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ThinkGeek Build-On Brick Shot Glasses Now Available

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

Last year, we did a review of the ThinkGeek Build-On Brick Mug which turned out to be a pretty decent mug. Continuing with the theme of brick beverage holders, ThinkGeek has released a new item to the list, the Build-On Brick Shot Glass. This novelty item goes for $19.99 and consists of a set of four 1 1/2oz. shot glasses that come in blue, yellow, white, and red. Similar to the mug, the exterior has studs that you can build on using LEGO bricks or any other brands of construction bricks. Why not have some fun at your next LEGO get-together and have some shots while building.

LEGO Star Wars: The Dark Side Exclusive Minifigure Revealed

May 10, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 1 Comment

There is now information of the exclusive minifigure that is in the new book by DK Publishing, LEGO Star Wars: The Dark Side. Over on the forums of Imperium der Steine, a user by the name of marc.hb has revealed that the minifigure included with the book will be Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidious which was seen in an image of the German cover of the book. Although there is no images yet of the minifigure, there was an image a few months back on Eurobricks of a new torso for Palatine which is very similiar to the one seen in Episode 3 of the Microfighters video (see below). You can also see that the torso has tan hands. Will we also get those hands with the minifigure in the book? We’ll have to see when DK reveals the minifigure. So it looks like we’ll be seeing a new Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidious LEGO minifigure. How do you guys feel about that?

LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary: Updated and Expanded Book Tour

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

The LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary: Updated and Expanded national book tour with co-author of the book, Jason Fry, is going on right now and the first event of the tour was held at Philly Brick Fest a few weeks ago. Yesterday, I had the chance to attend the one here locally in San Diego.

This leg of the book tour was held at the Carlsbad City Library and the turnout was pretty good. There were activities that children could do such as coloring pages and watching animated Star Wars movies. There were also people dressed up as various Star Wars characters so kids can take a picture with them. The main attraction at the event was in the auditorium where Jason talked about the book and had a Star Wars trivia game. Kids who answered correctly were given a limited edition Jason Fry trading card. At the end of the presentation, Jason had a book signing where I had my book signed by him. If you followed my social media sites, you would’ve seen that I posted a picture a few weeks ago of an exclusive print that was also signed at PBF.

Overall, it was a pretty cool event and it was great meeting Jason again. The book tour will last until the end of the month so check out the schedule to see where Jason will be at next. You can also read my review of The Visual Dictionary here.

Got Jason Fry to sign the new #LEGO #StarWars Visual Dictionary. Great to have met him again.

More LEGO Ideas Migration Details

May 9, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Tim Courtney has updated the LEGO Ideas blog with more migration details when LEGO CUUSOO moved to LEGO Ideas. He has included some cool facts and statistics of the amount of data that was moved to LEGO Ideas. In the three years that CUUSOO was active, there was about 6.3GB of data and about 400,000 images that needed to be migrated over. Tim also provided the following stats:

578,668 User Profiles
283,008 Avatars
60,173 Projects (including drafts)
227,768 Comments
283,903 Comment “Likes”
1,438,537 Supports for Projects

The post also answered some common questions that people had of the changes to LEGO Ideas. Since websites are always evolving, LEGO Ideas is built using a responsive design which means that the site will resize automatically whether you’re on desktop, tablet, or mobile phone.

As we mentioned before, projects now have a year to reach 10,000 supporters. This is to, as Tim states, “create urgency, enthusiasm, and raise the bar to be considered as a potential LEGO product.” This point of emphasis encourages people to reach out to others to help promote their project.

A big change to LEGO Ideas is that projects can no longer be edited, only updated. Before on CUUSOO, you could edit the project endlessly and sometimes to the point where the end project would be totally different from the original idea. The project also kept all the supporters so it made the original supporters confused on which project they were supporting.

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LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary: Updated and Expanded Review

May 8, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Back in 2009, DK Books released the LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary by Simon Beecroft. The book comprised of images and facts of LEGO Star Wars sets up to that point. It’s been five years since that book has been published and many more sets have been released since then. This year marks the 15th Anniversary of the LEGO Star Wars theme and what a better time to release a new edition of the book aptly called the LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary: Updated and Expanded. The book retails for $21.99 and contains 144 pages. Simon Beecroft returns as the author of the Visual Dictionary and Jason Fry joins as the co-author.

LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary: Updated and Expanded

Cover

Like all other LEGO DK reference-type books, the Visual Dictionary is hardcover and has a holographic shine on the front and back of the book. It now features the iconic bounty hunter, Boba Fett, who replaces Darth Vader who graced the cover in the previous book. The lower right-hand corner has a window that shows the exclusive minifigure of the book, Luke Skywalker.

Minifigure

To commemorate the 15th Anniversary of the LEGO Star Wars theme, DK went back to its roots and has included the yellow skinned Luke Skywalker minifigure. This version of Luke pays homage to the one that was in the Landspeeder from back in 1999. Although there are similarities between the two, this new Luke has updated printing on the torso and legs. The back also has printing which the original version did not have. There’s been … Continue

New LEGO Star Wars Summer 2014 Set Found

May 8, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 1 Comment

The summer wave of LEGO Star Wars sets are starting to hit shelves early and there’s a new report on Hoth Bricks of a store exclusive set will also be released this summer with the set number 75058. There is an image from the instructions of the new Mos Eisley Cantina (75052) featuring six minifigures including Obi-Wan Kenobi, Qui-Gon Jinn, a Naboo Royal Security Guard, a Battle Droid Pilot, a Battle Droid, and a PK-4 Worker Droid.

From the looks of it, the set will be centered around Naboo. The PK-4 was in a cut scene from Episode I where it was stationed aboard the Saak’ak before the Invasion of Naboo so the set could be themed around that. Official images of the set are not available at this time since it is a retailer exclusive. There are many possibilities of what the set could be so what are your thoughts about it?

LEGO Fall 2014 DK Books List

May 7, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 1 Comment

Coming off our report of the new LEGO Star Wars: The Dark Side book from DK Publishing, the DK Fall 2014 Trade Catalog is now available and there are some other notable LEGO DK books that will be coming out this fall. One of these new books is the LEGO Architecture: The Visual Guide. This book contains a whopping 232 pages of information about all the LEGO Architecture sets and the real life buildings that inspired them. Read more about the book below. This looks to be a very nice coffee table book to have and I’m very excited for this one. The Visual Guide is available for pre-order on Amazon and will be available on August 18th.

Created in close collaboration with The LEGO Group and Adam Reed Tucker, LEGO® Architecture visionary, LEGO Architecture: The Visual Guide takes a deep look at the artists, builders, and inspiration behind the LEGO Architecture series. Beautifully illustrated and annotated, this visual guide allows you to explore the LEGO team’s creative process in building and understand how LEGO artists translated such iconic buildings into these buildable LEGO sets.

Stunning images and in-depth exploration of the real buildings like the Guggenheim™ or the Empire State Building, on which the LEGO Architecture series is based, provide you with a comprehensive look at the creation of these intricate sets. Learn why the LEGO team chose certain pieces and what particular challenges they faced. Read about the inspiration behind the creative processes and what designing and building techniques were used on various sets.

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