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60 Years of the LEGO Brick (40290) Building Instructions Now Available

January 2, 2018 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

The 60 Years of the LEGO Brick (40290) set will be available at the end of January but you can now download the building instructions for it early. The nice thing about seeing the instructions early is because you also have the parts list. Fortunately, the set doesn’t seem to have any exclusive pieces besides the new 2×4 printed 60th anniversary 2×4 tile. However, there are some fairly rare new pieces like the 1×3 plate with with studs and the 3×3 black plate, just to name a few.

As I mentioned before, the 60 Years of the LEGO Brick (40290) set will be available from January 28 – February 14 with a purchase of $125 or more at LEGO Brand Stores and on Shop@Home.

*Via Brickset**

60 Years of the LEGO Brick (40290) Official Images

December 14, 2017 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

LEGO has uploaded the official images of the upcoming 60 Years of the LEGO Brick (40290) promotional set. As mentioned on the January 2018 LEGO Store Calendar, it will be available starting on January 28-February 14 with a purchase of $125 or more, while supplies last.

The set will have four miniature versions of the Airport Shuttle (6399), Castle (375), Black Seas Barracuda (6285), and Space Cruiser And Moonbase (928). There will also be a printed 2×4 tile to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the LEGO brick patent.

LEGO Nominated for 2018 Toy of the Year Awards

December 7, 2017 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

The 2018 Toy of the Year nominees have been announced and not surprisingly, LEGO has been nominated in a few categories. You can now go to each category and vote for it for a chance to win all the nominated toys on the page. Some of the categories that LEGO is in are:

Collectible of the Year – The LEGO Batman Movie Collectible Minifigures (71017)

Construction Toy of the Year – LEGO Star Wars BB-8 (75187) / LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean The Silent Mary (71042)

Creative Toy of the Year – LEGO Make Your Own Movie

Specialty Toy of The Year – LEGO Star Wars UCS Millennium Falcon (75192)

Tech Toy of the Year – LEGO BOOST Creative Toolbox (17101)

Better Look at LEGO 60 Years of the LEGO Brick (40290) Set

December 1, 2017 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

We now have a better a better look at the 60 Years of the LEGO Brick (40290) set courtesy of the January 2018 LEGO Store Calendar. We now know that it will be available from January 28 – February 14 here in the US giving you over two weeks to get your hands on it. You can get it for free with a purchase of $125 or more, while supplies last. I’m sure that this set will go very quickly as this is one of the best promotional items that LEGO has released in recent years.

Unlike the previous widely released individual homage promotional sets like the Classic Spaceman Minifigure (5002812), Classic Pirates Minifigure (5003082), and Classic Knights Minifigure (5004419) which used minifigures along with small builds, this new set focuses more on actual sets that LEGO has released in the past. The themes are focused in this set are Town, Castle, Pirates, and Space and the builds are based on the Airport Shuttle (6399), Castle (375), Black Seas Barracuda (6285), and Space Cruiser And Moonbase (928). With 421 pieces, there’s enough to have all four micro builds built at the same time without taking the other ones apart.

The 60 Years of the LEGO Brick (40290) set is way better than the Building Bigger Thinking theme that we’ll be getting next year that also celebrates the anniversary of the brick. As I mentioned before, fans will definitely want to pick it up and I have a feeling that it will sell out … Continue

60 Years of the LEGO Brick Anniversary Set Revealed

November 29, 2017 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

The LEGO January 2018 Store Calendar has surfaced online and one of the main promotional items for the month is a limited edition 60 Years of the LEGO Brick anniversary set. It will be available with a purchase of $125 or more at LEGO Stores and on Shop@Home.

The LEGO 60th anniversary set pays tribute to four classic LEGO sets including Classic Castle, Town, Space, and Pirates and they are micro versions of the Castle (375), Airport Shuttle (6399), Space Cruiser And Moonbase (928), and Black Seas Barracuda (6285). It also has a similar style to the 2016 LEGO 50 Years on Track (4002016) employee set.

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Thanks to everyone who emailed in about it. I saw it last night but didn’t post due to the impending announcement of the LEGO Creator Downtown Diner (10260) that was shown on top of the calendar. I’ll update with a better image when the PDF copy is available.

Update: The January 2018 LEGO Store Calendar is available and we now have a clearer look at the set.

The LEGO Group Releases 2017 Half Year Results, Profits Down

September 5, 2017 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

LEGO has just released their financial details for the first half of 2017 and it’s not looking too good for the best toy brand in the world. Compared to the same time as last year:

– Revenue down 5 percent to DKK 14.9 billion compared with DKK 15.7 billion
– Operating profit down 6 percent to DKK 4.4 billion compared with DKK 4.7 billion
– Net profit down 3 percent at DKK 3.4 billion compared with DKK 3.5 billion
– Cash flow from operating activities was DKK 4.6 billion compared with DKK 3.9 billion

LEGO Group Chairman, Jørgen Vig Knudstorp stated,

We are disappointed by the decline in revenue in our established markets, and we have taken steps to address this.

We are working closely with our partners and we are confident that we have the long-term potential of reaching more children in our well-established markets in Europe and the United States. We also see strong growth opportunities in growing markets such as China.

Some of the best performing themes for 2017 include LEGO City, LEGO Friends, LEGO DUPLO, and LEGO Technic, all in-house IPs. The LEGO Batman Movie also did very well.

As a result of the profit decline, the company will have to trim its total global workforce by about eight percent which is about 1,400 jobs by the end of the year.

The LEGO Group will now have to restructure the company as well as having to clean up their inventory to simplify the business model.

What are your thoughts on this surprising … Continue

LEGO Celebrates 85 Years

August 13, 2017 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

A few days ago, LEGO celebrated their 85th anniversary and they have been releasing some content to commemorate the event. Throughout its history, LEGO has evolved from a wooden toy company to the largest toy company in the world. If you haven’t seen the video yet, it’s basically a condensed version of its long history. What is your fondest memory with LEGO? Let us know in the comments.