May the 4th be with you!
To celebrate May the 4th be with you, I’m running a sale on Yoda Archives prints. save 20% on Yoda prints from the online store. May 1 to the 5th only. May the 4th sale.
May the 4th be with you!
To celebrate May the 4th be with you, I’m running a sale on Yoda Archives prints. save 20% on Yoda prints from the online store. May 1 thru 5th only. May the 4th sale
More Information on TRU May the 4th event
Just got an update on Toys R Us May the fourth plans. There is a free Jek-14 build for children 5 and up. Plus a free Gauntlet with a LEGO purchase of $20 or more.
Visit Toys R US for more information and some online games.
*Offer available in-store only. Limit one per child. Quantities limited; no rain checks. LEGO and the LEGO logo are trademarks of the LEGO Group ©2012 The LEGO Group.
Event intended for children, ages 5-up. Parental supervision required at all times. All giveaways and event materials available while supplies last and distributed to participating children only.
For my part in May the fourth celebrations I’ll be having an online print sale. Details to be posted here on the blog tomorrow.
UPDATE: My TRU is already handing out the Gauntlet polybag. They have signs in the LEGO Aisle about the promo offer. I saw a cashier get one from the service desk for customer that had a larger LEGO purchase.
Exculsive Minifigs with DVD or Target and Back Again
March was great for Mini-fig collectors. There were two dvd releases that included exclusive min-figs. Target had an exclusive Bilbo Baggins mini fig with the Hobbit DVD/Blu-ray combo pack. Plus the Cartoon network LEGO Star Wars special, The Empire Strikes Out had an exclusives Darth Vader mini-fig. I’ll tell you about my experience with each.
I’ll start with The Empire Strikes Out DVD cause it a shorter story. The special aired on Cartoon Network last September. Last time there was a Star Wars:LEGO special the dvd release was announced right after wards. This time it took a while for the announcement. Speculation was what would mini-fig if any, would be included in the dvd release. This time it was Darth Vader with a medal.
The figure looks pretty cool and an alternate Darth Vader is always cool. The dvd retail for $14.99 but Amazon and Target have it for $9.99. It was easy to find on the shelfs at Target unlike the Hobbit dvd. The dvd was released on March 26.
When it was revealed that Target would offer an exclusive mini-fig with the purchase of The Hobbit dvd/Blu-ray combo I was eager to shop at Target. I decided to pre-order the set. I was afraid the store would sell out before I could get there. So I ordered from target.com, the delivery date was a few days after the date the dvds would be in store. I didn’t expect to be able to watch the movie that night anyway so it wasn’t that big of a deal. But I remember the days when you could pre-order a dvd or game and it would be delivered the same day it was in the stores. I had the same problem with the LEGO:Lord of The Rings Game.
The Sunday ads were released and the in store price was two dollars cheaper than the online price. Did Target guarantee and match prices like amazon did? No. The day the dvd came the online target.com listed the set as unavailable. I was worried they’d sell out. But They tell me if they were out right? I thought about going to the store but didn’t. The next day still no shipping notification. the set was still listed as unavailable online. I had to run some errands and went to Target. They still had about four sets with the mini-fig so I grabbed one. Turned out to be a good decision. This was on Wednesday.
The expected delivery date was between Friday the 22-tues 26. I thought about cancelling the order but I knew some birthdays were coming up and that make a good gift. Finally they send a shipping notification on Saturday. But the pic they sent with it was of the regular DVD/Blu-ray set sans Bilbo. But when I clicked the link in the email it showed the set with Bilbo. And the expected delivery date was changed to March 30. a week after the original expected date.
Finally on Saturday I open the mailbox and inside in a small package, It’s thin so I know before I open that there is no figure in the set. It was a holiday weekend so I waited till Monday to return the dvd to a Target store. The Hobbit dvd was released on March 19 it arrived on March 30. From the time it was released and arrived i had gone to Target bought the Hobbit dvd, made another trip to Target and got the Star Wars special. So lesson learned don’t preorder from Target. get out there and fight the crowds.
The Bilbo figure is very well done. He has blue jacket, a vest and an ascot. His head is double-sided. You will see him in this blog again.
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X-Wing Project Challenge Coin
I found another cool Star Wars Challenge coin. This one is from The X-wing Project.
