When I was a little kid I had two great passions: Star Wars and LEGO. I won’t delve into all the reasons I fell in love with both, nor try and pinpoint a particular moment where these loves emerged. Instead, I’d rather point out something peculiar about my younger self: I rarely merged these two interests. Actually, come to think of it, I rarely tried. As I would sit building and playing with a new LEGO set, my Star Wars toys and books would sit idly by. And, when I was tired of playing with LEGOs, I w0uld shift back to re-reading the Thrawn Trilogy or creating epic battles with my Star Wars Micro Machines or action figures.
That’s how it went for years, my love of these two interests swinging back and forth on a pendulum but never coming to a confluence. One week LEGO, the next Star Wars, and so on (with other interests mixed in). Sadly, becoming a teen meant that playing with toys became less cool and eventually my collection of LEGOs found its way into the attic. On the other hand, my love of Star Wars shifted as well, and I found myself much more engaged in the books, movies, and video games than with the Micro Machines or action figures – which were also packed away.
Shifting interests are natural as one grows up, of course, and thinking back on my youth I am neither dismayed nor discouraged that I stopped playing with LEGOs or my Star Wars toys. Besides, now that I am an adult, those two loves have been combined into a hardcore obsession with the LEGO Star Wars sets I started collecting in 2012. Needless to say, this collection makes my inner-child very happy. Admittedly, 2012 was a bit late to the LEGO Star Wars scene because LEGO actually began introducing Star Wars sets in 1999. Plus, I didn’t even think about buying any sets until after I met a friend in grad school who had a sweet LEGO collection of her own (check out her blog). But hey, better late than never!
So, all that said, I figured I would have a little fun and share some of my ever expanding collection with y’all. Enjoy!!!
My LEGO ARC-170 on patrol in my Star Wars room. It is one of my absolute favorite sets, was fun to build AND I got it at Target for only $30. #Winner
Clone Troopers and Jedi stand in front of the AT-TE, AT-AP, and Republic Gunship. Can you spot Clone Commander Gree?
Count Dooku and Asajj Ventress prepare to lead battle droids into a fight. I purposefully spent a little extra to get a set with Ventress.
Darth Malgus might be an EU character, but that doesn’t make him any less intimidating. Look at those eyes!!!
This sweet thing was a birthday gift from me to me.
Captain Rex, Commander Gree, and Commander Cody discuss strategy.
The crew of The Ghost pose for a picture.
Although small, the Freeco Speeder was a really fun build and came with two sweet minifigures: snowsuit Anakin and Talz Chieftain Thi-Sen.
A Rebel Y-Wing goes on the attack.
Boba Fett hangs out on a desert skiff with a disguised Lando Calrissian.
It took a while to assemble all of the droids that came with the Battle Droid Troop Carrier.
Who is LEGO Rey?
AV-7 Anti-Vehicle Cannon
AT-DP from Star Wars Rebels.
Lego Veers takes his job very seriously.
Some smaller sets on the mantle.
Qui-Gon Jinn sure is a handsome lad.
A hidden Mando base.
Gozanti-class Cruiser “Talkernado”
Imperial soldiers and officers – Colonel Yularen in the center – stand at attention behind the Emperor and Darth Vader.
The Imperial Talker 
What an interesting story! I love that you finally discovered your love of Star Wars legos! Your collections is so impressive. I haven’t actually seen many of these.
The ARC-170 seems to be quite a steal considering how expensive they are! I really love that Rebels set too!
I used to love playing with legos when I was a kid. I have three younger siblings and would always build my own ships and buildings for my two brothers to play with. I have eyed many of the lego sets that are in stores now but I always wonder how the process would go with following instructions to build it. I either want to build my own masterpieces or already have it built for me to display and admire! Ha! I have some of the lego Star Wars single figures and keychains though. I guess those will do until me or my husband finally buy a set.
Thanks for participating, Jeff!
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Glad you enjoyed what I have shared! It was hard limiting myself – I probably could have kept posting pics if I hadn’t cut myself off.
So the crazy thing about the ARC-170 was that it was just plain, old fate. I went to Target after Christmas 2012 and the store was clearing out a lot of toys and I had already picked up a few smaller sets from the sales. I head there for another jaunt through the clearance aisle and sitting there, all by its lonesome, is the ARC-170. I immediately pick it up and I head to the scanner to find out the price…and it doesn’t come up. So, I go to a counter in electronics and ask for a price check and, once again, it doesn’t work. At that point, one of the sales people heads to the back of the store to ask a manager what’s up. Upon returning, he says that the set had been lost in the back, they had found it and threw it on the shelf, and that I could have it for $29.99 which I didn’t even think twice about. It was, hands down, the best LEGO find I have had.
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several years ago, when I still collected Lego’s I nearly purchased an ARC-170. I still regret not getting it, It looks like an awesome build.
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It was a great build! It is a wee bit delicate to handle, but is a very very cool set.
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