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Adventure Time Opening Sequence Made With LEGO Bricks

August 7, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

To commemorate Geek Week on YouTube, the Cartoon Network has released the opening sequence of Adventure Time made out of LEGO bricks. There are no credits for the animators of the video but I’ve reached out to Cartoon Network to see if they could tell us who they were. Now if we can just get them to do a full episode with animated LEGO bricks. I posted the video on our Facebook Page early this morning but I think this deserves it’s own post here.

If you’re not familiar of what Adventure Time is, the show takes you through the adventures of a human named Finn and his adoptive brother and best friend named Jake who is a dog and has magic powers to change in size. Through their adventures, they meet other characters in the show including Princess Bubblegum, the Ice King, and Marceline the Vampire Queen. Also, two more words: Bacon Pancakes. You’re welcome.

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What Does Michael J. Fox Think of The LEGO BTTF DeLorean Time Machine (21103)?

August 7, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

LEGO CUUSOO Back to the Future Time Machine (21103)

It seems that Marty McFly himself has gotten a hold of a LEGO Back to the Future DeLorean Time Machine (21103) set. So what does he think about the set? Michael J. Fox this morning tweeted just one word about it: “Bitchin'”. That pretty much sums his thoughts of himself being immortalized as a LEGO minifigure and the DeLorean being created out of LEGO bricks.

You may or may not know this but every LEGO Back to the Future DeLorean set you purchase, the creator of the set, Masashi Togami, gets 1% of the royalties from the sales of these particular sets. Being the very generous man that he is, Masashi and Team BTTF will be donating all the proceeds that he gets to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. Michael has been battling the disease since 1991 and has retired from acting to turn his energy and focus to his foundation. With the proceeds of the LEGO sets going towards helping his work, we’re that much closer to finding a cure of this horrible disease.

Bitchin' pic.twitter.com/sLbmUwkVpE

— Michael J. Fox (@realmikefox) August 7, 2013

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Marvel Releases More LEGO Variant Covers

August 7, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Marvel has released two more LEGO variant covers to promote the LEGO Marvel Super Heroes video game. These renditions are by Marvel artist Leonel Castellani. Above, you can see the homage cover of Secret Avengers #10 which features Deadpool for Uncanny Avengers #1 and Castellani’s homage to Marvel Super Heroes #20 shows Fantastic Four #13 cover of Dr. Doom. These comics along with other various others in LEGO variant covers will be available in September.

Update: Comic Book Resources has revealed two additional variant covers. One is for Uncanny Avengers #12 and the other is Mighty Avengers #1. Both are drawn by Castellani paying homage to Jim Lee and Steve Ditko’s original covers.

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LEGO The Hobbit 2013 Set Names Revealed

August 7, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Brickset forum member, dashofdashing has provided a list of the LEGO The Hobbit 2013 sets that will be released later this year based on a “reliable source”. Of course, we already knew about the Lake Town Chase (79013) when it was announced at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con and was available for showing to the public during the third day. These sets are based on the second film in the three part Hobbit film adaptation, The Desolation of Smaug. There’s no additional details as of this time but we’re sure that more information will be revealed as we get closer to the release date.

Dol Guldur Ambush (79011) – £19.99

Mirkwood Elf Army (79012) – £29.99

Lake Town Chase (79013) – £49.99

Dol Guldur Battle (79014) – £69.99

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Amazon Taking Pre-Orders For LEGO CUUSOO BTTF DeLorean Time Machine (21103)

August 5, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

If you’ve been looking everywhere for the LEGO CUUSOO Back to the Future DeLorean Time Machine (21103), then Amazon has the answer. LEGO is now taking more pre-orders of the set through Amazon and are expected to be in stock August 12th. The price of the set is $34.99 and is Amazon Prime eligible. You can get free shipping and no taxes for most states.

Update: It looks like Amazon has temporarily sold out of the pre-orders but Shop@Home has some available.

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Fallout From Confirmed LEGO The Simpsons News

August 5, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Disclaimer: The images used in this post are from a proposed LEGO CUUSOO project and not what the official Simpsons sets will look like.

You may have heard by now but this morning, it was confirmed that LEGO will be releasing sets based on The Simpsons theme. This was somewhat of shocking news because all that we heard of it was just rumors. Now that we know there will indeed be The Simpsons sets in 2014, there are also some fallout from this major news.

Over on LEGO CUUSOO, there were projects that were based on The Simpsons theme such as B. Parsons’ project called “The Simpsons Project” that was started on March 16, 2012. We’ll just use this project as an example. If you try to go to the link, you will be greeted with “Project Deleted – This project has been removed for not following the Guidelines” label. Since there will be official LEGO The Simpsons sets coming out next year, CUUSOO has deleted all Simpsons-related project off the site. There are no traces of it anywhere on any major search engines, no cached page, nothing. The only thing that I could find was on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. The last snapshot of it active was on June 27, 2012 so we’re not exactly sure when the projects were deleted or how many supporters they had.

The point is that these projects on LEGO CUUSOO may or may not have passed the review stage if they ever achieved the needed … Continue

LEGO The Simpsons Confirmed For 2014

August 5, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Back in March, we reported there were rumors that The Simpsons would be coming in LEGO form. Today, the rumors are now a reality. The same Danish newspaper has confirmed that there will indeed be LEGO The Simpsons sets coming in 2014. According to DR.dk with the help of Google translate:

One of the most-loved, arch American families are now emerging as LEGO figures. These are the yellow cartoon family, The Simpsons. We get both Homer, Bart, Marge and the other to look to next year, says Mads Nipper, marketing director with responsibility for product development, marketing and sales of LEGO.

The launch of the characters is a “small product news” in the beginning, but if the reception is strong enough, can quickly turn up the production. It will be a small launch, but it will hopefully be fun and exciting for those who like the Simpsons universe, says Mads Nipper.

At Top Toy with both BR Toys & Toys’R’Us in Denmark, there is no doubt that the new series is going to sell. The target audience for The Simpsons are teenagers and adults, but there are also many children who know them, says product manager at Top Toy, Carsten Nielsen. He has also seen the figures as they appear in the 2014 catalog, and he says that “they are really well made.”

At the 2013 San Diego Comic Con, we were hoping that LEGO would reveal The Simpsons since it was one of the largest entertainment conventions in the United States but it didn’t … Continue