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LEGO Announces Long-Term Initiatives Supporting Neurodivergent Fans

April 2, 2024 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

The LEGO Group has announced some initiatives to support and celebrate neurodivergent fans. Partnering with KultureCity, all LEGO Stores in the US and Canada as well as the LEGO House will have enhanced accessibility for individuals with sensory needs and non-visible disabilities.

LEGO® Entities Continue Drive to Make Play Experiences Accessible to All and Launch New Wave of Long-Term Initiatives to Support And Celebrate Neurodivergent Fans

• Range of long-term initiatives announced to mark the start of Autism Acceptance Month.
• KultureCity®, an organisation dedicated to making venues more inclusive, to certify LEGO® House and LEGO stores.
• LEGO Life Magazine updates following audit by inclusivity experts, Special Networks.
• The LEGO Foundation announces final winners of its Play for All Accelerator programme for innovation specifically supporting neurodivergent children
• Series of videos by autistic creators encourages people to ‘Love the Way They Think’

Billund, Denmark, April 2, 2024: The LEGO Group, LEGO House and the LEGO Foundation today announce a range of long-term initiatives designed to support and celebrate neurodivergent children and adults to mark the start of World Autism Acceptance Month.

Colette Burke, Chief Commercial Officer at the LEGO Group, comments:
“All LEGO® entities are united by our mission to inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow and a belief that the benefits of play are equally critical to all children. This fuels our exploration of how to make the LEGO experience more inclusive and welcoming for everyone.“

“We know the LEGO System in Play is enjoyed by neurodivergent fans of all ages and

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LEGO Star Wars May 2024 Official Set Images

April 2, 2024 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

We now have the official images and details on some of the recently revealed LEGO Star Wars sets coming in May.

BARC Speeder Escape (75378) – 221 pieces/$29.99

Relive the BARC Speeder escape flashback scene from Star Wars: The Mandalorian Season 3 with this unique LEGO® Star Wars™ set (75378). A top gift idea for kids, fans and Star Wars collectors aged 8 and up, it features a LEGO brick-built toy speeder bike with sidecar. The speeder has a minifigure cockpit and 2 stud shooters, and Grogu’s hoverpram can be clipped into the detachable sidecar. This toy building set also includes a small scenery build and 3 LEGO minifigures: Kelleran Beq with blue and green lightsabers, and 2 501st Clone Troopers, each with blasters, plus a LEGO figure of Grogu (affectionately known as ‘Baby Yoda’ to fans) to inspire action-packed, creative play.

Darth Maul’s Sith Infiltrator (75383) – 640 pieces/$69.99

Build Darth Maul’s Sith Infiltrator (75383) and role-play his pursuit of Qui-Gon Jinn from Star Wars: The Phantom Menace with this starship building toy for kids aged 9 and up. A super gift idea for Star Wars™ fans and collectors, this unique set features a detailed LEGO® brick-built toy model of Darth Maul’s personal starship, with lots of playful features to inspire action-packed fantasy adventures. Fold out the wings and retract the landing gear for flight, fire the 2 spring-loaded shooters and press the trigger to drop 3 DRK-1 Probe Droids from the front compartment.

There are 4 LEGO minifigures for creative play: Darth Maul, Anakin

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LEGO Dungeons & Dragons Mimic Dice Box (5008325) Sold Out in US

April 1, 2024 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

The LEGO Ideas Dungeons & Dragons: Red Dragon’s Tale (21348) seems to be one of the more popular releases for early April as the Mimic Dice Box (5008325) gift with purchase set seems to have sold out online for the US. The set was only available with the new Ideas set but it looks like LEGO didn’t produce too many of them as evident of the yellow box packaging. You can probably still find it at your local LEGO store but call to double check. The Flower Trellis Display (40683) is the only GWP still available here but other countries might still have both in stock.

LEGO Alien Planet Habitat (40716) Revealed

April 1, 2024 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Following up on the LEGO Store exclusive Alien Pack (40715), there’s another set that features the alien environment setting which is the Alien Planet Habitat (40716). The set has 206 pieces and also retails for $14.99 and will be released on May 1. The build has three more aliens along with two habitat sections that can be added on to the LEGO City and Friends space sets.

LEGO Alien Pack (40715) Revealed

April 1, 2024 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

LEGO has revealed a new LEGO Space set that’s a pseudo-battle pack with the Alien Pack (40715). Releasing on May 1, the set contains 181 pieces and will retail for $14.99. The set features six different alien characters along with a LEGO astronaut minifigure on a small rover. Note that these sets are sort of exclusive to the LEGO Shop and LEGO Brand Stores along with LEGOLAND shops and you won’t be able to find it at big box retailers.

LEGO Space Collectible Minifigures Series 26 (71046) Official Character Names Revealed

April 1, 2024 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

LEGO has put up the product page for the upcoming LEGO Space Collectible Minifigures Series 26 (71046) and we finally have the official names of the characters that will be in this wave. They will officially be available on May 1 for $4.99 each but you can probably find them early at various retailers if they didn’t read the “Do Not Sell By” date. Which one(s) are you looking forward to getting?

• Blacktron Mutant
• Ice Planet Explorer
• Imposter
• Robot Butler
• Alien Beetlezoid
• Retro Space Heroine
• Nurse Android
• Flying Saucer Costume Fan
• M-Tron Powerlifter
• Alien Tourist
• Orion
• Spacewalking Astronaut

LEGO Despicable Me Supersized Tim (75553) Officially Announced

April 1, 2024 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

LEGO has officially announced a brand new Despicable Me set with the Supersized Tim (75553). The build consists of 102,213 pieces and measures at 2.5 meters tall. The instruction manual itself contains 8,947 pages which supposedly takes you over a year to build but there are some fast builders that can finish before that. There’s also a gift with purchase item includes which are some safety straps to help you move the box. There’s no mentioning yet on the release date or the pricing but those details should be coming soon.

Something big just dropped pic.twitter.com/32Dl660LYa

— LEGO (@LEGO_Group) April 1, 2024

We’re excited to announce that The LEGO Group is launching a new range of SUPERSIZED LEGO sets. Our biggest builds yet! These commanding display pieces will take weeks to complete and take up more space in your home than is practical but they will be HUGE talking points when guests come round. For the first in this range, we have created a Supersized Tim Minion (nickname: Big Tim). He’s an adorable 2.5 meter tall Supersized Minion made of a staggering 102,213 LEGO pieces.

Build height: 2.5 meters

Box dimensions: 170 x 80 x 65 centimetres

Brick count: 102,213

Colours: Yellow, blue, black, grey, white, brown (but mainly yellow, to be honest)

Description: A commanding display piece for your home with adorable eyes and a wry smile

Purpose: To be really, really huge and yellow