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LEGO Ideas Third 2020 Review Stage Winner Announced

June 22, 2021 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

LEGO has announced the winner of the LEGO Ideas Third 2020 Review Stage. Out of the 25 projects that qualified, one has made it out and is the Motorized Lighthouse by Sandro Quattrini.

In addition, the results of the We Love Sports! that was supposed to be announced today has been pushed back until this Saturday for LEGO CON 2021.

LEGO IDEAS THIRD 2020 REVIEW RESULTS

Over the past 4 months, the LEGO Review Board has been evaluating 25 product ideas that reached 10,000 supporters between early September 2020 and early January 2021.

Congratulations to all our 10K members for reaching the all-important milestone and becoming eligible for review. It’s always a privilege for us to review such an impressively diverse selection of fan designs that show off the endless possibilities of the LEGO brick.

Check out the announcement presented by LEGO Ideas Engagement Manager, Hasan Jensen, and LEGO Ideas Design Manager, Samuel Johnson.

MOTORIZED LIGHTHOUSE

A huge congratulations to Sandro Quattrini (aka Roses Must Build) as his Motorized Lighthouse recreation has been selected as the next LEGO Ideas sets. Sandro’s lighthouse is a timeless beacon that evokes a sense of adventure and mystery. To top it off the LEGO Group has never created one with such incredible details and at such a scale.

If you’d like to learn more about Sandro then make sure to check out his 10K Club Interview.

DESIGN, PRICING, AND AVAILABILITY

We’re still working out the final product design, pricing and availability for the set. We’ll share more on the LEGO

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LEGO Super Mario Summer 2021 Sets Officially Announced

June 22, 2021 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

LEGO has officially announced the summer 2021 wave of LEGO Super Mario sets. There are four expansion sets along with a couple of Power-Up Packs and Series 3 of the Character Packs. The sets will be be available starting on August 1.

The LEGO Group brings 2-player action to the LEGO® Super Mario™ universe with LEGO® Mario™ and LEGO® Luigi™

Let’s-a go! The LEGO® Adventures with Luigi Starter Course, available for pre-order, enables new 2-player interactive play, while brand new Expansion Sets including Bowser’s Airship lets fans level up for even more exciting adventures

Billund, June 22nd, 2021: Today, the LEGO Group has announced a new unique social play experience that for the first time enables children and fans to connect LEGO® Mario™ and LEGO® Luigi™ figures for brand new 2-player adventures in the LEGO Super Mario universe. Perfect for family activities, this exciting feature will encourage even more social play, with two players able to enjoy the universe of LEGO Super Mario at the same time for new brick-built adventures.

Once connected via Bluetooth, 2-player adventures with LEGO Mario and LEGO Luigi (or any combination of the two figures) are made possible. Now, children and fans can play as a team, collect extra digital coins by doing in-sync actions like walking, flipping and jumping, or work together to defeat enemies, complete challenges, share rewards or even by changing up the play and competing against each other.

“For us it’s all about encouraging continuous creative rebuilding and extended playtime. With today’s announcement, we’re not only bringing

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Double VIP Points on Select LEGO Sets on LEGO Shop

June 22, 2021 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

For one day only, you can earn double VIP points on select sets on the LEGO Shop. In addition, the promotion for the Swing Ship Ride (5006746) is still going on with purchases of $85 or more. I’m not sure why LEGO did it but my guess is competition with Amazon Prime Day which is still going on right now.

LEGO Education Collaborates with NASA for STEAM Learning

June 21, 2021 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

LEGO Education has teamed up with NASA for a 10 week lesson series for engaging STEAM learning. It is a free STEAM learning series called Build to Launch: A STEAM Exploration Series that will be launching in September designed to encourage student curiosity on the Artemis I mission.

LEGO® Education and NASA collaborate on 10-week lesson series for engaging STEAM learning

Through hands-on lessons, students will learn about the Artemis I mission and what it takes to launch a rocket to the Moon while being inspired to explore STEAM careers

Billund, Denmark (June 17, 2021) – Today, LEGO® Education announced a collaboration with NASA on a free digital STEAM learning series that will launch in September 2021. Build to Launch: A STEAM Exploration Series is designed to spark student curiosity and increase engagement in STEAM through the upcoming Artemis I mission. The 10-week series includes interactive episodes and open-ended prompts grouped into three learning themes aligned with the mission: Getting to Space, Testing and Transport, and Working in Space.

Teachers looking to reengage and excite their students in learning as they come back to school this fall can easily implement this standards-based series for grades K-12 into their curriculum. From astronauts to engineers and flight controllers, each interactive and hands-on lesson will highlight and explain careers at NASA to inspire students to see themselves in these roles. Students will work together to solve out-of-this-world problems just like the NASA teams they’re learning about. Throughout the series, students will also follow along and interact with the LEGO®

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LEGO Ideas Third 2020 Review Stage Winner Announcement Tomorrow

June 21, 2021 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

LEGO has announced that the LEGO Ideas Third 2020 Review Stage winner will be revealed tomorrow. It will be at 3pm CEST which is 6am PST. There are 25 projects in the running to become an official LEGO Ideas set. They are also doing a giveaway for the LEGO Ideas 21319 FRIENDS Central Perk set signed by its Fan Designer Aymeric Fievet if you can guess the winner.

Amazon Prime Day 2021 Now Live

June 21, 2021 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Amazon Prime Day 2021 is now here and there are tons of great deals to be had for the next two days. These deals are only for Prime members so if you’re not one, you can sign up for a 30 day free trial and get all the same benefits including free two day shipping.

As far as LEGO deals are concerned, there are sets that are discounted from 30%-50%. I’ll try to list them but there might be too much to list so go for what you’re interested in.

LEGO Swing Ship Ride (5006746) Promotion Live on LEGO Shop

June 20, 2021 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

The promotion for the LEGO Swing Ship Ride (5006746) is now live on the LEGO Shop. From now until June 30, you can get it for free with purchases of $85 or more while supplies last. You have to be a LEGO VIP member and logged into your account for the promo to show up in the cart. The promo also doubles up with the LEGO DOTS Photo Holder Cube (30557) with purchases of $40 or more in LEGO DOTS, LEGO VIDIYO, or LEGO Friends.

The Swing Ship Ride celebrates the Festival of Family Fun and the front of it says Leg Godt which is Danish for Play Well. This set looks to be the first in a line of carnival-type sets with a Carousel (5006745) also being revealed recently.