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  • Cars 2 Trailer LEGO-fied

    Cars 2 Trailer LEGO-fied

    According to The Brothers Brick, Patrick Boivin was commissioned to remake the Cars 2 trailer in LEGO. You’ll see some animated facial expressions because how else was he supposed to do that which don’t detract at all from the silky smooth stop motion animation.

    Thanks to Anonymous Tipster for the tip.

    Update: The video now appears on LEGOClubTV’s Youtube channel.

    Some fun facts:

    • Several thousand LEGO bricks were used to create the trailer
    • 3 months of animation
    • Was recorded 24 frames/second like the movie; it’s not common to directing stop-motion at 24 frames/second

    24 frames per second is astounding and makes the 3 month development time seem a little short.

  • New Site Theme: Cars

    New Site Theme: Cars

    With Cars 2 sets available around the corner, I figured now would be a good time to announce our latest site theme. Hit up our theme chooser page to select the new stylesheet. As always, if you find any bugs or flaws post a message on the forum thread to let us know (click on the comments link below). We hope you enjoy it.

  • Preorder Cars 2 Sets

    Preorder Cars 2 Sets

    Didn’t score any Cars 2 sets when Amazon mistakenly put them up for sale early? Me neither. But LEGO Shop@Home has you covered. You can pre-order all 12 LEGO Cars 2 sets directly from their site. Shipping date is set for May 16th, the official street date for Cars 2 merch.

    Thanks to MrCRskater for the heads up.

  • Cars 2 Sets Hit Amazon.com

    Cars 2 Sets Hit Amazon.com


    Tipster Steve has found some Cars and Cars 2 sets are available direct from Amazon.com. They all qualify for free super saver shipping. Thanks for the tip, Steve!

  • Cars 2 Sets Exposed!

    Cars 2 Sets Exposed!

    In the wake of Toy Fair, I just received these clean images of the Cars 2 sets including clearer pictures of Spy Jet Escape and Flo’s V8 Cafe. No pics of the Big Bentley Playset but there are some newcomers in the form of Ultimate Build Mater and Tokyo International Circuit.

    8638 Spy Jet Escape 8487 Flo's V8 Cafe 8486 Mack's Team Truck 8679 Tokyo International Circuit 8423 World Grand Prix Racing Rivalry 8206 Tokyo Pitstop

    In addition to the above sets, Take5ADay.com also lists an Ultimate Build Franceso. Hit the image for more:

    More details to come.

  • LEGO Cars 2 Site Now Live

    LEGO Cars 2 Site Now Live

    LEGO has launched their LEGO Cars 2 website. It’s a little bare bones right now with just a video of a LEGO insider trying to smuggle video out of the new Cars sets. Since it’s marked as Video 1, there is sure to be more. Will Maarten succeed in smuggling top secret information out of the office?

    I get that it’s a spy video since Cars 2 is a spy movie, but in light of the whole crackdown by LEGO on leaked images, it’s a bit of a mixed signal.