The promotion for the LEGO Seasonal Chicken Skater Pod (853958) starts in a few days and LEGO has sent over the polybag for us to take a quick look at. Inside the polybag, there’s only pod itself and the instructions.
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A few days ago, I reported that the LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Avengers: Endgame Iron Man and Dum-E (30452) polybag has started showing up at Walmart. Thanks to JAC Gerdjunis in the comments, we now have the SKU and UPC for the polybag. You can now check your closest location using Brickseek see if they have them near you. As always, it is not totally accurate so be wary of that.
SKU: 181873089
UPC: 67341930616
Over on the LEGO Ambassador Network, there’s been a very interesting discussion about LEGO and the perception of the company being disconnected with the fans. There’s been many things that LEGO has done in recent years that makes fans not enjoy the company as they once did.
There have been many examples given so far such as the Black VIP card debacle and its “promotions.” The Black card was hard to get simply because you had to purchase the UCS Millennium Falcon in a certain time span but it was always out of stock so nobody could buy it. By the time that LEGO had enough stock to go around, the time to be able to get the card had already ended. As far as the promotions for the card are concerned, they’re pretty bad. From what I remember, there was a blueprint poster for the Y-Wing and black card frame.
Another thing are the various exclusives such as the convention ones as well as the recent Chinese New Year sets or even the “chase” minifigures which segregates who is able to acquire them by normal means. Even more recently, The LEGO Movie 2 BrickHeadz that were exclusive to Walmart and Target. Believe me, I’ve read all of your guys’ comments and I do understand how you feel.
For me personally, it was the change to the LEGO Store Calendars where they took off the promotions. I’m not sure why they did it because people like to plan their shopping. From what I heard, LEGO didn’t … Continue
April Fool’s Day came and went and as usual, there were many pranks that were done in the LEGO community including some from our fellow fan site colleagues. If you didn’t see it, we reported on the LEGO VIP Personalized Shopper Program which was a convoluted way to shop automatically using the wishlist feature. Below is a compilation of some of the things came online yesterday as part of our tradition. If you saw something that I didn’t post, let us know in the comments.
BrickNerd
Brickset
BricksFanz
LEGO Fabuland Return For 40th Anniversary
Collectible LEGO Brick Separator Series Revealed
LEGO
The Brothers Brick/Beyond the Brick
The Brothers Brick acquires Beyond the Brick YouTube channel
The Rambling Brick
Steamboat Willie Resilience Build; Nostalgia+ Program announced
Zusammengebaut
LEGO and CBS enter into cooperation: Star Trek Discovery Sets in 2020
Earlier today, LEGO announced a new product to the LEGO Education theme with SPIKE Prime. It is the newest product that will be added to the LEGO Education portfolio and it is used to help kids learn how to program with the app based on the Scratch coding language. SPIKE Prime has 523 pieces including a new multi-port Hub and 11 new elements that will be first introduced with this set. Check out images of the set and the press release below.
… ContinueLEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime, a New Hands-On Learning Approach for Classrooms, Announced Today
Adding to the LEGO® Education portfolio of combined physical and digital learning experiences, SPIKE Prime has been unveiled today, along with new insights on students’ confidence in learning STEAM subjects.
Billund, Denmark (April 2, 2019) – Today, LEGO® Education announced LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime, the newest product in the LEGO Education hands-on STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math) learning portfolio. SPIKE Prime brings together LEGO bricks, a programmable, multi-port Hub, sensors and motors all powered by the engaging SPIKE app based on the Scratch coding language. The SPIKE app includes lessons aligned to certain standards and many being able to be completed within a 45-minute class, making it easy for teachers to take SPIKE Prime into the classroom.
SPIKE Prime is a completely new design from LEGO Education. It has been created to reach all levels of learners, to be an inclusive, intuitive and naturally adaptive physical and digital creative approach, and engage all middle schoolers in technology-enabled STEAM learning with
LEGO Brand Stores will be holding an in-store building event on April 18 and we now have a first look at Thor’s Stormbreaker build. Registration is required for the event and you can start signing up on April 5 in stores only on a first-come, first-served basis. I think the build is pretty cool as it gets kids ready for Avengers: Endgame.
Even though physical copies of the April 2019 LEGO Store Calendar was available last month, I didn’t do a post about it simply because of the recent changes that LEGO made to it, more specifically the promotions. The promo were pretty much the main thing people look forward to on the calendars so they could plan their purchase. LEGO knows about the fans’ dislike of the change but as of this time, there’s no word on whether they would go back or not.
Anyways, here’s the April 2019 LEGO Store Calendar and some of the events that will be going on. If you didn’t know, the promotion for the LEGO Seasonal Chicken Skater Pod (853958), will be running from April 5-22 with purchases of $35 or more at LEGO Stores and on Shop@Home. If anyone wants to scan the next month’s store calendar for me to report on, feel free to email me at [email protected].
April 15: Minifigure Swap Monday
April 18: In-store Building Event for Thor’s Stormbreaker. Registration is required and is on a first-come, first served basis. Signups begin April 5 in stores only.
April 20 & 27: LEGO Life Meeting
April 22: Celebrate Earth Day with a special building event. Create your very own spring scene using LEGO bricks made from plants. Registration begins on April 5