The X-Wing project is a group of fans, spanning the whole US, who work tirelessly to keep the LFL 3/4 Scale X-Wing alive and well, and at home in the hangar of the Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum
The X-Wing Project Coins are 2″ and full color on both sides and manufactured by Challenge Coins R Us. They are $10 each. They have the Rocky Mountain FanForce Logo on one side and the X-wing Project Logo on the other side.
Rocky Mountain FanForce
X-Wing project.net
X-Wing Project Facebook
Each coin will be $10, this includes all fees, and s/h with the proceeds going for much-needed repairs on the X-Wing!
These coins will be sequentially numbered! For those of you wanting to claim a specific numbered coin, it will be $15 per coin.The numbers are limited to 300 (the total for this limited run of coins).
(Claimed numbers will be listed on Facebook )
INSTRUCTIONS FOR ORDERING
- Please PayPal your orders to: PtrsonsZOO@aol.com.
- Please put “X-Wing Project Challenge Coins” in the subject line and mark the funds as a gift.
- In the message, please include how many coins you are ordering (and #s for special orders) and your shipping information.
Additional donations are always welcome too!
Order cutoff will be March 30th, with the order being placed on April 1st.
ALL PAYMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED BY MARCH 30TH!
They also have X-wing Project Patches.
This is the first ever X-Wing Project Patch. Made by the spectacular folks at Moritz Embroidery, and containing all metallic threads, these 3X5 inch patches are sure to go fast! If you would like to order one (or more) of these beauties, then follow the instructions below. They are being offered at cost simply to help spread the X-Wing love around.
$2.25 per patch for Locals w/ no shipping
$3.25 per patch for all shipped orders
PayPal PtrsonsZOO@aol.com using “XWP Patches” in your subject line. Locals list which event you want to pick up your patches from (Starfest or May the Fourth), and shipped orders must have their address in the notes field. All orders should contain the quantity
Another LEGO T-shirt
Nowhere bad has another LEGO themed Tee-shirt. Imperial Space Command is available for 72 hours. It is a mash-up of Star Wars and LEGO Space Logo. There have been similar designs with the millennium Falcon and Serenity fly around the LEGO Space Logo. THis has a Tie fighter flying past the LOGO but the logo is also the Death Star. The shirt is $12.
Star Wars Character Tournament starts monday!
It’s a showdown between the Light Side and Dark Side in the first This Is Madness tournament! Vote for your favorite Jedi, Sith, scoundrel, Rebel, or bounty hunter and help decide who is, once and for all, the galaxy’s most popular Star Wars character.
The first round begins on Monday, March 18! Cast your votes and come back every day for new matchups and results, and be sure to visit us on Tuesday, April 9, to see who will be named winner of This Is Madness!
View the bracket and make your choice.
Hobbit Mini-fig included with Target Hobbit dvd/Bluray
Groove Bricks reports that Target will have a Hobbit DVD/blu-ray pack with an exclusive Bilbo Baggins mini-fig. So I know where I’ll buy my Hobbit Blu-Ray set. Now do I wait and buy in store or preorder? The release date is March 19. A week later the Empire Strike Out Dvd will be released with an exclusive Darth Vader mini-fig.
Groove Bricks post.
Also this week Target has a few LEGO sets on sale. The Spider-Man’s Spider-Cycle set, Superman vs. Power Armor Lex Luthor set, Batman Arctic freeze set, and Star Wars AT-RT set are $18.00 each. These sets are usually 19.99. It’s only 10% off but since I was already there so I picked up a set rather than use my LEGO VIP card. There maybe other sets on sale. When I checked the weekly ad online they didn’t show up. But they showed up on a Google shopping search.
I checked Target’s Easter section. Their seasonal polybag is the same as they had for valentine’s day. It is Winzar’ pack patrol from Legends of Chima.
The mini-fig was posted here, Winzar’s Pack Patrol
Updates: The Droid Escape set also shows up as a temporary price cut.
I just got back from Target the temporary price cut sign on the sets said 3/3-3/16 so there’s a little time to grab some of these sets. Now I just need to sell a bunch of prints so I can get these sets and DVDs.
There was a 19.99 LEGO City fire truck for $18. The Easter section had a Friends polybag and the KRE-O GI Joe figs.
