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LEGO The Hobbit Smaug Teaser

July 11, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

LEGO earlier on their Facebook Page posted an image of a code 4FYKKB for the LEGO The Hobbit video game to unlock Narzug. This code has been out for a while now but the interesting thing is there is also a glimpse of a physical version of LEGO Smaug’s wing, tail, and feet. According to some reports, Smaug would be in set 79018 where it depicts the final scenes from the Desolation of Smaug and Brickipedia has him in a set called “King Under the Mountain.”

There’s still no definite news at this time of this wave of The Hobbit sets outside of online retailers having placeholders. This is just early speculation but I can venture a guess that Smaug will look somewhat similar to the dragon from the LEGO Castle Dragon Mountain (70403) but with a repaint. Hopefully we get some news on these new Hobbit sets soon and if so, they’ll probably be released later this year/early next year.

LEGO Mixels: Activity Book Available For Pre-Order

July 9, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

If you’re a fan of the LEGO Mixels theme, this may be of interest to you. Scholastic will be releasing a new book called the LEGO Mixels: Activity Book and it features 32 pages of activities centered towards the extremely popular theme. Like the The LEGO Movie: The Piece of Resistance from last year which included a Robo SWAT minifigure, the LEGO Mixels Activity Book also includes, not one, but two Nixels that you can add to your collection. You can now pre-order the book on Amazon and it will be released this November.

Mix, Max, Murp! Kids will love this activity book with figure all about the latest new property from The LEGO(R) Group and Cartoon Network!

Join the tribes of mischievous Mixels in this fun-filled activity book based on the latest joint franchise from The LEGO(R) Group and Cartoon Network: Mixels! Kids can read stories, play games, and solve puzzles all about their favorite Mixel characters. Then, they can build the included figurine to Mix, Max, and Murp!

**Via Brick Fanatics**

LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham at San Diego Comic Con 2014

July 8, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has announced that TT Games will again be at San Diego Comic this year. There Arthur Parsons will be doing a panel for LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham. During the presentation, there will be an exclusive gameplay demonstration, character reveals, and other special announcements. Also attending the panel will be several members of the voice cast of the game. Throughout SDCC 2014, LEGO Batman 3 will be available for a hands-on demo by attendees.

I will be at SDCC all four days to report as much LEGO information as possible including the exclusive reveal(s) that will be happening on July 24-25. One of these reveals will most likely be the LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes UCS Tumbler (76023).

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, in celebration of the upcoming release of Rocksteady Studios’ “Batman: Arkham Knight,” will host the Cape/Cowl/Create art exhibit, open to the public daily from July 25th through the 27th, 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Hard Rock San Diego Hotel’s Legends Room. This free public exhibition will feature true-to-scale replicas of the game’s cape and cowl used as a blank canvas by top contemporary artists to produce their own original interpretations.

On Friday, July 25th, at 12:30 p.m., WBIE and Monolith Productions will host a panel for the anticipated game “Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor,” discussing how the game’s innovation evolves storytelling while exploring the history of the Rings of Power. Panelists will include Monolith’s Michael de Plater and Phil Straub, as well as the game’s lead writer, Christian

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LEGO August 2014 Store Calendar Promos and Events

June 30, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

The August 2014 LEGO Store Calendar is now available and we can now discuss some of the promotions and events that are offered in stores and on Shop@Home.

For the freebies for August, the LEGO Creator MINI Cooper MK VII Polybag (40109) will be available with purchases of $99 or more and the offer lasts for the whole month or while supplies last.

From August 25th – September 14th, you can get a free LEGO Legends of Chima Worriz’ Fire Bike Polybag (30265) with purchases of $50 or more. This offer overlaps with the MINI Cooper (40109) polybag promotion so if the Cooper polybags are still available by then, you can possibly get both polybags with a single purchase.

In other related Chima news, the Summer 2014 wave sets will be available starting in the beginning of the month. There are reports that the Ultrabuilds sets will not be available in North America so that is a disappointment.

From August 4th – September 15th, visit your store to race the new Speedorz sets on a new racetrack. Get your practicing in before the Speedorz tournament later on in the month (below).

On August 9th, new episodes of LEGO Legends of Chima will be on Cartoon Network at 7:30a/6:30c.

