The group (or ‘murder’) of LEGO Porgs travelled from London’s South Bank, across Millennium Bridge and past St. Paul’s Cathedral – before finishing their sight-seeing tour at London’s Trafalgar Square and the LEGO store in Leicester Square - giving excited children a chance to greet the brick Porgs with glee.
The little puffin-like critters are adored by stars - including Daisy Ridley and Mark Hamill - and fans alike. Based on the abundant sea birds of Skelling Michael and created by
The Last Jedi's director, Rian Johnson, they are only currently available in two LEGO
Star Wars sets - the near-on-impossible-to-find
75192 UCS Millennium Falcon and affordable and accessible
75200 Acho-to Island Training.
Just ten of the Porgs have been created – specially built by LEGO and Bright Bricks, a LEGO Certified Professional (LCP) company – for the launch of
Star Wars:
The Last Jedi.
LEGO PORGS – BUILDING FACT-FILE:
- Each Porg took 20 hours to build, and contains over 8,000 bricks
- Creating a combined build time of 200 hours for all 10 Porgs
- The LEGO Porgs weigh approximately 16.5kg each
- There are 8 different LEGO brick colours in each model, with each one standing 60cm tall
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It’s safe to say that film fans of all ages are going crazy for Porgs. We’ve not seen this much excitement for a new addition to the Star Wars universe for decades, so to bring the Porgs to life in brick form was a no-brainer for us here at LEGO,” said Alistair Galletly, Brand Manager. “
The reaction from the public to these furry sea birds was incredible to see, and we can’t wait for three of these unique birds to go to happy homes in 2018.”
From today until the 15th of January, members of LEGO’s free VIP loyalty scheme that buy a
LEGO Star Wars set via
shop.LEGO.com will automatically be entered into a ballot to be in with a chance to receive their very own LEGO Porg in the new year.
And with the
current 10% off sale now is the perfect time to get your order in!
