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Life-Sized LEGO X-wing Starfighter Makes Way to LEGOLAND California

June 11, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Last month, LEGO unveiled the life-size X-wing Starfighter in New York. The starfighter has traveled safely from New York and now resides at LEGOLAND California. In the video below, LEGO Master Model Builder, Gary McIntyre, shows the viewer around the ship and tells the back story of how it got from the East Coast all the way to California. Right now, it is safely stored away in a hanger area at the resort and will be open for the public to view on June 13th until the end of the year. To give some details on the ship, it contains 5,335,200 bricks and weighs 45,979.61 pounds. It stands at 11 feet tall and is 43 feet in length with a wingspan of 44 feet. 32 builders at the LEGO Model Shop in Kladno, Czech Republic spent 17,336 hours to construct the starfighter. It is made to look like set 9493 from a few years ago. The giant version of the ship is 42 times the size of the real LEGO set.

**Via CNN**

Image of Series 11 LEGO Collectible Minifigures?

June 11, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Brickshelf user, ajdken2010, has posted an image of what could be some of the minifigures from Series 11 of the LEGO Collectible Minifigures series. The image shows the Evil Mech, Female Scientist, Yeti, Lady Robot, and Welder. We first found out the names of the Series 11 minifigures late last year and the image above confirms what was on the list.

Yeti
Evil Mech
Welder
Lady Robot
Jazz Musician
Constable
Holiday Elf
Bavarian Lady
Scarecrow
Mountain Climber
Grandma
Tiki Warrior
Gingerbread Man
Barbarian
Dinner Waitress
Scientist

**Update** the user has taken down original image. The image above is from Brick Fanatics.

BrickLink Sold to Nexon

June 6, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

The unofficial LEGO marketplace, BrickLink, has announced they have been sold to Korean game giant Nexon, creator of games such as MapleStory, Dragon Nest, etc. Former CEO Eliska Jezkova and Founder of Nexon Jung-Ju “Jay” Kim have issued a joint statement in regards to the acquisition (see below).

It’s a bit sad that BrickLink has been sold and so far there is mixed reactions in the forums. The site has been extremely helpful to LEGO users all around the world and now the companies will be working to get “BrickLink 2.0” up as soon as possible. Kim will soon be asking users for their input for ideas to improve functionality. We’re also hoping that the acquisition will help address BrickLink’s recent issues and help users have a more enjoyable experience there.

About a week ago I posted a special message to thank all of you for supporting us over the nearly three years since my son Dan died. I thank all those who sent personal messages to me about what BrickLink has meant to them. In my message, I mentioned some progress we made, and also the challenges we faced. Good news remaining is that, despite the challenges, business has been brisk and even impressive. When I took over the website in the name of my son, the representational visitor log (front page of BrickLink) was at about 50 million visitors. Today, it is at nearly 144 million visitors and counting. Nearly two-thirds of all those who visited BrickLink over the 13 years since

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NASA’s Missions: Imagine and Build Contest on ReBrick

June 6, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

ReBrick is having a new contest in collaboration with NASA and The LEGO Group called NASA’s Missions: Imagine and Build. Winners of the contest will be able win some pretty nice prizes including recognition by NASA. The contest began yesterday and entries have to be submitted by July 31st, 2013 2:59pm CEST (8:59am EST). Judging will start on August 5th and the winners will be announced the week of September 1st. The competitions is split into two categories but you can enter into both if you like.

Imagine Our Future Beyond Earth

Builders 16 years old and older are invited to journey into space and beyond by creating one of NASA’s future missions with LEGO bricks. Builders can be imaginative as they wish, although their entry should reflect one of the missions NASA has listed on their website. These missions are planned until the 2030s so there should be no shortage of inspiration! All entries must be bookmarked to ReBrick in the “Building Challenge” category. The winners will be chosen by a committee of judges, please see official rules for details.

The grand prize includes 21101 LEGO CUUSOO Hayabusa set, signed by the LEGO designer Melody Louise Caddick, recognition and honorable mention on NASA.gov, and a collection of NASA memorabilia including a personalized signed lithograph of the astronaut from the judges committee. There will also be two runner-ups, see official rules for those prizes.

Prize Details

The one (1) official grand prize winner will receive:

21101 LEGO CUUSOO Hayabusa set, signed by the

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LEGO DC Universe Superman: Metropolis Showdown (76002) Review

June 5, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

With the impending release of the Man of Steel movie this month, LEGO has decided to create sets based on the movie. Here we have the LEGO DC Universe Superman: Metropolis Showdown (76002). This set has 119 pieces and retails for $12.99, a $0.11/piece ratio. It is the smallest of the three Man of Steel sets that were released. The box contains two unnumbered bags, two instruction booklets, and a couple of loose pieces. We weren’t sure why a set so small had two instruction booklets when LEGO could’ve fit it all in one booklet.

LEGO DC Universe Superman: Metropolis Showdown (76002)

New LEGO Polybags Revealed for 2013

June 2, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

There are quite a few new polybags that have been revealed that could be released this year. In the month of July, LEGO will be observing the summer season with a LEGO Creator Hot Dog Cart polybag (40078). VIPs will be able to get it FREE with purchases of $75 or more. There’s no word on how the other polybags will be distributed.

LEGO Creator Christmas Tree (30186) – will probably be available around the winter holiday season.
LEGO City Lawnmower (30224) – looks pretty interesting especially the front blades.
LEGO City Coast Guard Seaplane (30225) – another addition to the water area of the city.
Fall Scene (40057) – shows the clean up of falling leaves. A decent looking polybag with a pretty good piece count of 72 pieces.
Geoffrey the Giraffe (40077) – Toys R Us exclusive.
BMW (40200) – Not much information on this but is distributed in conjunction with the German company.

**Via Brick Fanatics**

LEGO Star Wars Ewok Village (10236) Confirmed Set?

May 28, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Flickr member, mexxbear, has posted an image of what could be the long rumored LEGO Star Wars Ewok Village (10236). Hoth Bricks is reporting that GRogall has seen it and even has a price of € 249.99 for the set. There’s no “official” statement or images yet for the Ewok Village but it won’t be long until that news is uncovered by the LEGO community. From what we can see in the image, there are four Rebel Troopers, C-3P0, three Ewoks, Princess Leia, Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, R2-D2, and Chewbacca. The set itself is somewhat similar to the Ewok Attack (7956) from a couple of years ago. The set depicts the scene in Episode VI: Return of the Jedi where the heroes are captured by the Ewoks on the forest moon of Endor. If this is the real set that will be released, what do you think of it and will you be picking it up?

In other news, GRogall also announced two other sets to be released this year: LEGO Creator Sydney Opera House (10234) for € 279.99 LEGO Seasonal Winter Village Market (10235) for € 89.99.

Update: mexxbear has confirmed that the image above is indeed a MOC. After seeing the MOC and what the official set could look like, the wait of seeing the real set is even more excruciating since we’ve been waiting so long for a set like this. Hopefully we’ll get to see it soon.

Update 2: The set has been officially announced.