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LEGO Star Wars Helmet and Droid Sets Officially Announced

March 25, 2021 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

A few days ago, we got our first look at the upcoming LEGO Star Wars helmet and droid sets and we now have additional details for them including pricing and release date. Starting today, you will be able to pre-order them on the LEGO Shop and the general sale will be on April 26.

THE LEGO GROUP ANNOUNCES NEW LEGO® STAR WARS™ HELMET AND DROID CONSTRUCTION SETS INSPIRED BY THE DARK SIDE

Today, the LEGO Group revealed three new LEGO® Star Wars™ construction sets for adult builders to recreate some of the most iconic designs from the Star Wars galaxy.

The new sets will feature two iconic additions to the LEGO Star Wars helmet collection first revealed last year – a bust inspired by Darth Vader™ and one in the likeness of a loyal Scout Trooper™. Moreover, a stunning new model honouring the imposing Imperial Probe Droid™ completes the trio.

Designed for adults and experienced LEGO builders with a passion for the Star Wars galaxy, fans can now build, display and pay homage to the Dark Lord of the Sith™ by taking on these new building challenges.

• LEGO® Star Wars™ Darth Vader™ Helmet (75304) – capture the sinister look of the Star Wars icon and ultimate villain, with the 834-piece displayable model. Offering an immersive building experience, the finished helmet makes an impressive display piece.

• LEGO® Star Wars™ Scout Trooper™ Helmet (75305) – the stunning 471-piece helmet has been created as an homage to the Scout Troopers’ ultimate reconnaissance and infiltration abilities. Dust off

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LEGO City Crooks Hideout (60278) Officially Cancelled

March 23, 2021 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

At the beginning of the year, some building instructions revealed a new LEGO City Crooks Hideout (60278). There has been absolutely no information about it and it didn’t even release when we expected it but there is now an explanation for that. The reason is that the set has been officially cancelled due to LEGO not feeling that it is keeping with brand values.

With LEGO City, we always aim to represent the reality of the world in a way that is fun, positive and appropriate for kids. With this in mind, we have decided not to launch this product as we no longer feel it is in keeping with the values of the LEGO City brand.

**Via Brick Fanatics**

LEGO Ideas Building Contest – Get Your Build Displayed at LEGO House

March 23, 2021 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

LEGO has kicked off a new building contest on LEGO Ideas where your build could be displayed at the LEGO House for an entire year. There are three categories that your model can be based on and they include:

• Alternative nature build: Show us the best of nature with a something a little different, with bricks. LEGO Bricks!
• A fun LEGO Minifigure or Mini-doll scene: show off a LEGO theme of your choice in a mini-scene! Classic Castle? City? Or even something like Ninjago! These can be everyday life, humorous or wacky! But please no 3rd party IP references.
• An Architecture build: Using incredible buildings, structures or your imagination, build an architecture style model. Around the size of current Architecture LEGO Sets. We are not looking for small/micro builds.

LEGO will be choosing around 25 winners from each category who all will have their builds displayed at the LEGO House as well as getting a copy of the LEGO House (21037). There will also be a Grand Prize Winner for each category and they will get:

• 21037 LEGO House
• A signed 40501 The Duck
• A signed 40502 The Brick Moulding Machine
• 21326 Winnie the Pooh
• 21325 Medieval Blacksmith

The deadline to submit your entries is April 28 at 6am EST.

LEGOLAND California Reopening April 1

March 19, 2021 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

LEGOLAND California has announced that they will be reopening the park for Preview Days starting on April 1 and officially opening on April 15. With COVID restrictions moving to a lower tier, theme parks can now open with limited capacity. LEGOLAND ha been closed for over year now and they are excited to once again have guests.

AWESOME IS BACK! LEGOLAND® CALIFORNIA RESORT ANNOUNCE REOPENING APRIL 1!

• Park Preview Days April 1-12 Includes access to select rides and attractions
• Resort officially reopens April 15 to include SEA LIFE® aquarium and LEGO® CHIMA™ Water Park
• Priority access to hotel guests, pass holders and existing ticket holders to be first Park guests in April
• With limited capacities, guests are required to book online in advance
• Resort is implementing safety guidelines

CARLSBAD, Calif. (March 19, 2021) – LEGOLAND® California Resort is excited to offer Park Preview Days with access to select rides and attractions beginning April 1, 2021, under California’s reopening health and safety guidelines with official reopening on April 15, 2021. After closing its gates one year ago, the theme park built for kids is offering priority access to Hotel guests, pass holders and existing ticket holders impacted by COVID-19 Park closure, for the month of April.

Park Preview Days offers access to select rides including Driving School, LEGO® TECHNIC™ Coaster, Fairy Tale Brook and Coastersaurus. Kids and families can also enjoy socially distant character meet and greets, live entertainment, a wide variety of food options and Miniland U.S.A.

The Resort officially reopens

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LEGO Star Wars UCS Republic Gunship First Details Revealed

March 18, 2021 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Over a year ago, LEGO announced that the Republic Gunship will become an upcoming LEGO Star Wars UCS set and after that, there have absolutely been no news about until today. There was a roundtable with LEGO Star Wars designers and Fan Media which I couldn’t attend but Brickset has the scoop on what we can expect for it.

The UCS Republic Gunship is designed by Hans Burkhard Schlömer and it will finally be released this year. The cockpit consists of two 10x4x3 cockpit elements “positioned end-to-end.” They speculate the length of the ship will be about 50cm-55cm and it was said that a small coffee table will be needed to display the set. It was also said that Jedi Bob will not be included in the set, bummer.

Hearing what was set about the upcoming LEGO Star Wars UCS Republic Gunship, what do think about it so far?

LEGO Accepting Backorders for Spring Lantern Festival (80107) on LEGO Shop

March 16, 2021 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

LEGO is now accepting backorders on the LEGO Spring Lantern Festival (80107). The set has been highly popular and has been temporarily sold out since its release at the beginning of the year. It retails for $119.99 and it will ship in 60 days. If you decide to get it, your order also qualifies you for the Amelia Earhart Tribute (40450) as well as the Easter Bunny’s Carrot House (40449). The Story of Nian (80106) is also accepting backorders but it’ll only get you the Carrot House if you just buy that.

Toys R Us Making Another Comeback

March 15, 2021 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

It looks like Toys R Us will be making another comeback this year as CNBC is reporting that WHP Global has acquired Tru Kids, the parent company of Toys R Us, Babies R Us, and Geoffrey the Giraffe brands. It’s actually been three years since Toys R Us closed but they are planning to open stores again ahead of the holiday season. I’m not really counting the two pop-up stores that opened in Texas and New Jersey in 2019 which also closed down in January due to COVID-19. It was reported that that the new stores will be in various formats including flagships, pop-ups, airport locations and mini stores inside other retailers. There’s no word yet on how many locations will be opening at the start.

Hopefully the new owners will be able to pick up the piece of what Toys R Us used to be. If you’re new to The Brick Fan, many of you don’t know that I used to work at TRU right when this site was in its infant stages and I used to stock the LEGO aisle at my store. I eventually got transferred to Babies R Us and I stayed there until everything closed back in 2018 here in the US. There are still many TRU stores open around the world which still have LEGO exclusives, mainly in the Asian countries. Hopefully TRU and LEGO can continue their partnership once stores are running smoothly.