Yesterday at LEGO CON 2021, LEGO announced three new LEGO Star Wars Mandalorian sets one of which is called Boba Fett’s Starship (75312). Fans of Star Wars know that it is originally called the Slave I and was wondering why it isn’t called that when previous sets were also called the Slave I. Speaking at Fan Media Days, LEGO Star Wars Design Director Jens Kronvold Frederiksen said that Disney have asked for the Slave I to be renamed Boba Fett’s Starship, as noted by Jedi News. It was also stated that dropping the Slave I name is “probably not something which has been announced publicly but it is just something that Disney doesn’t want to use any more.” Disney has moved away from the word “slave” in past years with merchandise and marketing of “Slave Leia” and it looks like it has also been retired from the iconic ship’s name. Since...

LEGO has just released a press release regarding LEGO CON 2021 and its “great success” for the event. I wouldn’t say it was great but it was entertaining here and there. I did like the interviews with the various LEGO designers as well as NASA astronaut Mike Massimino. The interactivity with viewers was also decent especially with the LEGO DOTS mosaic. There were also some things that I didn’t really like about it. The main thing was the connection issues with the stream. I was watching/listening to it at work and suddenly there was silence. I thought my network went down but it was the actual stream that crashed and gave an error. I saw that others also had the same issue and I think it happened a few times. As for the set reveals, there were a couple of them, one for LEGO Ideas and one for LEGO Star Wars....

LEGO has revealed three new LEGO Star Wars sets that are based on the second season of The Mandalorian. All three sets will be available starting on August 1. Imperial Armored Marauder (75311) – 478 pieces/$39.99 Star Wars: The Mandalorian fans can play out action-packed battles between Greef Karga and Stormtroopers with this LEGO® brick model of the Imperial Armored Marauder (75311) from Season 2. • Includes 4 LEGO® minifigures: Greef Karga with a blaster pistol, 2 Stormtroopers with blasters and a new-for-August-2021 Artillery Stormtrooper with a mortar gun and backpack accessory element. • The buildable Marauder model has 4 stud shooters, including 2 on the rotating rear turret, 2 foldout blaster cannons (non-shooting), a LEGO® minifigure cockpit and a cabin for 2 LEGO minifigures. • This LEGO® Star Wars vehicle also has a lookout point (with an opening hatch) for a minifigure, plus opening ammo compartments to inspire creative play....

A few days ago when LEGO announced the winner of the LEGO Ideas Third 2020 Review Stage, they were also supposed to reveal the winner of the We Love Sports! as well. That was delayed until today for LEGO CON 2021 and they have just announced that the Foosball Table by Constructions by Donat has been chosen to become a LEGO Ideas set. It will now go to the production phase and be released at a future date. The post LEGO Ideas We Love Sports! Winner Announced appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

This is just a reminder that LEGO’s big event today, LEGO CON 2021, will be happening today at 12pm EST/9am PST. Tune in for a variety of activities just as interviews, building challenges, and even two LEGO set reveals as well. There’s the LEGO Star Wars reveal which is still the most interesting one but there’s also the LEGO Ideas We Love Sports! announcement which was pushed back a few days ago during the LEGO Ideas Third 2020 Review Stage winner reveal. You can watch the show at LEGO.com/legocon. The post LEGO CON 2021 Happening Today! appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran