Sunday, September 20, 2009

The Clone Wars LEGOs

By Peter Barnes

Since the end of the millenium, The LEGO Group has been grinding out Star Wars LEGO systems and keeping fans interested and excited about the theme. Star Wars LEGO sets have been created with the intent building fans for the Star Wars franshise and LEGO systems. The LEGO Group never created LEGO systems around other licensed goods before they signed on with LucasFilms but because of the popularity of the Star Wars theme LEGO has built on this popularity by putting out even more licensed building blocks like Mickey Mouse, Sponge Bob Square Pants and Spider Man.

When LucasFilms released a new movie for the Star Wars series of films called Star Wars: The Clone Wars, LEGO fans and Star Wars fans alike were anxious to see if the LEGO Group could live up to its standards of previous Star Wars themed releases. Fans were more than happy with the new Clone Wars LEGOs as they were a good representation of the Clone Wars film.

The Clone Wars LEGO Sets have taken off very well and are enjoying at least as much success as the Star Wars LEGO sets before them. Many assumed the LEGO Group would have a difficult time creating new LEGO sets with the movie because there were not a lot of new ships and vehicles in the cartoon but this has not proven true. The LEGO Group has been able to take ships and mini figures that they already put out in LEGO sets and create an entirely new spin on things by changing the feel of the sets.

By far my favorite of the Clone Wars LEGOs is the Republic Attack Gunship. This LEGO set has five Star Wars LEGO mini figures. These are Obi-Wan Kenobi, Asajj Ventress, Plo Koon, Commander Cody and a Clone Trooper. I love LEGO sets with a good amount of mini figures. The Republic Attack Gunship is loaded with features and very much prepared for battle with a large arsenal of weapons. Unlike some LEGO sets, there are also plenty of places on the Gunship to put LEGO minifigurs which makes the LEGO set that much more enjoyable.

With all of the new releases the LEGO Group has created for the Clone Wars LEGO sets there should be quite a bit of interest generated for awhile for these LEGO Systems. Lucas Films always does a fantastic job promoting. Combine that with the LEGO Groups legion of fans and you have a series of LEGO sets with plenty of momentum behind it. Expect more than a few of the Clone Wars LEGO sets to be rare collectible LEGO sets in the near future. As such it is a good idea to get on board now and pick up as many of these LEGO sets as you can!

About the Author:

No comments:

Post a Comment