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The LEGO Ideas Tree House (21318) is currently on sale for 15% off on Amazon. It is now priced at $169.99 which is $30 off the normal retail price. It has been rumored that the Tree House will be retiring at the end of 2021 so now would be a good time to pick it up if you’ve been holding off on it. This set doesn’t go on sale that often on Amazon either. Keep in mind that double VIP points is still going on at the LEGO Shop and you can get some good promos out of it as well.
Next month, LEGO will be releasing some new flagship LEGO Technic sets and the first one I want to take a look at is the Heavy-Duty Tow Truck (42128). The set has 2,017 pieces and will retail for $149.99. I will preface this review by saying that I do not do Technic that much but I’ll try my best to cover the main parts of the set.
There are numbered bags to four as well as separate bags for some of the Technic beams and rubber tubes. For such a large amount of parts in the set, I’m surprised LEGO packed all the parts in only four sets of bags. Also included is one large instruction book as well as a decent sized sticker sheet.
The first set of bags are used for the frame of the Tow Truck. Here, you’ll find the main gear mechanism for the various features in the set. It may look complicated to non-Technic folk like me but it’ll make sense as you continue building.
As we move to the second set of bags, we are focusing on the middle and back of the truck, mainly the wheel lift arm and the rotating boom. The lift arm uses a piston to move the arm up and down using the pump right behind the cab. You can lift the whole rig up by turning the front-left gear on the left side of the truck.
The base of the boom attaches to the gear mechanism that we’ve built in the first … Continue
There’s a new Choose Your Gift promotion that has kicked off on the LEGO Shop. With purchases of $40, you can either get the LEGO City Skater (30568) or the LEGO Friends Emma’s Magical Box (30414). Enter code SK29 at checkout for the skater and MG29 for the box. This promo will run until July 25.
If you really want to get your money’s worth on promotions, you can potentially get four different ones but only if you buy LEGO Minions sets. Double VIP points is still going on. You can still get the LEGO adidas Originals Superstar (40486) with purchases of $85. The LEGO Bob Minion with Robot Arms (30387) is also with a $40 LEGO Minions purchase. Lastly, you can also get the LEGO Charles Dickens Tribute (40410) with $150 purchase.
There’s a new LEGO Harry Potter polybag that has surfaced on the LEGO building instructions page with Hermione’s Study Desk (30392). The polybag consists of 31 pieces but there’s no word yet on the pricing or if it’s a gift with purchase promotional item. If you can buy it, it’ll most likely be $4.99.
It features Hermione with the Hogwarts robes along with a desk and it even has a stand for the owl even though she didn’t really have an owl. The polybag also includes a mystery wizard card. Since they are randomly inserted into sets, this may be the cheapest way to collect them aside from buying directly from the secondary market.
LEGO latest offering for the LEGO BrickHeadz line is something that’s really interesting and different than what they’ve been doing which is La Catrina (40492). La Catrina is designed by José Guadalupe Posada and is the icon of the Mexican Día de Muertos, or Day of the Dead. The set has 141 pieces and will be available on August 1 for $9.99.
She wears a very colorful dress that’s in magenta with green and yellow accents. The dress is pretty fluffy as shown with the slopes on all four sides. The front of the dress has a printed 1×4 brick to show the collar.
La Catrina’s face is also printed with various tiles and it is decorated with some traditional designs as seen on other art pieces such as the dots around the face and the stitched mouth.
Her magenta colored hat is filled with decorations in the front lip which includes some flowers.
Overall, the LEGO BrickHeadz La Catrina (40492) is a pretty unique BrickHeadz since it doesn’t really fit into any of their subthemes. I suppose it could be be Halloween related since the character is to celebrate the Day of the Dead. I really like the designs on it and I’m sure fans will customize it to their liking.
Thank you to LEGO for sending in this set for me to review. The content above represents my own opinion and not the company. Review sets sent in does not guarantee a positive review.
LEGO has finally officially announced the long-awaited LEGO Star Wars UCS Republic Gunship (75309) which will be available starting on August 1. The 3,292 piece set retails for $349.99 and it was voted for by fans and had over 30,000 votes which made up of 58% of all votes cast. It will include minifigures of Mace Windu and a Clone Trooper Commander along with a display stand along with a information plaque. One thing to note is that LEGO used the Imperial logo instead of the Republic logo in the first batch of sets which is incorrect. LEGO is fixing the issue and it will be corrected in the December/January releases. If you purchase the set in the first wave, you may get an error set.
… ContinueCHOSEN BY YOU, IT IS! LEGO STAR WARS REPUBLIC GUNSHIP CONSTRUCTION SET REVEALED AS FAN FAVOURITE
15th July 2021: Today, the LEGO Group announced the new LEGO Star Wars Republic Gunship construction set joins the LEGO Ultimate Collector’s (UCS) line-up. Fans have shared their passion, ideas and creative takes on the beloved saga with the LEGO Group for more than 20 years. So, the LEGO Group invited fans to vote on the top three requested sets via the LEGO Ideas website, and the Republic Gunship rose supreme with over 30,000 votes, accounting for 58% of all votes cast.
Inspired by Star Wars: Attack of the Clones and featured in the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, the new set is 3,292-pieces of amazing detail crafted for experienced builders and
There is now an image of a new LEGO BrickHeadz set coming out soon with La Catrina (40492). The set is shown off on the LEGO building instructions page and it features La Catrina who is the icon of the Mexican holiday Día de los Muertos or the Day of the Dead. There’s no word yet on when it will be released.
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