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Month: August 2013 (Page 1 of 11)

LEGO Minecraft The Village (21105) and The Nether (21106) Now Available

LEGO Minecraft The Village (21105) LEGO Minecraft The Nether (21106)

For you LEGO Minecraft fans out there, you’ll be glad to know that the new LEGO Minecraft The Village (21105) and The Nether (21106) Mirco Worlds are now available for purchase at LEGO stores and on Shop@Home. The Village contains 466 pieces and The Nether has 469 pieces and both sets will retail for $34.99 each. Like with the first Minecraft set, the new releases also have a modular build style so you can create the area in many different combinations. These are sure to sell out quickly, so act fast before they are out of stock.

Create your own Minecraft village, all with LEGO bricks!

Every Minecraft world has a village hidden somewhere. Create and customize your own, all with LEGO bricks. In this LEGO micro-world you can build your houses and grow the crops, but watch out for the aggressive Zombies that menace the Villagers. Below the village is a mine, so beware of the TNT when you go wandering, as the walls can explode. Comes with 3 buildable Micromob figures: the Pig, the Villager and the Zombie.

• Includes Pig, Villager and the Zombie buildable Micromob figures
• Recreate a Minecraft world as a micro-scale LEGO model
• Enjoy The Village, a new biome in the LEGO Minecraft micro-world
• Split the model into 4 sections and reconfigure it for a new play experience
• Add your own creations like houses and crops – just like in the real game!
• Travel the mines underneath The Village but beware of TNT; Removable wall

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LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 (31313) Now Available at Shop@Home

It is September and the new LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 is now available for sale at LEGO stores and on Shop@Home. The set will contain 601 pieces and will retail for $349.99. It latest version of MINDSTORMS line comes fully equipped with many new features such as an infrared sensor, a new Linux-based firmware, a USB port, and an SD card slot. It will be using Linux firmware that will be compatible with Android and iOS operating systems. The EV3 will also have Bluetooth support so you can program the machine using your mobile devices. If you do decide to pick up the EV3, remember there are 12 additional bonus models on the MINDSTORMS minisite.

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LEGO Star Wars Ewok Village (10236) Now Available on Shop@Home

LEGO Star Wars Ewok Village (10236)

The long-awaited LEGO Star Wars Ewok Village (10236) is now available to the public at LEGO stores as well as on Shop@Home. Many Star Wars fans have been waiting for a full size village to complete their Endor displays. LEGO did come out with a small part of the village with the Ewok Attack (7956) but it wasn’t anything near the size of the new Ewok Village. This set contains 1990 pieces and retails for $249.99. If you’re buying the set this month, there’s also a couple of LEGO September promotions you should know about. By purchasing this set, you will be able to get the FREE exclusive Mini Volkswagen T1 Camper Van (40079) as well as the Clone Trooper Lieutenant (5001709) polybags.

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LEGO Collectible Minifigures Series 1-11 Compendium

LEGO Collectible Minifigures Compendium

LEGO Collectible Minifigures are some of the most collected items in the LEGO universe. Although there are books such as the LEGO Minifigures: Character Encyclopedia that shows details of the minifigures, they don’t go that in-depth. This is where Michael Bradford comes in. He has created a 222-page LEGO Collectible Minifigures Series 1-11 Compendium that showcases all 187 minifigures including Team GB.

In the Compendium, each minifigure not only gets the official image and description of the characters, it also has a stats box on top that shows many miscellaneous details that you might not be able to find in one location. Some of these details include the BrickLink code, the current value, and number of minifigs sold on BrickLink in the past 6 months from February to August 2013. There are also charts that show the rarity of the minifigure. Another chart shows if the minifigure comes with any accessories or not.

If you’re into interesting statistics about the Collectible Minifigures, you can download the 42.7MB PDF here.

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LEGO Creator Expert Sydney Opera House (10234) Now Available

LEGO Creator Sydney Opera House (10234)

The latest LEGO Creator Expert set, the Sydney Opera House (10234), is now available at LEGO stores and on Shop@Home. It has been available for LEGO VIP members since the middle of August but it is now available for everyone. The set contains 2989 pieces and retails for $319.99. You can now create Australia’s most iconic architectural structure using many advanced building techniques and elements. It also comes with a new 48×48 blue baseplate. Also remember that you can get a FREE Mini Volkswagen T1 Camper Van (40079) as part of LEGO’s September promotions.

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LEGO City 2014 Police Set Updates

Little by little, we’ve getting more details about LEGO sets that will be coming out in 2014. CM4S from Eurobricks has revealed the official names for the 2014 Police sets of the LEGO City line. Even though there are more Police sets being released, there is an uneven proportion ratio of criminals to police officers overall in the Police subtheme. LEGO City Criminal Accessory Pack anyone?

  • Crook Pursuit (60041)
  • High Speed Police Chase (60042) – White police car and 2 bikes, 3 minifigures (2 criminals and 1 police officer)
  • Prisoner Transport (60043) – 8 stud wide prisoner van, 1 red quad bike, 3 minifigures (2 criminals and 1 police officer)
  • Mobile Police Unit (60044) – Police truck with trailer, 3 minifigures (2 police officers and 1 prisoner)
  • Police Patrol (60045) – 4×4 police jeep with trailer, dinghy boat, 2 minifigures
  • Helicopter Surveillance (60046)
  • Police Station (60047)

**Via neoape**

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Rumors: LEGO The Simpsons For Series 13 Collectible Minifigures?

A couple of weeks ago, we reported that The Simpsons were indeed confirmed for release sometime in the future. Today, All About Bricks is reporting that the Series 13 of the LEGO Collectible Minifigures line will be based on The Simpsons and future Collectible Minifigures releases will be licensed characters. They have also noted that the there will be no sets but just minifigures to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the show. This news is a total opposite of the rumored sets that was supposedly being released this winter.

Let’s think about this for a minute here. If this is true, it will be a dramatic change from LEGO especially for a new theme. I’m not sure if it will be profitable with only minifigures because people most likely will not be looking for multiples of the same character. We don’t need an army of Bart minifigures, do we? It was already announced that Series 12 will be based on The LEGO Movie but that is to coincide with the huge movie event. For the company to create just a line of minifigures for a new theme is unheard of, aside from the Collectible Minifigure series.

Although these are just rumors, All About Bricks have been correct on many other things so we will see if this whole Simpsons thing is true. Stay tuned for more Simpsons news as they come.

Update: The rumors are now confirmed. Read more about it here.

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