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Galactic Builders: Building a Star Wars Grogu Plush Toy with Mattel

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In this installment, we learn how two Mattel toy designers and a FIRST student are using their design and engineering skills to bring Star Wars characters to life. Mattel toy designers Ed Duncan and Denise Wong share how they built their dream careers around their creative passions and the incredible work that went into developing the Grogu Plush Toy. We also meet with Matthew, a FIRST robotics student from the Athenian Robotics Collective team, whose love for engineering and practical effects inspires him to create his own Star Wars models and animatronics.

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Star Wars: A Vader Family Sithmas (Star Wars x Chronicle Books)
Star Wars: A Vader Family Sithmas (Star Wars x Chronicle Books)
  • Hardcover Book
  • Brown, Jeffrey (Author)
  • English (Publication Language)
  • 64 Pages - 10/05/2021 (Publication Date) - Chronicle Books (Publisher)
$8.34 Amazon Prime
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Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He's contributed to Star Wars Insider (since '06) and Starburst Magazine (since '16) as well as ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek magazine and StarTrek.com. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since the stage began in 2015, the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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NewsFilm, Music & TV

Galactic Builders: Building a Star Wars Grogu Plush Toy with Mattel

Mark Newbold
By Mark Newbold

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In this installment, we learn how two Mattel toy designers and a FIRST student are using their design and engineering skills to bring Star Wars characters to life. Mattel toy designers Ed Duncan and Denise Wong share how they built their dream careers around their creative passions and the incredible work that went into developing the Grogu Plush Toy. We also meet with Matthew, a FIRST robotics student from the Athenian Robotics Collective team, whose love for engineering and practical effects inspires him to create his own Star Wars models and animatronics.

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Star Wars: A Vader Family Sithmas (Star Wars x Chronicle Books)
Star Wars: A Vader Family Sithmas (Star Wars x Chronicle Books)
  • Hardcover Book
  • Brown, Jeffrey (Author)
  • English (Publication Language)
  • 64 Pages - 10/05/2021 (Publication Date) - Chronicle Books (Publisher)
$8.34 Amazon Prime
Buy on Amazon This is a paid link. Learn More. Price incl. tax, excl. shipping.  Details correct as at: 2025-08-31
SourceStar Wars Kids
Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He's contributed to Star Wars Insider (since '06) and Starburst Magazine (since '16) as well as ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek magazine and StarTrek.com. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since the stage began in 2015, the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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