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Lepin Moves from LEGO Sets to LEGO Fan Designs

October 7, 2016 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

The past day or so, I’ve gotten a lot of emails regarding this piece of “news.” I saw some images on Facebook yesterday morning about it but brushed it off because I didn’t want to advertise it. A lot of people who saw the same images are outraged that this is going on and wanted me to write about it and maybe LEGO can see what’s happening.

If you didn’t read about it a few weeks ago, LEGO filed a civil action against LEGO bootleg company Lepin and the cases have been accepted in Chinese courts for further judgment. Well since Lepin is having some legal issues copying official LEGO sets, they’ve now turned to LEGO fans for inspiration for their next sets.

As you can see above, they’ve launched their Creators line and pretty much copied the Barnes & Noble and Starbucks Store project by wooootles on LEGO Ideas. Not only that, they have more sets copied shown on the back of the box such as the International Hotel by lgorlando and the Apple Square University by Pete Stege.

One thing to note is that when you submit your project to LEGO Ideas, you “give rise to any intellectual property right interest, hereunder copyright, patent rights, design rights etc., you hereby assign all rights worldwide to the content generated by you to LEGO” as stated in the Terms of Service so basically LEGO owns the designs of the projects for three years after it is no longer considered for production.

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LEGO Ideas First 2016 Review Stage Winner Announced

October 6, 2016 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

The LEGO Ideas First 2016 Review Stage is now complete and the project that will become an official LEGO Ideas set has been announced. There were nine projects that qualified for the review stage including Fossil Museum, Gingerbread House, Modular Train Station, Old Fishing Store, Jedi High Council, Particle Accelerator, Jurassic Park Visitor Center, Rolling BB-8, and Johnny Five.

It was been revealed that we will be getting the Old Fishing Store as a LEGO set next year! There’s no details of piece count or pricing but we do know that the Old Fishing Store will be released in the fall of next year. Congratulations to Robert Bontenbal for achieving this goal and we look forward to seeing the final product soon.

The Second 2016 Review Stage is underway and those results will be announced in early 2017.

The Brick Fan September 2016 Monthly Recap

October 3, 2016 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

I’m little bit late because of TwitchCon but here’s the September 2016 Monthly Recap of LEGO news on The Brick Fan. This list will be a fairly long one as there were a lot of news and reveals that happened during the month.

LEGO Star Wars: Rogue One Sets Officially Revealed – LEGO officially revealed all the LEGO Star Wars: Rogue One that are now available for purchase.

Three LEGO DC Super Hero Girls Sets Revealed

October 3, 2016 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Earlier today, LEGO over on their Facebook Page as well as Time has revealed three of the new LEGO DC Super Hero Girls sets. These three sets will be debuting at New York Comic Con this week and will be available on Cyber Monday, November 27. There are also three other sets which will be available starting in January and hopefully we’ll have pictures of those by the end of the year. Those sets include Lashina’s Action Rider (41233), Bumblebee’s Helicopter (41234), and Wonder Woman’s Dorm (41235).

As suspected, the characters will be in minidoll form but they don’t look as bad as some expected them to be. What do you guys think of the set you’ve seen so far? Let us know in the comments.

Batgirl Batjet (41230) – $24.99

LEGO DC Super Hero Girls Batgirl Batjet (41230)

Join in the action-packed LEGO® DC Super Hero Girls™ world as Batgirl™ battles the yellow Kryptomite™for her stolen ePad. This great set features a Batgirl mini-doll figure, the Batjet with opening cockpit, stud shooters on the wings and a net shooter at the front, plus Kryptomite buggy with an ePad and a fearful yellow Kryptomite.

-Includes a Batgirl™ mini-doll figure and a fearful yellow Kryptomite™.
-Features a Batjet with opening cockpit, stud shooters on the wings, net launcher on the front and storage space for Batgirl’s ePad.
-Also includes a buggy with a grabber in front to hold Batgirl’s ePad.
-Fire the stud shooters and launch the net to capture the Kryptomite’s buggy.
-Accessory elements include a net, Batgirl’s ePad and two studs for the

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LEGO 2017 Modular Building Rumors

September 29, 2016 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

LEGO will be celebrating its 10th anniversary of the LEGO Creator Modular Buildings in 2017 there’s already rumors of what the next set could be. There’s no concrete details of it yet but word is that it is called the Assembly Square (10255) and will be available in January 2017 at 2,699 DKK which is about $300 if you take a set to compare it to.

Brickcon is this weekend and the convention has been known to announce some exclusive direct-to-consumer sets such as the Parisian Restaurant (10243) back in 2013 and the Santa’s Workshop (10245) in 2014. Who knows if LEGO will be announcing something this year at Brickcon but we can only hope.

**Note: Picture above is not the Assembly Square.**

Disguise to Produce Official The LEGO Batman Movie Costumes

September 28, 2016 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Earlier today, it was announced that The LEGO Group and Warner Bros. will be partnering up with Disguise to produce official exclusive The LEGO Batman Movie costumes. The costumes will be released in January 2017 and includes characters such as Batman and Batgirl. Check out the full press release below.

Disguise Partners with the LEGO Group and Warner Bros. Consumer Products to Launch Exclusive The LEGO® Batman™ Movie Costumes
First-Ever LEGO® BATMAN™ Costumes Inspired by the Highly Anticipated Release of The LEGO Batman Movie from Warner Bros. Pictures and LEGO System A/S

September 28, 2016 06:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
POWAY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Disguise, Inc., the Halloween costume division of leading toy and consumer products manufacturer, JAKKS Pacific, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAKK), today announced a licensing agreement with the LEGO Group and Warner Bros. Consumer Products, on behalf of DC Entertainment, to create children’s Halloween costumes and everyday dress-up based on the popular LEGO® Batman™ and LEGO® Batgirl™ characters from the highly anticipated feature film from Warner Bros. Pictures and LEGO System A/S, The LEGO Batman Movie, opening February 10, 2017. The multi-year, multi-category agreement grants Disguise rights to distribute The LEGO Batman Movie-inspired costumes across channels in North America, Europe, Mexico, Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

“We are thrilled to team up with Disguise and Warner Bros. to produce the first-ever LEGO Batman costumes”
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“Batman is an iconic DC character, and we are excited to be partnering with the LEGO Group and Warner Bros. Consumer Products to bring LEGO Batman to life through fun and

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LEGO Ideas Caterham Seven 620R (21307) Review

September 24, 2016 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

It was December 4, 2014 when Carl Greatrix submitted his Caterham Super Seven project on LEGO Ideas. Fast forward to May 2015 when the project hit 10,000 supporters and was approved to become an official LEGO Ideas set a year later. The Caterham Seven 620R (21307) was announced last week and the folks over at LEGO has sent us a review copy of the set. Coming at 771 pieces and retailing for $79.99, it is the largest Ideas set in terms of piece count as well as being the most expensive one to be released so far. The contents of the box include six numbered bags and the instruction booklet.