Month: July 2012 (Page 2 of 3)

LEGO CUUSOO Thinking With Portals! Achieves 10000 Supporters

July 13, 2012 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 1 Comment

A week ago, I did a post describing the LEGO CUUSOO project, Thinking With Portals! by Team Jigsaw. Today, the project has achieved 10000 supporters with the help of LEGO as well as Portal fans. The project also got a push from readers of Joystiq. The project has now reached the Review phase and we wait until September 3 for the next quarterly review. Congratulations for this amazing achievement! Below is the official statement from LEGO:

Congrats on 10,000 Supporters, Brickthing and Team Jigsaw!

2012.07.13

Again, great work with this project, with presenting several viable Portal 2 product concepts, and effectively connecting with an audience that wants to see a LEGO set based on Portal 2 happen.

Congratulations on achieving 10,000 supporters. We now officially advance this project to the Review phase.

What happens now?
This project moves from the Idea stage to the Review stage. A “LEGO Jury” composed of designers, product managers, and other key team members will examine the idea. We’ll build concept models, put them in our test chamber, bake them, and determine if the concept meets our high standards for what it takes to be a LEGO product. This includes factors such as playability, safety, and fit with the LEGO brand. Every potential LEGO product goes through a process like this and must meet the same standards.

The LEGO Review Begins in September
This project qualifies for the quarterly review beginning in September, which will also include all projects that reach 10,000 between now and September 3. For more information

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San Diego Comic Con 2012 – LEGO Super Heroes Minifigures 2013

July 13, 2012 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 9 Comments

At the 2012 San Diego Comic Con, LEGO has revealed pictures of the new LEGO Super Heroes minifigures for the 2013 sets. For DC Universe, we have Batman, Bane, Commissioner Jim Gordon in a SWAT bulletproof vest, Harley Quinn in a suit, Scarecrow, Penguin, a white-suit Batman, Joker in an Arkham jumpsuit, Mr. Freeze, Robin, and Aquaman. For Marvel, we get Dr Doom, Spider-man, J. Jonah Jameson, The Beetle, Nick Fury, Nova, and Venom.

**Image from MGF Customs/Reviews**

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San Diego Comic Con 2012 – LEGO Star Wars Rancor Pit

July 12, 2012 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 1 Comment

A picture of the new LEGO Star Wars Rancor Pit has surfaced a couple of days before the LEGO Star Wars themed day at the 2012 San Diego Comic Con. My first impression of just looking at the picture is that it’s a decent, medium-sized build that could possibly fit under Jabba’s Palace (9516). I will be getting a closer look at the set and have more images and details of it when I go to Comic Con this Saturday.

**Image from Hoth Bricks**

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San Diego Comic Con 2012 – The Hobbit Set Revealed

July 12, 2012 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

As you may know, LEGO released pictures of the minifigures from The Hobbit a couple of days ago. Today at the 2012 San Diego Comic Con, LEGO revealed one of the new sets coming out in December, An Unexpected Gathering (79003). Here you can see all six minifigures standing in front of Bag End. Below is the description from Brickipedia.

The long journey to Mount Doom begins for Bilbo Baggins at his home at Bag End. Complete surprise to him dwarfs have been found to have tea. But actually they were Gandalf’s character in The Hobbit Bilbo’s door at attention. The wizard Gandalf had in fact Bilbo recognized extraordinary courage of him to give qualified by the dwarves wanted master thief. Thus, even if Bilbo himself can not do anything with this company, this meeting in Bag End to the start of an exciting adventure – a journey across Middle-earth to the Lonely Mountain, where Smaug the dragon guarding the dwarf treasure. After the series with LEGO Lord of the Rings Middle-earth is started, it is expected that the launch of the film The Hobbit in December 2012, accompanied by kits suitable for the film. And the story begins, of course, in Bag End.

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San Diego Comic Con 2012 – LEGO Super Heroes Minifigures Part 2

July 12, 2012 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 2 Comments

CNN has revealed pictures of the other two minifigures for the exclusive giveaways at San Diego Comic Con 2012. In addition to Bizarro and Phoenix, you can also try to get Shazam and Venom if you are at the LEGO booth on Friday.

**Update – That is actually the Black Suited Spider-man.**

**Source – CNN Geek Out**

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San Diego Comic Con 2012 – LEGO Super Heroes Minifigures

July 11, 2012 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 2 Comments

USA Today has released pictures of the exclusive giveaways for the new LEGO Super Heroes minifigures. Shown in the pictures are DC Universe’s Bizarro and Marvel’s Phoenix/Jean Grey. The other minifigs being given away are DC’s Shazam and Marvel’s Venom. There will be 1000 of each minifig given away on Friday.

**Update** FBTB notes that these minifigures will not be in any future LEGO sets.

**Images from Brick Heroes**

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San Diego Comic Con 2012 – LEGO Bilbo Baggins Minifigure

July 11, 2012 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

FBTB has pictures of the new Bilbo Baggins minifigure that you can build from the scavenger hunt. At the LEGO booth, you get the first piece and a special map to help with your search of the other missing pieces to complete the minifig.

**Images from FBTB**

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