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Big Changes For LEGO Ideas

April 15, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

To celebrate the first birthday, LEGO Ideas has made some important changes to the lifespan of projects. Every project will now be given one year (365 days) to achieve 10,000 supporters and will be awarded more time when they hit certain milestones. For projects that get 1,000 supporters, they will get an additional 6 months (182 days) and if projects reach 5,000 supporters before time is up, they will get another 6 month extension (182 days). That means projects now have the potential to get a maximum of two years (729 days) to get 10,000 supporters.

For those projects that are currently very close to hitting 10k with only a few days left to go, they can now breathe a sigh of relief as they now have more time to get the required number of supporters. This change also helps projects that aren’t IP-related ones as they sometimes get looked over for projects that do have IPs so that’s cool. Head over to the blog post to read more about the major changes coming to LEGO Ideas.

Two More LEGO Star Wars Constraction Sets Unveiled

April 15, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

LEGO Star Wars Constraction General Grievous (75112)

Earlier today while I was at my non-LEGO related job, The Wall Street Journal published a couple more of the new LEGO Star Wars Constraction sets that will be on display at the LEGO booth at Star Wars Celebration this week with Obi-Wan Kenobi (75109) and General Grievous (75112). They will be joining Jango Fett (75107) – 85 pcs, Clone Commander Cody (75108) – 82 pcs, Luke Skywalker (75110) – 83 pcs, and Darth Vader (75111) – 160 pcs in the wave that will be released later this year. Obi-Wan will have 83 pieces with his cape in a bag while Grievous has 186 pieces.

LEGO Star Wars Constraction Obi-Wan (75109)

LEGO The Simpsons Kwik-E-Mart (71016) Now Available for VIP Members

April 15, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

The LEGO The Simpsons Kwik-E-Mart (71016) is now available for purchase for LEGO VIP members on Shop@Home and at LEGO Brand Stores. The Kwik-E-Mart is the second D2C set in the Simpsons theme with the first one being last year’s The Simpsons House (71006). This set will have 2179 pieces and will set you back $199.99. Make sure you are logged in to your account so you can purchase it. It’ll be available for the general public on May 1st.

71016 – The Kwik-E-Mart
Ages 12+. 2,179 pieces.
US $199.99 – CA $229.99 – DE 199.99€ – UK £169.99 – DK 1699.00 DKK
*Euro pricing varies by country. Please visit shop.LEGO.com for regional pricing.

Visit The Kwik-E-Mart—Springfield’s favorite convenience store!

Welcome to The Kwik-E-Mart—your one-stop shop for convenience foods at inconvenient prices! This highly detailed and iconic LEGO® version of The Simpsons™ store is packed with more rich, colorful details than a Mr. Burns birthday cake has candles! Walk under the huge Kwik-E-Mart sign and join Homer, Marge and Bart as they browse the aisles filled with beauty products, diapers, dog food, pastries, fruits, vegetables and more—including Krusty-O’s and Chef Lonelyheart’s Soup for One. Then head over to the refrigerated cases where you’ll find Buzz Cola, chocolate milk, various other drinks and snacks… and frozen Jasper! There’s also a Buzz Cola soda fountain, juice dispensers, coffee machine, arcade games, ATM and stacks of Powersauce boxes. At the counter, Apu is ready to tempt you with a variety of printed magazines, comic books, cards, tofu hot

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LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded Eligible for Release Date Delivery

April 14, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

I’ve just received an email stating that my order for LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded on Amazon is now eligible for release date delivery. The book is updated with 72 additional pages of new minifigures that have been released since 2011 which you can also purchase on Amazon for 66% off the retail price. The Updated and Expanded version will be released in exactly two weeks on April 28.

LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded also includes the exclusive White Boba Fett minifigure which is based on the prototype armor used in the screen test for the movie. This will also be an updated White Boba Fett with the first one being used for various promotions 15 years ago.

Let the LEGO Dimensions Character Guessing Game Begin!

April 13, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Deskp on Eurobricks has posted a image of the LEGO Dimensions Starter Pack box which shows a list of characters that will be in some of the expansion Fun Packs, Team Packs, and Level Packs. We already know a lot of them during the reveals last week but there are still some that are a mystery. The image shows the top of the box but rotated using Photoshop so it’s still blurry.

For some of the future characters, I already noted them in my speculation post but there are a few that raises more questions than giving answers. One of the characters is listed as #3. Many people on the forums have been guessing that it is Chell from Portal video game series. Way back in 2012, the Thinking With Portals! project on LEGO CUUSOO reached the review stage but ultimately failed at becoming an official set. In 2013, the Wizard of Oz set also reached the review stage and didn’t pass either but the theme will officially be used in LEGO Dimensions later this year. If that third character on the box is actually Chell, that means that LEGO has obtained a licence to create a minifigure of her as well. Plus it makes sense since a Portal would completely fit in with the LEGO Dimensions.

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LEGO Dimensions Future Theme Speculation

April 12, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Now that we’ve had time to soak in the announcement of the new LEGO Dimensions with the Starter Packs and the Expansion Packs and seen the LEGO themes that have been revealed so far, let’s take a look at what other themes we could be seeing in the future being included in the video game. We can see from the image above that the top of the box shows lots of minifigures from the Fun, Team, and Level Packs that have already been revealed and even some that haven’t been announced yet. This is purely a speculation post and feel free to comment below on what themes you would like to see to be included in future LEGO Dimensions expansion packs.

Back to the Future

This theme is pretty much confirmed with the Back to the Future Level Pack which includes Marty McFly, the DeLorean Time Machine, and the Hoverboard. Whether or not we’ll be seeing other characters in the future remains to be seen.

BIONICLE

Since LEGO Dimensions is about the minifigures, I’m not so sure that LEGO BIONICLE will fit the concept. They did have some figures during the original run but they weren’t your typical minifigures. The thing that BIONCLE has going for them is that it’s LEGO own IP.

City

Although LEGO City is one of the more popular themes, I don’t see it being a good fit.

DC Comics Super Heroes

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LEGO Store April 2015 Monthly Mini Build Event UFO (40129) Review

April 11, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Earlier this week, the LEGO April 2015 Monthly Mini Build took place and I was able to attend the event. For this month, the build was a little UFO (40129) which continues the Space type builds for this year. The event itself seemed extra busy, maybe because kids are still on Spring Break.

LEGO April 2015 Monthly Mini Build - UFO (40129)

The 39 piece UFO is a simple build and has your typical UFO look to it. There isn’t much to say about it but I do like the color scheme and there are a few useful parts like the clear dome and dish pieces.

Next month’s build will stray away from the Space theme and be introducing a Koala (40130). Props to the Fashion Valley LEGO Store staff for keeping it running smoothly. If you missed out on this month’s building event, there are two more chances with the LEGO Club Meetings on April 18 & 25.