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Image: LegoTo help celebrate Disney’s 100th anniversary, Lego’s latest minifigure collection features 18 of the company’s most iconic animated characters now sporting claw-shaped hands. The Disney 100 assortment includes “Sorcerer’s Apprentice Mickey, Pinocchio, Jiminy Cricket, The Queen, Stitch 626, Pocahontas, Cruella de Vil & Dalmatian puppy, Miguel & Dante, Ernesto de la Cruz, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Robin Hood, Prince John, Tiana, Dr. Facilier, Queen of Hearts, Mulan, Aurora and Baymax.” They’ll all be…

Image: LegoThere’s good news and bad news for Lego fans next month. Unlike March, which brought with it some 45 new building sets, April arrives with just 14 new Lego introductions, and promises to be a little easier on budgets still recovering from last month.The bad news? Indiana Jones finally makes his return to the Lego world with three irresistible new sets based on the original trilogy, and it’s hard to imagine any Lego fan not wanting minifigure versions of Carl, Russell, and Dug—the stars of Pixar’s Up—to join…

Way back in 1999, Lego made an announcement that helped save the company: a collection of sets based on the original Star Wars trilogy. Since then, Lego has released over 860 Star Wars-themed sets over the past 24 years, but no lightsabers with glowing blades. For that, it seems, we have to rely on talented amateur Lego fans instead.Lego has released a couple of buildable lightsaber hilts over the years, including Yoda’s and Luke’s sabers, but they were only available as giveaways for a short period of time to those who…