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Have We Seen the Last of the LEGO Star Wars May the 4th Exclusive Minifigures?

April 2, 2017 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

This year, LEGO will end their six year run of exclusive minifigures for the annual May the 4th promotion with the LEGO Star Wars R2-D2 (30611) polybag as it was confirmed on the May 2017 LEGO Store Calendar. For many collectors, including me, the May the 4th promo is one of the times of the year where we are excited to see what characters we’re going to get as a minifigure that we normally wouldn’t get in a regular set. The Star Wars canon as well as the Expanded Universe is massive and there is an unlimited number of characters that could be turned into buildable characters like R2-D2.

Does this year’s polybag start a new trend for buildable characters for future LEGO May the 4th promotions or do you think this is just a one-off thing for 2017 of LEGO testing the waters for these kind of polybags? Keep in mind, this post is about the May the 4th promotions and not ones that are for other times of the year.

Here’s a list of the May the 4th LEGO minifigures from previous years:

2011: Shadow ARF Trooper (2856197)

2012: TC-14 (5000063)

2013: Hoth Han Solo (5001621)

2014: Darth Revan (5002123)

2015: Admiral Yularen (5002949)

2016: First Order Stormtrooper (30602)

The Brick Fan March 2017 Monthly Recap

April 2, 2017 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

March has passed and there was some pretty interesting LEGO news for the month, especially towards the end of the month.

The LEGO Group Ranked Second as Most Regarded Company in 2017 – The Reputation Institute released their annual RepTrak 100 survey and The LEGO Group was ranked second as the most regarded company in the world.

The LEGO Movie Sequel to be a Space Action Musical? – During the Shanlian on Batman podcast, Chris McKay stated that The LEGO Movie Sequel is going to be a “big musical and space action movie.”

The LEGO Group 2016 Annual Results – LEGO released their annual results for 2016 and it was reported that the company had the highest revenue in their history.

LEGO Brand Stores to Start Carrying Store Exclusive Sets – My source has told me that LEGO Brand Stores will start carrying every set from a particular theme and the there will no longer be any store exclusive set.

LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales The Silent Mary (71042) Review – I did my review of the newest set for the upcoming and it is now available at LEGO Stores and on Shop@Home.

LEGO Dimensions Coming to an End? – There was a report by Bricks to Life that LEGO Dimensions is at the end of its life and will be cancelled.

The LEGO Ninjago Movie D2C Ninjago City Set Coming? – My source has told be that there will be a Direct-to-Consumer set for The LEGO Ninjago Movie.

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LEGO April Fool’s Day 2017 Roundup

April 1, 2017 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

April Fool’s Day is pretty much over and the LEGO community again this year came together to spread hoaxes and playing jokes on their readers. There’s a little recap of some of the things that happened today around the LEGO community. You can see from the list below, there’s similar topics from various sites. If there’s something that I missed, let me know and I’ll try to add it to the list.

For my annual joke, I reported that I would start reviewing LEPIN sets but that will never happen. Many of you guys caught on which isn’t that surprising.

Adeel Zubair

A reader named Adeel made The Simpsons The Android’s Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop (71062) and made it seem that LEGO tweeted it out.

BrickFinder

They reported that Beijing would be opening up the first LEPIN certified store.

BrickLoot

The announced the MEGA Brick Loot box which contains a build that had over 20,000 pieces.

BrickNerd

BrickNerd also put out a “new” LEGO Star Wars set with The Destruction of Jedhi (040117) that only consisted of tan bricks and would only be available during the May the 4th promotion.

Brickset

They had two posts for April Fool’s with the first one being a new LEGO Game of Thrones theme complete with set descriptions.

Their other post was “confirming” a new UCS Millennium Falcon (75192) with an image of Shop@Home with an image and pricing of the set.

BricksFans

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The Brick Fan Expanding to LEPIN Set Reviews

April 1, 2017 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

There’s a point in time where you have to take a step back and see where you are in life and at this point, I’ve decided to expand The Brick Fan. A few people have asked me whether I would do this or not but I think it’s about time that I do so. I’ve decided to go ahead and also review LEPIN sets.

