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LEGO to No Longer Use Black Backgrounds for Instructions

Ever since LEGO started the 18+ sets, some of the builds had used instructions with black backgrounds to correspond with the feeling of being more adult-oriented which also included the black boxes. Some of the builds including the Crocodile Locomotive (10277) use darker pieces and it makes it somewhat difficult to see where the pieces go.

Some fans took to LEGO Customer Service to give their feedback and it looks like LEGO will no longer be using the black backgrounds including Sam Walker over on a Facebook group. This will definitely help visually impaired builders as well as builders with good eyesight who also think that it is hard to see. What did you think of the instructions using the black backgrounds and did it give you issues building as well?

I’m happy to let you know we’ve been listening to feedback about the background colour in our building instructions. We’ve done lots of testing already and have plans to move away from the black backgrounds entirely.

We recognise how important it is to be mindful of visual and colour impairment when we create our building instructions. We have LEGO designers with colour impairment helping us improve in this realm.

We can’t give you a timeline or further details about improvements to the background colour in our instructions, but we’re making sure we listen, learn, and get better.

**Via Brickset**

San Diego Comic Con Postponed Until 2022

San Diego Comic Con has just announced that in-person SDCC 2021 will be officially postponed until 2022. Although vaccines for COVID-19 has been rolling out, they stated that the July date will still be too early to hold in-person events, however, there will be a free three-day online experience from July 23-25. There’s no doubt that companies will also be doing their own events around that time as well. CCI is also planning some sort of smaller three-day in-person convention in November. Let’s see how that works out.

LEGO didn’t do any panels last year for SDCC but did release some exclusive sets and minifigures that were planned for it. It’s still too early to know if LEGO will be doing any online events or if they will have any exclusives they will be selling at various retailers.

LEGO Ideas Steampunk Airship Achieves 10,000 Supporters

The Steampunk Airship by BrickHammer is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The 2,720 piece build is based on the iconic science fiction genre style and it includes some play features such as accessing the interiors of the ship. It also proposes four minifigures as well.

The project now joins The Shire, the Hobbithole of Frodo and Bilbo Baggins, Among Us: The Skeld Detailed Map, The Office, Castle of Lord Afol and the Black Knights, The X-Files: I Want to Believe, The House of Chocolate, The Simpsons – The Krusty Burger, Asterix and Obelix, 4½-Litre 1927-31 Bentley ‘Blower’, Scania Next Generation S730, The Karate Kid “Wax On, Wax Off”, Hyrule Castle (The Legend of Zelda), Metroid: Samus Aran’s Gunship, NASA’s SLS & Artemis, Lego Bookends, Animal Crossing: New Horizons Paradise, Claus Toys, Baba Yaga, The Castle of Brickwood Forest, A Nice Day at the Farm, The Forth Bridge, The Sewing Workshop, The King’s Castle, The Nightmare Before Christmas – Halloween Town, Train Bookends, The Polar Express, The Trulli of Alberobello, Jazz Quartet, My LEGO Totoro (Feat. Cat Bus), A Map of Middle Earth, Marine Life, and Via Rail Canada – The Canadian as the ones to reach the First 2021 Review Stage.

New March 2021 Rewards Available in LEGO Reward Center

LEGO has released a lot of new stuff on the LEGO Rewards Center that you can redeem for the month of March. The main thing that most people will be interested in is the LEGO Octan Logo Collectible Coin. This is the third one that has been released for the series and it costs 1,150 points.

The other new rewards are for LEGO VIDIYO. The minimum you have to spend is 50 points where you can unlock the VIP Virtual Pass. This allows you to unlock some of the various Digital Asset Packs as well as giving you an entry into the VIDIYO Sweepstakes. Speaking of the Sweepstakes, this month is for some signed Roller Skates by L.L.A.M.A.

