file that can be downloaded for free to helps you when build it.

Image Courtesy by thire5

Update :
07/19/2012 - Free ARC-170 Wallpaper from Kinect Star Wars

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9515 The Malevolence Preview

Where to Buy

• LEGO® Shop at Home
• Amazon.com
• LEGO® Shop at Home CA
• Amazon.co.uk
• Amazon.de

LEGO® 9515 The Malevolence will be available in August 2012. According to the preliminary box images from FBTB Flickr Stream, this Star Wars : The Clone Wars sub-theme set contains 1,092 pieces used to build 6 minifigures (2 of them are new), the Malevolence, and a lot of accessories. The price of this set is $119.99.

Minifigures

• Commander Droid (new) - His design is basically similar to the regular Battle Droid design but with yellow marking on the head and torso. He equips a regular blaster.
• Padme Amidala (new) - She is the first Clone Wars Padme minifigure. She got more cartoonish face and printed red vest. A blaster pistol is equipped to her.
• Battle Droid - He is just a regular from Battle Droid from the previous sets. He equips a regular blaster.
• Count Dooku - He is a kind of rare minifigure because last time he comes in 2009 from Count Dooku's Solar Sailer. He still equips a red lightsaber with bended and chromed hilt.
• Anakin Skywalker - There is nothing new about him. A blue lightsaber is equipped to him.
• General Grievous - Despite there is nothing new about him, he still a nice minifigure. He equips 4 lightsabers.

The Malevolence

The Malevolence is huge and very cool. It featured with pop-up handle, opening interior that has a lot of space to carry something, and flick missiles with half bubble shield and firing tool on the each side. The front interior or command area contains Grievous chair and control table. There is also some stickers on it.

Maybe there is still many other features beside that I have written above. This preview is based on images and video of LEGO® Star Wars™ 9515 The Malevolence when displayed in New York Toy Fair 2012 from FBTB Flickr Stream.

Updates :
- brickshowtv, a LEGO® Products Reviewer on YouTube has made a video preview about 9515 The Malevolence.

04/27/2012 - 9515 The Malevolence Box Image is already available at Eurobricks.

07/17/2012 - The set is already listed at LEGO® Shop at Home Site and will be available on July 23. It little bit earlier than what my preview expected which is on August.

07/23/2012 - 9515 The Malevolence is available now at LEGO® Shop at Home.

01/15/2013 - 9515 The Malevolence is included in Top 10 LEGO® Star Wars™ 2012 Sets by a brickshowtv's poll.

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9525 Pre Vizsla's Mandalorian Fighter Preview

Where to Buy

• LEGO® Shop at Home
• LEGO® Shop at Home CA
• Amazon.de

LEGO® 9525 Pre Vizsla's Mandalorian Fighter will be available in August 2012. According to the preliminary box images from the FBTB Flickr Stream that still doesn't show the pieces count, this Star Wars : The Clone Wars sub-theme set contains 3 minifigures (only one of them that is new), Pre Vizsla's Mandalorian Fighter, and some accessories. The price of this Target Exclusive set is $49.99.

Minifigures

• Obi-Wan Kenobi - He is the same Obi-Wan minifigure from some previous sets. A blue lightsaber is equipped to him.
• Mandalorian - There is nothing new about him. He is the same Mandalorian Trooper from 7914 Mandalorian Battle Pack. He equips a new weapon.
• Pre Vizsla (new) - The real new minifigure of this character was not shown on the New York Toy Fair 2012. A new blaster and cool saber are equipped to him.

Pre Vizsla's Mandalorian Fighter

Pre Vizsla's Mandalorian Fighter is officially named as Gauntlet. It is cool and very accurate to the real one that appear on the Clone Wars episodes. The fighter comes with 2 front laser cannons, opening cockpit, rotatable main body, movable wings, and retractable landing gear. Its really cool when shifting from landing mode into flying mode as well as the reverse.

This preview is based on the images and video of LEGO® Star Wars™ 9525 Pre Vizsla's Mandalorian Fighter when displayed in New York Toy Fair 2012 from FBTB Flickr Stream.

Updates :
- brickshowtv, a LEGO® Products Reviewer on YouTube has made a video preview about 9525 Pre Vizsla's Mandalorian Fighter.

