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Kevin Hinkle No Longer with The LEGO Group

December 22, 2017 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 16 Comments

Today is a sad day in the LEGO community as Kevin Hinkle has announced that he is no longer part of The LEGO Group after twelve years with the company. I’ve known about this for a few weeks but wanted to wait until Kevin himself made a statement out of respect to him. He did note that him leaving the company was not his decision or his intent but I won’t speculate why.

If you’re not familiar with Kevin and who he is, he’s basically started off working at a LEGO Brand Store to becoming the Community Coordinator for North America who worked closely with LUGs and well as connecting with LEGO fans in general. The Brick Blogger did a great write-up about Kevin’s story a few years back. My first and only time that I met Kevin was back in 2014 during Philly Brick Fest and he was a great person to talk to even though it was for a brief period of time. He actually knew about The Brick Fan site even though I’ve only had it up for a few short years at that time.

Although he’s no longer part of The LEGO Group, he’ll still be part of the LEGO community as a fan just like us. He can now be found on social media @MrKevinHinkle as well as on Bricks in the Middle.

Limited Quantities of LEGO Star Wars UCS Millennium Falcon (75192) Available on Shop@Home

December 22, 2017 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 7 Comments

There are limited quantities of the LEGO Star Wars UCS Millennium Falcon (75192) are now back in stock on Shop@Home. There’s no more of the Black VIP Card but at least you’ll be able to get the Falcon.

LEGO Disney 2018 Accessory Sets Official Images

December 22, 2017 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 4 Comments

LEGO has released some accessory sets this year for LEGO City as well as for LEGO Friends and it looks like they will be doing it for the LEGO Disney theme next year. There are official images of some LEGO Disney Accessory Sets (40307/40388) that have 115 pieces and 80 pieces respectively and will be add-on to some of the upcoming LEGO Disney sets.

LEGO Seasonal Christmas Build Up (40253) – Day 21

December 21, 2017 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

We’re down to the last five days of the LEGO Seasonal Christmas Build Up (40253) and if you’re someone who lives at a place that snows a lot, you may be familiar with this vehicle. For Day 21, we have a red and black snowplow that doesn’t look too bad. It uses some black cheese slopes for the plow and there’s even a bed on the back. There are some 1×2 plate withe bars that could be sed for treads.

LEGO Seasonal Christmas Build Up (40253) - Day 21

LEGO Star Wars Solo Sets Release Date Revealed

December 21, 2017 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 3 Comments

Back in October, I reported that there will be some LEGO Star Wars sets coming out that will be based on the Han Solo standalone film coming next year. It looks like there’s confirmation of a release date for the sets coming out of Rebelscum.com which states they will be available starting on April 20, 2018.

There will five system sets (75207, 75209, 75210, 75211, 75212) along with two buildable figures (75535, 75536) coming out for the wave. Rumor has it that one of the sets will be the Millennium Falcon with a blue and white paint job. We most likely won’t see images of the sets in the upcoming toy fairs but it’s possible that they may pop up on the April 2018 LEGO Store Calendar when it becomes available in March.

LEGO Seasonal Christmas Build Up (40253) – Day 20

December 20, 2017 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

After yesterday’s terrible looking model for the LEGO Seasonal Christmas Build Up (40253), today we have something more fitting for the holiday and refreshing and the same time. For Day 20, we have a cup of hot chocolate which uses a SNOT technique for the red cup and a red handle piece for the handle. The use of the white cupcake piece finishes off the build representing steam coming out of the cup.

LEGO Seasonal Christmas Build Up (40253) - Day 20

LEGOLAND California Castle Hotel Now Taking Reservations

December 20, 2017 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 9 Comments

LEGOLAND California has announced that they are now taking reservations for the Castle Hotel for spring 2018. The Castle Hotel is will be the first in the US and it will have over two thousand LEGO models that will be on display throughout the hotel. You can check out the first model the park has revealed in the video below.

LEGOLAND® CASTLE HOTEL AT LEGOLAND® CALIFORNIA RESORT IS TAKING RESERVATIONS FOR THE SPRING AND REVEALS FIRST LEGO® MODEL BUILT FOR THE NEW HOTEL!

CARLSBAD, Calif. (Dec. 20, 2017) – Want to give a child a gift they’ll never forget? Invite them to be one of the first to stay at LEGOLAND® Castle Hotel when it opens in spring 2018! While construction teams work to build the nation’s first LEGOLAND Castle Hotel, Master Model Builders are working just as rapidly building the more than 2,100 LEGO® models for the Hotel including the iconic model of the royal statue that will greet guests as they arrive.

A team of Master Model Builders spent 1,243 hours creating this statue that represents all of the key figures of the LEGOLAND Castle Hotel in one monument: A Wizard, Princess, Jester, Knight, King and Queen are all represented in front of the 250-room, entirely castle-themed hotel. The LEGO model is created from 251,565 LEGO pieces, weighs 1,563 pounds and took 750 hours to develop and build! In fact, because of the size of the model, it took 133 hours to carefully disassemble it and pack it up to ship to Carlsbad, California

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