The Brick Fan April 2018 Monthly Recap
It’s actually been pretty busy for me the past few weeks and I actually forgot to do my monthly recap for April so here it is. It was a very eventful month in terms of news especially towards the end of April with all the summer 2018 set images. Since it was a busy month, this recap will be a bit longer than the usual ones.
LEGO April Fool’s Day 2018 Roundup – April Fool’s Day went by will slightly less fanfare than previous years but there were still some good ones put out by the LEGO community throughout the day.
LEGO Star Wars UCS Y-Wing (75181) Officially Announced – LEGO officially revealed the LEGO Star Wars UCS Y-Wing (75181) which you can now pick up on [email protected].
LEGO Wizarding World Minisite Teaser – The LEGO Wizarding World minisite is now somewhat live with a teaser image of the Hogwarts Castle in the background.
LEGO Jurassic World T. rex Transport (75933) First Look – You may have thought that you’ve seen all of the LEGO Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom sets but Walmart has another set that we haven’t had an official image of which is the T. rex Transport (75933).
LEGO May 2018 Store Calendar Promotions & Events – The May 2018 LEGO Store Calendar is finally available and we can now see the promotions and events that will be happening during the month.
LEGO BrickHeadz 2018 Rumored Set List – There’s some new information coming out of Reddit of some new LEGO BrickHeadz that I haven’t reported on including Disney’s Mickey and Minnie Mouse as well as a Groot and Rocket Raccoon.
LEGO Creator Summer 2018 Official Set Images – The official images of some of the summer 2018 LEGO Creator sets are now listed up on Amazon France.
LEGO Ninjago Summer 2018 Official Set Images – Like with the summer 2018 LEGO Creator sets, Amazon France also has the LEGO Ninjago sets listed as well with the official images.
LEGO Friends Summer 2018 Official Set Images – Last month, LEGO Rebrick did a go-kart theme building contest and it will also be the theme for this summer’s subtheme as well as Amazon France has posted listings of some of the sets including their official images.
LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes Summer 2018 Official Set Images – Continuing with some of the summer 2018 set reveals, Amazon France has posted listings and blurry official images of the LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes sets.
LEGO Architecture Summer 2018 Official Set Images – We finally have official images of the summer 2018 wave of LEGO Architecture sets thanks to Zusammengebaut who found the images from German retailer Alternate.
LEGO Unikitty Collectible Figures (41175) Official Images Found – Unikitty fans, hold on tight because the official images of the upcoming LEGO Unikitty Collectible Figures (41175) have surfaced online at Radio Kontrol.
The LEGO Ninjago Movie Ninjago City Docks (70657) Official Image Found – Back at the Nuremberg Toy Fair, it was confirmed that The LEGO Ninjago Movie Ninjago City Docks (70657) would be coming this summer and there is now an official image of the set coming out of Radio Kontrol.
LEGO Unikitty Summer 2018 Official Set Images – Continuing with the summer 2018 official image reveals, we now have the ones for the LEGO Unikitty sets coming this summer from Radio Kontrol.
LEGO City Summer 2018 Arctic Official Set Images – The rest of the summer 2018 LEGO City Arctic sets are now listed on Radio Kontrol with the official images of the sets.
LEGO Elves Summer 2018 Official Set Images – The official images of the summer 2018 LEGO Elves sets are now listed on Italian site Radio Kontrol.
LEGO Disney Summer 2018 Official Set Images – Continuing with some of the summer 2018 LEGO set reveals from Radio Kontrol, we now have images for the LEGO Disney sets.
LEGO Juniors Summer 2018 Official Set Images – Next up on for more reveals of the summer 2018 LEGO sets from Radio Kontrol, we now have images of a couple of the LEGO Juniors sets.
First Look at LEGO Fantastic Beasts Niffler Figure – J.K. Rowling over on her Twitter posted the first image of the LEGO Wizarding World Niffler figure. It’s most likely that it will appear in the upcoming Newt Scamander’s Suitcase set.
LEGO City People Pack – Outdoor Adventures (60202) Revealed – There are now official images of a new LEGO City People Pack – Outdoor Adventures (60202) that comes out of a LEGO Certified Store in Sarajevo.
The Toys That Made Us Returns May 25 Including LEGO Episode – It has been announced that The Toys That Made Us will be returning to Netflix on May 25, 2018 which will be four episodes that will be coming that includes Transformers, LEGO, Hello Kitty, and Star Trek.