ConNooga is just a month away!
Just a month away till one of our favorite conventions. ConNooga is March 1-3 2013 in Chattanooga, TN. at the Chattanooga Choo-Choo plus the Chattanooga Convention Center. We will be there with Fantasy prints, action figure prints, and Hand made Faerie wings.
Con Nooga is Chattanooga’s first and only Multi-Fandom (Multiple Genre) Convention covering everything from Celebrities, Artists, Authors, Film Makers, Sci-Fi, Horror, Fantasy, Anime, Comics, Paranormal, Haunting, Costuming, Concerts, Shows, Contests, Gaming, Console Gaming, Seminars, Workshops, Families, and Fun. Not to mention the numerous DEALERS, and EXHIBITORS in our 40,000 Square Foot Exhibitor Hall. Over 100+ Special Guests, dealers and fan groups help to make Con Nooga complete. Enjoy 3 Days of Programming, Seminars, Workshops, Concerts, Acts, and Fun based upon numerous genres and fandom.
Special guest for 2013 is Daniel Logan aka young Boba Fett from the film “Star Wars: Attack of the Clones” and the animated series “Star Wars: The Clone Wars.”
Artists include Lindsay Archer, Michael Bielaczyc, Paul Bielaczyc, Sam Flegal, Tammy Pryce, and Johnathon Brock and Betsy Brock.
Our previous visits to ConNooga
For the first time – people can just attend the Exhibitor Hall for a lower entry fee to meet celebrities, bands, authors, other guests and make purchases from our amazing vendors.
We will be offering an exhibitor hall entry or people curious or only wanting to attend and see our dealers, celebrities, bands, authors, etc. This fee will only allow a (1) time entry into the Exhibitor Hall at time of payment and does not include any activities at the Choo Choo Facility or any seminars taking place within the Convention Center Meeting Space. Entry into the Exhibitor Hall is void once you leave the Hall. All re-entries must be paid again or have a Con Nooga Membership Badge.
Galaxy’s Most Dangerous Predator
As I near the two-year anniversary of this blog I thought I’d post some of my pre-Yoda Archives work. I’ve mentioned before that this blog was partially a result of a 365 project I did years ago. This is one of the Marco shots I did that year. It’s a vignette I made with Boba Fett and a Predator action figure.
Speaking of predators, Hockey is back.
Yoda Archives 2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 13,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this blog would power 3 Film Festivals
Most popular posts viewed in 2012
1 Darth “no Legs” Maul Returns #2. February 2012
2 Boba Fett (Prototype Armor) Redemption Offer September 2011
3 Don’t forget Valentines Day January 2012
4 Shelob Lair June 2012
5 Hasbro is giving away a life size Darth Maul January 2012
6 Darth Maul Returns, But how? February 2012
7 Darth “no Legs” Maul has returned * Spoilers. February 2012
8 Yoda wishes Jim Henson A Happy Birthday September 2011
9 LEGO Stormtrooper Ornament October 2012
10 Star Wars LEGO Christmas Advent Calendar 2012 December 2012
I love this graphic they made with my top posts.
Yoda archives had traffic from 94 countries in all!
Most visitors came from The United States. The United Kingdom & Canada were not far behind.
Views I hit 10,000 views in August, In December I passed 14,000 on the 9th and 15,000 two weeks later.
In 2012 I had two articles posted to theBrickBlogger.
Brick and Heroes at MCFC and LEGO Christmas Ornaments
I look forward to the new year and new images.
Star Wars LEGO Advent Calendar 2012 * Dec 25 Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas from all of us at Yoda Archives.
Star Wars LEGO Advent Calendar 2012 * Dec 24 Santa Darth Maul
December 24th star wars advent build is Santa Darth Maul! Here he is with snowball and shovel.
Turn him around and he has a candy cane in his back pocket.
2012 Star Wars LEGO Christmas Advent Calendar * Recap
A quick review of the 2012 Star Wars Advent Calendar.
