If you want to be a registered attendee for BrickCon 2016, the registration for the event is now open. This means you can bring your MOCs, attend games and activities, access to seminars and presentation, and more. You’ll also get two engraved, customizable 1×8 bricks as well as the red BrickCon 2016 brick.
Early Bird Registration – until August 1st – $65
Regular Registration – August 2nd through September 18th – $75
Late Registration – September 19th through September 25th – $100
At-The-Door Registration – Beginning September 30th – $120
This year’s theme is MADNESS.
MADNESS – What is it?
Is it Anger? Hysteria? Absurdity? Foolishness? Mania? Delusion? Stupidity? Lunacy? Craziness?
Here’s something new that’s on Shop@Home starting today. If you’re making any purchases, you’ll notice that there is now a new PayPal payment option available. For those who use the service, this is another easy way to do your checkout.
LEGO today has announced in a new initiative that Ideas projects that were rejected during their respective Review Stages to have a second chance in becoming an official set. This new plan is called “LEGO Ideas Revisited” and starting this summer, fans will be able to vote for projects in a head-to-head format similar to the March Madness bracket.
Early on there weren’t that many CUUSOO/Ideas projects that qualified at a certain Review Stage so for the first Revisited voting period, LEGO will be combining a few of the early Review Stages together to create the bracket determined by when they achieved 10,000 supporters. Each voting period will vary depending on the number of projects being considered. For the first bracket, there will be three weeks of voting until the winner is chosen at the end which you can see above.
The first bracket pits the Winchester – Shaun of the Dead, Eve Online Rifter, and The Legend of Zelda against each other with the winner going up against outcome of the Modular Western Town, UCS Sandcrawler (even though we already have one), and Thinking with Portals! matchup.
After the winner is chosen, the LEGO Jury will again deliberate to see if that particular project will become a set. It will go through the same rules as before so nothing has changed there. Check out the full press release below.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
LEGO Gives Rejected LEGO Ideas Projects a Revisit
BILLUND, DENMARK (April 1, 2016) – Beginning this summer, LEGO Ideas will have a new
The April 2016 promotions are now live on LEGO Shop@Home including the FREE LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes Batman Classic TV Series – Mr. Freeze (30603) minifigure polybag with purchases of $75 or more. Some new sets that are now available for purchase include the LEGO Ideas Maze (21305) and sets from the LEGO Angry Birds theme. Check out everything that will be happening in April on the Store Calendar.
Earlier today, I received a press release regarding the LEGO Jurassic World video game being available on mobile devices. You can purchase the game for $4.99 on both Android and on iOS.
WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT, TT GAMES, THE LEGO GROUP AND UNIVERSAL BRAND DEVELOPMENT INVITE PLAYERS ON AN EPIC MOBILE ADVENTURE INLEGO® JURASSIC WORLDTM ON iPHONE, iPAD, iPOD TOUCH & ANDROID DEVICES
All Four Jurassic Films in One Action-Packed Mobile Game, Available on the App Store and Google Play Today
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, TT Games, The LEGO Group and Universal Brand Development today announced the release of LEGO ® Jurassic World™ for the iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Android devices, available now on the App Store and Google Play. For the first time ever with a LEGO videogame, players can use Apple’s 3D Touch controls to enhance their experience.
The action-packed adventure game brings the excitement of all four Jurassic films to one mobile game for the first time, spanning more than two decades of epic films from Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment, including Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park III and the recent box office blockbuster Jurassic World. Reimagined with TT Games’ signature LEGO humour, the thrilling adventure recreates unforgettable scenes and action sequences from the films, allowing fans to experience for themselves the franchise’s most memorable moments and the opportunity to fully explore the expansive grounds of Isla Nublar and Isla Sorna.
“We’re excited to bring the adventure of LEGO Jurassic World to mobile devices,” said Tom Stone, … Continue
The upcoming LEGO Scooby-Doo!: Haunted Hollywood original movie is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Like with many other LEGO movies, there will be an exclusive minifigure with Scooby. This version of him has a slightly different face printing than what’s already been released in sets. Both the Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital HD Combo Pack and the Standard version will include the minifigure. LEGO Scooby-Doo!: Haunted Hollywood will be released on May 10, 2016.
Scooby-Doo and the Gang in Their First LEGO Movie!
Oooh, Hollywood! The glitz, the glam…the Headless Horseman! Join your favorite K-9 sleuth, Scooby-Doo, along with Shaggy and the Mystery Inc. gang as they find themselves in a Tinseltown twist. While on a VIP tour of the legendary Brickton Studios, Scooby and friends get a firsthand experience of the rumored hauntings when classic movie monsters drop in for a creepy casting call. There’s only one way to solve this thriller and save the aging studio – it’s Mystery Inc.’s movie magic time. Grab your Scooby Snacks and hop in the director’s chair for this all-new LEGO movie!
Special Features:
Scooby-Doo and LEGO Too Featurette
Scooby-Doo’s Sleuthing Secrets Featurette
3 Bonus Vintage Cartoons
Back at the 2016 Nurember Toy Fair, LEGO announced there will be a special LEGO Minifigure series dedicated to the German national football team, DFB (Die Mannschaft). It looks like our friends over at PromoBricks has some more details on these minifigures from a press release that was sent to them.
On April 12, there will be a live stream to reveal the players for the LEGO DFB Minifigure Series (71014). There’s no hints or rumors on which players will be included so far but everything will be confirmed in a few weeks.
Some more details we already know about of the DFB Series include them being available starting on May 14 and will be retailing for €2.99. However another thing that is unknown is whether or not they’ll be available worldwide or just in Germany.
