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America’s favorite toy, LEGO had a humble beginning. Lego which in Danish means “let’s play” was started by Ole Kirk Christiansen. He started off constructing houses and furniture for the people of Billund in Denmark. Later, in 1932 he started making toys. The name LEGO was coined in 1934. It is fabled that only later did the LEGO group find out, to their pleasant surprise that LEGO loosely meant “I assemble” in Latin. An Apt name for interlocking plastic bricks with countless combinations. It was introduced to North America in 1962. Today approximately nineteen billion LEGO elements are produced every year. That’s a whopping thirty six thousand every minute. LEGO is sold in over 130 countries.

There are scores of LEGO themes. Some of the licensed LEGO themes include LEGO star wars, LEGO Bob the builder, LEGO Batman, LEGO Spiderman, LEGO Indiana Jones and LEGO Harry Potter. The more popular original LEGO themes include bionicle, agents, castle, city, creator, Mars mission, pirates and racers. Space, castle, pirates, town are the evergreens. Every year new themes are added, and production of themes whose popularity has waned, discontinued. LEGO city is the current numero uno. Bionicles, star wars, LEGO Indiana Jones are some of the other best sellers around the world at present. LEGO sets encourage children and adults to be creative and innovative.

Of course, one of the most popular LEGO themes to ever hit the market is Lego Star Wars. In 1999 Star Wars became the first intellectual property to be licensed in the history of the Lego group. Their first installment in this series was the Lego X-wing Star fighter–the famous star fighter that Luke Skywalker defeated the Death Star in. Soon afterwards, this was followed by several sets based on the original trilogy, and more recently based on the prequel trilogy. Lego also released an Ultimate Collector’s Series, which was released in a limited quantity and includes items from both the original and the prequel trilogy, from the Millennium Falcon to General Grievous. They have also produced three Lego Star Wars video games that incorporate the entire saga.

With the Lego X-Wing Star fighter set, you can relive the exciting days of the Rebel Alliance and their conflict with the evil Empire. This rare set, the first installation in the coalition between LEGO and Lucas Arts, comes complete with parts to customize your fighter to be that of Luke Skywalker’s Red Five, or Wedge Antilles’ Red Three snub fighter! It also includes minifigures of the Alliance’s greatest heroes–Wedge Antilles, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia Organa, R2-D2, and the mighty Chewbacca. With this great, classic set you have everything you need to defeat the Empire and save the day.

Star Wars and the LEGO Group will be partners for many more years to come and will be serving up new Star Wars LEGO sets for young fans and old for quite some time.