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LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes The Joker Bumper Car (30303) Showing Up at Target

October 8, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Earlier this year, I reported that the LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes The Joker Bumper Car (30303) will be coming to Target stores sometime this year and it looks like they’ve finally showed up. There have been multiple reports that the polybag has been found on endcaps in the toy section as well as at checkout lanes for $3.99. The DPCI number for it is 204-00-0479 so you can use an inventory checker to see if there are any near your area. This is probably the cheapest way to get the Joker minifigure and the bumper car isn’t too bad either. Thanks to Dan for messaging this in.

LEGO Nexo Knights Officially Revealed at New York Comic Con 2015

October 8, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

LEGO has officially reveal their big announcement at New York Comic Con 2015 which is their new IP, LEGO Nexo Knights. There will be 14 sets in the lineup that will go on sale in January as well as a TV series starting in December. The sets will range from $9.99 to $99.99 and will also have a LEGO NEXO KNIGHTS: MERLOK 2.0 companion app to go along with it.

Leg Godt has images of the two sets while TV Insider has images of some of the minifigures including Jestro, Clay, Macy, Axl, Lance, Aaron, and a Claybot. The first set seen below is Jestro’s Evil Mobile (70316) and it contains 658 pieces while retailing for $59.99. The other set is called Fortrex (70317) and that has 1140 pieces and retails for $99.99.

You can also check out the official press release and trailer for LEGO Nexo Knights below. Stay tuned as we’ll probably have more updates for the theme as NYCC rolls on.

LEGO Nexo Knights Jestro's Evil Mobile (70316)

LEGO® NEXO KNIGHTS™ Catapults Into Action

World’s leading toy brand introduces new intellectual property that bridges physical and digital play with building sets, episodic content and digital gaming

New York Comic Con attendees get first-look at story, products and gaming app

NEW YORK, Oct. 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — The LEGO Group today announced LEGO® NEXO KNIGHTS,™ a new, original LEGO property depicting a medieval kingdom set in a futuristic world where five young, brave knights “download” special powers to their shields in order to battle the royal court’s evil Jestro and

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LEGO Seasonal Holiday Scene Magnet (853353) Review

October 7, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

It’s never too early for Christmas but here’s a short review of a little Seasonal set I found at the LEGO Store this week, the Holiday Scene Magnet (853353). It’s interesting because this set has been sold since 2011 and it’s still available for purchase on Shop@Home. The set contains 48 pieces and retails for $9.99. The contents of the Christmas Scene Magnet include a small bag with the parts, a small instruction sheet, and a sticker sheet with the words Merry Christmas in different languages.

LEGO Seasonal Holiday Scene Magnet (853353)

LEGO Events at New York Comic Con 2015

October 6, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

LEGO will again be at New York Comic Con and they hint of a big announcement sometime this weekend. They’ll be at booth #1436 and there will most like be large model builds that attendees can take pictures of. There’s no word yet on whether there will be any exclusives or not at the event.

Outside of the booth, there are some LEGO panels that you might be interested in even if you’re not attending. First is the LEGO Marvel’s Avengers: Meet the Talent Behind the Videogame. It’ll feature some of the staff from TT Games talking about the upcoming game. We can also expect to see a new gameplay trailer and more character reveals.

Fri. October 9| 12:45 PM – 1:45 PM | Main Stage 1-D Presented by AT&T

Go behind the scenes with the LEGO Marvel’s Avengers development team, including Arthur Parsons (Game Director, TT Games), Mike Jones (Executive Producer, Marvel Games) and Bill Rosemann (Creative Director, Marvel Games), for an inside look at the first console videogame featuring characters and storylines from Marvel’s The Avengers, Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron and more. Moderated by Marvel’s Ryan Penagos (Agent M, Executive Editorial Director, Marvel Digital), this celebration of all things Avengers will provide fans with an exclusive look at a brand new gameplay trailer, in-game character reveals and the latest artwork/videos featuring content from across the Marvel Cinematic and Comic Universe, all told through the LEGO lens with a splash of classic LEGO humor. Be on the lookout for news on special guest appearances

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LEGO Seasonal Thanksgiving Feast (40123) Review

September 23, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

After a fairly disappointing Trick or Treat (40122) set, the LEGO Seasonal sets have returned with the Thanksgiving Feast (40123). The set consists of 158 pieces and retails for $9.99 and have started to show up at LEGO Brand Stores. It will be available on Shop@Home on October 1st.

Great LEGO Sets: A Visual History Book Review

September 21, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

A few weeks ago, DK sent in one of their upcoming books with Great LEGO Sets: A Visual History. I’ve already done a review of the Micro-Scale Space Cruiser (11910) that’s included with the book which has 256 pages and normally retails for $40.

Great LEGO Sets starts off with a visual timeline of some of the important events and key developments in LEGO set history. If you’re a newer LEGO fan, you probably didn’t know that some of the best LEGO sets came out in the 1980s like Blacktron and Futuron including the Monorail Transport System (6990). A few years after that, M-Tron was released as a new LEGO Space subtheme.

The next chapter gives an in-depth description of how a LEGO set is made. A few LEGO designers also chime in to give some information on the whole development process including Mark John Stafford and Jamie Berard, just to name a few. It’s a very interesting chapter of how a set goes from an idea to being on store shelves.

After that, we get to the meat of the book where it starts going in-depth of some notable sets from LEGO’s history. The sets are divided in chapters by decades starting from the 1950s to 2015. For each set, there’s either a one or two page spread detailing some specifics and why they make it a great set. There is a sub-section called the Guided Tour where it shows some key features of the sets. Another section is called Brick by Brick and … Continue

LEGO Star Wars Darth Vader Buildable Figure (75111) Review

September 15, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

LEGO Star Wars Luke Skywalker & Darth Vader 2-in-1 Battle Pack (66536)

Earlier this year, LEGO announced that they would be releasing a new wave of LEGO Star Wars Buildable Figures. Although I’m not that into the Contstraction sets, I do love Star Wars and this news raised my interest in these sets. They are separately available for purchase but Toys R Us has a special 2-in-1 Battle Pack (66536) which includes both Luke Skywalker (75110) and Darth Vader (75111).

For this review, I’ll be taking a look at one of the most iconic movie characters of all time with Darth Vader. The TRU Battle Pack has 243 pieces and retails for $49.99 but Darth Vader himself consists of 160 pieces and retails for $29.99. One thing you may notice is the high price for the amount of pieces you get but I feel it’s comparable to what you get with the LEGO BIONICLE sets especially for a licensed theme like Star Wars. The contents of the box includes three un-numbered bags, a bagged cape, and the instruction booklet.

As shown on the box, Vader is from Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi where he is dueling Luke Skywalker which you can recreate with this Battle Pack or if you got the figures separately.

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I’m not that familiar with Constraction sets so I’m not sure where the builds start from but with Vader, the build starts at the torso. At first glance, you probably can’t tell what you’re building until the middle of instructions when the torso is completed and the armor pieces go … Continue