Month: September 2013 (Page 4 of 10)

Unlocking Stan Lee Character in LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Video Game

September 19, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 1 Comment

When I first saw the Stan Lee character for the LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Video Game at SDCC 2013, I started thinking of how to get the character. I knew it was going to be fairly difficult since it’s Stan Lee and plus he has a bunch of other super heroes’ powers. Yesterday, IGN has posted some details on how we are able to unlock the character with the help of TT Game Director Arthur Parsons:

Stan Lee’s groupies, for example, won’t be able to unlock the comic book icon by simply sticking to the critical path. As Parsons explains, recruiting Spidey’s co-creator into your roster is one of the title’s most involved tasks. “We have 50 Stan Lee’s in various perilous situations. In one of them he drinks this toxic soda and transforms into Stan Hulk, and you end up having to beat him up; when you beat him up, he transforms back to Stan and he’s like ‘Excelsior, thank you!’, and off he runs. Once you’ve rescued all 50, you then get to unlock Stan as a playable character.”

**Via FBTB**

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More Official LEGO Marvel Comic Book Variant Covers

September 19, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Marvel has released a few more images of the official LEGO variant covers for various Marvel comics illustrated by Leonel Castellani. Like with all the other LEGO variant covers, the normal ones have a 1:25 distribution while the sketch cover issues will have a 1:100 distribution. Contact your local comic book stores to see if they have them in stock and you can probably get a good deal on them. If not, many online stores such as Midtown Comics will be having them for sale online when they’re available. These special covers have a red banner along the bottom promoting the LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Video Game. Featured below are variant covers for Wolverine & The X-Men #36, All-New X-Men #17, Nova #8, and Uncanny Avengers #12.

Wolverine & The X-Men #36 Sketch Variant Cover

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LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Video Game DLC from Gamestop

September 19, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 4 Comments

Last week, we reported there was some downloadable content that would be coming to the LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Video Game. I’m not sure when this was added but there is an image from EB Games, aka Gamestop, of the details of that DLC. Gamestop has bumped up their bonuses when you pre-order the game from them. For GameStop PowerUp Rewards members in addition to the Spider-Man keychain (bleh), you can get download code to get the following items:

Hawkeye Classic costume
Symbiote Spider-Man
Thanos
Dark Phoenix
A-Bomb (Rick Jones) – Another bigfig?
Falcon
Beta Ray Bill
Spider Buggy
Hawkeye Sky Cycle
10 additional races – 5 per vehicle

The DLC is only available for the PS3 and the Xbox 360. We’re not sure if this DLC will be available to be purchased separately from the Playstation Store or on Xbox Live. If the DLC isn’t your cup of tea, There is still time to pre-order the game from Walmart and you can get the Iron Patriot minifigure polybag. LEGO Marvel Super Heroes is set to be released in just a little bit over a month.

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Official LEGO Documentary Coming in 2014

September 17, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Today, Deadline has revealed that The LEGO Group in conjunction with Global Emerging Markets (GEM) will be creating an official feature-length documentary film called Beyond The Brick: A LEGO Brickumentary. They have partnered up with Oscar-winner Daniel Junge (Saving Face) and Oscar-nominated Kief Davidson (Open Heart) to shoot a film to take a deeper look into the company and the impact of the bricks on today’s culture, art, and education. The documentary will also take a look at not only younger builders, but Adult Fans of LEGO (AFOLs), LEGO convention attendees, artists, and famous LEGO fans too. Brendan Kiernan and Justin Moore-Lewy will be producing the documentary and is slated to be released early 2014.

LEGO bricks are everywhere, and this documentary is an examination of their footprint in our global community. The LEGO brick has transcended language, politics, age, race, art, science and technology – all through its ability to draw out the basic human need to create and share. – Jill Wilfert, VP of Licensing and Entertainment for The LEGO Group

A few years ago, there was a very well made short video called AFOL: A Blocumentary that takes a look into the world of a couple of AFOLs from the Pacific Northwest. You can watch that video below.

AFOL A Blocumentary from AFOL on Vimeo.

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LEGO The Simpsons Series 13 Collectible Minifigures Confirmed For May 2014

September 17, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 12 Comments

As we reported last month, there was a rumor that the Series 13 of the LEGO Collectible Minifigures line could be based on The Simpsons characters. Today, Nerdly.co.uk has confirmed that rumor to be true. In May 2014, Series 13 of the Collectible Minifigures line will be based on 16 Simpsons characters including Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, Apu, Chief Wiggum, Moe, Itchy and Scratchy, and a few more of the animated TV show’s characters will be released. Nerdly also reports that the only LEGO system set to be released in the first quarter of 2014 will be the Simpsons House on 742 Evergreen Terrace which will be available direct-to-consumers at LEGO brand stores and on Shop@Home in April 2014. Finally in May 2014, there will be a special LEGO Simpsons TV episode, very similar to LEGO Star Wars: The Padawan Menace and The Empire Strikes Out. The Simpsons’ director David Silverman has also confirmed the news via Twitter:

Okay, NOW I can tweet about the upcoming Simpsons Lego Show! http://t.co/mDiVO04tC1

— David Silverman (@tubatron) September 17, 2013

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LEGO Seasonal Thanksgiving Feast Polybag (40056) Revealed

September 16, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

In a day full of filled with LEGO reveals, here’s another one but this time it’s for Thanksgiving. Brickset member Umbratinker has posted an image of the Thanksgiving Feast (40056) Seasonal polybag they got from a LEGOLAND Discovery Center in Westchester, New York.

The polybag has 46 pieces and and features a tan table with different kinds of food including a carrot, sausages, and a turkey. There is also a barrel with a spout next to two cats, a black and a white one. Finally, there are two minifigures, a male in a green sweater with red pants and a female in a white/grey sweater and red pants.

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LEGO NASA’s Missions: Imagine and Build Contest Winners

September 16, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Back in June, we reported there was a LEGO contest called NASA’s Missions: Imagine and Build happening on ReBrick in conjunction with the space agency.

The winner of the “Imagine Our Future Beyond Earth” contest was the “Sunbeam,” created by Jay Semlis from England. The satellite is used to look at the outer cornea of the sun. There were also two runner up winners including “The ORACOM” by Sergio Parra from the United States which is a Mars spacecraft and the “Asteroid Initiative” by Peter Hollander also from the United States which is used to pick up and move asteroids.

NASA’s associate administrator for education Leland Melvin says, “Our intention was to unleash everyone’s creativity and inspire participants to combine real NASA research with imaginative flights of fancy. Looking at the winning designs, it’s clear we did just that.”

The grand prize winner of the contest received the LEGO CUUSOO Hayabusa (21101) set, signed by the LEGO designer Melody Louise Caddick, recognition and honorable mention on NASA.gov, and a collection of NASA memorabilia including a personalized signed lithograph from Melvin.

There was also another contest called the “Inventing the Future of Flight” to create a prototype of a future aircraft as well as writing a technical paper to explain the model and how it is taking NASA’s ideas and improves on them. The winning model for the younger builders category was the “Flying Extinguisher 4000 Fish Eagle” created by 16 year old William Nodvik from the United States which is a long range supertanker that puts … Continue