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LEGO Seasonal Halloween Bat (40090) Review

September 1, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

A few days ago, we reported that a new LEGO Seasonal set would be appearing in stores for the upcoming Halloween season, the Halloween Bat (40090). Like with the previous holiday sets from earlier this year like the Valentine’s Day Teddy Bear (40085) and the Easter Bunny (40086), LEGO has released these cute little creatures to mark the particular occasion. This set contains 156 pieces and retails for $9.99 for a very nice $0.06/piece.

The box contains two un-numbered bags and a small instructions booklet. The Halloween Bat is pretty easy to build with some typical building techniques. On the back of the instructions booklet, you can also see the Seasonal Thanksgiving Turkey (40091) set that should be coming out in a month or so.

There is some articulation in the wings and the feet. The wings have a nice folding effect that allows it to hold the included brick-built pumpkin if it so desires.

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Throughout this year, I’ve really like these little seasonal sets and the Halloween Bat (40090) isn’t an exception. It’s a nice addition to my current cast of seasonal characters. The set is now available at various LEGO Brand Stores as well as on Shop@Home but the once in stores sometimes sell out pretty fast.

On a side note, I did see a couple of the Easter Bunny sets on clearance today at my LEGO Store in Fashion Valley so if you’re still looking for one, you can now get it cheaper than the normal retail price.

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LEGO Classic Spaceman Minifigure (5002812) Promo Review

September 1, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Today starts the month of September and that means we finally get the LEGO Classic Spaceman Minifigure (5002812) promotion that the Europeans had a few months ago. In recent months, it appears that LEGO has been focusing more on classic Space sets like the Exo Suit (21109) and Benny’s Spaceship (70816) and this little promo set just adds to it. The set contains 19 pieces and is free with purchases of $99 or more.

Box

Unlike other LEGO promotions, the box for the Classic Space Minifigure is made of a matte-like packaging material with a stud design all around. On either side of the box, there is a classic LEGO Systems logo which has a cool nostalgic feel to it.

The box opens up by sliding out the tray from the right side which shows the contents of the set: an instruction booklet and sealed bag of pieces. The tray itself also has the Classic Space logo.

Instructions Booklet

The actual instructions in the booklet are just two pages to show how to put together the spaceman and the robot. The rest of the pages is a timeline from the last 38 years of LEGO Space sets as well as some of the Space minifigures. A majority of the Space-themed sets have been well represented on the timeline.

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The white Spaceman minifigure is pretty much the same as the one in the Exo Suit except for the color. The helmet is not the classic one but the more modern one that you can find in … Continue

LEGO October 2014 Store Calendar Promos & Events

August 31, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

September isn’t even here yet but LEGO already has the October 2014 Store Calendar available and there are some cool promotions that you may want to know about. As we reported before, the biggest thing happening is the return of Double VIP Points. During the whole month of October, you can earn $5 for every $50 you spend.

The next promotion is the Free Exclusive Holiday Set (40106) with purchases of $99 or more. The first of two holiday set this year features two elf minifigures in a workshop. It’ll go great with the LEGO Creator Winter Village Santa’s Workshop (10245) which will be from September 17-30 for VIP members or October 1 for the general public. November will have set 2/2 and it will be a Winter Skating Scene.

LEGO October 2014 Store Calendar - Holiday Set

Other notable things on the October 2014 Store Calendar includes:

LEGO Collectible Minifigures Series 12 (71007) will be available on October 1st.
On October 6th, LEGO will be revealing the next exclusvie set. Speculation is that it will be the LEGO Star Wars UCS Slave I or the LEGO Creator Detective Agency Modular which we reported on yesterday.
The Monthly Mini Model Build is a Frankenstein which is a fan-created model.
Starting on October 6th, there will be a LEGO City Racing Event at the LEGO Store.
The LEGO Club Meeting on October 18 and 25 is a LEGO Star Wars one and the t-shirt features a Sandtrooper on a dewback.
From October 20-26, there is a LEGO Friends Jungle Animal search and find at the

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LEGO Announcing New Theme at New York Comic Con 2014

August 29, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

BZPower has reported at New York Comic Con 2014, LEGO will be having a panel and they’ve asked people to “take part in a very special event where a brand new LEGO Theme will be announced.” A brand new LEGO theme? There are a few possible ideas what they could be with all the recent LEGO 2015 news. The first possibility is the new LEGO Jurassic World sets that will be based on the upcoming movie starring Chris Pratt. According to reports, there would be five sets in the wave.

