I am happy to announce that Philly Brick Fest 2015 will be returning to the Philadelphia Expo Center April 23 – 26, 2015.
As many of you know may or may not know, Philly Brick Fest was the first LEGO convention I ever attended and it was worth the trip. I hope to attend again this year to cover the event, so stay tuned for updates on my travel plans.
LEGO conventions like Philly Brick Fest give FOLs – Fans of LEGO an opportunity to come together as a community under one roof. Convention activities include playing fun LEGO games, learning new building techniques from other builders, and of course seeing the amazing creations.
Some of my favorite games during the private days from last years event included the Minifigure Identification Game, and Bowling for Bricks which was a relay race where we built a LEGO set and played a game of bowling at the same time. There were also seminars from Alice Finch, Kevin Hinkle from the LEGO CEE Team, and Clutch (Chris Byrne) gave a talk about running one of the largest US-based Bricklink stores, Bricks On The Dollar.
Then came the MOCs and collaborative LUG layouts. PennLUG, SteelCityLUG, ColonialLUG, and DelVaLUG each had their own layouts. PennLUG touted the largest train layout in their club’s history and other layouts included a Moonbase, Explorian Fleet, and more. In addition to the collaborative displays, there were also loads of stand-alone creations. Here is the link to my Flickr stream from last years event.
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tomorrow. You may not know this but being an author is hard work so hopefully I can help Ryan out by giving him some exposure.
which would be a Ferris Wheel type set. This set could be added next to the Fairground Mixer to create a carnival type setting. They also speculate that it could easily attach a motor to it much like the Mixer.
so it might be easier to bring more sets in.
is priced at $17.49 while the 
is going for $13.99.
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. They also note that the book will include the Star Wars Rebels characters along with all the minifigures that have been released since the previous book in 
. There will be 72 additional pages in the newest Character Encyclopedia which bumps the page count to 280. The book will be released on May 5, 2015 but you can pre-order now on 
. This is a very nice price for the movie if you haven’t picked it up yet.
has all the sets available for purchase now.
or from your existing parts, you can create the Super Secret Police Mech shown above.
. Note that this variant of Mr. Freeze is different from the on in the 
by No Starch Press.
Pursuers in the Sewers – Complete Level 1 – Pursuers in the Sewers – 20G
Breaking BATS! – Complete Level 2 – Breaking BATS! – 20G
Space suits you, Sir! – Complete Level 3 – Space suits you, Sir! – 20G
Space Station Infestation – Complete Level 4 – Space Station Infestation – 20G
The Big Grapple – Complete Level 5 – The Big Grapple – 20G
The Lantern Menace – Complete Level 6 – The Lantern Menace – 20G
Europe Against It – Complete Level 7 – Europe Against It – 20G
Big Trouble in Little Gotham – Complete Level 8 – Big Trouble in Little Gotham – 20G
Power of Love – Complete Level 9 – Power of Love – 20G
A Blue Hope – Complete Level 10 – A Blue Hope – 20G
Jailhouse Nok – Complete Level 11 – Jailhouse Nok – 20G
All the Rage – Complete Level 12 – All the Rage – 20G
Need for Greed – Complete Level 13 – Need for Greed – 20G
Aw-Qward Situation – Complete Level 14 – Aw-Qward Situation … 
from 2012.
, Mike Doyle is back with a sequel, 
. Mike Doyle is an internationally acclaimed artist and his work has been shown in many exhibits like Gallery1988 and the Columbus Museum of Art.
by Guy Himber. If that name sounds familiar, may have heard of it before in the LEGO community.
. The book has 160 fully-illustrated pages and retails for $18.99. Like with Warren’s previous books, the cover is a nice mix of hard and softback and it shows a film roll with a couple of iconic scenes from E.T. and The Shining in LEGO form.
. The book is a sequel to the best-seller 
which we have also 
has a Rainbow Character Pack DLC to go along with their pre-orders of the game. The Rainbow Character Pack includes playable versions of Rainbow Batman and Rainbow Raider.
left off. Dark takes a look at LEGO builds that are categoried as “dark” which includes sci-fi to scary builds. There are also dark humor builds in the book as well.
, 
book by DK Publishing is now available for purchase on Amazon. Technically, the release date was September 1st but Amazon has decided to take orders a few days early. Also included with the book is the exclusive Emperor Palpatine minifigure. As of this post, the price is $11.04 which is 35% off the list price and is eligible for Prime shipping.
. Check out the press release below:
at a slightly lower price.
(see below). He was also told that the Invisible Jet is connected with the Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice movie.
, and the 
will all be available on September 1st and are Amazon Prime eligible. The three sets will also be available on 
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![](https://www.facebook.com/TheBrickFan" target="_blank">Facebook Page</a> notes that there is also a snake charmer pictured in the same magazine with a coiled cobra and new turban.</p>
<p><center><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/tormentalous/15084272113" title="LEGO Collectible MInfigures Series 13 (71008) - Snake Charmer?" target="_blank"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7544/15084272113_fafa7dd3c6.jpg" width="373" height="500" alt="LEGO Collectible MInfigures Series 13 (71008) - Snake Charmer?"/></a></center></p>
<p>Thanks to <a href="http://thebrickblogger.com/" target="_blank">The Brick Blogger</a> for the heads up.</p>
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