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The LEGO Movie at the 87th Academy Awards

February 22, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 2 Comments

Although The LEGO Movie was snubbed at the 87th Academy Awards, the theme song “Everything is Awesome” was still in the running for Best Original Song which was performed live by Tegan and Sara and The Lonely Island. Unfortunately, the song lost to “Glory” from Selma but the best moments were during the performance.

Nathan Sawaya, who created the original Oscar statue that Phil Lord tweeted out last month, created a bunch more and they were handed out to various celebrities during the performance. Oprah Winfrey was one of these celebrities who received one and she was ecstatic to get one when the camera panned to her. Later on the performance, Will Arnett came out wearing the Batman Forever armor and sang a verse from Batman’s Song (Untitled Self Portrait).

Overall, it’s cool to see people getting some recognition for their work for The LEGO Movie as well as Nathan Sawaya for his rendition of the Oscar trophy created out of LEGO bricks.

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LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Avengers: Age of Ultron Avengers Hydra Showdown (76030) Review

February 22, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 6 Comments

Continuing with the LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Avengers: Age of Ultron set reviews, today we have the Avengers Hydra Showdown (76030). It contains 220 pieces and retails for $19.99. The box includes two numbered bags, one instructions booklet, a small sticker sheet, and a comic.

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Avengers: Age of Ultron Avengers Hydra Showdown (76030)

LEGO Speed Champions McLaren Mercedes Pit Stop (75911) Review

February 21, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 3 Comments

For our first review of the brand new LEGO Speed Champions sets, we have one of the medium sized sets with the McLaren Mercedes Pit Stop (75911). This set contains 332 pieces and retails for $29.99 which comes in at $0.09/piece. This is actually a great price per piece ratio considering that it is a licensed set.

LEGO Speed Champions McLaren Mercedes Pit Stop (75911)

New LEGO Sets Showing Up at Toys R Us

February 20, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 9 Comments

If you’re heading out to Toy R Us, you may want to check out the LEGO section because you may find some of the new sets a little early there. At my closest location, I found one of the new LEGO Speed Champions sets, the McLaren Mercedes Pit Stop (75911) which retails for $29.99. I also found four of the LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Avengers: Age of Ultron sets including Iron man vs. Ultron (76029), Avenger Hydra Showdown (76030), Attack on Avengers Tower (76038), The Hydra Fortress Smash (76041). I hope to have a review for these sets up in the next couple of days. There also reports that the LEGO Elves and LEGO Pirates are also showing on shelves as well.

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Avengers: Age of Ultron

BrickMagic 2015 LEGO Festival Happening in May

February 20, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

The 4th annual BrickMagic LEGO Festival will be held in Charlotte, North Carolina from May 7-10, with the last two days being the public days. Check out the full press release below:

The Magic is BACK! Come see friends new and old at the revival of everyone’s favorite event – BrickMagic! This May, the 4th Annual LEGO fan event is coming to Charlotte, North Carolina, May 7-10. There will be 4 days of builder events and activities and two days of public displays along with fun games, contests, and prizes you don’t want to miss! We are also working with the Jeff Gordon Children’s Foundation to raise money and help support medical care for children in need.

Our Special guest is the original BrickNerd, Tommy Williamson, host of the BrickNerd podcast and outstanding builder and visual effects artist. Since BrickJournal is one of the organizers of the event, editor Joe Meno will be close by to hang out and share stories from his travels. And most importantly, your fellow builders from around country will be at BrickMagic. More information about contests and seminars will be announced as we get closer to the event, so stay tuned at BrickMagic.org! Better yet, sign up and see all the fun first-hand! Registration is $60 until April 15. See you there!

LEGO Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens Set Pricing

February 20, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 1 Comment

The last time that there was information about the LEGO Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens sets was last month when there were details of the set numbers and pricing in British Pounds. We also knew there was going to be an updated Millennium Falcon as well as a X-Wing. There is new information coming from BZPower, albeit a little late on my part, of the piece counts of the sets as well as US and Canadian dollar prices for each of these sets. I’m going to venture a guess and say the most expensive set will be the new Millennium Falcon. All the sets below will be available in September.

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LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded Exclusive Minifigure Revealed

February 19, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 2 Comments

LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded Boba Fett

StarWars.com has revealed the exclusive minifigure for the DK LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded which will be the White Boba Fett, aka Proto Fett. A white version of the bounty hunter was first released in 2010 but we will now get an updated version of him. The book will be available on April 28th just in time for May the 4th but you can pre-order the book on Amazon. The LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia will include 72 more pages filled with facts and images of the minifigures that have been released since the first book. Thanks to Michael for the heads up.