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LEGO Friends Wins Toy of the Year

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

At the famous Plaza Hotel in New York, the 13th annual Toy of the Year Awards were given out Saturday night at the 2013 American International Toy Fair. There were twelve awards to be won and The LEGO Group walked away with three awards. LEGO was the only toy manufacturer to win more than one award. The Architecture line won the Specialty Toy of the Year while the big winner was the LEGO Friends line won the Girl Toy of the Year as well as the coveted Toy of the Year title. LEGO Friends was introduced in early 2012 and became a big hit for the company and tonight, the theme joins a select group of toys to win the biggest award in the industry.

The Year’s Finest Toys and Games Unveiled at “OSCARS®” of the Toy Industry

LEGO® Friends from The Lego Group Grabs Coveted “Toy of the Year” Title;

LeapPad2(TM) by LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. Bestowed Inaugural “People’s Choice” Award

NEW YORK, Feb. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Hundreds of toy executives and guests from around the world gathered in New York City this evening to honor the year’s top toys and industry icons at the 13(th) annual Toy of the Year (TOTY) Awards and Toy Industry Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

A Toy Industry Association (TIA)-administered event in support of the Toy Industry Foundation (TIF), the “Oscars” of the toy industry took place at the Plaza Hotel, kicking off the 110(th) American International Toy Fair. Throughout the evening, TOTY Awards were presented across 12 categories

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The Brick Fan/YCF at New York Toy Fair 2013

February 9, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

The 2013 American International Toy Fair in New York is starting tomorrow and Stud from YourCreativeFriends will be there on the floor doing coverage for their channel as well as for our site. The LEGO VIP event is from 7-9AM EST on February 10 and YCF is invited to take part in the festivities. The badges feature the Hollywood Starlet from the Series 9 Collectible Minifigures. There will many new LEGO sets from many different themes including Star Wars, The Lone Ranger, The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, DC Universe Man of Steel, Marvel Super Heroes Iron Man, and of course the return of the Castle sets. Be sure to come back Sunday morning to get the most complete news from Toy Fair 2013.

LEGO Legends of Chima Summer 2013 Wave Images

February 9, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

There are some new images from the Summer 2013 wave of the LEGO Legends of Chima line. As reported from the 2013 London Toy Fair, there are quite a few new sets being released this summer. There are also new minifigures from different different tribes that will be introduced including the Fox, Gorilla, and Skunk tribes. Brickipedia has posted a images of these new Chima sets.

Eglor’s Twin Bike (70007) – £19.99 – Eglor, Razcal

Gorzan’s Gorilla Striker (70008) – £49.99 – Gorzan, Rizzo, Gardo, G’Loona

Worriz’ Combat Lair (70009) – £59.99 – Worriz, Eris, Grizzam, Windra, Wakz, Wilhurt

The Lion CHI Temple (70010) – £99.99 – Lagravis, Laval, Longtooth, Ewald, Cragger, Crawley, Razar

Skunk Attack (70107) – £9.99 – Skinnet

Royal Roost (70108) – £9.99 – Lagravis

Whirling Vines (70109) – £9.99 – Gorzan

Tower Target (70110) – £9.99 – Grizzam

Swamp Jump (70111) – £9.99 – Furty

Sky Joust Speedorz Starter (70114) – £14.99 – Eris, Rawzom

Laval (70200) – £10.99

Eris (70201) – £10.99

Gorzan (70202) – £10.99

Cragger (70203) – £10.99

Worriz (70204) – £10.99

Razar (70205) – £10.99

LEGO The Lone Ranger Stagecoach Escape (79108) Revealed

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

Toy Ark has revealed the Stagecoach Escape (79108) set from the LEGO The Lone Ranger theme. There are five minifigures in the set including: The Lone Ranger, Tonto, Red, and two bandits. As you can see, Red is an interesting minifigure because she will be the first female minifigure to have a peg leg. The build consists of an elaborately built stagecoach pulled by two horses. On top the stagecoach is a safe. Toy Ark lists the set will retail for $29.99 and it expected to be released in April.

LEGO Exclusive VIP Keychain (4644591) for Valentines

February 8, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 2 Comments

This is probably old news by now but LEGO is sending a red-chromed minifigure VIP Keychain (4644591) to all VIP members who very active and engaging based on a list of criteria which includes purchase frequency. If you were the few lucky ones who qualified, the keychain should have started arriving in your mailboxes by now or in the near future. There’s also a Valentine’s card included with some special offers such as early access for the Palace Cinema (10232) on Feb 14-28. In the month of March, for all orders $50 or more, you get a FREE Republic Frigate (30242) polybag. Also from March 1-15, there is FREE shipping with orders $75 or more. Finally from March 25 – April 8, there is a Double VIP point event. Hopefully I’ll be getting one of the keychains in the mail soon but if not, I’ll be a sad panda.

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LEGO The Lone Ranger Constitution Train Chase (79111) Close Up

February 8, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 1 Comment

Minifigures.co.uk has posted a couple of images of the Constitution Train Chase (79111) from the new LEGO The Lone Ranger theme. The set will be depicting a scene from The Lone Ranger movie set to be released on July 3rd. As you can see, there will be 7 minifigures in the set including: Captain Jay Fuller, Tonto, Latham Cole, Butch Cavendish, Rebecca Reid, Danny Reid, and the Lone Ranger. In the second image, you can the actual build for the set. There is the locomotive, a coal wagon, a trailer with some sort mini-gun, and a what looks like a passenger/storage car. It looks like you also get some track pieces and a water tower. This set will retail for $89.99 and expected to be released in April 2013 along with the other sets in the theme.

The chase is on to save Rebecca and Danny from Butch Cavendish and his gang of henchmen onboard the speeding train, Constitution! Help Tonto to place the dynamite and blow up the water tower to stop the speeding train in its tracks! Ride to the rescue with the Lone Ranger alongside on his trusty horse, Silver. Jump aboard the highly detailed locomotive with 3 cars and dodge the gatling gun! Uncover the secret coal wagon hideout, blow the prison wagon door with the dynamite and escape to safety with Rebecca and Danny!

LEGO Star Wars The Yoda Chronicles The Rancor Pit Part 2

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

The LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles continues with part two of the second episode, The Rancor Pit. If you remember in part one Leia has fallen into the pit and is barely holding on. She is swinging back and forth while the Rancor tries to eat her. The Rancor finally grabs a hold of her and Luke sees that she’s in trouble. He builds a flight of stairs and sticks a bone in the beast and swings away with Leia. Then he tries to close the gate but the buttons don’t work and he force closes the gate on top of the Rancor. Luke and Leia run free temporarily but is captured. In the ending scene, they are whisked away on the Sail Barge and the Desert Skiff. I’m not sure if the story continues next week or if it was like the Umbara storyline where it just ends abruptly. Stay tuned next week to see what LEGO has in store for The Yoda Chronicles.