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My BrickCon 2012 Story

October 6, 2012 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

As LEGO fans, we like to help out the community if we can. This past weekend, BrickCon 2012 was going on in Seattle. With some luck, I managed to receive some tickets to go to the event but something came up at the last moment and I couldn’t go. As a result, I was stuck with a pair of tickets that I couldn’t use. I had to find a way to make them not go to waste.

As a member of Chris Pirillo’s Gnomies community, I knew that he lives in Seattle so I reached out to him to see if he or someone he knew could use the tickets. Chris already had his tickets, but fortunately he knew someone who could use them. Oleg Moskalensky was the person that we thought would be the best choice. Oleg has a son who’s been though a lot the past few weeks and he thought BrickCon would be a great way to cheer him up. To Oleg’s surprise, he received the pair of tickets and today, Oleg and his son went to one of the biggest LEGO conventions in the West Coast. To see the pictures Oleg took with his son at BrickCon, head over to his Google+ page.

In the end, it certainly feels good to help someone put a smile on a child’s face. I hope to get out to my first BrickCon some day, but in my opinion, this was way better than me going this year.

LEGO DC Universe Batman: Arkham Asylum Breakout (10937) Revealed

October 5, 2012 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Back at San Diego Comic Con 2012, LEGO displayed some minifigures of next year’s LEGO Super Heroes sets. Today, LEGO revealed the one of the first sets that will be coming out in January 2013, the LEGO DC Universe Batman: Arkham Asylum Breakout (10937). At 1351 pieces, this will be the biggest LEGO Super Heroes set so far. Most of the main villains will be included, minus Mr. Freeze and Bane, which is pretty sweet considering they get locked up at Arkham all the time. Below is the official press release:

10937 Batman™ – Arkham Asylum Breakout

Ages 14+. 1,351 pieces.

US $159.99 CA $209.99 DE 159.99€ UK 129.99 £ DK 1399.00 DKK

The villains have broken out of Arkham Asylum and must be stopped!

Sound the alarm! The Joker, The Penguin, Poison Ivy and Scarecrow have escaped from Arkham Asylum with the help of Dr. Harleen Quinzel. These villains are about to wreak havoc in the streets of Gotham City! Help Caped Crusaders Batman™ and Robin swoop into action and put those good-for-nothing criminals back where they belong! Chase after the security van as it breaks through the gothic gates! Then throw each villain back behind bars in 8 highly detailed rooms. Includes 8 minifigures: Batman™, Robin, The Joker, The Penguin, Poison Ivy, Dr. Harleen Quinzel, Scarecrow and a guard, all with assorted weapons or accessories

* Includes 8 minifigures: Batman™, Robin, The Joker, The Penguin, Poison Ivy, Dr. Harleen Quinzel, Scarecrow and a guard, all with assorted weapons
* Features Arkham Asylum, security

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New York Comic Con 2012 LEGO Exclusive Revealed

October 3, 2012 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

New York Comic Con on their Instagram account has revealed the exclusive that will be sold at the LEGO booth this year. This year, LEGO will feature a mini version of Luke’s Landspeeder. The tin will probably be priced at $40 like the Slave I and Sith Infiltrator at other conventions. NYCC 2012 will be held from October 11-14.

This LEGO® set, the third in a series, was produced exclusively for the 2012 New York Comic Con. Featuring a Luke Skywalker Minifigure and his buildable landspeeder, the set is packaged in an exclusive collector’s tin. Each tin in this limited run of 1,000 sets is individually numbered. Limited quantities will be available each day for sale through the course of #NYCC, on a first come, first served basis

**Via FBTB**

Toys R Us Bricktober 2012 Promotions

September 26, 2012 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Today, many AFOL sites were sent details about the promotions at this year’s Bricktober event at Toys R Us stores from The LEGO Community Team. Each week in October, for every purchase of $59.99 or more, you will receive a LEGO Vintage Minifigure Collection set as a gift. According to ObiSeanLegobi on Brickset, there will be a very limited supply at participating stores:

From a TRU source: Most stores will only get 10-20 Vintage minifigure sets, to be given out free (one per customer per day)

If you’re excited about that, there’s even more news for Bricktober. On October 20 from 12-2pm, there will be a LEGO Creationary Challenge, possibly for prizes. On October 27 also from 12-2pm, you can receive a free LEGO Monster Fighters promotional pack (5000644). Looks like it’s going to be pretty busy and expensive October at Toys R Us.

