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If you’re an AFOL, LEGO is doing a survey on what you are passionate about. The reason for it is to better understand the AFOL audience and what else they like. The survey is open to everyone and it takes about 15 minutes to complete. The feedback back they receive will help them understand how to engage with the community.

As an AFOL, we know you are passionate about building – but what else are you passionate about? Do current sets support your interest? How do you connect with the community? How engaged are you with the LEGO Group?

Our department is conducting a new survey on AFOL Passion. We want to answer these questions so we can better understand our AFOL audience and what they love the most. We have done similar surveys in the past but it’s time to update our information to stay up-to-date 🙂

The survey is anonymous and open to everyone, everywhere. We estimate it’ll take about 15 minutes to answer, and the feedback you give us will help us better understand how to engage with the AFOL community.

Please take the share and share it here. Right now we have no end date and will close the survey when our response rate reaches a set threshold.

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The Scooby Doo Mystery Machine by Let Them Fly is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The build is a large scale version of the iconic van with a full interior. It also includes a rotating plinth to showcase the van in various angles. It has 1,969 pieces to match the year Scooby Doo was first seen on screen.

The project now joins Imperial Island Fort, Movie Set, Lifeguard’s Shack, A-Frame Cabin, Spaceballs, The Costume Store, Boston Dynamics Spot 1:4 Scale Motorized Model, Medieval Tavern, Tavern Under the Snow, Women of Computing, Working Mini Golf Course, Brick Walk, Medieval Harbor, and Floating Island (Using Tensegrity) as the ones to reach the Second 2021 Review Stage.

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The first crowdfunding round for the BrickLink Designer Program came and went just like that and it didn’t go over well with some fans with some of the issues they had. They have put out a statement saying they’ve read your comments and frustrations and will give an update some time next week.

As we know by now, there were some glaring issues right from the get-go. First was the site crashes when the pre-orders started. Next was the 5,000 limit which went way quicker than expected. There was a recent article by Jay’s Brick Blog stating that the 5,000 limit was intentional due to manufacturing constraints and if they made more, the satisfaction of owning a limited edition set goes down. I can tell you that there are more unsatisfied fans than happy ones right now.

The 40 day crowdfunding time that they provided was way overestimated as the projects reached the goal in less than a day. Lastly was the purchasing limit of five per project. This allowed mainly scalpers to buy up stock and left legit buyers out.

We’ll see what BrickLink has to say next week and if they address some of these issues. Were you able to get what you wanted? Personally, I just bought the Sheriff’s Safe.

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If you have some extra VIP points laying around, there are some new sweepstakes items in the LEGO Rewards Center. First is the Lady Liberty Model that was designed to celebrate the grand opening of the new LEGO Flagship Store on 5th Avenue. This one ends on July 31.

The other sweepstakes is a LEGO adidas Originals Superstar set which includes a pair of wearable sneakers as well as the 10282 buildable version. This sweepstakes ends on July 22.

Both sweepstakes cost 50 VIP points and there is a maximum of 50 entries per member.

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If you missed out on LEGO CON 2021 last Saturday, LEGO has put up the VOD over on YouTube. Spoiler alert, you really didn’t miss much and it is geared more towards kids and families. I think this is LEGO’s worst videos YouTube in terms of likes/dislikes.

On a side note, LEGO is taking feedback on the event and hopefully they learn from it if they decide to do more in the future.

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There is a new item in the LEGO VIP Rewards Center for a Travel Edition (5006865) of the LEGO Creationary (3844) game. For 1,000 points, you get a 60 day use code on a future purchase for the game which consists of 100 Creation cards, 30 x point cards, 20 x 5 point cards, and a 60 second sand timer. There are no LEGO bricks included so you’ll need to provide your own.

If you’re not familiar with Creationary, it’s basically LEGO’s version of Pictionary but you build things that are shown on the cards. The set was first released back in 2010.

Get the Travel Edition of the popular LEGO® Creationary building game! Redeem 1000 VIP points now for a code you can use to get your own set FREE with a future purchase. VIP membership required.

It’s for 3 – 6 Players ages 6+. Contents: 100 Creation Cards, 30 x 2 point cards, 20 x 5 point cards, 1x 60-second sand timer, LEGO bricks aren’t included so you’ll need to provide your own.

While supplies last.

You will receive a promotional code for this item, redeemable on your next purchase at LEGO.com. Shipping fees may apply. Code valid for 60 days and must be entered during checkout in the field labeled “Enter Promo Code.”
Only one promotion code can be applied per order. Subject to availability and only while supplies last.

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LEGO has just released a press release regarding LEGO CON 2021 and its “great success” for the event. I wouldn’t say it was great but it was entertaining here and there. I did like the interviews with the various LEGO designers as well as NASA astronaut Mike Massimino. The interactivity with viewers was also decent especially with the LEGO DOTS mosaic.

There were also some things that I didn’t really like about it. The main thing was the connection issues with the stream. I was watching/listening to it at work and suddenly there was silence. I thought my network went down but it was the actual stream that crashed and gave an error. I saw that others also had the same issue and I think it happened a few times.

As for the set reveals, there were a couple of them, one for LEGO Ideas and one for LEGO Star Wars. They announced the We Love Sport! set which was the Foosball Table but some people already knew that because LEGO accidentally posted it a few days ago before taking it down. The other annnoucement was for the Summer 2021 Mandalorian sets. One disappointment was that many fans were expecting the reveal of the UCS Republic Gunship which didn’t happen at all. The other “reveals” like the new LEGO Super Mario range and LEGO VIDIYO Boombox were already known about so they weren’t really reveals.

Overall, the event was a decent event that could be improved on if LEGO decides to make it an annual event.… Continue