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Month: August 2013 (Page 4 of 11)

Turmoil and Drama on LEGO CUUSOO

August 21, 2013 / / 23 Comments

As you may have read last week, I did a couple of posts here to help spread the news about BrickQueen’s Jurassic Park projects on LEGO CUUSOO, the Jungle Explorer T-Rex Encounter and the Triceratops Encounter. Besides the Jurassic Park projects, she also had a couple of Super Heroes sets that were doing pretty good as well such as her Killer Croc’s Lair project which was about to hit 5,000 supporters. Well I have some sad news to report. It appears that her account has been banned/suspended and all the projects were deleted and it wasn’t something she has done wrong. She has released a video (below) explaining what happened. It was stated in the video that another user recently posted another Jurassic Park project and has been flagging BrickQueen’s projects and also rallying his “supporters” to flag her projects as well.

We’ve had many projects that had the similar concepts and ideas going on simultaneously on CUUSOO before but we’ve never seen this happen. The video also goes on to explain that she has gotten personal messages from various individuals saying terrible things and it absolutely sickens me that people would go that far to ruin someone else’s hopes and dreams. You can hear the pain in her voice as she tries to explain the situation. The pain of something that you worked very hard on and it going down the drain by forces not of your control. We are all LEGO fans here, are we not? We’re here to support the creators and … Continue

10,511 Piece LEGO Video Game Characters Mosaic For Sale

August 21, 2013 / / 1 Comment

A seller by the name of Mytemporaryshop on Etsy is selling a 10,511 piece LEGO mosaic that features many SEGA and Nintendo video game characters for a small sum of $4,823.93. The mosaic was created on 15 large grey baseplates and is measured at 75″ x 45″. The profits that the seller receives will go towards their friend’s school project in Africa so it’s a nice little donation for a great piece of work. If you have a couple grand to spare and have some space on your wall, why not pick up it up and have a LEGO masterpiece hanging on your wall.

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LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Gamescom 2013 Trailer

August 21, 2013 / / 0 Comments

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Video Game Box Art

During Gamescom 2013 in Germany, LEGO and TT Games have released a new trailer for the LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Video Game. The trailer features Dr. Doom assembling some of the major villains getting together to create Dr. Doom’s Doom Ray of Doom. The trailer also shows some new characters we haven’t seen in action before including Silver Surfer, Venom, Mystique, and the almighty being Galactus!!

There is still time to pre-order the game from Walmart and get the exclusive bonus Iron Patriot minifigure. LEGO Marvel Super Heroes is set to be released in October.

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New 2014 LEGO Creator Polybags: Race Car (31017) & Monkey (31019)

August 20, 2013 / / 2 Comments

There are a couple new 2014 LEGO Creator polybags that have appeared on Brickset’s database and have gotten people excited, the Race Car (31017) and the Monkey (31019). The Race Car is mostly orange and has a Le Mans Prototype feel to it. It can rebuilt into a Kenworth cabover diesel truck. The Monkey polybag (31019) is comprised of the monkey, a banana, and a toucan. From the reactions I’ve been seeing around the interwebs, this looks to be a hot-selling polybag. The set names are not the official names, just placeholders until LEGO releases the official names. There’s no word yet on how to get these new polybags.

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Red Clay School District Sets Guinness World Record For Tallest LEGO Tower

August 19, 2013 / / 2 Comments

The Red Clay Consolidated School District in Wilmington, DE have set the Guinness World Record for the tallest LEGO tower at 112 feet, 11 and 3/4 inches. The tower was created using more than half a million bricks and weighed in at almost a ton. The project started in March and took students throughout the summer to finish their section of the tower and today was completed around 6:45pm at John Dickinson High School. There were 28 schools in the district that worked together to create the mammoth structure. All the bricks that were used were not from school funds but with donations from all over the world. The previous world record was set in Prague, Czech Republic in September 2012 and was at 106 feet and 7 inches. Portions of the record setting tower will now be given to individuals who donated $25 or more towards the project and some will be going back to the schools for educational purposes. The remaining bricks will be sold and the funds will be going back to the Red Clay district for school activities.

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LEGO City 2014 Sets Details (Update)

August 19, 2013 / / 2 Comments

There’s a new update on the LEGO City 2014 sets that we initially reported last week. Eurobricks users Caseyref as well as darth_tater has posted some new details on the City sets.

System Sets:

  • Police Motorcycle Chase (60042) – White police car, 2 bikes, 3 minifigures (2 criminals and 1 police officers)
  • Break-Out of the Prison Transporter (60043) – 8 stud wide prisoner van, 1 red quad bike, 3 minifigures (2 criminals and 1 police officers).
  • Mobile Police Unit (60044) – Police truck with trailer, 3 minifigures (2 police officers and 1 prisoner)
  • Police Boat Transporter (60045) – 4×4 police jeep with trailer, dinghy boat, 2 minifigures.
  • Break-Out of the Police Station
  • Bandit’s Hiding Place
  • Police Helicopter Chase

Great Vehicles:

  • Race Car (60053) – 6 stud wide Octan touring racing car with 1 minifigure and 1 silver cup.
  • Light Repair Truck (60054) – Orange repair lighting repair truck about 6 studs wide with 1 minifigure and 1 road light post.
  • Monster Truck (60055) – Green and black monster truck much like the one from the recent Monster Truck Transporter (60027).
  • Tow Truck (60056) – Blue and white tow truck is about 8 studs wide and 20-32 studs long with 1 minifigure.
  • Camper Van (60057) – White camper with green stripes and a red canoe. Includes 1 male minifigure and 1 female minifigure.
  • SUV with Watercraft (60058)
  • Logging Truck (60059)
  • Auto Transporter (60060) – Yellow transporter truck with a double-deck trailer. Includes 1 blue sports car, 1 black sports car, and 2 minifigures (1 truck driver
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LEGO The Lord of the Rings The Council of Elrond (79006) Review

August 18, 2013 / / 0 Comments

One iconic scene in The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring takes place at the home of the Elves at Rivendell. The Council of Elrond (79006) set recreates the scene in the movie where the Council discusses what to do with the One Ring. The scene also is the origin of one of the best memes created. This set contains 243 pieces and retails for $29.99 which comes out to about $0.12/piece. The box contains two numbered bags, one instruction booklet, and one small sticker sheet.

LEGO The Lord of the Rings The Council of Elrond (79006) LEGO The Lord of the Rings The Council of Elrond (79006)

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