The LEGO Xtra theme has been pretty popular as they provide additional accessories that can fit into your builds. The latest offering coming out soon is the Christmas Accessories (40368) which contains 32 pieces. Some of the accessories include a husky, snowman, tree, white leaves, a wreath on a candy cane, and presents. There’s no details on the pricing but I assume it’ll be $3.99 like with the other Xtra polybags.
**Via Brickset**
There are now official images of a previously unknown LEGO BrickHeadz set with the Thanksgiving Scarecrow (40352). For some reason, this set was not shown on the back of this year’s lineup but the mystery of it has been solved. The set features a scarecrow on top of a pole along with some small field builds with fences. There’s no piece count but it’ll retail for $9.99 and will be available in October.
**Via PromoBricks**
In a few weeks, LEGO will be releasing the new LEGO Ideas Central Perk (21319) from the hit TV sitcom Friends. The set contains 1,070 pieces and only retails for $59.99 which is a surprising price for what you get and for it being a licensed set. All the parts are packed into six numbered bags along with the instructions and a small sticker sheet.
It’s another day and there’s another controversy has popped up over on LEGO Ideas. Yesterday while I was reporting on The Seven Dwarf’s House hitting 10,000 supporters, I along with some readers noticed that a couple of projects that previously also hit 10k were removed from the list and have been archived. These two sets include Gravity Falls Mystery Shack and Japanese Tea Garden. The official LEGO comments for both projects said:
Regretfully, we have chosen to archive your project and no longer consider it for production for reasons communicated to you privately. Your project will remain visible on LEGO Ideas, but in a status where it can no longer be supported or commented on. This way fans can still admire your creation.
We’re sorry to be the bearers of this disappointing news!
Unless I’m wrong, I believe this is the first time that I’ve seen projects that have achieved enough supporters and have been archived even before the review stage has started. I’m not too sure of the reasoning to not consider them for production since they seem to be normal looking models.
The most logical guess is that LEGO has already planned to release them in the future and to avoid people accusing them of “stealing” ideas, they archive it before even going into review however going this route may be a dead giveaway. I guess we’ll never truly know why unless the fan designers say something but they’re probably under NDA not to say anything about it. Put your tinfoil hats on and start guessing away why these two projects are not considered anymore but please keep it civil.
After much delay, the official images of the upcoming LEGO Technic Liebherr R 9800 Excavator (42100) have now surfaced on German retailer Lucky Bricks. The set has 4,108 pieces and will retail for 449.99€ and will be available starting in October.
The Liebherr R 9800 Excavator was revealed way back at the Nuremberg Toy Fair but we first saw images of it at the Bauma convention in April. It will utilize the new CONTROL+ system that allows multiple functions to work at the same time using seven different motors.
**Via PromoBricks**
The LEGO Star Wars UCS Y-Wing Starfighter (75181) is back on sale again over on Amazon. It is currently going for $155.54 which is 22% off the regular price. It also has Prime Shipping to go along with it and is uses Frustration-Free Packaging.
The Seven Dwarfs’ House by Hanwasyellowfirst is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. This model is based on the house from Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and it features minifigures of Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Bashful, Sneezy, Dopey, Snow White, and the Evil Witch. The roof sections of the house are removable to access the interior as well as having opening wall sections for more play features.
The project now joins UCS Space Shuttle Atlantis, Thunderbirds Are Go, Gravity Falls Mystery Shack, Pursuit of Flight, History Museum, The Office, Medieval Blacksmith, Japanese Tea Garden, Winnie the Pooh, NASA Spacecraft, and The Haunted Mansion: 50th Anniversary as the projects to reach the Second 2019 Review Stage.
