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Ace | February 8th, 2010 | LEGO Harry Potter, News

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 Preview

In more video game news, Eurogamer.net has posted a rather in-depth preview of the new LEGO Harry Potter game due out in May, also by TT Games. While you may scoff at the idea of yet another hack’n’slash LEGO game from their tried-and-true formula, it sounds like they tweaked enough of the game play to breath a little bit more life into their game engine. An excerpt:

Far more than a simple interactive menu, the school is the place where Harry and friends will attend lessons, learning new kinds of spells, which will in turn open up more of the story. Starting the game – which, as the title suggests, charts the narratives of the first four books – with no knowledge of magic whatsoever, by the end of the adventure, Harry will have filled up a reassuringly spacious selection wheel of powers.

Sounds like TT Games is including a lot more RPG elements to the game. The game is to be released in May of this year, and can be pre-ordered from Amazon.com with their low price guarantee. The game will be available for the Wii, Xbox 360, PS3, DS, PSP, and Windows PC.

Ace | February 8th, 2010 | LEGO Star Wars, News

LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars Due Out This Fall

LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars

Kotaku is reporting that LucasArts and Traveler’s Tales Games are teaming up once again for a new LEGO Star Wars games set against The Clone Wars saga. The LEGO games are a cash cow for all vested parties, so it comes as no surprise that a game set against the cartoon series is coming out. I am surprised, however, that it’s not labeled as “LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars Season 1″ to really take advantage of the franchise. Game is due out this fall so there’s still time to change the name.

Ace | February 7th, 2010 | News

More Photos and Video of 2010 Sets

An Austrian website has posted some new photos and video of some of the upcoming 2010 sets. Of interest is the second wave of collectible minifig packs, shown below:


Thanks to Huw from Brickset for the news.

FBTB will be attending the New York Toy Fair next week, which I hope to post better, clearer pictures.

Ace | February 3rd, 2010 | News

LEGO 2010 Revealed At Canadian Toy Fair

Kris Abel from CTV.ca attended the Canadian Toy & Hobby Fair in Toronto, Ontario. He has posted pics of most if not all of the current and upcoming releases for all themes on this blog post. Highlights include new Castle, new theme World Racers, and a preview of the Disney Cars Duplo line.

Ace | January 28th, 2010 | LEGO Star Wars, Sales News

Last Call For 7669 Anakin’s Jedi Starfighter

Update: these are now sold out from Amazon.

Amazon once again has stock of 7669 Anakin’s Jedi Starfighter. This is a 2008 release that has been sold out at all retail channels since late last year. No tax, free shipping, this may be your last chance to score one at MSRP. Stock is extremely limited so act now.

Thanks to UOldPirate for the tip.

Ace | January 28th, 2010 | News

Official LEGO Color Palette Shared By The LEGO Company

In a major milestone for improving relations between The LEGO Company and the AFOL community, Jan Beyer has sent out the official LEGO color palette for 2010 which includes their use of names and the exact color codes:

Hi-Res:

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This information is being disseminated throughout the AFOL sites, so you’re bound to see this elsewhere.

Many thanks go to LEGO’s Community Development team for making this happen.

Ace | January 25th, 2010 | Random

Forum Upgrade Installed, Bugs Imminent

I just upgraded the forum software to the latest. So if you see a few things out of whack, let me know

Ace | January 24th, 2010 | Random

Testing Something

I apologize for this, but there was no way to test this without posting a news item. Thank you for your patience.

Ace | January 24th, 2010 | Site News

New Site Theme: Toy Story

Alright, after the whirlwind month of December, things have noticeably slowed down around here. But that’s not to say we haven’t been busy. To reinforce that FBTB is all about covering LEGO’s licensed lines, it is with great pleasure that I introduce the third site theme for FBTB: Toy Story. If you click on the “switch” link on the right, you can now choose between the default Star Wars theme, Power Miners, and now Toy Story. As with any code release, there’s bound to be a few bugs. And if you find any, I invite you to use the contact form to to let us know what you find faulty or you can post a message in the forum thread.

Lastly, I’d like to give a big shout out to fellow site admin Don Solo for providing the logo and the forum buttons graphics. My vision for the logo could not have been realized without his help.

Ace | January 19th, 2010 | News

LEGO Hero Factory Video

I just got the following video in a press release today. LEGO Hero Factory is the line that is replacing Bionicle:

While I, myself, wasn’t the biggest Bionicle fan, I can appreciate it’s place in the LEGO product line. There were mixed reactions when LEGO announced that the line was ending. Hero Factory seems like a good idea that has just the right appeal to hook kids. Some preliminary images have been leaked if you want to take a look (Hero Factory replaces Bionicle in August 2010 via The Brothers Brick). FBTB will have full coverage of this line come Toy Fair in February.