Attention Chicago area readers.  Mark from LEGOLAND Discovery Center Chicago writes in with the following information:

We are hosting LEGO® Star Wars™ Days where we will unveil the new model display LEGO® Star WarsTM Miniland. The Miniland features a large-scale, interactive and unique LEGO model display chronicling the adventures of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.

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Like many of us, I plan my work commute so that I can come close to a Walmart or Target. What I saw today is argument for a more direct route to the salt mine.

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Images of a previously rumored LEGO set have been leaked to Flickr.  Click through for a peak at what’s to come.

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We never tire of the Vintage Collection do we? Today we have a special report on some Vintage Collection items that are truly rare.  But there’s an outstanding chance you don’t care unless you’re obsessive like me.

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I’m numb.  I could go down a list of the thousand ways in which I’m a Jon Favreau fan.  Lets just say that I quoted Swingers for about a decade, and Elf and Iron Man are two of my all time favorites.  So just knowing a Hollywood luminary such as Mr. Favreau viewed this little web site is quite a special event for us.

I was recently feeling a bit spendy, so I splashed out on the eFx Collectibles Darth Maul Lightsaber (Signature Edition).  Check out the photos and review of this movie quality prop replica.

For your reading and viewing pleasure, check out our review and full gallery of eFx - Darth Maul Lightsaber (Signature Edition)

The perfect elixir for Hasbro not making the figures you want is folding your own figure out of paper.  Check out Star Wars Origami: 36 Amazing Paper-folding Projects from a Galaxy Far, Far Away…..  If anyone wants to send me an origami Vader, I’ll be your best friend.

My wife is happy that I’m running out of things to photograph (our Missing In Action Figure feature is to).  The Vintage Collection TIE Interceptor photos and review get us one step closer to “caught up”.

For your reading and viewing pleasure, check out our review and full gallery of VC - TIE Interceptor

Weekend errands brought me close enough to Toys R Us that I had to stop in.  What I saw has me wondering if Wave 2 is going to grind the 6” Black Series line to a halt the way that Wave 1 of the 3.75” Black Series did for that line.

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Don’t get used to it, but today we tackle a five point of articulation figure.  Check out our review of the Saga Legends Stormtrooper.

For your reading and viewing pleasure, check out our review and full gallery of ROTS3D SL11 - Stormtrooper

io9 has an exclusive sneak peak at the new James S. A. Corey Han Solo novel, honor among thieves.

You can pre-order Honor Among Thieves on Amazon today

After were reviewed the other Battle of Geonosis Jedi Knights set yesterday, I bet you never saw this one coming! So here’s the photos and review of the seconds set.