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LEGO The Hobbit Life-Size Bag End Documentary

January 25, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Back in December, LEGO post some pictures on Facebook of a life-size Bag End made completely out of LEGO. LEGO has released a short documentary on how they came up with the design and all the work the employees put in to complete the Bag End. The life-size build was based off the An Unexpected Gathering (79003) set and was blown up 20 times the size of the original set. The minifigures, however, were blown up 24 times. The dimensions are 17 feet wide by 10 feet deep 7 1/2 feet tall. It stated that it took 12 model shop employees to complete but sometimes went up to 15 or 16 people and took about 3000 hours to build it. Pete Donner states that the design on the computer said there were at least 2.5 million 1×1 bricks. Check out the video below to see this amazing build.

LEGO Minifigure Infographic

January 25, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Everybody loves LEGO minifigures. Who doesn’t like minifigs? Above is an fun and interesting infographic of facts about the little guys created by Visual.ly and designed by Hot Butter Studio. The infographic even includes information about female minifigures including the Friends line. There are a bunch of statistics that you may not know about including the 18:1 ratio of male minifigures to female minifigures. Also, did you know that there are 122 million minifigures sold each year? That’s more than some populations of some of the larger populated countries in the world including Mexico, Germany, and the United Kingdom! The amount of them sold even comes close to the estimated population of Japan which has about 127 million people in the country. Click on the image above to see it better and let us know what you think about it. We hope you enjoy it like we did and hopefully learn something more about some of the most important pieces in a LEGO set.

LEGO Creator Expert Palace Cinema (10232) Now on Shop@Home

January 25, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Last week, the latest addition to the Modular themed sets was revealed at BrickFair Alabama. The LEGO Creator Expert Palace Cinema (10232) is now listed on Shop@Home with an expected release date of March 1. Again, the set will contain 2194 pieces and retails for $149.99. Too bad there’s no buy button yet but you can gaze at the page and have it taunt you or you can think of ways you would use the cinema in your collection.

LEGO The Yoda Chronicles Continues

January 25, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

The Yoda Chronicles continues the episode where they left off a couple of weeks ago. It shows that the Umbaran MHC is getting closer to the Jedi while they’re holding off the Droid Army. At the end, Yoda places a 1×1 stud in the middle of the road the the MHC trips over it and a mysterious figure falls out of it. Who can this person be?

Honestly, so far this series is off to be a little disappointing. These one minute short skits don’t really say anything but just advertising products from the Star Wars line. Hopefully, it picks up in the next couple of episodes. Stay tuned for the next episode of The Yoda Chronicles.

**Via Hoth Bricks**

LEGO Batman: The Movie Exclusive Minifigure Revealed

January 24, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 2 Comments

Back in October of last year at the New York Comic Con, we reported that Warner Brothers will be releasing LEGO Batman: The Movie – DC Super Heroes Unite. Thanks to Brick Heroes, we now know there will be a Clark Kent exclusive minifigure with the Blu-Ray/DVD Combo Pack. As you can see, Clark has his shirt open to reveal his Superman suit underneath. The movie will be 71 minutes long and will be released May 21, 2013 with a retail price of $24.99. You can pre-order the movie now on Amazon.com.

LEGO Accused of Being Racist and Responds

January 24, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 2 Comments

This news has made the rounds on the internet that The LEGO Group has been accused of being racist by the Turkish Cultural Community of Austria. They claim that the Jabba’s Palace set from the Star Wars line is similar to the Hagia Sophia mosque in Istanbul and demands an apology because it offends the Muslim community. This all started because a Turkish man was offended after the set was purchased for his son by another family member. The Turkish Cultural Community also claim the scene to be “racial prejudice and vulgar insinuations against Asians and Orientals as people with deceitful and criminal personalities” and the minfigures “resemble ‘terrorists, criminals and murderers.'”

Honestly, this is about as funny as a screen door on a submarine. I’m from Asian descent and have absolutely no issues with the set at all. I actually like how the set looks overall and gave it high praise in my review. Obviously, the accusers haven’t seen any of the Star Wars movies to see what’s going on or what the set mirrored after.

LEGO has responded with a statement that the set is solely based on Jabba’s Palace from Episode VI and no reference to any real buildings, including the Hagia Sophia. See LEGO’s official response below:

All LEGO Star Wars products are based on the movies of the Star Wars saga created by Lucasfilm. Jabba’s Palace appears in Star Wars Episode VI and appears in a famous scene on the planet Tatooine. The building is the palace of Jabba – a

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LEGO Lord of the Rings The Battle of Helms Deep (50011) Board Game Image

January 24, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Flickr user, Ultron32, has posted the box art for the new LEGO Lord of the Rings The Battle of Helms Deep (50011) Board Game. The set will contain 338 pieces and have a lot of microfigures. From what we can see from the cut-off description, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, King Theoden?, Eowyn, Haldir, Uruk-hai archer, 11 Uruk-hai swordsmen will be some of the microfigs included in the set. The game will be available August 2013.