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TT Games is hard at work developing the LEGO Marvel Super Heroes video game that is expected to be released October 31st. Today, they have released some new concept art featuring the Avengers as well well as other Super Heroes including Spider-Man and Wolverine. There is also artwork for some of the stages that you can expect to play in.
The game is now available for pre-order on Amazon on many systems including the Playstation 3
**Via Comic Alliance via FBTB**
Today, ThinkGeek has a coupon code that takes 20% off your total order. Enter “BLUERUPEE” without quotes when you’re checking out to get this discount. An item that might peak your interest is the Build-On Brick Mug. Although it is not an official LEGO product, you are able to connect your LEGO bricks to it. With this mug, you can look cool with a brick mug that you can build things on or just drink your beverage from a regular, boring cup.
Product Specifications
- Drink your coffee and build something, too!
- Black mug with exterior building surface compatible with most bricks
- Compatibility:
– LEGO™
– PixelBlocks
– Mega Bloks
– KRE-O
– K’NEX Bricks™- Note: This mug is not officially licensed by LEGO™, PixelBlocks, Mega Bloks, KRE-O, or K’NEX Bricks™. It just happens to be compatible with them all.
- Materials: BPA-free plastic
- Capacity: 12 ounces
- Washing: Hand wash
In the last of the trilogy of these early LEGO Legends of Chima Speedorz sets, YourCreativeFriends has reviewed the Ice Tower (70106) set. It contains 101 pieces and retails for $14.99, which comes to about $0.15/piece. The Ice Tower features Winzar as the minifigure. He’s the same minifig as in previous Chima sets. Like all other Speedorz sets, there are 5 game cards included as well. Again, the set combines with the Jungle Gates (70104) and the Nest Dive (70105) to create a track with obstacles to collect the CHI orb at the end. To see more about the play features, take a look at YCF’s video below.
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In the next set of the new wave of the LEGO Legends of Chima Speedorz sets, YourCreativeFriends has reviewed the Nest Dive (70105). This set has 97 pieces and retails for $14.99, which comes out to about $0.15/piece. Eglor is the featured minifigure in the Nest Dive. There’s also 5 game cards included. Take a look at the video below to see
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YourCreativeFriends has taken a trip to the local LEGO store and have gotten their hands on one of the three new LEGO Legends of Chima Speedorz sets, the Jungle Gates (70104). The set contains 81 pieces and retails for $14.99, a $0.19/piece ratio. The Jungle Gates features Lennox as the minifigure included. His Speedorz itself is pretty neat because there are two wheels on the back for easier balancing. What’s interesting with the new wave of Speedorz sets is that they connect to each other to create a race with obstacles. Check out YCF’s video below to see more details of the set.
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In October 2010, LEGO released The Burrow (4840) for the Harry Potter theme to tie into the sixth book and movie, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The set contains 568 pieces and retailed for $59.99, about $0.11/piece. It has since been retired by LEGO and the lowest you can find it new is around $150. The box contains two instruction booklets and a sticker sheet.
If you’re wondering what a retired LEGO mold looks like after producing 120,000,000 bricks, the above image shows it. A recent picture that was posted on Reddit shows a mold that was producing red 2×3 plates in it’s last cycle of it’s life. A commenter did calculations on how long the mold lasted and suggests it’s been at work for around 7 years nonstop, minus maintenance and color changes.
120,000,000 bricks / 8 bricks per cycle = 15,000,000 cycles
15,000,000 cycles / 4 cycles per minute = 3,750,000 minutes
3,750,000 minutes / 60 minutes per hour = 62,500 hours
62,500 hours / 24 hours per day = ~2604 days
2604 days = 7.135 years
According to the Pick-A-Brick page on Shop@Home, these 2×3 plates cost $0.15 each so if prices haven’t changed since the mold started production, it would’ve made LEGO around $18,000,000. As someone who has worked in the plastics industry before, the molds are the centerpiece to getting the bricks produced. Needing to be very intricate and precise, they can cost upwards of tens of thousands of dollars to make. They take a few hours to change out of the plastic injection machines and can weigh between 150-1500 kilos. If you have time, I suggest watching National Geographic’s Ultimate Factories/Megafactories of the LEGO factory in Denmark on how the bricks are created. The video talks more about the molds starting at 13:15.
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