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LEGO Art LOVE (31214) Officially Announced

November 11, 2024 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

LEGO has officially announced a new LEGO Art set with the LOVE (31214) sculpture. Releasing on January 1, the set has 791 pieces and will retail for $79.99 but you can pre-order it starting today. The build is based on Robert Indiana’s iconic sculpture which celebrates its 55th anniversary next year.

Build a Love for the Ages Together With the New LEGO® Art Love Set

Billund, Denmark, 11th November 2024: Today, the LEGO Group announced a new addition to its growing art collection: the LEGO® Art LOVE (31214). Inspired by Robert Indiana’s iconic piece of pop art, the LOVE sculpture, this set makes a great treat for yourself or a gift your loved one.

Travel into the history of pop-art with this new 791-piece set, revealed ahead of the original artwork’s 55th anniversary celebration in 2025. The LOVE sculpture is recognised around the world as an iconic symbol with a message which transcends culture and – for the first time ever – you can now display a LEGO brick replica in your own home.

“As a design professional and enthusiast, I have long admired Robert Indiana’s work. His artistic language has become synonymous with pop-art and LOVE in its many mediums represents this like no other,” said Mani Zamani, LEGO Art Designer “It has been a personal honour to help bring this iconic and vibrant piece to life in LEGO brick form, to decorate the homes of pop-art and LEGO fans alike.”

LEGO Art LOVE features a similar design and vibrant red, blue and green colours,

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LEGO Icons Shackleton’s Lifeboat (40729) GWP Official Images

November 7, 2024 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

There are now official images of the upcoming LEGO Icons Shackleton’s Lifeboat (40729) gift with purchase set. It has 232 pieces and will be available for free from November 29 – December 2 when you buy this year’s Black Friday exclusive, The Endurance (10335).

Step into the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration with this LEGO® Icons Shackleton’s Lifeboat (40729) model boat kit for adults. Enjoy a mindful experience as you recreate the legendary lifeboat salvaged from the icebound ship Endurance to navigate treacherous Arctantic terrain, ultimately leading to the rescue of the ship’s entire crew. This set includes captain Sir Ernest Shackleton and photographer Frank Hurley minifigures, plus accessories including a camera, stove, oars and a sleigh.

LEGO Black Friday 2024 Livestream Details

November 6, 2024 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Tomorrow, LEGO will be holding their Black Friday 2024 livestream in which they will be revealing this year’s exclusive set and gift with purchase and we have some additional details for the event.

For the German stream, there will be a walkthrough of the set, early access to the LEGO Insiders reward, a sweepstakes to win a signed copy of the set or one of 20 x €100 LEGO® e-Gift cards. North America will have a similar stream with the same items but with different hosts.

We can give a guess that the exclusive set will be the LEGO Icons The Endurance (10335) and the corresponding GWP is rumored to be Shackleton’s Lifeboat (40729).

German Live Stream (in German)

Date & Time: November 7th at 20:15 CET/11:15am PT

Location: Munich centrum LEGO store

Link to livestream: Livestreams zur LEGO® Set-Vorstellung

Theme: Join us LIVE for a chance to win the Black Friday exclusive set, one of 20 x €100 LEGO eGift cards, and redeem an exclusive LEGO® Insiders reward

• LIVE LEGO® designer Q&A (submit questions in the chat) and walk through our BF Exclusive LEGO set
• Early access to the LEGO® Insiders reward
• LEGO® Insiders sweepstake – A signed set or one of 20 x €100 LEGO® e-Gift Cards
• Hosts: Project Explore designer Hans-Burkhard-Schlömer, Influencer Ross Antony, Munich store manager Sebastian Oelschlegel

US + Canada Livestreams (in English)

Date & Time: November 7th at 6:00pm EST

Location: Munich centrum LEGO store

Link to livestream: LEGO® Set Reveal Livestreams (US) and LEGO® Set

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LEGO Retiring Soon List Updated for US – November 2024

November 5, 2024 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

LEGO has finally updated their Retiring Soon list on the LEGO Shop for the US and here’s are what sets will be going away soon. Of course this isn’t the comprehensive list as LEGO doesn’t list everything that is retiring but it gives you an idea of what to expect. As of this post, there are 73 items listed as retiring, presumably by the end of the year. Note that some of the sets are older sets, quite a few of them are also from this year.

