Month: November 2014 (Page 3 of 15)

LEGO Subscription Box – BrickSwag November 2014 Review

November 25, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 1 Comment

It’s that time of the month again. The November 2014 Brick Builders Club subscription box is here so let’s take a look at what we get for this month. If you haven’t seen the reviews of Brick Builders Club before, check out the September and October boxes to see what you can potentially get.

The first item in this month’s box is the guaranteed exclusive t-shirt that you get every month. This one is a light blue shirt and the design is a pile of LEGO bricks with a danger sign. As many of us may have experienced before, stepping on LEGO bricks is not a good feeling.

The next item is a LEGO Knights’ Kingdom II Catapult (5994) polybag. This set was originally released in 2005 and retailed for only $0.99. The catapult consists of 27 pieces and contains a fairly rare medium blue horse helmet.

Next is a small temporary tattoo sheet featuring some pirate themed tattoos such as a pirate flag, a mom LEGO heart, and an anchor.

Continuing on with the Brick Builders Club, we again have some Funky Fig trading cards courtesy of The Mad Stacker. What I like about these cards is the old school feel and the glossy quality they have.

Another new item that’s in this month’s box is a foam traffic cone with the caption “Building in Progress.” This is an awesome novelty item that I can have on my desk whenever I’m building and it wouldn’t look distracting.

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LEGO Ideas Birds (21301) Official Images Revealed

November 25, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

LEGO has officially revealed the images of the new LEGO Ideas Birds (21301) set as well as an interview with the project creator, Tom Poulson. It consists of 580 pieces will be available on January 1, 2015 and Shop@Home has it listed for $44.99.

The Hummingbird is of the Green Violetear (Colibri thalassinus) variety, the Robin is of the European variety (Erithacus rubecula), and the Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) is native to North America. What’s cool about this set is that the name plates for each of the birds have their Latin names as well as the unique stands they sit on. The Hummingbird has a clear one which makes it look like it’s hovering next to the flower. The Robin is on a wooden branch and the Blue Jay is on a metal perch.

Check out the details of the LEGO Ideas Birds (21301) set below.

Put down your binoculars and get closer to nature with these intricate LEGO® models of well-known birds! Created by keen gardener and bird enthusiast Thomas Poulsom and selected by LEGO Ideas members, each replica bird hails from a different continent: the Robin from Europe; the Blue Jay from North America; and the Hummingbird from South America. These beautiful and detailed models come with their own presentation stands showing their scientific names, so that you can display your birds for all to enjoy or detach and play as you wish. This set also includes 3 booklets containing lots more information about each of these fascinating species as well as the

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Brickrock Moab 2015 Wall Calendar by Clankwerks

November 24, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 2 Comments

Today, we have rather interesting review. It’s not an official LEGO product but it does contain LEGO MOCs. Andrew Payne, aka Clankwerks, is into LEGO products as well as the outdoors so why not combine the two. He has created a Brickrock Moab 2015 Wall Calendar that features some of his MOCs in the wild in Moab, Utah. This project was a year long one from designing and building the vehicles to taking them out to various locations such as the Slickrock Trail and the Delicate Arch. Some of the MOCs include Jeeps, UTVs (Utility Task Vehicles), Unimog campers, and Volkswagen Westfalia Campers.

The calendar itself is made from glossy paper and is filled with a number of holidays and events that you may or may not heard of like National Go Barefoot Day and National Tortilla Chip Day. It even has the founder of The LEGO Group Ole Kirk Christiansen’s birthday on there which makes a great trivia question for LEGO fans.

As a photography enthusiast, the details in the photos are very nice from the coloring to the depth of field of the MOCs to the background. If you’re interested in the 2015 Calendar, head over to Etsy to purchase your own. Also, if want to build your own versions of the MOCs, head over to Imgur and there are links to the LXF files on Eurobricks.

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The LEGO Movie Winter 2015 Set Videos

November 24, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 2 Comments

LEGO has released some short videos featuring the three new The LEGO Movie sets that will be available in January 2015. We first saw these videos on the official LEGO Facebook Page, but I just waited until the YouTube videos were available before writing about it. The first set is Batman & Super Angry Kitty Attack (70817) which includes Batman, Angry Kitty, and a Skeletron. It will retail for $9.99.

