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Ken "buriedbybricks" Robichaud | April 8th, 2013 | LEGO Super Heroes, Marvel Comics, News

IM3 “Unlock The Armors” Suits Fully Revealed

I’m just finally getting around to updating the post on the “Unlock The Armor” game from Facebook. While there were disappointingly only two more suits, the interesting part is the images of the full armours head to toe that were also revealed. This is the best look we’ve seen of some of these suits and should help builders and customizers alike. I’d hoped to get a good look at the arms of the “Red Snapper” and was amused and delighted at the different design. It’s nice to see Tony is working towards having a suit for any occasion as he has in the comics for years. His on screen OCD is finally showing.
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Tags: Gemini, Heartbreaker, I want more suits..., Igor, Iron Man 3, Mark 17, Mark 33, Mark 35, Mark 38, Mark 39, Mark 40, Red Snapper, Shotgun, Silver Centurion

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Ken "buriedbybricks" Robichaud | April 3rd, 2013 | LEGO Super Heroes, Marvel Comics, News

Casting, Costumes And Concept Art For Marvel’s Phase 2 (& 3)

Spoilers abound in this news round-up for the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase 2, so if you’re the type who prefers to stick their head in the sand until a movie comes out then go no further. First up, S.H.I.E.L.D. has a couple of new recruits. Actually, new is a relative term…
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Tags: Captain America The Winter Soldier, Clark Gregg, Dave Batista, Falcon, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Iron Man 3, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Phase 2, Phase 3, Robert Redford, S.H.I.E.L.D., Thor The Dark World

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Ace "onions" Kim | April 1st, 2013 | News

Disney’s Planes Trailer Online

There was a teaser trailer of Planes put out in the wild a few months back, which I can’t seem to find anymore, but now there’s a nice lengthy one posted recently, and by recently I mean about a month ago. And just so there’s no confusion, from what I can understand the film may be set in the world of Cars, but this is not a Pixar flick, as it would have Pixar’s name plastered all over it. This is instead an in-house studio project and so far I’m intrigued and I usually don’t say that about Disney animated films.

We first reported on Disney’s Planes line about a month and a half ago as part of our Toy Fair report. There’s still no new information or pictures regarding the DUPLO line, and no sign of a System scale line either but if that changes you can be sure we’ll report it here.

Tags: LEGO DIsney, Planes, video

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Ace "onions" Kim | April 1st, 2013 | LEGO Star Wars, News

LEGO Store Calendar Reveals May Promotions

FBTB Fan Jasper writes in to let us know of LEGO Brand Retail’s store calendar for May and it’s chock full of licensed theme activities:

On May 1, visit the store with your little one(s) and build the free monthly mini build of the holocron droid that is featured in The Yoda Chronicles.
The Star Wars May the Fourth promotion for Hoth Han Solo is valid on May 4 and 5 and you will indeed need to purchase $75 worth of LEGO Star Wars product to receive the figure.
10240 Red Five X-wing Starfighter goes on sale on May 4th for $199.99. So that’s one way to receive the figure.
For LEGO Super Heroes, you can receive a new polybag 30167 Iron Man vs. Fighting Drone from May 16 through 31 with a purchase of $50 or more. It doesn’t look like you’re required to buy LEGO Super Heroes product to qualify either.
There’s a free LEGO Iron Man poster available as part of an in-store activity to help rebuild his Malibu Mansion. That promotion runs from May 20-24.
And finally, there’s a date on the calendar reminding us that The Yoda Chronicles debuts on Cartoon Network on May 29.

We’ll try and remind you of the above dates and events.

Tags: 10240 Red Five X-wing Starfighter, May the 4th

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Ace "onions" Kim | April 1st, 2013 | LEGO Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, News

New TMNT Episode This Friday

New week, new turtles! We’re treated to a new episode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles this Friday April 5 at 7pm on Nickelodeon. Episode 19 is titled ‘Baxter’s Gambit’ seeing the return of Baxter Stockman. Video above, synopsis below:

Baxter Stockman seeks revenge on Fishface and Dogpound as well as the Turtles, and lures them all into a deadly labyrinth.

