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  • LEGO Shop@Home’s Cyber Monday Deals Now Live

    LEGO Shop@Home’s Cyber Monday Deals Now Live

    LEGO Shop@Home has a few more deals to throw at your wallet. Or have you throw your wallet at. Not sure which way that should go… Anyways. Like their Black Friday deals, these discounts cover a variety of themes, but there are only a handful of sale items this time instead of a gigantic list like we had for Black Friday. Still, there are some pretty good deals to be had. Everything is 20% off except for three items: 76028 Darkseid Invasion, 79015 Witch-king Battle, and 79121 Turtle Sub Undersea Chase are 40% off MSRP. If you’ve been holding out on getting any Pirates sets, this would be a good time to buy as it seems they are all on the Cyber Monday sale list. And one last note: 76015 Doc Ock Truck Heist is labeled as “retiring soon” on the Shop@Home category page.

    Like Black Friday, you’ll still get free shipping with no minimum and 40139 Gingerbread House for free (yes, they still have some) on all orders $99 or more. Black Friday deals are still going on too; check out this page for the list of deals. These deals are now live and ready for purchase should you be so inclined.

    Item – US MSRP / US Sale Price / CA MSRP / CA Sale Price

  • Review: 79015 Witch-King Battle

    Review: 79015 Witch-King Battle

    When I signed up for this set, I asked if I could just review it as a parts pack, and got told “shut up and stop your whining.” Okay, it might have just been “no” and most likely Ace has forgotten that entire conversation, but it was a quandary of a set. We’ve gotten an Elrond figure before, but Galadriel and the Witch-King are both new. Galadriel! I guess we have something to be thankful in Jackson’s changes to The Hobbit after all.

    Of course, that Witch-King figure is probably the most inaccurate representation of a figure in the history of LEGO, and this whole set is a package of… “um, okay.” I think about 1/3rd of the Hobbit line has been sets that are basically just MOC parts for bigger sets, or things to add-on. This one isn’t even really a glorified battle pack, as you’re unlikely to need multiples of any of the characters, unless you really want those skeleton guys.

    At $15, this is the “small” set in the lineup that’s typically been an okay spot (the real standouts for The Hobbit and LotR are typically the $30 sets). Riddles for the Ring was a good, inexpensive set, and the Dol Guldur Ambush was okay and a good source of Orcs (also, currently on sale on Shop@Home). Obviously, at first glance, this set is all about the figures… so is it worth it at the price, and do the figures actually represent the characters?

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  • The Hobbit’s Battle of Five Armies Sets Now Available

    The Hobbit’s Battle of Five Armies Sets Now Available

    I think this is news but only because Shop@Home is telling me it is but right now all four of the sets based on the upcoming Hobbit movie, The Battle of Five Armies, is now available for purchase. I’m confused because I’ve seen some of them already on the shelf at Target stores in my area. I guess they aren’t sticklers for street dates like some other retailers. Potential spoilers in the sets so be be warned: I’ve posted the box art with each listing so avert thine eyes.

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