Starwars Lego Toys

Lego was founded in 1932 by Danish Carpenter, Ole Kirk Christiansen. Due to the economic depression in the late 1920s and early 1930s he was out of a job, and decided to start making wooden toys for his children.

The name Lego was coined by Ole Kirk Christiansen as an abbreviation of the two Danish words "Leg Godt", which translates into "Play Well", and to this day that is what Lego is all about!

In the early 1940s, Lego expanded into producing plastic toys, and in 1949 the interlocking Lego bricks that we've all come to love saw the light of day.

Of cause things has developed an awful lot since then - but at he heart of it all remains 2 motto's or aspirations - "Play Well" and "Only The Best Is Good Enough". The latter motto was used by Ole Kirk Christiansen to encourage his employees never to take their eyes off of the quality of the product, something which is still essential to the Lego Brand.

Lego is, by most of its fans (myself included), seen a fun, challenging and educational toy, which lets lose your imagination, curiousity and creativity. It's all about learning while playing! And that's why Lego remains a firm favorite with kids, builders and collectors of all ages

Just to state the obvious - but without Star Wars - we wouldn't have Starwars Lego Toys! So what is Star Wars then? It's quite simply an epic space opera, depicting the battle between good and evil, in a fictional galaxy.

The Star Wars saga consists of 2 trilogies, of which chapter IV-VI was released first, and the prequel chapters I-III were released, with chapter I coming out 20 years after the release of chapter IV.

Star Wars has given us more characters, toys and spin-offs than what I could possibly name here, with Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, Yoda and R2D2 being the most popular. Scenes from the films that sticks with most people are the lightsaber battle between Obi-Wan and Darth Vader, and the battle between the Empires' AT-AT Walkers and the Rebel Scout Speeders.

With both Lego and Star Wars having a multitude of avid fans across the globe - it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that together they have come up with some amazing sets of collectors items.

No doubt about it - these ultimate collectors items are not for the faint hearted - nor for the impatient! The belong in the league of some of the biggest and most challenging sets ever brought out by Lego - and once you've managed to put them together (which could take 20-30 hours per model), you want to make sure they are kept well out of reach of small children and pet animals.

If you're a Star Wars fan who just needs to have every Star Wars Item available - or a Lego fanatic who needs no excuse for taking up a challenge - these Items are for you!

Could be that you're one of those who loves Starwars, but can't be bothered playing with "old fashioned" Lego toys? Fret not! There's a complete series of Starwars Lego Games for all the popular games consoles and computers on the market. Now - how cool is that?

Take your pick from below.....