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LEGO Classic Pirates Minifigure (5003082) Review

August 13, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

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

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Stay Creative Ep3: A New Suitor For BrickLink?!

August 13, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

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.

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

August 12, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

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

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.

LEGO Dimensions Video Game Achievements Revealed

August 12, 2015 / Michael Tran

As we get closer to the release of LEGO Dimensions, bits and pieces of the details for the game have been coming out. Over on Xbox Achievements, they have revealed the list of achievements you can get in the game. From the looks of it, you’ll need to purchase a few of the Level Packs to be able to get all the achievement points available. The Playstation version of LEGO Dimensions will most likely have trophies associated with it. Thanks to Doogal91 for the heads up.

There’s no Place Like… This. – Complete Follow the LEGO Brick Road – 25G
Chroma Simpson – Complete Meltdown at Sector 7-G – 25G
Of Mice and Chen – Complete Elements of Surprise – 25G
In the Nick of Timey-Wimey – Complete A Dalektable Adventure – 25G
Simply Walked Into… Metropolis – Complete Painting the Town Black – 25G
Interdimensional Showdown – Complete Once Upon A Time Machine in the West – 25G
GLaD to be out of There! – Complete GLaD to See You – 25G
Riddle Me That! – Complete Riddle-earth – 25G
Ghost… busted! – Complete The Phantom Zone – 25G
Enter Your Initials: “AAA” – Complete All Your Bricks Are Belong To Us – 25G
Not Zoinks! – Complete Mystery Mansion Mash-Up – 25G
Tri Again Next Time – Complete Prime Time – 25G
Is Tri Hard with a Vengeance! – Complete The End is Tri – 25G
A Serious Loophole – Complete The Final Dimension – 25G
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LEGO Technic Design Contest Held on Rebrick

August 11, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

The LEGO CEE Team has sent over some details on a new LEGO TECHNIC contest being held over on Rebrick with some awesome prizes for the winners included an unannounced set as well as the new Mercedes-Benz Arocs 3245 (42043). Check out the details of the contest below.

Build THE Mercedes-Benz Truck of the future!

One day during the early 1920’s Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler sat down in Germany and agreed to merge their two car companies into one and start producing Mercedes-Benz cars. They had each made their own versions of the world’s first petrol-driven cars back in 1886. Within years, Gottlieb Daimler sold his first truck – almost 120 years ago!

Some of the first Mercedes-Benz branded diesel powered trucks were built in Stuttgart in 1923. Today, in 2015, half of all trucks on the German roads are Mercedes-Benz trucks.

Just imagine how Karl and Gottlieb would react if they were time-warped from 1925 to 2015 to witness just how big, fast and capable the Mercedes-Benz trucks have become 90 years later! What would they say if they could see what their vision has led to?

Your vision…

Think the new LEGO® Technic 42043 Mercedes-Benz Arocs 3245 is the coolest Technic set ever made? (Yeah, we like it, too!) And have you thought about what the perfect truck would look like if you could design your own?

Hold that thought, and now, imagine yourself traveling 30 years into the future, to 2045. You’re taking a brand new Mercedes-Benz Truck out for a spin.

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LEGO Ideas WALL•E (21303) Now Available for Pre-Order on Amazon

August 11, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

The new LEGO Ideas WALL•E (21303) is now available for pre-order on Amazon. It retails for $59.99 and will be available on September 1 so I assume that LEGO will be officially revealing the set soon. There’s something interesting about the description. It states “set also includes a booklet about the designer and the animated Pixar movie” so does that mean the movie is included or is the booklet about both the designer and the movie?

Update: And it’s been taken off Amazon.

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 about the

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