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LEGO Minifigure Infographic

January 25, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Everybody loves LEGO minifigures. Who doesn’t like minifigs? Above is an fun and interesting infographic of facts about the little guys created by Visual.ly and designed by Hot Butter Studio. The infographic even includes information about female minifigures including the Friends line. There are a bunch of statistics that you may not know about including the 18:1 ratio of male minifigures to female minifigures. Also, did you know that there are 122 million minifigures sold each year? That’s more than some populations of some of the larger populated countries in the world including Mexico, Germany, and the United Kingdom! The amount of them sold even comes close to the estimated population of Japan which has about 127 million people in the country. Click on the image above to see it better and let us know what you think about it. We hope you enjoy it like we did and hopefully learn something more about some of the most important pieces in a LEGO set.

LEGO Creator Expert Palace Cinema (10232) Now on Shop@Home

January 25, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Last week, the latest addition to the Modular themed sets was revealed at BrickFair Alabama. The LEGO Creator Expert Palace Cinema (10232) is now listed on Shop@Home with an expected release date of March 1. Again, the set will contain 2194 pieces and retails for $149.99. Too bad there’s no buy button yet but you can gaze at the page and have it taunt you or you can think of ways you would use the cinema in your collection.

LEGO The Yoda Chronicles Continues

January 25, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

The Yoda Chronicles continues the episode where they left off a couple of weeks ago. It shows that the Umbaran MHC is getting closer to the Jedi while they’re holding off the Droid Army. At the end, Yoda places a 1×1 stud in the middle of the road the the MHC trips over it and a mysterious figure falls out of it. Who can this person be?

Honestly, so far this series is off to be a little disappointing. These one minute short skits don’t really say anything but just advertising products from the Star Wars line. Hopefully, it picks up in the next couple of episodes. Stay tuned for the next episode of The Yoda Chronicles.

**Via Hoth Bricks**

LEGO Batman: The Movie Exclusive Minifigure Revealed

January 24, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Back in October of last year at the New York Comic Con, we reported that Warner Brothers will be releasing LEGO Batman: The Movie – DC Super Heroes Unite. Thanks to Brick Heroes, we now know there will be a Clark Kent exclusive minifigure with the Blu-Ray/DVD Combo Pack. As you can see, Clark has his shirt open to reveal his Superman suit underneath. The movie will be 71 minutes long and will be released May 21, 2013 with a retail price of $24.99. You can pre-order the movie now on Amazon.com.

LEGO Accused of Being Racist and Responds

January 24, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

This news has made the rounds on the internet that The LEGO Group has been accused of being racist by the Turkish Cultural Community of Austria. They claim that the Jabba’s Palace set from the Star Wars line is similar to the Hagia Sophia mosque in Istanbul and demands an apology because it offends the Muslim community. This all started because a Turkish man was offended after the set was purchased for his son by another family member. The Turkish Cultural Community also claim the scene to be “racial prejudice and vulgar insinuations against Asians and Orientals as people with deceitful and criminal personalities” and the minfigures “resemble ‘terrorists, criminals and murderers.'”

Honestly, this is about as funny as a screen door on a submarine. I’m from Asian descent and have absolutely no issues with the set at all. I actually like how the set looks overall and gave it high praise in my review. Obviously, the accusers haven’t seen any of the Star Wars movies to see what’s going on or what the set mirrored after.

LEGO has responded with a statement that the set is solely based on Jabba’s Palace from Episode VI and no reference to any real buildings, including the Hagia Sophia. See LEGO’s official response below:

All LEGO Star Wars products are based on the movies of the Star Wars saga created by Lucasfilm. Jabba’s Palace appears in Star Wars Episode VI and appears in a famous scene on the planet Tatooine. The building is the palace of Jabba – a

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LEGO Lord of the Rings The Battle of Helms Deep (50011) Board Game Image

January 24, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Flickr user, Ultron32, has posted the box art for the new LEGO Lord of the Rings The Battle of Helms Deep (50011) Board Game. The set will contain 338 pieces and have a lot of microfigures. From what we can see from the cut-off description, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, King Theoden?, Eowyn, Haldir, Uruk-hai archer, 11 Uruk-hai swordsmen will be some of the microfigs included in the set. The game will be available August 2013.

LEGO Collectible Minifigures Series 10 Images & Series 11 Info

January 24, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Images of the new LEGO Collectible Minifigures Series 10 may have been leaked on Idle Hands. As we reported last November, there are images of pieces that were pulled from Brickset’s database. Some nifty users on Eurobricks combined similar pieces to create what looks to be a complete minifigure. On Idle Hands’ image, you can clearly see the poster for Series 10 which are accurate to what we saw on Eurobricks. To sweeten the pot, there is also a list of Series 11 minifigures. There’s no confirmation of these yet but Idle states that Action Figure Insider is “99.9%” sure that this is the list for both series.

Sea Captain
Sad Clown
Librarian
Grandpa
Bumblebee Girl
Roman Commander
Warrior Woman
Decorator
Tomahawk Warrior
Trendsetter
Baseball Fielder
Revolution Soldier
Motorcycle Mechanic
Medusa
Skydiver
Paintball Player

Series 11

Yeti
Evil Mech
Welder
Lady Robot
Jazz Musician
Constable
Holiday Elf
Bavarian Lady
Scarecrow
Mountain Climber
Grandma
Tiki Warrior
Gingerbread Man
Barbarian
Dinner Waitress
Scientist