Mini-Figures
- Gungan Warrior (Dec 2) (TPM)
- Battle Droid (Dec 6) (TPM)
- At-St Driver (Dec 9) (RTJ)
- Rebel Hoth Trooper (Dec 12) (ESB)
- Imperial Snow Trooper (Dec 15) (ESB)
- Rebel Trooper (Dec 18) (ANH)
- Super Battle Droid (Dec 21)
- R2D2 Snow droid (Dec 23)
- Santa Darth Maul (Dec 24)
Mini-Ships
- Gungan Sub (Dec 1) (TPM)
- Star Destroyer (Dec 4) (ANH)
- Trade Federation MTT (Dec 5) (TPM)
- Naboo N-1 Starfighter (Dec 7) (TPM)
- Vulture Droid Fighter(Dec 8) (TPM)
- AT-AT Walker(Dec 10) (ESB)
- Naboo Royal Ship(Dec 16) (TPM)
- Naboo Flash Speeder (Dec 17) (TPM)
- Separatists Shuttle (Dec 19) (ATC)
- The Soulless One (Dec 20) (ROS)
- Darth Maul’s Sith Infiltrator (TPM)
Accessories
- Gungan catapult and weapons (Dec 3) (TPM)
- Radar Dish(Dec 11) (ESB)
- Gronk Droid(Dec 13) (ANH)
- Accessory pack(Dec 14) (TPM)
Brick pedia entry for #9509 2013 star Wars advent calendar
(TPM) the Phantom Menace
(ATC) Attack of the Clones
(ROS) Return of the Sith
(ANH) Star Wars:A New Hope
(ESB) The Empire Strikes back
(RTJ) Return of the Jedi
My favorites were the AT-AT, Rebel Trooper(ANH), R2D2 and Santa Darth Maul. Least favorite was the MTT. The weapons should have been packed with the figures. A couple of ships were had to id. Plus too much Phantom Menace builds for me. But overall another fun advent calendar.
I hope LEGO makes another one next year. What Christmas theme minifig would you like to see in 2013? I like to see Queen Amidala from set #9499 Gungan Sub as a Christmas tree. Next year Hasbro packing features Yoda. Will the calendar be focused on Return of the Jedi for the 30th anniversary? or on one of the prequels that will be out in 3D next fall?
What was your favorite? What was you least favorite?
Star Wars LEGO Advent Calendar 2012 * Dec 23 snow2-d2
December 23rd star wars advent build is R2-D2 snow droid!
Star Wars LEGO Advent Calendar 2012 * Dec 22
Today’s Advent build is Darth Maul’s Sith Infiltrator.
There’s online content as well this year. With each door has a code to enter on LEGO’s SW calendar page. There’s a small animation of the model. It’s like the item building scenes from the LEGO Star Wars Games.
one a personal note my blog traffic has already passed last year December totals. and this month is now the second highest visited month in the history of the blog.
so thanks for following!
Star Wars LEGO Advent Calendar 2012 * Dec 21
Today’s Advent build is a Super Battle Droid.
There’s online content as well this year. With each door has a code to enter on LEGO’s SW calendar page. There’s a small animation of the model. It’s like the item building scenes from the LEGO Star Wars Games.
Star Wars LEGO Advent Calendar 2012 * Dec 20
December 20 Star Wars advent build is General Grievous’ ship, the Soulless One.
There’s online content as well this year. With each door has a code to enter on LEGO’s SW calendar page. There’s a small animation of the model. It’s like the item building scenes from the LEGO Star Wars Games.
thanks for the info.
Star Wars LEGO Advent Calendar 2012 * Dec 19
Today’s Advent build is another ship from The Trade Federation. Separatist Shuttle.
There’s online content as well this year. With each door has a code to enter on LEGO’s SW calendar page. There’s a small animation of the model. It’s like the item building scenes from the LEGO Star Wars Games.
Star Wars LEGO Advent Calendar 2012 * Dec 18
Today’s Advent mini-fig is a Rebel solider. Really neat figure from Star Wars: A New Hope. He’s one of the first characters we see in the entire saga. He has a cool large hat which, like the rebel trooper in Hoth gear, has three visors.
Star Wars LEGO Advent Calendar 2012 * Dec 17
Today’s Advent build is another ship from The Phantom Menace, a mini model of a Naboo Flash Speeder. There’s too much Phantom Menace in this calendar.
There’s online content as well this year. With each door has a code to enter on LEGO’s SW calendar page. There’s a small animation of the model. It’s like the item building scenes from the LEGO Star Wars Games.
