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LEGO April Fool’s Day 2017 Roundup

April 1, 2017 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 4 Comments

April Fool’s Day is pretty much over and the LEGO community again this year came together to spread hoaxes and playing jokes on their readers. There’s a little recap of some of the things that happened today around the LEGO community. You can see from the list below, there’s similar topics from various sites. If there’s something that I missed, let me know and I’ll try to add it to the list.

For my annual joke, I reported that I would start reviewing LEPIN sets but that will never happen. Many of you guys caught on which isn’t that surprising.

Adeel Zubair

A reader named Adeel made The Simpsons The Android’s Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop (71062) and made it seem that LEGO tweeted it out.

BrickFinder

They reported that Beijing would be opening up the first LEPIN certified store.

BrickLoot

The announced the MEGA Brick Loot box which contains a build that had over 20,000 pieces.

BrickNerd

BrickNerd also put out a “new” LEGO Star Wars set with The Destruction of Jedhi (040117) that only consisted of tan bricks and would only be available during the May the 4th promotion.

Brickset

They had two posts for April Fool’s with the first one being a new LEGO Game of Thrones theme complete with set descriptions.

Their other post was “confirming” a new UCS Millennium Falcon (75192) with an image of Shop@Home with an image and pricing of the set.

BricksFans

They did a post of Google & LEGO joining together for a Google Build Assistant.… Continue

LEGO Friends Tic Tac Toe (40265) Review

April 1, 2017 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 1 Comment

For the whole month of April, LEGO Stores and Shop@Home will be giving out a free 58 piece LEGO Friends Tic Tac Toe (40265) polybag with a $20 LEGO Friends purchase, while supplies last.

One of the more interesting things about the set is the packaging. It uses the newer softer plastic that you can easily tear open to access the contents.

The build is very simple using plates as the base and tiles along with jumper plates to get the smooth top. There are five white bunnies and five light gray hamsters to use as play pieces. The hamster is actually very rare as this is only the second set that it has appeared in with the other being the Heartlake Riding Club (41126) which only has one of them included. Also fairly rare are the 1×1 dark magenta tiles and the 4×10 lime green baseplates.

As the set name states, this is a Tic Tac Toe board in which a player has to line up three pieces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.

As I mentioned before, the LEGO Friends Tic Tac Toe (40265) polybag is free with a $20 LEGO Friends purchase throughout the month of April. It’s a nice little travel-sized game that kids can take along during trips. For the collectors, some of the rarer pieces may be of interest.

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The LEGO Batman Movie Joker Character Poster at LEGO Stores

April 1, 2017 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 1 Comment

For today only, LEGO Stores are celebrating April Fool’s Day with a special The LEGO Batman Movie poster giveaway. Head to the store and tell a Brick Specialist the secret password of “Batman Smells” and you can get a free Joker character poster, while supplies last. This is the only way to get the Joker poster and it is not valid online.

Thanks to Justin for the heads up.

The Brick Fan Expanding to LEPIN Set Reviews

April 1, 2017 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 14 Comments

There’s a point in time where you have to take a step back and see where you are in life and at this point, I’ve decided to expand The Brick Fan. A few people have asked me whether I would do this or not but I think it’s about time that I do so. I’ve decided to go ahead and also review LEPIN sets.

We’ve all seen a company called LEPIN which many call a knockoff company. Essentially, they take official LEGO sets and make bootleg sets out of them with subpar plastics. There aren’t that many reviewers of LEPIN sets and I feel that I should take this opportunity to test them out and let the public know how I feel about them. I’ve set up a website called The LEPIN Fan for my the reviews and I encourage you to head on over and check it out.

LEGO May 2017 Store Calendar Promotions & Events

March 31, 2017 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 3 Comments

There’s now an image of the May 2017 LEGO Store Calendar and we can now see some of the promotions and events that will be happening during the month.

May 1: LEGO Star Wars UCS Snowspeeder (75144) available for purchase to general public.

May 2-3: VIP Monthly Mini Model Build will be a Race Car.

May 4: Special Star Wars in-store events. Complete a search & find activity to get some wearable Yoda ears. At 5pm, there will be a minifigure speed build challenge. The fastest builders will get a free minifigure. Registration may be required. Intended for ages 6-14 only.

May 4-7: As I reported, the LEGO Star Wars R2-D2 (30611) polybag will be the May the 4th promo. Instead of being a $75 Star Wars purchase, it’ll actually be a $50 purchase to get it.

May 4-7: Double VIP Points on all LEGO Star Wars items.

May 8-21: Free LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Mini Milano (30449) polybag with purchases of $35 or more, while supplies last.

May 13 & 14: Mother’s Day Weekend VIP Building Event. Registration is required. Call or sign up at the LEGO store starting April 1.

Star Wars Celebration 2017 LEGO Exclusives Lottery Rules

March 31, 2017 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 7 Comments

If you are going to Star Wars Celebration next week, here’s some news about the LEGO lottery they are holding for a chance to purchase the exclusives. A reader over on our Facebook Page has let us know about the rules on getting in on the LEGO exclusives at the convention.

LEGO doesn’t do many exclusives for Star Wars Celebration but for this year, they will have something in store for attendees. There’s no word yet on what the exclusives will be but I assume we’ll hear something soon.

To get in on the exclusives, you must have a ticket to Star Wars Celebration itself, then you must fill out a form to get into a lottery for a chance to purchase them. Check out the full rules of the lottery below.

Participation in this process is REQUIRED in order to win a priority ticket with a reserved time to visit the LEGO booth at Star Wars Celebration Orlando. The lottery process will close at 12:01 AM EST on April 6. All winners will be notified by April 7 of the date and time that they can line up at the LEGO booth.

The LEGO booth will open to the public each day AFTER the ticketed sessions (approximately 4:00 PM Thurs-Fri-Sat-Sun) if there is remaining inventory available. The only way to get a ticket to the first sessions of the day is to enter the lottery!

Sessions for all days of Celebration:

Session 1: report to the LEGO Booth at 10:00 AM
Session 2: report to

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LEGO DC Super Heroes Wonder Woman Warrior Battle Revealed

March 31, 2017 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 7 Comments

Entertainment Weekly has reveal a LEGO DC Super Heroes set for the upcoming Wonder Woman movie with the Wonder Woman Warrior Battle (76075). It will have 286 pieces and will be available on May 1. The minifigures include Steve Trevor and Wonder Woman as well as a brick-built Ares. The price is reportedly to be $29.99.

Thanks to CM4Sci for the heads up.