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LEGO San Diego Comic Con 2013 Half Day Report

July 18, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Day 1 so far at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con has been a doozy. The day started off hectic right as we got to enter the exhibit hall. Right when we got in, there was a line to purchase the exclusive The Hobbit Micro Bag End and the Star Wars Mini JEK-14 Star Stealth Starfighter. There were only a limited amount of sets being sold each day and I was fortunate to be able to get the last sets available. The line wrapped around the booth twice and if you weren’t one of the first people in line for the exclusives, you were out of luck. The LEGO CUUSOO Back to the Future DeLorean Time Machine was also available for purchase.

Now to what went bad today at the booth. If you follow my Twitter, you probably saw my update that the staff people stopped the giveaway for the exclusive Spider-Woman minifigure. The crowds so out of control that they had to stop the whole thing altogether. This was very bad planning on the floor staff. There was absolutely no control of the crowd as people were just randomly lining up early and causing congestion. One of the staff members told me that they would have to rethink their strategy for tomorrow’s giveaway.

Update: There will now be two minifigures given away at 11:30am. Let’s see what the LEGO staff has in mind tomorrow or else we’ll have the same exact issue as today.

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SDCC Exclusive LEGO Minifigure Giveaway Details

July 18, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

San Diego Comic Con 2013 LEGO Exclusive Minifigure - Black Suit Superman

San Diego Comic Con 2013 LEGO Exclusive Minifigure - Green Arrow

San Diego Comic Con 2013 LEGO Exclusive Minifigure - Spider-Man

Ace over at FBTB has given out details on how to get the exclusive LEGO minifigures. At 11:30am each day, you can get your badge scanned at the LEGO booth (#2829). You can only get your badge scanned once and if you do it more than once, you’re disqualified. At 3:30pm of each day, go to LEGORaffle.com to check if you’re a winner of the minifigure of that day and if you are, head to the booth to pick up your new collectible. As you can see below, there are a very limited quantity of minifigures given away each day.

Thursday – Spider-Woman, 350
Friday – Amazing Spider-Man, 350
Saturday – Black Suit Superman, 200
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LEGO Reveals 2013 San Diego Comic Con Exclusive Sets

July 17, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

LEGO has revealed the exclusive sets they will be selling at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con. They are the LEGO The Hobbit Micro Scale Bag End and the LEGO Star Wars JEK-14 Mini Stealth Starfighter. There is no word on how much they will be going for but we’re predicting around $40 like last year’s. There will also be a limited quantity being sold as well.

The Micro Scale Bag End consists of 130 pieces and includes a Bilbo Baggins minifigure. The JEK-14 Mini Stealth Starfighter has only 105 pieces and includes the JEK-14 minifigure. These sets are a smaller version of there regular counterparts. It looks like LEGO went with the box packaging, much like the Minecraft sets, this year instead of the tin packaging for the past couple of years.

LEGO The Hobbit Micro Scale Bag End SDCC 2013 Exclusive

LEGO Booth Offer at 2013 San Diego Comic Con

July 17, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

LEGO Master Builder Academy Invention Designer Poster

If you’re going to San Diego Comic Con this week, you can get a FREE LEGO Master Builder Academy Invention Designer 16″ x 20″ poster signed and numbered by the artist with a purchase of the Invention Designer set (20215). The offer is valid only at the LEGO booth store (#2829) while supplies last.

You can read my reviews of Kit 10 – Time Machine here and of Kit 11 – World Architecture here.

LEGO Minecraft The Village (21105) and The Nether (21106) Set Images Revealed

July 17, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Images of the newest LEGO Minecraft sets, The Village (21105) and The Nether (21106) have been revealed. In The Village set, it looks like you get a housing structure with 3 micromobs: a villager, a zombie villager, and a pig. For the The Nether set, you get the Nether realm with the Obsidian Nether Portal with 3 micromobs: 2 ghasts and a zombie pigman. The article also mentions there will be “plenty of Netherrack” included in the set.

Both sets are 3″x3″x3″ and like the original Mincraft (21102), they are able to be separated into four sections and rebuilt in different ways. Both sets will be available September 1st for $34.99 and will be unveiled at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con. Below are the official images and the press release.

Update: Both sets are now available.

COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL: SAN DIEGO (July 17, 2013) — Delighting LEGO® and Minecraft fans across the globe, The LEGO Group today announced it is extending its relationship with Swedish game developer Mojang to build on the blockbuster success of its first LEGO Minecraft building set to add two new models that will be released September 1, 2013.

LEGO Minecraft provides the opportunity to build, reconfigure and create new Minecraft micro-worlds in a physical LEGO way. The two new 3″x3″x3″ models, The Village and The Nether, are on display for the first time at Comic-Con International in San Diego. Fans can also enjoy and take pictures with a large interactive 3D mosaic complete with Micromob character props at

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The Brick Fan at San Diego Comic Con 2013

July 17, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

San Diego Comic Con is upon us and if you can’t make it to this year’s event, don’t worry. Starting tomorrow morning, we will be there to cover what we can at the LEGO events that will be held and will be updating live through our Twitter account as well as posting pictures on our Instagram. If you’re not following us, hit that “follow” button to keep up with the latest information. At the end of each day, we’ll be doing a wrap-up post for what has happened during that day. If you somehow find me wandering around the Convention Center, don’t hesitate to say hi. We look forward to seeing you guys there at the Con!

Photo credit goes to Mariann Asanuma from Model Building Secrets.

LEGO Reveals The LEGO Movie Merchandise

July 16, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Entertainment Weekly is reporting that The LEGO Group has announced that there will be LEGO sets and other merchandise tied in to upcoming The LEGO Movie set to be released on February 7, 2014. There will be 17 different sets ranging from City, Wild West, and Space and one of them named the “Wyldstyle Chase” will be on display at the LEGO booth (#2829) this Saturday at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con. There will also be a special line of 16 Collectible Minifigures that will also be based on the movie cast as well as “new-again” LEGO characters.

Other merchandise will include a video game from TT Games that will have over 90 playable characters and have 15 levels to play. The game will be available in 2014 on the current generation consoles and handhelds as well as the Playstation 4 and Xbox One. Then there are the usual books, clothes, and school supplies that will have images from The LEGO Movie. Below is the official press release for the merchandise for the movie.