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LEGO Ghostbusters Headquarters by Orion Pax

February 21, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

I don’t usually feature MOCs but if I do, Orion Pax’s name will probably show up more in the future. World-renowned LEGO genius, Orion Pax, has recreated the famous Hook & Ladder 8 fire station used in the Ghostbusters movies, and as usual, with a high degree of detail. The MOC shows many little details from the movies including the traps and the storage facility in the basement. Not to be overshadowed by the headquarters, Orion has also recreated the most realistic Ecto 1 vehicle I’ve ever seen. He states that the whole project took many, many hours of planning and about 2 months to build. Click on each photo to see a higher resolution. Also take a look at Orion’s page for more of his MOCs.

LEGO Releasing Smaller Boxes To Help Environment

February 21, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

As a leader in the industry, LEGO is taking a stand to help the environment by releasing smaller boxes to cut back on their carbon footprint. These new boxes will have a FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certification “which lowers the CO2 impact of its packaging by about 10%.” You will be able to start seeing the smaller boxes this year and by 2015, all of the products will be in smaller boxes. With this change, LEGO will save about 4000 tons of cardboard which is about 18% of their current consumption. These new boxes will come from sustainable forest so less trees will have to be taken down.

How will this benefit consumers and The LEGO Group? For us consumers, we’ll have smaller boxes to carry around and stores will have more space to stock their shelves. For LEGO, the smaller boxes also affect logistics such as transportation from the factories to the stores. LEGO is also involved in other plans to lower their carbon footprint. About 25% of the emissions are from manufacturing of the bricks themselves so they’ve made plans to mold the bricks more efficiently. The company also has invested in wind energy to improve their energy consumption. By using wind, LEGO can use clean energy that is plentiful and produces no emissions.

Read more about LEGO’s stance to help the environment here.

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Video Game Art

February 20, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 2 Comments

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Video Game - Iron Man

TT Games is hard at work developing the LEGO Marvel Super Heroes video game that is expected to be released October 31st. Today, they have released some new concept art featuring the Avengers as well well as other Super Heroes including Spider-Man and Wolverine. There is also artwork for some of the stages that you can expect to play in.

The game is now available for pre-order on Amazon on many systems including the Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii U, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, Playstation Vita, and the PC. There’s still no word yet on what the bonus for pre-ordering the game is but expecting something cool.

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Video Game - Wolverine

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Video Game - Spider-Man

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Video Game - Captain America

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Video Game - Hulk

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Video Game - Black Widow

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Video Game - Thor

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Video Game - Loki

**Via Comic Alliance via FBTB**

ThinkGeek LEGO Deal of the Day

February 20, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Today, ThinkGeek has a coupon code that takes 20% off your total order. Enter “BLUERUPEE” without quotes when you’re checking out to get this discount. An item that might peak your interest is the Build-On Brick Mug. Although it is not an official LEGO product, you are able to connect your LEGO bricks to it. With this mug, you can look cool with a brick mug that you can build things on or just drink your beverage from a regular, boring cup.

Product Specifications

Drink your coffee and build something, too!

Black mug with exterior building surface compatible with most bricks

Compatibility:

– LEGO™
– PixelBlocks
– Mega Bloks
– KRE-O
– K’NEX Bricks™

Note: This mug is not officially licensed by LEGO™, PixelBlocks, Mega Bloks, KRE-O, or K’NEX Bricks™. It just happens to be compatible with them all.

Materials: BPA-free plastic

Capacity: 12 ounces

Washing: Hand wash

LEGO Legends of Chima Ice Tower (70106) Review

February 20, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

In the last of the trilogy of these early LEGO Legends of Chima Speedorz sets, YourCreativeFriends has reviewed the Ice Tower (70106) set. It contains 101 pieces and retails for $14.99, which comes to about $0.15/piece. The Ice Tower features Winzar as the minifigure. He’s the same minifig as in previous Chima sets. Like all other Speedorz sets, there are 5 game cards included as well. Again, the set combines with the Jungle Gates (70104) and the Nest Dive (70105) to create a track with obstacles to collect the CHI orb at the end. To see more about the play features, take a look at YCF’s video below.

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LEGO Legends of Chima Nest Dive (70105) Review

February 19, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

In the next set of the new wave of the LEGO Legends of Chima Speedorz sets, YourCreativeFriends has reviewed the Nest Dive (70105). This set has 97 pieces and retails for $14.99, which comes out to about $0.15/piece. Eglor is the featured minifigure in the Nest Dive. There’s also 5 game cards included. Take a look at the video below to see

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LEGO Legends of Chima Jungle Gates (70104) Review

February 19, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

YourCreativeFriends has taken a trip to the local LEGO store and have gotten their hands on one of the three new LEGO Legends of Chima Speedorz sets, the Jungle Gates (70104). The set contains 81 pieces and retails for $14.99, a $0.19/piece ratio. The Jungle Gates features Lennox as the minifigure included. His Speedorz itself is pretty neat because there are two wheels on the back for easier balancing. What’s interesting with the new wave of Speedorz sets is that they connect to each other to create a race with obstacles. Check out YCF’s video below to see more details of the set.

LEGO Legends of Chima 70104, 70105, 70106 Combined

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