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LEGO 2020 Employee Gift – Celebrating 40 Years of Hands-On Learning (4002020) Revealed

December 20, 2020 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

LEGO Celebrating 40 Years of Hands-On Learning (4002020)

Each year LEGO gives their employees a limited edition set as a Christmas gift and for 2020, LEGO celebrates the 40th anniversary of the LEGO Education theme with this set. As a LEGO Ambassador, we were also given this gift as a present as well. There’s no official set name but the included pamphlet titles it Celebrating 40 Years of Hands-On Learning (4002020) so that’s what we’re calling it.

The back of the box talks about the LEGO gearwheel which also celebrates its 50th year since it was introduced and it is mainly featured in this set.

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It’s been 40 years since LEGO Education was established and 50 years since the introduction of the first universal LEGO gearwheel. We mark this double anniversary with this special LEGO Education-inspired model, full of festive magic. Enjoy.

The 919 piece model features a couple of elves working in their workshop getting some presents ready. When you turn the wheel on the right side, pretty much everything goes into motion including the Christmas tree spinning, the elves moving, and the conveyor belt rotates to reveal presents on the line.

As a collector, I usually keep these sets sealed but there are plenty of reviews of it online that you can check out. The set has been sold online on the secondary market for a while now but we held off on sharing it so that LEGO employees can be surprised for their gift. Thank you to the LEGO Engagement Team for their work and generosity this year!

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LEGO Marvel Attack on the Spider Lair (76175) Official Images

December 20, 2020 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

One of the more LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2021 sets that I’m really excited for is the Attack on the Spider Lair (76175). It has 466 pieces and retails for $69.99 but it won’t be out here in the US until March 1. One of the more interesting things about the set is that it includes a number of Spider-Men from the Spider-Verse including regular Spider-Man, Peter Parker, Iron Spider, and Ultimate Spider-Man, aka Big Time Spider-Man.

If you look really close, there’s also some Easter Eggs in the set at the monitors where it is showing the Bombastic Bag-Man Suit on the left monitor where Peter Parker uses a spare Fantastic Four costume. The right monitor shows someone playing a Spider-Man game, possibly the one from Insomniac on the PlayStation 4. The PS4-style controller nearby could be a clue.

Could LEGO have something in the works with Sony or is this just something the designers threw in while using some creative liberties. The Bombastic Bag-Man suit is also a big thing considering we don’t have any official Fantastic Four characters as LEGO minifigures. This could mean that we may get them in the future considering that the team is back with Marvel after Disney bought out 20th Century Fox. Of course this is just speculation but this is a very interesting teaser that fans may have missed.

LEGO Ideas GMC – Blue Chip 100 [1957] Achieves 10,000 Supporters

December 20, 2020 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

The GMC – Blue Chip 100 [1957] by Ing-Manuel is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The build consists of a pair of pickup trucks made by General Motors in the Stepside and Fleetside versions. Each truck has about 1,150 pieces and they both have realistic features including a 347 V8 engine with transmission and exhaust pipes along with opening doors and hoods.

The project now joins the Boeing 737 Passenger Plane, Colosseum (Architecture Style), Gravity Falls: The Mystery Shack, Brick Town Police Station, , Red Dwarf Starbug, Avatar: The Last Airbender – YIP YIP!, Classic Castle, Open MRI, Motorized Lighthouse, Avatar: The Illuminated World of Pandora, Spirited Away, Jumanji of 1995, Auto Union Type C Racecar, Automated Garbage Truck, The Car Wash, Wallace & Gromit, Among Us: The Skeld, Roman Warship, and The Addams Family Mystery Mansion as the ones that have reached the Third 2020 Review Stage.

LEGO Lunar New Year 2021 Sets Available for Pre-Order on Amazon Canada

December 19, 2020 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Amazon Canada has now put up the upcoming LEGO Lunar New Year 2021 sets for pre-order. The listings for both the Story of Nian (80106) and the Spring Lantern Festival (80107) are now live and they will be released on January 10. The sets retail for $109.99 CDN and $159.99 CDN, respectively. Again, this is only for Canada.

LEGO City People Pack – Space Research and Development (60230) Best Buy Sale – December 2020

December 19, 2020 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Best Buy currently has the LEGO City People Pack – Space Research and Development (60230) on sale for only $31.99 which is 20% off the normal retail price. This is the lowest price I’ve seen the set at and it seems to be at the end of its shelf life as it was released last year on the LEGO Shop. The only downside is that you’ll get it in 2-3 weeks. You can also choose store pickup to save on the shipping cost.

LEGO BrickHeadz Chinese New year Pandas (40466) Official Images

December 19, 2020 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

LEGO has uploaded the product listing for the LEGO BrickHeadz Chinese New year Pandas (40466). The set has 249 pieces and retails for $19.99. It features a mother panda and two cubs as well as a little tree. This set is only one of the few Chinese New Year 2021 sets that will be coming out soon.

Help kids mark a special occasion with these charming LEGO® BrickHeadz™ Chinese New Year Pandas (40466). This set contains a mother panda and her 2 cubs, one sitting, the other lying down. Each bear has its own sturdy baseplate so they can either be displayed together or separately around a bedroom. The set also comes with bamboo stalks, a lantern and a buildable mandarin orange tree, which is a symbol for good luck.

• Wish a LEGO® fan good luck with the gift of these cute LEGO BrickHeadz™ Chinese New Year Pandas (40466). Each panda comes with its own baseplate so they can be displayed together or on their own.
• This set includes 3 LEGO® BrickHeadz™ pandas – a mother bear and her 2 cubs – as well as a lantern and a buildable mandarin orange tree.

LEGO Botanical Collection Pre-Orders on Amazon Canada

December 19, 2020 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

If you’re in Canada and want to secure one of the new and highly anticipated LEGO Botanical Collection sets, you may want to head over to Amazon Canada. They are offering preorders for both the Flower Bouquet (10280) and the Bonsai Tree (10281). I fully expected these two sets to sell out when they launch on the LEGO Shop on January 1 so why not guarantee the sets early and avoid the hassle later of trying to find one later. Unfortunately, you’ll be missing out on VIP points and whatever promotion(s) LEGO will be having. Again, this is for Canada only.