The San Diego Comic Con 2020 LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Black Widow Taskmaster’s Ambush (77905) exclusive set is now live on the LEGO Shop. Like with the other sets, it retails for $39.99 and there is a limit of three per household. Thank to Max for the heads up.
LEGO has released the official trailer for the upcoming LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special. The trailer shows some clips of what you can expect from the film which will be airing on Disney+ on November 17. It will show how the characters will come together to celebrate Life Day. Check out the trailer below..
“The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special” reunites Rey, Finn, Poe, Chewie, Rose and the droids for a joyous feast on Life Day. Rey sets off on a new adventure with BB-8 to gain a deeper knowledge of the Force. At a mysterious Jedi Temple, she is hurled into a cross-timeline adventure through beloved moments in Star Wars cinematic history, coming into contact with Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, Yoda, Obi-Wan and other iconic heroes and villains from all nine Skywalker saga films. But will she make it back in time for the Life Day feast and learn the true meaning of holiday spirit?
The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special is streaming Nov. 17 on Disney+.
Correction: The retail price of the 501st Legion Clone Troopers is actually $29.99 which makes it only 20% off. I’m not sure why Amazon has the list price as $46.95.
LEGO has officially announced their next direct-to-consumer set with the LEGO Ghostbusters Ecto-1 (10274). The vehicle is based on the new version that is in the upcoming Ghostbusters: Afterlife which can be seen in the trailer. The Ecto-1 has 2,352 pieces and will retail for $199.99 and it will be available in a few weeks starting on November 15. Although the Ecto-1 is based on the new film, you can probably not use some of the rust stickers and have it look like the version in the original 1984 film. Check out more images of the set as well as the press release below.
LEGO has been investing in a lot of gaming lately and it bodes well for the community. Last week, they announced that they are working with Unity for a new LEGO Microgame which you can create your own game using virtual bricks. Yesterday, VentureBeat reported that a game development studio called Light Brick Studio is now a independent company and is also supported by LEGO Ventures.
Light Brick Studio previously created Builder’s Journey for Apple Arcade and was released back in December 2019. The studio is now free to create to create games for LEGO as well as for any external partners they choose. This gives Light Brick Studio a lot leeway on what they are able to work on. I’m interested in seeing what will come of this and if they will expand beyond Apple Arcade since not many people are on it.
We all know that LEGO takes care of their employees very well and if you want to work for them, there are some new benefits that they have announced for all employees. One of the main things they are doing is that all LEGO employees will have 26 weeks paid childcare leave for new parents. There is also caregiver leave if you need to take off some time to look after family. LEGO is also offering life and total permanent disability insurance to everyone whether you work at the headquarters of at a LEGO Brand Store. All of this is part of their 2022 sustainability initiatives to improve life at work. If you are interested in working for LEGO, you can check the jobs page to see if there is anything that interests you.
Last month, we reported that the San Diego Comic Con 2020 LEGO Star Wars Nebulon-B Frigate (77904) would be sold on Amazon and it indeed did go up for a short amount of time, most likely on accident. LEGO has updated their LEGO Shop landing page on Amazon and it does show the set as “Coming Soon” so we can probably expect it to actually go live soon. There have been a few rumors going around saying that the set will be available starting on Sunday, November 15 but we’ll see. It’ll be listed under the LEGO Star Wars category so keep an eye out over there. Note that, some LEGOLAND Discovery Centers have already been selling it at the physical locations.
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