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Belkin Licensing Deal With LEGO

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

Today, Belkin has announced a multi-year licensing deal with The LEGO Group to make “buildable” phone cases for various mobile devices. As you may know, Belkin is a manufacturer of popular technology products and now, they get to produce accessories that promote creativity. The initial line will focus on Apple products including iPhones and iPods but will expand to other phones throughout the partnership. Read the official press release below:

Belkin to Create New Line of Cases Inspired by the iconic LEGO® brick

PLAYA VISTA, CA– February 11, 2013 – Belkin, creator of people-inspired consumer technology products, today announced a multi-year licensing partnership with The LEGO Group to create innovative and fun accessories for mobile devices.

Starting in spring 2013, Belkin will launch a variety of smartphone cases incorporating Belkin’s quality product design with LEGO® bricks for a unique “buildable” case experience. Designed for LEGO fans of all ages, the initial product line will focus on iOS devices, including the iPhone and iPod touch, with plans to expand to other platforms over the course of the partnership.

“The LEGO company is a renowned global brand, synonymous with quality, design and most importantly, fun,” said Patrick Sullivan, director of product management at Belkin. “This partnership opens up a whole new audience for Belkin and we are extremely excited to work together on a line of cases based on iconic LEGO toys that will inspire creativity and promote individuality in people of all ages.”

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The Brick Fan/YCF at New York Toy Fair 2013

February 9, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

The 2013 American International Toy Fair in New York is starting tomorrow and Stud from YourCreativeFriends will be there on the floor doing coverage for their channel as well as for our site. The LEGO VIP event is from 7-9AM EST on February 10 and YCF is invited to take part in the festivities. The badges feature the Hollywood Starlet from the Series 9 Collectible Minifigures. There will many new LEGO sets from many different themes including Star Wars, The Lone Ranger, The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, DC Universe Man of Steel, Marvel Super Heroes Iron Man, and of course the return of the Castle sets. Be sure to come back Sunday morning to get the most complete news from Toy Fair 2013.

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LEGO Exclusive VIP Keychain (4644591) for Valentines

February 8, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 2 Comments

This is probably old news by now but LEGO is sending a red-chromed minifigure VIP Keychain (4644591) to all VIP members who very active and engaging based on a list of criteria which includes purchase frequency. If you were the few lucky ones who qualified, the keychain should have started arriving in your mailboxes by now or in the near future. There’s also a Valentine’s card included with some special offers such as early access for the Palace Cinema (10232) on Feb 14-28. In the month of March, for all orders $50 or more, you get a FREE Republic Frigate (30242) polybag. Also from March 1-15, there is FREE shipping with orders $75 or more. Finally from March 25 – April 8, there is a Double VIP point event. Hopefully I’ll be getting one of the keychains in the mail soon but if not, I’ll be a sad panda.

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LEGO Brick Patent Celebrates 55 Years Today

January 28, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

On January 28, 1958 at 1:58pm, Godtfred Kirk Christiansen and LEGO filed the patent for the modern LEGO brick. Before, the bricks’ locking ability were very limited and Christiansen and his engineers came up with an updated design for the now stud-and-tube coupling system, which we all know and love. This new design made all the models more stable with better locking ability. One unique feature is that the bricks will hold well together but can also be taken apart by anyone with ease. On this day 55 years ago, the original design was sent to Danish patent offices and patent DK92683C. Legetøjsbyggeelement. was granted on January 29, 1962. Many years after that, LEGO has became one of the most successful toy companies in the world.

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LEGO Minifigure Infographic

January 25, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Everybody loves LEGO minifigures. Who doesn’t like minifigs? Above is an fun and interesting infographic of facts about the little guys created by Visual.ly and designed by Hot Butter Studio. The infographic even includes information about female minifigures including the Friends line. There are a bunch of statistics that you may not know about including the 18:1 ratio of male minifigures to female minifigures. Also, did you know that there are 122 million minifigures sold each year? That’s more than some populations of some of the larger populated countries in the world including Mexico, Germany, and the United Kingdom! The amount of them sold even comes close to the estimated population of Japan which has about 127 million people in the country. Click on the image above to see it better and let us know what you think about it. We hope you enjoy it like we did and hopefully learn something more about some of the most important pieces in a LEGO set.

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LEGO Holiday Christmas Set 2012 (3300014) Review

January 20, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Back in November of last year during Black Friday, LEGO was giving away a free exclusive Holiday Christmas Set (3300014) with every $99 purchase. I recently received this set from Richard at Brick Fanatics and am excited to get this set reviewed. The Holiday Set contains 109 pieces an did retail for $14.99 for a short time during after Black Friday. The box contains one instruction booklet, two un-numbered bags, the horse, and a white 4×12 plate.

LEGO Holiday Christmas Set 2012 (3300014)

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The Brick Fan Turns 1 Year Old

January 18, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 8 Comments

Today, The Brick Fan turns 1 year old. As I stated in a previous blog post, I began blogging under a different URL but I had to change it to thebrickfan.com on this day in 2012. At first, I was just using this blog to review LEGO sets that I purchase but I shifted to adding LEGO news a few months in and has evolved into what you now see today.

Now for some interesting facts I’ve gathered on the site. In a year, there have been 449 blog posts and have gotten 143 article comments. As you can see on the stats below, the site didn’t get that much traffic until July when San Diego Comic-Con started and doubled again when news of the 2013 LEGO sets became public. The site got 418,660 unique visitors with 647,740 page loads. My goal for this year is to double the traffic that the site currently gets now.

Here’s some other neat stats:

Pages/Visit: 1.55
Avg. Visit Duration: 00:01:34
New Visitors: 81.33%
Returning Visitors: 18.66%
58.29% Search Traffic
27.20% Referral Traffic
14.51% Direct Traffic
Email Subscribers: 131
Facebook Page Likes: 1039
Twitter Followers: 2116

What I like the most about blogging is the friendships I’ve made this past year including, in no particular order, Richard over on Brick Fanatics, Stud from YourCreativeFriends, Beyond the Brick, the guys over at Brick Picker, Jeff, Ed, TheOrcKing, just to name a few. I would like to also thank our regular readers as well as the commenters who … Continue