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LEGO Friends Wins Toy of the Year

February 9, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

At the famous Plaza Hotel in New York, the 13th annual Toy of the Year Awards were given out Saturday night at the 2013 American International Toy Fair. There were twelve awards to be won and The LEGO Group walked away with three awards. LEGO was the only toy manufacturer to win more than one award. The Architecture line won the Specialty Toy of the Year while the big winner was the LEGO Friends line won the Girl Toy of the Year as well as the coveted Toy of the Year title. LEGO Friends was introduced in early 2012 and became a big hit for the company and tonight, the theme joins a select group of toys to win the biggest award in the industry.

The Year’s Finest Toys and Games Unveiled at “OSCARS®” of the Toy Industry

LEGO® Friends from The Lego Group Grabs Coveted “Toy of the Year” Title;

LeapPad2(TM) by LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. Bestowed Inaugural “People’s Choice” Award

NEW YORK, Feb. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Hundreds of toy executives and guests from around the world gathered in New York City this evening to honor the year’s top toys and industry icons at the 13(th) annual Toy of the Year (TOTY) Awards and Toy Industry Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

A Toy Industry Association (TIA)-administered event in support of the Toy Industry Foundation (TIF), the “Oscars” of the toy industry took place at the Plaza Hotel, kicking off the 110(th) American International Toy Fair. Throughout the evening, TOTY Awards were presented across 12 categories

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LEGO Brick Patent Celebrates 55 Years Today

January 28, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

On January 28, 1958 at 1:58pm, Godtfred Kirk Christiansen and LEGO filed the patent for the modern LEGO brick. Before, the bricks’ locking ability were very limited and Christiansen and his engineers came up with an updated design for the now stud-and-tube coupling system, which we all know and love. This new design made all the models more stable with better locking ability. One unique feature is that the bricks will hold well together but can also be taken apart by anyone with ease. On this day 55 years ago, the original design was sent to Danish patent offices and patent DK92683C. Legetøjsbyggeelement. was granted on January 29, 1962. Many years after that, LEGO has became one of the most successful toy companies in the world.

The Brick Fan Turns 1 Year Old

January 18, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Today, The Brick Fan turns 1 year old. As I stated in a previous blog post, I began blogging under a different URL but I had to change it to thebrickfan.com on this day in 2012. At first, I was just using this blog to review LEGO sets that I purchase but I shifted to adding LEGO news a few months in and has evolved into what you now see today.

Now for some interesting facts I’ve gathered on the site. In a year, there have been 449 blog posts and have gotten 143 article comments. As you can see on the stats below, the site didn’t get that much traffic until July when San Diego Comic-Con started and doubled again when news of the 2013 LEGO sets became public. The site got 418,660 unique visitors with 647,740 page loads. My goal for this year is to double the traffic that the site currently gets now.

Here’s some other neat stats:

Pages/Visit: 1.55
Avg. Visit Duration: 00:01:34
New Visitors: 81.33%
Returning Visitors: 18.66%
58.29% Search Traffic
27.20% Referral Traffic
14.51% Direct Traffic
Email Subscribers: 131
Facebook Page Likes: 1039
Twitter Followers: 2116

What I like the most about blogging is the friendships I’ve made this past year including, in no particular order, Richard over on Brick Fanatics, Stud from YourCreativeFriends, Beyond the Brick, the guys over at Brick Picker, Jeff, Ed, TheOrcKing, just to name a few. I would like to also thank our regular readers as well as the commenters who … Continue

LEGO Ideas Minifigure Vending Machine (21358) Review

June 8, 2025 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

The newest LEGO Ideas to hit the store shelves is the Minifigure Vending Machine (21358). It has 1,343 pieces and retails for $179.99. The set combines a regular Collectible Minifigures series as well as a functional build.

LEGO Ideas Minifigure Vending Machine (21358) Minifigure Details

May 21, 2025 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

The new LEGO Ideas Minifigure Vending Machine (21358) was revealed yesterday and we have some additional information about the 16 minifigures that are included in the set. Each of them has their own unique story and they’re pretty interesting because some of them reference characters from classic themes like Space, Fabuland, Castle, Pirates, and Paradisa.

The two most normal looking ones are the ones for the LEGO Ideas designer with a cool printed logo torso and one for Rob the fan designer of the set.

Some new factions for the Castle theme were revealed with the Griffin Knights and the Kraken Warriors.

Paradisa makes a surprising return with the Beach Bro and the Beach Bae who are both rocking Paradisa summer tops with 92 on the back which references 1992, the first year of the theme.

The Classic Space theme gets in on the fun as they are now in pearl-gold as well as teal colors.

Fabuland also gets referenced as there are costume characters for Elton Elephant and Bernard Bear, both also having printed Fabuland torsos.

Lastly we have the Pirates theme which has grown-up versions of Bo’sun Will and Camilla which are characters from the LEGO Pirates Comic (6255).

Masterbuilds Around the World Displayed at LEGO House

September 25, 2024 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

The LEGO House has introduced new Masterbuilds to the Masterpiece Gallery which consists of builds from 15 LEGO builders from around the world. The builds will be on display for fans to enjoy while visiting the LEGO House.

A dream come true for 15 Adult LEGO fans: Masterbuilds from around the world displayed at LEGO House to celebrate play and creativity

• 15 LEGO fans hailing from nine countries, sees their dream comes true as they are invited to exhibit their personal LEGO builds in LEGO House, Denmark. Visitors from around the world will be able to admire their work and gain inspiration for new building techniques.
• “Every build in the exhibition reflects great effort and creativity and bring joy to everyone who visits. We look forward to sharing the exhibition and hope our guests leave inspired to continue building their own ideas with LEGO bricks, no matter their age,” says Kathrine Kirk Muff, Managing Director at LEGO House.

25th of September 2024: LEGO® House, located in Billund, Denmark, is the ultimate LEGO destination for fans of all ages, drawing visitors from over 120 countries in 2024 alone. Since its opening in 2017, LEGO fans from around the world, known as AFOLs (Adult Fans of LEGO), have been selected to showcase their unique LEGO builds in the Masterpiece Gallery exhibition. From the 25th of September and the following year, LEGO House present a new exhibition featuring exceptional fan-built creations by 15 carefully chosen AFOLs.

“LEGO House is a global community clubhouse, where we bring together

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LEGO Creator 3-in-1 Space Astronaut (31152) Amazon Sale – May 2024

May 22, 2024 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

2024 is the year of the Space LEGO sets and another one that has been put on sale on Amazon is the LEGO Creator 3-in-1 Space Astronaut (31152). It is now listed at $43.99 which saves you 20% on it. The main build of the set is the astronaut and the alternate builds include a space dog and a space viper jet.

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