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LEGOLAND Shanghai Announced for 2023 Opening

November 6, 2019 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

It has been announced that a new LEGOLAND theme park will be built in the Jinshan District of Shanghai, China. After its completion in 2023, it will be the largest LEGOLAND park in the world and it will also include a themed hotel as well. It was previously reported earlier this year it would be opening in the Qingpu District but it looks like that has changed. LEGOLAND Shanghai will be the third LEGOLAND park to be opening in the next few years after LEGOLAND New York in 2020 and LEGOLAND Korea in 2022.

Merlin Entertainments (“Merlin” or “the Company”), a global leader in location based entertainment with brands including LEGOLAND®, Madame Tussauds and the Dungeons, today announces that it has entered into an agreement with the Shanghai Jinshan District Government, CMC Inc. and KIRKBI to develop a LEGOLAND® Resort in the Jinshan District of Shanghai, China.

Under the terms of the agreement, all parties will form a joint venture company and contribute funding to the construction and development of LEGOLAND® Shanghai. The total project investment is expected to be approximately £500 million. The schedule for the project is still to be determined, but the project is not expected to open until after 2023.

LEGOLAND® Shanghai will be one of the largest LEGOLAND® Resorts in the world and will incorporate a 250-room fully themed hotel on opening. It will be located in the Jinshan District in south west Shanghai with a two-hour catchment of 55 million people. The region comprising Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui has

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LEGO Ideas NASA Apollo Saturn V (21309) Amazon Sale – November 2019

November 6, 2019 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

The LEGO Ideas NASA Apollo Saturn V (21309) has been discounted again by 25% to $89.99 on Amazon. This is one of the sets that will be retiring by the end of the year so get it now while you can or risk paying a higher than retail price after it is no longer widely available in a few months. Note that this price is for Frustration-Free Packaging and there’s a chance that Amazon will ship it just with the product box. More often than not, it will ship in the cardboard box that it came in for additional protection.

LEGO 2020 Chinese New Year Sets Designer Video

November 5, 2019 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Earlier today in the middle of the night, LEGO announced two new LEGO sets to celebrate the 2020 Chinese New Year with the Lion Dance (80104) and the Chinese New Year Temple Fair (80105) and in the press kit, we’ve also got the designer video for both of the sets. LEGO Product Designer Markus Rollbühler talks about some of the details that went into both sets. The two sets will be available in China and Asia Pacific markets on December 26 while the rest of the world gets them on January 10. Check out the designer video below.

LEGO Officially Announces Two New Chinese New Year 2020 Sets

November 4, 2019 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

LEGO has officially announced two brand new LEGO Seasonal sets to celebrate the 2020 Chinese New Year with the Lion Dance (80104) and the Chinese New Year Temple Fair (80105). Both sets will be available in China and Asia Pacific markets starting on December 26, 2019 and the rest of the world on January 10, 2020.

The details on the sets such as piece counts are still unavailable but we do know one set is $79.99 according to the press kit but not sure which set that goes to. I’m going to assume it is for the Temple Fair since the Lion Dance looks fairly small. Check out the press release and the official images of both of the sets below.

Update: We’ve finally got some pricing and piece counts for the set. The Lion Dance is $79.99 for 882 pieces while the Chinese New Year Temple Fair is $119.99 with 1664 pieces.

Celebrate the Chinese New Year with LEGO® Lion Dance and Traditional Temple Fair

Billund, 05 November 2019: Today, the LEGO Group revealed its 2020 Chinese New Year sets – Lion Dance and Chinese New Year Temple Fair. The launch follows on from this year’s popular sets: Dragon Boat Race, Dragon Dance and Chinese New Year’s Eve Dinner, the first LEGO® products created to mark the festivities.

The Lion Dance set vividly reproduces a well-loved scene of the Spring Festival and is sure to evoke fond memories of the traditional festival. The set features 5 beautifully decorated small lion figurines and a percussionists’

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LEGO Launches 2019 LEGO Build to Give Campaign

November 4, 2019 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

LEGO has officially kicked off their new 2019 LEGO Build to Give campaign in which the company will donate 1 million LEGO sets to children. All you have to do is to head to your local LEGO Brand Store and build an ornament and share it on social media using the hashtag #BuildToGive. Every ornament built and displayed will help donate one LEGO set to a child in need. The event will run from now until December 13.

Through LEGO® Build to Give, the LEGO Group wants to donate 1 million LEGO sets to children that find themselves in difficult and vulnerable circumstances during the holiday season. That is why the LEGO Group is encouraging fans of all ages to take part in building a fun LEGO holiday ornament. For every ornament built and displayed in a LEGO store or shared online, the LEGO Group will donate one LEGO set to a child in need within hospitals, children homes, or underserved communities.

Build to Give events are taking place around the world during November and December. Anyone can join the good cause to help spread holiday joy. LEGO fans can use LEGO bricks at a LEGO store or at home. Simply build a fun, sassy, or whacky LEGO ornament and either display it in-store or take a picture and share it on social media or LEGO Life using the hashtag #BuildToGive.

Kathrine Kirk Muff, LEGO Group Vice President of Social Responsibility and Engagement, says: “Being able to follow up on last year’s amazing donation and even

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LEGO Ideas The Huascar Achieves 10,000 Supporters

November 4, 2019 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

The Huascar by Aldrin is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The 2,990 piece ship is based on the real life one that was built in 1865 and was on Peru’s Navy. It served on a few missions including the War of the Pacific and the Battle of Angamos.

The project now joins Queen: I Want to Break Free, Seinfeld 30th Anniversary, The Legend of Zelda: BotW Stables, Planet Express Delivery Ship, Ratatouille: Open The Doors!, LEGO Typewriter, and The Legend of the BIONICLE as the projects to reach the Third 2019 Review Stage.

LEGO Seasonal Creator Reindeer (40434) Promotion Now Live

November 3, 2019 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

The promotion for the LEGO Seasonal Creator Reindeer (40434) is now live on LEGO Shop@Home. You can get it with purchases of $35 or more from now until November 17, while supplies last. If you’re a polybag collector, it is the same one as the 30474 version from 2016 but has a new set number. It’s not too cool but it’s something if you’re making a purchase the next few weeks. I suspect most people will be waiting for the big promo at the end of the month for Black Friday.