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Toys R Us Will be Selling or Closing All US Stores

March 14, 2018 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

It looks like the sun will be setting for Toys R Us permanently as The Wall Street Journal has reported that the company will sell or close all of its remaining stores in the United States. The news came from CEO David Brandon in a conference call to employees and it will result in about 33,000 people losing their jobs, me included. It was been reported that Toys R Us will file for liquidation ahead of the court hearing tomorrow. I’ve read that Toys R Us Canada will not be affected but Toys R Us UK will be closing their stores as well.

I started a Toys R Us a few years ago during the holiday season and was actually pretty excited for it. It was busy and I remember working long hours but it was worth it to see kids and adults happy. That all changed recently after the company filed for bankruptcy last year. The mood shifted and everyone was on edge thinking when our last day will be. I honestly still don’t know as the conference call happened after I got off work today. I will probably hear more about it tomorrow.

Just the feeling of walking into a legit toy store is different from your other retailers like Walmart or Target whose selection isn’t as vast as Toys R Us. I’m sure you’ve felt the same way as a child and maybe as an adult as well. I’m just sad that my future children won’t experience the same thing unless another toy-centric … Continue

LEGO Iconic Easter (5004468) Target Online Promotion

March 14, 2018 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Target has a new online Spring promotion going on when you purchase LEGO sets with your REDcard. As you see above, you can get the Iconic Easter (5004468) set with a $20 purchase or more on select LEGO sets.

There is a limited quantity and will be added to your cart if you made the requirement and if you’ve linked your REDcard to your account. The promotion excludes Hard to Find items and DUPLO and ends on March 24 at 11:59 pst.

If you don’t care about the promo at all, you can just buy the set outright for $5.99 each.

Thanks to Donald for the heads up.

LEGO Rebrick Customize Your Go-Kart Building Contest

March 14, 2018 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

LEGO Friends Customize Your Go-Kart Contest

LEGO Rebrick has a new building contest to win some serious prizes including a collection of the summer 2018 LEGO Friends sets. We haven’t seen the summer 2018 LEGO Friends sets yet but according to the prize descriptions, they will be a racing subtheme this year. LEGO wants you to build a 8×12 stud LEGO Friends Go-Kart vignette which has to consist of a Go-Kart along with some surrounding actions. This could be some characters preparing for the race, trees, street, part of a race track, or traffic signs. The build should only relate to LEGO Friends and fit into the Heartlake City universe. This means no third part IPs including LEGO IPs.

There will be one grand prize winner, who will receive:
-A collection of 12 upcoming LEGO Friends sets, shipped once they’ve available, valued at $430 USD
-Your choice of $600 USD worth of items from Shop.LEGO.com
-Trophy designed by a LEGO Friends designer

There will be two runners-ups, who will receive:
-Four upcoming LEGO Friends racing sets, shipped once they’ve available, valued at $150 USD
-Your choice of $200 USD worth of items from Shop.LEGO.com

The deadline to enter is May 2 at 10:00am EST. You can read more about the contest in the link above.

LEGO Reveals New Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Set

March 13, 2018 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

LEGO Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

The trailer for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald dropped earlier today and LEGO has revealed potentially one of the sets that will accompany the movie. The set features a Thestral-draen carriage along with Johnny Depp’s Grindelwald along with a female minifigure.

There’s also reported to be another set fir the movie tentatively named Newt Scamander’s Suitcase where it features a brick-built suitcase which can open up to show a scene from the movie.

I believe the sets will be available starting in August so we can probably see them at San Diego Comic Con in a few months.

Update: It is confirmed that this will be a new set.

LEGO Fantastic Beasts’ Grindelwald´s Escape

132 pieces | Ages 7+ $19.99 USD Available August 1, 2018

Product details:
• Includes Gellert Grindelwald and Seraphina Picquery™ minifigures, plus a Thestral figure with posable wings.
• Features a buildable articulated carriage with opening doors and a removable roof.
• Flap the Thestral’s wings to make a flying escape!
• Also includes shooting spell accessories on the hands of Seraphina and Grindelwald.
• Recreate iconic scenes from the upcoming Warner Bros. Pictures film, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

LEGO Juniors Incredibles 2 Official Set Images Revealed

March 12, 2018 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

LEGO Juniors Incredibles 2 Underminer Bank Heist (10760)

The trailer for Incredibles 2 came out during the 2018 Winter Olympics and we didn’t really much there but Walmart has released the images of the LEGO Juniors sets that will be accompanying the movie. There are three sets and you’ll have to get them all to get the whole family. The one set, Elistagirl’s Rooftop Pursuit (10759), wasn’t shown.

