David Bridges
This month, Lego launched certainly one of its coolest Star Wars units ever. Nonetheless, it’s not a set you should purchase. It solely comes with the acquisition of a a lot bigger, costlier set—however in case 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 Sequence 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 duplicate 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 principally the key sauce that makes the blades come alive. Nonetheless, 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 below are a couple of photos.
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 really like that. I find it irresistible a lot. That’s why Lego is just among the best 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 improbable.
It does, nonetheless, deliver up a much bigger concern. Why doesn’t Lego make these lightsaber units extra regularly? Sabers are arguably the most well-liked piece of Star Wars iconography and, with just a few hundred items every, would make an unbelievable present for the Lego Star Wars fan in your life, at an inexpensive 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 unbelievable 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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