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If you couldn’t attend the LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham panel at San Diego Comic Con 2014, you can now watch the panel on YouTube. It is pretty much what I recapped but without the footage and screenshots of the game and the swag. Although you don’t get to see the good stuff, it’s still worthwhile to watch the voice actors of the game as well as Adam West himself. ‘Nuff said.
The official box art for the LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes UCS The Tumbler (76023) has surfaced on Brickfinder’s Facebook Page. The box alone has a wow factor in itself and it looks very cool. The Tumbler will be available for LEGO VIP members on August 18th at LEGO Stores and on Shop@Home
. It will be available for the general public on September 1st.
… ContinueConstruct and display an ultra-sleek LEGO® Super Heroes model of The Tumbler with new front wheels plus new Batman™ and Joker minifigures.
Build the awesome Tumbler from the Batman™ The Dark Knight Trilogy!
Take on the challenge of building The Tumbler, an amazingly cool LEGO® model of the iconic vehicle from the Batman™ The Dark Knight Trilogy. Construct this black armored vehicle highlighted with new color LEGO® elements and brand new LEGO front wheels. Check out the cool, detailed interior and adjustable top wings. Includes 2 new and exclusive minifigures: Batman™ and The Joker.
- Includes 2 minifigures: Batman™ and The Joker
- Features an armored exterior, adjustable top wings, detailed interior and huge rubber-tread racing tires
- Batman™ and The Joker minifigures are new and exclusive to this set!
- Model includes new LEGO® front wheels
- Includes a fact sheet about the Tumbler vehicle used in The Dark Knight Trilogy movies featuring Batman™
- Tumbler measures over 5” (15cm) high, 15” (40cm) long and 9” (24cm) wide
There have been reports that the LEGO Star Wars Imperial Shuttle (30246) polybag has started showing up at Target stores. It has 57 pieces and retails for $3.99 and can be found at the implulse buy section at the checkout aisles. It is pretty much a mini version of the Lambda-class Imperial Shuttle. The polybag may or may not be at your stores yet but it’s worth checking out. Thanks to James and Ben for emailing this in.
Earlier today was the August 2014 Monthly Mini Build at my LEGO Store in Fashion Valley. This month’s build was a Monkey (40101) and as you can see from the picture below, there were lots of families waiting for the event to start. If you were at the store last month for the Surf Van (40100), it was super crazy hectic. Fortunately for this month, the staff had a plan and they tried something different. To deal with the overcrowding issue, kids that were in line today were given the set and they had the opportunity to either build the set inside the store or just take it home. Many chose to leave but there were still a number of kids who wanted to build it, especially with my good friend Genevieve (see below).
On to the Monkey itself, it contains 46 pieces but there weren’t that many rare pieces. You do, however, get an extra whip which is nice. The monkey’s body is kinda awkward and to me it resembles more of E.T.’s body. The head is on a turntable piece so it can spin a full 360 degrees. It’s accessory is a banana.
Overall, the Monkey (40101) is just an okay set. It’s not as cool as last month’s build but it’s nice to have. September’s Monthly Mini Build will be a Racing Plane (40102). I also got to meet a bunch of new fans of the site as well people knew about the site but didn’t know the person behind it, … Continue
There have been a lot of very cool LEGO CUUSOO/Ideas sets that have been available the last few years. One thing that the new Exo Suit (21109)
does not have in common with all the other sets is that it is an original idea and not based on an intellectual property. The newest LEGO Ideas set is the brainchild of Peter Reid and has been highly anticipated since it hit 10,000 supporters last year on LEGO CUUSOO.
When it became available a few days ago, I made sure that I was at my local LEGO Store early to be sure that I would be guaranteed to get one. The set has 321 pieces and retails for $34.99 for a $0.11/piece ratio. The box contains four small unnumbered bags, a loose flex hose and 8×8 grid plate, and the instruction booklet.
While the design phase was happening for the set, Peter assembled a team of AFOLs to discuss how the Exo Suit would be packaged and marketed. What they and LEGO came up with for the box is a work of art in itself. When you look at it, you get somewhat of a nostalgic feel of the Classic Space box art. At the bottom right corner, you are reminded that the Exo Suit is set #007 in the CUUSOO/Ideas line. The back of the box shows an action shot of the Exo Suit with the yellow barrels.
The instructions booklet comes in a matte-like paper which is a little different than the kind of … Continue
LEGO has updated their Hobbit minisite with one of the new sets that will be coming out in a few months, The Lonely Mountain (79018). The set was officially revealed at San Diego Comic Con 2014 and it lists the release date as October 15th. The other sets in the wave will most likely be released on the same date.
The Lonely Mountain has 866 pieces and will retail for $129.99 and the set includes the Smaug figure that many fans have been waiting for. Vesa Lehtimäki (Avanaut) returns with more actions shots of the LEGO The Hobbit sets starting off with this set. Now the wait is on for images of the other sets in this wave.
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment was again kindly enough to send us a review copy of another LEGO TV show, this time it is LEGO Ninjago: Rebooted: Battle for New Ninjago City Season Three Part One. The DVD includes the first four episodes of Season Three and the story continues off the previous one where the Ninjas defeated the Overlord. It retails for $14.98 with 98 minutes of total runtime. On the DVD itself, you have Zane featured on the cover art and the insert is for the LEGO Ninjago: Nindroids game that is available on handheld systems.
Victory in the Final Battle between the Gold Ninja and the Overlord has ushered in a new era of peace and begun a technological renaissance. Time has passed and the Ninja have become obsolete in this new hi-tech world. Just when they think all is safe in Ninjago, they’re called back into action when the reclusive inventor Cyrus Borg warns them the Overlord has survived as a digital virus and is trapped within the Digiverse. The Ninja will learn the Overlord seeks to steal Lloyd’s golden power to enable him to escape his digital prison and reign as the great prophesized destructor, “The Golden Master.”
And to aid his villainous plot, he’s created a new technological menace more powerful than any foe the Ninja have ever faced – Nindroids.
After the Golden Ninja defeated the Overlord, Ninjago City became New Ninjago City with their technological advancements. After they arrive, things may not look as normal … Continue
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