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San Diego Comic Con 2014 LEGO Store Community Window

July 12, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 2 Comments

Fashion Valley LEGO Store Community Window

San Diego Comic Con 2014 is upon us and my LEGO Store in Fashion Valley has gotten into the mood as well with their latest community window change out. This month’s window is centered towards the geekiness that is Comic Con with contributions by fellow SandLUG members Jason and Mariann. Jason, known for his CubeDudes creations, has built a number of pop culture characters from different TV series and movies including Batman: The Animated Series, Doctor Who, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Avengers, and Star Wars. If you look closely, you can also see Baymax from the upcoming Walt Disney animated movie, Big Hero 6. As you can see, he has done an amazing job on all the characters and it shows with a bit of imagination and creativity, you can build almost anything.

Mariann’s contribution to the window is her mosaic portrait of Doctor Who’s 11th Doctor, Matt Smith. In this type of mosaic, she is able to capture the portrait using the sides of the LEGO elements rather than the traditional studs up method of creating a mosaic. You can check out how Mariann created the portrait on her Flickr where she shows a blueprint of the complicated process. I’ve seen images of the mosaic before but to see it in person makes it even cooler.

If you’re going to be here for SDCC 2014, I highly recommend checking out the community window at the LEGO Store here in Fashion Valley Mall. You can easily take the trolley from the convention center … Continue

World War B Takes Over LEGO

July 11, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Adult Swim on YouTube has posted a very funny LEGO stop-motion video from Robot Chicken called World War B showing what would go on if off-brand blocks, who have a taste for LEGO blood, took over the world. The video makes fun of a number of building block brands and was inspired by what went on in the movie World War Z. Take a couple of minutes and watch this humorous video. There’s no mentioning of who did the animation but they did an awesome job on it. View discretion is advised.

Update: I’ve been informed that the animation was created by Stoopid Buddy Stoodios.

**Via The Brothers Brick**

Exclusive LEGO Signing at San Diego Comic Con 2014

July 11, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

In more LEGO news for San Diego Comic Con 2014, there will be some sort of exclusive signing at the LEGO booth (#2829) in the exhibit hall. There’s still no information about what kind of signing it will be or what day(s) it will be. We’ll update this post as soon as we get further information about it. Stay tuned for more LEGO updates of SDCC 2014 news in the coming days as more details is slowly revealed everyday.

**Via SDCC Unofficial Blog**

LEGO Cartoon Network Panels at San Diego Comic Con 2014

July 11, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Cartoon Network has announced their schedule for San Diego Comic Con 2014 and there will be a couple of panels for their LEGO TV shows. Currently, both panels will be held on Sunday, July 27th. Meet the minds behind the two shows and get a behind-the-scenes look on the development of the shows as well as the toys. Depending on our schedule, we’ll be trying to attend both panels to bring you coverage.

LEGO Legends of Chima

10:00am – 11:00am
Room 25ABC

Brian Bowler (Brand Marketing Director, The LEGO Group) will take you on an exclusive, inside look at the development of LEGO Legends of CHIMA with Tommy Andreasen (Senior Creative Manager, The LEGO Group), John Derevlany (Writer, The LEGO Group), and Samuel Johnson (Senior Product Designer, The LEGO Group). Hear how the TV series and toys came to life, with the team behind the theme!

LEGO Ninjago

2:45pm – 3:45pm
Room 5AB

Join the LEGO Ninjago team to hear about the development of the LEGO: Ninjago TV show and toys. Tommy Andreasen (Senior Creative Manager, The LEGO Group), Dan Hageman (Writer, Ninjago TV Series), Kevin Hageman (Writer, Ninjago TV Series), and Simon Lucas (Product Designer Manager, The LEGO Group) will discuss the behind-the-scenes development of the LEGO Ninjago product line and TV series, with Brian Bowler (Brand Marketing Director, The LEGO Group) moderating the panel.

LEGO Mobile Suit Gundam by Orion Pax

July 11, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

As a fan of LEGO and Mobile Suit Gundam, Alex Jones, aka Orion Pax, has hit the spot with his creation of of the Mobile Suit Gundam RX-78-2. During Alex’s trip to Taipei this year, he caught Gundam fever along with millions of us. The RX-78-2 is one of the most recognizable mobile suits in the series and this LEGO version of it is absolutely remarkable.

Alex has also created a number of accessories to go along with with the suit including a “beam” saber, the RX*M-Sh-008/S-01025 shield, and even a hanger bay for it. All the details are so realistic that you wouldn’t think that they’re made out of LEGO. Head over to Alex’s website to see more images of his creation.

LEGO The Hobbit Smaug Teaser

July 11, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 2 Comments

LEGO earlier on their Facebook Page posted an image of a code 4FYKKB for the LEGO The Hobbit video game to unlock Narzug. This code has been out for a while now but the interesting thing is there is also a glimpse of a physical version of LEGO Smaug’s wing, tail, and feet. According to some reports, Smaug would be in set 79018 where it depicts the final scenes from the Desolation of Smaug and Brickipedia has him in a set called “King Under the Mountain.”

There’s still no definite news at this time of this wave of The Hobbit sets outside of online retailers having placeholders. This is just early speculation but I can venture a guess that Smaug will look somewhat similar to the dragon from the LEGO Castle Dragon Mountain (70403) but with a repaint. Hopefully we get some news on these new Hobbit sets soon and if so, they’ll probably be released later this year/early next year.

LEGO Ideas Ghostbusters Ecto-1 (21108) Giveaway

July 10, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

I guess this is what many of you have been waiting for. Since we hit 3,000 likes on our Facebook Page, we are doing a giveaway for a brand new, unopened LEGO Ideas Ghostbusters Ecto-1 (21108) sponsored by me. I would like to thank all the supporters of The Brick Fan by giving something back to fans of the site. It means a lot to me that many of you readers appreciate the information I put out. The contest will run for a month and I’ll be randomly choosing a winner shortly after. For this contest, we’ll be trying out Gleam to run the competition since I’ve heard pretty good things about it.

The Ghostbusters Ecto-1 (21108) is the latest LEGO Ideas set that was released and it is an awesome representation of the Ecto-1 from the movies. Now here’s your chance to win this really cool set! It’s completely free to enter and this time, anyone worldwide is eligible to enter. The giveaway contest will run for a month and will end at midnight, August 9th. There are a number of different ways you can enter and there’s even free daily entries so you can come back each day and get another entry. After the contest ends, I’ll announce the winner on our Facebook Page, so make sure you click “Get Notifications” to get all of our updates. You’ll have 24 hours to respond to my message on Facebook and there, I’ll get your shipping details.

Good luck to everyone who enters and … Continue