The second video features the Double-Decker Couch (70818) which is a combination of sets that have been released this year. It includes the Double-Decker Couch from MetalBeard’s Sea Cow (70810) and Emmet’s Car from a Toys R Us event back in February. The draw of the set are the five minifigures you can get which includes Emmet, Ghost Vitruvius, Benny, President Business, and the new Unikitty that was revealed during SDCC. Note that Ghost Vitruvius is also a new minifigure while Benny is from a more expensive set in his Spaceship (70816). This set will retail for only $14.99.

The final set for The LEGO Movie Winter 2015 wave is the Bad Cop Car Chase (70819). This set contains Bad Cop’s police car as well as small motorcycle. The minifigures include Bad Cop, Wyldstyle, and two Robo SWAT. Finally, you also get the chair that Bad Cop keeps kicking around. This set retails for $29.99.

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LEGO 2014 Holiday VIP Shopping Event Attendee Clarification

November 23, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 2 Comments

A day after the LEGO Store Exclusive 2014 Holiday VIP Shopping Event, I have some information that may help you become one of the VIP members who may be chosen to attend the event next year. The following information was what LEGO Store employees were allowed to give:

They were selected on the basis they were in the top 35 VIP members for their local store based on engagement and purchases since joining LEGO VIP.

From the looks of it, the surveys VIP members fill out on their receipts do count towards your “engagement” level and LEGO takes that into consideration how many you complete in addition to the amount you spend at the store. I overheard people talking and and found out that it was a coincidence that they were frequent survey takers as well. I try to fill mine out usually the same day or within a couple of days. If you forget to do it, LEGO usually sends an email reminder to the registered email address. If you’ve ever filled out a survey, it pretty much asks about your recent experience at the store and would you recommend it to other people.

I hope this helps clear up a little bit on what the “requirements” were to attend the event and maybe next year, you could be one of the chosen few.

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LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Rocket Raccoon Polybag (5002145) Review

November 23, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 4 Comments

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy was an unexpected box office hit this past summer and one of the most popular characters in the movie was Rocket Raccoon. No doubt that LEGO had to join in on the fun with three sets in the 2014 summer wave of the Super Heroes sets in which he appeared in the Knowhere Escape Mission (76020).

In a surprise appearance, Rocket Raccoon also showed up in the 2014 San Diego Comic exclusive Rocket’s Warbird in his maroon colored outfit. Many LEGO fans were outraged because a majority of them couldn’t attend SDCC and wouldn’t be able to get it and for those who did, were beat out by scalpers and didn’t get a chance at them either, like me. When an image of the Rocket Raccoon polybag (5002145) has discovered, people started to wonder how they could obtain it.

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Rocket Raccoon Polybag (5002145)

This new polybag is only available at Toys R Us free with purchase of $30 or you can purchase it as a stand-alone polybag for $4.99 each. Some stores had a limit on how many you could buy, some didn’t. It contains only 13 pieces, most of which are buildables that go along with Rocket.

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The draw of this polybag is of course Rocket Raccoon himself. It is the same minifigure that was in the SDCC exclusive so it it was great to get it without shelling out a lot of money to buy the Warbird. He wears the Ravagers outfit which is dark red/maroon colored. There is printing … Continue

More 2015 LEGO The Simpsons Minifigure Head Molds Revealed

November 23, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 2 Comments

Just2Good on Eurobricks has posted links to TaoBao of more 2015 LEGO The Simpsons Minifigures (71009) that have had their head mold revealed. This next wave will now also include Snake, Comic Book Guy, Professor Frink, Patty, and Waylon Smithers. It is not known whether or not Snake will be in the Minifigures line or in the rumored Kwik-E-Mart set that we exclusively revealed last month. My guess is that he will be in the Kwik-E-Mart D2C set. Previously, we already reported that Doctor Hibbert, Groundskeeper Willie, and Santa’s Little Helper will also be in this second wave. If you want to see the images, head over to the Eurobricks link above to check them out.

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