On August 18th, 20th, and 22nd at 5pm, the LEGO Stores will be holding a LEGO Chima Speedorz Tournament and all participants will receive an official LEGO Chima Certificate and tournament winners will get a LEGO Legends of Chima Speedor. There’s not mentioning of which Speedor you … Continue

Incredible LEGO Technic by Sariel Available for Pre-Order

June 29, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Paweł “Sariel Kmieć has been hard at work this year to release his second book, Incredible LEGO Technic: Cars, Trucks, Robots, and More! For this book, Sariel with the help of Blakbird from Technicopedia has brought together a number of people in the LEGO community who specializes with Technic to produce a book of some of their best work.

Incredible LEGO Technic includes 74 models filled with photos, details, facts, and specs of not just cars and trucks, but planes and mechs as well. Many of the builds also includes see-through renders by Blakbird so you can see the inner workings of the vehicles. In addition to the details of the builds, you also get an in-depth look at the builders themselves which includes:

2LegoOrNot2Lego, Amida, andrea Grazi, Barman, Brunojj, Crowkillers, Designer Han, Dirk Klijn, Dmac, Drakmin, Edwin Korstanje, Efferman, Eric Trax, Francisco Hartley, Gyuta, Jennifer Clark, Jerac, Jurgen Kroopshoop, Klaupacius, Konajra, Lasse Deleuran, M_longer, Madoca, Mahj, Makorol, Marat, Nathanael Kuipers, Nico71, Oryx Chen, RoscoPC, Sariel, Senator Chinchilla, Sheepo, Spiderbrick, Splat, Thirdwigg, and ZED

As mentioned before, Incredible LEGO Technic is the second book that Sariel has released with the first being his very popular The Unofficial LEGO Technic Builder’s Guide. You can now pre-order the 280 page book from No Starch Press for $29.95 and it will be available in October.

The LEGO Movie: Everything is Awesome Edition Review

June 29, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

It’s been a few days since The LEGO Movie: Everything is Awesome Edition was released and I finally have some time to watch everything the package has to offer. This edition comes in a nicely packaged plastic box and it has a number of items including the Blu-Ray, the 3D Blu-Ray, the regular DVD, the Digital HD UltraViolet copy, the exclusive Vitruvius minifigure, and a collectible 3D Emmet photograph. It currently retails for $34.96 on Amazon.

Blu-Ray

The Blu-Ray runs at a full 1080p HD at a 16:9 widscreen ratio with a 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio track. You pretty much get best of what technology has to offer today. The visuals and sounds are very crisp and it’s what you would expect.

The 3D Blu-Ray was even better than the regular version and it was very similar to what I saw in theaters. The visuals of this version were extremely pleasing to the eyes.

Bonus Features

The Everything is Awesome Edition features a wide varity of extra bonuses on the Blu-Ray disc:

Audio Commentary with Filmmakers and Cast
Batman’s A True Artist (1:12)
Michelangelo & Lincoln: History Cops (1:21)
Enter The Ninjago (2:13)
Behind the Scenes: Bringing LEGO to Life (12:36)
“Everything Is Awesome” Sing-Along (3:19)
Behind the Scenes: See It, Build It!
Introduction with Senior Designer Michael Fuller (0:49)
Build the Double-Decker Couch (3:53)
Build Emmet’s Car (2:55)
Introduction with Modeling Artist Adam Ryan (0:41)
Digital Double-Decker Couch (2:11)
Digital Emmet’s Car (1:51)
Dream Job: Meet the LEGO Builders (13:28)
Alleyway Test (0:55)

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LEGO The Simpsons Springfield by Pepa Quin

June 28, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Earlier this year, we featured Matt De Lanoy (Pepa Quin) on the site before with his LEGO The Simpsons build of The Android’s Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop as his Iron Builder model. Matt’s been hard at work following that in preparation for Brickworld Chicago 2014 and there, he unveiled the town of Springfield completely in LEGO. His layout included many well-known locations from The Simpsons TV show including Krusty Burger, the Kwik-E-Mart, Moe’s Tavern, and the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. I’ve only shown a few of the builds below but head over to Matt’s Flickr album to see all of his buildings of Springfield.