Leading up to Force Friday, the day when all the new Star Wars toys were released for the upcoming movie, The Force Awakens, I promoted the day through the Force Friday Countdown Calendar. That calendar was over three months of toys from the history of Star Wars. I got pretty excited about the new toys after seeing all that has come before. During that time we even introduced Eva and Andrew to the original trilogy. Eva has been enjoying the movies and we still have Return of the Jedi to watch. A little while after Force Friday I got a message in the mail asking me to Choose Dark Side or Choose Light Side. I decided to Choose Light Side.
What arrived was a sampling of some of the toys that Hasbro has released for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It was pretty exciting to see everything in the box. Almost everything in the box has to do with Chewbacca and that is awesome. The remaining item is the Blade Builders set which will be a lot of fun to do with the kids. They’re going to have a lot of fun with that once we open it up. I may even have to get the adult Chewbacca costume at Target to take the kids trick or treating this year. That is, if the mask fits me.
We received a copy of the LEGO® STAR WARS: The New Yoda Chronicles! DVD to watch and review. I even did a giveaway of the DVD. With the kids starting to become more knowledgeable of Star Wars they are also becoming more excited to see more Star Wars content. I like the way that these particular chronicles are done. With the characters in the LEGO style and the jokes very referential to the movies, the cartoon series , The Clone Wars and more we get a humorous ride through a familiar landscape. I’m eager to watch the whole thing with Eva. Andrew s a little harder to get to sit and watch unless it is a show he chooses. He’s not quite there with this series yet… yet. I have a feeling that as he gets older and is exposed to more Star Wars, including all the LEGO sets that I have in the basement ready for the kids to unbox and play with (when they are a little older) then Andrew is going to love this series and enjoy the fun of it.
