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2016 LEGO Ideas Sets Retiring Soon

December 26, 2017 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

2017 is quickly coming to an end and to make way for some of the upcoming LEGO Ideas sets including Ship In A Bottle: The Flagship Leviathan, Voltron: Defender of the Universe, and Tron Legacy Light Cycle, LEGO will soon be retiring some of the current ones that are still on store shelves. LEGO didn’t mention when they would be retired but it’s possible that it could be by the end of this year or early next year.

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LEGO Star Wars Summer 2018 Rumored Set Details

December 25, 2017 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

The LEGO sets for the first half of 2018 may not even be released where you are yet but there are already some details of the LEGO Star Wars summer 2018 sets. We know that LEGO like to update previously released sets and it looks like they will be doing some more of that next year.

Jedi & Clone Troopers Battle Pack (75206)
Star Wars 2018 Advent Calendar (75213)
Anakin’s Jedi Starfighter (75214)
X-Wing Starfighter (75215)
Sandcrawler (75220)
Super Battle Droid (75538)
501st Legion Clone Trooper & AT-RT Walker (75539)

For the 2018 Advent Calendar, some of the minifigures that are reported to be in it include Antoc Merrick, Rose Tico, Rowan Freemaker, and a Guavian Death Gang soldier. Some of the mini-builds include a Snowman, Luke’s Landspeeder, AT-ACT, Naboo Starfighter, First Order TIE Fighter, Moisture Vaporator, Anakin’s Jedi Starfighter, and a Rathtar.

Anakin’s Jedi Starfighter include minifigures of Anakin and R2-D2.

The new X-Wing Starfighter has two pilots and two astromech droids.

The Sandcrawler will be a regular sized set and includes two Jawas, Luke Skywalker, and three different droids.

The last two sets on the list are some new buildable constraction figures.

Merry Christmas!

December 25, 2017 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

We here at The Brick Fan would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. We all celebrate in our own ways but the most important thing it is to spend it with your loved ones. I hope that Santa got you all the LEGO you wished for this year and more. Stay safe out there and have a happy holidays!

Top 10 LEGO 2017 Sets

December 24, 2017 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

It’s that time of the year where I list my top 10 LEGO sets of 2017. According to Brickset, there were 835 LEGO products that were released this year and choosing only ten of them will provide somewhat difficult as there are so many choices. Although the list consists of mostly Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) sets, there are also a couple of surprise entries as well. Keep in mind that this is my personal list and may differ from your list.

10. LEGO Star Wars BB-8 (75187)

The pseudo-UCS set, the BB-8 is scaled very well to the UCS R2-D2 (10225) and it even has the plaque that is synonymous with UCS sets. Although it’s not considered UCS, it does look great and comes in at a great price.

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9. LEGO Ideas Old Fishing Store (21310)

Usually LEGO changes a lot of things when a LEGO Ideas project becomes an official set but they stayed true to the original design that Robert Bontenbal had. It looks realistic and the color scheme is very eye-pleasing. Check out my review of the set here.

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8. LEGO Star Wars UCS Snowspeeder (75144)

The UCS Snowspeeder is a good set compared to last year’s Assault on Hoth as it went back to its roots of a detailed model instead of a playset. Read my review here.

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7. LEGO Creator Carousel (10257)

The fairground subtheme for the LEGO Creator line gets an expansion with the Carousel. The vibrant colors of it … Continue

LEGO Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Sets Releasing in May

December 23, 2017 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

The new German LEGO catalog for the first half of 2018 is now available and Promobricks has given a detailed look what fans can expect early next year. We’ve pretty much seen all of the LEGO sets that are shown in the catalog but I’m mostly talking about the LEGO Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom sets. According to the little teaser, we can expect them to be coming out in May which is expected because the movie will be premiering in theaters in June. Rumor has it that there will be five sets (75926-75930), three Juniors sets (10756-10758), and two DUPLO sets (10879-10880).

Kevin Hinkle No Longer with The LEGO Group

December 22, 2017 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Today is a sad day in the LEGO community as Kevin Hinkle has announced that he is no longer part of The LEGO Group after twelve years with the company. I’ve known about this for a few weeks but wanted to wait until Kevin himself made a statement out of respect to him. He did note that him leaving the company was not his decision or his intent but I won’t speculate why.

If you’re not familiar with Kevin and who he is, he’s basically started off working at a LEGO Brand Store to becoming the Community Coordinator for North America who worked closely with LUGs and well as connecting with LEGO fans in general. The Brick Blogger did a great write-up about Kevin’s story a few years back. My first and only time that I met Kevin was back in 2014 during Philly Brick Fest and he was a great person to talk to even though it was for a brief period of time. He actually knew about The Brick Fan site even though I’ve only had it up for a few short years at that time.

Although he’s no longer part of The LEGO Group, he’ll still be part of the LEGO community as a fan just like us. He can now be found on social media @MrKevinHinkle as well as on Bricks in the Middle.

LEGO Disney 2018 Accessory Sets Official Images

December 22, 2017 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

LEGO has released some accessory sets this year for LEGO City as well as for LEGO Friends and it looks like they will be doing it for the LEGO Disney theme next year. There are official images of some LEGO Disney Accessory Sets (40307/40388) that have 115 pieces and 80 pieces respectively and will be add-on to some of the upcoming LEGO Disney sets.