Celebrate Bricktober at participating Toys “R” Us® stores this October!
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It’s time to celebrate Bricktober at participating Toys “R” Us® stores! This October, make a qualifying LEGO® purchase in a Toys “R” Us store and you’ll be able to take home an exclusive vintage minifigure collection! There are a total of four unique volumes; a different set available each week during October. Collect all 20 vintage minifigures!

Take a trip down memory lane with the opportunity to bring home four volumes of the vintage minifigure collection! Each collection features 5 unique and famous LEGO minifigures from the past. Venture into space with the astronaut, explore the Wild West with

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LEGO 2013 Set List

September 18, 2012 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Brickset has found a list on a German toy shop called Wurst of LEGO sets that will be coming out in 2013. It looks like it’s going to be a pretty expensive 2013 so far.

**Update 9/19/12: Updated to add more themes and set names. Source – Brickset**

LEGO Ninjago – Back in June, LEGO Community Coordinator Kevin Hinkle reported that LEGO Ninjago will be discontinued in 2013. The sets listed below might be some the last sets that you can buy from this popular theme. We’re not sure if there will be any more Ninjago sets after these.

LEGO Ninjago Kai’s Fire Robot (70500)
LEGO Ninjago Samurai Bike (70501)
LEGO Ninjago Cole’s Power Drill (70502)
LEGO Ninjago Golden Dragon (70503)
LEGO Ninjago Garmatron (70504)
LEGO Ninjago Temple of Light (70505)

LEGO Legends of Chima – In June, LEGO registered a couple of trademarks called LEGO Legends of Chima and Speedorz. This news set the LEGO community into a frenzy. This theme has been rumored to be the one to replace the discontinuing LEGO Ninjago theme in 2013. There have been pictures floating around the web of what Legends of Chima look like:

a series called Chima (imagine Animal heads like Cats, Lions, alligators, Eagles, Dogs, but with cool scars and minifig bodies, and they have Ripcords instead of Spinners.

LEGO Legends of Chima Razcals Raven Glider (70000)
LEGO Legends of Chima Crawleys Reptile Grabber (70001)
LEGO Legends of Chima Lennoxs Lion-Buggy (70002)
LEGO Legends of Chima Eris Eagle Jet (70003)
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Nintendo Wii U LEGO City: Undercover Exclusive Minifigure

September 15, 2012 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Back in June of this year, Nintendo announced LEGO City: Undercover for the Nintendo Wii U. Recently, there was a video of Satoru Shibata, President of Nintendo Europe, describing the game and some of the features. At 33:09 of the video, Shibata reveals the limited-edition exclusive Chase McCain minfigure which will be included when you pre-order LEGO City: Undercover on GameStop or Amazon. The game will be released on November 18, 2012. Below is the video as well as the trailer for the upcoming game.

LEGO Lone Ranger Coming In 2013?

September 12, 2012 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

This is speculation but Klaus-Dieter over on Eurobricks has reported that LEGO will be releasing sets tying in with the new Lone Ranger movie by Disney starring Armie Hammer and and Johnny Depp. LEGO fans have been waiting over a decade for a new Western themed set, which last came out in 2002, and now they might have the chance to get some in April of next year. Because the LEGO Lone Ranger will be themed sets, the minifigures will be fleshed colored instead of the normal yellowed colored minifigs. See below for the post by Klaus:

For the Western fans amongst us, I have good and bad news concerning next year:
The good news is that there finally will be a new Western theme which shall be out in April 2013. There will be one huge set, three medium sized sets and two small sets. Regrettably I don’t more since there were only empty boxes painted in the retailer’s catalogue.
The imo bad news is that it will be licensed – namely based on the new Walt Disney movie “Lones Rider”.

Also remember that mb_bricks achieved 10000 supporters for his Modular Western Town on LEGO CUUSOO which is currently under review. Hopefully these themes won’t be conflicting because both have the potential to be some great themes. Stay tuned for more details of the LEGO Lone Ranger theme.

Via Brick Fanatics