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Rumors of LEGO Hidden Side Theme Being Discontinued

July 26, 2020 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

If you’ve been online the past few days, especially on Instagram, you may have seen a rumor flying around saying that the LEGO Hidden Side will be discontinued. Considering the theme was just released last year, LEGO wouldn’t think of stopping a theme this quickly, would they?

Unfortunately from what I’ve been hearing, the LEGO Hidden Side theme will indeed be discontinuing at the end of 2020. This new style of play combining the physical bricks with the digital aspect wasn’t sustainable as they thought it would be. I’ve also read that LEGO will be stopping production on the sets and independent stores can no longer order them, just whatever left of stock LEGO has at their warehouses.

If these things are true, it’s sad to see a theme with so much potential going away so quickly especially when we don’t get that many horror themed sets. If the LEGO Hidden Side is discontinued, LEGO will inform the public ahead of time like they have in the past on some items.

LEGO Ideas Gold Rush Mine Train Roller Coaster Achieves 10,000 Supporters

July 25, 2020 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

The Gold Rush Mine Train Roller Coaster by Footonabrick is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The 2,200 piece build features a roller coaster that goes through a gold mine with little details throughout. It also proposes 12 minifigures, 6 staff and 6 riders.

It now joins The Mountain Windmill, Community – Greendale Community College, LEGO HeroQuest, Brickwest Studios, House from Up, Animal Crossing New Horizons: Nook’s Cranny, Trabant 601, Night at the Museum, Fast Food Corner, Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Portal 2 – GLaDOS vs Chell and Wheatley, BMW M1 (E26), Caribbean Clipper, Sheriff’s Safe with Combination Lock, 31 Minutos T.V. Studio, Southwest 737-800, Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, Seasons in Time: Calendar, Exploratorium, Hocus Pocus – Sanderson Sisters’ Cottage, and Schitt’s Creek: The Rosebud Motel as the projects to reach the Second 2020 Review Stage.

LEGO Creator Downtown Diner (10260) Back on Backorder Status

July 25, 2020 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

LEGO is now accepting backorders for the LEGO Creator Downtown Diner (10260) and you can now place orders for it again. It has been listed as temporarily out of stock for a good while but it is stated that the set will ship in 60 days. This is one of the sets that I reported will be retiring at the end of the year. Hopefully LEGO will produce enough to go around before it goes away. You can also use the check store stock to see if there are any available near you.

LEGO Launches New Kids Online Safety Initiative

July 25, 2020 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

LEGO has launched a new initiative to assist parents talk to kids about online safety and their wellbeing. Parents can visit https://www.lego.com/aboutus/buildandtalk and there are some “Build & Talk” challenges that are guided sessions in various topics. You can read more about the initiative below.

The LEGO Group launches new initiative to help parents talk to their kids about online safety and digital citizenship

‘Build & Talk’ approach encourages learning through play
LEGO creatures in a row, with a partially-built creature in the center and the words “small builds for BIG conversations”

BILLUND, July 20, 2020: The LEGO Group today launched Small Builds for Big Conversations, a series of creative challenges which offer parents and their kids an enjoyable, guided method to engage in conversations about being a good digital citizen and the importance of online safety.

According to Kaspersky, parents spend just 46 minutes talking to their children about online risks throughout their entire childhood as they find it difficult to express the risks in a relatable way. Small Builds for Big Conversations has been created to address such barriers by giving parents simple, fun ways to talk to children aged six to 10 about digital safety and wellbeing while they play.

The ‘Build & Talk’ challenges are based around characters built from LEGO bricks, who represent both the positive and negative aspects of life online. Parents and children are encouraged to build similar characters with LEGO bricks they have at home and use play and conversation prompts to talk about digital wellbeing, safety and

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LEGO August 2020 Store Calendar Promotions & Events

July 24, 2020 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

The August 2020 LEGO Store Calendar is now available and we can see some of the promotions and events for the month. August will be a particularly big month for North America because it will be the launch of the LEGO Nintendo Entertainment System (71374) as well as the LEGO Super Mario theme.

August 1-9: Free LEGO Super Mario Monty Mole & Super Mushroom Expansion (40414) with purchases of the Adventures with Mario Starter Course (71360). This offer is only available at LEGO Stores while supplies last.

August 1-16: Free LEGO Super Mario Super Mushroom Surprise Expansion (30385) with purchases of LEGO Super Mario products over $40, while supplies last.

August 17 – September 6: VIP Monthly Sweepstakes for the SDCC 2012 Phoenix minifigure.

August 17-31: Free LEGO Speed Champions Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo EVO (30342) with purchases of $35 or more, while supplies last.

LEGO Disney Princess Fall 2020 Official Set Images

July 24, 2020 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

An Italian online shop has revealed two new LEGO Disney Princess sets that fans may be interested in. These two sets include Rapunzel’s Tower (43187) and Aurora’s Forest Cottage (43188). Rapunzel’s Tower has 369 pieces while Aurora’s Forest Cottage has 300 pieces. The sets have a listing release date of August 1.

**Via Promobricks**

LEGO Ideas Launches Fan Vote for New Book

July 24, 2020 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

LEGO Ideas has launched a new fan vote for an upcoming book that is geared towards AFOLs. In collaboration with Adult Fans of LEGO, the book will be celebrating the history of the LEGO brick. There are three different books that you can vote for, each with their own style and they are called:

• The LEGO Brick Museum
• The Secret Life of LEGO Bricks
• LEGO History in 100 Bricks

Fans will be able to vote starting today and it will run until August 9. For the chosen title, you can get it through crowdfunding and fans who pre-order it will get their names printed in the back of the book. There will also be future opportunities to pledge for more rewards from LEGO.

Check out the press release below.

LEGO® Ideas launches fan vote for a new LEGO book aimed at AFOLs (Adult Fan of LEGO)

LEGO Publishing, a division of the LEGO Group, is excited to announce a public vote on LEGO Ideas to choose the direction for a new book celebrating the rich history of the iconic LEGO brick, made in collaboration with AFOLs.

Will fans want to wander the pages of the “Brick Museum”, discover the “100 bricks that built LEGO history” (are your favourites included?), or uncover the “secret life of LEGO bricks”?

Developed with input from a group of AFOL ‘ambassadors’ and written by lifelong LEGO fan and US editor of Blocks magazine Daniel Konstanski, each of the three book ideas is a different spin on showcasing the

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