Update: LEGO has added more items to the list which brings the count to over 100 items.

LEGO Inside Tour 2025 Registration Now Live

October 28, 2024 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

If you ever wanted to attend one of LEGO’s most exclusive events, registration for the LEGO Inside Tour 2025 is now live. From now until the end of the month at 10:00 am CET, you can sign up for a chance to attend the event in Billund, Denmark. Participants are selected in a random drawing from the entries.

It costs 23000 DKK which is equivalent to about $3,335 per person not including travel costs. The tour will include three nights at the LEGOLAND hotel and includes all meals, drinks, and snacks.

The LEGO Inside Tour will take you inside the LEGO House for an exclusive look with a chance to chat with LEGO designers. The tour also takes you to the home of Ole Kirk Kristiansen as well as to the Billund factory. At the end of the tour, you will get the exclusive set for the year which if you sell it, could potentially pay for your trip.

Next year, there will be 10 tours so there’s there’s more spots that previous years.

• March 26-28
• April 7-9
• May 19-21
• June 2-4
• June 18-20
• September 8-10
• October 1-3
• October 29-31
• November 19-21
• December 10-12

Are the LEGO Tie-In GWPs Out of Control?

October 24, 2024 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Next week, LEGO will be releasing two new gift with purchase sets that ties in to some of their new releases but is LEGO going overboard with these types of promotions? The two in question are the Entrance Gate for The Botanical Garden (21353) and Cerebro for the X-Men: X-Mansion (76294) and including those, there have been I believe five sets are similar that have been released this year which includes the Mimic Dice Box, the Technic P1 Logo, and Fell Beast, Borgin and Burkes: Floo Network, Luke Skywalker’s Lightsaber.

From a business perspective, it’s smart for LEGO to tie in certain GWPs with sets they go with since they know fans will buy them. From the buyer’s perspective, it hard to keep up with some of the releases if you’re into those fandoms and there’s a sense of FOMO since there’s only a limited time to get them. If we’re just looking at the six sets above, unless you’re using reward points for discounts, you’re looking at almost $2,800 pre-tax.

We already know that LEGO will most likely continue these types of promotions in the future so it’s inevitable. As more and more sets become more expensive, it’ll be harder to justify these purchases unless the promo sets are proportional to the main sets.

LEGO Bakery (40696) GWP Review

October 13, 2024 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Presumably the last LEGO shop set that will be released this year is the Bakery (40696). The set has 376 pieces and we’re assuming it’ll require a $200 purchase, similar to the previous shop sets.

The front of the Bakery has your typical boutique style design with the two windows on the sides of the door. Inside the windows, there are two giant cupcakes which is probably deceptive marketing.

The awning uses a combination of red and dark red slopes. The bakery sign uses a sticker and there’s a croissant logo above it.

On the second floor, there are some more smaller windows with some dark green awning above them.

On the back side of the bakery, it has an open concept as there is no back wall. This has stuck with all four of the shops that have released this year. The bottom floor has a showcase showing some of their offerings as well as a counter with more baked goods laying around.

The upper floor has some seating as well as an island of pastries in the middle.

Overall, the LEGO Bakery (40696) isn’t a bad model but the thing that holds it back is the $200 purchase price requirement to get it. Although the model is fairly detailed, I don’t think it is worth the $200 purchase but if you’re already collecting the line, you’ll most likely get the last one. LEGO likes to double up on promotions for these sets so it’s more incentive to make a larger purchase so it’ll probably … Continue