LEGO at San Diego Comic Con 2018
If you’ve been keeping up with my updates for San Diego Comic Con 2018 in regards to LEGO items and events, you would know there has been a lot of info but here’s a roundup of everything LEGO happening during SDCC 2018. All of the exclusive sets and minifigures as well as some autograph signings were on the lottery system and the results have already been posted if you got in on them or not.
LEGO DC Super Heroes Jessica Cruz Minifigure Giveaway
– DC Booth (#1915).
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
– LEGO Booth (#2829).
Thursday, July 19
LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes Aquaman and Storm (75996)
– LEGO Booth (#2829)
Friday, July 20
LEGO DC Super-Villains Autograph Signing
Lego DC Supervillains cast members signing a free poster include Kevin Conroy and Tara Strong, and TT Games’ Arthur Parsons, Phill Ring and Matt Ellison!
LEGO DC Super Heroes Black Lightning Exclusive Minifigure
– Sails Pavillion, Exterior Line 9
LEGO Star Wars Millennium Falcon Cockpit (75512)
– LEGO Booth (#2829)
LEGO DC Super-Villains: Meet the Talend Behind the Video Game Panel
– 2:15pm–3:15pm, Room 6A
The team behind the LEGO DC Super-Villains videogame, including Arthur Parsons (head of design, TT Games) and fan-favorite Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy, along with Tara Strong (voice of Harley Quinn), Julie Nathanson (voice of Silver Banshee), Fred Tatasciore (voice of Solomon Grundy, Clayface, Black Adam, Killer Croc), Ames Kirshen (VP, Interactive & Animation, DC Entertainment), Justin Ramsden (Designer, Super Heroes, The LEGO Group) and moderator Andrea Rene (What’s Good Games) give an inside look at the first LEGO game to put players at the center of a villain-centric adventure packed with favorite locations and characters from across the DC Universe. This celebration of villainy will provide fans with exciting character reveals and details about the story. Players have the ability to create and play as a super-villain throughout LEGO DC Super-Villains, unleashing mischievous antics and wreaking havoc in an action-packed, hilarious story written in collaboration with DC Comics. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and The LEGO Group will release the game on October 16.
Saturday, July 21
Unikitty Autograph Signing
– Saturday, July 21
Join the producers and voice cast members of Warner Bros. Animation’s Unikitty! for a special autograph signing.
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Ant-Man and the Wasp (75997)
– LEGO Booth (#2829)
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Sheriff Deadpool Exclusive Minifigure
– Sails Pavillion, Exterior Line 9
Unikitty! New Episode Premiere and Q&A
– 10:00am-11:00am, Room 6DE
Your favorite character from The LEGO Movie, Unikitty, is bringing her joyous kingdom to Comic-Con! Make sure to bring plenty of sparkle matter, positive vibes, and all your questions; producers and members of the voice cast will be on hand to share a new episode and answer your questions.
Sunday, July 22
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part Apocalypseburg Unikitty Exclusive Minifigure
– Sails Pavillion, Exterior Line 9
LEGO Ninjago Panel
– 10:30-11:30am, Room 6A
If you think ninja and LEGO are cool, then this is the panel for you! Ninjago veterans Tommy Andreasen (co-creator/producer) and Michael Svane Knap (LEGO senior design manager) are joined by lead writer Bragi Schut, voice talents Brent Miller (voice of Zane), Kelly Metzger (voice of Nya), and Vincent Tong (voice of Kai) to talk about their favorite memories and other reflections on creating LEGO’s longest running and most successful show. Bring the kids! Ninjaaaaa-GO! Moderated by the LEGO Group’s Brian Bowler.
LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes Aquaman: Rage of Atlantis Screening
– 1:45-3:30pm, Room 6BCF
Aquaman must battle foes in the air, on land, and in the depths of the Seven Seas, along with some help from The Justice League, to save the day in his latest animated adventure, LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Aquaman: Rage of Atlantis. Enjoy the first-ever live showing of the film, then prepare for laughs when the postscreening panel takes the stage. Discussing the fun of making a LEGO movie will be actors Dee Bradley Baker (American Dad!) as Aquaman, Troy Baker (The Last of Us, Batman: Arkham Knight) as Batman, Grey Griffin (DC Super Hero Girls) as Wonder Woman and Lois Lane, Cristina Milizia (Bunsen Is a Beast) as Green Lantern/Jessica Cruz, Susan Eisenberg (Justice League / Justice League Unlimited) as Mera, and Fred Tatasciore (Batman Ninja) as the villainous Lobo. Filmmakers on the panel include Matt Peters (LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Gotham City Breakout), screenwriters Jim Krieg (Batman: Gotham by Gaslight) and Jeremy Adams (LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: The Flash), and executive producer Brandon Vietti (Young Justice). As usual, expect some additional surprise panelists, plus everyone in the audience will receive an exclusive LEGO mini-figurine of Jessica Cruz/Green Lantern! Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, DC Entertainment, and the LEGO Group, the film will be distributed by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on July 31 on Blu-rayT Combo Pack, DVD, and digital.
