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LEGO Star Wars Planets Series 4 Not Sold in United States

September 5, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

LEGO Star Wars Tantive IV & Planet Alderaan (75011)

For those who are collectors of the LEGO Star Wars Planets sets in the United States, FBTB is reporting that Series 4 of the fairly popular sets will not be released here in the States.

The second wave of 2013 LSW planets are no longer launching in the US. They will be available in other global countries, however. As you know, some markets carry slightly different collections depending on their market dynamics, so the strategic decision was made not to launch them in the US.

However, you can still pick up the Snowspeeder & Planet Hoth (75009), B-wing Starfighter & Planet Endor (75010), and Tantive IV & Planet Alderaan (75011) through Bricklink, eBay, or Amazon but at a bit higher prices due to them not being available in the States. If you have contacts in Canada, maybe they can help out since the sets are available there as well. The Planet sets are the final wave for the LEGO Star Wars theme as they are being replaced with the Microfighters line in 2014.

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LEGO Becomes World’s #2 Toymaker

September 5, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Despise a slow start in 2013 in the North America and European markets, The LEGO Group has still managed to become the world’s #2 toymaker beating out Hasbro. The Danish toy company had sales jump 13 percent in the first-half of 2013 with the strongest growth in the Asian markets. Their revenue rose to 10.4 billion kroner in the first six months of 2013 from 9.13 billion kroner in the same time period as last year. The revenue which is equivalent to $1.84 billion beat out Hasbro Inc. which had reported sales of $1.43 billion.

The increase in revenue was due to increased sales in the LEGO Legends of Chima line as well as the LEGO Friends line and Chief Executive Officer Joergen Vig Knudstorp says the Friends sets were the “most significant” new product in a decade. While the Legends of Chima line has become LEGO’s fastest growing products, sales of the Friends sets were “significantly higher” than the company average as well. The company expects both of these lines to continue growing with more sets being released for Legends of Chima and Friends in 2014.

LEGO has also boosted its global market share from 8.6 percent from the end of 2012 to 8.8 percent in the first half of this year. Mattel Inc. is still the world’s largest toymaker which had a revenue of $2.16 billion in the first half of 2013 but in terms of profit, The LEGO Group’s net income rose 18 perfect in the first six months of 2013 to 2.48 … Continue

LEGO CUUSOO Jurassic Park Project by Senteosan Shelved

September 4, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

If you’re a LEGO creator and want to list any Jurassic Park projects on LEGO CUUSOO, don’t bother. Yesterday, Senteosan’s Jurassic Park project was archived after only 6,495 supporters and will not be considered for production. The reason? LEGO posted, “since another company has the construction toy license for this IP, we can’t pursue this further as a potential LEGO set.” Back in February of this year, Hasbro, which owns KRE-O, struck a licensing deal with Universal to produce merchandise for the movie franchise. Because of this deal, any Jurassic Park related projects/sets cannot be created by The LEGO Group and in turn anything that bears the JP mark on CUUSOO will be archived. However, Senteosan does have a separate project for his UCS-style Dinosaur series, Bricksauria and that isn’t Jurassic Park related so it’s still live. If you like the design of the Tyrannosaurus Rex, head over to Senteosan’s page and show your support.

Does this decision discourage creators to propose projects that are other companies’ IPs? No it doesn’t but just bear in mind that LEGO has the right to close down a project if it conflicts with a competitive building brick licensor, aka KRE-O/Mega Bloks. LEGO CUUSOO encourages people submit original ideas so there’s less of a chance that your project will conflict with another company’s license. Below is the official LEGO comment on their decision to close Senteosan’s project.

Decision on Our Ability to Produce this Project

2013.09.03
First and foremost, congratulations on the well over 5,000 supporters for this project on

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LEGO Creator Mini Volkswagen T1 Camper Van (40079) Review

September 2, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

In the month of September whenever you spend $75 or more at a LEGO store or on Shop@Home, you can get a FREE exclusive LEGO Creator Mini Volkswagen T1 Camper Van (40079). The polybag contains 76 pieces which is in both loose pieces and in a small bag, one instruction booklet, and one protective box for the VW sticker. Just a little note, the polybag is officially licensed by Volkswagen.

LEGO Creator Mini Volkswagen T1 Camper Van (40079)

LEGO Creator 2013 Holiday Set Images

September 2, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

As we reported yesterday, LEGO will be having a couple of promotions during the holiday season. There will be two LEGO Creator Holiday sets that will be given out in October and during Brick Friday Weekend in November. GRogall over at Eurobricks has post the high quality images of both sets. The first Holiday Creator set (40082) will be given out in October and features a Christmas tree lot with a male worker and a female buyer. The second Holiday Creator set (40083), given out during Brick Friday, is a red truck that delivers the Christmas tree and includes a male driver. Both of these sets will be FREE with purchases of $99 or more at LEGO stores and on Shop@Home.

LEGO Collectible Minifigures Series 11 (71002) Review

September 2, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Back in June, there was an reported image that came out which showed a couple of the new Series 11 minifigures and it got people really excited for the latest addition to the Collectible Minifigures line. Series 11 (71002) has been released and the rush is on to get all of minfigures in the series. Like in previous series, each packet contains one minifigure and one leaflet and retails for $2.99 each.

LEGO Masters of the Universe by Orion Pax

September 2, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Alex Jones, aka Orion Pax, continues to show off his creations of 80’s themes and he has finally completed his custom LEGO sets and minifigures based on the Masters of the Universe franchise. He has been working hard the past several months to create high quality sets and he was even invited to Grayskull Con 2013 to present the sets to the creator of the Masters of the Universe, Mark Taylor. As you can see below, Alex has also created a full-sized replica of He-Man’s Power Sword and Battle Axe. If you’ve been following Orion, you will know the quality level of his creations are unparalleled and as a kid from the 80’s, his creation gave me goosebumps. Head over to his site to check out high resolution images of all the minifigures as well as the sets and vehicles including Castle Grayskull.