LEGO City Summer 2018 Hospital (60204) Set Revealed – It’s been a long time since we’ve gotten one but there are now images of the new upcoming LEGO City Hospital (60204).
LEGO Creator Treehouse Treasures (31078) Revealed – If you’ve been following the reveals of the summer 2018 LEGO Creator sets, you may already know about the Pirate Roller Coaster (31084) but did you know there’s another pirate themed set called Treehouse Treasures?
LEGO Creator Roller Coaster (10261) Officially Announced – After much speculation, LEGO has officially announced the next LEGO Creator Expert set with the Roller Coaster (10261).
LEGO Creative Personalities (40291) Promotional Set Revealed – The May/June 208 German flyer is now available and inside there’s a new promotional set that looks to be very interesting called the Creative Storybook.
LEGO DC Villains “Confirmed” by Walmart Canada
At the beginning of the year, I reported on some upcoming rumored video games which included LEGO The Incredibles and something called LEGO DC Villains. As we know by know, the LEGO The Incredibles Video Game was officially announced back in March. It looks like now we can potentially the LEGO DC Villains video game as well. According to Variety, Walmart Canada earlier today accidentally leaked a bunch of upcoming games including the aforementioned LEGO DC Villains game. The listing has since been removed but it looks like the cat is out of the bag. Of course Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment nor TT Games will confirm it at this time but hopefully they’ll tease something now that the information is out in the wild. Perhaps they’ll announce something at E3 2018 or at San Diego Comic Con.
It has been reported that the main focus of the game will be centered around the DC villains instead of the super heroes as with previous LEGO games. Now that LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 is starting to wrap up their DLCs, we’ll turn our attention to the next two games in the pipeline.
New LEGO Brand Store (40305) Set Found
Our friends over at Promobricks has found images of a new LEGO Brand Store (40305) set that will supposedly be part of a promotion at LEGO Stores and on [email protected] As of right now, it probably won’t come to the US in June because it doesn’t show the item on the June 2018 store calendar. I’ll update as soon as there is more information about it.
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Teen Groot (5005244) Promotion Live on [email protected]
The promotion for the LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Teen Groot Keychain (5005244) polybag has started for LEGO Brand Stores and on [email protected]. You can get for free with a purchase of $50 or more, while supplies last, and it will run until May 20. This keychain is the same one that Target sold for $5.99 each which you can probably find at a discount now. However if you’re doing some shopping on [email protected], this polybag is something to keep in mind if you’re a few dollars short of the limit.
LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes Aquaman: Rage of Atlantis with Exclusive Jessica Cruz Green Lantern Minifigure
Amazon has updated a listing of the upcoming LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes Aquaman: Rage of Atlantis original animated movie which will include an exclusive LEGO Jessica Cruz Green Lantern minifigure. The movie will come in both Blu-Ray and DVD formats which seems to both include the Jessica Cruz minifigure. Images of the minifigure have surfaced online a few months ago but it’s nice to see where we are able to get it. LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes Aquaman: Rage of Atlantis will be released sometime this summer. Check out the trailer below.
LEGO & DC Comics are at it again: Aquaman has to defend his ocean realm against Atrocitus and the Red Lanterns with the help of the Justice League: Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Cyborg & Green Lantern. There will also be some newbies to the DC animated world sprinkled in. LEGO DC Super Heroes – Aquaman: Rage of Atlantis is set to release later this summer.
LEGO Unikitty Roller Coaster Wagon (30406) Polybag Found at LEGOLAND
Late last month, the official images of the LEGO Unikitty sets started appearing online along with the Collectible Figure blind bags which are slated to come out later this summer. There’s now also news of a polybag for the theme which has started to hit LEGOLAND and LEGOLAND Discovery Centers as well as on eBay called the Unikitty Roller Coaster Wagon (30406).
It has 46 pieces and includes the most basic variant of Unikitty. What’s interesting here is that Unikitty uses a new reverse 1×3 plate for the neck that connects to a pin to give the head more stability unlike the original Unikitty from The LEGO Movie line. You can check out a review of the polybag from Just2Good below. There’s no word on a wider availability at this time as LEGOLAND usually sells polybags before other retailers but I’ll keep you updated.
LEGO Juniors The Incredibles 2 The Great Home Escape (10761) Review
The last set that I’ll be reviewing for the LEGO Juniors The Incredibles 2 line is The Great Home Escape (10761). This particular set comes with 178 pieces and retails for $29.99. The contents of the box include three numbered bags, some loose Quick Start molds, and the instructions.
