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Toy Ark has revealed the Stagecoach Escape (79108) set from the LEGO The Lone Ranger theme. There are five minifigures in the set including: The Lone Ranger, Tonto, Red, and two bandits. As you can see, Red is an interesting minifigure because she will be the first female minifigure to have a peg leg. The build consists of an elaborately built stagecoach pulled by two horses. On top the stagecoach is a safe. Toy Ark lists the set will retail for $29.99 and it expected to be released in April.
This is probably old news by now but LEGO is sending a red-chromed minifigure VIP Keychain (4644591) to all VIP members who very active and engaging based on a list of criteria which includes purchase frequency. If you were the few lucky ones who qualified, the keychain should have started arriving in your mailboxes by now or in the near future. There’s also a Valentine’s card included with some special offers such as early access for the Palace Cinema (10232) on Feb 14-28. In the month of March, for all orders $50 or more, you get a FREE Republic Frigate (30242) polybag. Also from March 1-15, there is FREE shipping with orders $75 or more. Finally from March 25 – April 8, there is a Double VIP point event. Hopefully I’ll be getting one of the keychains in the mail soon but if not, I’ll be a sad panda.
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Minifigures.co.uk has posted a couple of images of the Constitution Train Chase (79111) from the new LEGO The Lone Ranger theme. The set will be depicting a scene from The Lone Ranger movie set to be released on July 3rd. As you can see, there will be 7 minifigures in the set including: Captain Jay Fuller, Tonto, Latham Cole, Butch Cavendish, Rebecca Reid, Danny Reid, and the Lone Ranger. In the second image, you can the actual build for the set. There is the locomotive, a coal wagon, a trailer with some sort mini-gun, and a what looks like a passenger/storage car. It looks like you also get some track pieces and a water tower. This set will retail for $89.99 and expected to be released in April 2013 along with the other sets in the theme.
The chase is on to save Rebecca and Danny from Butch Cavendish and his gang of henchmen onboard the speeding train, Constitution! Help Tonto to place the dynamite and blow up the water tower to stop the speeding train in its tracks! Ride to the rescue with the Lone Ranger alongside on his trusty horse, Silver. Jump aboard the highly detailed locomotive with 3 cars and dodge the gatling gun! Uncover the secret coal wagon hideout, blow the prison wagon door with the dynamite and escape to safety with Rebecca and Danny!
The LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles continues with part two of the second episode, The Rancor Pit. If you remember in part one Leia has fallen into the pit and is barely holding on. She is swinging back and forth while the Rancor tries to eat her. The Rancor finally grabs a hold of her and Luke sees that she’s in trouble. He builds a flight of stairs and sticks a bone in the beast and swings away with Leia. Then he tries to close the gate but the buttons don’t work and he force closes the gate on top of the Rancor. Luke and Leia run free temporarily but is captured. In the ending scene, they are whisked away on the Sail Barge and the Desert Skiff. I’m not sure if the story continues next week or if it was like the Umbara storyline where it just ends abruptly. Stay tuned next week to see what LEGO has in store for The Yoda Chronicles.
A day after the Andy the Android hit 10000 supporters on LEGO CUUSOO, the Legend of Zelda project by Ragaru follows suit. They join the exclusive club of projects that have achieved 10000 supporters and now qualify for the Spring Review by the LEGO Jury in March.
The first Legend of Zelda project by Mingles was rejected in the Summer Review due to LEGO having to make new parts. In this version, the set was created using mostly existing parts and colors. The set also will rely on printed/stickered pieces to create a close representation of the characters. We’ll see what LEGO thinks of this project later this year. Congratulations to Ragaru for hitting this great milestone!
The Land-Rover Defender 110 now becomes the highest supported project on CUUSOO. With about a month left until the March 4th deadline, it might also have a chance to reach the goal as well.
… ContinueCongratulations on 10,000 Supporters, Ragaru!
2013.02.08
Huge congratulations to Ragaru and all of the supporters of this LEGO® CUUSOO project. Your work provides another approach to the concept of a Legend of Zelda™ LEGO set and we admire that you have not allowed the results of the previous project to discourage your efforts.
While we cannot create new specific LEGO elements within the operational framework of LEGO CUUSOO, we will consider this concept in earnest in the Spring 2013 LEGO Review period.
What happens now?
This project moves from the Idea stage to the Review stage. A “LEGO Review Board” composed of designers, product managers,
There are now images of the box art for the new LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Iron Man Sets as well as the sets themselves. The sets were listed on the Barnes & Noble website with an estimated release date of March 15, 2013 for the Iron Man vs. The Mandarin: Ultimate Battle and May 15, 2013 for the other two sets.
Iron Man Extremis Sea Port Battle (76006) – 195 pieces. Here you can see we have 3 minifigures: Iron Man in the MK XLII armor, War Machine with his mini-gun on his right shoulder, and Aldrich Killian. The builds for the set includes a speedboat and a buoy.
Iron Man Attack Malibu Mansion (76007) – 364 pieces. There are Tony Stark, Pepper Potts, a caped Mandarin, and Extremis Savin, and what appears to be Pepper wearing the Iron Man MK XLII suit. The includes Mandarin’s helicopter, part of Tony Stark’s mansion where the Halls of Armor, and Tony’s robot arm assistant.
Iron Man vs The Ultimate Showdown Mandarin (76008) – $12.99, 91 pieces. This set has two minifigures: Iron Man in the Heartbreaker armor and the Mandarin. The build includes Mandarin’s vehicle that launches some rockets.
The Andy/Bugdroid the Android by Google on by GLHTurbo has achieved the 10000 supporters needed on LEGO CUUSOO to be reviewed by the LEGO Jury. If you’ve used an Android smartphone, you’ve may have seen this little guy on your phone before. As I said before, I would love for this set to see the light of production. The project now qualifies for the Spring Review. The Legend of Zelda project now becomes the highest supported project on CUUSOO. The deadline for the Spring Review is March 4th so there may be a couple more sets joining the Bugdroid in Spring Review. Congratulations to GLHTurbo for this great achievement. Read the official LEGO comment below:
… ContinueCongratulations on 10,000 Supporters, GLHTurbo!
2013.02.07
Congratulations to GLHTurbo and all of the supporters of this LEGO® CUUSOO project. Google™ Android™ fans have spoken. We’ve heard loud and clear that you want to be able to make your own Andy out of LEGO bricks. So, we’ll get to work considering the possibility!
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, including playability, safety, and fit with the LEGO brand. Every LEGO product goes through a process like this and must
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