Month: November 2013 (Page 2 of 13)

LEGO The Hobbit Video Game Officially Announced

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

Last week, we reported the LEGO The Hobbit video game was teased on the back of the instruction booklets of the sets. Today, Warner Brothers and TT Games has officially announced the latest LEGO video game based on the first two movies of the Hobbit Trilogy. The game will be available spring 2014 on the Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Nintento Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, PC and Mac. Check out some of the screenshots and the press release below:

London, UK – November 25, 2013 – Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, TT Games and The LEGO Group today announced LEGO ® The Hobbit™, the latest addition to the popular LEGO videogame series that brings to life the enthralling and legendary stories from Oscar ®-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit Trilogy. The game will be available in spring 2014 for the Xbox One all-in-one games and entertainment system and Xbox 360 games and entertainment systems from Microsoft, PlayStation®4 and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment systems and PlayStation®Vita handheld entertainment system., the Wii U™ system from Nintendo, the Nintendo 3DS™ hand-held system, as well as Windows PC and Mac.

LEGO The Hobbit will be based on the first two films of The Hobbit Trilogy, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and the upcoming The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug, a production of New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (MGM), opening worldwide beginning December 13, 2013. Following the storyline of the first two films, LEGO The Hobbit will take players on quests throughout Middle-earth, joining Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf the

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LEGO Brick Friday 2013 Weekend Shopping Event (Nov 29 – Dec 2)

November 24, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Now that the early LEGO Brick Friday event is over, we can talk about the real one that will be happening after Thanksgiving this week. The shopping event (November 29 – December 2) will be similar to what happened yesterday minus the triple VIP points. Shoppers will still have free shipping on all orders from Shop@Home. In addition, spend $149 or more online and you can get a free $10 LEGO gift card. This is on top of the free Limited Edition Seasonal Creator Holiday Set #2 (40083) you will get for orders over $99.

For people shopping at the LEGO brand stores on November 29th, you will have a chance to win exciting gifts including a $1,000 shopping spree. This offer is valid while supplies last and does not include the LEGO Stores at Downtown Disney Orlando or Disneyland Anaheim. My local store here in San Diego will be open at 5am on Friday but you might have to call your store to see what time they will be open for Black (Brick) Friday. Also, in-store shoppers will also be getting a free Holiday Pick-A-Brick box with purchases of $75 or more.

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Is LEGO Top Gear in the Works?

November 23, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 7 Comments

Brick Fanatics reported yesterday that the British television show Top Gear is asking individuals to take a survey to possibly bring the show into LEGO form. The survey, limited to 3000 responses, asks what kinds of LEGO sets would people be interested in and which Top Gear characters would people like to see. We already know that the LEGO Stig key chain (below) was available last year in the UK but now there might potentially be official sets in the future. Brick Fanatics has also provided an image of a concept set which features a race car trailer and the pit crew. It looks similar to the Grand Prix Truck (60025) that is currently available in stores but a little more elaborate. In my opinion, it might be a good concept but I don’t see it happening. Would anyone be interested in official LEGO Top Gear sets?

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LEGO Store Early Black Friday 2013 VIP Shopping Event Aftermath

November 23, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 4 Comments

LEGO Store Exclusive Holiday Shopping Event

Today, I was privileged to attend the early Black Friday 2013 VIP shopping event at my local LEGO Store in San Diego. I got to meet up with some friends, members of SandLUG, as well as fans of The Brick Fan. When I checked at the front door, I was handed with some goodies including a free Holiday Pick-A-Brick box, a peel-off card with a chance for a $1000 LEGO shopping spree, a LEGO Store VIP bracelet, and a LEGO The Hobbit poster. The event is also available online minus the free Pick-A-Brick box and the peel-off card.

For the peel-off card, there were choices of a free LEGO set up to $16.99, a keychain, and one lucky winner from all brand stores will get the $1000 shopping spree. There might be more choices but those were the ones I heard people talking about. I was lucky to get the free set and I chose the LEGO Technic Mini Tow Truck (9390).

The Hobbit poster features many characters from next year’s The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug sets and is not made from normal poster paper but from a thicker matte material. It is a great poster to frame and hang on your wall. According to the December 2013 LEGO Store calendar from December 8-15, you can get a free poster with any Hobbit set. I’m not sure if it will be the same one as the one given out today.

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Doctor Who 50th Anniversary – The Day of the LEGO Doctor

November 23, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 3 Comments

Today is a very special day for Doctor Who fan because today is The Day of the Doctor. The highly popular TV series celebrates their 50th Anniversary today and our friend Mariann over at Model Building Secrets has created some builds to mark the occasion. She has created not only the 10th and 11th Doctors, but she has also created River Song and the iconic TARDIS all in Miniland scale. Now we just wait a little bit longer for the episode to air on BBC.

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LEGO VIP Black Friday 2013 Early Access Deals and Promotions

November 22, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

LEGO VIP members are now able to get early access to Black Friday 2013 deals and promotions on Shop@Home. For November 23rd only, LEGO will have some pretty nice deals going on including Triple VIP points and free shipping on all purchases. Also, you can get the second LEGO Seasonal Creator Holiday Set (40083) with purchases of $99 or more. For LEGO Star Wars orders of $50 or more, you can still get a free exclusive Clone Trooper Lieutenant polybag (5001709). All the promotions and sales are stackable so you are able to combine deals together.

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LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Spider-Man Polybag (30302) Found

November 22, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 1 Comment

Brick Heroes is reporting there is a new LEGO Marvel Super Heroes polybag that is on sale on eBay. The polybag features the Ultimate Spider-Man on a glider which has a couple of flick-fire missiles. There’s no word yet of the polybag name or where it is available yet at this time. For polybag collectors, eBay is your first chance to get it.

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