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2015 First Quarter LEGO Store Pick-A-Brick Wall

January 16, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 7 Comments

I finally had time to get to my local LEGO Store to check out the new elements on the Pick-A-Brick Wall. During each quarter of the year, you can expect some new stuff showing up on the wall that you may not have seen before. Some of them are labeled with themes that the parts would go well with and for this quarter they include LEGO Star Wars and LEGO Friends as well as some that go well with anything in general. From my understanding, these elements are sent to LEGO Stores throughout the US so you may also have seen them already.

For elements that go well with LEGO Star Wars, we have light bluish gray modified 1x1s with handle, trans-orange cheese slopes, trans-red round 1x1s, trans-neon yellow round 2x2s, and black 1x2s with clip.

2015 First Quarter LEGO Store Pick-A-Brick Wall

For the LEGO Friends elements, we got pink 1×2 tiles, lavender 1×2 plates, lime green 1×1 studs, dark bluish gray modified 1x2s with arms, light bluish gray 2×2 tiles, white modified 1×2 grills, and trans-green round 1x1s.

Finally for the general parts, there were black modified 1x1s with headlight, medium blue 1×2 plates, orange 1x2s, yellow 1x2s with printed face, dark pink 1×2 bricks, tan 2x3s, lime 4×4 plates, medium blue 2x4s, black palm tree tops, and lime 45 slopes.

Overall, there are some very nice elements for this quarter with some of the more popular ones being the grey 2×2 tiles, the yellow 1x2s with faces, and surprisingly the medium blue 2×4 brick. Again, shout out to Genevieve for … Continue

New Clip from LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League

January 16, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes Justice League vs Bizzaro League Blu-Ray

Warner Bros. has released a new clip from the upcoming LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League original movie. The clip shows the opening minutes of the film where Bizarro is causing some trouble in the park.

LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League will be available in less than a month on February 10 and it also includes the exclusive Batzarro minifigure. Also included with the movie is the Batman: Beleaguered TV special that was on Cartoon Network a few months ago.

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LEGO Elves 2015 Set Descriptions Revealed

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

Ever since the new LEGO Elves theme was revealed last year, many fans have been wondering what the theme is about. Even when the official images came out, there was still a mystery of what was going on. Fortunately, Aanchir over on Eurobricks has linked to UK online retailer The Hut who has posted descriptions of each of the upcoming sets so we now know some backstory of the LEGO Elves theme which will be released in March. It seems that the Elves has to help Emily Jones find magical keys to bring her back home. Check out the descriptions of all 6 sets below.

Aira’s Creative Workshop (41071)

Build a flying machine with Aira Windwhistler, the Wind Elf, in her Creative Workshop! Add the finishing touches so that with her magical powers she can harness the wind and fly anywhere in a flash. But wait – her pet bird, Pluma, swoops in with an urgent message from the Earth Elf. Aira’s elf friends need to find 4 magic keys to help send Emily Jones back home to the human world, and they need her help right away! Fit the flying machine to Aira’s back, then help her catch the next gust of wind and soar through the sky. Later, join Aira at her desk and use the quill to design her next extraordinary invention. Includes Aira Windwhistler mini-doll figure and Pluma the bird.

Includes Aira Windwhistler mini-doll figure and Pluma the bird

Features a flying machine, work desk with opening drawer and a bird stand

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LEGO Architecture “Fill The Gap” Competition Announced

January 15, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 3 Comments

The LEGO Architecture Facebook Page has announced a new competition to get your building imagination running. It’s called “Fill The Gap” and from now until April 12, 2015, all you have to do is to find an empty area in your city and fill it with objects created with white and/or transparent LEGO bricks like the image above. After you create it, take a picture and share it it on LEGO Architecture Facebook Page or Instagram and tag it with the hashtag ‪#‎FillTheGap‬.

Judges of the competition will be comprised of architects from Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG). This is the same group who is working on The LEGO House right now in Billund, Denmark.

Prizes of the Fill The Gap contest include:

First place: One of each LEGO Architecture 2015 model shipped directly to the winner’s house immediately after launch (Total value of $129.97 / EUR 129,97).

Second Place: One 21050 LEGO Architecture Studio (Total value of $159.99 / EUR 159,99)

Third place: One example of “LEGO Architecture: The Visual Guide” (Total value of $40.00 / EUR 40,00).

The LEGO Movie Snubbed at the Oscars

January 15, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 2 Comments

So I wake up this morning and see that the Oscar nominations have been announced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Despite being one of the top four grossing movies in 2014 with $257 million domestically and $468 million worldwide, The LEGO Movie has been totally snubbed in the Best Animated Feature Oscars category which includes The Boxtrolls, How to Train Your Dragon 2, Big Hero 6, Song of the Sea, and The Tale of Princess Kaguya. The LEGO Movie was liked by many including critics and has a 96% Fresh Rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Honestly, I haven’t even heard of the last two movies on the list and how many of you actually watched all five in theaters. I’m going to say a majority of the readers here never even watched the the last two movie considering that Song of the Sea only made $100,360 and The Tale of Princess Kaguya made $597,978 domestically. One of the movies was also released in December so how can that even be considered. Sure all the nominees are worthy but come on now. I also checked out the rules of eligibility and I’m pretty sure The LEGO Movie fits the definition:

An animated feature film is defined as a motion picture with a running time of more than 40 minutes, in which movement and characters’ performances are created using a frame-by-frame technique. Motion capture by itself is not an animation technique. In addition, a significant number of the major characters must be animated, and

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First Look at Jurassic World Indominus Rex Confirms Leaked LEGO Dinosaur Mold

January 14, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 1 Comment

There’s a new image of some of the dinosaurs that will be appearing in Jurassic World. Some of these dinosaurs included in this image are the Tyrannosaurus Rex, Velociraptors, Dimorphidons, and the first-look at the new D-Rex. It also has gone through a name change since we last talked about it which went from Diabolus Rex to Indominus Rex.

How does that translate to the leaked LEGO mold we saw before? Notice the spikes on top of the head? The leaked LEGO white dinosaur mold also has these spikes on the head so it pretty much confirms that it will be the new D-Rex. Also note the coloring of the D-Rex is not as dark as the T-Rex but it seems LEGO made the coloring a little too white on their version. The other thing that kind of bugs me a little is that the D-Rex doesn’t look at big as the T-Rex. Maybe it’s just the angle but it does look a little smaller however the LEGO dinosaurs looks to be the same size.

We already have seen the confirmed list of the sets that will be coming out around June and the Ultra Dino (75919) set could be the one that the Indominus Rex appears in. Stay tuned as we’ll probably see more pics of the LEGO Jurassic World sets as we get closer to the release of the movie.

LEGO Boxes – To Keep or Not To Keep

January 14, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 31 Comments

I’ve come to a point in my LEGO career that after collecting sets for the past 3 years, I’ve ran into a small dilemma. During that time, I’ve amassed quite a number of different sets and have built many of them which leaves the boxes laying around in various places. You guys may or may not know about this but I have a habit of keeping a lot of things that take up space, maybe a little too much. Some may even call this hoarding.

The problem now lies with the LEGO boxes that I have. I have two large LEGO Store bags full of them as you can see from the images. Some are quite large while some are pretty small. The question I have for you guys is and I’m pretty sure many of you have run into the same problem. Do you keep the boxes, toss them out, or do you recycle them? If you do keep the boxes, do you also flatten them or keep them intact to keep their integrity for sentimental reasons? Since there are many older sets that will never be produced again, this is probably the last and only chance you can have that particular box in your hands when they are retired from shelves.

Let me know in the comments below or on our Facebook Page of what you do with your LEGO boxes.