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As a reminder if you picked up the LEGO 2016 Wall Calendar last year, you can now redeem the second coupon (in LEGO Brand Stores only) that is attached to it for an extra 100 bonus VIP Points. This is basically an extra $5 added to your account for future purchases. This coupon will be valid through June.
Earlier this week, LEGO officially announced the LEGO Disney Collectible Minifigures (71012) and now we have the official packaging for the series via Amazon via Hoth Bricks. Nothing too much new about it but I do like the blue color scheme.
In other news, it looks like the Disney Minifigures are already available at LEGOLAND in Billund, Denmark so we can probably start seeing them show up here in stores in a few weeks. The official release date for them is May 1.
Another year, another April Fools Day has passed. As a tradition, there were plenty of LEGO fan sites that put out some false articles in hoping to catch readers off guard.
We announced LEGO Ideas Revisited which gives rejected LEGO Ideas projects a second chance in passing the review stage.
The popular service introduced the 1×5 Finder.
They did a review of the 7538491478894966 Assault on Echo Rebel Wampa Snowspeeder Base on Hoth which makes fun of the upcoming UCS Assault on Hoth (75098).
They also announced the expansion of the LEGO Cinematic Universe consisting of Deadpool, Galidor, and DUPLO movies.
An Australian and New Zealand breakfast cereal called Weet-Bix announced Weet-Brix which is a new cereal based on LEGO bricks.
They announced Little Bricks Magazine which focuses on DUPLO.
They uncovered LEGO’s secret communist society.
They revealed the AutoSort 2600 which is an auto sorting machine costing around $9,000 and will be released in 2017.
They changed the primary language on the site to Korean.
LEGO themselves announced that LEGO minifigures have been granted legal population status.
They announced their latest minifigure, Mr. Invisible.
They announced Background Mixels which takes a look at some of the not so prominent characters.
Mattel takes over LEGO which has been used before on other sites in previous years.
They announced the Ghost White X-Wing as part of this year’s May the 4th promo with purchases of $199 … Continue
CM4Sci over on Eurobricks has posted details on a new LEGO vehicles set that is rumored to come out possibly later this year and that is the Volkswagen Käfer, aka the Beetle. He mentions that it’ll be similar to some of the previous vehicles like the Mini Cooper (10242) and the Ferrari F40 with set number 10252. Keep in mind that LEGO has already released a version of this car in 2008 with set 10187 so this might be the newer style of the Beetle.
Yes, I know that today is still April Fools Day but remember that Just2Good also posted about the Disney Collectible Minifigures (71012) last year on this same day and it was in fact true so don’t put this rumor on the backburner just yet but don’t get your hopes up too high if this is a false rumor.
I’ll have more details, if any, when they become available.
Update: CM4Sci over on Eurobricks has reported that the set will indeed be the Volkwagen Beetle. It will be available for general release on August 1st for $99.99 with it being available for VIPs in July.
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?
Explore what MADNESS means to you.
Build something to show us your MADNESS!
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.
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LEGO Gives Rejected LEGO Ideas Projects a Revisit
BILLUND, DENMARK (April 1, 2016) – Beginning this summer, LEGO Ideas will have a new
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