Month: January 2018 (Page 3 of 15)

LEGO Star Wars Ahch-To Island Training (75200) Designer Video

January 29, 2018 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 1 Comment

In something slightly unusual for LEGO to do, they have recently released a designer video for the LEGO Star Wars Ahch-To Island Training (75200). This is different because it is not a direct-to-consumer set that usually does it for but just a simple set that you get purchase at any retailer. The video also goes back to the old style where the designer, César, talks more about the set itself and its play features. This is something that fans have missed on the newer designer videos. Hopefully, LEGO continues to do designer videos for these smaller sets like this in the future. I’ve recently done a review of this set if you want to check it out as well.

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LEGO Classic 60th Anniversary Bricks on a Roll (10715) Now Available at Walmart

January 29, 2018 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 3 Comments

You can now purchase the limited edition 60th anniversary LEGO Classic Bricks on a Roll (10715) at Walmart.com. For me it says, that I can also do a store pickup on 1/31 but that varies from location to location. This is the item that you will need to purchase to redeem the free collectible booklet and not to be confused with the regular yellow box version of the set. You have from now until 2/28 to purchase the set to be eligible for the booklet.

LEGO Classic 60th Anniversary Collectible Booklet

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LEGO Ideas Women of NASA (21312) Sale on Amazon

January 29, 2018 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 1 Comment

If you haven’t picked it up yet, the LEGO Ideas Women of NASA (21312) set is on sale on Amazon for $20.97 which is 16% off the regular retail price of $24.99. The set contains three different vignette type builds with four minifigures. This set makes a great gift for any NASA or science fan in general. I’ve already done a review of the set if you want to check it out. Thanks to Brandon for the heads up.

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LEGO Classic 60th Anniversary Collectible Booklet Clarification

January 28, 2018 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 15 Comments

It looks like there is some clearer information about the limited edition LEGO Classic 60th Anniversary Collectible Booklet that you will be able to redeem at Walmart. According to the redeem page that just went live, it looks like you’ll have to purchase the vintage version of Bricks on a Roll (10715) set at Walmart stores, Walmart.com, or Jet.com between 1/26-2/28 and upload a photo of your receipt. You’ll have until 3/9 to do that or while supplies last. There are 15,000 booklets available which will be sent out 7-10 business days after your receipt submission has been processed.

Currently, the set is not available online yet and the employees at the store do not know about it yet either. I’ve been told that they might be available starting on Monday but we’ll see. I’ll be heading to my closest store to see if they’re available and report back after. If not, I’ll keep tabs for the online set and let you know when that goes live.

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LEGO Ideas Ship in a Bottle (21313) Unboxing

January 28, 2018 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

The LEGO Ideas Ship in a Bottle (21313) will be released later this week unless you were able to get it early yesterday at the Fashion Place LEGO Store signing event. LEGO was kind enough to send us an early copy of the set and here’s a short unboxing of it since many of you are curious of what it consists of.

The packaging is nicely detailed with a very nautical design. On the side of the box, there’s a large kraken chasing down the ship in the bottle. Like with the packaging for the recent previous LEGO Ideas sets, the box has the lift up flap to reveal the contents.

When you open up the box, you are greeted with seven bags numbered 1-4 along with four large trans-clear window pieces and the instruction booklet. As far as I remember, this is the second set that I’ve personally build that had the exact same parts in same bags, referring to the 1×1 trans-blue studs.

My full review of the LEGO Ideas Ship in a Bottle (21313) will go up February 1 which is the same date the set releases in stores and online so stay tuned.

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LEGO Ideas Ship in a Bottle (21313) Designer Video

January 28, 2018 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 3 Comments

LEGO has finally released the designer video for the LEGO Ideas Ship in a Bottle (21313) which is set to be released later this week. In the video LEGO designer Thiago Catarino talks about how he went from Jacob Sadovich’s original design on the LEGO Ideas project to the official set. Graphic designer Mark Tranter also chimes in on some of the printed pieces that is used on the set. We’ll have our review of the Ship in a Bottle (21313) up on February 1 so stay tuned for that.

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Celebrating 60 Years of the LEGO Brick

January 28, 2018 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 1 Comment

Sixty years ago, Godtfred Kirk Christiansen submitted a patent application for a simple toy building brick. It wouldn’t get approved until a couple of months later and unbeknownst to him, this toy brick would eventually lead the company to becoming one of the most recognizable toys in the world as well as becoming the biggest toymaker in the world. It took some trial and error but the modern brick design that we know and love wouldn’t be developed for a few more years and hasn’t changed that much since then. Today, we celebrate sixty years of the LEGO brick and hopefully for many more years to come!

60 years ago, the simple idea of adding tubes inside a plastic brick turned into one of the most exciting and influential toys in the world – the LEGO® brick.

Since then, LEGO play has been about the joy of building and giving every child the chance to shape their own world through inventive play.

“LEGO play is powered by imagination and curiosity, and the LEGO brick is at the very heart of it – putting the bricks together and taking them apart over and over, with imagination as your only limit. This helps young minds to stay open, keep exploring and develop skills essential for the 21st century*, such as creativity, collaboration and problem solving,” said Julia Goldin, Chief Marketing Officer, the LEGO Group.

The LEGO Group began producing a plastic brick in 1949, but it was not until nine years later, in 1958, that the LEGO brick

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