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  • Every LEGO Star Wars Exclusive at New York Comic Con

    By The Collector • June 10, 2026

    New York Comic Con produced only two LEGO Star Wars exclusives in its history — but each was the New York stop on a bigger national tour, and each became a standout: the most valuable tin of the 2012 trilogy, and the first-ever Star Wars BrickHeadz, released by lottery and gone in three days.
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  • Every LEGO Star Wars Exclusive at Fan Expo Canada

    By The Collector • June 10, 2026

    Fan Expo Canada produced only two LEGO Star Wars exclusives — but both are the rarer, alternate-character halves of sets that debuted at bigger events weeks earlier. The story of the Kanan Jarrus Ghost and the R2-D2 Tatooine: the Toronto-only versions that are harder to find than their American counterparts.
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  • Every LEGO Exclusive at Star Wars Celebration

    By The Collector • June 9, 2026

    Star Wars Celebration is the one convention built entirely around a galaxy far, far away — and for two decades LEGO has used it to hand out some of its rarest Star Wars collectibles. A complete accounting from a one-of-a-kind 2005 contest statue to the promo tiles of the 2020s, plus the make-and-take builds and the sets designed for Celebration that never actually made it there.
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  • Every LEGO Star Wars Exclusive at San Diego Comic-Con

    By The Collector • June 8, 2026

    For more than a decade, the LEGO booth at San Diego Comic-Con was one of the hardest places on earth to walk away with a Star Wars set. A complete accounting of every LEGO Star Wars exclusive that came out of SDCC — from the 2008 Clone Wars Pack to the pandemic-orphaned Nebulon-B — plus the sets people constantly file under “SDCC” that never actually belonged there.
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  • Every LEGO Star Wars Exclusive at the New York Toy Fair

    By The Collector • June 8, 2026

    Before there was a single LEGO Star Wars set on a shelf, there was a small white box in the mail — and it came from the New York Toy Fair. A complete accounting of every LEGO Star Wars exclusive tied to the fair, from the 1999 mailer that was the first LEGO Star Wars object ever made through a decade of invitation-only Collectors Party gifts.
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  • The BringMeSolo Complete UCS List
    The BringMeSolo Complete UCS List

    By The Collector • May 20, 2026

    52 Sets, 26 Years, One Collector’s Definition. Every set that says UCS on the box, appeared on the 2011 LEGO UCS Promotional Poster, or was sold under the UCS category in the LEGO Shop at Home catalog. No more. No less.
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  • How to Think About Value in a LEGO Star Wars Collection

    By The Collector • May 12, 2026

    Most value guides tell you what something is worth. This one tells you what that actually means. On the difference between market value and collector value, where to find reliable numbers, and how to think about this if you are not buying with an unlimited budget.
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  • One Yoda, Three Catalog Numbers: Why This Collection Has Its Own Numbering System

    By The Collector • May 11, 2026

    Every serious collection needs a way to identify its pieces. Ours had to be built from scratch — because the rest of the hobby can’t agree on what to call them. A look at how this collection assigns catalog numbers, and how one little Yoda made the case for doing it ourselves.
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  • The Taxonomy of a Collection: Classifying the Unclassifiable
    The Taxonomy of a Collection: Classifying the Unclassifiable

    By The Collector • May 10, 2026

    Every item in this collection has a precise address in a taxonomy. Here is how that taxonomy works — and why it matters. BringMeSolo uses four classification schemes to describe every item in the LEGO Star Wars universe. This article explains what each one is, how the categories were designed, and why the choices were made the way they were.
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  • Seven Sites Every Serious LEGO Star Wars Collector Should Know
    Seven Sites Every Serious LEGO Star Wars Collector Should Know

    By The Collector • May 9, 2026

    The internet is full of LEGO content. Most of it is noise. These seven are signal. A collector’s guide to the databases, forums, and accounts that are actually worth your time — with honest notes on where each one falls short.
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