BMW Turns LEGO Toy Into IRL Hover BikeModular Dungeon Master Lego Set Is a Blast From Your Gaming Past At this year’s Toy Fair in New York, Lego was once again proudly displaying a whole array of hardware. As always, they had plenty of sets from their Star Wars line-up to show off. We took plenty of pictures to share with you… and put together a list of some of their best sets you can buy right now to build out (or kick off!) your Lego Star Wars collection. If you’re looking for a nice, inexpensive set to get your collection started, this could be the one. It features Yoda and R2 and lots of nice articulation. Printed bricks would be a nice improvement over the stickers, but at this price that’s not to be expected. 75317 Carbon Freezing Chamber – $23.85 It’s one of the smaller sets on store shelves right now, but it comes with Han, Boba Fett, and Ugnaught minifigs. That’s cool enough, but Lego built a pretty fun little action feature into this one.
There’s a mechanism that lets you pop Han in his Carbonite cocoon up from the depths. 75112 General Grievous Buildable Figure – $34.47 Not every Star Wars character translates well into Lego’s Hero Factory/Bionicle-style buildable figures. General Grievous is one that does… and it’s good form to give a nod to the prequels in your collection, even if you’re not a huge fan. This badass Grievous is an easy addition to justify. You can’t like the rebel troop’s odds of survival in this set — he’s outnumbered three to one — but what’s not to like about the Striker itself? It’s got good size and playability, some very nice printed details, and a reasonable price tag to boot. All good Lego Star Wars collections need an Imperial walker, and this is a solid option. Like the TIE Striker, this is a nice mid-sized set with a moderate price tag. It’s nicely articulated and has moving legs and turrets as well as Lego’s fun spring-loaded shooters. One nice bonus about this set: if you look around right now, you might be able to find a deal on it.
75093 Death Star Final Duel – $104.49 Why not make one of the most memorable scenes from the franchise the center piece of your collection? For about a hundred bucks, you get Luke, Darth Vader, Emperor Palpatine, and a pair of Royal Guards and a slick little playset that recreates that touching father-son breakthrough when Vader chucks Palpatine over the railing. If you’re a Star Wars fan and you’re building your Lego collection, how can you not want to add the Millennium Falcon to it? Lego has offered a few versions of the iconic ship over the years, and the current one is very cool. It measures 18 inches from front to back, and the interior is nicely detailed (and easily accessible). Minifigs include a gray-haired Han, Chewie, Rey, Finn, BB-8, criminal scum Tasu Leech, and one of his gang members. 75060 UCS Slave I – $272.87 This set is two thousand pieces of pure awesome befitting one of the baddest bounty hunters in the brick-built galaxy. It’s nearly the same size as the Falcon, and, like other UCS sets, Slave I is stunningly detailed.
It features a cargo hold (with room for carbonite-encased smugglers), wings and blasters that rotate, and four nicely-printed minifigs. All photos by our videographer Jonno Hill. View as: One Page Slides1. Overwatch's new hero is a robotic tank and it's awesome Overwatch's new hero is a robotic tank and it's awesome Star Wars: Battlefront 2 teases loads more new content Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild reviews round-up Is THIS a hint that Borderlands 3 is on the horizon? Best games of 2017: What's best to play and when With the launch of the excellent Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens, we thought we'd take a look back over the illustrious Lego video game series and pick our top 15 titles from the many, many, many that have been released.But where does The Force Awakens sit in our epic ranking? Well, you'll just have to read on and find out.And if you disagree, don't hesitate to fling Lego bricks of love our way on Twitter: @digitalspygames.15.
LEGO JURASSIC WORLD (2015)Who thought you could go wrong with Lego, Chris Pratt and dinosaurs? Well apparently you can.While Lego Jurassic World had some great comedic moments, strong co-op gameplay and some slapstick fun, it all felt a little tired. Still worth a punt if you want to be a Lego dinosaur though.14. Before the Lego series started taking on the big names in Hollywood, it contained an awesome game called Lego Island. You played as Pepper Roni, a pizza delivery boy in a world that you could create yourself. But you accidentally freed the diabolical Brickster and chaos ensued.It was hard not to get distracted by the fact that the entire island was customisable and you could build a load of different things before bringing them to life in-game. A foreshadowing of Lego Dimensions perhaps?13. LEGO RACERS (1999)Lego Mario Kart anyone? Lego Racers enabled you to build an awesome car out of Lego bricks and then race it around a track.Sadly it hasn't aged well, but we spent so long playing this game back in the day crafting racers that it deserves a place on this list.
