LEGO News, LEGO Reviews, and Discussions
If you’re still searching for the elusive LEGO Ideas Exo Suit (21109), you may be glad to know that Target has them on their website. They are only available for purchase online for $39.99 which is $5 more than the LEGO retail price. If you’re a REDcard member, you’ll also get free shipping as well. Until LEGO Stores or Shop@Home gets more in stock, it seems that Target is the only retailer currently to have the Exo Suit (21109) below $40.
There are a couple of new LEGO books coming out from No Starch Press in the next few months which I look forward to reviewing.
Art of the Brick is a book that showcases the work of Nathan Sawaya including going behind-the-scenes to see how he has made the creations. Nathan is a world-renowned artist and The Art of the Brick takes us into how he uses LEGO bricks as an art form.
Steampunk LEGO by Guy Himber is a book that I am very interested in reading. This book will showcase a number LEGO artists who has created Steampunk-type builds from cities to pirate ships to robots.
The LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Idea Book takes a look a many different ways to build mechanisms with LEGO MINDSTORMES EV3 (31313). Each build will have a list of parts needed and colorful photos so you can easily build it yourself.
Beautiful LEGO 2: Dark by Mike Doyle continues off where the first Beautiful LEGO
LEGO has finally revealed what their big announcement was and it is indeed LEGO BIONICLE will be back in 2015. They’ve posted a video of the Mask of Creation which we already reported on last week so it wasn’t really a big secret considering LEGO accidentally spoiled it earlier this week.
LEGO BIONICLE makes their triumphant return after it was originally discountinued back in 2010 and being replaced by LEGO Hero Factory. BIONICLE was a very popular theme and was one of the themes that brought LEGO back from near bankruptcy (Brick by Brick: How LEGO Rewrote the Rules of Innovation and Conquered the Global Toy Industry).
There’s no doubt that many fans are happy are that this theme is returning next year. BZPower is also reporting that LEGO will be revealing the information about the sets at New York Comic Con on October 9th as well as on social media so stay tuned for that. We already know the set names so they’ll probably reveal some of them at NYCC.
Protector of Jungle (70778)
Protector of Stone (70779)
Protector of Water (70780)
Protector of Land (70781)
Protector of Ice (70782)
Protector of Fire (70783)
Lewa Master of Jungle (70784)
Pohatu Master of Stone (70785)
Gali Master of Water (70786)
Tahu Master of Fire (70787)
Kopaka Master of Ice (70788)
Onua Master of Earth (70789)
Lord of Skull Spiders (70790)
What are your guys’ thoughts on LEGO BIONICLE returning in 2015?
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LEGO Classic Space fans, this may be something that you may want to add to your collection. Geeky Jerseys has a pretty sweet looking hockey-style jersey which features the Classic Space logo across the chest. The back has a Galaxy Explorer patch with the word Spaceman name. The arms also has a couple of patches as well.
As with many of their products, Geeky Jerseys are only available for a limited time and they rotate out depending on the demand for them. They are made from scratch so you’ll know that you’ll be getting a high quality product. If you’re interested in the LEGO Classic Space Galaxy Explorers jersey, head over to their site and enter your email to be notified when they will be available.
Update: The jersey is now available on the site. There are a number of sizes to choose from and you can choose your name and number.
The official images of the LEGO Creator Seasonal Elves’ Workshop (40106) are now available. The exclusive holiday set will be available for free with purchases of $99 or more at LEGO Stores and on Shop@Home. This is also the first of two Holiday sets that LEGO will be giving away this year with the second set being available in the month of November which will be a Winter Skating Scene.
The Elves’ Workshop (40106) includes the workshop that the Elves use to create toys for the children. Some toys that they have created include a train, a bulldozer, a nutcracker, and a couple of presents.
**Via Brickset**
I’ve been informed that the LEGO Legends of Chima Worriz’ Fire Bike (30265) polybag is now available at Target stores in the checkout aisle areas. This the same polybag that LEGO is giving out with purchases with $50 or more on Shop@Home, which has been extended to probably until the end of the month. There was no pricing given but I assume it is $3.99 each. Thanks to everyone who emailed in about the polybag.
We’ve recently received a new book to review from No Starch Press called The LEGO Neighborhood Book: Build Your Own Town! by Brian and Jason Lyles. Brian runs Brick City Depot where he publishes instructions for LEGO modular buildings and if it sounds familiar, you’ve probably seen an ad to their site on our right sidebar beneath the categories.
No Starch Press is known for their AFOL-centric books such as LEGO Space: Building the Future and The Art of LEGO Design which we’ve also reviewed before. The LEGO Neighborhood Book is geared towards people who build LEGO cities with modular buildings. It contains 204 pages and retails for $19.95 but you can get it cheaper at various retailers like Amazon
Since the highly popular LEGO Modular buildings were released back in 2007 with the Cafe Corner (10182) which have continued with eight more Modular sets, LEGO fans have been creating their own MOCs of the buildings to grow their city The LEGO Neighborhood Book is basically split into two halves. The first half of the book contains six chapters and it takes a look at some of the foundations of what a modular building consists of.
The first chapter gives you an introduction to the standards of a modular building like the base size and the depth and height. This is what the authors call the “Cafe Corner” … Continue
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