Underminer Bank Heist (10760) – 149 pcs

Fire up your child’s imagination for some LEGO Juniors The Incredibles 2 excitement, with this thrilling Underminer Bank Heist set, featuring a bank vault with breakaway door, Incredibile vehicle with Quick Start chassis, Tunneler machine with Quick Start chassis and spinning drill bits, plus a street build with brick wall, wanted poster and buildable streetlamp. This fun toy for boys and girls also includes a simple guide to build and play, to help build confidence in children ages 4-5. Includes 3 minifigures.

-Includes 3 minifigures: Mrs. Incredible, Mr. Incredible and Underminer.

-Features a bank vault with breakaway door and a street scene with brick wall, wanted poster and a buildable streetlamp.

-Also includes 2 vehicles: an Incredibile with Quick Start chassis and a Tunneler machine with Quick Start chassis and spinning drill bits.

-Spin the drill bits on the Tunneler machine and ram the vault door to break into the bank vault.

-Haul off the money bills and loot with the hand truck.

-Accessory elements include 2 money bills, 2 gold bar elements, diamond element, golden nugget, loot sack, trashcan, soda can, stick and a hand truck.

-This thrilling

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Another LEGO Jurassic World and Classic Jurassic Park Set Revealed

March 12, 2018 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

LEGO Jurassic World Jurassic Park Velociraptor Chase (75932)

Walmart has revealed two more LEGO Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom sets including one for the 25th anniversary of Jurassic Park. For the JW:FK set, it’s called the Dilophosaurus Outpost Attack (75931) and it confirms that the famous Dilophosaurus will be making a return to the movie.

As for the original Jurassic Park set, it’s called the Jurassic Park Velociraptor Chase (75932). This set shows the scene from Jurassic Park where Alan, Ellie, Lex, and Tim are in the control room with the velociraptor breaking in. If you look closely at the images, there are lots of easter eggs thrown in like the Dennis Nedry magic word screen and the cold storage room with the embryos.

Dilophosaurus Outpost Attack (75931) – 289 pcs

Includes Guard x2, Tracker, Baby Dino, Dilophosaurus

LEGO Jurassic World Dilophosaurus Outpost Attack (75931)

Brace the hunters for a fierce Dilophosaurus Outpost Attack in this fun play set inspired by Jurassic World. Step down from the lookout tower and crane, featuring exploding gate and wall functions, crate and baby Dilophosaurus, and use the tranquilizer gun to stop the Dilophosaurus breaking through the fences. This dinosaur set includes 3 minifigures and 2 dinosaur figures.

-Includes 3 minifigures and 2 dinosaur figures.

-Features an outpost fence with a watchtower, movable crane and exploding gate and wall functions.

-Dilophosaurus features posable limbs, head and snapping jaws.

-Activate the exploding gate and wall functions to stage a dinosaur breakthrough!

-Also includes a tranquilizer gun.

-Accessory elements include 2 crates, a dinosaur egg and binoculars.

-This dinosaur set is suitable for ages 7-12.

-Outpost measures over

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LEGO Ideas Moments in Space Winning Model Controversy

March 12, 2018 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

The LEGO Ideas Moments in Space winner was announced a few weeks ago but when you first look at it, you wouldn’t think there would be some controversy behind it. As you can see above, the winning entry was a coin-operated space shuttle by mjsmiley that you can probably find in front of a supermarket or a convenience store.

This is where the controversy comes in or it may just be a big coincidence and people are looking too much into it. Samuel over on the Brickset Forums had been providing members of the forum with instructions for the 2016 LEGO Brand Manager Retail Conference build which is also a coin-operated shuttle, shown below. As you can see, they do have some similarities and the creator has stated that they’ve never seen the Retail Conference build before.

I decided to take a little time after the announcement to see what people were saying about it. I honestly don’t know if the build was intentionally ripped it off or not but I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt however, others are still skeptical on the forums and on social media. I think it’s a cute little build that I’m looking forward to getting as a gift-with-purchase sometime next year. Plus I doubt that LEGO themselves didn’t forget about a set they’ve released for the retail side of the company. For now, I think it’s a legit entry to the contest with some creative differences in a similar building style.