We’ve all seen a company called LEPIN which many call a knockoff company. Essentially, they take official LEGO sets and make bootleg sets out of them with subpar plastics. There aren’t that many reviewers of LEPIN sets and I feel that I should take this opportunity to test them out and let the public know how I feel about them. I’ve set up a website called The LEPIN Fan for my the reviews and I encourage you to head on over and check it out.

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Another year, another joke. First of all, I do not endorse or support LEPIN nor will I ever review the sets. A majority of LEGO fans certainly will feel the same way as I do. If you haven’t checked it out yet, LEGO has an ongoing a civil lawsuit against the company.[/su_spoiler]

Star Wars Celebration 2017 LEGO Exclusives Lottery Rules

March 31, 2017 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

If you are going to Star Wars Celebration next week, here’s some news about the LEGO lottery they are holding for a chance to purchase the exclusives. A reader over on our Facebook Page has let us know about the rules on getting in on the LEGO exclusives at the convention.

LEGO doesn’t do many exclusives for Star Wars Celebration but for this year, they will have something in store for attendees. There’s no word yet on what the exclusives will be but I assume we’ll hear something soon.

To get in on the exclusives, you must have a ticket to Star Wars Celebration itself, then you must fill out a form to get into a lottery for a chance to purchase them. Check out the full rules of the lottery below.

Participation in this process is REQUIRED in order to win a priority ticket with a reserved time to visit the LEGO booth at Star Wars Celebration Orlando. The lottery process will close at 12:01 AM EST on April 6. All winners will be notified by April 7 of the date and time that they can line up at the LEGO booth.

The LEGO booth will open to the public each day AFTER the ticketed sessions (approximately 4:00 PM Thurs-Fri-Sat-Sun) if there is remaining inventory available. The only way to get a ticket to the first sessions of the day is to enter the lottery!

Sessions for all days of Celebration:

Session 1: report to the LEGO Booth at 10:00 AM
Session 2: report to

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LEGO Ideas Apollo 11 Saturn-V Rocket Officially Revealed

March 31, 2017 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

LEGO has officially revealed the LEGO Ideas Apollo 11 Saturn-V Rocket over on their Facebook Page. There’s no word on piece count but it does have a release date of June.

The project by saabfan and whatsuptoday hit 10,0000 supporters back in November 2015 and it was announced last year that it would become an official LEGO Ideas set.

Are you guys excited to finally see the Apollo 11 Saturn-V Rocket and will you be picking it up in June when it is released?

LEGO Dimensions The Powerpuff Girls Expansion Pack Details

March 30, 2017 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Deadline has released some details about content for Cartoon Network this year and there’s new information about the LEGO Dimensions The Powerpuff Girls expansion packs.

It looks like we’ll be getting both a Team Pack and a Fun Pack for the trio. The Powerpuff Girls Team Pack will have Blossom and Bubbles LEGO minifigures while Buttercup will be in the Fun Pack. Both expansion packs will grant access to the Townsville Hub area which has locations from the TV series such as Pokey Oaks elementary, City Hall, Rainbow Land, the Pickle Museum, and Professor Utonium’s House which includes his lab.

There’s no word on release date or pricing but we can guess the Team Pack will be $24.99 while the Fun Pack will be $14.99.

The Powerpuff Girls LEGO DIMENSIONS – LEGO DIMENSIONS, the LEGO toy and videogame hybrid, is adding The Powerpuff Girls to its roster with a new Team Pack and Fun Pack. The Team Pack features Blossom and Bubbles minifigures, and the Fun Pack completes the team with Buttercup. Both packs give access to the Townsville Hub area where players can fly around Townsville and see sights like Pokey Oaks elementary, City Hall, Rainbow Land, the Pickle Museum and of course the girls’ home base complete with Professor Utonium’s lab.