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LEGO Seasonal Halloween Bat (40090) Review

September 1, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

A few days ago, we reported that a new LEGO Seasonal set would be appearing in stores for the upcoming Halloween season, the Halloween Bat (40090). Like with the previous holiday sets from earlier this year like the Valentine’s Day Teddy Bear (40085) and the Easter Bunny (40086), LEGO has released these cute little creatures to mark the particular occasion. This set contains 156 pieces and retails for $9.99 for a very nice $0.06/piece.

The box contains two un-numbered bags and a small instructions booklet. The Halloween Bat is pretty easy to build with some typical building techniques. On the back of the instructions booklet, you can also see the Seasonal Thanksgiving Turkey (40091) set that should be coming out in a month or so.

There is some articulation in the wings and the feet. The wings have a nice folding effect that allows it to hold the included brick-built pumpkin if it so desires.

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Throughout this year, I’ve really like these little seasonal sets and the Halloween Bat (40090) isn’t an exception. It’s a nice addition to my current cast of seasonal characters. The set is now available at various LEGO Brand Stores as well as on Shop@Home but the once in stores sometimes sell out pretty fast.

On a side note, I did see a couple of the Easter Bunny sets on clearance today at my LEGO Store in Fashion Valley so if you’re still looking for one, you can now get it cheaper than the normal retail price.

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LEGO Ninjago Music Video Contest

September 1, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

If you’ve ever wanted to be in an official music video, you may have your chance now. The Fold, who plays the various LEGO Ninjago theme songs, is giving fans an opportunity to be in their latest video called “Spinnin’ Out in Color” which comes out this Friday, September 5th.

All you have to do is to make a short video clip of yourself wearing a plain colored t-shirt of your favorite ninja while spinning. Record yourself or have someone record you using a digital camera or smartphone and upload to YouTube or another video hosting site. Send the URL of the video clip to [email protected] with the words “My Video” in the subject line. The deadline to enter is this Wednesday, September 3rd. Check out the announcement video below.

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LEGO Classic Spaceman Minifigure (5002812) Promo Review

September 1, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 5 Comments

Today starts the month of September and that means we finally get the LEGO Classic Spaceman Minifigure (5002812) promotion that the Europeans had a few months ago. In recent months, it appears that LEGO has been focusing more on classic Space sets like the Exo Suit (21109) and Benny’s Spaceship (70816) and this little promo set just adds to it. The set contains 19 pieces and is free with purchases of $99 or more.

Box

Unlike other LEGO promotions, the box for the Classic Space Minifigure is made of a matte-like packaging material with a stud design all around. On either side of the box, there is a classic LEGO Systems logo which has a cool nostalgic feel to it.

The box opens up by sliding out the tray from the right side which shows the contents of the set: an instruction booklet and sealed bag of pieces. The tray itself also has the Classic Space logo.

Instructions Booklet

The actual instructions in the booklet are just two pages to show how to put together the spaceman and the robot. The rest of the pages is a timeline from the last 38 years of LEGO Space sets as well as some of the Space minifigures. A majority of the Space-themed sets have been well represented on the timeline.

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LEGO Collectible Minifigures Series 12 (71007) Box Distribution

September 1, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 1 Comment

WhiteFang at Eurobricks has posted his review of the Series 12 LEGO Collectible Minifigures (71007) and as usual, he has done a fantastic job on the details including the distribution of each minifigure in a full box.

LEGO has finally gone back to three complete sets of 16 minifigures per box which means that it’s a little easier to find every one.

3 Genie Girls
3 Spooky Girls
3 Hun Warriors
3 Fairytale Princesses
4 Wizards
3 Lifeguards
3 Prospectors
3 Jesters
4 Battle Goddesses
4 Dino Trackers
4 Piggy Guys
4 Pizza Delivery Guys
4 Rock Stars
5 Video Game Guys
5 Space Miners
5 Swashbucklers

I’ll be doing my own review once I am able to collect every minifigure. If you’re trying to collect them, I’m going to be at the Fashion Valley LEGO Store on when they open to feel through the packets so if you have some time, feel free to swing by and I can probably help you out.

LEGO Collectible Minifigures Series 12 (71007) will be available at LEGO Stores on October 1st and probably a little earlier at some retails such Toys R Us, Walmart, and Target. Again, they will retail for $3.99 each.

LEGO September 2014 Products and Promotions Now Available

September 1, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

September is here and that means there are new products and promotions going on at LEGO Stores and on Shop@Home. First is the LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes The Tumbler (76023) is now available. Over on Shop@Home, they are currently out of stock but as of this writing, they are expected to ship by September 8th.

Also, the LEGO Star Wars (75056), LEGO City (60063), and LEGO Friends (41040) 2014 Advent Calendars are now available.

One of the cool promotions is the free exclusive LEGO Creator Classic Spaceman Minifigure set (5002812) with purchases of $99 or more. The offer is valid from September 1-14, while supplies last.

The other free promo is the LEGO Legends of Chima Worriz’ Fire Bike (30265) with purchases of $50 or more. This offer is a continuation from August until September 14, while supplies last.

Finally from September 17-30, LEGO VIP Members will get early access to the LEGO Creator Santa’s Workshop (10245).

LEGO Ideas The Hubble Space Telescope Achieves 10,000 Supporters

August 31, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

The Hubble Space Telescope by GRusso is the latest project to get 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. It barely made the deadline to reach the Second Review Stage for 2014. With the recent popularity of science-type projects for LEGO fans such as the Research Institute, it’s cool to see another project join the ranks of projects to achieve 10,000 supporters.

It now joins the Assault on Wayne Manor, Invisible Hand, X-Men: X-Mansion, LEGO Lightsabers, UCS All Terrain Armoured Transport, WALL•E, and The Ghostbusters Firehouse Headquarters as the projects that will be reviewed by the LEGO Jury.

Also, the results of the first 2014 LEGO Review Stage should be coming very soon so we’ll get to see if either the LEGO Bird Project, Modular Apple Store, BTTF – Jules Verne Train, Doctor Who, The Big Bang Theory, or Doctor Who and Companions will become an official LEGO set.

Congratulations to GRusso for this achievement!

LEGO October 2014 Store Calendar Promos & Events

August 31, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

September isn’t even here yet but LEGO already has the October 2014 Store Calendar available and there are some cool promotions that you may want to know about. As we reported before, the biggest thing happening is the return of Double VIP Points. During the whole month of October, you can earn $5 for every $50 you spend.

The next promotion is the Free Exclusive Holiday Set (40106) with purchases of $99 or more. The first of two holiday set this year features two elf minifigures in a workshop. It’ll go great with the LEGO Creator Winter Village Santa’s Workshop (10245) which will be from September 17-30 for VIP members or October 1 for the general public. November will have set 2/2 and it will be a Winter Skating Scene.

LEGO October 2014 Store Calendar - Holiday Set

Other notable things on the October 2014 Store Calendar includes:

LEGO Collectible Minifigures Series 12 (71007) will be available on October 1st.
On October 6th, LEGO will be revealing the next exclusvie set. Speculation is that it will be the LEGO Star Wars UCS Slave I or the LEGO Creator Detective Agency Modular which we reported on yesterday.
The Monthly Mini Model Build is a Frankenstein which is a fan-created model.
Starting on October 6th, there will be a LEGO City Racing Event at the LEGO Store.
The LEGO Club Meeting on October 18 and 25 is a LEGO Star Wars one and the t-shirt features a Sandtrooper on a dewback.
From October 20-26, there is a LEGO Friends Jungle Animal search and find at the

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