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LEGO Patent Day Discounted Print Cost on Rewards Center

January 30, 2021 /

LEGO Brick Patent Day was a few days ago and to celebrate, LEGO is offering some new original prints on the Rewards Center. There are now some new patent prints for various countries as well as a LEGO System brochure. Also for a limited time, LEGO has reduced the cost for a majority of the prints to 150 VIP points each. If you’re a fan of original prints but were holding off on spending your hard earned points on them, now is a great time to consider getting them since we don’t know when they will be discounted again.

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LEGO Celebrates 63rd Brick Patent Day

January 28, 2021 /

Today, LEGO celebrates the day that the LEGO brick was born which was when the design of the LEGO brick was patented in Denmark back in 1958. It is pretty much one of the most important events in LEGO history since it eventually gave us the “building blocks” for the LEGO System. Without it, we wouldn’t have any builders or AFOLs in general.

On January 28, 1958 at precisely 1.58 pm the application for the very first LEGO® brick patent was filed at the Danish Directorate for Patents and Trademarks. Soon after, patent applications were filed in numerous countries around the world.

In the months after the application for the Danish patent, applications were filed in countries such as Norway (March 12, 1958), Sweden (March 22, 1958), Germany (April 10, 1958) and Holland (April 14, 1958). Also in 1958, applications were filed in France, Belgium, Switzerland, and Italy.

The following year, in 1959, the LEGO reach was increased even further to include countries such as Israel, South Africa, England, Poland, Ireland, Turkey, Finland, Portugal and Spain.

And today, as we know, LEGO play is reaching millions of children all over the world.

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LEGO Pirates Collectible Coin Confirmed for February 2021 in Rewards Center

January 26, 2021 /

LEGO has given an update on a couple of new VIP Rewards for February 2021 in the LEGO Rewards Center. We can now confirm that starting on February 1, LEGO will be offering the LEGO Pirates Collectible Coin, while supplies last. There’s no word on the cost but I assume it’ll be 1,150 VIP points which is the same as the Castle one that is still being currently offered. You can see what it looks like in the image above.

There will also be a sweepstakes which will run from January 31 – February 21. There was no mentioning on what the sweepstakes will be for.

We have already seen some of the promotions that will be happening next month on the Store Calendar but there is an additional in-store promotion at select stores from February 1-14. LEGO will be giving away Lunar New Year Red Envelopes with any gift card purchase over $20.

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Toy Fairs Delayed/Cancelled Around the World

January 22, 2021 /

This is usually the time of the year where we get excited for some of the toy fairs that where we get details of the 2HY LEGO sets. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic is still wrecking havoc around the world and that means that many of the events that should be happening have been delayed further or cancelled altogether. The big one is the New York Toy Fair which is when we get a first glimpse at the sets but they have announced that the show will not be taking place this year, at least in New York. It was originally planned for May 2021. In addition, the London Toy Fair has announced that their event will not be taking place either while the Nuremberg Toy Fair has been pushed to summer 2021.

Obviously this is disappointing but not unexpected and understandable due to the events happening throughout the world. LEGO has been doing their own reveals, as seen late last year, when they revealed some of the new products that have been recently released on the LEGO Shop. It’s wishful thinking but maybe they could something like what Hasbro is doing with Hasbro Pulse and Fan First Friday’s where they reveal new products every week but that probably won’t happen. As least we’ll still get guaranteed reveals of the D2C sets that will be released this year.

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The Brick Fan Turns 9 Years Old

January 18, 2021 /

It’s January 18 and that means that The Brick Fan turns nine years old today. For those who have recently found the site, it went by another name when I first started out but had to change it to The Brick Fan and January 18 was the day that domain went live. I’m even surprised that I kept up with it throughout these years which actually doesn’t seem that long. I still remember the day that I got my first LEGO set after my Dark Age and wanted to do something fun with it. And boom, here we are. FYI, it was the LEGO Star Wars Millennium Falcon (7965).

Last year, it was a terrible year for the world but a lot of you had time to be online more and it marked the best year we had on the site in terms of pageviews and first time visitors. For 2021, we are currently on pace to be even better than last year which is very remark considering we’re only just barely past the halfway point of the first month. I just also realized that we’ve just past 100 million pageviews, a goal that I never imagined hitting!

Again, thank you to everyone who takes time out of your busy day to read something on this side of the internet. It really means a lot that you guys continue to read what I put out there. Even though we’re not the best LEGO news site, we are part of a collective of Recognized LEGO Fan … Continue

LEGO Castle Collectible Coin and Display Case Available on VIP Rewards Center

January 17, 2021 /

It looks like there are new rewards available in the LEGO VIP Rewards Center for a LEGO Collectible Coin and Display Case. First up is the LEGO Castle Logo Collectible coin that costs 1,150 VIP points. The other item is the Collectible Coin Display Case that costs 700 points which has space for five different coins.

From the looks of it, we can expect to see other coins featuring LEGO Space, LEGO Octan, LEGO Pirates, and a generic LEGO logo in the future. Once you redeem it, you’ll get a code to use at checkout on the LEGO Shop and it has to be used within 60 days. Thanks to the anonymous emailer for the heads up.

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LEGO Launches Adults Welcome Section on the LEGO Shop

January 15, 2021 /

Last year, LEGO rebranded some sets that target adult builders with the 18+ box style. LEGO has recently launched an Adults Welcome section on the LEGO Shop featuring sets that are tagged as 18+. There are also some interesting articles already posted to help you get the best out of your LEGO experience. In addition, LEGO is also sending displays to retailers to engage more with AFOLs.

Fun Fact: 100% of LEGO sets purchased online are bought by adults.

An Even More Fun Fact: They aren’t all given away to kids…

The truth is, LEGO building means a lot, to a lot of adults.

That’s why we are creating sets specifically designed for people like you, all of which are featured below, alongside loads of related articles.

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