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While working on our LEGO Star Wars 2013 Advent Calendar post, I was surfing the advent calendar minisite and in the prizes tab, I found a poster for the new 2014 LEGO Star Wars Microfighters. There’s been a debate in the LEGO community on the subtheme. Some people like it, others don’t. For me, the Microfighters are the 2014 Star Wars sets I’m most excited for. What are your guys’ thoughts on them and will you be picking any of them up?
It is December and as a tradition here at The Brick Fan, we will be doing the LEGO Star Wars 2013 Advent Calendar (75023). Each day, we will be opening a panel to see what we will be getting inside. At the end of the calendar, we will be comparing this year’s version to 2011, and 2012. The set contains 254 pieces and retails for $39.99 but you can easily find it on sale at various retailers.
This year, the LEGO Star Wars minisite has an advent calendar game that you can play using various characters. You start off playing with Jango Fett in a Santa costume but each Sunday of the month, you get a code to enter to unlock a new character to play with. The objective of the game is to reach the Christmas tree at the end of the stage while collecting a number of Star Wars vehicles. If you collect all the items in the stage, it looks like you can unlock some short videos.
December is here and there are a lot of deals and promotions going on at LEGO brand stores and on Shop@Home. It’s time to get that shopping done in time for Christmas. Below are what will be happening this month.
Black Friday/Cyber Monday Promotions
This deal is going on until December 2nd. You can get a FREE Limited Edition Holiday Set with purchase of $99 or more. On Shop@Home, get a FREE $10 Gift Card with purchase of $149 or more. You also will get FREE Shipping on all orders.
December 2013 Promotions
In stores only, purchase $75 or more and get a FREE Holiday Pick-A-Brick box. This is valid until December 24th. From December 8-15, get a FREE exclusive LEGO Poster with any LEGO The Hobbit purchase.
New Product Launch
The highly anticipated 2014 sets from LEGO The Hobbit and LEGO Ninjago
are now available for sale.
The official LEGO The Simpsons Homer minifigure has been found listed on eBay. The head is the same one that we reported on earlier but now we get to see what his torso and legs are like. Homer’s shirt is the short-sleeved collared one that he wears at the Springfield Nuclear Plant which also includes printing of his tie and name badge. Notice that the arms are halfway printed to show the sleeves. The legs are solid blue.
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eBay seller Votvik has recent informed us that he has listed a couple of minifigures from the 2014 LEGO Marvel Super Heroes sets. As you can see above, the minifigure is of Mary Jane Watson from the Rescue of the Spider-Heli (76016) set. He has also listed Power Man
aka Luke Cage. We’re not sure yet of what 2014 set he will be in but we’ll update this post as soon as we know.
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Thanksgiving is here and Black Friday 2013 shopping is upon us and the biggest shopping day of the year is about to begin. As we reported a couple of days ago, LEGO brand stores and Shop@Home will be having their own Black Friday shopping event called “Brick” Friday. The event starts tomorrow and will last until Cyber Monday December 2nd. There is free shipping on all orders from Shop@Home and if you spend $149 or more, you will get a $10 LEGO gift card. For orders of $99 or more, you will get the Limited Edition Seasonal Creator Holiday Set #2 (40083).
Like with the early VIP Black Friday shopping event last week, people shopping at the LEGO brand stores on November 29th, you will have a chance to win exciting gifts including a $1,000 shopping spree. This offer will only be available while supplies last. Also, in-store shoppers will also be getting a free Holiday Pick-A-Brick box with purchases of $75 or more.
LEGO has also sent out their Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals. These deals will start on Thursday 9pm PST/Friday 12am EST. Feel free to check out the links we’ve provided below. Every purchase you make through our links will help support The Brick Fan. We usually don’t ask for support but it would help maintain our site and keep it running smoothly. Also feel free to use our affiliate links on the right sidebar as well if you’re shopping at those particular sites. Now on to the deals:
If you’re new to LEGO CUUSOO and wondered how a particular project goes from the idea stage to an actual product, ReBrick has recently done an article with LEGO Group Head of Community Business/Busniess Manager Daiva Naldal to explain how the process goes. After a project gets 10,000 supporters, it heads to the LEGO Jury/Review Board which consists of people from different departments:
“It consists of different people who represent different departments within The LEGO Group, to make sure that we have a decent and proper evaluation of each idea. We have LEGO Designers and people from our main markets,- like Sales and Marketing people, who will then be responsible to validate the sales potential. We also have representatives from our Brand Management Team, securing that the projects fit our Brand guidelines. And we have a close relationship to License and Legal, as well as Product Development Teams. So we get insights from all teams in order to make the final decision.”
Daiva also explains that many projects aren’t selected to become actual products not because the designers don’t like it but the company has to look at different aspects to make a decision. One aspect is to get a licence from the original IP. You may have seen that there have been a lot of projects on CUUSOO that have reached the review stage that require a license to use the particular theme.
… Continue“Sometimes we cannot not secure the partnership, sometimes it clashes with our own development projects that are in the pipeline and sometimes
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