Tags: Baxter Stockman, TMNT

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Ace "onions" Kim | March 31st, 2013 | LEGO Super Heroes, Marvel Comics, News

Marvel Cinematic Universe 10-disc Set Shipping Now

Remember this?

The 10-disc set above was set for a holiday release last year when Rimowa, the company that makes the suitcase, filed a suit against Marvel for illegal usage. They were okay with Marvel using it on-screen as Nick Fury carries the Teserac Cube in it; but they weren’t okay with Marvel selling a replica case for the 10-disc set. Either Marvel and Rimowa came to a licensing agreement or Marvel created a new case that was similar but different enough for the suit to go away. In either case, I just got a notice that Amazon has started shipping that 10-disc set to people who kept their pre-orders which I can’t imagine was a whole lot of people. In order to entice you to consider buying it, they are throwing in a sneak peek at the next movie in the next phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Iron Man 3. I’m pretty sure everything in the case is intact, so to summarize, here’s what you get in the set:

Marvel’s The Avengers film (Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray)
Captain America: The First Avenger film (Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray)
Thor film (Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray)
Iron Man 2 film (Blu-ray)
The Incredible Hulk film (Blu-ray)
Iron Man film (Blu-ray)
Top-secret Bonus Disc

Plus all the other goodies we previewed before. The official release date for the shelf spacer taker upper is April 2.

Tags: Marvel Cinematic Universe

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Ace "onions" Kim | March 29th, 2013 | LEGO Star Wars, News

May the Fourth 2013 Promo Minifigure: Hoth Han Solo

Pictured above is a polybag set of a single LEGO Star Wars figure, Hoth Han Solo, provided by the fine folks over at Hoth Bricks. The figure is this year’s May the Fourth promotional figure, like the TC-14 from last year. FBTB has an exclusive image to share with you folks:

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Tags: 75014 Battle of Hoth, Hoth Han Solo, May the 4th

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Ace "onions" Kim | March 28th, 2013 | LEGO Star Wars, News

75024 HH-87 Starhopper Revealed

German site eggersmann-modellautos.de has revealed a new LEGO Star Wars set slated for the fall: 75024 HH-87 Starhopper. This set was not shown at Toy Fair earlier this year so it may be slated for an account exclusive. According to Groove Bricks:

This set is inspired on the Friends and Enemies episode of the Star Wars The Clone Wars Series. This ship is commonly used by the Zygerrian Slave Empire and has two twin blaster cannons. The set will include a total of three minifigures Obi-Wan Kenobi (disguised), Cad Bane and Nikto Guard.

No word yet on US pricing or availability, but if the Eggersman-modellautos site is to be believed, the euro pricing is set for €39,99.

Thanks to Groove Bricks for the heads up.

Tags: 75024 HH-87 Starhopper

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Ken "buriedbybricks" Robichaud | March 27th, 2013 | LEGO Super Heroes, Marvel Comics, News

Iron Man 3 Wants You To “Unlock The Armors” On Facebook

The official Iron Man page on Facebook has a new game that let’s you play for the reward of a better look at some of the suits from the upcoming Iron Man 3 film that they don’t want you to forget hits theaters on May 3 (the day before Free Comic Book Day), so… don’t forget.

If you want to see the four sets of armour, hit the jump.
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Tags: Heartbreaker, Igor, Iron Man, Iron Man 3, Iron Patriot, Mark 17, Mark 2, Mark 33, Mark 38, Mark 40, Shotgun, Silver Centurion, Tony Stark

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Ace "onions" Kim | March 26th, 2013 | LEGO Super Heroes, Marvel Comics, News

76003 Superman: Battle of Smallville Revealed, Backorder from Amazon UK

FBTB Fan Anonymous Tipster sent me the above and below images from Brickipedia (here and here) showing in detail 76003 Superman: Battle of Smallville. Five minifigs, no idea of piece count, but I’m going to take a guess that it’ll cost you about $40 bucks, the same as the Iron Man 3 set, 76007 Iron Man: Malibu Mansion Attack, since they both have the same number of minifigs and are comparable in size.

Amazon.co.uk has the set listed for preorder. Price is £39.99 with free delivery inside the UK. They also have 76002 Superman: Metropolis Showdown listed for £11.99.

Argos has the two sets listed on their site for reservations. No stores seem to show any stock levels however.