There are more Amazon Prime Day deals to be had before the day is over and there is a Deal of the Day item for the LEGO Star Wars Darth Vader’s Castle (75251). It is priced at $89.99 which is $40 off the regular price and that equates to 31% off.
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Today is the last day of Amazon Prime Day and they have a Lightning Deal for the LEGO Ideas Voltron (21311). It is currently on sale for $143.96 which is 20% off the normal price. As of this post, it has been 33% claimed so hurry it if you want to get in on this deal as it ends in about an hour and a half.
Earlier today, LEGO revealed their third and last life-sized model that will be displayed at San Diego Comic Con 2019 with Batman and a 3D mosaic of the Detective Comics #1000 variant comic book cover. Batman stands 6’5″ feet tall and uses 44,051 pieces to create. It took Master Builders 270 hours to design and build. The comic book mosaic uses 96,768 pieces and is over 10 feet tall.
Today on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon launch, The LEGO Group kicked off a month of worldwide events to help inspire the next generation of space exploration. You can read the events that are going on in the press release below.
… ContinueLEGO GROUP KICKS OFF GLOBAL PROGRAM TO INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF SPACE EXPLORERS AS NASA CELEBRATES 50 YEARS OF MOON LANDING
-Survey confirms 86% of kids are interested in space, 90% want to learn more-
-Company deepens commitment by sending children around the world to space camp-
WASHINGTON, DC (July 16, 2019) – To honor the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 Moon Landing on this day in 1969, the LEGO Group today kicked off a month of worldwide events to inspire the next chapter of space exploration, informed by the results of a global survey among children aged eight to 12 years old regarding space exploration. Additionally, the company partnered with Scholastic on an educational program that will send 50 children to NASA Space Camp in 2020. The program will reach teachers in Title I school districts across the United States.
Kids are Interested in Space
According to a Harris Poll/LEGO® survey conducted in the US, UK and China, 86% of children aged 8 to 12 say they are interested in space exploration, and 90% of them want to learn more. Interestingly, 83% of parents (averaged across the three countries) who participated in the survey believe their children are interested in space, yet only 53% of kids say their
If you’ve been to the LEGO booth at San Diego Comic Con, you’ll notice that there are life size models of characters that are brick-built for fans to take pictures with. There are two that have been revealed so far. One is the Iron Man in the Mark LXXXV suit that is holding the Infinity Stones. It took designers 255 hours to design and create using 35,119 bricks.
The other character is a brand new one to the Star Wars Universe and will be in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker which is the Red Sith Trooper. It stands at 6’2″ and designers took 259 hours to design and build using 34,307 pieces.
The models will be displayed at the LEGO Booth #2829.
Brick Fanatics Magazine marks 50 years since the Apollo 11 moon landing with NASA and the LEGO Group in an exclusive Issue 8
July marks half a century since the Apollo 11 lunar module touched down on the moon and Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took man’s first steps on to its surface.
To celebrate, Issue 8 of Brick Fanatics Magazine goes back to 1969 with the help of NASA historian Brian C. Odom to discover the details and the moments that made history, whilst Creator Expert Design Manager Specialist Jamie Berard reveals how those shaped the design of the LEGO Group’s 10266 Lunar Lander.
Celebrate design ingenuity with this unique cover feature in Issue 8, exclusively featuring NASA and the LEGO Group.
Issue 8 of Brick Fanatics Magazine is available to order now, with shipping due from late July into early August. Subscribe to Brick Fanatics Magazine to benefit from free issues, free postage, delivery of each issue fastest and first, and other noteworthy benefits.
Inside this issue we also sit down with the LEGO Jurassic World design team to find out exactly how the mini-series LEGO Jurassic World: Legend of Isla Nublar came about and, why it opened up a number of creative possibilities for them. We also find out from Design Manager Marcos Bessa all about how a crazy concept became a unique LEGO set in the form of 75938 T. rex vs Dino-Mech Battle.
Issue 8 also goes from one Buzz to another, as we take a special look at the latest … Continue
If you’re still looking for some great LEGO deals going on for Amazon Prime Day, I stumbled upon the LEGO Marvel Super Heroes The Hulkbuster: Ultron Edition (76105) which is now 25% off. It is priced at $89.99 and that equates to $30 off. Again, this set is a LEGO D2C set so we normally don’t see any discounts on these sets unless you used VIP points.
