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LEGO Technic Heavy-Duty Tow Truck (42128) Review

July 17, 2021 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

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.

Build

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

LEGO Choose Your Gift Promotion Live on LEGO Shop – July 2021

July 16, 2021 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

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.

LEGO Harry Potter Hermione’s Study Desk (30392) Polybag Revealed

July 16, 2021 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

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 BrickHeadz La Catrina (40492) Review

July 15, 2021 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

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 Star Wars UCS Republic Gunship (75309) Officially Announced

July 15, 2021 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

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.

CHOSEN 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

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LEGO BrickHeadz La Catrina (40492) Revealed

July 15, 2021 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

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.

LEGO Ideas Outer Solar System Explorers Achieves 10,000 Supporters

July 14, 2021 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

The Outer Solar System Explorers by Geroditus is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The 1,237 piece build features six spacecrafts that were used to explore the outer solar system which includes Juno, New Horizons, Cassini–Huygens, Pioneer 10/11, Galileo, and Voyager 1/2. The project also proposes minifigures of Clyde Tombaugh, Giovanni Cassini, Christiaan Huygens, Carl Sagan, Urbain Le Verrier, Galileo Galilei, and Juno.

The project now joins Imperial Island Fort, Movie Set, Lifeguard’s Shack, A-Frame Cabin, Spaceballs, The Costume Store, Boston Dynamics Spot 1:4 Scale Motorized Model, Medieval Tavern, Tavern Under the Snow, Women of Computing, Working Mini Golf Course, Brick Walk, Medieval Harbor, Floating Island (Using Tensegrity), Scooby Doo Mystery Machine, Aircraft Engine Workshop, Airport Firetruck Rosenbauer PANTHER 8×8, GameStop Classic Shop, and Traditional German Cottage as the ones to reach the Second 2021 Review Stage.