Month: April 2015 (Page 1 of 13)

LEGO Jurassic World Sets Now Available on Shop@Home

April 30, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 1 Comment

It’s May 1st on the east coast so that means that the new LEGO Jurassic World sets are now available on Shop@Home. They will also be available at LEGO Stores in the morning as well as other large retailers.

Pteranodon Capture (75915) – $19.99

Emergency! A pteranodon has grabbed an ACU trooper and is flying away with him gripped in its claws. Jump into the cockpit of the cool Jurassic One helicopter with Simon Masrani, soar into the sky and speed to the rescue. When you have the pteranodon in your sights, open the side door to hang out on the platform and fire the net shooter to capture the dinosaur before it can escape. Includes 2 minifigures: Simon Masrani and an ACU trooper with a weapon.

LEGO Jurassic World Pteranodon Capture (75915)

Dilophosaurus Ambush (75916) – $29.99

Danger! Gray has got lost in the park and is rolling around in a gyrosphere being chased by a dilophosaurus. Join the ACU trooper as he drives to the rescue in the classic Jurassic World 4×4. Use the binoculars to seek out the ferocious dinosaur and call for back-up on the walkie-talkie. Evade its snapping jaws and use the winch to grab its legs. Take down that dino before it can jump on the back of the 4×4 and activate the explode function! Includes 2 minifigures with a weapon and assorted accessories: Gray and an ACU trooper.

LEGO Jurassic World Dilophosaurus Ambush (75916)

Raptor Rampage (75917) – $49.99

Watch out! The mobile vet unit is under attack from Blue and Charlie, two marauding raptors. Drive the powerful vehicle at top

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BrickConnection 2015 LEGO Fan Event Happening Next Week

April 30, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

If you’re near the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex area next week on May 8-9, there’s a LEGO Fan event that you can attend called Brickconnection. The event will be held at the Golden Triangle Mall at the Macy’s Wing in Denton. Tickets are $6 per adult and $4 per child.

BrickConnection will feature many MOCs by local and national LEGO artists including works by Sean and Steph Mayo. There will also be building contests with prizes as well as a community build for the public. Check out the press release below.

DFWLUG (The Dallas/Fort Worth LEGO Users’ Group) announces its BrickConnection LEGO Fan event, featuring the award-winning LEGO artists Sean and Stephanie Mayo. This event takes place in the vastly populous Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex in the Macy’s wing of the Golden Triangle Mall in Denton, Texas, USA. Public hours are Friday, May 8th, 2015 from 12pm to 8pm and Saturday, May 9 th from 10am to 9pm local time. The event features games and building contests for children and adults with over 100 prizes. MOC displays include large town and historic displays, a large train display, robotics demonstrations,and superheroes. There will also be a unique community build where we will build a large detailed LEGO
display from start to finish with community involvement where pros will teach the general public how to plan, organize, build landscape elements, and incorporate various building techniques from simple to advanced. We also have vendors selling various LEGO and LEGO-related merchandise. Admission is only $6 per adult (13 and up) and

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A LEGO Brickumentary Official Trailer

April 30, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 4 Comments

The official trailer for A LEGO Brickumentary has now become available watch online. If you haven’t heard, the movie is a documentary about LEGO and it explores the history and the worldwide cultural impact the bricks have on people who build with it. It is narrated by Jason Bateman and there are plenty of interviews and stories with AFOLs about what LEGO means to them.

A LEGO Brickumentary was first shown at the Tribeca Film Festival last year and was picked up by RADiUS-TWC shortly after. The release date for theaters will be July 31, 2015. You may probably recognize many of the builders in the movie including Alice Finch, Nathan Sawaya, and Stephen Pakbaz just to name a few. Check out the trailer below.

Thanks to Adeel for the heads up.

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LEGO Star Wars Constraction Buildable Figures Jango Fett & Commander Cody Official Images

April 30, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 6 Comments

LEGO Star Wars Constraction Buildable Figures Jango Fett (75107)

FBTB has posted the official images of the LEGO Star Wars Constraction Buildable Figures of Jango Fett (75107) and Commander Cody (75108). You can now actually see the little details that each of the figures have on the armor. Jango Fett will have 85 pieces and Commander Cody has 82 pieces.

You can also check out the other characters in the wave including Obi-Wan Kenobi (75109), Luke Skywalker (75110), Darth Varder (75111), and General Grievous (75112) below.

LEGO Star Wars Constraction Buildable Figures Commander Cody (75108)

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LEGO Creator Ferris Wheel (10247) Officially Announced

April 29, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 1 Comment

LEGO has just officially announced the newest LEGO Creator set, the Ferris Wheel (10247) As you can see from the images below, one question that has been asked many times is whether or not Power Functions is compatible with the Ferris Wheel and the answer is yes. You can use the Power Functions M-Motor (8883) along with the AAA Battery Box (88000) to make the set work on its own.

10247 Ferris Wheel
Ages 16+. 2,464 pieces.
US $199.99 – CA $229.99 – DE 179.99€ – UK £149.99 – DK 1499.00 DKK
*Euro pricing varies by country. Please visit shop.LEGO.com for regional pricing.

Experience the wonderful LEGO® Creator Ferris Wheel!

Build the iconic Ferris Wheel, featuring 12 colorful suspended gondolas with opening doors, ice cream stall, kiosk, 10 minifigures and more.

Build the majestic Ferris Wheel, the star of the fairground! This delightful LEGO® Creator Expert model has an iconic elegance that evokes feelings of nostalgia, romance and adventure. The carnival has come to town and the ice cream vendor is busy serving a long queue of excited customers as they await their first ride on the magical Ferris Wheel that towers above the fairground. Slowly turn the crank and watch as the Ferris Wheel gracefully lowers the colorful gondolas into position for boarding. Raise the boarding platform with a simple pull of the lever, open the gondola door and help the passengers aboard! Have fun building this elegant model with an authentic charm and magic that will capture your imagination. You can also motorize the

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More Details of LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes Bat-Pod (5004590) Contest

April 29, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Various members of the LEGO CEE Team has given more details of the limited edition LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes Bat-Pod (5004590) that will be part of the LEGO VIP members only promotion in June. We now know that the Bat-Pod itself will contain 311 pieces and does not include any minifigures but will come with the full set of instructions.

As I reported before, there will only be 750 of the sets produced which you can only get by being one of the lucky winners of the contests. You heard that right. There are actually two contests that will run concurrently during the month of June, one for North America and the other one for the rest of countries with Shop@Home excluding South Korea. For this contest, all you have to do is make a LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes purchase any time from June 1-30 at the LEGO Store or on Shop@Home and you’re entered. The other contest that will be running at the same time is only for North America which is the free daily email entry. The instructions for that are in the image above. The drawings will be held in mid-July and winners will be contacted directly.

**Image via AC Pin**

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LEGO Ninjago: Secret World of the Ninja Exclusive Minifigure Revealed

April 29, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Brick Fanatics has revealed the exclusive minifigure that will be included in the new LEGO Ninjago: Secret World of the Ninja by DK Books and that minifigure is Sensei Wu. The outfit that that Sensei Wu wears is a new outfit complete with a new printing on front and back of the torso as well as the legs. His accessories is the usual staff and hat. This variant will be different from the Sensei Wu minifigure that will be in the Summer 2015 wave of sets.

LEGO Ninjago: Secret World of the Ninja will be available in June but you can pre-order it now on Amazon.

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