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Select Barnes & Noble stores will be hosting a Halloween Make and Take event on October 14-15 for a LEGO Jack-o’-Lantern. The set has 113 pieces and you will be able to make a custom pumpkin by designing the face with a variety of bricks. We don’t have a list of the participating stores so you should contact your local store to see if they are doing it.
Update: I’ve been told that some stores are also doing it on October 13, Friday the 13th so be sure to double check if you want to attend.
LEGO has put up the product page for the upcoming LEGO Creator Scary Pirate Island (40597) gift with purchase set on the LEGO Shop. The 214 piece set features an island of a shark head with a cave inside the mouth along with a small castle ruin on the side. The official details on when and how to get it are still unknown at this time but a Thai advertisement shows that it’ll be from October 13-22 so it should be around that time. If so, it’ll also run alongside the Double Points Event which runs from October 10-15.
LEGO® fans can celebrate Halloween by staging their own adventures on Scary Pirate Island (40597). The island features a shark’s head with a cave inside its open jaws, plus a creepy castle ruin with a staircase. Explorers can find a treasure chestfull of gold and jewelry, a skull and a bat. Paddling towards the island on a raft is a treasure-seeking pirate with an oar and a sword. A Halloween gift for kids aged 8+, this set looks great on display and can be used to play out fun-filled stories.
Ever since LEGO announced they have entered into a partnership with Epic Games, fans have wondered if we would ever be getting any LEGO Fortnite sets and it looks like we may be getting something in the near future. Over on the LEGO Certification page, there’s an entry for set number 5008257 which is for a Llama. If you’ve played Fortnite before, it does have a very similar look to the Supply Llama that spawns at random locations on the map. It looks small enough to assume that it could be either a polybag or a Make & Take set. There’s no word yet on when it will be released.
The LEGO Shop has updated their offers page and it has been confirmed that there will be a LEGO Insiders Double Points event starting next week. From October 10-15, you can earn double points o your entire purchase on the LEGO Shop and in LEGO Brand Stores. Now is a great time to have it with so many new sets that have been released since the last time which was back in June.
Coraline: The Pink Palace by Thebigchicken is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The 2,999 piece build features the apartments from the animated movie and also proposes minifigures of Coraline, Charlie Jones, Mel Jones, andn Alexander Bobinksi.
The project joins Modular Heritage Museum, Great Temple of Abu Simbel – With Secret Treasure, Rolls-Royce Phantom 1 “Phantom of Love”, Moon Palace, NASA’s SLS Block 1 & 1B Rockets – Artemis Missions, LEGO Anatomy, and WTC Twin Towers & Vista International Hotel 1979 as the ones to reach the Third 2023 Review Stage.
This past summer, LEGO released a flagship set for the new season of LEGO Ninjago: Dragons Rising with the Ninjago City Markets (71799). This set comes in at 6,163 pieces and retails for $369.99. I will say beforehand that I am not the biggest Ninjago fan so if I miss or don’t mention some of the many sticker references, please forgive me.
The WTC Twin Towers & Vista International Hotel 1979 by Daniel ASC is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The 2,999 piece build features the World Trade Center Twin Towers from 1979 which also has the Vista International Hotel that was still under construction during the time.
The project joins Modular Heritage Museum, Great Temple of Abu Simbel – With Secret Treasure, Rolls-Royce Phantom 1 “Phantom of Love”, Moon Palace, NASA’s SLS Block 1 & 1B Rockets – Artemis Missions, and LEGO Anatomy as the ones to reach the Third 2023 Review Stage.
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