Category: LEGO Friends (Page 29 of 36)

LEGO 2015 Advent Calendars Available for Pre-Order on Amazon

August 16, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 4 Comments

If you’re a fan of the LEGO Advent Calendars, Amazon has all three of this year’s calendars available for pre-order including Star Wars, City, and Friends. The advent calendars have been pretty popular the past few years especially the LEGO Star wars one which usually sells out even before Thanksgiving time rolls around. They should be available at LEGO Stores and on Shop@Home on or around September 1st so I suggest picking them up early if you really want one before they sell out.

LEGO Star Wars 2015 Advent Calendar (75097)

Journey through the Star Wars galaxy in the countdown to Christmas! Reveal minifigures, starships, vehicles and more with the LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar with 24 doors and a fold-out playmat. Take a journey through the galaxy this holiday season with the LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar! Open each of the 24 doors to reveal a fun Tatooine, Endor, Hoth, Space or Christmas-themed gift. With minifigures, starships, vehicles and more to discover, as well as a great fold-out playmat, Christmas will arrive faster than you can say “May the Force be with you!”

LEGO City Town 2015 Advent Calendar (60099)

Countdown to Christmas with the LEGO City Advent Calendar! Countdown to Christmas with the LEGO City Advent Calendar with police, space, arctic and Christmas-themed surprises, and 6 minifigures. Enjoy the countdown to Christmas with the LEGO City Advent Calendar, featuring 24 awesome gifts that will make each day a special day! You can meet Santa, decorate the Christmas tree, build a snowman or blast off

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LEGO 2016 Set Name Listings on Amazon.de

August 5, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 46 Comments

Today Amazon.de has upload a ton of listings for various upcoming LEGO 2016 sets. There were many posts on Eurobricks on these listings but I’ve organized them alphabetically by theme. Thanks to CM4sci for the heads up. The set names are loosely translated from German so they might not be the official names but they give you an idea of what the sets are. This list does correspond to the list that came out a few days ago.

Update: LEGO has asked sites to remove the list. Amazon.de messed up and accidentally posted it just a little bit too early. Sorry folks.

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New LEGO DK Books Available Today

June 16, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 3 Comments

There are a couple of new LEGO DK books that go on sale today. The first book is LEGO NINJAGO: Secret World of the Ninja which contains 96 pages. This book takes an in-depth look at the world of Ninjago ranging from the Ninja heroes themselves to their weapons and vehicles to their enemies. The book will also include Sensei Wu as the exclusive minifigure.

Step into the action-packed world of LEGO® NINJAGO™, and discover everything there is to know about the legendary Ninja.

Meet the heroes of LEGO NINJAGO, learn all about their foes, and join them in their fierce battles with LEGO NINJAGO: Secret World of the Ninja. Discover their amazing weapons, vehicles, and dragons. Learn how to become a powerful Ninja, just like Kai, Zane, Cole, Jay, Lloyd, with the help of their wise leader, Sensei Wu.

Featuring an exclusive minifigure to guide you on your way, LEGO NINJAGO: Secret World of the Ninja will have you mastering the ways of the ninja in no time!

The other LEGO DK book that is released today is LEGO Friends: The Adventure Guide. This book also has 96 pages and it includes Kate as the exclusive minidoll. The Adventure Guide takes a look at the characters from Heartlake City and their adventures.

Join Mia, Stephanie, Emma, Andrea, and Olivia on their exciting adventures around Heartlake City and beyond in LEGO® Friends: The Adventure Guide. Learn about their pets, personalities, dreams, and passions. Discover how the girls like to spend their days: find out what

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New LEGO Sets Found in Denmark

May 18, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 1 Comment

Brickset has revealed a couple of neat LEGO sets from various shops by Aanchir who is over in Billund. Some of these sets are exclusive to LEGO Stores and on Shop@Home like the Birthday Cake (40153) which has enough pieces for you to build from ages 1-99 and includes a Jester minifigure. The other sets are a brick-built Piggy Bank (40155) and a LEGO Friends Organizer (40156) shaped like a butterfly. The last set that’s been found is the LEGO Friends Heartlake City Airport (41009) which will most likely be a retailer exclusive set.