LEGO Star Wars Visual Dictionary – New Edition Coming in 2019
Every year we get new LEGO Star Wars sets and for physical media, they have to release new material to keep the content updated. Amazon has listed a new LEGO Star Wars Visual Dictionary – New Edition that is tentatively slated to come out April 1, 2019. We’ve already gotten some visual dictionaries before for LEGO Star Wars such as the original one from 2009 and the Updated and Expanded version from 2014. It has been four years since the last book and will be almost five when the New Edition comes out next year. The book will cover a majority of the sets and minifigures that have been released the past few years. Like with many other LEGO DK books, there will be an exclusive minifigure that will be included but we probably won’t know who it is until sometime next year.
Currently, you can’t pre-order the LEGO Star Wars Visual Dictionary – New Edition just yet but I’ll let you know when you are able to.
Explore the LEGO® Star Wars™ galaxy with this visual guide to the minifigures, vehicles, and sets from the entire Star Wars saga. Discover every detail of the Millennium Falcon, look around the Death Star, examine Poe Dameron’s X-wing starfighter, and find out about all your favourite LEGO Star Wars minifigures – from Rey to Darth Vader. Learn how the awesome sets are created in the Beyond the Brick chapter, which features concept art and an interview with the LEGO Star Wars creative team. The LEGO Star Wars Visual Dictionary – New Edition has been fully updated and expanded to cover the latest LEGO Star Wars sets, and to tell you everything there is to know about LEGO Star Wars. The book also comes with an exciting exclusive LEGO Star Wars minifigure!
LEGO Star Wars UCS Snowspeeder (75144) Sale on Walmart
If you’ve been holding off on getting the LEGO Star Wars UCS Snowspeeder (75144), Walmart, of all places, currently has it on sale for 20% off and it is going for $159.95. If you’ve been collecting the UCS set, you would know that UCS sets usually don’t go on sale on LEGO [email protected] so getting any kind of discount on it is a good deal. Even with the Double VIP Points promotion going on [email protected] right now, the 20% discount is still the better deal and an even greater one for a pretty awesome set. If you haven’t checked out my review of the set, you can read up on it here.
LEGO Star Wars Porg (75230) Confirmed to be Coming
Last year, LEGO released the LEGO Star Wars BB-8 (75187) which was a large scale model of the character and it turned out to be a pretty successful set. It looks like LEGO will continue with that trend of producing larger scale builds and Brickshop.nl has confirmed that there will be a Porg (75230) coming out later this year. Consisting of 811 pieces and retailing for €79.99, LEGO is hoping the adorable furry creature will bring them the same success as it did with BB-8.
**Via: Promobricks**
More LEGO Star Wars Solo: A Star Wars Story Sets Revealed
Even though I’m a Star Wars fan, admittedly, I have not seen Solo: A Star Wars Story, however, there are new official images of a few more LEGO Star Wars sets for the movie. Again, I don’t have any context for the sets but those who have already watched the movie know what scenes they are portraying.
Imperial Conveyex Transport (75217)
622 pieces
Minifigures: Chewbacca, Han Solo, Range Trooper x2, Imperial Gunner
Imperial AT-Hauler (75219)
829 pieces
Minifigures: Qi’ra, Val, Dryden Gangster x2, Rio Durant
**Via Promobricks**
LEGO Star Wars SDCC 2018 Millennium Falcon Cockpit (75512) Revealed
LEGO has revealed one of the upcoming San Diego Comic Con 2018 exclusive sets with the LEGO Star Wars Solo Millennium Falcon Cockpit (75512). The set has 203 pieces and will retail for $40 at the convention. There’s no word of if it’ll be using the same process as before in the Sails Pavilion or if it’ll use the new lottery system. I’ll be trying to get it once SDCC starts so hopefully luck is on my side. Stay tuned for more LEGO SDCC 2018 reveals in the next few days.
