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Brickset has reported that the first Hobbit polybag has been found at Toys R Us, the Mirkwood Elf Guard (30212) polybag. You get a really nice dark green hooded elf with a bow and arrow as his weapon. You also get a small tree with a torch on the side and a mushroom. But wait, there’s more! You also get a wine glass as well as a barrel. For only $4.99, this looks to be a hot selling polybag in the near future.
Update 1: It looks like the polybag has been pulled from the TRU website.
It’s been 8 years since the last Spider-Man set was released from LEGO for the Spider-Man 2 movie but in 2012, the wait is over. On July 23, the Spider-Man’s Doc Ock Ambush (6873) set was introduced. The set retails for $29.99 and consists of 295 pieces which is about $0.10/piece. There are three number bags, one instruction booklet, as well as comic book #5 in the Marvel Super Heroes series. The set is loosely based on the “Me Time” episode on the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon on Disney XD. One major difference between the set and the show is that Spider-Man was the one who was captured, not Iron Fist.
Smashing Bricks has uncovered some new LEGO books in the 2013 DK Catalog.
The first book we come across in the catalog is the LEGO Minifigures: Character Encyclopedia. The book will feature all the minifigures from Series 1 through 10, and like with all LEGO encyclopedias, an exclusive minifigure will be included. It has 208 pages and retails at $18.99 and will be available May 2013.
The next thing in the catalog we come to is the Legends of Chima theme. There will be a Brickmaster book 96 pages and retails for $32.99. There is also the Ultimate Sticker Collection which also has 96 pages and is priced at $12.99. Finally, there are 2 DK Readers which have 32 and 48 pages, $3.99 for paperback or $14.99 for hardcover. All the books are available May 2013.
Two LEGO Star Wars DK Readers are next on the list, Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. The books will be telling the story of Episode II and III in LEGO form. They are both available in August 2013.
LEGO Hero Factory DB Books are also available in 2013. There will be an Ultimate Sticker Collection that has 96 pages and priced at $12.99 along with two DK Readers, Alien Attack (32 pages, $3.99 paperback, $14.99 hardcover) and The Alien Wars (48 pages, $3.99 paperback, $14.99 hardcover). These will be arriving in August 2013.
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A couple years ago, a Japanese builder who goes by Talapz, created a LEGO Pop-up Kinkaku-ji, a Temple of the Golden Pavilion, and posted it on YouTube, which has gained over a million views. He is back and has created another pop-up model, the Todai-ji including the Daibutsu (Eastern Great Temple with The Great Buddha). This model took Talapz 9 months to create and used around 8800 pieces. When folded together, it is approximately 96mm thick and about 48mm opened. If you want to create your own, he has also provided instructions at the end on how to make your own popup model.
Over on Rebelscum, a user by the name of rgeezzy has gotten their hands on what could the Pong Krell minifigure from the LEGO Star Wars Z-95 Headhunter (75004) set or it could be just a custom minifigure to trick people. We cannot verify that it’s the real thing since we can’t see clearly of the boxart of the set to compare them. Judge for yourself. The user has also posted an image of some of the new Clone Troopers as well as a Sith Trooper.
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Update: There’s also another image of Pong Krell that has popped up on Eurobricks posted by CM4S.
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Update 2: David, aka legoboy12345678, has gotten in contact with an associate and will be getting one by the end of week and will be showcasing it on his YouTube channel.
Update 3: lego*dudes is now selling the Pong Krell minifigure on their eBay store and lists more than 10 are available. Still not sure how the seller is getting them.
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With so many 2013 LEGO set minifigures showing up on eBay, it’s no surprise that you might find some minifigs from the Legends of Chima line. lego*dudes has posted a few auctions of Enis, Watz, as well as Winzar in their store. If you can’t wait until next year to pick up these minifigs, here’s your best chance to get them.
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First images of the new minifigures from the LEGO Galaxy Squad have shown up on eBay! lego*dudes, the source of many of the unreleased 2013 minifigures, is selling a red alien beetle-like insect, probably from the Space Swarmer (70700) set, as well as a green alien mosquito most likely from the Swarm Interceptor (70701) or the Warp Stinger (70702) sets.
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The red beetle minifigure has a very nice looking red exoskeleton with a great beetle head. For the green mosquito minifigure, it’s pretty much what you see from a mosquito. Even though the head is put on backwards, we can see it has a darkish green body with a fairly transparent neon green wing piece. The head has some very bulging eyes and a long proboscis. From the looks of it, these insects won’t be able to turn their heads due to the head molds. The LEGO Galaxy Squad theme looks to be a huge hit from the initial impressions of the minifigures.
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