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Month: May 2013 (Page 2 of 6)

LEGO Minifigures: Character Encyclopedia Review

May 26, 2013 / / 0 Comments

Earlier this month, Dorling Kindersley (DK Publishing) released the new LEGO Minifigures: Character Encyclopedia. The book contains 208 pages and retails for $18.99. The book features all 160 minifigures from the Collectible Minifigures line as well as some Gold guy that’s running around out there.

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LEGO Back to the Future DeLorean Time Machine Release Date?

May 25, 2013 / / 0 Comments

LEGO CUUSOO Back To The Future DeLorean Time Machine (21103)

There has been reports of the release date of the much anticipated LEGO CUUSOO Back to the Future DeLorean Time Machine (21103) by Masashi Togami. Kockamania is reporting that the set will be released on August 1st. We’re still waiting for the official statement from CUUSOO and when that is available, you’ll be sure that we’ll be reporting it here.

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Bricktrader Relaunch on June 1

May 25, 2013 / / 0 Comments

If you’ve recently been on Bricktrader, you’ll notice it’s been down. The reason is because Richard, aka TyoSolo, has been working hard for the relaunch of the new Bricktrader. Starting June 1st, the site will now become “The Unofficial LEGO Auction Site”. The purpose is to be the only LEGO specific auction site on the internet. We all know about Bricklink where you can buy out parts at a certain price. What if you can have an auction for those parts and possibly get them cheaper than other sites? This is one of the goals of Bricktrader. Most of the listings will only have a 5% fee with no listing fees for standard listings. When the site is relaunched, they will also have a Welcome Week promotion in which you only pay 1p (GBP) regardless of the final value fee (restrictions apply). Check out more details in the press release below:

For Immediate Release: 25th May 2013

Bricktrader Re-launch, 1st June 2013

We are pleased to announce the re-launch of Bricktrader.net, under the new heading of “The Unofficial LEGO® Auction Site” on Saturday 1st June 2013. Bricktrader (beta) is the latest LEGO® marketplace, and is the only LEGO® specific auction site on the internet.

Bricktrader aims to provide fans of LEGO® young and old alike a place to trade their LEGO® without attracting extortionate fees or having to navigate their way around a clunky interface. Designed to be easy to use for anyone familiar with popular auction sites, you can list your items for sale

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LEGO and Sony Considering Creating Next Generation Toys

May 24, 2013 / / 2 Comments

Researchers of Sony Computer Science Laboratories in Tokyo and LEGO are joining forces to think of ways they can create next generation toys for kids in the future. In the demonstration, the researchers have attached motors and cameras to LEGO bricks and are controlling the pieces with a Playstation controller. The companies are trying to make the LEGO bricks play like video games. The objective is to keep the pieces small so kids may use them along with some other toys and games.

The reason why LEGO decided to forge this partnership is because LEGO is extremely worried that more and more kids are migrating to video games at a younger age while they should be playing with more tangible toys.

As it currently stands, the LEGO/Sony project is still in it’s infant stage and there are no plans for any products to be released in the near future.

**Via PC Gamer**

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The ReBrick LEGO Movie Competition Winners Announced

May 23, 2013 / / 2 Comments

Back in March, ReBrick announced the start of the LEGO Movie Competition to let users submit entries to win a chance for their short film to be in The LEGO Movie. Today, ReBrick has announced the winners of the contest. The judges consisted of Kevin Hinkle, North American Community Coordinator at the LEGO Group, Phil Lord, Director of THE LEGO MOVIE, Chris Miller, Director of THE LEGO MOVIE, and Chris McKay, Co-Director of THE LEGO MOVIE. Congratulations to all the winners!

First Place

Gorgy Wants A Horse by Brotherhoodworkshop

Second Place

Garbage Man by Paganomation

Third Place

Unity is Strength by Pedro Sequeria

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LEGO Has Some Secrets To Reveal Today

May 23, 2013 / / 0 Comments

Today in New York, The LEGO Group is having a event to celebrate the premiere of LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles next week Wednesday on Cartoon Network. They will be unveiling the world’s largest LEGO model and s you can see from the image above, it will be pretty big. The “set” called the Secret Model Indestructable Box contains 5,335,200 pieces and weighs 45,980 lbs. Once unveiled to the public, the model will be on display until May 25th so if you’re in Times Square, you can go take a look at it too. If you’re on Twitter, follow The LEGO Group to see their updates on the event by using the hashtag #LEGOYodaNYC. Last week, LEGO sent out a promotional set to the media to promote the animated series as well.

Update: The model has been revealed and it is a life-size X-Wing Starfighter. More details after the jump.

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Win a LEGO Batman Prize Pack From DC Comics

May 22, 2013 / / 1 Comment

The LEGO Batman: The Movie – DC Super Heroes Unite is now available on Blu-Ray/DVD/download and DC Comics is having a contest for you to win a LEGO Batman Prize Pack. The prizes are as follows:

The contest is currently going on and ends on Monday, May 27th at 11:59pm PT. You can go register here and a random winner will be chosen.

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