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Blocks Magazine Issue 17 Press Release

February 11, 2016 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Blocks has sent over their press release for Issue 17 of the magazine. They’ll be review various sets including an in-depth look at the new LEGO Nexo Knights theme.

Issue 17 of Blocks Magazine is now with subscribers, and will be in shops on Thursday 18th February.

This month, we dive headfirst into LEGO’s latest Big Bang theme, with full reviews of every Nexo Knights set, plus an in-depth interview with LEGO Designer Mark Stafford – who reveals a few tantalising secrets behind the space-castle mashup, and gives us some hints as to its future direction.

Elsewhere, we head back to the glory days of Castle, with a detailed look at the 1984 Lion Knights range, and showcase an incredible collection of Doctor Who builds from Thorsten Bonsch – as he unveils his latest timey-wimey creation exclusively in Blocks.

There’s much more besides, with comprehensive reviews of the brand new Brick Bank and Ghostbusters Firehouse HQ, while Simon Pickard introduces us to the art of microscale. It’s all topped off with an exclusive interview with Tom Poulsom, LEGO’s very own birdman, on books, building and, of course, birds.

Get your copy on Thursday in the UK, and why not subscribe to get future copies early and enter monthly free prize draws? See www.blocksmag.com for more details.

New York Toy Fair 2016 Starts This Weekend and Official Press Release

February 11, 2016 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

The North American International Toy Fair will be happening this weekend and we are teaming up again with YourCreativeFriends/Brick Fest Live to bring you LEGO coverage of the event. Chad will be there and will be sending us images of various LEGO sets that will be displayed. Hopefully we’ll get images of the summer wave of Star Wars sets that are allowed.

LEGO has also released a press release for the event which talks about the Star Wars: Rogue One sets. Like I mentioned before, there will be five sets based on the upcoming movie and the prices range from $9.99 to $149.99.

Finally, officially confirmed for April release is the LEGO Ideas Labyrinth Marble Maze (21305). It’ll have 769 pieces and will be priced at $69.99 which I talked about last month.

LEGO Systems Unveils Hundreds of New Building Sets to Spark Creative Play for Builders of All Ages and Interests

– More than 300 new products unveiled at North American International Toy Fair –

NEW YORK, Feb. 11, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — LEGO Systems, Inc. will showcase its collection of new building sets–over 300 new products–at this week’s North American International Toy Fair. Among the new offerings is LEGO(®) NEXO KNIGHTS(TM), a new original LEGO property that depicts a medieval kingdom set in a futuristic world. New LEGO products are on display in booth #1635 in Hall 3B of New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center from February 13-16.

“The LEGO system of play empowers children of all ages and interests to be creative,

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LEGO Senior Designer Marcos Bessa Appears on Denmark’s Got Talent

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

If you’ve been following LEGO Senior Designer Marcos Bessa on social media, you would know that he has a very interesting life inside and outside of The LEGO Group. Within the company he’s designed many popular LEGO sets from the SHIELD Helicarrier (76042) to the most recent Ghostbusters Firehouse Headquarters (75827) and many more in between. Outside of the company, he’s very passionate about music and recently, he has appeared on Denmark’s version of the Got Talent series and has been very impressive not only with the audience but with the judges as well. Check out some of his performances below.

LEGO Star Wars Encounter on Jakku (75148) Set Shown in DK Book Listing

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

LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens DK Level 2 Reader

A few weeks ago, we got details of the summer 2016 wave of LEGO Star Wars sets from the London Toy Fair but images weren’t allowed for the sets for either London or Nuremberg. However there’s an image of what appears to be part of the Encounter on Jakku (75148) set which comes from an Amazon listing for the DK LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens Level 2 Reader. The image shows some of the Niima Outpost along with a clear shot of the Unkar Plutt, Rey, and BB-8 minifigures. The set also includes Teedo and a brick-built Luggabeast that is not shown in the preview images of the book. I’m not sure if the image will be taken down or not but check it out below while you can.

Thanks to Emily V. for emailing this in earlier today.

LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens DK Level 2 Reader - Encounter on Jakku (75148)

LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes Rescue from Ra’s al Ghul (76056) Set Name Revealed

February 9, 2016 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 1 Comment

A few days ago, there was a report that there was a LEGO DC Comic Super Heroes set that would include a Ra’s al Ghul minifigure. Just2Good now has the set name and number which is Rescue from Ra’s al Ghul (76056). He also stated that the set will a store exclusive but as to which one remains unknown. It’s also rumored that Talia al Ghul would also be in the set but J2G didn’t have info on that. It’s not too much new information but at least there’s confirmation that the set exists.

Update: Just2Good over on Eurobricks has given the list of minifigures that will be in the set including Ra’s al Ghul, Talia, Damian Wayne’s Robin, and Desert Batman.

More LEGO Super Heroes 2016 Polybag Information

February 9, 2016 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

There’s some new information today on a couple of LEGO Super Heroes polybags that will be coming out this year. For the DC Super Heroes side, we can now confirm that there will indeed be a Batman Classic TV Series – Mr. Freeze (30603) minifigure polybag that’s been much talked about the past few months. There’s still no details of how to obtain it.

For the LEGO Marvel Super Heroes side, there’s a mysterious Captain America’s Motorcycle (30447) polybag but again, there’s no further information about it at this point in time.

The information comes from CM4Sci over on Eurobricks which you can follow the respective threads in the links above. More details as they come.

LEGO Voltron Minifigure Shirt Available on Ript Apparel

February 8, 2016 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

There hasn’t been much LEGO t-shirts available lately but Ript Apparel has a very cool LEGO Voltron minifigure shirt available for 24 hours. The shirt starts at $11 and there are other items available with the design as well including hoodies, posters, coasters, and more. Shipping and handling starts at $2.98 here in the US and is planned to ship out this Friday. As a big fan of the original Voltron series back in the 80s, this shirt is a no-brainer purchase for me especially with the new Netflix series coming later this year as well.

As always, you can help support The Brick Fan buy purchasing the Voltron shirt using the links above.