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Free LEGO Star Wars Shirtless Darth Maul at ToysRUs.com

November 4, 2012 / / 0 Comments

For a limited time, ToysRUs.com is giving away a LEGO Star Wars Shirtless Darth Maul polybag for free with a $25 purchase of any Star Wars sets. The offer is only valid online although the listing does say it is sold in stores for $4.99. I went to a Toys R Us today and I did not see any of the minifigures anywhere. Remember that Toys R Us marks up their prices but for a very collectible minifigure like Darth Maul, spending a little more may be worth it.

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My BrickCon 2012 Story

October 6, 2012 / / 0 Comments

As LEGO fans, we like to help out the community if we can. This past weekend, BrickCon 2012 was going on in Seattle. With some luck, I managed to receive some tickets to go to the event but something came up at the last moment and I couldn’t go. As a result, I was stuck with a pair of tickets that I couldn’t use. I had to find a way to make them not go to waste.

As a member of Chris Pirillo’s Gnomies community, I knew that he lives in Seattle so I reached out to him to see if he or someone he knew could use the tickets. Chris already had his tickets, but fortunately he knew someone who could use them. Oleg Moskalensky was the person that we thought would be the best choice. Oleg has a son who’s been though a lot the past few weeks and he thought BrickCon would be a great way to cheer him up. To Oleg’s surprise, he received the pair of tickets and today, Oleg and his son went to one of the biggest LEGO conventions in the West Coast. To see the pictures Oleg took with his son at BrickCon, head over to his Google+ page.

In the end, it certainly feels good to help someone put a smile on a child’s face. I hope to get out to my first BrickCon some day, but in my opinion, this was way better than me going this year.

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Toys R Us Bricktober 2012 Promotions

September 26, 2012 / / 0 Comments

Today, many AFOL sites were sent details about the promotions at this year’s Bricktober event at Toys R Us stores from The LEGO Community Team. Each week in October, for every purchase of $59.99 or more, you will receive a LEGO Vintage Minifigure Collection set as a gift. According to ObiSeanLegobi on Brickset, there will be a very limited supply at participating stores:

From a TRU source: Most stores will only get 10-20 Vintage minifigure sets, to be given out free (one per customer per day)

If you’re excited about that, there’s even more news for Bricktober. On October 20 from 12-2pm, there will be a LEGO Creationary Challenge, possibly for prizes. On October 27 also from 12-2pm, you can receive a free LEGO Monster Fighters promotional pack (5000644). Looks like it’s going to be pretty busy and expensive October at Toys R Us.

Celebrate Bricktober at participating Toys “R” Us® stores this October!
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It’s time to celebrate Bricktober at participating Toys “R” Us® stores! This October, make a qualifying LEGO® purchase in a Toys “R” Us store and you’ll be able to take home an exclusive vintage minifigure collection! There are a total of four unique volumes; a different set available each week during October. Collect all 20 vintage minifigures!

Take a trip down memory lane with the opportunity to bring home four volumes of the vintage minifigure collection! Each collection features 5 unique and famous LEGO minifigures from the past. Venture into space with the astronaut, explore the Wild West with

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LEGO Lone Ranger Coming In 2013?

September 12, 2012 / / 0 Comments

This is speculation but Klaus-Dieter over on Eurobricks has reported that LEGO will be releasing sets tying in with the new Lone Ranger movie by Disney starring Armie Hammer and and Johnny Depp. LEGO fans have been waiting over a decade for a new Western themed set, which last came out in 2002, and now they might have the chance to get some in April of next year. Because the LEGO Lone Ranger will be themed sets, the minifigures will be fleshed colored instead of the normal yellowed colored minifigs. See below for the post by Klaus:

For the Western fans amongst us, I have good and bad news concerning next year:
The good news is that there finally will be a new Western theme which shall be out in April 2013. There will be one huge set, three medium sized sets and two small sets. Regrettably I don’t more since there were only empty boxes painted in the retailer’s catalogue.
The imo bad news is that it will be licensed – namely based on the new Walt Disney movie “Lones Rider”.

Also remember that mb_bricks achieved 10000 supporters for his Modular Western Town on LEGO CUUSOO which is currently under review. Hopefully these themes won’t be conflicting because both have the potential to be some great themes. Stay tuned for more details of the LEGO Lone Ranger theme.

Via Brick Fanatics

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Purchasing and Investing LEGO with BrickPicker

September 9, 2012 / / 0 Comments

Everything that is collectible has value. If you’ve ever bought LEGO sets before or looking into purchasing your first LEGO set, there is the retail price for the set and there is also the current value of the sets in the secondary market. How do you find the prices of the sets? You can either check Bricklink, Amazon, or eBay to find what other people are selling the sets for, which is pretty time consuming.

This is where BrickPicker comes in. This FREE service allows you to see what your “BrickFolio” is worth according to eBay using Terapeak. Brickpicker tracks the value of your collection by comparing the purchase price to the current price whether the sets or in new or used condition. You can also see the pricing trends of the sets and determine if they are a good buy or you should hold off in purchasing them. There is also a chance to win some BrickMaster Star Wars sets by doing things on the site earning BrickPoints.

If you want to see how much your LEGO sets are worth, head over to BrickPicker and set up your BrickFolio today.

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Legends of Chima & Speedorz – New LEGO 2013 theme sets?

August 14, 2012 / / 1 Comment

Word on Brickset is there’s speculation about some new LEGO themes coming in 2013. LEGO has recently registered two trademarks named Legends of Chima and Speedorz. There’s been many theories around the LEGO community of what these new themes could be and also assumptions that the Legends of Chima might be the theme replacing Ninjago. We’ll have updates on what these new themes are about as soon as we hear from LEGO.

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Happy 80th Birthday, LEGO!! – The LEGO Story

August 10, 2012 / / 1 Comment

August 10, 2012 marks the 80th birthday of LEGO, one of the most well-known companies in the world. In 1932 at Billund, Denmark, a carpenter named Ole Kirk Christiansen had an idea to start making wooden toys. After getting his company running, he named his company LEGO, coming from the Danish phrase “leg godt” meaning “play well.” Eventually, the company became the LEGO Group and the rest is history. Below is a very well made short film of the beginnings of the LEGO Group.

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