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LEGO Marvel Super Heroes E3 Official Trailer

June 11, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 3 Comments

The Electronic Entertainment Expo is going at full force right now at Los Angeles and Warner Brothers has released the official trailer for the LEGO Marvel Super Heroes video game. We’ve seen some short gameplay footage in the past few weeks, but here we can see new footage of characters we haven’t seen before including Mr. Fantastic and Deadpool, There’s also a nice closeup of Bruce Banner turning into the Hulk which is awesome looking! Players will visit many key locations in the Marvel Universe while playing the game including Stark Tower, Asteroid M, a Hydra base, and the X-Mansion.

The game is will be released this October and will be available on the Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Vita, Nintendo Wii U, DS, 3DS, and PC. Just a reminder, the Iron Patriot minifigure (30168) will be a FREE pre-order bonus from Walmart for console systems only.

LEGO CUUSOO Female Minifigure Set Achieves 10000 Supporters

June 10, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

The Female Minifigure Set by Alatariel is the latest project to reach 10000 supporters on LEGO CUUSOO. With the lack of female minifigures in the LEGO world, Alatariel took it upon herself to design more female minifigures and place them in LEGO Town and City settings. Each minifigure is paired with a corresponding setting on a 6×4 base plate.

The project was created on April 30, 2012 and reached 2500 supporters on June 4, 2013. With the help of social media including Facebook and Twitter, the project gained 7500 more supporters in just 6 days. GlenBricker has provided an in-depth analysis on how the project reached their goal in a short amount of time.

Congratulations to Alatariel for reaching 10000 supporters and showing that female minifigures also play a big role in the LEGO world. Below is the official LEGO comment:

Congrats on 10,000 Supporters, Alatariel!

2013.06.11

Congratulations, Alatariel, and all supporters of the Female Minifigure Set project, for reaching 10,000 supporters in a whirlwind of support this past week. Thanks also for updating your proposal to recommend we focus consideration on the three science-based vignettes.

We now officially advance this project to the Review phase.

What happens now?
This project moves from the Idea stage to the Review stage. A “LEGO Review Board” composed of designers, product managers, and other key team members will examine the idea. We’ll build concept models and determine if the concept meets our high standards for what it takes to be a LEGO product. This includes factors such as playability,

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New LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Video Game Gameplay Footage

June 9, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 1 Comment

As we get closer to the release of the new LEGO Marvel Super Heroes video game, more images and videos from the developers have been released. TT Games has recently shot some new gameplay footage in the Asgard level. In the video, there are some new characters being played including Wolverine, Captain America, Thor, and Human Torch. If you remember, the first gameplay video showed Iron Man, Hulk, and Spider-Man defending Grand Central Station in New York City against the Abomination and the Sandman.

The game will feature more than 100 playable characters across the Marvel Universe with each character having their own special abilities. There are also hundreds of alternative costumes that you can unlock for the characters.

The game is now available for pre-order and if you get it from Walmart, you’ll get an Iron Patriot minifigure (30168) as a bonus. The offer is only valid on platform systems so handheld owners, you’re out of luck there. Amazon and GameStop also have pre-order bonuses but they aren’t as good the Iron Patriot minifigure.

LEGO Legends of Chima CHI Gorzan (70202) Review

June 8, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

In the summer 2013 wave of the Legends of Chima sets, LEGO has released ultrabuilds of some of the main characters of the theme. As you can see, we have the CHI Gorzan (70202) ultrabuild. The set contains 59 pieces and retails for $14.99. That is about $0.25/piece which is about the ratio that ultrabuild figures are at. The package that the set comes in contains two unnumbered bags, a couple of loose pieces, one instruction booklet, and a sticker sheet.

BrickLink Sold to Nexon

June 6, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

The unofficial LEGO marketplace, BrickLink, has announced they have been sold to Korean game giant Nexon, creator of games such as MapleStory, Dragon Nest, etc. Former CEO Eliska Jezkova and Founder of Nexon Jung-Ju “Jay” Kim have issued a joint statement in regards to the acquisition (see below).

It’s a bit sad that BrickLink has been sold and so far there is mixed reactions in the forums. The site has been extremely helpful to LEGO users all around the world and now the companies will be working to get “BrickLink 2.0” up as soon as possible. Kim will soon be asking users for their input for ideas to improve functionality. We’re also hoping that the acquisition will help address BrickLink’s recent issues and help users have a more enjoyable experience there.

About a week ago I posted a special message to thank all of you for supporting us over the nearly three years since my son Dan died. I thank all those who sent personal messages to me about what BrickLink has meant to them. In my message, I mentioned some progress we made, and also the challenges we faced. Good news remaining is that, despite the challenges, business has been brisk and even impressive. When I took over the website in the name of my son, the representational visitor log (front page of BrickLink) was at about 50 million visitors. Today, it is at nearly 144 million visitors and counting. Nearly two-thirds of all those who visited BrickLink over the 13 years since

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NASA’s Missions: Imagine and Build Contest on ReBrick

June 6, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

ReBrick is having a new contest in collaboration with NASA and The LEGO Group called NASA’s Missions: Imagine and Build. Winners of the contest will be able win some pretty nice prizes including recognition by NASA. The contest began yesterday and entries have to be submitted by July 31st, 2013 2:59pm CEST (8:59am EST). Judging will start on August 5th and the winners will be announced the week of September 1st. The competitions is split into two categories but you can enter into both if you like.

Imagine Our Future Beyond Earth

Builders 16 years old and older are invited to journey into space and beyond by creating one of NASA’s future missions with LEGO bricks. Builders can be imaginative as they wish, although their entry should reflect one of the missions NASA has listed on their website. These missions are planned until the 2030s so there should be no shortage of inspiration! All entries must be bookmarked to ReBrick in the “Building Challenge” category. The winners will be chosen by a committee of judges, please see official rules for details.

The grand prize includes 21101 LEGO CUUSOO Hayabusa set, signed by the LEGO designer Melody Louise Caddick, recognition and honorable mention on NASA.gov, and a collection of NASA memorabilia including a personalized signed lithograph of the astronaut from the judges committee. There will also be two runner-ups, see official rules for those prizes.

Prize Details

The one (1) official grand prize winner will receive:

21101 LEGO CUUSOO Hayabusa set, signed by the

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LEGO DC Universe Superman: Metropolis Showdown (76002) Review

June 5, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

With the impending release of the Man of Steel movie this month, LEGO has decided to create sets based on the movie. Here we have the LEGO DC Universe Superman: Metropolis Showdown (76002). This set has 119 pieces and retails for $12.99, a $0.11/piece ratio. It is the smallest of the three Man of Steel sets that were released. The box contains two unnumbered bags, two instruction booklets, and a couple of loose pieces. We weren’t sure why a set so small had two instruction booklets when LEGO could’ve fit it all in one booklet.