LEGO News, LEGO Reviews, and Discussions
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.
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:
… Continue10229 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
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?
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.
… ContinueYour 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
After much anticipation, the new LEGO Super Heroes Spider-man’s Doc Ock Ambush (6873) is now available at LEGO Shop@Home. If you couldn’t get it when it first appeared on Walmart’s website, now is your chance to purchase the set and if you’re a LEGO VIP member, you can earn 29 points for the purchase.
Scheming Doctor Octopus has captured Iron Fist and is conducting experiments on him, trying to steal his superpowers. Help Spider-Man sneak in through the air vent and swoop down on Doc Ock to release Iron Fist! Then stop the wicked doctor from fleeing on his missile-firing car!
LEGO Super Heroes Spiderman’s Doc Ock Ambush Play Set:
Doc Ock’s lab and car
Lab features: containment cell, examination table and air vent shaft
Car features: rotating seat, spinning octopus arm attachment and flick missiles
Doctor Octopus features: detachable, poseable octopus arms
Attach octopus arms to car for a spin attack
Lab measures: over 10″W (26cm) and 7″H (17cm)
Car measures: over 3″L (7cm)
Includes 3 minifigures: Spider-Man, Iron Fist and Doctor Octopus
Model# 6873
If you have been waiting for the new Star Wars Summer sets at LEGO Shop@Home, then your wait is over. All the new sets are now available for sale today. You can now get your hands on the new Jabba minifigure, Queen Amidala, or Darth Malgus. Which LEGO Star Wars set(s) are you most excited for?
Republic Striker-class Starfighter (9497)
Saesee Tiin’s Jedi Starfighter (9498)
Sith Fury-class Interceptor (9500)
Pre Vizsla’s Mandalorian Fighter (9525)
X-wing Starfighter & Yavin 4 (9677)
Brickset has found out prices and minifigures of the new Hobbit sets expected to be released in December from a German toy shop. This is just preliminary information and not the final details of the sets. Official details will be released in the upcoming months leading up to the movie premiere.
79000 Mystery of the Ring (€13)
Minifigures: Bilbo Baggins, Gollum
79001 Fleeing from the Mirkwood Spiders (€30)
Minifigure: Bilbo Baggins
79002 Attack of the Wargs (€60)
Minifigures: Gandalf, Wargs (unknown amount)
79003 Bag End (€80) – I was told by LEGO officials at Comic-Con that the set would be called “An Unexpected Gathering”.
Minifigures: Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf, Balin, Boufer, Dwalin
79004 Escape in Barrels (€70). This may be a ‘reduced availability set. The site says ‘whether we can offer this product is still uncertain’
79010 The Orc King (€100)
Minifigures: Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf, Orc King
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