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The Brick Fan Turns 3 Years Old

January 22, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 16 Comments

With all the LEGO news that came out this week, I totally forgot all about the date that happened this past Sunday, The Brick Fan turned three years old. The past year has been quite a journey and what a journey it was. What stared out as a hobby site literally became a full-time job last year and it was pretty cool to say the least. Again, I won’t be posting any site stats but you can check out the recap of what happened in 2014 here.

Like with many of these kinds of posts, I would like to sincerely thank all the readers that come by. Whether you’re here for just a certain article post or if you’re a regular reader, thank you. To everyone that have emailed me or commented about anything, thank you. I do enjoy responding to comments and to give people more information about a certain set or minifigure that they may not know about is a good feeling. I believe sharing knowledge is important to the success of anything and this site is my way of sharing what I know.

I’ve made a lot more friends as well as acquaintances the past year and it’s somewhat in part because of this site. It’s actually been a wild ride last year because I met so many new people from everyone at Philly Brick Fest, which was my first LEGO convention, to the people behind the scenes of various LEGO sites like BrickLink. It sounds weird but LEGO not only connects … Continue

2015 First Quarter LEGO Store Build-A-Minifigure Bar Elements

January 22, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

I recently featured the new 2015 first quarter LEGO Store Pick-A-Brick Wall elements and while I was there, I also had a chance to take a look at some of the new stuff on the Build-A-Minifigure bar. There were so many things I haven’t seen there so some of them might have been available before but I didn’t notice them. Note the above image is from the previous quarter because I forgot to take a picture of it with the new stuff. Again, most of these elements will be available at different locations but some stores may not have the same ones.

For the heads, the one that stood out the most for me is the queasy guy’s head from the LEGO Creator Fairground Mixer (10244). The set was released just last year and I was surprised to see that head available already. Another head that stood out was the Overlord’s from the LEGO Ninjago Battle for Ninjago City (70728). It might not fit in with many things but it’s cool for some themed MOCs. The rest are some general ones that you can use in many situations.

LEGO 2015 First Quarter Build-A-Minifigure Elements

On the hair and headpieces, we have the Series 10 Sad Clown hat, the hair and headphone piece from the Series 8 DJ, the spiky Series 6 Sleepyhead hair, and the Series 3 Hula Dancer hair with flower printing.

For the torsos, I only found three that were new. The first torso is from the red, white, and blue one windsurfer one which was most recently … Continue

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Avengers: Age of Ultron Official Images

January 22, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 19 Comments

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Avengers: Age of Ultron Iron Man vs. Ultron (76029)

If you were disappointed that photography wasn’t allowed at the 2015 London Toy Fair, not to worry. The first official images are starting to come out and there is now images of one LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Avengers: Age of Ultron sets, The Hulk Buster Smash (76031). We already seen some images but we now get to see a clearer shot of each individual set. The images come from German Amazon for a price of €34.99 and will be released on April 2 over there.

~~I’ll update this post with the official images of the other sets when they are available.~~

The rest of the official images of the LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Avengers: Age of Ultron are now available via Amazon Japan minus the Burglary at the Hydra Fortress (76041) and the UCS Avengers Helicarrier (76042). Click through the images to see a larger view of them. Thanks to LEGO Leaks for the heads up.

Iron Man vs. Ultron (76029)

Team up with Iron Man MK45 to take on the Ultron army in an ultimate battle! Defend against aerial attacks from the Ultron vehicle piloted by the Sub-Ultron officer. Take cover as Sub-Ultron troopers leap from the back of the vehicle and fire their stud shooters.

Then activate Iron Mans Super Jumper to topple the Sub-Ultron officer and bring the vehicle crashing to the ground! Includes 4 minifigures with assorted weapons and accessories: Sub-Ultron officer, 2 Sub-Ultron troopers and Iron Man MK45.

