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LEGO CUUSOO Exo Suit Achieves 10000 Supporters

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

On March 28, 2012, Peter Reid posted his Exo Suit project on LEGO CUUSOO. Today, the project has achieved enough votes to be considered by the LEGO Jury to become an official LEGO set. The Exo Suit is Peter’s most popular MOC and has been featured on page 251 in The LEGO Book. It may have taken a while to get the supporters but it was well worth the wait. Now the project is now eligible to go to the Spring Review stage on March 4th. Congratulations to Peter for this amazing accomplishment!

The Andy/Bugdroid the Android by Google project by GLHTurbo now becomes the highest supported project on LEGO CUUSOO. Read the official LEGO statement below:

Congratulations on 10,000 Supporters, PeterReid!

2013.01.09

Again, beautiful model and well-deserved success! It’s great to see a model that carries the essence of classic LEGO Space forward to the “present day” of building qualify for review.

Congratulations on achieving 10,000 supporters. 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, safety, and fit with the LEGO brand. Every potential LEGO product goes through a process like this and must meet the same standards.

The LEGO Review Begins

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LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Video Game Announced

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

LEGO, Marvel, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, and TT Games have announced their latest addition to the video games line, LEGO Marvel Super Heroes. The game will be available Fall 2013 for various systems including Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Nintendo Wii U, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Vita, and Windows PC. The game will be looking to joining many successful LEGO games including Star Wars, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean, Indiana Jones, as well as Batman and Batman 2.

The storyline will center around Nick Fury calling many Marvel Super Heroes including Iron Man, the Hulk, Thor, Spider-Man, Wolverine, and with more than 100 Marvel characters to unlock, to save the Earth from the forces of Loki and Galactus. There are 8 scenes from the X-Men, Iron Man and Spider-Man franchises and hints of scenes from the new Iron Man 3 film as well. I also wonder if LEGO will be throwing in an exclusive pre-order minifigure like with some of the other LEGO video games. If so, who could it be?

LEGO Legends of Chima Razcal’s Glider (70000) Review

January 7, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

LEGO Legends of Chima Razcals Raven Glider (70000)

When images of the LEGO Legends of Chima line came out, I had my eye on the Razcal’s Glider (70000). It turns out that the set is the smallest of the boxed sets in the theme. The set contains 109 pieces and retails for $11.99, a $0.11/piece ratio. The box has two instruction booklets and the set has the Razcal minifigure. YourCreativeFriends has done a video review of the set. Check it out below for more details of the Razcal’s Glider.

Legends of Chima Razcal’s Glider (70000)

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LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Announced Ahead of CES 2013

January 6, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 1 Comment

With the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show coming up in Las Vegas, LEGO has announced the newest addition to the LEGO Mindstorms line, the Mindstorms EV3. It was been 15 years since the first Mindstorms was released in 1998 and the new model will be replacing the 2009 Mindstorms NXT 2.0 line. The EV3 has many new features including an infrared sensor, a new Linux-based firmware, a USB port, and an SD card slot. The Linux firmware will be ready for the Android as well as the iOS operating systems. The set also comes with Bluetooth support, which lets you program it without being connected to the PC. This means you can control the EV3 with your Android smartphones or with your iOS devices. The software kit works on both Windows and Mac. The new Mindstorms EV3 is also backwards compatible with the older NXT sets. It will be available in the second half of 2013 and retails for $349.99. Read the official press release below.

LEGO DC Universe Super Heroes Batman Visual Dictionary Review

January 6, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 1 Comment

Back on Black Friday, I purchased a couple of LEGO books that were on sale and one of them included the DC Universe Super Heroes Batman Visual Dictionary by Dorling Kindersley Publishing. The book has 96 pages of almost everything you may want to know about the DC Universe LEGO sets. The book begins with a timeline of all the Batman sets starting in 2006 with the Batman Dragster: Catwoman Pursuit until the most recent DC Universe themed sets in 2012. It also goes in-depth describing all the vehicles in every single set and giving facts that you may have never knew about. In the back of the book, it tells you about the design team and how they come up with ideas for the sets.

LEGO DC Universe Super Heroes Batman Visual Dictionary

As a bonus with all LEGO dictionaries, you also get an exclusive minifigure with the book. In this book, you get the Electo Suit Batman. It is the same suit that you can find in the LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes video game.

Overall, it’s a nice small book to add to your collection. It makes a good coffee table book as well. The Electro Suit Batman minifigure right now is is worth more on BrickLink than the cost of the book itself.

LEGO DC Universe Super Heroes Batman Visual Dictionary

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LEGO Star Wars Rancor Pit (75005) Review

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

LEGO first revealed the Star Wars Rancor Pit (75005) at San Diego Comic Con last summer. After building and reviewing Jabba’s Palace, the set felt incomplete without the Rancor Pit under it. Early this year, LEGO released the Pit in the first wave of 2013. The set contains 380 pieces and retails for $59.99, which comes to about $0.16/piece. The box contains one instruction booklet, four numbered bags, and two unnumbered bags.

LEGO Legends of Chima Ultimate Speedor Tournament (70115) Review

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

LEGO Legends of Chima Ultimate Tournament (70115)

YourCreativeFriends is back with another review for the LEGO Legends of Chima line. This time it’s the Ultimate Speedor Tournament (70115). The set contains 246 pieces and retails for $29.99. The minifigures included are Laval and Cragger as well as two packs of game cards. Check out YCF’s below for more information about the set.

Legends of Chima Ultimate Speedor Tournament (70115)

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