Lego Star Wars Convention 2010 Celebration V exclusive Cube Dudes

This is the second set of Cube Dudes to be released by Lego following the exclusive SDCC 2010 Clone Wars set. Designed by Angus Maclane, this set was released exclusively at the Star Wars Convention which took place in Orlando, Florida earlier this year. Also known as Celebration V, the convention marks the 30th anniversary of the theatrical release of arguably the best Star Wars film in the sextology. I am referring of course to "The Empire Strikes Back". It was a fitting tribute that this set contains five of the six bounty hunters hired by Darth Vader to hunt down the Millennium Falcon, in Angus Maclane's Cube Dudes style. There were an estimated 2000 sets produced.

Needless to say, I did not have the privilege of attending this great event, which is where eBay comes to the rescue. This was purchased off a UK retailer at a price slightly more than what I paid for the SDCC 2010 Clone Wars set.



Cubic package. Unfortunately, the package it was mailed could have been sturdier. As a result, it arrived slightly crushed at various points. Like before, you can see the front and back of the built figures portrayed on different sides of the box.


Box (top).


Box (bottom).


Numbered seal. Mine's a nice #1208.


Recommended for ages 12 and older due to the 496 small pieces contained within.


Instruction manual (in black with glossy silhouettes of figures).


Contents were packed separately in Ziploc bags with ID cards



Bossk (front and rear). Nice sturdy design.



IG-88 (front and rear). Cool character let down by weak structural design. You'd have to work hard to keep its head and arms from falling off. Rifles are also loosely held in its hands.



The infamous Boba Fett (front and rear). Comes with a blaster assembled from bricks and a great looking rocket pack.



Dengar (front and rear). Nice design for the bandages around his head.



4-Lom (front and rear). Nice sturdy design, especially the bug-eyes.


Full line-up (l-r) - Bossk, IG-88, Boba Fett, Dengar, 4-Lom


I've included the respective mini-figures for scale comparison.

Lego Star Wars SDCC 2010 exclusive Cube Dudes

This is the third year in a row that Lego has released an exclusive product under its Star Wars line at the San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC). Participants at SDCC 2010 had to enter a raffle and picked for the right to purchase this Clone Wars edition of Cube Dudes for US$75 each. My own set is numbered #0302 out of approximately 2000 sets available and was purchased off a seller on eBay.

The set of 5 Star Wars Cube Dudes came packaged in a cube cardstock box and were designed by Angus Maclane. The set consists of 5 figures from the Star Wars franchise, namely C-3PO, R2-D2, Yoda, Captain Rex and Obi-wan Kenobi. They are characterised by relatively large boxy heads stuck on top of tiny bodies for a cartoony feel.

Angus Maclane has been creating hundreds of Cube Dude characters from a range of popular culture, TV, movie and toy franchises. You can check out his other designs on his Flickr stream. Lego took notice of his efforts and began collaborating with him. By day, he is an animator at Pixar, whose movie credits include the award-winning "Wall-E".

On the whole, these are cute little darlings that are easy to put together and would be a good addition to any collection. I spent barely an hour putting the five figures together. They also display well if you have more than a few of them. I certainly look forward to further Cube Dude releases in future.


Box (front)


Box (back)


Box (top)


Box (underside)


Serial numbered #0302


Contains 416 pieces. Unfortunately, I was missing a 1x2 white plate brick.


2 of 5 bags containing C-3PO (l) and R2-D2 (r)


2 of 5 bags containing Obi-wan Kenobi (l) and Yoda (r)


1 of 5 bags containing Captain Rex. There was also a supplemental bag with 2x 1x1 smooth square plates which they must have included after realising an error in the number of pieces required.


Instruction booklet (front and rear covers). Note the glossy figure silhouettes.




Instruction booklet (interior)



Obi-wan Kenobi



Captain Rex (my favourite figure from this set)



Yoda



C-3PO



R2-D2 (I had to steal one non-essential piece from him to build Obi-wan's hand)


The Laurel and Hardy duo from Star Wars


Full line-up


Mini-figure included for scale comparison (As you can see, they're really quite tiny...except for the head)