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The new LEGO Star Wars prequel collectible posters have rolled out. For purchases of any LEGO Star Wars products at LEGO Stores and on Shop@Home, you can get the Episode I: The Phantom Menace poster for free. Unfortunately, these posters do come folded but they still make great ones to hang up. This promotion will be available until Sunday, August 30.
After the reveal of the LEGO Seasonal Halloween Trick or Treat (40122) set yesterday, there’s now an image of the next seasonal set, the Thanksgiving Feast (40123). This image comes from the back of the instruction booklet from the Trick or Treat set and it shows a vignette of a Thanksgiving dinner with an older couple. This set will be available at LEGO Stores and on Shop@Home in October for $9.99.
**Via Eurobricks**
The Indominus Rex project by senteosan is the latest project to get 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The project features the antagonist in the new Jurassic World movie as a fairly large display piece which contains around 700 bricks.
Although the dinosaur is a great model and a set I would like to have, I have some reservations of this project becoming an official set because of the LEGO Jurassic World license. If it was a generic dinosaur, it might have had a better chance to pass but since the description describes it as the one from the movie, I doubt that it will make it through but we’ll see in a few months.
The Indominus Rex now joins Brick-Built Adventure Time Figures, Caterham Super Seven, the Modular Library, Lothlorien, LEGO Physics, Ghostbusters: Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, and Hobbit-Rivendell as the the projects that are eligible to be reviewed for a chance to be an official LEGO set.
(1)Stein over on Eurobricks has revealed the new LEGO Seasonal Halloween Trick or Treat (40122) set. The set features a small vignette with a small black tree and a trick or treater. From first impressions, it doesn’t look as the Valentine’s Day Dinner (40120) or the Painting Easter Eggs (40121) sets but I’ll still try to pick it up nonetheless. It’ll be available at LEGO Stores and on Shop@Home in September for $9.99. They might even show up at LEGO Stores earlier so if you want one of these sets, you have to act fast because these little exclusive sets tend to sell out pretty quickly.
The Hobbit-Rivendell project by fishingtwister is the latest one to hit 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. This project is a very elaborate MOC of the Elven city of Rivendell from The Hobbit/Lord of the Rings books/movies. It includes about 10 different buildings that you can display to your liking to recreate the scene. Note that the mountain in the background is not included in the project.
It’ll be going up against another LOTR project with Lothlorien along with Brick-Built Adventure Time Figures, Caterham Super Seven, the Modular Library, LEGO Physics, and Ghostbusters: Stay Puft Marshmallow Man in the review stage.
People collect LEGO for many reasons. Most people love to build the sets, others love creating MOCs. Many of us try to collect a certain theme whether it be Star Wars or Super Heroes, there’s always something out there for someone. While collecting sets, there might be some that many would consider the “Holy Grail” of LEGO sets.
So what constitutes as a “Grail?” It pretty much can be anything that one’s heart desires. It could be a set that someone has been on their radar for a long time. An obvious example that sticks out would be the UCS Millennium Falcon (10179) from 2007. However it doesn’t have to be a rare or an expensive set. It can also mean collecting every set that has been released for a certain theme. Grails doesn’t have a set definition and can change over time as it constantly evolves to our taste and personal opinions.
Identifying what a “Grail” is gets challenging when one attempts to apply a meaning to it. It could be defined by it’s rarity, for example, popular retired sets like the Cafe Corner and the Green Grocer modulars and the before-mentioned Millennium Falcon. For some, other items like Comic Con exclusives could also be considered due to their rarity. For me, my Grail was the Death Star (10188) but that was a few years ago when I got back into the hobby and have since purchased one. My Grail has now shifted to the ever-elusive UCS Millennium Falcon but it isn’t a high priority … Continue
Earlier today, I’ve received the press release for Issue 11 of Blocks magazine which will be available on Thursday, August 20. Check out the details of what Issue 11 will be about below.
The September issue of Blocks is with subscribers now and will be in UK shops on Thursday August 20. This month, the Scooby Doo gang are taking control, with plentiful reviews and an exclusive interview about the new sets.
Elsewhere, we test drive the Ferrari F40 in brick form, meet the guys behind The Brick Show, look at a rare case of some ‘non-LEGO’ LEGO, study the anatomy of Castles through the years, and find out more about the transition of Ninjago from brick to paper form.
What’s more, with an events section that transports you to amazing LEGO exhibitions from both Australia and the USA and plenty more features besides, Issue 11 of Blocks is jam-packed like no other.
To subscribe, find a local stockist or simply find out more just visit www.blocksmag.com
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