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LEGO November 2014 Store Calendar Promos & Events

September 26, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

The November 2014 LEGO Store Calendar is now available and we can talk about the promotions that will be happening during the month.

First is a FREE exclusive 2015 LEGO Wall Calendar with purchases of $75 or more. The cover of the calendar features the LEGO Employee minifigure as well as various ones from the Collectible Minifigures line. Inside the calendar also includes exclusive offers. The 2015 LEGO Wall Calendar will be offered from November 1st until the end of the year, while supplies last.

Another promotion is the second FREE exclusive Holiday Set with purchases of of $99 or more. We already know that it will be a skating scene but there’s still no images of it yet. This offer will only be valid from November 28 – December 1 which is during “Brick Friday”, LEGO’s version of Black Friday weekend.

On November 21, LEGO will be revealing the next exclusive set. I’m going to venture a guess that it will be the LEGO Star Wars UCS Slave I (76060).

If you’re a LEGO VIP member, visit your local LEGO Store on November 22 for special holiday offers.

It is not listed on the calendar but there will be a Monthly Mini Build event on November 4. The build for this month is a Rocket (40104) with a launching pad.

The new Christmas LEGO Seasonal sets will also be available during November like the Santa Set (850939) and the different baubles. Also, if you’re planning on getting any of the LEGO 2014 Advent … Continue

Brick Wonders: Ancient, Modern, and Natural Wonders Made from LEGO Book Review

September 25, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Continuing with another book review from Warren Elsore, we have Brick Wonders: Ancient, Modern, and Natural Wonders Made from LEGO. The book is a sequel to the best-seller Brick City: Global Icons to Make from LEGO which we have also reviewed. Like the previous book, it contains 256 fully illustrated pages and it retails for $19.99. Also, the cover is a mix of a hard and softback in a sense that it is not a full hardback but soft enough to bend a little.

The first chapter of the book follows its predecessor where it talks about the history of LEGO, where to buy bricks, building tips, LEGO design software, so on and so forth. There is some information about sorting and storing of your LEGO bricks and online resources you can use to help you build.

In a little different format than the previous book, Brick Wonders has the chapters that are categorized into types of wonders in the world including the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Historic Wonders, Modern Wonders, and Natural Wonders.

Like his previous book, there are lots of photos of Warren’s highly detailed builds along with an informative description of the what the subject is about. Included in the chapters are some builds that you can build using the instructions that he has provided like a Mini Sphinx, Trojan Horse, and Chinese Pagoda just to name a few. The instructions again are condensed into one page and are somewhat small. This may give novice builders some trouble when … Continue

LEGO Speed Champions Logo Found

September 25, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Just2Good on Eurobricks has found that BrickShop.nl now has a logo for the new LEGO Speed Champions theme that will be released in 2015. For a while, we thought that there would be a Top Gear theme but it looks like there won’t be. Just2Good also mentions that he thinks there could be a Top Gear app that will go along with the sets. We’ll see if that happens or not since LEGO has been moving towards the digital world recently. Below are the sets that have been rumored to come out next year.

Ferrari F150 (75899)
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 (75908)
McLaren P1 (75909)
Porsche 918 Spyder (75910)
McLaren Mercedes Pit Stop (75911)
Porsche 911 GT Finish Line (75912)
Ferrari F14 & Scuderia Ferrari Truck (75913)

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LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes Plastic Man Polybag Revealed

September 25, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

If you’re wondering what the polybag for the exclusive LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes Plastic Man looks like, TT Games Game Director Arthur Parsons has taken a picture of it on Instagram. The packaging also gives you a glimpse at the Justice League logo that will be used for the 2015 LEGO DC Comics sets. It also looks like there’s there’s a code on the polybg (H2VB8Z) to unlock Plastic Man as a playable character in LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham. To get the exclusive bonus Plastic Man minifigure, pre-order the game at GameStop. LEGO Batman 3 will be released on November 11th.

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LEGO Supernatural T-Shirt on TeeFury

September 25, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Today, TeeFury has a new LEGO t-shirt featuring the Sam and Dean Winchester as well as the angel Castiel from the highly popular TV show, Supernatural. The shirt is called Mini Hunters and it is the world debut design by Matt Parsons. The shirt goes for $11 and there’s about 12 hours left to purchase.

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STUDS Builder Trading Cards Series 1 Review

September 23, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

We’re back with another review but it’s something a little bit different. We have received our set of the Series 1 STUDS Builder Trading Cards and I was pretty excited for to get them although I wish I got in on the Kickstarter a few years back. If you haven’t heard of if before, STUDS is the brainchild of Brandon Griffith which showcases people in the community who uses LEGO to build unique creations.

The set that I purchased was the Series 1 Factory Set which consists of 96 base cards as well as the 9 card poster set. The box came in a sealed clear plastic and when I opened the box, it gave me a nostalgic feeling inside. You may not know this but I used to collect sports cards and when I opened the box, the distinct smell that the cards gave off took me back to a younger time when I was still collecting and cracking open a fresh pack of cards. The cards are printed on 14pt. gloss coated card with with UV coating.

The first card in the set is the Title Card which is kind of a table of contents for the rest of the cards which includes Featured Artists, Brick Artists, Group Builds, Brick Illustrators, Brick Conventions, Brick Sites, Brick Products, Brick Publications, and the Checklist. Other people who were involved with STUDS include photo editor Tommy Williamson, copy editor Ayleen Gaspar, and illustrator Scott Tolleson.

As mentioned before, STUDS Builder Trading Cards feature many LEGO artists in … Continue

Brick City: Global Icons to Make from LEGO Book Review

September 23, 2014 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Recently, we received a couple of LEGO books from Barron’s Educational Books to review. The first of these books is Brick City: Global Icons to Make from LEGO by Warren Elsmore. It contains 256 pages and retails for $19.99.

Brick City: Global Icons to Make from LEGO

Warren Elsmore isn’t as well-known here in the States as he is in the UK as the organizer of AFOLCON and as a former chairman of the Brickish Association. He is also known for some very elaborate builds such as London’s St. Pancras Railway Station and the London Olympic Park.

The first part of the book takes a look at the history of LEGO which every book seems to do. It continues to talk about the most useful bricks in LEGO building, where to get the bricks, design software, and different building techniques.

The rest of the book which is about 90% is devoted to real-world objects that were built by Warren as well as from other LEGO builders around the world. There are over 100 recognizable global landmarks in 39 different cities that are shown in the book with many of the builds having instructions on create them yourselves. Each build also has a little information block about the object.

Although there are instructions for the builds, they are are fairly small to look at. For novice builders, it may be difficult to follow since the steps can go by pretty fast.

Finally, Brick City contains two large fold-out posters that are suitable for framing. The posters include Warren’s St. Pancras Railway Station and Spencer … Continue