And maybe a reboot too.12. THE LEGO MOVIE VIDEOGAME (2014)The Lego Movie Videogame basically meant that you played through the entire plot of the film on your console of choice, taking on the various iconic roles to solve puzzles and smash bricks.But that was part of the reason it's so low on this list. The game really followed the movie too closely, which compromised on some of the gameplay. But it was great to see Emmett and the gang again, but it could have done with deviating from the plot a little more.11. LEGO WORLDS (2016)Okay, so technically Lego Worlds isn't out yet, but you can play it via Steam Early Access and it's pretty amazing.It's basically Lego Minecraft and allows you – a bit like Lego Island – to create entire worlds with blocks but without taking over your entire dining room or risking the dog breaking everything.10. LEGO INDIANA JONES: THE ORIGINAL ADVENTURES (2008)Although there are two Lego Indiana Jones titles, the first is definitely the best, because The Crystal Skull isn't a real Indiana Jones movie.
Becoming a little Lego Indy with whip and fedora as you explore the world of Indiana Jones block by block was always exhilarating, as long as you avoided the snakes.9. LEGO HARRY POTTER: YEARS 1-4 & 5-7 (2010/2011)Now we know that these are actually two different titles, but both Lego Harry Potter titles are so good you really need to play both. The pair of games bring the magic of Hogwarts to life so well that even diehard Potter fans will be appeased.If you play both games, all seven books or eight movies are covered off with plenty of brilliantly blocky wizardry.8. LEGO CITY UNDERCOVER (2013)For this Wii U exclusive, developer TT Games managed to create an exciting original Lego title that was essentially the series' answer to Grand Theft Auto without the torture, drugs and prostitutes.It was an open-world sandbox game that could appeal to all the family for weeks on end.7. LEGO LORD OF THE RINGS (2012)Thankfully no-one told the Lego team that it couldn't pass into the realms of Lord of the Rings, so we got to play through a beautiful block-based rendition of the entire trilogy, complete with some of that glorious music and original dialogue.
And although the story was compressed somewhat – can you blame them? – the game still offered a lot of gameplay action, secrets and worlds to wander.6. LEGO PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN (2011)We always knew Captain Jack Sparrow would translate well to Lego and bringing all three original Pirates of the Caribbean movies to life in Lego was a great feat.Although we will argue that the game would have really benefited from some dialogue, it still managed to capture the world, characters and humour perfectly.5. LEGO STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS (2016)Although there have been so many Lego Star Wars games, we're in love with the latest release: Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Not only does it have the same excellent gameplay that the series is built on, but the twists you'll discover are quite brilliant.Plus, the trademark Telltale Games humour is stronger than ever.4. LEGO MARVEL SUPER HEROES (2013)Although it's not the newest in the Lego Marvel series, it was undoubtedly the game that really showcased the scope Lego games were capable of.
Lego Marvel Super Heroes features over 150 characters to discover, tons of collectibles and lots of replayability, all with its very own story that makes you feel like you're watching a very personal Marvel movie. Complete with Stan Lee cameos.And don't forget, there's nothing more satisfying than flying around the world as Iron Man.3. LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROESFor the first time in the franchise, Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes featured original voice acting, adding a whole new dimension to the series following a narrative of mainly primitive grunts.The sandbox gameplay was awesome and you could play as both Batman and Superman, along with a vast array of classic DC heroes.Drama and humour abounded, along with a great story and top notch graphics. It was close to being the best Lego game of all time.2. LEGO STAR WARS: THE COMPLETE SAGA (2007)With Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga you got both the brilliant Lego Star Wars and Lego Star Wars 2 games in one massive bundle with completely revamped graphics.