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Today at Toys R Us stores, there was a LEGO Star Wars building event where kids can build a X-Wing and a TIE Fighter but it was nothing too spectacular. The X-Wing is the exact same one we got in the 2011 Advent Calendar (7958) and the TIE Fighter is a little bit different. Below are the instructions if you want to build your own. Thanks to John and Charlie for emailing in the instructions.
So it’s been a few days since I got back from Philly Brick Fest 2014 and I finally have some time to show off what I got on my trip. Throughout the four days, there were games and activities you could do to win some awesome prizes. The first things I got while I was there was a goodie bag filled with treats and the exclusive Ben Franklin minifigure set.
Later after the first day, there was a thing called Bowling for Bricks at Arnold’s Family Fun Center. The first game was sort of a relay where teams had to bowl and build at the same time. One person would bowl and another person would build and the first team to complete the build wins. Unfortunately my team lost that game. The second game was for the highest team score. My team consisted of Chris (Bricks4Chris), Dan (Classy Bricks), Mark, and me. The prize that I got was the LEGO City Auto Transporter (60060) which I had to break down because it wouldn’t fit in my suitcase.
After everyone left the bowling alley, me, Chris, Dan, and Chad had our own little competition for who can bowl the first strike. The prize for this game was the LEGO Racers Race Rig (8162). Somehow I rolled the very first strike but Chris ended up tying me. In the second frame to everyone’s surprise, I rolled another strike while Chris barely missed, hitting 9 out of the 10 pins. I won the cool … Continue
We now have information of the sales that LEGO Stores and Shop@Home will be having during the LEGO Star Wars May the 4th Be With You promotion this weekend from May 3-5. Keep in mind that you will get a FREE Darth Revan minifigure with purchases of $75 or more. You can also get a FREE poster with any LEGO Star Wars purchase. Finally, the new Sandcrawler (75059)
will be available for purchase as well. Below are the sales that will be happening on select LEGO Star Wars items:
The next contest is up for The LEGO Movie: The Emmet Awards called The Dedicated to Ma & Pa Cop Contest. Build something for your parents or guardians to show how much you appreciate them. Upload your image(s) and see if yours get chosen as a finalist.
This family oriented contest asks you to create something special for your parents out of LEGO bricks that they can use and enjoy. Do not forget to include a heart somewhere in your photo!
The winner for this month will get a full line of The LEGO Movie sets minus the exclusive sets and is entered in the finals.
70800 – Getaway Glider
70801 – Melting Room
70802 – Bad Cop’s Pursuit
70803 – Cloud Cuckoo Palace
70804 – Ice Cream Machine
70805 – Trash Chomper
70806 – Castle Calvary
70807 – MetalBeard’s Duel
70808 – Super Cycle Chase
70809 – Lord Business’ Evil Lair
There is a new video from the web series How It Should Have Ended in conjunction with Brotherhood Workshop which features The LEGO Movie. Superman and Batman are at a restaurant and Superman discusses why he and other Super Heroes and Master Builders were taken out so easily. He notes that he should have broken out of the gum and used his powers to defeat the worker drone army and save the day. Check out the hilarious video below with a cameo by Green Lantern.
Brent Waller has recently received his copy of the official LEGO Ghostbusters Ecto-1 (21108) set and he has uploaded images comparing his LEGO CUUSOO/Ideas project to the official set designed by Marcos Bessa. As we mentioned yesterday the Ecto-1 will be available on June 1st for $49.99. We can now see the official packaging of the set which looks freaking amazing and no longer has the LEGO CUUSOO branding. The back of the box shows the car as well as Ray, Peter, and Winston crossing the streams of their particle beams. The back of the box also commemorates the 30th anniversary of the movie. Check out the images of the original project submission (left) and official set (right) below.
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Last year, we were introduced to the LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles which was a four part animated series on Cartoon Network. We were also introduced to a new character named Jek-14 who as a Force-sensitive Sith clone created by Count Dooku.
There is now a new Disney series that is renamed to LEGO Star Wars: The New Yoda Chronicles which is set to air this Saturday on Disney Channel at 9pm ET/PT and Sunday on Disney XD at 7pm ET/PT. Watch Disney XD users will get a first look at the episode tomorrow, Friday May 2nd. The New Yoda Chronicles has the same kind humor as previous LEGO Star Wars shows. The first episode is titled “Escape from the Jedi Temple.”
As seen in the trailer, the Emperor debuts his new theme — “The Imperial March” — and doesn’t react well at its lukewarm reception. Han, Chewie, Luke, Leia, Yoda, and the entire gang (including a blaster-toting C-3PO) are back, ready to take on Darth Vader and the Empire.
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