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LEGO The Hobbit The Lonely Mountain (79018) to Launch October 15th

August 3, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 1 Comment

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.

LEGO Ninjago: Rebooted: Battle for New Ninjago City DVD Review

August 3, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

LEGO Ninjago: Rebooted: Battle for New Ninjago City Season Three Part One

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.

Episode 27: The Surge

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

Marvel Guardians of the Galaxy Movie Poster in LEGO Form

August 2, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Guardians of the Galaxy

This week marks the premiere of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy in theaters. The celebrate the movie E! Online has revealed an image of the movie poster in LEGO form. I watched it yesterday and it was awesome especially the part where Thanos shows up. I got that tingly feeling and am very excited for the upcoming movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe leading up to the battle against Thanos. That is still a few years away but in the meantime, the Avengers still have Ultron to deal with next year. Now if I can just have enough time to build the GotG sets…

LEGO Space: Building the Future Book Review

August 2, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

I recently received a copy of LEGO Space: Building the Future by Peter Reid and Tim Goddard from No Starch Press. Over the past week, I had a chance to read it and I literally couldn’t put it down. Although I don’t know Peter and Tim personally, I’ve been familiar with their contributions to the LEGO community including Peter’s recently released LEGO Ideas Exo Suit (21109). LEGO Space: Building the Future is a very nice hard cover book that consists of 216 fully illustrated pages which retails for $24.95.

LEGO Space: Building the Future is not your ordinary book that showcases just models of spaceships but it is a story that pays tribute to many of the LEGO Space themes like Classic Space, Blacktron, Ice Planet, and Space Police with a wide variety of different kinds of builds. The book is written in past tense as if was a history of events that happened from the early days of space exploration to the colonization of the moon to reaching first contact with another species and beyond. All the themes mentioned above and are nicely represented and their roles are thoroughly explained throughout the book.

The first part of the book begins with an overview of actual space travel from the launch of Russia’s Sputnik, to Neil Armstrong landing and stepping on the moon, to the NASA Curiosity Rover exploring Mars. During this chapter, there are some LEGO builds to represent these events.

Not only are you just reading the story, you can also build … Continue

LEGO September 2014 Store Calendar Promos & Events

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

Today is the start of August and that means that the September 2014 LEGO Store Calendar is now available. This also means that there are some new promos that will be going on at the LEGO Stores and on Shop@Home. The biggest thing that will be happening is the FREE exclusive Classic Spaceman Minifigure for VIP members with purchases of $99 or more from September 1-14. We first revealed this little set back in June and was hoping that it would show up in the States later this year.

The other promo is the continuation of the FREE LEGO Legends of Chima Worriz’ Fire Bike (30265) with purchases of $50 or more until September 14th.

The FREE Monly Mini Model is a small Racing Plane.

The DC Comics Super Heroes The Tumbler (76023) will be available for the general public on September 1st while VIP members get it starting August 18th.

From September 17-30, LEGO VIP members again get early access to a new exclusive LEGO holiday set. This set will probably be the 2014 LEGO Winter Village Santa’s Workshop (10245). The set should be revealed very soon, hopefully at BrickFair VA this weekend.

On September 14 & 21, there will be a LEGO Fusion Demonstration Day at the stores.

FInally on September 27th, the LEGO Club Meeting will be City-themed and the t-shirt will feature a polar bear from the Arctic sets.

Overall, September is an okay month with the big promo for the Classic Spaceman Minifigure set for VIPs. It looks like I’ll … Continue

LEGO Jurassic World Sets Confirmed by Chris Pratt?

August 1, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 7 Comments

As I was coming out from seeing Guardians of the Galaxy, I came across a very interesting post by Brick Fanatics. Since there was no information from Legendary Pictures at San Diego Comic Con 2014 for Jurassic World, this is probably one of the biggest info for the movie.

Chris Pratt, who portrays Star-Lord in GotG, was in an interview with The Empire Film Podcast and he dropped a big secret about Jurassic World but not what you expected. He has confirmed that there will be LEGO sets based on Jurassic World! In the podcast, he mentions that there will be at least one set with his character Owen from the movie. At 1:11:00 of the podcast, Pratt mentions, “I have approved and seen the look for my character Owen in the Jurassic Park, the Jurassic Park LEGO.”

This is awesome news for people who are fans of the Jurassic Park franchise, like me. For people who missed out on the LEGO Dino sets from a few years ago, these new LEGO Jurassic World sets gives us an opportunity to get more dinosaur figures. The movie has a release date of June 12, 2015. What are your thoughts on this revelation?

Update: After doing some research, another building blocks company has the license for Jurassic Park sets. I’m not sure if Chris was confused by that or if indeed LEGO will have sets based on the movie. Considering that he played the main character in The LEGO Movie, he should know the difference between LEGO … Continue

Chris McVeigh’s Mini Spaceship Instructions Now Available

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

You’ve probably seen Chris McVeigh’s miniature version of Benny’s Spaceship above. He has now provided the instructions for the build for free on his website. Head over to the “Sci-Fi & More” section of his building guides and you can download the instructions in PDF format along with many other building guides. If you have the pieces, you can display it next to the regular version of the 70816 ship. Be sure to follow his Facebook Page for more cool photography and notifications on when he releases new building guides.