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No Starch Press The LEGO Architect Book Review

August 15, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

No Starch Press continues to crank out books geared towards LEGO fans and the next one I have for review is The LEGO Architect by Tom Alphin. This book contains 192 pages and retails for $24.95 and it gives you a history lesson about the different architecture styles throughout the world.

Travel through the history of architecture in The LEGO Architect. You’ll learn about styles like Art Deco, Modernism, and High-Tech, and find inspiration in galleries of LEGO models. Then take your turn building 12 models in a variety of styles. Snap together some bricks and learn architecture the fun way!

The LEGO Architect is separated in to different chapters by type of architecture such as Neoclassica, Modernism, Postmodern, etc. Within each chapter, Tom talks about some of the history for that architecture type with examples of real-life buildings that incorporate it.

Of course this is a LEGO book so Tom also shows off different MOCs that uses the style. To take it a step further, Tom also gives you building instructions with a parts list of each type of architecture he talks about in the book.

At the end of the book, there are some tips and ideas of how to build your own buildings from various builders including Adam Reed Tucker who’s known for being involved with the LEGO Architecture theme.

Overall if you’re starting to get into creating buildings and structures, then The LEGO Architect is a good reference guide to help you start building. The instructions given are very helpful to give … Continue

LEGO Ideas WALL•E (21303) Officially Revealed

August 14, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 2 Comments

The Disney D23 expo is going on in Anaheim and LEGO has just officially revealed the LEGO Ideas WALL•E (21303) set over on their blog. If you’re going to D23, you can meet Angus MacLane at the Pixar booth for some signings and at the LEGO Ideas panel. There’s not much new information as we already had some of the images and description from Amazon a few days ago. The set will be available at LEGO Stores and on Shop@Home on September 1st for $49.99.

Build, display and role play with WALL-E! Construct the LEGO Ideas version of WALL-E with posable neck, adjustable head and arms, gripping hands, opening trunk and rolling tracks. Build a beautifully detailed LEGO version of WALL-E -the last robot left on Earth! Created by Angus MacLane, an animator and director at Pixar Animation Studios, and selected by LEGO Ideas members, the development of this model began alongside the making of the lovable animated character for the classic Pixar feature film. It has taken almost a decade to perfect the LEGO version, which incorporates many authentic WALL-E characteristics, including a posable neck, adjustable head, arms that move up and down and side to side, plus gripping hands and rolling tracks. With a trunk that opens and closes, you can tidy up the planet one pile of garbage at a time! This set also includes a booklet about the designer and the animated Pixar movie.

Move the arms up and down and side to side

Open and close the trunk

Includes a booklet

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Emmetron LEGO T-Shirt on Ript Apparel

August 13, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Ript Apparel has a new LEGO themed t-shirt for sale today that is a combination of two hit movies, The LEGO Movie and TRON, called Emmetron. The shirt starts at $11 and will only be available at this price for 24 hours and after that, you’ll have a second chance to get at a slightly higher price. After that time passes, it’ll be sent to the “Graveyard”. Fans of either movie will most definitely want to pick it up before it’s too late.

LEGO Classic Pirates Minifigure (5003082) Review

August 13, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 2 Comments

Since today is a Thursday, let’s do a sort of a retro review on a newer set. For one more day, LEGO will be giving out the promo LEGO Classic Pirates Minifigure (5003082) with purchases of $75 or more at LEGO Brand Stores and on Shop@Home. Some stores may have already run out of their stock so online is probably the only way you can get it. This set continues the trend from last year where LEGO releases a set dedicated for a classic theme. Last year, we had the Classic Spaceman Minifigure (5002812) and now we have another theme with the Pirates.

Box

Like with the previous promo, the box for the Classic Pirates Minifigure is made of a matte-like material. The design is also the same with the classic LEGO System logo on each side of the box and the year now shows 2015.

The contents of the promo box include a sealable bag of parts, a postcard showing off some of the LEGO Pirates minifigures through the years, and the building instructions/history guide.

The postcard shows a few Pirates minifigures including Captain Redbeard as well as some of the newer ones from this year.

For the instruction booklet, the first couple of pages show you the build while the rest of the book shows you a variety of LEGO Pirates sets starting from 1989 until the present. Did you know there was a LEGO Pirates Advent Calendar (6299) in 2009?

Build

The build for the set is mostly a small island … Continue

Stay Creative Ep3: A New Suitor For BrickLink?!

August 13, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 1 Comment

Three weeks ago, Chad Collins, the creator the LEGO Fan Convention Philly Brick Fest and touring LEGO experience Brick Fest Live, quietly launched a new web show called “Stay Creative”. The name of show, is the tagline Chad and his daughter Jordyn used in each of their videos on their YouTube channel, Your Creative Friends (YCF).

I have gotten to know Chad and his team, and have attended Philly Brick Fest each of the last two years. My blog, and YCF started around the same time, and each have had their share of success. But when Chad recently declared on his show that he wanted to buy BrickLink, it caught me off guard. His show, and new mission to buy the popular LEGO marketplace, are sure to get major attention. It seems like Chad is up for answering any question posted to social media using #AskStayCreative, and was gracious enough to answer these follow up questions from me on this topic. Here we go!

TBF: What makes you qualified to take over BrickLink?

CC: Before answering that question, it is important to recognize the late Dan Jezek, his mother Eliska (whom I briefly met two years ago at BrickWorld), for her willingness to keep BrickLink running as Dan’s legacy, and to Jay Kim for bringing stability and scalability to the ever growing popularity of the marketplace. Jay came to Philly Brick Fest in 2014, and it was great to meet him them. I am looking forward to our next conversation.

I think a lot of … Continue

LEGO Collectible Minifigures Series 14: Monsters (71010) Showing Up at Target

August 12, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 5 Comments

There have been various reports that the new Series 14 LEGO Collectible Minifigures: Monsters (71010) have already started showing up at Target stores throughout the US well ahead of the official release date of September 1st. If you can’t wait to get your hands on these Monster minifigures, you might want to head to your local Target store to see if they have any already on the floor. I assume Toys R Us will be following suit soon as well. Also, feel free to use my guide to help you find the ones you’re looking for. Thanks to everyone who messaged in about it.

Zach Galifianakis to Voice Joker in LEGO Batman Spinoff Movie

August 12, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

The Hollywood Reporter has reveal that Zach Galifianakis is in the final stages of negotiation to voice the Joker in the LEGO Batman spinoff movie in 2017. He now joins Will Arnett who will be reprising his role as the Caped Crusader along with Michael Cera who will be voicing Robin.

Galifianakis has done voice acting before on the big screen with Humpty Dumpty in Puss in Boots as well as on various TV shows like American Dad!, Bob’s Burgers, and The Simpsons. He’ll no doubt bring his own spin on the Clown Prince of Crime and I look forward to seeing it in a few years.