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The Wild West Mine by Disney Recreation is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The 1,464 piece build features a mine set in the wild west with a set of tracks going around it. The project now joins The Forestmen Secret Inn and The Legendary Concorde as the ones to reach the First 2022 Review Stage.
LEGO has just restocked a number of sets on the LEGO Shop that are soon to be retired. This might be the final time that they will be restocking so get them while you still can. This is also nice timing since the Year of the Tiger (40491) promotion is still going on until January 27.
• LEGO Creator James Bond Aston Martin DB5 (10262)
• Dinosaur Fossils (21320)
• LEGO Ideas Ship in a Bottle (92177)
• LEGO Stranger Things The Upside Down (75810)
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For those who missed the Zavvi offer the other day, Walmart is also selling the LEGO Year of the Tiger (40491) as a standalone set. It is also retailing for $9.99 and it is still currently a gift with purchase promo over on the LEGO Shop where you have to spend $85 to get it.
I thought the Zavvi pre-order was just a fluke as a brand new GWP set isn’t supposed to be sold separately, especially since it just got released, but if Walmart is also selling them, does this mean that we can just buy upcoming GWPs in the future? We’ll see next month when that promo goes live, whenever that is. Thanks to Gordon for the heads up.
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A few days ago, the Toy Association announced that the 2022 New York Toy Fair was officially cancelled and it looks like the Germans are following suit as the 2022 Nuremberg Toy Fair has also been cancelled. The event was set to take place next month but due to the ongoing COVID pandemic and exhibitors withdrawing, the organizers has decided to move the event to an online platform. At this point, I won’t be surprised if the London Toy Fair was cancelled too but they stated last week that the event will go on as intended. It doesn’t really matter since London is a closed event and photography and sharing details is prohibited.
… ContinueCancellation of the physical Spielwarenmesse 2022
The toy industry has been looking forward to the world’s leading event for the sector at the beginning of February. The rapid growth of the Omicron variant in recent days, however, and the resultant increasing number of cancellations to stands, has left the organiser, Spielwarenmesse eG, with no alternative – with a heavy heart it has to cancel Spielwarenmesse 2022 in Nuremberg. As an alternative, exhibitors, specialist retailers and media representatives can meet up on the Spielwarenmesse Digital platform.
“We have fought hard to be able to hold the live event and we received strong support initially from toy markets worldwide,” says Christian Ulrich, Spokesperson of the Executive Board at Spielwarenmesse eG. A large number of suppliers without international distribution networks appealed to the organisers even in December to continue with the fair, which is so important
If you’ve been waiting for some LEGO Exclusives to restock, there’s a few sets that are now available again on the LEGO Shop. Most of them have been out of stock since last year and have recently came back but there’s still some popular ones that are still temporarily out of stock. The Titanic (10294) has been going in and out the past few days so I suggest using the in-stock notification. It’s hit or miss but I’ve read that some people had success with it.
• LEGO Boutique Hotel (10297) – $199.99
• LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts Icons Collectors’ Edition (76391) – $249.99
• LEGO Star Wars UCS Republic Gunship (75309) – $349.99
• LEGO Star Wars UCS AT-AT (75313) – $799.99
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There’s a new rumor that we could be seeing the return of the LEGO Indiana Jones theme later this year. StoneWars is reporting that an online ship has listed a range of sets (75571-75574) codenamed “Coconut” that will be releasing in October that suggests that the theme will make its return after 13 years. LEGO does codenames for various themes which includes “Banana” for Minions and “Leaf” for Super Mario and the coconut may be referencing the ones found in the LEGO Indiana Jones 2 video game. As always, these are purely rumors until LEGO announces them or images show up at an online shop.
LEGO has announced that LEGO Digital Designer will be shut down on January 31 and LEGO BrickLink Studio will become the official 3D building app. LDD was released way back in 2004 and it was the main app used for digitial building and rendering. You can still download LDD until the end of the month but it won’t be updated or supported. After that, you can no longer download it.
In 2014, BrickLink created the BrickLink Studio and the program supported a number of other programs such as LDD and LDraw but it has since became one of the main focal points for BrickLink in the digital rendering space.
… ContinueLEGO® BrickLink Studio to replace LEGO Digital Designer as the LEGO Group’s official 3D building app
The LEGO Digital Designer website will shut down at the end of January. BrickLink Studio welcomes LEGO Digital Designer users.
Billund, Denmark – January 12th, 2022: Today, the LEGO Group announces that BrickLink Studio will replace LEGO Digital Designer as the official virtual LEGO building software going forward. The LEGO Digital Designer (LDD) website will close on January 31st, after which time LDD will no longer be available for download. While downloaded versions of the LDD application will continue to work, people are encouraged to download BrickLink Studio, import their LDD files, and use Studio for 3D LEGO building files, and use Studio for 3D LEGO building.
LEGO Digital Designer was released in 2004 as the LEGO Group’s 3D building tool. LDD pioneered real-time rendering of LEGO bricks, virtual brick connectivity,
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