Unlock your VIP Virtual Pass and access this character digital asset pack filled with fun downloadable VIDIYO “merch” like: • Digital watch faces • Desktop wallpapers • Video conference backgrounds • Mobile wallpapers

LEGO House The Brick Moulding Machine (40502) Officially Revealed

LEGO has revealed their next LEGO House exclusive set which is The Brick Moulding Machine (40502). The set has 1,205 pieces and retails for 599 DKK and you can only get it at the LEGO House.

LEGO® House reveals new LEGO House Exclusive product: 40502 – The Brick Moulding Machine

The newest product in the Limited Edition series of LEGO® House Exclusives is soon to be available at the LEGO House Retail Store in Billund, Denmark.

Ever since the opening of LEGO® House, it has been an important milestone for LEGO House to create exclusive products because we believe they add significantly to the experience of visiting LEGO House – the pinnacle LEGO experience.

The first three exclusive products were the LEGO House Architecture set, the LEGO House Tree of Creativity, and the LEGO House Dinosaurs.

One thing is remaking our iconic models in LEGO House into LEGO sets. But since we also want to tie the LEGO Group and not least the LEGO Group history closely to LEGO House it made a lot of sense for us to introduce this new series that we call: The LEGO House Limited Editions. The Wooden Duck is the first item in the series of LEGO House Limited Editions.

We are now happy to announce the latest product in our Limited Edition series – The Brick Moulding Machine! The Brick Moulding Machine is representing an era in the history of the LEGO Group going from producing toys in wood into plastic. It is the story about putting all efforts

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LEGO March 2021 Sets Now Available on LEGO Shop

It’s March and that means there are a ton of new sets from various themes that are available for purchase on the LEGO Shop. There are no promotions going on yet until March 6 but if we follow current trends, a lot of stuff might go out of stock by March 6 which is when the promo for the Amelia Earhart Tribute (40450) starts.

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BrickHeadz Pets

Goldfish (40442) – $14.99
Budgie (40443) – $14.99


Creator

Space Mining Mech (31115) – $24.99
Safari Wildlife Tree House (31116) – $29.99


Disney

Brick Sketches Mickey Mouse (40456) – $16.99
Brick Sketches Minnie Mouse (40457) – $16.99
Raya and the Heart Palace (43181) – $79.99
Raya and Sisu Dragon (43184) – $29.99
Boun’s Boat (43185) – $49.99


DOTS

Cool Cactus Bracelet (41922) – $4.99
Bag Tag Dog (41927) – $6.99
Bag Tag Narwhal (41928) – $6.99
Bag Tag Leopard (41929) – $6.99
Bag Tag Panda (41930) – $6.99
Extra DOTS Series 4 (41931) – $3.99
Music Bracelet (41933) $4.99


Friends

Heartlake City Bakery (41440) – $19.99
Vet Clinic Rescue Buggy (41442) – $9.99
Vet Clinic Ambulance (41445) – $29.99
Heartlake City Vet Clinic (41446) – $39.99
Heartlake City Shopping Mall (41450) – $99.99
Olivia’s Flamingo Cube (41662) – $9.99
Emma’s Dalmation Cube (41663) – $9.99
Mia’s Pug Cube (41664) – $9.99
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New LEGO Disney 2021 Sets Coming Soon

Brickset has recently updated their database for some upcoming LEGO sets and it looks like there’s some sort of Disney themed line coming soon. There are four sets listed which are:

• Mickey Mouse Propeller Plane (10772) – 59 pieces
• The Minnie Mouse Ice Cream Shop (10773) – 100 pieces
• The Space Rocket Of Mickey And Minnie (10774) – 88 pieces
• Fire Station And Fire Truck Of Mickey Mouse And His Friends (10776) – 144 pieces

The sets are obviously translated and the numbering on the sets seem to suggest DUPLO or 4+ but have been talk of it being a minifigure scale theme. Judging by the piece count, it could be the former. Do you think we’ll ever see a minifigure scale Disney line besides the two waves of Collectible Minifigures?

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