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Last Day to Shop for LEGO Before Price Increases

July 31, 2022 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Today is the last day to get your orders in on the LEGO Shop and other retailers before the imminent price increases across numerous themes. Announced back in June, the price increase is due to the increased costs of raw materials and operating cost which LEGO has tried to hold off on passing to customers for a while. You can check out the list of sets that will get the price bump in just over 13 hours as of this post.

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LEGO VIP Points Available at Target

July 30, 2022 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

There’s an image floating around the internet (can’t find original source) regarding LEGO VIP points being available at Target stores. The signage on the endcap says you can earn 1 VIP point for every dollar spent on LEGO sets at Target until January 31, 2023. The fine print also says that up to 1,000 VIP points can be earned in any calendar month. The QR code currently takes you to a blank page but I’m sure it’ll be updated soon.

I went to a few of my Target stores and they didn’t have any of the signs up yet and the shelves looked rather shallow. I’m not sure how Target will be implementing LEGO VIP points but I guess the receipt will give you a code to enter in the Rewards Center.

Thanks to Cedric for emailing it in.

The Brick Fan Newsletter Now Published by follow.it

July 29, 2022 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Since the start of The Brick Fan, we’ve been using FeedBurner to bring you an email subscription service to get our latest posts. If you were subscribed, you may have noticed that you haven’t been getting any for the past week. That is because Google and FeedBurner has recently phased out some of their “non-core feed management features” which includes email subscriptions.

We are in the process of importing all current subscribers from FeedBurner to follow.it. If everything runs correctly, there you should start getting The Brick Fan emails in a few days. You don’t have to do anything. If you’re not a subscriber, you can follow us here or if you’re on desktop, you can sign up using the top widget on the sidebar. Subscribing to the newsletter is completely free and you can unsubscribe anytime you want. Please make sure you confirm your subscription that was sent to your email as well. Today is the first day that I’m switching over so there may be some kinks I have to work out.

LEGO Marvel Nano Gauntlet (76223) Review

July 29, 2022 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Continuing with our reviews of the LEGO Marvel Artifact sets, as I call it, we have the Nano Gauntlet (76223) from Avengers: Endgame. The set has 675 pieces and retails for $69.99. The set joins other builds from The Infinity Saga including the Infinity Gauntlet (76191) and Thor’s Hammer (76209).

The build is very straight-forward that is compacted into three numbered bags. The first set of bags are for the foundation of the gauntlet as well as the base that it sits on. There’s a lot of interesting parts usage to give it the SNOT look at the end.

For the second set of bags, we cover up the inner parts. There’s a lot of dark red combined with metallic silver surrounding the gauntlet. It makes use of sectioned panels to go into the corresponding areas.

Finally for the third bags, we create the fingers for the gauntlet. Each of the fingers has multiple joints for a wide variety of articulation. The thumb is a little stubby and seems shorter compared to the other fingers so you can’t really do the snap but you can get close to it. I do like the pearl gold underneath the fingers to give some contrast but it is a little inaccurate.

We also get the six Infinity Stones which use a variety of parts to make it look like them. They are attached to some roller skates and secured using some satchels which is some very interesting parts usage.

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LEGO Files “LEGO Dreamzzz” Trademark

July 28, 2022 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

LEGO has recently put in another trademark registration for something called LEGO Dreamzzz. It was filed just last week on July 18 and it looks to be for an online fan club service that is a website featuring interactive games, activities, stories, etc. The listing doesn’t mention anything about toys like with the Brick to the Future trademark. I’m guessing whatever LEGO Dreamzzz will be in the Play Zone like all the other interactive games are. As of July 21, the status of the application is live and is waiting to be assigned to an examining attorney which will be in about six months.

LEGO August 2022 Shopping Guide

July 27, 2022 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

August is just around the corner and it is usually one of the biggest months for new LEGO sets, at least in North America. There will be over 90 sets that will be dropping in a few days on the LEGO Shop and here’s a shopping guide for what we can be expecting. Note that there will also be price increases on current sets that are already available which go up to 25%.

LEGO Star Wars AT-TE Walker (75337) Release Delayed

July 27, 2022 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

The LEGO Star Wars AT-TE Walker (75337) was revealed at LEGO Con last month and had a release date of August 1 but it looks like that won’t be happening. The product listing for the set took off the August 1 date and changed it to Coming Soon which means that the set has been delayed. LEGO has released a statement on the LAN regarding the delay.

Star Wars set 75337 was planned to launch in North America on August 1st, however, due to some delivery challenges, we expect it to be delayed by a few weeks.

As soon as we know a more precise date, we will update the shop website accordingly.

Due to “delivery challenges” the release of the AT-TE Walker has been postponed for a few weeks with no exact date announced yet. I’m guessing it’ll be out in September.