Personally, I really like the Birthday Cake set as I can see it being used for many occasions. I also do like they give you all the pieces needed for the ages. There’s no word on when/if the sets will be available for the rest of the world but I sure do hope they make it here one day.

Birthday Cake (40153)

Piggy Bank (40155)

LEGO Friends Organizer (40156)

LEGO Friends Heartlake City Airport (41109)

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LEGO Friends Summer 2015 Official Box Art Images

April 26, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Continuing with the official box art images of the summer 2015 wave sets, we now have the ones from the LEGO Friends theme. For this wave, the new Pop Star subtheme are now included along with the usual Heartlake City sets. The above image is Emma’s Tourist Kiosk (41098). Again, the images are from Portuguese online retailer BrincaLandia.

Emma’s Tourist Kiosk (41098)

Help Emma run the busy LEGO Tourist Kiosk by selling sunscreen, sweets, drinks and postcards to visitors. They can mail their letters right in the kiosk’s mailbox. Help them choose the coolest glasses for their holidays as they turn the accessories stand. Then skate off with Emma on her rollerblades at the end of her shift.

Heartlake Skate Park (41099)

Grab your board and head to the LEGO Heartlake Skate Park with Mia and her dog Charlie! Practice all the latest tricks on the half pipe and play your favourite tunes on the stereo. Grab a cold drink from the vending machine while you take a break and teach Charlie to skate on the ramp before rewarding him with a nice juicy bone. What a cool pup!

Heartlake Private Jet (41100)

Travel like a superstar in the LEGO Friends Private Jet. Help Olivia and Matthew load their luggage onto the conveyor belt and pass it through the scanner as they clear security. Once they board the plane, explore the luxury cabin with the seating area where you can watch TV and relax with a drink until you reach your destination.

Heartlake Grand Hotel

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New Little, Brown LEGO Graphic Novel Publishing Deal

March 18, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Papercutz has lost their licence with The LEGO Group to produce graphic novels based on various themes including LEGO Ninjago and LEGO BIONICLE. The license now goes to Little, Brown which will start releasing new graphic novels late 2015. Papercutz has until the end of the year for Ninjago and BIONICLE and mid-2016 for LEGO Legends of Chima.

Starting this holiday season, there will be books released by Little, Brown based on Ninjago, BIONICLE, and Friends but we’ll get to see previews of them at San Diego Comic Con 2015 which they will have a “major presence” at the event. I’ll be at SDCC again this year so I’ll go check out and see what they have in store.

**Via Publishers Weekly via BZPower**

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LEGO Suing Companies for LEGO Friends Patent Infringement

March 11, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 1 Comment

The guys over at Brick Fanatics has found an interesting article regarding LEGO Friends and its competition. The National Law Journal is reporting that the US International Trade Commission gave permission for LEGO to go ahead and bring patent and copyright infringement cases against three competitors, MEGA Brands Inc., LaRose Industries, and Best-Lock Construction Toys Inc.

Last year Mattel purchased MEGA Brands Inc. which is the parent company of Mega Bloks and expanded their portfolio to include construction sets based on brands that they already own including Barbie and the recently announced Monster High. The sets that are in question are the “My Life As” ones as seen below.

LaRose Industries is more well known for their Lite Brix construction sets and the particular sets in question are the Sunset Island sets where the figures look fairly similar to the LEGO Friends characters.

The figures in the Best-Lock I’m Teen Little Mermaid sets were claimed to have a nearly exact dimension and proportions as the Friends mini-dolls.

LEGO counsel Elizabeth Alquist and Eric TeVelde of Day Pitney notes the three companies are looking “to capitalize on LEGO’s success by copying its innovations and products and preying on the vulnerability of LEGO’s youthful consuming population, instead of developing their own product lines.”

That statement is pretty true considering that LEGO pretty much has the market cornered with the popularity of the Friends sets. We’ll see what happens when the case actually goes to court but this also shows that LEGO will do what it takes to protect … Continue