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Newsweek LEGO – Celebrating The World’s Favorite Toy Now Available

June 8, 2019 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Newsweek Special Edition: LEGO - Celebrating The World's Favorite Toy

Newsweek has launched a new LEGO special edition magazine called LEGO – Celebrating The World’s Favorite Toy. The issue features interviews some some senior executives including CEO Niels B. Christiansen and Vice President of Innovation William Thorogood about their experiences with the company and their plans for creating a more sustainable future. The magazine also has some spreads LEGO sets and minifigures from LEGO’s vast history. It is now available for purchase online and in stores. Thanks to Emily for sending over some images of the magazine.

Playable Demo of LEGO Legacy: Heroes Unboxed at Brickworld Chicago

June 8, 2019 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

If you’re attending Brickworld Chicago next weekend, it has been announced that you’ll be able to play a demo of the new LEGO Legacy: Heroes Unboxed mobile game there. Again, we don’t know what this game is about besides that it is a RPG using LEGO minifigures which is the first LEGO game of this genre.

LEGO City Ambulance Helicopter (60179) Amazon Sale – June 2019

June 7, 2019 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Amazon has a great deal going on for the LEGO City Ambulance Helicopter (60179). It is currently at $11.99 which is 40% off the regular price of $19.99. This is an older set that was released in 2017 and it could be close to retiring soon as the summer 2019 wave of LEGO City sets will be coming out in a few months.

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Avengers: Endgame (5005881) Promotional Art Print Revealed

June 7, 2019 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

LEGO has revealed the second LEGO Marvel Super Heroes promotional art print that will be available with purchases. The print is illustrated by Andrea Divito and Laura Villari and it features the Avengers fighting Thanos during Endgame. It is not totally accurate to the film as it mostly shows the minifigures from the LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Avengers: Endgame sets. This is the second of three LEGO Marvel art prints that you’ll be able to get with the first one being from Captain Marvel from a few months ago.

According to Shop@Home, it will be available from June 10-16 with purchases of $35 or more in LEGO Marvel products, while supplies last. The purchase minimum in other countries are as follows: £35//$60 (AU)/$65 (NZ)/35€ /910 Kč/11435 Ft/40 CHF/260 kr. (DK)/335 kr (NO)/360 kr (SE)/155 zł/$35 (CAD).

Thanks to Simon for the heads up.

LEGO and IKEA Announces BYGGLEK to Promote Creative Play

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

Last year, LEGO announced they will be collaborating with the popular Swedish furniture IKEA to promote more creative play in the home environment. After that announcement, we really didn’t hear much about it ever since but recently, IKEA put out a press release to announce BYGGLEK which are some new products coming out in 2020 to stimulate play around the home. Although LEGO is geared towards kids, BYGGLEK will cater towards everyone, kids and adults alike. There’s not much else revealed from the press release but I’m sure more details will emerge by the end of the year.

LEGO Ideas Transform Your LEGO Bricks Into Wacky Bedrock Inventions Contest

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

LEGO has kicked off another building contest over on LEGO Ideas called Transform Your LEGO Bricks Into Wacky Bedrock Inventions and the prizes are amazing. All you have to do is to build and submit an invention that that would fit into the Flintstones universe. As I mentioned, the prizes are great and they include:

-An exclusive, custom built trophy created by a LEGO Designer
-21316 The Flintstones
-21315 Pop-Up Book
-21311 Voltron
-21313 Ship in a Bottle
-21314 Tron Legacy
-A $300 shopping spree on shop.LEGO.com
-A LEGO Ideas tote bag

Two Runner-Up winners will each receive:

-21316 The Flintstones
-21315 Pop-Up Book
-21311 Voltron
-$200 shopping spree on shop.LEGO.com
-LEGO Ideas tote bag

The sets are cool and all but that trophy looks awesome. The submission phase runs from now until July 10 and the winners will be chosen by July 24 and announced by July 31. Head over to the submission page in the link above to see the full rules.

First Look at LEGO Technic 4×4 X-treme Off-Roader (42099)

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

LEGO Technic 4x4 X-treme Off-Roader (42099)

There are now images of the summer 2019 LEGO Technic 4×4 X-treme Off-Roader (42099) which comes from the toy retailer Wagner’s Spiel- + Technikwelt GmbH. The set will include the new Control+ hub, two XL motors, and one large motor. The Off-Roader can also be controlled using the Control+ bluetooth app. Word is that it will have 958 pieces and retails for 229.99€.