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LEGO CUUSOO Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover Next Official Set

June 14, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

The results of the Fall LEGO Review has been announced and the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover by Perijove will be the next offical LEGO CUUSOO set. On November 25, 2011, NASA sent the rover to Mars to study the planet. Perijove is a mechanical engineer that worked on the actual Curiosity Rover at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He created the CUUSOO set to further the educational outreach of the Rover’s mission to the Red Planet.

The Curiosity Rover went up against the UCS Sandcrawler by mb_bricks and Thinking with Portals! by Brickthing and Team Jigsaw. The product development is still in progress so there’s no pricing or availability as of this time however, Joe Meno from BrickJoural is at Brickworld Chicago 2013 and he notes that the set will be available in January 2014. The Curiosity Rover will be the fifth official LEGO CUUSOO set.

For Portal fans, The LEGO Jury is still looking into the possibility of also releasing the set. This is the first time that LEGO CUUSOO may release two sets from the same seasonal review session. There’s no decision yet on if Thinking with Portals will pass the review or not.

Results of the Fall 2012 LEGO® Review

We’re excited to share the results of the Fall LEGO® Review. In September, three LEGO CUUSOO projects entered the second quarterly review period for projects that successfully reach 10,000 supporters. These three projects—the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover, UCS Sandcrawler™, and Thinking with Portals!™—have been being considered for production by the LEGO Review

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LEGO The Lord of the Rings Father’s Day Challenge

June 14, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 2 Comments

LEGO is having a new building contest called the LEGO The Lord of the Rings Father’s Day Challenge. The objective is to build your favorite scene from the Lord of the Rings movies with your dad. Take a picture and submit it to the gallery and you are entered to win some great prizes. Judges will base the scene on the following criteria: creativity 40%, originality 30%, and chosen The Lord of the Rings theme 30%. You will need a valid LEGO ID to enter. The contest ends at 11:59:59 PM EDT on July 31st, 2013.

Looking at the rules for the contest, you have to create a scene from the Lord of the Rings and not from The Hobbit movie but that doesn’t mean that you can’t use parts from the Hobbit sets to make the LOTR scene.

1 Grand Prize – Exclusive 19″ brick model of Gandalf designed by a LEGO Master Builder. Approximate retail value: $2,000.00 USD

10 Runner Up Prizes – Entire assortment of LEGO Lord of the Rings sets signed by LEGO designers. Approximate retail value: $400.00 USD

LEGO Castle Forest Ambush (70400) Review

June 13, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

When I first heard of the possible return of LEGO Castle sets late last year, I was very excited. Since I didn’t come back to LEGO until the Kingdoms line was on their way out and didn’t have a chance to get the older Castle sets from the 80’s and 90’s. Here we have the first set of the 2013 Castle sets, the Forest Ambush (70400). The set contains 90 pieces and retails for $11.99, about $0.13/piece. The contents of the box contains two unnumbered bags, and one instruction booklet.

Star Wars Days Weekend Volunteer T-shirt Revealed

June 12, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

FBTB has revealed that volunteers will be getting a nice looking Yoda Chronicles t-shirt at Star Wars Days this weekend at LEGOLAND California. This is in addition to the Clone Trooper Lieutenant that volunteers will be getting. Be sure to swing by to see the Fan Gallery and all the MOCs that will be displayed. You can also meet members of SanDLUG as well as LUGOLA while you’re there.

LEGO Collectible Minifigures Series 11 Gingerbread Man

June 12, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

After an image showed up yesterday of the Evil Mech, Female Scientist, Yeti, Lady Robot, and Welder from the Series 11 LEGO Collectible Minifigures, there’s now an image of the Gingerbread Man which came from the girls’ UK LEGO Club Magazine. Looks like we’ll be seeing more and more images of the Series 11 minifigures as we get closer to the release in September.

**Via Brickset**

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Video Game E3 Gameplay Footage

June 11, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

GameTrailers has got exclusive demo gameplay footage of LEGO Marvel Super Heroes during E3 2013. In the video, Arthur Parsons, Game Director at TT Games, shows us parts of the Asgard stage as well as the character change screen. From what I can see, there are 21 different characters out of over 100 that are playable including Iron Man Mark I, Deadpool, Magneto, and Venom. The Human Torch can even do his “Flame On” move if you like. Each of the playable characters will be able to do their own abilities so you can get the whole Marvel experience out of the game.

It was also announced that LEGO Marvel Super Heroes will available for the PlayStation 4 as well as the Xbox One when the new systems come out. More characters will be announced by TT Games bit by bit as the game gets closer to the release so there will be surprises awaiting you when you play the game. As I see more and more footage of the game, I just can’t wait until October rolls by so I play it.

Life-Sized LEGO X-wing Starfighter Makes Way to LEGOLAND California

June 11, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Last month, LEGO unveiled the life-size X-wing Starfighter in New York. The starfighter has traveled safely from New York and now resides at LEGOLAND California. In the video below, LEGO Master Model Builder, Gary McIntyre, shows the viewer around the ship and tells the back story of how it got from the East Coast all the way to California. Right now, it is safely stored away in a hanger area at the resort and will be open for the public to view on June 13th until the end of the year. To give some details on the ship, it contains 5,335,200 bricks and weighs 45,979.61 pounds. It stands at 11 feet tall and is 43 feet in length with a wingspan of 44 feet. 32 builders at the LEGO Model Shop in Kladno, Czech Republic spent 17,336 hours to construct the starfighter. It is made to look like set 9493 from a few years ago. The giant version of the ship is 42 times the size of the real LEGO set.