Thatblockoguy over at the Brickset forum has posted an image of the LEGO DC Universe Super Heroes Robin’s Redbird Cycle (30166). The polybag will be a FREE Canadian Toys R Us giveaway with a $30 purchase or more of LEGO Super Heroes sets. In the footnote of the image, there is a max of 25 per store.
Back in January, Flickr user smokebelch posted an image (see below) of what could be the Redbird Cycle using the parts list from Brickset. It wasn’t far off from what the official polybag set looks like. There’s no word yet if the set will be available elsewhere in the world after this promotion.
The ATLAS Mini Model – Education/Outreach Project by SaMe on LEGO CUUSOO has quickly reached the 10000 supporters needed to be reviewed by The LEGO Jury in the 2013 Fall Review. The reason why the project hit the goal so fast is because of the help of a science related Facebook Page. With over 5 million likes on the page itself, thousands of people saw the project on their Facebook stream and helped support it. The influx of supporters actually crashed the server that CUUSOO is on and the response was overwhelming.
The ATLAS Mini Model is based on the ATLAS Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. If you’ve been following science news, the LHC is a particle accelerator used to prove or disprove the Higgs boson or the “God particle.” In July 2012, ATLAS was one of the experiments that was involved in the discovery of a particle that was similar to the Higgs boson. The Mini Model consists of 560 pieces and is able to be built in less than an hour.
Congratulations to SaMe for getting this amazing achievement! We’ll see later this year if the project will pass the review stage and become an official set or not. Science projects have had a good track record on passing the review stage. Below is the official comment from CUUSOO.
Congrats on 10,000 Supporters, SaMe!
2013.06.20
Oh my Higgs Boson!
Congratulations to SaMe and to our new friends who really, really love science, on successfully reaching 10,000 supporters in such a short time.
During Brickworld Chicago 2013, the guys over at CoasterDynamix unveiled their newest product, the X-Labs Roller Coaster Factory (110171-A). Adam Reed Tucker, the creator of the LEGO Architecture Series, along with engineers at CoasterDynamix have been developing the product for three years to create the a realistic roller coaster set that will be able to integrate with your LEGO bricks. The limited edition set is now available for pre-order and only 1000 sets will be made so get yours today before stock runs out. The pre-order is on a first-come, first-served basis and will be shipping in 4-6 week. I, for one, was excited to see the Roller Coaster Factory when it was shown at Brickworld and I’m impressed with the price point and all of the pieces you get. I’ve already pre-ordered it and looking forward to doing a review on it when it comes in.
Note: On the parts image, notice that the Technic Chain Link is not included to pull the cars.
Warner Brothers has released a teaser trailer for The LEGO Movie that will be coming out February 14, 2014. The movie features many big name stars including Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Morgan Freeman, Liam Neeson, Alison Brie, and Nick Offerman.
The first-ever full length featured film centers around Emmet who will be saving the world from total destruction. The trailer shows many minifigures from different LEGO sets being introduced by Vitruvius voiced by Freeman. He also says that they “have learned that Lord Business plans to end the world as we know it. There is yet one hope. The ‘Special’ as arisen.” The scene then pans to Emmet voiced by Pratt who has no idea what is going on. The trailer then shows a lot of amazing action sequences using stop-motion animation as well as CGI. You also get a glimpse of Lucy, played by Banks, who might be the love interest of the hero.
International Version
The LEGO Movie follows Emmet, an ordinary, rules-following, perfectly average LEGO minifigure who is mistakenly identified as the most extraordinary person and the key to saving the world. Emmet (Chris Pratt) is drafted into a fellowship of strangers on an epic quest to stop an evil tyrant, a journey for which he is hopelessly and hilariously under prepared.
Will Ferrell, Morgan Freeman, Liam Neeson, Will Arnett, Elizabeth Banks, Nick Offerman and Alison Brie join Chris Pratt to form the cast of the first-ever full length theatrical LEGO movie, the greatest movie ever assembled, which is
Last month, the guys over at Beyond the Brick needed your support on Kickstarter so they could go to Brickworld Chicago 2013. The project was successful and the team of Joshua Hanlon and Matthew Kay got to go to Brickworld last week to film some nice footage of the event. They have uploaded videos of a complete guided tour of Brickworld Chicago 2013 as well as the unveilings of the LEGO Creator Expert Sydney Opera House (10234) and the LEGO CUUSOO Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover Check out their videos below and subscribe to their channel to see more videos of Brickworld as well as their usual video interviews with various LEGO artists.
Brickworld Chicago 2013 Complete Guided Tour
LEGO Creator Expert Sydney Opera House (10234) Unveiling
LEGO CUUSOO Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover
Brick Fanatics is reporting that The Daily Mail newspaper will be giving out FREE LEGO polybags with their paper on upcoming dates in June. Back in March, LEGO’s partnership with The Sun newpaper ended and UK LEGO fans were fearing that there will not be any more LEGO sets being given along with their papers.
In this new promotion, you will be able to get the LEGO The Hobbit Gandalf at Dol Guldur Polybag (30213) on Saturday, June 29th and the LEGO Creator Little Car (30183) on Sunday, June 30th. There’s no additional information about the promotion at this time but I’m sure Richard over at Brick Fanatics will have the news as soon as it becomes available.
From June 17th to June 30th, the new LEGO The Lord of the Rings Tower of Orthanc (10237) is now available early for LEGO VIP members on Shop@Home. The set has a whopping 2359 pieces and retails for $199.99. As an added bonus, you also get a FREE limited edition poster with your purchase. That is on top of the Jor-El Polybag you will be getting as well as FREE shipping. You have to be logged into with your LEGO ID to see the item and to purchase it or else you won’t be able to get access to the item at all. There is a limit of two sets per household.
10237 Tower of Orthanc
Ages 14+. 2,359 pieces.
Build the The Lord of the Rings™ trilogy must-have model!
US $199.99 CA $249.99 DE 199.99€ UK 169.99 £ DK 1699.00 DKK
Finally, collect one of the most instantly recognizable and iconic buildings of The Lord of the Rings trilogy: The Tower of Orthanc! Build all 6 highly detailed floors filled with fascinating movie-related details including the attic, library, alchemy room, Saruman’s throne room, entrance hall and dungeon. This exclusive model stars in some of the most iconic scenes from The Lord of the Rings movies. Swoop down with the Great Eagle and rescue stranded Gandalf the Grey from his tower-top prison after his defeat at the hands of the white wizard, Saruman. Build the powerful, tree-like Ent, with poseable limbs and cool swinging arm function, then attack the Uruk-hai and Orc Pitmaster while Saruman
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