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LEGO CUUSOO UCS Sandcrawler Achieves 10000 Supporters

August 12, 2012 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

mb_bricks is now two for two in the LEGO CUUSOO community for projects achieving 10000 supporters. If you may remember, the Modular Western Town also accomplished this feat in May 2012. After many months of planning and building and almost a year of being on LEGO CUUSOO, the UCS Sandcrawler is the latest project to hit 10000 supporters. It will now move on to the next stage and the LEGO Jury review it in September. LEGO will now have to create a concept model and hopefully will not change it that much from the original model. One note is that LEGO does already have a licensing agreement with Lucasfilms so that won’t be much of an issue. We’ll have to see how many pieces will be needed to build the Sandcrawler and the cost of it. Maybe it can compete with the Taj Mahal (10189) to see which set can have the most pieces.

Happy 80th Birthday, LEGO!! – The LEGO Story

August 10, 2012 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

August 10, 2012 marks the 80th birthday of LEGO, one of the most well-known companies in the world. In 1932 at Billund, Denmark, a carpenter named Ole Kirk Christiansen had an idea to start making wooden toys. After getting his company running, he named his company LEGO, coming from the Danish phrase “leg godt” meaning “play well.” Eventually, the company became the LEGO Group and the rest is history. Below is a very well made short film of the beginnings of the LEGO Group.

LEGO CUUSOO Andy/Bugdroid the Android by Google

August 8, 2012 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

If you’ve used any kind of smartphone, then you’ve probably seen this little guy before. Marc Young, aka GHLTurbo, has created Andy the Android/Bugdroid and needs your help to reach 10000 supporters on LEGO CUUSOO. Word has got out to the Android world and people are showing a lot of support. As of this writing, the project has already hit 3300 supporters within three days of being submitted on CUUSOO but it needs more supporters to be considered by LEGO for review. As an Android fan myself, I would definitely buy one if the project was produced. If you like what you see, head over to LEGO CUUSOO and help Marc get 10000 supporters for the Android mascot. Below is a brief description of Andy the Android by Google:

Being a fan of Lego and Google’s Android operating system, this creation was only natural for me. I did some searching and couldn’t find any really good Android Lego builds so I decided to build one myself.

This build currently uses 205 pieces of (mostly) Lime Green bricks. Using the approximate price per brick of $0.15 puts this kit around $30. There were many compromises in this build to get it to the model stage and I estimate that given the full catalogue of Lego parts in Lime Green, the part count of the final build could be reduced by 25%.

There are several points of articulation built into this model. The head can rotate 360 degrees as well as both arms. The antennae can also

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LEGO Lord of the Rings Special Edition Elrond Minifigure

August 4, 2012 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Lord of the Brick broke the news that LEGO will include an exclusive Elrond minifigure for the LEGO Lord of the Rings Special Edition game on Amazon.de. There is no information yet if any other sellers will have the same deals or not. The game will be released in October 2012.

LEGO Winter Village Cottage (10229) Revealed

August 2, 2012 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Today at Brick Fair 2012 in Chantilly, Virginia, LEGO revealed their flagship holiday set for 2012, the Winter Village Cottage (10229). The set contains 1490 pieces and retails for $99.99. It will be available in October. Head of to FBTB’s photostream to see more photos. Below is the official LEGO video and description of the Winter Village Cottage:

10229 Winter Village Cottage

Ages 12+. 1,487 pieces.

US $99.99 CA $129.99 DE 99.99 € UK 89.99 £ DK 899 DKK

Come with us as we take an exclusive look at the never before seen 10229 Winter Village Cottage, the latest exclusive LEGO® set in the Winter Village series! We’ll talk with the talented LEGO® designer who brought this awesome model to life in LEGO® bricks. The Winter Village Cottage set will be available directly through LEGO® beginning in October 2012 via shop.LEGO.com and at LEGO® Stores. Visit shop.LEGO.com for more details on this amazing model!

Get cozy in the Winter Village Cottage!

Continuing the winter series, build the Winter Village Cottage for a perfect holiday home. Seat Grandpa snugly by the fireplace with his newspaper as you help Dad to put up the tree, then bake a feast in the kitchen with Mom! When it’s time to stock up the storage shed with firewood, bring the kids for a ride with Dad on the sled watch him cut the wood with his chainsaw deep in the forest. When the snow gets really deep, clear the road with the snowplow, take all of the kids skiing or build

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LEGO Collectible Minifigures Series 8 (8833) Advertisement

August 2, 2012 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

LEGO has released a music video/advertisement for the new LEGO Collectible Minifigures Series 8 (8833) called the Brick of Dawn performed by LEGO Brick Brothers. Keep a lookout for the VH1-ish popups describing the minifigures. They are expected to be released in September. Which one are you looking forward to getting?

Ancient Thespis with a skull
Bavarian with a pretzel
Conquistador with a rapier
Cowgirl with a brown lasso
Diver with a harpoon
DJ with a disc and a disc case
Enemy Robot with a laser gun
Evil Female Alien with a laser gun
Fairy with wings and a wand
Football Player with gold trophy
Pirate Captain with gold cutlass and hook
Red Cheerleader with red pom poms
Santa Claus with sack
Skier with skis
Trader with newspaper and suitcase
Vampire with bat wings

Street Fighter 2 Minifigures Rejected on LEGO CUUSOO

July 31, 2012 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Street Fighter 2 minifigs - complete roster

A couple of days ago, there were some Street Fighter 2 minifigures posted by Julian Fong, aka levork, that showed up on Kotaku. The 16 minfigure project was a year and a half in the making for Julian. He submitted his project to LEGO CUUSOO to see if it could get 10000 supporters. Unfortunately, the project did not even get off the launching pad. Back in March, LEGO CUUSOO started refining projects that are submitted which means LEGO weeds out projects that are deemed inappropriate for children.

Your project refers to a brand or licensed property that contains content or themes that do not fit the LEGO Group’s standards for appropriate content. For details, please see the Acceptable Project Content section of the Project Guidelines and House Rules (lego.cuusoo.com/guidelines).
LEGO CUUSOO will not accept a project submission based on this brand or licensed property. Decisions about how a property fits our standards are made at the sole discretion of the LEGO Group.

Remember that LEGO is a toy company, so we’re careful to only produce products we deem appropriate for children. Projects related to the below topics are not allowed. We will decide how a project fits these standards at our discretion.

* Politics and political symbols
* Religious references including symbols, buildings, or people
* Sex, drugs, or smoking
* Alcohol in any present day situation
* Swearing
* Death, killing, blood, terrorism, or torture
* First-person shooter video games
* Warfare or war vehicles in any modern or present-day situation

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