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LEGO Minifigure Creator Passes Away

February 21, 2020 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

In some sad news today coming out of Denmark, the original creator of the LEGO Minifigure, Jens Nygaard Knudsen, passed away a few days ago. Minifigures are some of the most popular items in LEGO sets and they have evolved throughout the 40+ years they have existed. His legacy will live on as LEGO produces many, many more minifigures in the future. Jens was 78.

Jens Nygaard Knudsen

January 25, 1942 – February 19, 2020

**Via Matthew Ashton**

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LEGO at the 2020 New York Toy Fair

February 17, 2020 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

The 2020 New York Toy Fair kicks off later this week and LEGO will again have a presence there. I’ve been told they will only be showing off products that will be launching in the first half of the year so we won’t be seeing any of the fall/winter 2020 LEGO sets. We probably will finally see sets that were reported on from the Nuremberg Toy Fair so that’ll hold us over for now. I personally won’t be there but The Brick Fan will have a representative on hand for photographs and set details so stay tuned.

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LEGO Masters Episode 2 Recap – Space Smash

February 16, 2020 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

The premise of the second episode of LEGO Masters is to build a space-themed story and at the end, it will be destroyed. The builds will be judged on how it looks and the story that goes around it as well as how it looks when splatters. Mayim Bialik was brought out as the guest of the episode. The main component of the judging is how the build looks when it is destroyed using a bat, explosives, and gravity. Benny’s Spaceship was dropped as a demonstration.

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LEGO Night Mode Lighting Kits Controversy

February 13, 2020 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

This morning, LEGO shocked the world by introducing LEGO Night Mode which is their in-house lighting kits for official sets. So far, the response for it has been overwhelmingly positive because we can now potentially have first-party lighting kits as part of the LEGO User Lab but unfortunately smaller companies who make third-party kits are now wondering what will happen to their business if LEGO does go ahead with the idea.

One of those businesses is Brickstuff who has a ton of products out there on the market and as a result, they have other companies that steal their ideas and make copycat products similar to it. An image came out of Copenhagen today showing a subcontractor that LEGO used on the Night Mode kits and they are called Light My Bricks. According to Brickstuff, this particular company pretty much pirated Brickstuff’s design and have been selling them on their own platform. In the Medium post, Brickstuff did mention that LEGO had reached out to them to perhaps work with them to create the Night Mode kits but was ultimately not chosen.

I’m not sure if LEGO knows about LMB stealing Brickstuff’s design or not but they should take a look into it before proceeding any further. I have no reason to doubt Brickstuff as they have first-hand experience with the LEGO User Lab but something that could be a great product has already been marred with controversy on the same day of the reveal.

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Bricks of the Mouse Guard 2 Kickstarter by CrazyBricks

February 12, 2020 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Back in 2015, the guys over at CrazyBricks did a Kickstarter to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the comic series Mouse Guard. That project was highly successful but CrazyBricks is back with their second installment. Bricks of the Mouse Guard 2 was launched yesterday and within six hours, it had already met its goal of $7,500. All of the characters and accessories are high quality injection molded parts. If you’re a fan of Mouse Guard, feel free to check out the Kickerstarter. As of this writing, there are 28 days left to go on it.

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LEGO SDCC 2012 Shazam Minifigure Sweepstakes Live on LEGO VIP Reward Center

February 11, 2020 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

LEGO has kicked off their sweepstakes for the limited edition 2012 San Diego Comic Con Shazam! minifigure over on the LEGO VIP Reward Center. One winner will get this exclusive minifigure that also includes a protective case with what appears to be an authenticity sticker. Each entry costs 50 VIP points and you can have a maximum of 15 entries per person which is a total of 750 points if you decide to go the maximum amount. The deadline to enter the sweepstakes is March 2, 2020.

Eligible countries: Canada (excluding Quebec), Estonia, France, Greece, Hungary, Republic of Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Slovakia, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States.

Please note, you are not eligible to enter from the following locations:
Canada: Quebec is ineligible

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LEGO Collectible Minifigures Display at LEGO House

February 11, 2020 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

If you’re going to the LEGO House, you’ll be able to see a new display set up for the LEGO Collectible Minifigures series. It has been a whole ten years since LEGO launched the “theme” and to commemorate the event, there will be a display showing all of the minifigures that have been released the past decade. We’re up to Series 19 with 20 coming later this year as well as a few licensed waves and for their own IPs like The LEGO Movie and The LEGO Ninjago Movie. Who has been collecting from the start and do you have a complete collection including the ever exclusive Mr. Gold?

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