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Win Exclusive Set of LEGO Team Sky Minifigures and More

July 2, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 3 Comments

To celebrate the start of the 2015 Tour de France, LEGO is teaming up with the British professional cycling team, Team Sky, to create some exclusive minifigures featuring the team’s nine-man roster created by Minifigs.me. From the looks of it, there will only one set featuring the team members of Chris Froome, Pete Kennaugh, Leopold König, Wout Poels, Richie Porte, Nicolas Roche, Luke Rowe, Ian Stannard, and Geraint Thomas as well as a LEGO Team Sky bus, a Jaguar support car, and Team Principal Sir Dave Brailsford.

To win this whole set, you have to post a picture or video of yourself on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram showing off your support for Team Sky and you must use the hashtag #AllexTeamSky and tag @TeamSky on the post. The contest runs from July 2 to July 8. You can read more about the terms here. Thanks to Dean for the heads up.

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New LEGO Attraction Coming to WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre

July 1, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

This is more geared towards the folks across the pond but Penny from the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) has sent over press release regarding their new LEGO attraction at the WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre. You can read more about the event below.

Amazing giant LEGO® brick animals will bring families closer to nature this summer at WWT Slimbridge

This summer the world’s most popular toy will bring families closer to nature at WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre.

Giant LEGO brick sculptures will be at the attraction in Gloucestershire for eight weeks this summer from July 18 to September 6, alongside their living counterparts.

Visitors will be able to enjoy the trail of 10 individually-designed 4ft (1.5m) LEGO characters inspired by real species at WWT Slimbridge. Included are a large North American River Otter, an Andean Flamingo and a Bewick’s Swan.

Bristol designer Tom Poulsom with the team at Bright Bricks is busy creating the figures from the feet (or paws!) up.

Gary Haseley-Nejrup, Slimbridge General Manager, said:

“We are very excited to welcome this new species to WWT Slimbridge for the
summer. The first completed characters look fantastic, we can’t wait for them to be out in the wetlands surrounded by wildlife and think our visitors will be bowled over by them.

Families love being around nature at WWT Slimbridge and the LEGO brick trail is a fun way of putting the spotlight on some really important species, many of which are endangered.”

As well as the trail there will be a large LEGO brick play

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Get a LEGO Brand Retail Store (40145) Set at Providence, RI Store Opening Celebration Tomorrow

June 26, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 6 Comments

LEGO is celebrating the grand opening of a LEGO Brand store at the JCPenney Court in Providence, Rhode Island and if you’re one of the first 300 customers to purchase $99 or more tomorrow, Saturday, June 27, you can get a free exclusive LEGO Brand Retail Store (40145) set. The offer is valid while supplies last and be sure to get there pretty early as I suspect there will be a lot of people lined up for it.

LEGO will also have an exclusive Minifigure set with a $50 purchase on Sunday. These sets are pretty unique since it labels the store and city on the packaging. This minifigure set is also limited to the first 300 customers.

You can read more details about the Providence Place LEGO Store opening here.

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LEGO Second Half 2015 Consumer Catalog Now Available

June 21, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 3 Comments

LEGO has recently published the Australian version of the consumer catalog for the second half of 2015. It shows many of the upcoming sets that we’ll be getting soon including LEGO Scooby-Doo, Scooby-Doo, and Star Wars including the new Buildable Figures. It also notes the LEGO Collectible Minifigures Series 14 (71010) will be avaialble in September.

On another note concerning the LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens sets. Due to the sensitivity of the information about the sets, LEGO has asked us to not host images, set names, etc. until September 4 which is Force Friday. Until further notice, I won’t be reporting on any of it unless LEGO officially releases that info themselves through news outlets or on their social media pages. You can find them on other sites but I’ve already removed that info from this site. Thanks to everyone who emailed in about some of the TFA things the past couple of days. It is news but there are some things that are worth waiting for.

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i-Brix Wireless LEGO Lighting System Kickstarter Project

June 20, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 3 Comments

I’ve recently gotten a few emails concerning a new LEGO lights Kickstarter project called i-Brix which the creator states to be an industry-first lighting system to be used with LEGO. These lights have no wires but uses a Power Plate that go underneath the building surface and power is transmitted wirelessly. It seems like a neat concept as you don’t have to build around the wires so if you’re interested, head over to the link above for more details about i-Brix. You can also check out a video of the project below.

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Brick Fest Live Event at New York Hall of Science

June 17, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

If you noticed on the sidebar on the site, Brick Fest Live will be doing a show at the New York Hall of Science starting this weekend until June 28. They will also be debuting their mascot “Stax” for this event. The museum will be giving away several FREE Mini Mascot builds to attendees.

Here is some more information on how to participate if you are in the NYC/Queens area: http://nysci.org/brickfestlive/promotional-ambassador-details/

There is a limited Promotional Ambassadorships available. All photos that are shared of the mini-mascot on social media must be posted with the hashtag #brickfestnysci.

Event details:

http://nysci.org/brickfestlive/
http://nysci.org/event/brickfestlive/

Ticket Link: https://tickets.nysci.org/SelectDate.aspx?ActivityID=431

Special Event “NYSCI After Dark with Brick Fest & Play Too Much”: http://nysci.org/event/nysci-after-dark-with-brick-fest-and-play-too-much/

Tickets for NYSCI After Dark: https://tickets.nysci.org/SelectDate.aspx?ActivityID=449

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European Union Rules LEGO Minifigures are Protected Trademark

June 16, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 2 Comments

Back in March, there was a report that LEGO was given permission to bring patent and copyright infringement cases against some of their major competitors. One of these competitors is Best-Lock Construction Toys Inc. and today the General Court of the European Union has ruled that the shape of the LEGO minifigures is protected trademark and cannot be copied.

Best-Lock argued that the shape of the LEGO minifigures was “determined by the fact that they were part of a toy that involved ‘interlocking building blocks for play purposes.'” The EU ruled that the elements of a LEGO minifigure has nothing to do with their ability to connect them to other bricks.

This ruling today by the EU is one step closer to LEGO further protecting their patents and trademarks from other companies. With the company opening a new factory in China in 2017, this will help deter counterfeit companies in the Asian markets.

**Via BBC**

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