LEGO Ideas Japanese Tea Garden Achieves 10,000 Supporters

July 2, 2019

The Japanese Tea Garden by Coosey__Goosey is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. Some of the features of the build include some statues, a torii, bonsai trees, a pond, a tall arched bridge, and a pagoda.

The project now joins UCS Space Shuttle Atlantis, Thunderbirds Are Go, Gravity Falls Mystery Shack, Pursuit of Flight, History Museum, The Office, and Medieval Blacksmith as the projects to reach the Second 2019 Review Stage.

The LEGO Movie 2 Welcome to Apocalypseburg! (70840) Amazon Sale – July 2019

Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

July 1, 2019

If you’ve been waiting to get The LEGO Movie 2 Welcome to Apocalypseburg! (70840), now is a great chance to do it on Amazon. It is currently on sale for $234.99 which is 22% off or a $65 discount from the regular price of $299.99. Sales like these for direct-to-consumer sets don’t happen that often but when they do, they are worth jumping on. Thanks to Jeff for the heads up!

LEGO Harry Potter Aragog’s Lair (75950) Amazon Sale – July 2019

Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

July 1, 2019

Amazon Prime Day is coming up pretty soon and it looks like there are already some good LEGO deals going on. They currently have LEGO Harry Potter Aragog’s Lair (75950) for only $9.49 which is 37% off the normal price. This is a great way to grow your spider army if you doing that for whatever reason. Also a reminder that the new summer 2019 LEGO Harry Potter sets are also now available for purchase on LEGO [email protected].

LEGO Ideas Moon to Mars Building Contest

Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

July 1, 2019

LEGO has kicked off another building contest on LEGO Ideas and it’s a space themed one for a great selection of prizes. Going off the real life Moons to Mars mission, LEGO would like you to create a space vehicle that you think could make it to Mars. The Grand Prize winner will get a prize pack that includes the following:

60224 LEGO City Satellite Service Mission
60225 LEGO City Rover Testing Drive
60226 LEGO City Mars Research Shuttle
60227 LEGO City Lunar Space Station
60228 LEGO City Deep Space Rocket and Launch Control
60229 LEGO City Rocket Assembly & Transport
60230 LEGO City People Pack – Space Research and Develop
10266 LEGO Creator Expert Lunar Lander
21309 LEGO Ideas NASA Apollo Saturn V
31091 LEGO Creator Shuttle Transporter
LEGO Creator Expert VIP Space Patch
40335 Space Rocket Ride (Gift with Purchase)

Two Runner Up winners will get:

60226 LEGO City Mars Research Shuttle
10266 LEGO Creator Expert Lunar Lander
21309 LEGO Ideas NASA Apollo Saturn V
31091 LEGO Creator Shuttle Transporter
LEGO Creator Expert VIP Space Patch
40335 Space Rocket Ride (Gift with Purchase)

The deadline to submit your entries is August 1 at 6am EST. Judging will start immediately and the winners will be chosen by August 15 and announced by August 22.

LEGO Harry Potter Golden Snitch Barnes & Noble Building Event Signups Available

Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

July 1, 2019

LEGO Harry Potter Barnes & Noble Golden Snitch

Barnes & Noble has opened up the signup form for the LEGO Harry Potter Golden Snitch building event on July 13. It will be in-store at 2pm local time and the parts and building instructions will be provided when you get there. There is a limited number of spots available at each store and signup is required for each attendee.

LEGO July 2019 Promotion and New Sets Available

Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

June 30, 2019

July is here and that means new LEGO sets and promotions are now live on LEGO [email protected]. First is the Double VIP Points promo that is running from now until July 7.

There are also brand new LEGO sets that are now available including the Dragon Boat Race (80103) and sets from various themes like Harry Potter, Jurassic World, and Minecraft.

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The Brick Fan June 2019 Monthly Recap

Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

June 30, 2019

It seems to have been a while since I’ve done one of these but here’s the monthly recap of LEGO news from the month of June. There’s been a lot of news this month including reveals and other important LEGO updates that will be happening soon so this will be a longer recap.

New LEGO VIP Program Teaser – LEGO has teased an update to the LEGO VIP program that will be coming out soon.

LEGO Ideas 10 Year Anniversary Fan Vote Winner Announced – LEGO announced the winner of the LEGO Ideas 10 Year Anniversary Fan Vote which is the International Space Station.

LEGO Tower Open Beta Now Live – The new LEGO Tower mobile game is now in open beta on Apple TestFlight and Google Play. Feel free to add me at 123P.

LEGO Seasonal Dragon Boat Race (80103) to Launch After July 1 in North America – The new previously Asia exclusive set will be available on [email protected] starting tomorrow.

LEGO and IKEA Announces BYGGLEK to Promote Creative Play – LEGO will be working with IKEA to promote more creative play in the home environment.

LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Press Release – Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has released details on the upcoming LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga video game.

LEGO Jurassic World Jurassic Park: T. rex Rampage (75936) Officially Announced – LEGO announced the new Jurassic Park: T. rex Rampage (75936) which is now available on [email protected].

Next LEGO Star Wars UCS Set Reported to be $699 – It has been rumored that the next LEGO Star Wars UCS set will be priced at $699.99 and it is possible that it will be some type of Star Destroyer.

LEGO Inside Tour 2019 Exclusive Set Revealed – The new 2019 LEGO Inside Tour exclusive set has been revealed to be the LEGO System House (4000034).

LEGO Inside Tour The LEGO System House (4000034)

LEGO Launching Lead User Lab in August – LEGO will be launching the Lead User Lab in a few months which will potentially bring LEGO fans’ ideas to life.

LEGO Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Rumored Set List – The release of the LEGO Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker sets is still a few months away but there’s already a rumored list of them.

LEGO Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker D-0

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Captain Marvel and the Asis (77902) SDCC 2019 Exclusive Revealed – LEGO has revealed one of the SDCC 2019 exclusive sets with the Captain Marvel and the Asis (77902).

LEGO Technic Summer 2019 Official Set Images – Official images of the summer 2019 LEGO Technic sets have been revealed.

LEGO Batman The Dark Knight of Gotham City (77903) SDCC 2019 Exclusive Revealed – LEGO has revealed the second SDCC 2019 exclusive set as The Dark Knight of Gotham City (77903).

LEGO Minecraft Summer 2019 Official Set Images – The images of the summer 2019 LEGO Minecraft set have been revealed.

LEGO Technic Land Rover Defender (42110) Revealed – Smyths Toys inadvertently revealed the new LEGO Technic Land Rover Defender (42110).

LEGO July 2019 Store Calendar Promotions & Events – The July 2019 LEGO Store Calendar is now available and as I reported earlier, it now shows promotions on it again.

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Avengers: Endgame Avengers Hulk Helicopter Drop (76144) Revealed – We’ll be getting a new LEGO Avengers: Endgame set this fall with the Avengers Hulk Helicopter Drop (76144).

Two New LEGO Overwatch 2019 Sets Revealed – LEGO has revealed two new LEGO Overwatch sets with Wrecking Ball (75976) and Junkrat & Roadhog (75977).

Kirkbi A/S to Acquire Merlin Entertainments – It was announced that LEGO’s parent company, Kirkbi A/S, will be purchasing Merlin Entertainments for £4.8bn.

LEGO SDCC 2019 Exclusive Advanced Suit Spider-Man Minifigure Revealed – LEGO has revealed one of the exclusive SDCC 2019 LEGO Minifigures with the Advanced Suit Spider-Man from the 2018 Playstation 4 Spider-Man game.