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The Most Expensive LEGO Brick

November 28, 2012 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Brick Envy has acquired the rarest and most expensive LEGO brick in existence and is selling it for a mere $14,449.99. This 2×4 brick is made of 14 caret solid gold and weighs in at 25.65g. The brick is stored in it’s original custom box that is embossed with the older LEGO logo and sits on a velvet interior.

This masterpiece was given to LEGO employees at the Hohenwestedt, Germany factory who had 25 years of employment as well as exclusive business partners of LEGO. Only one or two of these rare pieces were given out from 1979-1981 so only a few exist in the world. Working anywhere for 25 years is a big milestone and LEGO rewarded their employees very nicely for their anniversary.

If you have $14,500 laying around and want to own one of the rarest LEGO bricks ever, head over to Brick Envy and snatch up this beauty.

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My “Brick” Friday Experience

November 23, 2012 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

I arrived at the Fashion Valley LEGO Store in San Diego about 30 minutes before the “Brick” Friday midnight opening. The line wasn’t as long as I thought unlike the nearby stores that had lines of 50+ people waiting for their openings. While waiting, I had a nice, friendly chat with a few people about different LEGO sets and the state of LEGO at this point in time.

As the doors opened, there wasn’t a mad rush but I did see a lot of people grabbing the LEGO Star Wars 2012 Advent Calendar (9509), which was 50% off, as well as the Winter Village Cottage (10229). I only had two items left on my list so far to purchase, the LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Quinjet Aerial Battle (6869) and the LEGO Star Wars Palpatine’s Arrest (9526).

As the I checked out, the Quinjet was 10% off and I was given a chance to choose a scratch-off card for a discount on an item. I picked out a 10% card so that went towards Palpatine’s Arrest. As part of the promotion, I received the LEGO Christmas Holiday Set (3300014) for free. There was also a promotion for a Holiday Pick-A-Brick box but the cashier almost forgot about it and I had to ask for it.

Later in the morning, I was browsing on Amazon to see what was on sale on Black Friday. I found some books that had massive discounts and I’ve been wanting to get them. I purchased The LEGO Book, the LEGO … Continue

Retiring Soon Filter on LEGO Shop@Home

November 11, 2012 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Many people including LEGO investors wonder when a certain set is reaching their end-of-life and will be retired. LEGO Shop@Home has now added an extremely useful “Retiring Soon” filter to help you find sets that will be gone in the near future. There are currently 8 sets in the list and it is certainly a page to return to in the future.

**Via Brickset**

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Free LEGO Star Wars Shirtless Darth Maul at ToysRUs.com

November 4, 2012 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

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 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

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 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

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 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

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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