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After much speculation, LEGO has officially announced their next LEGO Star Wars set with the Betrayal at Cloud City (75222). Retailing for $349.99, the set has 2,812 pieces and will be available for LEGO VIP members starting on September 13 and to the general public on October 1. Check out the press release and the high-quality images of the set below.
The LEGO Ninjago SDCC 2018 panel was pretty exciting for those who attended last month as well as those who were following my live tweets that day. You can now watch most of the panel on YouTube as LEGO has uploaded a majority of what we saw there in person. The panel consisted of LEGO senior designer Michael Svane Knap, Brent Miller, Vincent Tong, Kelly Metzger with Ninjago co-creator Tommy Andreasen hosting. Unlike previous years, the video shows pretty much everything that was shown on the screen, including the clips that we were told not to record, so it’s worth a watch if you have time.
LEGO announced that the new LEGO BrickHeadz of Mickey Mouse (41624) and Minnie Mouse (41625) are now live over on Shop@Home. Disney is celebrating the 90th anniversary of Mickey Mouse and lots of collectibles are available starting today including the BrickHeadz which go for $9.99 each.
Way back in 2008, LEGO released a LEGO Vestas Wind Turbine (4999) promotional set and there’s rumors that the set may be re-released to commemorate the launch of the sustainable bricks initiative. Brick Fanatics is reporting that the Vesta Wind Turbine could be returning later this year in the LEGO Creator Expert line. Since LEGO has invested in wind turbines towards their goal of using 100 percent renewable energy by 2020, it’s not that big of a surprise that LEGO will want to promote it more.
The last update I did about the LEGO Overwatch theme was that LEGO has launched a minisite for the theme but it looks like we may see something physical as soon as next week. The Overwatch Fan Festival is held in Seoul, South Korea from August 22-23 and LEGO will be on hand at the event. Considering that this is a pretty big event and we know that LEGO Overwatch sets are coming, it wouldn’t be too surprising if LEGO will be announcing something or giving a sneak peek there. Stay tuned as I’ll report anything of interest from the Overwatch Fan Festival starting on Wednesday.
The year is slowly winding down and all of the 2018 LEGO BrickHeadz sets have already been announced and revealed, however, we have gotten some rumors of some 2019 BrickHeadz sets. From the details that I’ve received, it seems that we will be getting a two-pack set for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald featuring Newt Scamander and Gellert Grindelwald (41631).
Another set may come as a huge surprise but it looks like we’ll be getting a Simpsons BrickHeadz set that features Homer Simpson and Krusty the Clown (41632). As I said, this comes at a surprise because we thought that the Simpsons license had expired when we didn’t get any more sets for the theme. I look forward to seeing what other characters LEGO decides to produce for this popular show.
Correction: I’ve been told these two sets will be coming out later this year.
There’s a new LEGO Ludo (40198) game set that has been found at the Berlin LEGO Brand Store. You may not be too familiar with the name Ludo but the American adaptation of the game is called Parcheesi that was published by Parker Brothers.
The set has 16 minifigures with various designs and it costs 40€. There’s no word yet on whether it’ll be available here in the US but we’ll see when September rolls around with new set releases.
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