Month: February 2013 (Page 1 of 9)

LEGO CUUSOO Land Rover Defender 110 Achieves 10000 Supporters

February 28, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

The Land Rover Defender 110 by Sheepo is the latest project to hit 10000 supporters on LEGO CUUSOO. It now qualifies to be included in the Spring Review joining the Exo Suit, the Andy/Bugdroid the Android, and the Legend of Zelda. The Defender 110 was listed on CUUSOO on May 14, 2012 but that shows persistence does pay off in the end.

The deadline for the project to reach the required number of supporters to make it to the review stage would’ve been March 4th but it got some extra support from Land Rover USA and their social media team. I sent a tweet to them to see if they could do something to rally some support and they happily obliged by sending a tweet about the project to their 85k+ followers. They went even further to post to their Facebook Page as well to gather support from their fans. In terms of social media, Land Rover was a really good sport to help out.

The Batmobile Tumbler Minifig Scale build by BrentWaller now becomes the most supported project on CUUSOO. Congratulations to Sheepo for this achievement! See below for the official comments:

Congratulations on 10,000 Supporters, Sheepo!

2013.02.28

You did it, just in time for the Spring Review deadline! Again, great work and we’re impressed with all of the detail and functionality that you have put into the Land Rover Defender 110.

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

What happens now?
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey With LEGO Bilbo Baggins Minifigure

February 27, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 2 Comments

Target stores will be selling a special version of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Blu-Ray + DVD+ UltraViolet Combo Pack that will also include an exclusive LEGO Bilbo Baggins minifigure. The 2-disc set will be available on March 19, 2013 and retails for $24.99. The Bilbo minifig looks to be a new one that haven’t been seen before in sets. So if you’re looking to buy the Hobbit movie set anyways, head over to Target to pick up an extra bonus.

The Hobbit DVD - Bilbo Baggins Minifigure

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LEGO Collectible Minifigures Series 10 Revealed

February 27, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Brickset has posted an image of the new LEGO Series 10 Collectible Minifigures. Argos has them listed at £1.99 and they will be released in May. We’ve known the list of these minifigures for a while now but it’s nice to have a clear view of what they look like. Series 10 will also be the one with the Golden Minifigure inserted randomly in the boxes. There will only be 5000 of the special minifig in the world. My impressions of him is that he looks nice and will be easily feel-able in the packages but it’ll be extremely hard to find one of these guys.

Sea Captain
Sad Clown
Librarian
Grandpa
Bumblebee Girl
Roman Commander
Warrior Woman
Decorator
Tomahawk Warrior
Trendsetter
Baseball Fielder
Revolution Soldier
Motorcycle Mechanic
Medusa
Skydiver
Paintball Player

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LEGO Hogwarts Castle by Alice Finch

February 26, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

There are regular LEGO Hogwarts Castle sets produced by LEGO and there’s Alice Finch’s version of the iconic castle from the Harry Potter series. Her 400,000 brick build of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry won both “Best in Show” as well as “People’s Choice” as BrickCon 2012. She was recently interviewed by The Brothers Brick, which I highly recommend reading, where the massive structure was officially unveiled on her Flickr page. As a big Harry Potter fan having read the books and seen the movies, the sheer amount of bricks and the time it took to build it is unfathomable and to get all the small, intricate details within Hogwarts is just pure awesomeness. Although I’ll never be creating something so spectacular, I can at least enjoy looking at the pictures and immerse myself in the world of Harry Potter.

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LEGO Knight Rider K.I.T.T. by Orion Pax

February 25, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

A few days ago, we featured the Ghostbusters HQ by Alex Jones, aka Orion Pax, and now he is back with another project that draws us back to the 80’s, K.I.T.T. from the Knight Rider tv series. Orion even manages to fit a 2×3 red light brick to simulate the red scanner in front the 7-stud wide car. Now I want one of these too.

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LEGO CUUSOO Back to the Future Jules Verne Train

February 25, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Team BTTF is back with another project on LEGO CUUSOO. This time, team members of Masashi Togami and Sakuretsu have unveiled the Jules Vernes Train on LEGO CUUSOO. The train was featured at the end of Back to the Future III where Doc Brown and his family comes to visit Marty in the future. The project also makes uses of the Power Functions and the railroad tracks so you can integrate the train to your existing models. Check out the details of the project below as well more images of the Jules Verne Train. If you like what you see, please go support the project here and let’s help Team BTTF achieve 10000 supporters. Like in the DeLorean Time Machine, Masashi will donate all the proceeds to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.

This train is a steam locomotive style time machine. The characteristics of this project are as follows.
– Include Mini Figures(Doc Brown, Clara, Jules, Verne, and Einstein)
– Fit LEGO Trains Rail system
– Open Train Wing(External)
– Support LEGO Power Functions
– Can push 6 stud car

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LEGO Harlem Shake Videos

February 25, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

I’m a little late to this but the Harlem Shake dance has already hit viral levels and everyone and everything has joined the party. SpastikChuwawa has created a stop-motion video of the LEGO Avengers Super Heroes doing the dance with Iron Man taking the lead. To Hawkeye, you just be Hawkeye. Nicely made video, SpastikChuwawa.

In another video, the employees of LEGOLAND California has also done the Harlem Shake in Miniland USA. It’s nice to see the employees take a little time off to have a little (more) fun.

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