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Project Swapfig Round 2 – Fight!

October 1, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Back in April, we did a post promoting Project Swapfig on Kickstarter. The project was started by Drew Maughan, aka SilentMode, to help bridge the gap for minifigure traders. The site allows people to trade away their unwanted LEGO minifigures for ones they want or need. Unfortunately, the Kickstarter project didn’t meet its goal.

Fast forward to today, Drew has decided to start another crowdfunding campaign for Project Swapfig but this time, it is on Zequs. Some differences from the original Kickstarter project is that the target is at £1500 instead of £3000 and has a longer duration. One thing that is similar is that there are certain rewards that you can get for pledging a certain amount. Head over to Zequs to see what Drew has to offer including a Gold SwapFigure.

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Brick Owl Hit With Cease and Desist Letter From BrickLink

September 26, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Back in the early part of June, BrickLink was sold to the founder of Korean game company Nexon, Jung-Ju Kim. At the end of the same month, Brick Owl officially opened as another LEGO trading platform. Since the announcement, there hasn’t been any concrete updates for the upcoming BrickLink 2.0. Yesterday, Brick Owl announced that they have received a Cease and Desist letter from BrickLink and were demanded to immediately cease providing their services altogether. This includes using BrickLink’s unique numbering and naming systems as well as the sync feature which extracts data from BrickLink to display on Brick Owl. To me, this pretty much sounds like BrickLink is claiming the exclusive rights to all their data including the naming and numbering system and wants Brick Owl to shut down completely.

However, to counter the C&D letter, Brick Owl will be implementing some changes to their site which includes, removing BrickLink names and numbers from the site. The BrickLink Sync feature also will be disabled on September 28th.

There have been many discussions on whether BrickLink’s catalog was free to use without restrictions but it looks like a corporate giant is putting their proverbial foot down on competitors even though they encouraged competition as they stated on their TOS changes. Keep up with all the happenings over on Brick Owl here.

**Via The Brick News**

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Official LEGO Documentary Coming in 2014

September 17, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Today, Deadline has revealed that The LEGO Group in conjunction with Global Emerging Markets (GEM) will be creating an official feature-length documentary film called Beyond The Brick: A LEGO Brickumentary. They have partnered up with Oscar-winner Daniel Junge (Saving Face) and Oscar-nominated Kief Davidson (Open Heart) to shoot a film to take a deeper look into the company and the impact of the bricks on today’s culture, art, and education. The documentary will also take a look at not only younger builders, but Adult Fans of LEGO (AFOLs), LEGO convention attendees, artists, and famous LEGO fans too. Brendan Kiernan and Justin Moore-Lewy will be producing the documentary and is slated to be released early 2014.

LEGO bricks are everywhere, and this documentary is an examination of their footprint in our global community. The LEGO brick has transcended language, politics, age, race, art, science and technology – all through its ability to draw out the basic human need to create and share. – Jill Wilfert, VP of Licensing and Entertainment for The LEGO Group

A few years ago, there was a very well made short video called AFOL: A Blocumentary that takes a look into the world of a couple of AFOLs from the Pacific Northwest. You can watch that video below.

AFOL A Blocumentary from AFOL on Vimeo.

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LEGO Store Employee Polybag (5001622) Revealed

September 12, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

The Brick Owl has reported a new LEGO Store Employee (5001622) promotional polybag which includes LEGO Retail Store mascot, Tom, dressed in black with a red 2×4 brick. There’s no word on how we will be able to get the polybag but Brick Owl suggests it might be for purchases of a certain dollar amount. Do any of my LEGO employee friends know anything about this polybag? If so, feel free to comment. Also one more thing. Where is the yellow apron?!?

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One Week Left To Register For BrickCon 2013

September 11, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

BrickCon 2013 is only a few weeks away and if you’re thinking of attending the event, you only have one week left to register. Registration will be closing on Wednesday, September 18th and won’t be accepting any more registrations after that date. There will also be no on-site registrations accepted during the convention either. The official theme for this year is “Pigs vs Cows”.

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FREE LEGO City Fire Car (30221) At Home Depot

September 7, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Toys N Bricks is reporting kids will be able to get a FREE LEGO City Fire Car (30221) when they participate in a “How-To” Workshop at Home Depot stores on Saturday, October 5th between 9am-12pm. Each child will get the set as well as an orange apron, an achievement pin, and a certificate of participation while supplies last. So if you have a child, mark your calendars for the first Saturday in October to participate in the event to get the FREE 37 piece LEGO set.

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The Brick Fan on Instagram

September 6, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

As you may or may not know, I am a photography fanatic. I love to take pictures of various things that happen throughout the day including pictures of LEGO related things. If you’re an Android or an iOS user feel free to follow me on Instagram under the username “Tormentalous”. There you can see my pictures of LEGO minifigures, sets, as well as other random non-LEGO things that you most likely won’t see here on The Brick Fan, sort of a behind the scenes kind of thing. Also if take pictures of LEGO related things on Instagram, feel free to let me know your username in the comments so I can check them out.

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