2009

  • The 2009 Malevolence

    By The Collector • September 26, 2009

    A Year-Long Campaign. A Mini-Movie. A Video Game. A 749-Piece Ship Almost Nobody Built. In 2009, LEGO ran one of the most elaborate promotional campaigns in the history of the Star Wars theme — a stealth multimedia onslaught that started in January and ended with building instructions for a midi-scale starship almost no one knew existed. This is the full story.
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  • The 2009 San Diego Comic-Con Holo-Brick Archives Display

    The 2009 San Diego Comic-Con Holo-Brick Archives Display

    By The Collector • July 22, 2009

    Three Printed Bricks. A Website Name. Two Stormtroopers. And Almost No Documentation. The least-documented item from SDCC 2009 — and possibly from any SDCC LEGO year. Three pieces. No instructions. No confirmed packaging. A promotional display nameplate for a website that no longer exists, given away free at a convention sixteen years ago.
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  • The 2009 San Diego Comic-Con Mini Republic Dropship & AT-TE BrickMaster Pack

    The 2009 San Diego Comic-Con Mini Republic Dropship & AT-TE BrickMaster Pack

    By The Collector • July 22, 2009

    500 Made. A Raffle to Buy It. A BrickMaster Magazine Nobody Mentions. And a Bilingual Box That Answers One Question While Raising Another. The second exclusive LEGO set SDCC attendees could buy in 2009 — and the only one that was a true double exclusive. A microscale Republic Dropship you couldn’t build anywhere else, bundled with a BrickMaster polybag most subscribers never received.
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  • The 2009 San Diego Comic-Con Collectible Display Sets

    The 2009 San Diego Comic-Con Collectible Display Sets

    By The Collector • July 22, 2009

    Six Sets. Six Days. One Per Day. 300 Each. Except One. LEGO returned to San Diego Comic-Con in 2009 with something more ambitious than the year before — a complete series of individually numbered display sets, one released each day of the convention, spanning the entire Star Wars universe from Clone Wars to Return of the Jedi.
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  • The 2009 Toy Fair Chrome Black Darth Vader

    The 2009 Toy Fair Chrome Black Darth Vader

    By The Collector • February 14, 2009

    Ten Years of Ruling the Toy Galaxy. 100 made. Given to VIP attendees at the 2009 New York Toy Fair Collectors Party. A chrome black Darth Vader in a display case wrapped in his own quotes. And a VIP badge produced in four color variants — 25 of each.
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  • The 2009 Darth Vader Store Display Maxi-Figure

    The 2009 Darth Vader Store Display Maxi-Figure

    By The Collector • January 1, 2009

    An Undocumented Anniversary Item. One photograph. One display case. Ten years of LEGO Star Wars. And nobody has ever written about this.
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