Club Jade

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This Mara Jade minifig is a custom creation of Andrew Becraft, aka Dunechaser, one of the contributors over at The Brothers Brick. (He has a Kyle Katarn, too.)

Or death? Cake Wrecks went on a Star Wars twofer last week. First the bad cakes, then the good ones. At right, one of the more disturbing cakes, which I’m pretty sure is what happens when Yoda mates with a certain fertility idol.

• Events: R2-D2 Builders and more at Texas Build Off 2009. Meanwhile, last weekend Star Wars LEGO fans took over San Diego’s LEGOland. Get started on those pics at The Brothers Brick.

• Humor: If villains used internet forums.
• T-shirts: Bow-Tie Fighter. Nyuk nyuk nyuk.

Madness! Artist and Lego maestro Craig Stevens recently finished a minifig scale Rebel Blockade Runner that measures in at a whooping twelve feet long. And that’s only one of his Star Wars creations, which also includes the Millennium Falcon. (via)

So Gizmodo claims, anyway. We’re not Rebelscum, so I have no idea. Nice eye candy, anyway.

I hate to use the term ‘scrapping the bottom of the barrel,’ but LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary? DK, I’m sure you can come up with something better than that. (via)

Both StarWars.com and Rebelscum are covering the reveals heavily… I can’t even begin to catch up at this point! Above, a Dagobah Frog Habitat from Uncle Milton, another ‘Seriously?’ item from the brains behind the Force Trainer.

UPDATE: More Force Trainer action at Gizmodo.

Like any good Jawa, I go into Etsy looking for posting material and I come out with far too much. So this time, instead of throwing a huge list at you folks, I’m splitting it up. First up, art.

• Darth Vader Stained Glass Mirror by Terraza Glass, $145.00.

• Jedi terrier print by Brian Rubenacker, $12.99. (Also available: Chihuahua.)
• Lord Vader’s Beverly by Terry Reid, $22.00.
• Troopers print by tmronin (Shop contains nudes,) $30.00.
• Stormtrooper LEGO mosaic by bricks2pics, $745.00. It measures in at 45 x 30 inches, which may explain the price.

Next set will be up Monday. Happy browsing!

Xadrian’s done it again – here’s his Lego interpretation of the Old Republic Y-Wing from The Clone Wars.

Click through to Brickplumber’s photostream and you won’t be surprised to see why his Hoth diorama won a Star Wars building contests and was featured in the official Lego magazine. (via)

In other Lego news (well, sort of,) GalacticBinder has twenty reasons to love Lego Star Wars.

Facepalm du jour: Woolworths in the U.K. is requiring that people must be 18 or old to purchase a cheap plastic lightsaber, because it might be mistake for a gun. Meanwhile, I bet anyone can go into the hardware section and buy a working flashlight fully capable of braining a full-grown man.

• Incoming: The 501st is sponsoring the TK Helmet Project. Dave Filoni, Daniel Logan, Dave Dorman, Lawrence Noble, Don Bies and the Robot Chicken folks are among the participants.

• Music: John Anealio wanted the Millennium Falcon for Christmas, and thirty years later writes a song about it.
• Crafts: Check out the Star Wars LEGO nativity!