David Bridges
It’s solely a handful of weeks proper up till Could probably 4, a.okay.a. Star Wars working day, and Lego is receiving all set to tempt your pockets with the most well liked ship to affix its Greatest Collector Sequence fleet—or as a substitute, rejoin, because the TIE Interceptor makes its approach again once more to the road for a key replace. Moreover, it’s signing up for some prequel mates!
This morning Lego formally introduced a bevy of latest units releasing on the begin of Could properly, culminating with its traditional May 4 launch of a UCS Star Wars established: the TIE Interceptor. Celebrating not simply 25 a number of years of The Phantom Menace, 2024 marks 25 a few years of Lego Star Wars full stop, so it helps make feeling that the toymaker is returning to 1 of the very first at any time ships within the UCS sequence—the preliminary Interceptor set was launched in 2000—to get a significantly-desired makeover.
Becoming a member of the plush new set are the previously introduced Sith Interceptor and BARC Speeder Escape, which features Grogu and the first-ever minifigure of Ahmed Greatest’s Jedi grasp, Kelleran Beq, as successfully as 4 extra releases impressed by The Phantom Menace and the prequels in typical. The newest in Lego Star Wars’ diorama line will replicate Anakin and Sebulba’s duel within the Mos Espa podrace, though Lego’s chunky BrickHeadz assortment will see a set dedicated to Phantom Menace characters—with Anakin, Queen Amidala, Qui-Gon Jinn, Darth Maul, Captain Panaka, and Jar Jar Binks—and a standalone launch of Clone Commander Cody, as he seems in Revenge of the Sith. Lastly, in another Phantom Menace launch, there’ll be a brand-new buildable Droideka, which may even be curled up right into a rollable ball mode!
All of those units, aside from the UCS TIE Interceptor, will launch on May 1—with the TIE rolling out on Star Wars day by itself, Could maybe 4. Click on by to see all of the pictures!
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