We are sad to learn that Wes Jenkins, Creative Director, Writer, and Designer for LEGO Island, has passed away today. You may remember that last year that Wes was facing some financial hardship and reached out to the community for help.
Wes’ legacy is remembered here in the community with LEGO Island, LEGO Island 2, and co-founded the Learning Range at LEGO. The success of LEGO Island spawned other themes including Island Xtreme Stunts and Racers and influenced subsequent video games such as LEGO Star Wars and Indiana Jones.
Thank you to Johnathan who emailed in about this news.
There are now more images of the upcoming Ultimate LEGO Star Wars book by DK. If you’ve read through some of the “Ultimate” series of books by DK, you’ll know that they are very comprehensive of the subject at the time of publishing. The 320 page book will have tons of details for characters, creatures, locations, vehicles, and equipment from the LEGO Star Wars theme.
Right now it is priced at $25.47 which is $14.53 off the list price of $40, a 36% savings. Ultimate LEGO Star Wars will be released on October 3.
The definitive guide to the LEGO® Star Wars™ universe, showcasing the vast collection of LEGO Star Wars sets and minifigures released over the last 20 years.
This is a complete, unrivaled encyclopedia of the LEGO Star Wars theme. Fans will have an all-encompassing companion to the LEGO Star Wars cultural phenomenon. Produced in large format and featuring beautiful imagery, this is an indispensable guide for young fans and a stunning reference work for adults. With behind-the-scenes material, it tells the complete story of LEGO Star Wars, from the earliest concepts in the late 1990s to the creation of the most recent sets for The Force Awakens™ and Rogue One™. Created with the LEGO Star Wars team.
If you’re thinking about getting the LEGO Star Wars 2017 Advent Calendar (75184), Amazon has it on sale for $34.76 which is 13% off the regular price of $39.99 which price matches Walmart. For this year, the calendar focus more on Star Wars: The Force Awakens and there are a number of builds of micro builds and minifigures featured from the movie.
Amazon also has the 2017 Advent Calendars for LEGO City and LEGO Friends but they are at the regular price of $29.99.
As we know by now, Toys R Us has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy but what will happen with the company and all the LEGO exclusives we could get from them? As an employee of Toys R Us/Babies R Us, what I’ve been told by my manager is that we’ll still be running normally like we’ve been running. No stores will be closing in the short term but may close poor performing stores after the holiday season. As for reports that a lot of vendors have refused to ship products, those are only for the smaller companies. I believe the larger companies like Mattel, Hasbro, and even LEGO are still getting products to the stores. There won’t be any “going out of business” sales because this isn’t a Chapter 7 bankruptcy and TRU is not going out of business at this time.
So what happens with all the LEGO products at Toys R Us? There shouldn’t be any change with the selection. For those here in the US who are waiting for the Bricktober 2017 sets, you should still be able to find them in a few weeks. There will still be various sales going on and TRU does price match Amazon and other retailers.
The Toys R Us bankruptcy comes just weeks after LEGO reported lower profits and layoffs themselves. It looks like that the whole toy industry isn’t doing well as a whole as more kids are gravitating to electronics and video games. We’ll see what happens after the holiday season but this is … Continue
According to the survey, The LEGO Group surpasses Microsoft and Google who was at the second and top spot, respectively, last year. Chief Financial Officer Marjorie Lao said,
We are honoured to see that our efforts to positively impact the planet resonate with people all over the world. We feel a huge sense of responsibility to inspire and develop children through play while leaving a significant positive impact on the world children will inherit. It is part of our DNA as a company, and we will continue to set the bar high for ourselves to do better.
It’s been a while since we’ve talked about The LEGO Movie Sequel but Collider has some new details on what the story will be. As we know by now, the end of the first movie involves Finn’s sister playing with DUPLO bricks and they announced their plans to destroy them. In an interview with Dan Lin, he stated:
We’re picking up where the first movie left us, where the Duplo have now come and they’re attacking Bricksburg. It’s several years later, and you’re going to see the result of that.
Another part of The LEGO Movie Sequel could tackle on gender differences, more specifically how a boy plays with LEGO is different from how a girl plays with LEGO.
Chris McKay stated:
I’m really excited about where the movie is gonna go because it’s about these things that are actual notions that people have that might even be unconscious biases, where people don’t even realize that that’s the way they’re looking at the world.
Check out the full interview over on Collider in the link above.
The long-awaited LEGO Star Wars UCS Millennium Falcon (75192) is now available for purchase on Shop@Home. The 7,541 piece set will be the most expensive set to date coming in at $799.99. As I stated before, the set may be very limited at release, particularly at LEGO Brand Stores. I’m not sure how much stock there will be online but we’ll see how long it lasts.
For those who are lucky enough to be able to purchase the new UCS Millennium Falcon, you will be getting an exclusive black LEGO VIP card will will be mailed to you at a later date. This card will have special LEGO Star Wars promotions tied to it next year. This promotion will run until the end of 2017.
If you decide to take the plunge, you’ll have to be logged in as a VIP member to be able to add it the shopping cart. Feel free to use our links as it does help support the site.
75192 Millennium Falcon™
Ages 16+. 7,541 pieces.
US $799.99 – CA $899.99 – DE 799.99€ – UK £649.99 – DK 6999.00 DKK
*Euro pricing varies by country. Please visit shop.LEGO.com for regional pricing.
Travel the LEGO® galaxy in the ultimate Millennium Falcon!
Welcome to the largest, most detailed LEGO® Star Wars Millennium Falcon model we’ve ever created—in fact, with over 7,500 pieces it is the biggest LEGO model ever sold! This amazing LEGO interpretation of Han Solo’s unforgettable Corellian freighter has all the details that Star Wars fans of any
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