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Ken "buriedbybricks" Robichaud | February 3rd, 2012 | DC Universe, LEGO Batman, LEGO Super Heroes, News

Sneak Peek Of Brick Journal 20

2012 is sure to be the year of the Superhero with some huge movies ready to blow up the box office and LEGO sets popping up to fuel our MOCs and Hulk-like nerd rage. Set to land smack dab in the center of it all is Issue 20 of Brick Journal due in July with a heavy helping of all things LEGO Superheroes. Joe Meno hopes to have some behind the scenes info on the current Superheroes line as well as articles on fan-built creations, including those who sent pics to him in consideration for the cover. That hounour goes to LegoManiac (featured here before) with the shot pictured above of his revist to Gotham City. Congratulations to LM and thanks for the heads up! With any luck we’ll have this issue available in time for Comic-Con.

Tags: Brick Journal, Joe Meno, LegoManiac

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Pete "bigospedros" Croxson | February 3rd, 2012 | LEGO Lord of the Rings, News

German Toy Fair 2012 … Lord Of The Rings

And here’s a sneak picture of the Lord Of The Rings sets too … again, quite a small photo, but you can see the scale of the sets. I should add, the display stands /scenery in the background are not included in the sets!! This again comes from this website. Let’s hope there’s more to follow …

Tags: German Toy Fair 2012

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Ace "onions" Kim | January 30th, 2012 | LEGO Lord of the Rings, News

LEGO Gollum Poster, LOTR Minifigs Revealed

As usual, LEGO’s giving the AFOL sites sloppy seconds. You may have noticed this on other sites like collider earlier today, but I finally received our assets to share with you. Gollum looks FANTASTIC. That’s one minifig I look forward to getting my grubby little paws on.

Tags: Gollum, Lord of the Rings, poster

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Tommy "roguefx" Williamson | January 25th, 2012 | LEGO Star Wars, News, Sales News

Exclusive Anakin’s Podracer Polybag now at Toys R Us

This Podracer polybag is exclusively available at Toys R Us and has been spotted in the wild. It’s a bit pricy for the part count, but it has some interesting pieces and it’s a pretty cool little set. Don’t have a TRU near you? No problem, click here to order!

Tags: Anakin, podracer, Podracing, star wars

Casey "cas" Scott | January 24th, 2012 | News

LEGO Minecraft Moving Forward

Today, the LEGO CUUSOO Blog announced the concept for LEGO Minecraft has been approved. From the LEGO CUUSOO Blog:

We’re happy to announce that the Minecraft project on LEGO CUUSOO has passed the LEGO review and we are now developing a concept that celebrates the best aspects of building with the LEGO system and in Minecraft. We can’t wait to show it to you—but it isn’t ready just yet. These things take time, so we appreciate your patience. More details are to come.

I can’t shake the feeling these sets will be limited, perhaps to online outlets such as shop.LEGO.com. I realize Minecraft is fairly popular, but is it popular enough? Or, better yet, will it remain popular over the period of time it takes for these potential LEGO Minecraft sets to see the light of store shelves?

Tags: LEGO Cuusoo, Minecraft

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Tommy "roguefx" Williamson | January 24th, 2012 | LEGO Star Wars, MOC Spotlight, News

ARC-170 Starfighter By Martin Latta

I’m not a huge fan of the prequels, and I’m not afraid to say it. But there are a few diamonds in that rough and this is one of them. One of my favorite ships, the ARC-170. Martin’s version has far better scale and detail than the official LEGO model (which is already a fantastic set). From the brick-built markings to the astromech on top, this is a winner.

Tags: ARC_170 Starfighter, star wars

Ace "onions" Kim | January 21st, 2012 | LEGO, News

Update: LEGO Santa Yoda

Okay. First, let me apologize for my absence. I really have no excuse other than the break I took was needed and fully enjoyed even if the timing was not the best. And now the update: despite what the LEGO Santa Yoda site said for total donation, I think it was just under 700k the last time I checked, I’ve received word that LEGO has generously donated 1 million toys to Toys for Tots. Yes, 1 million toys. The cynic in me wants to see proof of this, since we only have their word to go on, but I don’t want to be that guy. I’ll trust what they tell me, and if they say that 1 million toys were donated, that means 1 million more kids enjoyed a LEGO filled holiday.

Looking back on our efforts, it’s pretty obvious our efforts to hit that magic number caught them off guard where they throttled submissions to the point that reaching the goal was rendered impossible. Still, it warms the cockles of my heart knowing that there were people out there just as impassioned as I was to see LEGO donate as many toys as possible.

I’ll be taking care of the drawing of the prizes in the next few days. I know it’s already a month behind the close of LEGO Santa Yoda (even though the site was taken down a few days ago), but I’ll catch up. Please stay tuned.

Tags: LEGO Santa Yoda

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Ace "onions" Kim | January 20th, 2012 | LEGO Lord of the Rings, News

Legolas Poster Revealed

This poster popped up on theonering.net yesterday, but I was waiting for confirmation from my LEGO contact before posting it. It didn’t look up to snuff so at first I thought it was a very well done fake, but now that I got the official PDF file, I realize I’m wrong. It’s just a badly done official poster. I guess I shouldn’t be too critical, but the left hand really bothers me as well as the hair/quiver/bow situation. Legolas had long hair but how they’re going to integrate a quiver pack remains to be seen.

Tags: Legolas, The Two Towers

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John "jallenuk" Moore | January 13th, 2012 | News