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LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor (51515) Officially Announced

June 12, 2020 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

LEGO has announced the latest addition to the LEGO MINDSTORMS line with the Robot Inventor (51515). Retailing at $359.99, the set has 949 pieces and will be released in early Q4 2020. Robot Inventor is a 5-in-1 set that allows builders to also learn about coding using the companion app. The coding language is based on Scratch and it supports Python for more advanced coders. Check out the press release below.

New LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Robot Inventor lets creators build and bring to life anything they can imagine.

• Builders can create and code one of five personality-packed robots or dream-up and build their own creations
• Robot Inventor uses drag-and-drop coding language based on Scratch as well as Python to support those new to robotics
• Over 50 new challenges and fun activities to help all abilities build coding confidence in a fun, exciting way
Today, the LEGO Group has announced the first addition to the much-loved LEGO® MINDSTORMS® theme in seven years. The new LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor 5-in-1 set unleashes a new world of fun, creative coding possibilities and provides the ultimate playful learning experience for young inventors and creators.

For over two decades, LEGO MINDSTORMS has inspired those of all ages to test and build their confidence with technology through play. By combining the LEGO building system with robotic and coding elements, builders can create anything they can imagine, while developing the STEM skills that 7 in 10 parents say are essential to their child’s future success.

This latest evolution of the much-loved

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LEGO Summer 2020 Sets Available on Zavvi

June 11, 2020 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

For us here in North America, there are a number of summer 2020 LEGO sets that aren’t currently available until August but there’s a way to get them via Zavvi. They have a number of sets from various themes that you can now buy and they are shipping today. One thing to note is that the prices are slightly above retail price but considering that they aren’t released yet here and with LEGO having shortage of inventory, I’d say that is a fair tradeoff. The sets that Zavvi has include:

LEGO Architecture The White House (21054) – $99.99
LEGO City Central Airport (60261) – $59.99
LEGO City Passenger Airplane (60262) – $99.99
LEGO Creator Pirate Ship (31109) – $99.99
LEGO DC Super Heroes Mobile Bat Base (76160) – 89.99
LEGO DUPLO Wrecking Ball Demolition (10932) – $59.99
LEGO DUPLO Tower Crane & Construction (10933) – $129.99
LEGO Friends Heartlake City Airplane (41429) – $69.99
LEGO Friends Summer Fun Water Park (41430) – $99.99
LEGO Harry Potter 4 Privet Drive (75968) – $69.99
LEGO Harry Potter Astronomy Tower (75969) – $99.99
LEGO Jurassic World Indominus Rex vs. Ankylosaurus (75941) – $99.99
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Avengers Helicarrier (76153) – $119.99
LEGO Ninjago Destiny’s Bounty (71705) – $129.99
LEGO Ninjago Fire Stone Mech (71720) – $69.99
LEGO Ninjago Skull Sorcerer’s Dragon (71721) – $79.99
LEGO Ninjago Skull Sorcerer’s Dungeons (71722) – $99.99
LEGO Technic Ducati Panigale V4 R (42107) – $69.99

LEGO Bricks & Pieces Available Again for More Countries

June 10, 2020 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

A few months ago, LEGO made Bricks & Pieces available again for only a few countries due to the pandemic happening around the world. Some of the countries had the ability to order for a short time before getting taken down again due to unknown reasons.

LEGO has just announced that more countries can now order from Bricks & Pieces again, including those that were removed from the most recent announcement.

A message from LEGO® Customer Service:

Continuing on the successful updates made to LEGO.com/service for United Kingdom / English and Spain / Spanish toward the end of 2019 and opening service for India just a month ago, we’ve finished moving our Customer Service site to the same platform used by the rest of LEGO.com. For the most part, this has been a like-for-like transition of content, although there will be a noticeably differently look and feel.

While Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand and the United States were opened previously for paid parts orders, we’ve also been able to coordinate reopening Bricks and Pieces sales with our warehouse for the following markets:

• Austria
• Belgium
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Finland
• France
• Hungary
• Ireland
• Italy
• Luxembourg
• Netherlands
• Norway
• Poland
• Portugal
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland

We hope you’ll love the new site as much as we do!

LEGO Ideas Third 2019 Results Coming Soon

June 10, 2020 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

There hasn’t been any word yet but I have a feeling that the LEGO Ideas Third 2019 Results will be announced soon. LEGO did state that the results should be revealed in summer 2020 but we haven’t officially hit summer yet which actually starts next week. Last year, the 2018 results were announced in May but due to COVID-19, everything has been pushed back a little this year. Also the fact that some LEGO employees have started talking about it is another sign that the results should be coming pretty soon. I expect LEGO to start doing teasers for it as well.

As a reminder, there are twelve projects that qualified for the Third 2019 Review Stage and they are:

Queen: I Want to Break Free – Han Sbricksteen
Seinfeld 30th Anniversary – BrentWaller
The Legend of Zelda: BotW Stables – Hanwasyellowfirst
Planet Express Delivery Ship – Nicola Stocchi & gabriele.zannotti
Ratatouille: Open The Doors! – Brick Project
LEGO Typewriter – Steve Guinness
The Legend of the BIONICLE – Sokoda
The Huascar – aldrin
Winter Chalet – sdrnet
Toronto Rocket Subway Train – Legovader217
Home Alone McCallister’s House – adwind
Clockwork Aquarium – mjsmiley

Which one(s) do you think will be chosen to become an official LEGO Ideas set? Let us know down below.

LEGO Summer 2020 Catalog Available for Download

June 9, 2020 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Yesterday, I reported that the LEGO summer 2020 catalog has started to show up in the mail and many people have asked how to get it. Over on LEGO Shop@Home, you can request to be on the mailing list or if you’re environmentally responsible, you can also download them on PDF. Fortunately, the latest one is now available for you to peruse if you don’t have the physical copy.

If you didn’t see yet, there is a page showing some upcoming LEGO Disney sets that are set to be released on June 17. The eagle eyes over at New Elementary have pointed out that the background for Disney is using similar patterns as the other 18+ sets that have been released already so that could mean something.

New LEGO Disney Summer 2020 Sets Coming June 17

June 8, 2020 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

The summer 2020 LEGO catalogs are starting to arrive in the mail and it shows some of the sets that are coming out soon. There’s one particular page that doesn’t show any sets we don’t know about but there are some themes shown that also has new LEGO sets coming out including LEGO Disney, LEGO Jurassic World, and LEGO Marvel Super Heroes. The most interesting one out of the list is the Disney one as we don’t really have details of what is coming out. I haven’t read it about it anywhere else but they are coming next week on June 17 so hopefully we’ll see something by the end of the week.

LEGO VIP Rewards Announced for June 2020

June 8, 2020 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

LEGO has given an update on some of the LEGO VIP rewards that will be added to the Reward Center for the month of June. Most of these items have been previous gift with purchase sets that you will be able to get using points if you missed out on them the first time. Also, certain items will only be available in certain regions. I have noticed that a lot of these rewards will sell out pretty quickly so I suggest going to the site once the date hits midnight EST and check if the page has been updated.

• Sweepstakes: 2017 Comic-Con® Deadpool Duck minifigure 06/01-06/21
• Reward: Space Rocket Ride 40335 GWP 06/08 for EMEA
• Reward: VIP Set 40178 EMEA/NA 06/26
• Reward:5005910 VIP Tote Bag 06/26
• Reward:5006085 Red Brick GWP 06/26
• Reward:40221 Fountain TBC 06/26
• Reward:40269 Duplo Photo Frame TBC 06/26
• Digital Download: Drive What you Love 06/01