Avengers Hydra Showdown (76030)

Join Thor and Hawkeye as they chase the

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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Pre-Order at Target (Includes Exclusive LEGO Minifigures)

January 21, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 4 Comments

As we guessed earlier this month, the LEGO The Hobbit Bain variant minifigure that was found will be included in the Target Exclusive Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital HD combo pack. Not only do you get that minifigure, you also get the not-very-exclusive Bard the Bowman minifigure that was previously from San Diego Comic Con 2014 and is now in the The Battle of Five Armies (79017) set.

You can now pre-order The Hobbit: BOFA Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital HD on Target’s website for $26.99. These type of movie promo sets usually sell out pretty quickly so get your orders in if you want to guarantee yourself a copy. There’s no release date yet on the movie but I believe it’ll be sometime this spring.

London Toy Fair 2015 LEGO Set Report

January 20, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 26 Comments

The 2015 London Toy Fair has kicked off and the folks over at Brick Fanatics has given the rundown of the Summer 2015 LEGO sets of various themes. Instead of doing separate posts, we’re going to condense everything here with details that were given and update as more details come in.

Updated with more sets with reports from Brickset.

Updated with details of the licensed sets from Brickset.

LEGO BIONICLE

Not much details here. They are the same size as the Toas and have a darker color scheme.

Skull Warrior (70791) – £12.99
Skull Slicer (70792) – £12.99
Skull Basher (70793) – £12.99
Skull Scorpio (70794) – £12.99
Mask Maker vs. Skull Grinder (70795) – £24.99

LEGO City

Space Starter Set (60077) – £8.99
Utility Shuttle (60078) – £17.99
Training Jet Transporter (60079) – £39.99
Spaceport (60080) – £69.99

Deep Sea Explorers

Deep Sea Scuba Scooter (60090) – £4.99
Underwater Starter Set (60091) – £8.99
Deep Sea Submarine (60092) – £24.99
Deep Sea Helicopter (60093) – £39.99 – Twin-rotor helicopter with a submersible vehicle that drops out from it.
Deep Sea Exploration Vessel (60095) – £79.99

City Square (60097) – £139.99 – Includes 14 minfigures (green Futuron and knight), Coffee kiosk, LEGO Store with a Pick-A-Brick Wall, Truck, Garage, Tram, Hot Dog Cart (different from polybag), and Police Station.

LEGO Creator

Adventure Vehicles (31037) – £17.99 – Green and white SUV.
Changing Seasons (31038) – £39.99 – Square house about the size of the Beach Hut with a garden and a barbecue. It comes … Continue

The LEGO Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Vinyl Available in February

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

For the vinyl enthusiasts out there, you’ll be happy to know that The LEGO Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack will be available as a Double LP set next month on Amazon.

The Double LP will be packaged in a full color gatefold jack and will include an eight page 12″ x 12″ fully colored booklet with liner notes by composer Mark Mothersbaugh. The album itself is the same as the on the audio CD version which includes the full 24-track score plus four different versions of Everything is Awesome which is nominated for Best Original Song at the 2015 Oscars.

If you’re the hardcore vinyl collector, there are also some limited special edition colored vinyl variants of the LP that will be available exclusively at SpaceLab9. These colored versions are based around The LEGO Movie’s key characters including red and yellow. The other colored haven’t been announced but I’m going to guess blue for Benny and pink for Unikitty.

LEGO at the 2015 London Toy Fair

January 19, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 3 Comments

The 2015 London Toy Fair will be happening in the next three days and I’m pretty sure we’ll be getting some reports from various sources on what will be happening at the LEGO booth there. I believe photography is prohibited there so we’ll have to go with with attendees remember seeing.

We’ve already seen set rumors for various themes that will be releasing this summer but there could be more information about the Summer 2015 sets such as piece count and pricing. We’ll try to keep you updated throughout the next couple of days as information becomes available.

If you’re going to be attending The Toy Fair in London, contact us and give us your account of what you saw there.

Image courtesy of Exhibit 3 Sixty.