04/27/2012 - 9525 Pre Vizsla's Mandalorian Fighter Box Image is already available at Eurobricks.

05/30/2012 - 9525 Pre Vizsla's Mandalorian Fighter has been found in Germany. The following link contains the images when it already arranged in a shelf. There are also 9515 The Malevolence sets beside it. Here is the link,

9525 Pre Vizsla's Mandalorian Fighter Images by Sidasa, an Imperium der Steine's member

06/09/2012 - Finally 9525 Pre Vizsla's Mandalorian Fighter pieces count has revealed on Brickset. It contains 403 pieces and I think it is the best price per piece ratio among the 2012 Summer Sets.

07/23/2012 - 9525 Pre Vizsla's Mandalorian Fighter is available now at LEGO® Shop at Home. Its price has raised into $49.99.

01/04/2013 - The mini version 9525 Pre Vizsla's Mandalorian Fighter is included in LEGO® Star Wars™ 2013 Polybag Sets. It named 30241 Mandalorian Fighter.

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Star Wars™ Theme Set License Renewal

Wow, finally after 12 years we can still collect the new Star Wars theme set for more 10 years because the LEGO® Group has renewed the licence in February 13, 2012. As a new fan, I think this is a good deals because there is a lot of Star Wars awesome vehicles and iconic scenes that still haven't released into the model. What do you think about this ?

Via news room at LEGO.com

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9499 Gungan Sub Preview

Where to Buy

• LEGO® Shop at Home
• Amazon.com
• LEGO® Shop at Home CA
• Amazon.co.uk
• Amazon.de

LEGO® 9499 Gungan Sub will be available in August 2012. According to the preliminary box images from FBTB Flickr Stream, this Star Wars Episode I : The Phantom Menace sub-theme set contains 470 pieces used to build 4 minifigures (only one of them that isn't new), Gungan Sub, and some accessories. The price of this set is $69.99.

Minifigures

• Qui-Gon Jinn (new) - I can't see clearly what is new about him. He still got brown cape and cool hair piece. A blue lightsaber is also equipped to him.
• Jar Jar Binks - There is nothing new about him but he still a cool minifigure. He equips a harpoon.
• Queen Amidala (new) - She is cool and become one of the causes that make this set valuable. Her body is dominantly red. She got double sided torso marking, new geisha face, detailed hairpiece that blends with the crown, and nice dress mold.
• Obi-Wan Kenobi (new) - He is in young version. His torso marking is basically the same as Qui-Gon Jinn's torso but with a little printed hair connection. He comes with a classic hairpiece, a brown cape, and a green lightsaber.

Gungan Sub

The Gungan Sub is very detailed and look accurate to the actual movie's Tribubble bongo. Except 3 bigger opening cockpits with half bubble canopies, the other vessel features is pretty standard like underneath flick-fire missiles and one removable storage compartment on each side. The front cockpit is fits for 3 minifigures while the rest is still can be used to carry minifig or tool. It also comes with a cool orange mine and nice rear engine.

Beside in Episode I, the Gungan Sub is also appear in "Shadow Warrior", the 4th episode of the Star Wars : The Clone Wars television series' 4th season. According that reason I include it in some sets that related to the Clone Wars sub-theme set.

This preview is based on the images and video of LEGO® Star Wars™ 9499 Gungan Sub when displayed in New York Toy Fair 2012 that provided by FBTB on their Flickr Stream.

Updates :
- brickshowtv, a LEGO® Products Reviewer on YouTube has made a video preview about 9499 Gungan Sub.

04/27/2012 - 9499 Gungan Sub Box Image is already available at Eurobricks.

07/23/2012 - 9499 Gungan Sub is available now at LEGO® Shop at Home.

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9498 Saesee Tiin's Jedi Starfighter Preview

Where to Buy

• LEGO® Shop at Home
• Amazon.com
• LEGO® Shop at Home CA
• Amazon.co.uk
• Amazon.de

LEGO® 9498 Saesee Tiin's Jedi Starfighter will be available in August 2012. According to the preliminary box images from FBTB Flickr Stream, this Star Wars : The Clone Wars sub-theme set contains 243 pieces used to build 3 minifigures (only one of them that isn't new), Saesee Tiin's Jedi Starfighter, and two weapons. The price of this set is $29.99.

