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LEGO Classic 60th Anniversary Collectible Booklet Review

March 15, 2018 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Back in January, LEGO released an exclusive vintage LEGO Classic Bricks on a Roll (10715) and if you redeemed it via your receipt, you’re supposed to get the 60th Anniversary Collectible Booklet. It looks like they have started to finally ship out and I’ve just received mine after I submitted my receipt at the end of January.

The 60th Anniversary Collectible Booklet comes in a standard white mailer and when you take it out, there’s also black envelope with the 60 Years logo wrapped around it. The cover of the booklet is again embossed with the logo and as you can see, they are numbered on the bottom left. My copy is a very low 482/15,000.

Inside you get a history lesson of LEGO and the LEGO brick that is divided in to decades from the 1950’s to the 2010’s. Within each decade, there are some fun facts that you may not have known about unless you’re caught up with every bit of LEGO history. Did you know the first sets with building instruction manuals didn’t come out until 1964?

After that, there’s a nice looking periodic table of LEGO elements that is filled with a variety of parts. The legend at the boom also gives you some of the nomenclature for the LEGO elements.

At back of the booklet, there’s a list of Top 10 LEGO sets of all time as voted by the AFOL community. I’m not sure when or where the voting took place as I don’t remember doing a post about it … Continue

Toys R Us Will be Selling or Closing All US Stores

March 14, 2018 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

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 Rebrick Customize Your Go-Kart Building Contest

March 14, 2018 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

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 Ideas Moments in Space Winning Model Controversy

March 12, 2018 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

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.

LEGO Collectible Minifigures Series 18 (71021) Review

March 9, 2018 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

It’s been almost a year since we’ve seen a traditional LEGO Collectible Minifigures series with Series 17 was released in May of last year. Series 18 (71021) was officially revealed just a few weeks ago and this wave is to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the LEGO minifigure. LEGO was nice enough to send us a complete box so we can get an early look at this series but they will be available starting on April 1.

Decorating the LEGO House Building Contest

March 8, 2018 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

How would you like to have your LEGO model be featured at the LEGO House in Billund with some great prizes up for grabs? LEGO Rebrick is holding a new contest for some vignette-type sets in the Nature and Minifigure Interior categories with the winning model being displayed at the LEGO House for one year. In addition, you’ll also get a signed copy of the LEGO Architecture The LEGO House (21037) as well. The requirements of the builds are as follows:

Nature – including animals, plants and flowers. Make sure your model’s base is between 4×4 studs – 64 x 32 studs in total and the model is no more than 60 bricks high. No parts of your model can overhang 64×32 studs, although you can have different parts overhanging if you have a smaller baseplate.

Minifigure Interiors – show us the inside of a room or vignette scene in Minifigure scale. Just make sure the baseplate is between 16×8 studs – 64×32 studs and the model is no more than 60 bricks high. No parts of your model can overhang 64×32 studs, although you can have different parts overhanging if you have a smaller baseplate.

There will be a minimum of 10 winners in each category, who will receive:

– The opportunity to have their model exhibited at the LEGO House, including a short description of the model and the name of the builder, with all costs for shipping the model to be provided by The LEGO Group.

A signed 21037 The LEGO House set … Continue

The LEGO Group 2017 Annual Report Results

March 6, 2018 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Today The LEGO Group has released the 2017 Annual Results and the results weren’t as good as they had expected. The consumer sales remained flat throughout the year as they sold out of inventory as compared to 2016 but trended upwards towards the end of the year. This is the first time in 12 years that profits has declined and net profit dropped 17%.

The top selling themes for 2017 include LEGO City, Star Wars, DUPLO, Creator, Friends. Star Wars remains a popular novelty theme and remains in line with their expectations.

Digitalization remains a high priority as LEGO Boost was on a lot of kids’ wishlist during the holiday season. The LEGO channel on YouTube is the number one brand channel on the site. LEGO Life continues to be a popular app among kids which gives them a safe place to share their creations.

– Revenue for the full year decreased by 8 percent to DKK 35.0 billion compared with DKK 37.9 billion in 2016. Excluding the impact of foreign currency exchange, revenue for the full year declined 7 percent compared with 2016.

– Operating profit (profit before financial items and tax) for 2017 was DKK 10.4 billion compared with DKK 12.4 billion for 2016, a decrease of 17 percent year on year.

– Net profit for the full year was DKK 7.8 billion compared with DKK 9.4 billion in 2016.

– Cash flow from operating activities for the year was DKK 10.7 billion compared with DKK 9.1 billion in 2016.

– Decline in revenue … Continue