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Cutaway Style LEGO Sydney Opera House at Brickvention 2014

January 19, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 2 Comments

Currently, there are two official LEGO Sydney Opera House sets, the Architecture set (21012) as well as the Creator set (10234). There is also another model that has been created but it won’t be sold because this is a model of the iconic building created by LEGO Master Model Builders Ryan McNaught and Erik Varszegi. They have created a 75,000 piece cutaway style of the Sydney Opera House and was displayed at Brickvention 2014. This particular model costs about $25,000 and took aroud 300 hours to complete in a period of 38 working days. Ryan had to digitally design the Opera House first because Erik worked out of company headquarters in Enfield, Connecticut. After his section was completed, it had to be carefully transported to Australia.

In the cutaway section, you can see all the intricate details of the building including the stage, the auditorium, as well as the dressing rooms. This piece of work is absolutely incredible and the estimated 20,000 lucky attendees of Brickvention got to take a closeup look at it. Ryan notes, “I’ve always wanted to do the Opera House and it’s been my personal Mount Everest of Lego, it’s been bugging me for years and years because it’s such a difficult shape.” The Sydney Opera House will most likely be used in future promotional tours as well as museum exhibitions. Check out more images of the model below or head over to Ryan’s Flickr to see larger images.

LEGO The Simpsons House (71006) Time Lapse Build

January 18, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 2 Comments

Yesterday, the LEGO The Simpsons House (71006) became available for LEGO VIP members at brand stores as well as on Shop@Home. A fellow reader by the name of Marcel sent me a a time lapse video of him building the house. Since I don’t have the set yet, it’s cool to see how everything came together. I’ll eventually do a review on the set when I get my hands on it but for now, I’ll just watch it being built. Check out the video below. Unfortunately, Marcel is speaking German so I’m not sure what was said at the beginning of the video.

Update: Marcel has emailed me clarifying that he was just explaining you can now buy the set in LEGO Stores as VIP members, how much the set costs, and how many pieces are in the set.

The LEGO Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Preview

January 18, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

A couple of days ago, we reported that The LEGO Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was available for pre-order on Amazon. They have updated their page and you can now preview the all of the tracks. The 28 digital tracks are $7.99 while the physical audio CD is $12.26 with a pre-order price guarantee. The digital soundtrack can be listened on Amazon’s Cloud Player and the app can be downloaded from Google Play, iTunes, and the Amazon MP3 app itself.

1. Everything is Awesome!!! – Tegan and Sara
2. Prologue – Mark Mothersbaugh
3. Emmett’s Morning- Mark Mothersbaugh
4. Emmett Falls in Love – Mark Mothersbaugh
5. Escape – Mark Mothersbaugh
6. Into the Old West – Mark Mothersbaugh
7. Wildstyle Explains – Mark Mothersbaugh
8. Emmett’s Mind- Mark Mothersbaugh
9. The Transformation- Mark Mothersbaugh
10. Saloons and Wagons- Mark Mothersbaugh
11. Batman- Mark Mothersbaugh
12. Middle Zealand – Mark Mothersbaugh
13. Cloud Cuckooland and Ben the Spaceman – Mark Mothersbaugh
14. Emmett’s Speech – Mark Mothersbaugh
15. Submarines and Metal Beard – Mark Mothersbaugh
16. Requiem for Cuckooland – Mark Mothersbaugh
17. Reaching the Kragle – Mark Mothersbaugh
18. Emmett’s Plan – Mark Mothersbaugh
19. The Truth – Mark Mothersbaugh
20. Wyldstyle Leads – Mark Mothersbaugh
21. Let’s Put It All Back – Mark Mothersbaugh
22. I Am a Master Builder – Mark Mothersbaugh
23. My Secret Weapon – Mark Mothersbaugh
24. We Did It! – Mark Mothersbaugh
25. Everything Is AWESOME!!! – Jo Li
26. Everything Is AWESOME!!! (Unplugged)- Shawn Patterson and Sammy Allen… Continue

LEGO Ultra Agents Official Logo Revealed

January 18, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 4 Comments

KockaMania.hu on their Facebook Page has revealed the new LEGO Ultra Agents logo for the line. We’ve already reported on a few of the sets last month but now we get to see the official logo.

Riverside Raid (71060) – 88 pcs – $12
Tremor Track Infiltration (71061) – 241 pcs – $20
Infearno Interception (71602) – 313 pcs – $30
Toxikita’s Toxic Meltdown (71063) – 429 pcs – $40
Hurricane Heist (71064) – 589 pcs – $70
Ultra Agent Mission HQ (71065) – 1048 pcs – $100

The Brick Fan Turn 2 Years Old

January 18, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 12 Comments

Today marks the second year that The Brick Fan has been online. What started out two years as a just a simple hobby has turned into a somewhat of a part-time job for me. Last year, I made a goal to double the traffic that the site had and that was accomplished, more than what I expected. I’m not going to post any stats because they are similar to the ones in last year’s recap and I don’t want to repeat what’s been said already.

First and foremost, thank you to all the readers. This may sound cliche but without you guys, this site would be absolutely nothing. I never imagined that a tiny site like this would have such a following. It may be a small following but I appreciate everyone just taking a little bit of your time and reading what I have put out. All of your positive comments and feedback are what motivates me to keep this site going. I don’t have any plans to stop so let’s see how long we can keep this going.

I also want to thank all the people in the LEGO community that I’ve met or been in contact with last year. I’ve made a lot of new friends and acquaintances and hope to connect with more people this year. To the staff at the Fashion Valley LEGO Store, thanks for letting me hang out there with you guys during my downtime. It’s been cool interacting with everyone there and seeing how the store is … Continue

The LEGO Movie Getaway Glider (70800) Review

January 17, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 2 Comments

Continuing on with our reviews of The LEGO Movie sets, today we have the smallest set from the line, the Getaway Glider (70800). Like the Melting Room, the set retails for $12.99 but it only has 104 pieces which is a no so good $0.12/piece. The box contains two un-numbered bags, a brown horse, one instruction booklet, and a small sticker sheet.

Another X-Men Character Revealed in LEGO Marvel Set 76022

January 17, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Legoevilelmo on Eurobricks is reporting that he has seen another new X-Men in this year’s LEGO Marvel X-Men set and that is Cyclops. They are also reporting that not only will Cyclops be in the set, he will also be piloting the Blackbird. This is in addition to what we’ve reported last week for this particular set. Currently, we now have Cyclops in addition to Magneto, Storm, Wolverine in his brown costume, a Sentinel, as well as the Blackbird. More details as they become available.