The LEGO Jurassic World
I’m currently now playing the second movie part of the game, The Lost World: Jurassic Park and should be finishing up most likely tomorrow so stay tuned for that.
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LEGO has posted a set animation video of the upcoming LEGO Star Wars Sith Infiltrator (75096). It gives a closer look at the ship driven by Darth Maul and its features which includes a bay for holding the Bloodfin speeder and three DRK-1 Dark Eye Probe Droids. The minifigures that will be included in the set are Darth Maul, Qui-Gonn Jinn wearing a poncho for his Mos Espa variant, Anakin Skywalker, R2-D2, and Watto. With this video, we can now see some differences with this set compared to the 2011 7961 set. The main one is the way the speeder is stored. There is now ample space to put it in unlike the last version where you have to finagle it in a small area.
There’s still no word on piece count or US pricing at this time but I’m sure it’ll be showing up on Shop@Home soon.
Hoth Bricks has given a first look at this year’s VIP Retro Minifigure Set. Last year, we had the LEGO Classic Spaceman Minifigure (5002812) which included a white Spaceman. For this year, the set will be a Pirates set which includes a Pirate minifigure on a boat mast with a skull flag, a shark, a palm tree, and a barrel. I assume the packaging of the box will be similar to last year with the slide out box and includes a small booklet taking a look back at the Pirates theme.
As for the requirements to get the Pirate VIP Retro Minifigure set, it’s stated on the image of 55€ but for us here in the States, it’ll probably be a gift with purchase of $99 or more at LEGO Stores and on Shop@Home for LEGO VIP members. It was rumored that this set would be happening in July but it doesn’t show up on the July 2015 LEGO Store Calendar so I think it’ll be happening here in a few months. Last year, this promo was in September so I think it’ll be around the same time. What do you guys think of this Pirate Retro Set?… Continue
There are some more details coming out of Reddit regarding a problem with the LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Ant-Man Final Battle (76039). As you can see from the image above, there are two different instructions for the same step in building the ant’s legs. The top is the updated version which also includes pairs of pins and cones to add on to the legs for more stability. This is probably the reason why Shop@Home has the set listed with 195 pieces instead of the 183 when it was first released.
The OP also stated that both boxes where identical and that there was no sign of them showing the 12 extra pieces except when opened so I assume LEGO is just using the same boxes that list 183 pieces and adding a bag with the additional pieces with the new instructions which saves the company some money by not remaking the boxes. If you’re one of the people who don’t have the updated Ant-Man Final Battle (76039), I suggest contacting LEGO customer support to see if you can get the extra parts.
I was recently sent an email about a LEGO exhibition that will be happening in October called Celebricktion which will be held at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta, GA. Read more about the event below:
CELEBRICKTION: a celebration of the LEGO brick building system
October 10-11, 2015; 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Cobb Galleria Centre
Atlanta, GeorgiaTickets are $15 at the door; a portion of each ticket sale goes to non-profits.
For this awesome event, Lego builders Harry and Austin Nijenkamp “free built” (meaning no plans or drawings) an entire city with over one million LEGO pieces featuring parks, skyscrapers exceeding 12-feet tall, busy streets, and even a parade containing thousands of LEGO minifigures. It took over a year to build this amazing city!
Also at this event:
– A replica of the Nijenkamps’ Lego studio to provide insight into how they create their giant exhibits.
– BRICKS’ custom 4′ M.O.C.s (my own creations) including Helm’s Deep, Winter Village, Spooktacular Haunted Scene, and
Pirate Island.– A LEGO robotics demonstration.
– Kids’ freebuilders area with over 100,000 LEGO pieces.
– Pictures with “Mr. Bricks” and other mascots
– Various LEGO games.
– Kids’ bounce house.
– Concessions.
– Numerous creations by other metro-Atlanta LEGO enthusiasts.
– Custom 3D-printed minifigure heads of yourself.
– More than 20 LEGO vendors selling hard-to-find, new, and used LEGO sets, custom minifigures/bricks, light kits, and more!
There have been various reports, including one from our reader, that the LEGO Jurassic World Gallimimus Trap (30320) polybag is now available at Toys R Us stores in the US for $3.98/$3.99. This polybag was previously an exclusive pre-order bonus with the LEGO Jurassic World video game at GameStop. Also, there was a report that the Gallimimus Trap would be part of a promotion starting the week of June 21. So if you were looking for one or a couple of these and you didn’t get it from GameStop, you may want to check out Toys R Us. Since it is for a promo, they might not sell them to you but you might get lucky.
San Diego Comic Con 2015 is upon us and The Hollywood Reporter has given us our first look at one of the exclusive sets that will be sold there, the LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Avengers: Age of Ultron Throne of Ultron. The set consists of 203 pieces and will be sold for $39.99. It will have four minifigures: Ultron and three Ultron Sentries. It looks like all the minifigures are already in the current wave of Avengers: Age of Ultron sets with Ultron being the same as in The Quinjet City Chase (76032)
As we all know by now, these exclusives are getting almost impossible to get when at SDCC unless you’re in the know. There will be a limited amount sold each day and usually the line will be filled up in a few minutes after the doors open. I’m going to try and get in line for it but I’m chances are slim that I’ll get one. I wish that LEGO would do what Mattel did with their SDCC exclusive this year and allow attendees to pre-order online and pick them up during the convention so it’s more organized. Many don’t know this but the LEGO booth isn’t ran by LEGO employees but LEGOLAND employees which is ran by Merlin Entertainments.
