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General Mills LEGO Racers Throwback Thursday Review

Today, I sort of have a Throwback Thursday kind of set to review. It’s not something that I do regularly or plan to but since the LEGO news is kinda slow, I thought it would be kinda cool to take a look back on this. I was rummaging through my garage and I found these small LEGO Racers sets which were from a 2009 General Mills promotion where a random Racer was inserted into boxes of Cheerios, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Lucky Charms, Trix, or Cookie Crisp. I haven’t eaten any cereal in years so I’m not exactly sure how I acquired them since I didn’t return from the Dark Ages until late 2011 but they were in my pile of toys that were packed up.

General Mills 2009 LEGO Racers

General Mills 2009 LEGO Racers

General Mills 2009 LEGO Racers

Anyways, there are six LEGO Racers to collect and theu are pretty simple to build as there are just three parts to connect together, the top, chassis, and wheels. The Racers are 2×8 long and yes, they are compatible with any other LEGO brick. The top of the cars have two studs where you can attach minifigures to if you so desire. The wheels are made from the metal axles and they roll very smoothly.

General Mills 2009 LEGO Racers

As you can see, I have three of these Racers, the blue 4×4 truck, an orange race car, and a yellow and red one. I’m not sure if the cars are based on real-life cars but I did find out the yellow one is based on Clint Bowyer’s NASCAR vehicle with the number 33 and Cheerios … Continue

LEGO Speed Champions 458 Italia GT2 (75908) Review

In our final review of the smaller LEGO Speed Champions sets, we have the Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 (75908)icon. This particular set contains 153 pieces and retails for $14.99. To give a little background on this set, the 458 Italia GT2 is based on the Giancarlo Fisichella, Gianmaria Bruni, and Toni Vilander’s car for the AF Corse Italian racing team.

LEGO Speed Champions 458 Italia GT2 (75908)

LEGO Speed Champions 458 Italia GT2 (75908)

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LEGO Speed Champions Porsche 918 Spyder (75910) Review

With our next set review of the LEGO Speed Champions theme, we have our third of four smaller sets with the Porsche 918 Spyder (75910)icon. This set is the smallest in the wave coming in at 151 pieces while retailing for $14.99.

LEGO Speed Champions Porsche 918 Spyder (75910)

LEGO Speed Champions Porsche 918 Spyder (75910)

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LEGO Speed Champions LaFerrari (75899) Review

Continuing with our reviews of the LEGO Speed Champions sets, we have our second set of the four smaller sets with the LaFerrari (75899)icon. It has 164 pieces and is priced at $14.99 for a $0.09/piece ratio.

LEGO Speed Champions LaFerrari (75899)

LEGO Speed Champions LaFerrari (75899)

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LEGO Store March 2015 Monthly Mini Build Event Robot (40128) Review

LEGO March 2015 Monthly Mini Build - Robot (40128)

Yesterday was the March 2015 Monthly Mini Build event at LEGO Stores and the build was a Robot (40128). It seems that LEGO has been going for a space theme connection recently with the Monthly Builds this year so far with the Alien (40126) in January, the Space Shuttle (40127) last month, the Robot from yesterday, and an UFO (40129) for April. The event itself was pretty packed, more so than the previous couple of months. It seemed like many kids were building the set inside the store as well.

LEGO March 2015 Monthly Mini Build - Robot (40128)

The 50 piece Robot has a cool look to it with some interesting pieces to go along with it. It has a head that swivels a full 360 degrees. The arms are articulated on the newer ball joint pieces. The torso area on the front has a printed 1×4 tile with gauges and dials while the back has a windup key.

LEGO March 2015 Monthly Mini Build - Robot (40128)

LEGO March 2015 Monthly Mini Build - Robot (40128)

LEGO March 2015 Monthly Mini Build - Robot (40128)

As I mentioned before, the April 2015 Monthly Mini Build will be an UFO (40129) to continue the trend of space-themed builds.

LEGO April 2015 Monthly Mini Build - UFO (40129)

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LEGO Seasonal Painting Easter Eggs (40121) Review

LEGO has recently released the latest LEGO Seasonal set of the year with the Painting Easter Eggs (40121)icon set. For 2015, LEGO has changed their format of the sets to a vignette-type set which started with the Valentine’s Day Dinner (40120). For the Easter set, it has 153 pieces and retails for $9.99. The box contains three unnumbered bags and an instructions booklet.

LEGO Seasonal Painting Easter Eggs (40121)

LEGO Seasonal Painting Easter Eggs (40121)

LEGO Seasonal Painting Easter Eggs (40121)

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LEGO BIONICLE Hero Pack (5002941) Review

From now until March 20 or while supplies last, every purchase you make from the LEGO Store or on Shop@Home will net you a LEGO BIONICLE Hero Pack (5002941). When you shop online, it will automatically be added to your shopping cart. The polybag consists of only 9 pieces but most of the contents are paper stuff which we’ll get into shortly.

LEGO BIONICLE Hero Pack (5002941)

On the Hero Pack polybag packaging, it shows pretty much what you’ll be getting which includes a booklet, a poster, a sticker sheet, and a package of pieces for the build. Note that the mask on the top right corner is not the usual Mask of Creation that we’ve seen in the current sets.

LEGO BIONICLE Hero Pack (5002941)

The booklet includes a short comic of Tahu getting his mask and fighting the Skull Spiders. There are also instuctions on how to build the Skull Spider. Finally you get images of the some of the BIONICLE sets in the current wave.

LEGO BIONICLE Hero Pack (5002941)

LEGO BIONICLE Hero Pack (5002941)

LEGO BIONICLE Hero Pack (5002941)

On one side of the poster, you get images of the different Toa masks as well as their gold versions. On the other side, you have a map of the island of Okoto. There are designations of what appears to be the locations of the golden masks.

LEGO BIONICLE Hero Pack (5002941)

LEGO BIONICLE Hero Pack (5002941)

The sticker sheet is the holographic kind and each of the stickers is of the Toa’s gold masks and the LEGO BIONICLE logo. It’s the same type of material that’s been used before in other stickers so it’s nothing too special about it.

LEGO BIONICLE Hero Pack (5002941)

As mentioned before, you also get a bag … Continue

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