The next possible theme that LEGO could be revealing at NYCC is the “Elves” theme which was reported to be a fantasy-typed theme that would include mini-dolls.

The third LEGO theme that could be revealed is LEGO Top Gear. Last year the people at Top Gear asked people to do a survey to guage the audience if they wanted to see vehicles from the popular TV show in LEGO form. It was recently revealed that a list of Supercars would be coming out next year and it may indeed be the Top Gear theme.

Finally, we have a return of an old theme but could be new to people that have just gotten into LEGO and that is BIONICLE. The theme hasn’t been around since 2010 but it was very popular among kids and AFOLs when it was.

So there you have it. LEGO will be announcing a new theme at New York Comic Con 2014 and those were some of the possibilities. What … Continue

STUDS Builder Trading Cards Series 1 Available on Sept 10

August 28, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Coming off our run of recent 2015 LEGO news, it’s time to get hit up on some news within the LEGO community. Brandon Griffith has announced that Series 1 of the STUDS Builder Trading Cards will be available on September 10th.

If you remember, Brandon did a KickStarter a few years ago and the project got enough funding to create the cards. The cards themselves are your typical glossy cards which features a series of profiles of people in the LEGO community who create some very cool art. If you’re a fan of LEGO, you’ve probably heard of the names of these people including Bruce Lowell, Iain Heath, and Nathan Sawaya, just to name a few.

It looks like a there will be a number of products that will be available on BrickStuds.com including the folowing:

STUDS Packs: Each STUDS Pack includes 8 trading cards and 1 Brickforge element. Look for rare chase cards including: Artist Autograph Cards, Custom Fig Cards, and Sketch Cards!
STUDS Box: Each STUDS Box includes 28 Packs
STUDS Factory Set: The STUDS Factory set includes the 96 card base set plus 9 poster card set
STUDS Series 1 Binder

Series 1 of the STUDS trading cards will be very limited so once they sell out, that’s it. If you haven’t seen the cards before, check out my early review of some of the cards that I got from Brandon while at SDCC a few years back.

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LEGO Friends 2015 Rumored Set List

August 28, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Just2Good on Eurobricks has posted a list of the new 2015 LEGO Friends sets with CM4Sci and David providing the New Zealand Dollar prices. Adjust the pricing to your country’s currency to get an idea of how much the sets would retail for.

Heartlake City is getting bigger with some new and interesting buildings next year including the pizzeria and the lighthouse. It’ll be interesting to see how LEGO creates the hot air balloon set. Some of these sets could already been seen in previously posted images (see below).

Bunny & Babies (41085) – 9.99
Mobile Pet Care (41086)
Rabbit Mother with Babies (41087)
Puppy Training (41088) – 9.99
Foal Care Stable (41089) – 9.99
Olivia’s Garden Pool (41090) – 19.99
Mia’s Sports Car (41091) – 24.99
Stephanie’s Pizzeria (41092) – 19.99
Heartlake Hair Salon (41093) – 59.99
Heartlake Lighthouse (41094) – 79.99
Emma’s Family House (41095) – 119.99
Heartlake Hot Air Balloon (41097) – 59.99
Friends Animals Series 6 (41162)

Vet Ambulance – 17.99
Vet Clinic – 39.99

LEGO Disney Princess 2015 Rumored Set List

August 28, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Just2Good on Eurobricks has found a list of some new 2015 LEGO Disney Princess sets. Yes, LEGO has continued with the popular theme that started last year with more princesses from other Disney movies including Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and wait for it, Frozen! Check out the list of the sets below. ~~Again, they are loosely translated but the names seem accurate enough.~~ The prices listed are in New Zealand Dollars. So who’s excited to see Frozen get the LEGO treatment?

**Updated with US comparable prices.**

Sleeping Beauty’s Royal Bedroom (41060) – 24.99/$12.99
Jasmine’s Exotic Palace (41061) – 39.99/$19.99
Elsa’s Sparkling Ice Castle (41062) – 69.99/$34.99
Ariel’s Undersea Palace (41063) – 99.99/$79.99