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Lepin Factories Raided and Boss Arrested

April 25, 2019 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Depending on what time zone you’re in, this is either some early morning news or late night news. The Shanghai Police has announced on their Weibo that they have successfully raided a few Lepin factories and the boss, surnamed Li, has been arrested. If you didn’t know, LEGO has been taking legal action against the company for almost three years and even though they supposedly won an infringement case against them last year, Lepin was still producing counterfeit sets.

According to the post, there were three warehouses raided, four people arrested, including Li, and police confiscated 90 production molds and 630,000 finished products ready to be sold which equated to more than 200 million yuan (~$30 mil USD). You can check out more images of the raid in the link above.

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LEGO Regional Exclusives to be Widely Available After May 1

April 24, 2019 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

This year, LEGO has released a number of regional exclusive sets including the 2019 Chinese New Years ones for the Asian regions, The LEGO Movie 2 BrickHeadz from Target and Walmart, as well as the Star Wars Celebration Darth Vader Bust also from Target. Many of you have voiced your concerns over these exclusives and it looks like LEGO has finally listened.

Tormod over on the LAN has posted a brief statement about future region exclusives and it says that sets released after May 1st will be widely available at LEGO Brand Stores and on Shop@Home for a limited time after launch (3-6 months). This should give enough time for those who actually want an exclusive to be able to get them with ease without going through the secondary market. There’s still products that will be truly exclusive such as gift-with-purchase promo items, LEGOLAND, LEGO House, LEGO Inside Tour, and Comic Con items. This means that it looks like a lot of us will be able to get the recently revealed Dragon Boat Race (80103) without jumping through hoops.

What do you think of this massive change that LEGO is putting in place?

Dear AFOL Community,

It has become apparent to us at the LEGO Group that you are dissatisfied with the recent launches of regional exclusive products. We’ve received a lot of feedback on the LEGO festival products to mark the Chinese New Year (sets 80101 and 80102), the LEGO The Movie 2 Brickheadz (41634, 41635,41636 & 41637) in the US as well as the

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LEGO to Release LEGO Braille Bricks for Visually Impaired Children

April 24, 2019 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

In a press release sent out early this morning, LEGO has announced that they will be releasing LEGO Braille Bricks to help visually impaired children to learn through play with LEGO bricks.The LEGO Braille Bricks will be molded with the same number of studs used for individual letters and numbers in the Braille alphabet, while remaining fully compatible with the LEGO System in Play. Check out the full press release below.

THE LEGO FOUNDATION AND LEGO GROUP TEAM UP WITH BLIND ASSOCIATIONS TO PILOT LEGO® BRAILLE BRICKS AND DEVELOP CHILDREN’S BREADTH OF SKILLS

Motivated by stories and ideas from blind people around the world, the LEGO Foundation and LEGO Group will pilot a grassroots innovation that can help blind and visually impaired children learn through play using LEGO® bricks.

Paris, France April 24: Today, the LEGO Foundation and LEGO Group will announce their support of a pioneering project that will help blind and visually impaired children learn Braille in a playful and engaging way using Braille customised LEGO® bricks. The project, LEGO Braille Bricks, will be unveiled today at the Sustainable Brands Conference in Paris, France.

The concept behind LEGO Braille Bricks was first proposed to the LEGO Foundation in 2011 by the Danish Association of the Blind and again in 2017 by the Brazilian-based Dorina Nowill Foundation for the Blind. It has since been further shaped in close collaboration among blind associations from Denmark, Brazil, UK, and Norway and the first prototypes are now in those same countries for concept testing.

“With thousands of audiobooks

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The Brick Show Shop Custom Notre-Dame Restoration Donation Set

April 18, 2019 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

A few days ago, there was a huge fire at the Notre-Dame Cathedral which destroyed part of the monument. The folks at Build Better Bricks and The Brick Show Shop have teamed up to bring you a special limited edition LEGO custom miniature version of the cathedral. The set costs $30 and 100% of the profits will be donated to the Friends of Notre-Dame to aid in its restoration. There are only 100 of the sets being made so if you were already thinking of help out with the restoration costs, why not go this route and get a little something back.

Update: It’s now sold out. Thanks to everyone who donated.

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Last Day to Pre-Order on BrickLink AFOL Designer Program

April 15, 2019 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Today is the last day to pre-order sets for the BrickLink AFOL Designer Program. As of right now, a majority of the models will be created and only a handful haven’t been fully funded yet. Remember you also get free shipping for the sets that you back. After today, the packaging stage will begin and they will start shipping out in May.

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Carter Baldwin Joins LEGO as Product Designer

April 13, 2019 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

If you’ve been in LEGO for a while, you may have seen MOCs by Carter Baldwin. I first met Carter a few years ago during Philly Brick Fest and he’s a really cool guy with tons of talent. One of my favorite builds of his is the Alien Queen from earlier this year but he also does great work on a variety of vehicles. Where I’m going with this is that Carter has announced that he has been hired on by LEGO as a Product Designer in Denmark. Although he didn’t state what theme he will be working on, I’m sure that there will be some good stuff coming to LEGO soon. Again, LEGO does notice regular fans who has fantastic builds and talent and will continue to hire them if they work hard enough.

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BrickLink AFOL Designer Program Packaging Revealed

April 9, 2019 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

We’re in the homestretch for the BrickLink AFOL Designer Program with less than a week to put in your support for one of the proposed creations. BrickLink has revealed the packaging for the sets and also included are some backdrop scenes for each of the builds. As you can see below, there is a rocky mountain background for the Wild West Saloon. Lastly, you’ll also get a thank you card for supporting the model and the program itself. You have until April 15 to throw in your support.

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