LEGO Star Wars TIE Advanced Prototype Toy Editor's Rating : 9.7 out of 10Features folding wings for flight and landing modes, two spring-loaded shooters, an opening top hatch and extra ammunitionWeapons include 2 blaster pistols and The Inquisitor's double-bladed Light saber LEGO Star Wars Carbon-Freezing Chamber 75137 Editor's Rating : 8.8 out of 10Features a control center, freeze bed with freeze function, staircase and an elevatorLift Boba Fett into position with the elevator so he can keep guard LEGO, Star Wars, Imperial Troop Transport (75078) Editor's Rating : 9.6 out of 10Imperial Troop Transport features a dual flick missile turret and space for 4 Stormtroopers and their weaponsAlso includes extra ammunition LEGO Star Wars Obi-Wan's Jedi Interceptor 75135 Editor's Rating : 9.1 out of 10Features an authentic color scheme, opening cockpit with space for Obi-Wan to sit in, dual spring-loaded shooters, extending wings and space for an Astromech DroidIncludes Obi-Wan's Lightsaber
LEGO Star Wars Poe's X-Wing Fighter 75102 Building Kit Editor's Rating : 9.4 out of 10Fire up the engines, retract the landing gear and launch iconic design LEGO Star Wars Death Star Final Duel 75093 Building Kit Editor's Rating : 8.9 out of 10Act out the iconic final battle between Luke and his father and decide Luke's fate for yourselfSend the evil Emperor tumbling down the reactor shaft! LEGO Star Wars Naboo Starfighter 75092 Building Kit Editor's Rating : 9.8 out of 10Fire the twin spring-loaded shootersUncuff the Naboo Pilot LEGO Star Wars Rey's Speeder 75099 Building Kit Editor's Rating : 9.1 out of 10Rotate the engine to open the storage hatch gb the side-mounted accessories LEGO STAR WARS AT-ST Walker 75153 Editor's Rating : 9.1 out of 10Features posable legswheel-activated turning top section LEGO Star Wars 75074 Snowspeeder Editor's Rating : 9.1 out of 10Features realistic detailing, 2 flick missiles and a mini cockpit for the Snowspeeder Pilot minifigure to sit inAmazing miniature version of the Snowspeeder featured in the Star Wars movies!
LEGO STAR WARS Imperial Assault Hovertank 75152 Editor's Rating : 9.2 out of 10Features heavy-armor detailingtransparent wheelsIt’s all systems go for a new set of Lego minifigures celebrating women researchers at NASA, including the central figure in the acclaimed movie “Hidden Figures.” NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, who worked out trajectories for the Mercury and Apollo programs, is among the five women portrayed in the set. At the age of 98, Johnson has gotten a renewed burst of Hollywood fame (including an appearance at this week’s Oscars) thanks to her part in the real-life story behind “Hidden Figures.” The four other women getting the Lego treatment are: Margaret Hamilton, now 80, who developed the onboard flight software for the Apollo missions while working at MIT under contract with NASA in the 1960s. Mae Jemison, 60, who became the first African-American woman in space in 1992 during a science mission aboard the space shuttle Endeavour.
Sally Ride (1951-2012), who was the first American woman in space thanks to a 1983 mission on the space shuttle Challenger, and went on to create educational programs focused on getting girls into science. Nancy Grace Roman, 91, an astronomer and NASA executive who is known as the “Mother of Hubble” for her role in planning the Hubble Space Telescope. Science writer Maia Weinstock proposed the “Women of NASA” set through a Lego program that solicits ideas for customized toy figures. Twelve ideas received the required 10,000 votes for consideration. Today, Lego gave the go-ahead for Weinstock’s idea. “We’re still working out the final product design, pricing and availability for the Women of NASA set, so check back on Lego Ideas in late 2017 or early 2018 for more details,” Lego’s Hasan Jensen wrote. Lego said it was still considering another one of the 12 ideas, highlighting “Voltron – Defender of the Universe.” Among those that were passed over: a Lego version of the Large Hadron Collider, a Star Wars Landspeeder and a set celebrating computer science pioneers Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage.
An earlier set of Lego women scientists became a collector’s item after its retirement, and it’s likely that the upcoming set will be similarly sought after. Weinstock’s proposal leaves the door open for combining the minifigs with settings ranging from NASA Mission Control to the space shuttle to the Hubble Space Telescope. Check out these unofficial, totally fan-powered scenes: Find more jobs on GeekWork. Employers, post a job here. Software Development EngineerJoingo, LLCSoftware Development Manager – BackendOfferUpAPI Product ManagerTINYpulse Lego plans to honour five female scientists, engineers and astronauts who worked for NASA by releasing figurines of the pioneering women that its creator hopes will inspire more girls to pursue careers in science.The women include computer scientist Margaret Hamilton, astronaut Sally Ride and Katherine Johnson, one of three black female mathematicians whose work on the US space program in the 1960s is captured in Oscar-nominated film Hidden Figures.Maia Weinstock, a science editor and the winner of a Lego competition for new sets created by fans, said she wanted to recognise women who made significant contributions at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration."
There are people whose stories have not really been told who have made seminal contributions to the NASA programs," she said. The set, which will also pay tribute to astronomer Nancy Grace Roman and astronaut Mae Jemison, will feature a mini version of the Hubble Space Telescope which was sent into space in the 1990s to collect data and take photographs. The set, which will also pay tribute to astronomer Nancy Grace Roman and astronaut Mae Jemison, will feature a mini version of the Hubble Space Telescope which was sent into space in the 1990s to collect data and take photographs.It will also include a space shuttle with rocket boosters, and various instruments used during historic space missions like Apollo and Mercury.Weinstock said "it was a dream come true" that her design will be available by late this year or early next year and hopes it will inspire girls to become more interested in science, technology, engineering and research (STEM).Even though the number of women involved in STEM has significantly increased in recent years, females are still under-represented in science, accounting for only about 30 per cent of the world's researchers, the United Nations' cultural agency UNESCO says.