This month, Lego launched certainly one of its coolest Star Wars units ever. Nevertheless, it’s not a set you should buy. It solely comes with the acquisition of a a lot bigger, dearer set—however when you have the means, not solely is it value it, it comes with a hidden shock.
I lately cracked open my piggy financial institution to buy the Final Collectors Collection of Jabba’s Sail Barge, each as a result of it’s superior and likewise due to that particular present. With each buy of the Sail Barge comes a 1:1 Lego reproduction of Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber from Return of the Jedi. And, as somebody who collects lightsabers, I needed to have it. It’s solely 145 items so it’s a comparatively small set however, whereas constructing with it, I used to be shocked to see it got here with a kyber crystal.
Now, within the lore of Star Wars, each lightsaber has a kyber crystal in it. They’re mainly the key sauce that makes the blades come alive. Nevertheless, you by no means see the crystal. It’s contained in the saber. And, as you may see within the above photograph, you don’t see the kyber crystal within the completed construct of the lightsaber. However it’s in there. Listed here are a number of photographs.
As you may see, it’s fabricated from two neon inexperienced round items, lining up with the colour Luke’s saber ignites with. And although you, the builder, see them and put them within the saber, you then rapidly cowl them up, by no means to see them once more.
However I like that. I like it a lot. That’s why Lego is just among the finest toy manufacturers on the market. That’s a element that solely somebody with a deep love and data of Star Wars would insist on and put in there. It’s incredible.
It does, nonetheless, convey up an even bigger problem. Why doesn’t Lego make these lightsaber units extra incessantly? Sabers are arguably the preferred piece of Star Wars iconography and, with just a few hundred items every, would make an unimaginable present for the Lego Star Wars fan in your life, at an reasonably priced worth level. Units which are round 150-200 items are often between $15 and $50. A lot better than the $500 it price to get this one. Which additionally comes with an unimaginable Sail Barge, however, nonetheless.
So sure, this Luke Skywalker lightsaber set is superior, it has a kyber crystal in it, and we wish to purchase one million extra Star Wars lightsabers similar to this one. Which might you prefer to see first?
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