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San Diego Comic Con 2014 LEGO Store Community Window

July 12, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 2 Comments

Fashion Valley LEGO Store Community Window

San Diego Comic Con 2014 is upon us and my LEGO Store in Fashion Valley has gotten into the mood as well with their latest community window change out. This month’s window is centered towards the geekiness that is Comic Con with contributions by fellow SandLUG members Jason and Mariann. Jason, known for his CubeDudes creations, has built a number of pop culture characters from different TV series and movies including Batman: The Animated Series, Doctor Who, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Avengers, and Star Wars. If you look closely, you can also see Baymax from the upcoming Walt Disney animated movie, Big Hero 6. As you can see, he has done an amazing job on all the characters and it shows with a bit of imagination and creativity, you can build almost anything.

Mariann’s contribution to the window is her mosaic portrait of Doctor Who’s 11th Doctor, Matt Smith. In this type of mosaic, she is able to capture the portrait using the sides of the LEGO elements rather than the traditional studs up method of creating a mosaic. You can check out how Mariann created the portrait on her Flickr where she shows a blueprint of the complicated process. I’ve seen images of the mosaic before but to see it in person makes it even cooler.

If you’re going to be here for SDCC 2014, I highly recommend checking out the community window at the LEGO Store here in Fashion Valley Mall. You can easily take the trolley from the convention center … Continue

Brickset LEGO Minifigure and Brick Review

July 7, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 2 Comments

A few weeks ago, we reported that Brickset has teamed up with MinifigForLife Print Studio to create a small range of Brickset branded LEGO minifigures and bricks for sale. Today I received my order of one of the male white/blue minifigures and a white 1×8 brick.

The minifigure is your standard LEGO minifigure but the Brickset logo is what makes it stand out. You get your red, yellow, and green 1×1 plate logo printing on the center of the torso and Brickset right underneath.

The 1×8 white brick also has the same printing except that the wording is next to the logo and not underneath it. The brick makes a nice addition to your name badge bricks that you get from various LEGO conventions and it’s a great way to show your support for Brickset and what it does for the LEGO community.

Overall, the printing is very good on both the minifigure and the brick as they are printed at 1440dpi on a Roland UV printer. If you look closely, you can see that the printing is slightly raised but not much. It cost me about $17 for both the minifigure and brick and it took about 10 days for them to get here which is pretty fast considering that it ships from the UK.

There is another version of the 1×8 brick in blue for sale as well as various combinations of both the male and female minifigures so go here and check out the selection they have.

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Brickset Branded Products Now Available for Purchase

June 26, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Brickset has teamed up with MinifigForLife Print Studio to create a range of Brickset branded LEGO minifigures and bricks for you to purchase. The items are printed on a Roland UV printer at 1440dpi so it is very high quality. Standard decal printing is about 300dpi so at 1440dpi, quality is on the higher end. There are currently six items available for purchase:

Male minifigure with white torso
Female minifigure with white torso
Male minifigure with blue torso
Female minifigure with blue torso
White 1×8 brick
Blue 1×8 brick

The minifigures are pretty much your standard minifigures with the Brickset logo branded on front of the torso and the 1×8 bricks make a great addition to your brick badges you get from various LEGO conventions.

The cost of the minifigs are £4.25 and £1.50 for the bricks. Converted to US Dollars, they are about $7.20 and $2.50 respectively. Shipping costs are £1.40 in the UK, £3.20 for Europe, and £3.80 for other parts of the world.

For payment, they do take checks, Paypal, or credit/debit cards so paying for your items is extremely easy. I purchased a minifigure and a brick and the total came up to $16.66 including shipping so it wasn’t that bad.

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Bricks by the Bay 2014 LEGO Convention Attendee Registration Now Open

June 25, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

The folks at Bricks by the Bay have issued a press release notifying fans that attendee registration is now open for the LEGO convention that will be happening in August. They have also listed a number of panels that fans can enjoy while at the convention.

Bricks by the Bay 2014 Convention Attendee Registration Open
BRICKS BY THE BAY convention August 7-10, 2014

Northern California-June 2014:

Attendee registration is now open online for the BRICKS BY THE BAY 2014 convention for those who enjoy LEGO®. The convention will be held Thursday through Sunday, August 7-10, 2014 at the Santa Clara Convention Center, in Santa Clara, California.

Thursday, Friday and Saturday are registered attendee exclusive days. The final day of the convention, Sunday August 10, 2014, will include a Public Exhibition where the general public can come in and view the many creations on display.

This year’s convention has something for every attendee including:

Keynote speaker and special guest: David Pagano, founder of Paganomation, an award-winning production studio.

New this year: Bricks by the Bay Brickfilm Festival. Brickfilmers from around the world are submitting films fitting the convention theme of “Fun & Games” as well as their best work of the prior year. Festival judges include animator David Pagano.

Convention attendees will be able to take part in a number of games and contests at the convention. A favorite contest is the CosPlay or Costume Contest with contestants having costumes that “Look Like LEGO®” or are “Made From LEGO® Parts.”

This year’s convention features a third attendee-exclusive

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Brickworld Chicago 2014 Recap with Beyond the Brick

June 19, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Our friends over at Beyond the Brick has released a new video featuring a guided tour of Brickworld Chicago 2014. In the one and half hour video, Joshua Hanlon and Matthew Kay shows off all the MOCs that were in the display hall during the LEGO convention. For those who didn’t have a chance to go this year like me, I appreciate the effort the guys put into the production of the video. For a few of the builds, there will also be in-depth video of the MOC itself as well as interviews with the builders as well. Stay tuned to Beyond the Brick in the new few days as they upload more content from Brickworld Chicago 2014.

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Brickworld Chicago 2014 Ticket Discount

May 29, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

If you’re planning on attending Brickworld Chicago 2014 next month, there is an offer for $1.50 off a ticket for the public days on June 14 & 15. The event will be held at the Renaissance Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL and there is 66,000 square feet of LEGO creations that you can see and enjoy.

Some of our friends like Mariann from Model Building Secrets and Joshua and Matthew from Beyond the Brick will be attending Brickworld Chicago so if you attend, maybe you’ll run into them on the show floor. I’ve embedded the Facebook offer below. Click “get offer” and the code will be sent to your email where you use it to purchase the ticket online. The offer expires on June 13th.

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New Guinness World Record for Tallest LEGO Tower Set in Hungary

May 25, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 1 Comment

Hungary has set a new world record for the tallest LEGO tower in front of Saint Stephen’s Basilica. The constructed tower in Budapest is 34.76 meters high and broke the former record of 34.43 meters high held by the Red Clay Consolidated School District back in August of last year. The last piece of the tower was placed by the city’s 5th district, Mayor Antal Rogan. It took four days for official Danish LEGO builders with the help of school children to construct the tower. It will be deconstructed on Monday, May 26.

**Via NTD.TV**

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