Minifigures

• Even Piell (new) - This set is his first appearance. He got pretty cool removable head piece shape with long ears, pigtail hair, and scar marking that connected to his actual head piece which is nicely printed. His entirely body is dark brown colored with some markings on the front torso. A green lightsaber is equipped to him.
• Saesee Tiin - There is nothing new about him. He equips a green lightsaber.
• R3-D5 (new) - His design is basically the same as the other astromech droid from previous sets but with some different markings on the entirely green body.

Saesee Tiin's Jedi Starfighter

Saesee Tiin's Jedi Starfighter is dominantly green colored. It design is basically the the same as the other Jedi Starfighter from previous sets. As seen in FBTB Flickr Stream, it comes with astromech droid socket, new half bubble cockpit windshield, and one flick-fire missile that mounted on each wing.

This preview is according to the images of LEGO® Star Wars™ 9498 Saesee Tiin's Jedi Starfighter when displayed in New York Toy Fair 2012 that provided by FBTB on their Flick Stream.

Updates :
- brickshowtv, a LEGO® Products Reviewer on YouTube has made a video preview about 9498 Saesee Tiin's Jedi Starfighter.

04/27/2012 - 9498 Saesee Tiin's Jedi Starfighter Box Image is already available at Eurobricks.

05/29/2012 - Some 9498 Saesee Tiin's Jedi Starfighter are already arranged at Target retail store's shelf in Northlands shopping center Melbourne, Australia. You can see the picture that provided by Alepou, a Brickset member through the link below,

Some 9498 Saesee Tiin's Jedi Starfighter at Target retail store's shelf on Melbourne, Australia

07/23/2012 - 9498 Saesee Tiin's Jedi Starfighter is available now at LEGO® Shop at Home.

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2012 Summer Sets Promo in New York Toy Fair

If you curious about the new LEGO® Star Wars™ 2012 Summer Sets, this article maybe a good news for you. The guys from FBTB have gained its photos and videos when promoted in the 2012 New York Toy Fair that was held on February 12. This is the link that contains the FBTB photos and videos, FBTB Flickr Stream

Through some of these images and videos I can conclude that all the main LEGO® Star Wars™ 2012 Summer Sets are awesome especially the Clone Wars sets. All the main sets will be available in August with the price range for about $24.99 - $119.99. So, you can collect the money from now to buy it.

Oh, I almost forgot that a new shirtless Darth Maul comes as one of the toy fair's exclusive LEGO® minifigures. Beside that, there is also some images and videos of the brand new Lord of the Rings theme set which is cool.

via FBTB

Updates :
- I have made not only the Clone Wars set previews but also some other sub-theme sets which still related to it based on the FBTB images and videos when displayed in New York Toy Fair 2012. Here are the links :

• 9496 Desert Skiff
• 9498 Saesee Tiin's Jedi Starfighter
• 9499 Gungan Sub
• 9515 The Malevolence
• 9516 Jabba's Palace
• 9525 Pre Vizsla's Mandalorian Fighter

04/20/2012 - 2012 New York Toy Fair Exclusive Darth Maul Minifigure is already available in Star Wars shop at LEGOLAND Windsor, UK.

04/27/2012 - 2012 Summer Set Box Images are already available at Eurobricks.

05/16/2012 - All LEGO® Lord of the Rings Sets are available on shop.LEGO.com. You can get it along with Free Exclusive 'The Hulk' Minifigure Promo.

05/18/2012 - Free Exclusive Frodo Poster with any LEGO® Lord of the Rings purchase! It will be automatically added to your bag. This offer valid through May 31, 2012 or while supplies last only.

06/02/2012 - All 2012 Summer Sets except 9525 Pre Vizsla's Mandalorian Fighter and 9526 Palpatine's Arrest are already available in shop.LEGO.com UK now!

01/15/2013 - Six Summer 2012 Sets are selected as 10 Top LEGO® Star Wars™ 2012 Sets by a brickshowtv's poll.

02/02/2013 - NY Toy Fair 2013 will be held on February 10-13, 2013.

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