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BrickPicker Announces LEGO Set Review Contest

April 23, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Our friends over at BrickPicker has announced a LEGO set review contest over on their site with a chance to win some great prizes. All you have to do is write some quality reviews of LEGO sets. The contests starts today and ends on July 3rd, 2013 at 11:59pm (Eastern Time). There are some guidelines that are required for you to be entered in the contest. The reviews have to be a total of 1000 characters combined in the following categories:

First Impression(WOW Factor) & Introduction
Unique Parts/Minifigures
Playability/Build Experience
Value for money(new)
Theme Popularity
Exclusivity
Packaging
Growth Potential
Display Attributes
Final Analysis & Conclusion

The Brickpoints system has also been overhauled for this contest. A normal 1000 character review will get you 10 Brickpoints but you can earn 500 points for more in-depth, detailed reviews. All reviews will be approved or disapproved by Ed or Jeff and you will be able to revise and resubmit them if they are disapproved.

Now to the goodies! There are some really nice prizes for the winners of the contest.

1st Place: Monster Fighters Haunted House (10228) or $200 LEGO Gift Card
2nd Place: Creator Expert Palace Cinema (10232) or $150 LEGO Gift Card
Star Wars Jabba’s Palace (9516) or $100 LEGO Gift Card

There are also four (4) $25 LEGO Gift Cards given to exceptional reviews which are then converted for the Evaluation Corner. For these special reviews, a single person can win them all so there’s more incentive to write quality reviews. To read more about the … Continue

LEGO Mindstorms Education EV3 (45544) Available August 1st

April 23, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

LEGO today has announced the release date of the LEGO Mindstorms Education EV3 on their official press release. The unit will be available August 1st and is now available for preorder for educators in the US. The Education version contains 541 pieces and retails for $339.95 and if you order more sets, the overall price per set is cheaper. The software is sold separately.

The Daily Brick also notes that LEGO will be releasing a “Space Exploration” expansion set for the EV3.

The LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Education EV3 platform will begin shipping August 1, 2013. The education platform is now available in the U.S. for educators to preorder.

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The LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Education EV3 platform will begin shipping August 1, 2013. The education platform is now available in the U.S. for educators to preorder.

Announced in January 2013, the LEGO MINDSTORMS Education EV3 platform is the third generation of LEGO Education robotics technology designed for classroom use. It is a full teaching solution developed with educators to actively engage students in a number of key curriculum areas such as computer science, science, technology, engineering, and math correlated to national standards.

The EV3 platform includes customizable curriculum and digital workbooks; a hardware platform based on real-world robotics technology for engaging, hands-on activities; an intuitive software platform consisting of both programming and data-logging interface including 48 step-by-step tutorials; and extensive professional development courses.

The LEGO MINDSTORMS Education EV3 Core Set comes with the EV3 Brick, rechargeable battery, sensors, motors, large brick selection, a new ball

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Toys R Us LEGO May the 4th Building Event

April 21, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Toys R Us will also be having their own “May the 4th” event at participating stores. According to the image above, you can build a mini Jek-14’s Stealth Starfighter from The Yoda Chronicles from 12pm-2pm. Remember that LEGO stores will also have their own “May the 4th” event with the exclusive Han Solo minifigure and the release of the UCS Red Five X-wing Starfighter (10240).

**Via FBTB**

The LEGO Story Outtake

April 20, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

If you remember from last year, LEGO released a video called “The LEGO Story” on the company’s 80th birthday. Yesterday, LEGO released an outtake of The LEGO Story called “Stepping on a Brick.” It’s a nice 1 minute video that shows exactly what the title says, Godtfred Kirk Christiansen stepping on a LEGO brick.

LEGO Collectible Minifigures Series 10 Mr. Gold Found in North America

April 20, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

According to Brickset, a couple of collectors in North America have found the elusive Mr. Gold minifigure from the Series 10 Collectible Minifigures (71001) line. The minifig was found at Walmart in Ontario, Canada so if you’re wondering if they could be found in normal retail stores and not just LEGO stores, there’s the proof. The image above shows Mr. Gold that was found from a collector in Georgia.

If you’ve been lucky few to find Mr. Gold this early, now’s your chance to make some quick bucks on eBay or Bricklink. There was an auction on eBay that ended just today that sold for $1200 from a seller in Oregon.

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LEGO Collectible Minifigures Series 10 Hitting Stores Early

April 18, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

The new Series 10 LEGO Collectible Minifigures (71001) are starting to show up in retail stores a ahead of the scheduled May 1st release date. There have been reports of them being sold at Target, Toys R Us, and Walmart stores throughout the United States. Keep a look out for them and see if you can find that elusive Mr. Gold minifigure!

More LEGO Legends of Chima Summer 2013 Images

April 17, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

With all of the images that are coming out for the LEGO 2013 Summer sets, it’s getting a little harder to keep up but we’re going to try our darndest to. A few of the Legends of Chima Summer sets have now appeared on LEGO’s cache and this time the images of the ultrabuilds are now available as well as a couple more Speedorz sets. Even though we’ve already seen these Chima sets at the Toy Fair, these new images are a little clearer to see.