LEGO Star Wars Christmas tree ornaments

 

  • LEGO Star Wars Christmas tree ornaments

    Posted by Huw, 21 Aug 2012 06:20. Filed under New sets.

    Hallmark in the USA is producing two LEGO Star Wars Christmas tree ornaments, a Stormtrooper and Darth Vader. They are priced at $15 and will be available in-store only.

    It's hard to tell from the picture how large they are but I would guess 2-3" high.

    (Thanks morkman)


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Posted by bezetkace in Poland, 21 Aug 2012 06:39

Um... Weird.

Posted by paul_merton in United Kingdom, 21 Aug 2012 06:49

Doesn't look particularly festive...

Posted by CCC in United Kingdom, 21 Aug 2012 07:08

I think it's better to buy genuine minifigs and use them. They will keep some value.

Posted by julencin2000 in Spain, 21 Aug 2012 07:21

According to Hallmark's details page, measures are 1.75" x 3" x 2"

Posted by brickmonkey13 in Canada, 21 Aug 2012 07:25

I bought the Darth Vader ornament last year - thumbs up!

Posted by khmellymel in China, 21 Aug 2012 07:36

^ I find that a lot of the Hallmark or other card company ornaments don't have much to do with Christmas, haha

Posted by legoman67 in Netherlands, 21 Aug 2012 07:42

No special at all. Looks to my like a keyring Minifigure on a 2x4 brick. Not very Christmasy, but when you want to decorate your tree, make it yourself from keyring Minifigures. Its cheaper and more fun, ...

Posted by mumsie45 in United States, 21 Aug 2012 08:59

hallmark has made ornaments for years. they are very colectable and become very valuable.

Posted by Minifig Mischief in United States, 21 Aug 2012 09:00

I also purchased the Darth Vader ornament last year. It's slightly larger than a minifigure. I would have preferred it if Hallmark made these ornaments light up since it's so hard to come across the very short-lived light-up minifigures from 2005. It seems as though they're already planning to produce Yoda next year:
http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/gallery2/album/SDCC-2012-Hallmark/1342257829-16.php

Posted by Gandalf1 in United States, 21 Aug 2012 09:08

It says the stormtrooper is 1.75" x 3" x 2" and Vader is 2.25" x 3.25" x 1.25". Maybe it was hard to tell from the picture, but if you read the description, it's pretty easy. :)

Posted by multiplex in Canada, 21 Aug 2012 10:37

The best Christmas ornaments are the planets from the new planet series 1 and 2. They are a perfect size and even come with a lego piece to thread your string through so you can hang them. They even look like ornaments. I just wish they made Mustafar (RED!). This year I'm going to put minifigure gifts or polybag sets inside them to open up on Christmas morning rather than stuffing them into traditional stocking. I'll save the stockings for the larger gifts :)

Posted by The Reviewer in United States, 21 Aug 2012 11:38

Why is everyone saying this is "un-Christmasy" My own personal Christmas tree has NO santa stuff whatsoever(Well except one where he is climbing the Empire state building) But overall all my Christmas ornaments are Star Trek, Star wars, Transformers, Spongebob ,batman, Hotwheels, and other movie characthers etc. So this is a must have for me.

Posted by MorkMan in United States, 21 Aug 2012 12:29

Thanks, Huw, for posting this!
It looks like they are only sold in the USA - not UK. Hallmark has different websites. I agree, it's not very Christmas-like! I don't remember a Storm Trooper at the birth of Jesus. Maybe he was standing guard outside.

Posted by CapnRex101 in United Kingdom, 21 Aug 2012 13:39

I am not so sure about this personally, as already mentioned they don't seem at all festive, and I imagine they are quite heavy meaning that unless your tree is artificial and has some very strong branches, they will bend or break and the ornament will have a tendency to fall off. It is interesting to see that this is in fact the old Stormtrooper design and not the new one for some reason.

@multiplex - That idea about having polybags in the planets to be opened on Christmas day is excellent! I might have to steal it...

Posted by Okay in United States, 21 Aug 2012 15:43

Yeah, I saw those in store last year, but didn't buy them since they didn't look that interesting or festive. Not that my family would ever let me hang Star Wars ornaments on our tree. If memory serves me right, they are slightly larger than real minifigures, kinda like those little torch lights.

I heard rumors of a Yoda and Jango Fett ornaments for next year.

As for the idea of putting polybags inside planet sets, why would you even need to do that? Wouldn't it be much easier to just leave the sets that they already come with inside of them? :D

Posted by Zrath in United States, 21 Aug 2012 16:42

Personally, I'm weirded out by the fact the stormtrooper is packing the bullhorn with a 1x1 round trans-red plate on it. That's a little retro, non? :)

Posted by Russell844 in United States, 21 Aug 2012 19:08

As far as I can tell the 2012 Darth Vader ornament is identical to the 2011 Darth Vader ornament.

Posted by Dlakii in Australia, 21 Aug 2012 21:52

Silly people - obviously Stormtroopers and Darth Vader are as Christmassy as you get. Didn't you know? Following the Empire's rise to power, it became common practice to hang merchandise depicting figures from the Imperial army on one's Christmas/equivalent trees. After all, if you don't appease him in such a way, Santa Vader (that most jolly of gift-giving Sith cyborgs) will kill you in your sleep. Even after the Empire's fall and Vader's death, it took a very long time for this custom to fade.

...I'll shut up now.

(note: none of the above is true in any context)

Posted by Irene in United States, 22 Aug 2012 08:31

Halmark ornaments are very light. I have a much larger DISPICABLE ME minion ornament (with snow-minion), and it is about the same weight as the Lego minifig standing next to it.

Without a scale, I am just going by feel, but ...

So if your tree contains Star Wars stuff or Lego stuff or just a mix of stuff, this would go just fine.

Posted by dehnehsu in United States, 22 Aug 2012 13:38

I saw the Darth Vader ornament last year and wasn't impressed by the "Star Wars" "LEGO" logo at the base. It was just a sticker and not printed on. They do sell fast, I never saw any survive it to post Holiday clearance. (I would have picked one up for half price)

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