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The Brick Fan March 2018 Monthly Recap

April 6, 2018 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

March was a pretty busy month for LEGO news and here’s an extra long recap of some of the more newsworthy posts from last month.

LEGO Launches Initiative for Sustainable LEGO Bricks and Boxes – LEGO has launched a new initiative to start producing LEGO plant elements using plant-based plastic that is created from sugarcane.

LEGO Ideas Moments in Space Winner Announced – The LEGO Ideas Moments in Space contest was a really popular one and LEGO has announced the winner and the model that will be turned into a Gift with Purchase set in the near future.

The LEGO Group 2017 Annual Report Results – Today The LEGO Group has released the 2017 Annual Results and the results weren’t as good as they had expected.

LEGO Star Wars Solo: A Star Wars Story Official Images and More – Back at the New York Toy Fair, we got our first official look at the LEGO Star Wars Kessel Run Millennium Falcon (75212) for the upcoming Solo: A Star Wars Story but now there are a couple more sets that have been revealed on Amazon France.

LEGO Star Wars Han Solo's Landspeeder (75209)

LEGO Star Wars: Choose Your Path U-3PO Minifigure Revealed – LEGO has revealed the U-3PO minifigure that’s in the upcoming LEGO Star Wars: Choose Your Path book that’s coming this summer.

LEGO Collectible Minifigures Series 18 (71021) Review – The Series 18 Collectible Minifigures (71021) is to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the LEGO minifigure and here’s a review of the set.

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LEGO April Fool’s Day 2018 Roundup

April 2, 2018 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

April Fool’s Day went by will slightly less fanfare than previous years but there were still some good ones put out by the LEGO community throughout the day. We gave fans a little jolt with the “announcement” of a LEGO/Funko partnership but check out some of the ones from other sites below.

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LEGO revealed the LEGO VacuSort which is a brick sorting vacuum which we all would love to have in real life.

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LEGO Announces VacuSort Brick Sorting Vacuum

April 1, 2018 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Earlier today, LEGO announced a new product coming out in 2018 that will be helpful for lot of builders especially parents called the LEGO VacuSort. It is a 5-speed brick sorting vacuum that has a lot of various features including sorting by color or by brick while separating dust from the bricks. There’s no mentioning of price or release date at this time but stay tuned for the official announcement.

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LEGO Announces Partnership With Funko to Produce Vinyl Minifigure Characters

April 1, 2018 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

BILLUND, DENMARK (April 1, 2018) – The LEGO Group is happy to announce that we will be partnering with Funko, Inc. to produce vinyl figures and bobbleheads of LEGO minifigures in a brand new line that fans will enjoy.

We have some exciting products in the pipeline from popular themes including LEGO Ninjago, The LEGO Batman Movie, as well as for The LEGO Movie Sequel that is set to premiere in theaters next year.

The LEGO BrickHeadz theme will also release sets based on original Funko characters like Freddy Funko and Pulpo but in the the BrickHeadz style.

“We are very excited to announce this historic partnership as it brings two of the world’s most notable brands together to create some very unique products.”

This is a very exciting announcement as we are eager to share the first product images during San Diego Comic Con 2018. Feel free to swing by the LEGO booth as well as the Funko booth to get an exclusive sneak peek at these new innovative products. The first LEGO/Funko products will be available starting in September.

About Funko, Inc.

Headquartered in Everett, Washington, Funko is a leading pop culture consumer products company. Funko designs, sources and distributes licensed pop culture products across multiple categories, including vinyl figures, action toys, plush, apparel, housewares and accessories for consumers who seek tangible ways to connect with their favorite pop culture brands and characters. Learn more at https://funko.com/, and follow us on Twitter (@OriginalFunko) and Instagram (@OriginalFunko).

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Join The Brick Fan Subreddit

March 23, 2018 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Facebook recently has been making changes that don’t necessarily help page owners and with the recent news of the data privacy scandal, it’s time to make some changes around here. A few days ago, I start my own subreddit where I can post there without it not being seen by users as Facebook sometimes does. Some of you may have already subscribed to it when I posted on social media that I created the subreddit.

The subreddit also allows users to easily post their own content where without having to go look around FB on how to post on a particular page and it’s chronological, a very good feature.

Anyways, feel free to join the subreddit and connect on there as well. It looks pretty plain but I’ll change out the layout when I have time. Again, thank you everyone for your continued support as we keep evolving.

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LEGO Objects to Toys R Us Liquidation Sales

March 21, 2018 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Toys R Us’ bankruptcy court hearing was yesterday and they’ve announced that the going out of business sales will being Thursday for the rest of the stores with it running until June or earlier if inventories sell out quicker. Toys R Us says they are working to make the maximum payments they can to the vendors as well as the banks as they are starting to close down more than 700 stores. They are also wanting to stop more than $450 million in payments to suppliers which is a move that will hurt smaller toy companies on their books.

According to a report by Reuters, there are more than 50 vendors, including LEGO, that have objected to the liquidation. Obviously LEGO would like to have their products back instead of having it sold at lower prices in order to make payments to the banks. This corresponds to the memo that I reported on seeing the other day that lists LEGO on the “Do Not Liquidate” list but there are also reports that some stores have listed LEGO sets at 10% off which are probably the older ones.

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Beyond the Brick LEGO: Reimagined Building Contest

March 20, 2018 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Beyond the Brick is celebrating 60 years of the LEGO brick as well and they have an awesome contest to send a lucky fan to Billund, Denmark to attend Skærbæk Fan Weekend 2018 and the LEGO House. They want you to create a custom MOC and incorportate it into an official LEGO set. It must be small enough to fit a suitcase as it will also be displayed at Skærbæk. For the prizes, the grand prize winner will get:

– Roundtrip airfare to Billund (September 26, 2018 – October 2, 2018)
– Complimentary meals during the duration of the trip
– Lodging with the Beyond the Brick team
– Transportation to Skærbæk Fan Weekend to/from the LEGO House
– Registration to Skærbæk Fan Weekend and space to display the creation
– Entry to the LEGO House

There are also prizes for the second and third place winners. Second place gets a copy of the LEGO House (21037) and the LEGO House Tree of Creativity (4000026) while the third place winner gets a copy of the LEGO House (21037).

Head on over to Beyond the Brick’s Flickr Group to see the full list of contest rules.

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