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LEGO Friends: The Adventure Guide Exclusive Minidoll Revealed

April 24, 2015 / / 0 Comments

DK Friends The Adventure Guide

Brickset has revealed the exclusive minidoll that will be included in the DK LEGO Friends: The Adventure Guide that will be released in June. The book will be featuring Kate, who is a fairly new character for the Friends line, in a new outfit along with a basket and a strawberry tile as her accessories.

Join Mia, Stephanie, Emma, Andrea, and Olivia on their exciting adventures around Heartlake City and beyond in LEGO® Friends: The Adventure Guide. Learn about their pets, personalities, dreams, and passions. Discover how the girls like to spend their days: find out what it takes to look after the horses at Heartlake Stables, get fashion tips from Emma, see what goes into organizing a surprise party, and learn about the girls’ dream jobs.

DK Friends The Adventure Guide

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LEGO Building Instruction Generator Program for LDD

April 21, 2015 / / 4 Comments

If you’re an avid user of the LEGO Digital Designer (LDD), you would know that the program lacks a proper building instruction feature. This is where Eurobricks member msx80 comes in. They have posted a LEGO building instruction generator program called Blueprint which takes your LXF file and generates building steps while using the LDD group definitions. There you can adjust the steps by moving them around, adding more steps, and more. After you’re satisfied with the instructions, you can generate and save the pages as image files.

Blueprint is still in beta but it works fairly well. With that being said, there are still some limitations with the program such as no undo button and some multipart pieces may not work as intended. You can read more of the limitations in the link thread above.

Requirements for using Blueprint include having Java 8 with revision 8u40 or better, Opengl 3.2 or higher, and LDD. This may sound sophisticated but if you have the latest drivers and updates for your system, you should probably already have everything that’s need to run the program. When you click the link above to download it, your anti-virus program may block it but I tested it and it works fine.

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Brick Fest Live/Philly Brick Fest 2015 Happening This Weekend

April 21, 2015 / / 1 Comment

Brick Fest Live/Philly Brick Fest 2015 is happening is weekend and for the second year in a row, I’ll be heading out there to attend the event. There will be tons of MOCs on display from various local LUGs such as PennLUG as well as a number of vendors like The Brick Show, eclipseGRAFX, and Brick Warriors just to name a few. There’s still time to get tickets if you want to attend the public days on Saturday and Sunday.

I look forward to hanging out with friends of the site from the east coast again and meeting new people. If you’re heading out there this weekend, come by and say hello. I’ll be around doing coverage throughout the whole event and be posting on our Facebook Page so make sure you like to page to get the notifications.

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Last Week for BrickMagic 2015 Early Registration

April 9, 2015 / / 3 Comments

BrickMagic 2015 is almost here and if you want to attend the event as a registered attendee, you have one week left to register at a discounted price. After April 16, the price for registration will go up to $75. Below is the press release sent by one of the founders of BrickMagic, Joe Meno from BrickJournal. There is also more details about the Swag Bag that all registered attendees will be getting as well.

Last Week Left for BrickMagic Early Registration!

BrickMagic 2015 is coming up fast, and registration goes up to $75 on April 16th! If you want to save a few dollars, NOW is the time to register at both the hotel and the event!

If you’re still on the fence about attending BrickMagic, here’s some more reasons to come to Charlotte:

The Swag Bag

We’re still adding items for the goodie bag –

• Brick Earrings, from JT Turner
• a free LEGO compatible phone case from Smallworks
• a mini-arcade machine model from the Brick Show
• free Build-a-Figure with two accessories, from Atlanta Brick Co.
• a custom BrickMagic mini figure from Minifigs4U
• LEGO parts bag from Lost in a Vacuum Toys
• Fill a bag with LEGO parts from Classic Plastic Bricks
• Minibox of surprises from BrickLoot
• 10% and 15% discount coupons from Brickstuff for their electronics, both at the event and online.
• One Chick-Fil-A sandwich, from the Concord Mills restaurant.

This is in addition to what is already in the bag…which is a lot!

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2015 Second Quarter LEGO Store Build-A-Minifigure Bar Elements

April 4, 2015 / / 2 Comments

While I was at the LEGO Store yesterday taking pictures of the new Pick-A-Model sets on the Pick-A-Brick wall, I also got a chance to take a look at the Build-A-Minifigure bar as well. Like with the PAB Wall, the Minifigure bar was also changed out on the first of the month with some elements that haven’t been there, at least to my knowledge. There might have been some parts I missed while I was there so I may update the images when I go to the Mini Model Building event on Tuesday.

For the torsos, I like the inclusion of the Space minifigure floating and the airport crew ones.

LEGO Store Build-A-Minifigure

For the legs, I feel like I missed a couple but below are the ones I found.

LEGO Store Build-A-Minifigure

There are a bunch of great accessories that are in this quarter including the pretty rare brown cat and the seagull which only came with the Sea Captain from the Series 10 Collectible Minifigures. The armor piece is also pretty rare because it only came with the Heroic Knight from Series 9. The 2×2 tile pieces are pretty neat which are from the Galaxy Squad theme. I think I’ve also seen the gray katanas for this quarter but I wasn’t able to find them.

LEGO Store Build-A-Minifigure

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LEGO April Fool’s Day 2015 Roundup

April 2, 2015 / / 5 Comments

Now that April Fools Day is over, I think it’s time for me to explain myself for the evil post I did yesterday. During the whole year, I’m mostly serious with the news that I report on and April 1st is the one day that I get to have a bit more fun, maybe a little too much. Some readers caught on quickly to the post while some took it seriously and for that, I apologize. I like to also apologize to the LEGO Stores who received calls regarding this matter. Please do not call your LEGO Store asking about old Modular sets returning this weekend. They aren’t coming back. Period.

There was a subtle hint in the “press release” that sort of gives the joke away. The set numbers of the Cafe Corner and Green Grocer were switched around. Again, some readers saw that mistake while many others didn’t notice it at all. As a result of this mean charade, I will be retiring from the April Fool’s jokes and will not be posting anything next year. As a warning, never trust anything on April 1st or even the day before which was when I posted my “news”.

Anyways, other LEGO sites in the community also had some April Fool’s shenanigans of their own yesterday. Below are some of the ones I know of and if I missed any, leave a comment below and I’ll add it to the list.

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Bricks LA LEGO Fan Convention AFOL Registration Now Open

March 20, 2015 / / 0 Comments

There is finally some new information about Southern California’s newest LEGO fan convention, Bricks LA. AFOL registration is now also open and there are perks for being one such as access to all attendee events, custom badge, a swag bag, and ability to register your MOCs for exhibition and contests. Check out the full press release below for all pertinent details.

Bricks LA Lego Fan Convention Coming To Pasadena, CA

Join brick fans and builders this May for the first annual Bricks LA Lego fan convention!

LOS ANGELES, CA, March 17, 2015 – Bricks LA is excited to announce the first annual Lego fan convention at the Pasadena Convention Center (300 E Green St, Pasadena, CA 91101) May 16th & 17th, 2015! Brick fans of all ages are welcome to join the festivities with over 6,000 square feet of custom made models, vendors selling sets and accessories, and a free build area for the kids!

With fan built LEGO models inspired by comics, movies, pop culture, and classic themes such as space and town, there is something for the whole family to enjoy! Admission is only $5 and kids 12 and under are free! Public exhibit hours are Saturday May 16th from 10am to 6pm and Sunday May 17th from 10am to 5pm.

Attendee registration is open for AFOLs (Adult Fans Of LEGO) who would like to participate in the private portion of the event and display their LEGO creations for the public. Registering as an attendee allows exclusive access to participate in the private

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