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LEGO 2015 Christmas Tree Ornament (5003083) Review

December 18, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 1 Comment

Today I have a short review of the LEGO December 2015 Christmas Tree Ornament (5003083). It was only available for a week with purchases of $50 or more at LEGO Brand stores and on Shop@Home. This is the second year that LEGO has done this particular promotion with last year being the Christmas Train (5002813) and this one comes in at 32 pieces.

Like with the previous one, it does come in a resealable packaging with protects the inner fabric bag that holds the set. The tree itself is pretty simple with the usual building techniques of stacking the sloped pieces. There are some printed pieces like the envelope tile as well as the 2015 tile which is exclusive to the ornament. At the top, you have the Technic axle connector which allows you to tie the gold cord to hang it up.

Overall, it’s a pretty nice little exclusive that LEGO has included with their promo and I hope that it continues next year as well. If you missed out on it, the parts are very common minus the 2015 1×2 tile and the cord that LEGO has included. The instructions are below if you want to make your own.

LEGO January-June 2016 English Catalog Now Available

December 18, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 2 Comments

With yesterday’s news of the 2016 LEGO set images coming out, LEGO has made the English (European) version of the January-June 2016 catalog publicly available for everyone to check out. We can now clearly see the sets as well as the official names of the LEGO Marvel Super Heroes sets like the Captain America: Civil War ones.

Thanks to Robert for the heads up.

LEGO Star Wars 2015 Advent Calendar (75097) – Day 17 Review

December 17, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 1 Comment

It looks like the countdown to the end of the LEGO Star Wars 2015 Advent Calendar (75097) begins with first item for the Hoth theme.

LEGO Elves & Minecraft Set Images Revealed

December 17, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 2 Comments

There has been much excitement today with the LEGO 2016 catalog images from carlboettcher and I think the last things we haven’t seen before are the new LEGO Elves and Minecraft sets. There will be six sets for the LEGO Elves theme which now introduces the Dragons from the storyline.

Emily Jones and the Baby Wind Dragon (41171)
The Water Dragon Adventure (41172)
Elvendale School of Dragons (41173)
The Starlight Inn (41174)
Fire Dragon’s Lava Cave (41175)
The Secret Market Place (41176)

LEGO Minecraft is still going strong in 2016 with four more sets that take place in various biomes. They introduce some new characters like Alex, the Iron Golem, and the Wither.

The Iron Golem (21123)
The End Portal (21124)
The Jungle Tree House (21125)
The Wither (21126)

LEGO Speed Champions 2016 Set Images Revealed

December 17, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 2 Comments

I’m back with more exciting news today which comes from Flickr user carlboettcher and this time, we have the new 2016 wave of LEGO Speed Champions sets. Yes, car enthusiasts rejoice as there will be seven sets coming in next year. There have been watermarked images about these sets a few months ago and that’s why I didn’t post them but now we are able to see them fairly clearly. As I mentioned before, there will be new car manufacturers included in this wave such as Chevrolet, Ford, and Audi which joins Porsche as the returning brand from 2015.

Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (75870)
Ford Mustang GT (75871)
Audi R18 e-tron quattro (75872)
Audi R8 LMS Ultra (75873)
Chevrolet Camaro Drag Race (75874)
Ford F-150 Raptor Ford Model A Hot Rod (75875)
Porsche 919 Hybrid and 917K Pit-Lane (75876)

LEGO 2016 Super Heroes Sets Revealed in German LEGO Catalog

December 17, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 13 Comments

It looks like the German LEGO 2016 catalog is available and Flickr user carlboettcher has upload some images of the upcoming LEGO Super Heroes sets including the ones for Captain America: Civil War. As you can see above, there will be three sets accompanying the movie that will be released in March. Loosely translated from German, the first set is called Black Panther Pursuit (76047) which includes Captain America, Winter Soldier, and Black Panther. The next set is called Crossbones’ Hazard Heist (76050) which has Falcon, Black Widow, and Crossbones. The last set is called Super Hero Airport Battle (76051) which has Captain America, Winter Soldier, Iron Man, War Machine, Scarlet Witch, Agent 13, a micro Ant-Man, and a brick-built Giant Man.

On another page of the catalog, we get our first official look at the LEGO Mighty Micros which I briefly reported on a few days ago.

DC Comics Super Heroes

Batman vs Catwoman (76061)
Robin vs Bane (76062)
The Flash vs Captain Cold (76063)

Marvel Super Heroes

Spiderman vs Green Goblin (76064)
Captain America vs Red Skull (76065)
Hulk vs Ultron (76066)

Finally we have a new set that hasn’t been talked about with the Batman Gotham City Cycle Chase (76053). It includes Batman with a Bat-Pod, Harley Quinn with her motorcycle, and Deadshot.

Thanks to everyone who emailed in with the original source.

National Geographic “Inside LEGO” Episode Airing Sunday, December 20

December 16, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 10 Comments

If you want to see what happens behind the doors of The LEGO Group, make sure to tune in to National Geographic this Sunday, December 20 at 8/7c for Inside LEGO. The show’s “Inside” series turns to the LEGO and Vice President of Design Matthew James Ashton as he shows how the company finds new LEGO Set Designers. Set your calendars/alarms/DVRs as Inside LEGO should be a very interesting episode for fans of the brick.

Thanks to Joseph for the heads up.