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LEGO Tweets About Secret Service Aston Martin Set

June 14, 2018 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

A few hours ago, LEGO tweeted something very bizarre about something they’re working on. The tweet says:

We’ve been thinking about creating a special Secret (Service) model that could help an agent out in a tricky situation. Any ideas? @astonmartin #LicenceToBuild

The accounts for Aston Martin and even James Bond have replied to the tweet and posted the above image. Connecting the dots, LEGO is working with Aston Martin and the James Bond franchise to produce a set, possibly the famous Aston Martin DB5. What do you think the tweet by LEGO is referring to?

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LEGO House Documentary Coming to Netflix

June 14, 2018 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

LEGO has announced that starting tomorrow, there will be a special LEGO documentary on the LEGO House coming to Netflix. The show takes you through the journey of how an idea from Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen come to reality. Check out the trailer below.

From 15th June you can discover the fascinating LEGO spirit manifested in the ultimate LEGO building on all NETFLIX servers globally.

The original idea behind the LEGO House came from Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen – a dream for the LEGO Group and for the town of Billund.

A unique journey into the making of a house built on a foundation of dreams. This is a construction diary unfolding the endless possibilities of the LEGO brick.

The concept has all the way been to build a LEGO House which would offer the most amazing hands-on experiences and inspire the guests to embrace creativity.

This includes a one of a kind architectural idea by BIG and Bjarke Ingels, a restaurant that serves the food by robots, 25 million LEGO bricks and dedicated staff that tries, fails and revises ideas in order to reach the company motto: Only the best is good enough.

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The Brick Fan May 2018 Monthly Recap

June 10, 2018 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

May was a very busy month in regards to LEGO news and here’s a recap of some of the more notable articles from the month. Again, it might be a longer post than other months.

LEGO June 2018 Store Calendar Promotions & Events – The June promotions has kicked off and it’s a fairly calm month in terms of promotions.

LEGO City Summer 2018 Capital (60200) Revealed – One of the largest LEGO City sets for the summer 2018 wave is the Capital (60200) which is similar in scale to the Town Square and City Square sets from previous years.

LEGO Star Wars UCS Millennium Falcon (75192) Review – My long-awaited review of the LEGO Star Wars UCS Millennium Falcon (75192) is now live.

LEGO Star Wars UCS Cloud City Rumored Details – There are more details for the rumored LEGO Star Wars UCS Cloud City set.

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Avengers: Infinity War Movie to Set Comparison – A new series which I hope to continue with other themes is comparing LEGO sets released for movies and the first one is for Avengers: Infinity War.

LEGO Ideas First 2018 Review Stage Underway – The First 2018 Review Stage has kicked off with ten sets that qualified for it.

LEGO BrickHeadz Harry Potter Sets Officially Revealed – The new LEGO BrickHeadz Harry Potter sets were revealed and are set to be released in July.

LEGO BrickHeadz Harry Potter & Hedwig (41615)

LEGO Wizarding World Harry Potter Product Details – The LEGO Wizarding World Harry Potter sets were officially revealed with information about the … Continue

The LEGO Group Announces Collaboration With IKEA to Promote Creative Play

June 7, 2018 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

The LEGO Group has announced that they are partnering up with the popular Swedish furniture company IKEA to promote more creative play in the home environment. The press release doesn’t go into detail of what will be happening with this partnership however my guess is that we could see LEGO branded furniture being sold at IKEA. Stay tuned as we expect more information in the near future about the LEGO/IKEA team-up.

IKEA AND THE LEGO GROUP IN COLLABORATION TO ENABLE MORE PLAY AND CREATIVITY

We know that play is an important part of life and we believe in the power of play. Play lets us be creative, explore, experiment, dream and discover. IKEA and the LEGO Group, join forces to encourage more play.

Play is key to develop. And it is an essential part of a better everyday life. Play is so many different things, for so many different people. In the everyday life there are different barriers for play. Some of the barriers are more evident for grown-ups. One being that grown-ups think that playing can be messy. Other barriers are more evident to children – like grown-ups trying to create order in the play environment, where children in fact enjoy and often immerse themselves in the midst of it all.

“It started with an invitation from the LEGO Group “Do you want to play?”. Of course we said yes to this and together we now want to enable more play by triggering play in the functionality of the everyday life. At IKEA we first

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The Toys That Made Us LEGO Episode Review

May 29, 2018 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

The long-awaited LEGO episode for The Toys That Made Us finally released last week and I’ve finally had some time to watch it and give it a quick review. If you’re not familiar with the show itself, it’s an eight part documentary that talks about the history of various toy franchises and how they’ve impacted society. Some of the toy lines that have been featured so far included He-Man, Star Wars, Transformers, and of course, LEGO.

The episode is about 45 minutes and it condenses LEGO’s 80+ years of history into it. If you’re familiar with LEGO’s history, then there’s really not much that you don’t already know and if you’ve read Brick by Brick: How LEGO Rewrote the Rules of Innovation and Conquered the Global Toy Industry by David Robertson, who also makes an appearance, then you’re pretty much set. The episode, however, does tell the story of LEGO in an upbeat way with some humor thrown in here and there. Most of the significant events that helped shape LEGO into the company that it is now is in the episode which included talking about the system of play, the emergence of the LEGO minifigure, the failures such as Jack Stone and Galidor, the decline due to the Star Wars and Harry Potter licenses, and to the revival because of Technic, Mindstorms, Bionicle, and Ninjago.

Even though it covered a lot of topics, there wasn’t anything new introduced that knowledgeable fans didn’t know about already. Although Ninjago and The LEGO Movie were mentioned briefly, it … Continue

The Toys That Made Us LEGO Episode Now on Netflix

May 25, 2018 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

The day is finally here as The Toys That Made Us has finally returned on Netflix in which it includes the episode about LEGO. The 44 minute episode talks about the history of LEGO in a different way. It will have some guests in it including Adam Reed Tucker, David Robertson, and fellow San Diegan Bruno Todd just to name a few. I’ll watch it after I get off from work but I’m pretty stoked for this episode as well as the Transformers one.

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New LEGO Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Tyrannosaurus Rex Set Found

May 24, 2018 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

LEGO Jurassic World: The Fallen Kingdom Tyrannosaurus Rex

If you’ve think you’re done collecting all the LEGO Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom sets, it looks like there will be another set to hunt for in the near future. Over at a Belgian toy store named Dreamland, they have shown off a new Tyrannosaurus Rex (4000031?) set consisting of 70 pieces as part of one of their promotions they’re having in store. The set shows a T.Rex standing on a brick-built display. The rex itself looks to be an exclusive with its leopard printing.

What’s interesting is that they are claiming that there are only 500 of the sets produced worldwide which I hope isn’t true. This set isn’t part of June’s promos when Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is in theaters so that’s out of the question. If it is actually at 500 total sets, it’ll be more rare than the LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes Bat-Pod (5004590) which had a run of only 750 sets. Hopefully there are other opportunities to get a hold of this set in the future, preferably in a more larger quantity.

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