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Updated LEGO Dimensions Expansion Guide

October 11, 2016 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 2 Comments

If you’re still kind of confused on what LEGO Dimensions expansion pack goes with what wave, LEGO has provided an updated infographic of the packs up to the Wave 7 which will be coming out in November. These packs include:

–Sonic the Hedgehog Level Pack (71244)
–Fantastic Beasts Story Pack (71253)
–Gremlins Team Pack (71256)
–Fantastic Beasts Tina Fun Pack (71257)
–E.T. Fun Pack (71258)
-Marceline Fun Pack (71285) – Toys R Us exclusive

Wave 7.5 was announced a few weeks ago and it includes The LEGO Batman Story Pack (71264), the Knight Rider Fun Pack (71286), and The LEGO Batman Movie Fun Pack (71344) which are all coming out on February 10. There will also be another small wave coming in March that combines with 7.5 to make Wave 8. Warner Bros. did show off Sloth from The Goonies Level Pack but there’s no mentioning of which wave that will be in.

The LEGO Animation Book: Make Your Own LEGO Movies! Review

October 10, 2016 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 1 Comment

Have you ever wanted to learn how to start making LEGO animation videos but don’t know where to start? David Pagano from Paganomation and David Pickett from Brick 101 will be releasing a new book from No Starch Press called The LEGO Animation Book: Make Your Own LEGO Movies! This book will give you an introduction on how to bring your builds to life with stop-motion animation.

The book is separated into easy-to-follow chapters for the different steps of production. The first chapter gives you some of the basics of brickfilming like what kind of equipment is needed, how to set up the scene, and so on. The book will elaborate more with their own dedicated chapters as you go.

The next chapter solely talks about how to animate a LEGO minifigure. One of the main subjects for LEGO stop-motion videos is the minifigure and here the authors teach you how to make it seem like it’s moving. The chapter also gives you tips on how to animate facial expressions as well as giving the minifigure some movement so it actually covers a lot for just how to animate a minifigure.

In the middle of the book, the authors also give you the full instructions and parts list on how to build the PaganoPuppet which is the one shown on the front cover of the book. The rest of the chapters go into more depth on various subject matters like creating your set, the ideal equipment to use for LEGO stop-motion videos, how to convey your … Continue

LEGO Ideas Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. “The Bus” Achieves 10,000 Supporters

October 10, 2016 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 14 Comments

The Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. “The Bus” LEGO Set by Savath_Bunny is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The project is based on the command center that is seen in the TV show. Some of the areas that are proposed include the loading dock with LOLA, the lab, cockpit, lounge, command center, and the holding cell. Also included are a lot of the characters in the show.

It came down to the wire but it now joins the Boat Repair Shop as the projects that are in currently in the Third 2016 Review Stage.

LEGO Portal T-Shirt Available Today on Ript Apparel

October 10, 2016 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 3 Comments

Ript Apparel has a new LEGO and Portal themed t-shirt available today for sale. It features a red 2×6 bricks going through the portals and connecting to itself. The shirts start at $11 and planned shipping date is on Thursday.

Disguise LEGO Ninjago Lloyd Prestige Costume Review

October 9, 2016 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 4 Comments

Halloween is coming up in a few weeks and it’s about that time to search for costumes for kids. Earlier this year at New York Toy Fair, Disguise showed off some new costumes for LEGO Nexo Knights and LEGO Ninjago. Fast forward to last month where Disguise announced a multi-year deal with LEGO to produce official costumes. The LEGO costumes are now available and Disguise has sent us a medium-sized LEGO Ninjago Lloyd Prestige Costume. The contents of the box include the tunic, pants, mask, and a pair of hands.

Help Beyond the Brick Get to BrickLive Birmingham

October 7, 2016 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Our friends over at Beyond the Brick, who have just hit 100,000 subscribers, who are known for filming various LEGO conventions across the US and interviewing members of the LEGO community.

For one of their future projects, they’re looking to expand their coverage and attend BrickLive Birmingham in the UK at the end of October. They’re currently running a KickStarter to fund their trip overseas to film one of the largest LEGO conventions on the other side of the Atlantic.

For some of the KickStarter rewards, they’ve enlisted some builders in the community to create LEGO builds as part of the reward for certain pledge levels such as John Matz, Chris McVeigh, and Tyler Clites, just to name a few. This will be on top of the DVD you’ll be receiving of the show which won’t be posted to their YouTube channel.

They have about 24 left on the KickStarter as of this writing and they’ve already gathered a quarter of the goal so they’re off to a great start. Let’s keep it up and get Beyond the Brick to the UK.

Lepin Moves from LEGO Sets to LEGO Fan Designs

October 7, 2016 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 11 Comments

The past day or so, I’ve gotten a lot of emails regarding this piece of “news.” I saw some images on Facebook yesterday morning about it but brushed it off because I didn’t want to advertise it. A lot of people who saw the same images are outraged that this is going on and wanted me to write about it and maybe LEGO can see what’s happening.

If you didn’t read about it a few weeks ago, LEGO filed a civil action against LEGO bootleg company Lepin and the cases have been accepted in Chinese courts for further judgment. Well since Lepin is having some legal issues copying official LEGO sets, they’ve now turned to LEGO fans for inspiration for their next sets.

As you can see above, they’ve launched their Creators line and pretty much copied the Barnes & Noble and Starbucks Store project by wooootles on LEGO Ideas. Not only that, they have more sets copied shown on the back of the box such as the International Hotel by lgorlando and the Apple Square University by Pete Stege.

One thing to note is that when you submit your project to LEGO Ideas, you “give rise to any intellectual property right interest, hereunder copyright, patent rights, design rights etc., you hereby assign all rights worldwide to the content generated by you to LEGO” as stated in the Terms of Service so basically LEGO owns the designs of the projects for three years after it is no longer considered for production.

We all know what’s … Continue