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  • Review: 71004 LEGO Minifigures – The LEGO Movie Series

    Review: 71004 LEGO Minifigures – The LEGO Movie Series

    71004 LEGO Minifiures – The LEGO Movie Series is the 12th series in the Collectible Minifigures line, and the first licensed series. Being based on the movie, and not having seen the movie yet, I can only assume that aside from the obvious main characters, the rest of the minifigs in the line up are secondary or tertiary supporting cast members. Still, they are generic enough to pass off as just another CMF line except for the three robot figures.

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  • Review: 70808 Super Cycle Chase

    Review: 70808 Super Cycle Chase

    There have been a few times where LEGO has made “versus” sets and have that idea run rampant throughout the theme. Space Police III, Galaxy Squad, and DC Universe Super Heroes are a few examples of this and The LEGO Movie sets are following suit. Normally this means that in a set, you would get a GREAT main model, and then a laughably smaller set so that the good guys can fight the bad guys. I personally can’t stand this approach as I would rather have the element count used for the small model be used to make a better main model. This is true for Space Police III and Galaxy Squad. DC Universe Super Heroes faired a little better, but in the end you still ended up with two medium-sized, mediocre models instead of one really great model in most of those sets.

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  • The LEGO Movie Sets Now Available at LEGO Shop@Home

    The LEGO Movie Sets Now Available at LEGO Shop@Home

    Title says it all. Links below. We’ll be publishing our review blitz for (almost) every set in a few hours. Check back at 9am Eastern.

    The LEGO Movie

  • The LEGO Movie Megafigures

    The LEGO Movie Megafigures

    Forum member Gooker1 emailed me today these set of pictures showing promotional megafigures for The LEGO Movie found at his local AMC theaters. I’m sure everyone’s drooling over Batman, but I’d take that Wyldstyle in a heartbeat. Unfortunately, they will eventually go back to the studio. What happens to them after that will be a mystery. I’m sure though that they will end up in the hands of a lucky duck or two.

    Batman Wyldstyle Emmet
  • The LEGO Movie Sets Revealed

    The LEGO Movie Sets Revealed

    LEGO has revealed all of The LEGO Movie sets on their Google+ page as well as the microsite. Now that we can see the full gamut of sets, these look to be some of the most fun and creative sets made. Some people have compared them to the parts-dump themes like Time Twisters, but these don’t strike me as being a parts-dump. I don’t have much of an opinion of the flying castle, but the ice cream truck and recycling truck look fantastic. These images also more or less confirm what I suspected all along in that there are alternate model builds for some of the sets.

    I’ve included all previous images published before into the gallery below so that you can see everything at once. Enjoy!

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  • LEGO Shop@Home Adds The LEGO Movie Sets

    LEGO Shop@Home Adds The LEGO Movie Sets

    LEGO Shop@Home updated their site with some entries for The LEGO Movie sets. There are only five sets listed out of the 11 that we know about. The LEGO Movie sets are part of the January 2014 assortment, but Shop@Home lists each of the sets as “Coming Soon on 29 Dec 2013”. Price and piece count information is listed as well as final box art.

    70803 Cloud Cuckoo Palace
    70803 Cloud Cuckoo Palace: 197 pieces, $19.99

    70807 MetalBeard's Duel
    70807 MetalBeard’s Duel: 412 pieces, $34.99

    70808 Super Cycle Chase
    70808 Super Cycle Chase: 514 pieces, $49.99

    70809 Lord Business' Evil Lair
    70809 Lord Business’ Evil Lair: 738 pieces, $69.99

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    71004 LEGO Minifigures – The LEGO Movie Series: 7 pieces, $2.99

    Big thanks to Keith for emailing it in.

  • 70807, 70809 Set Details

    70807, 70809 Set Details

    LEGO sent over some more details on two more The LEGO Movie sets: 70807 Metalbeard’s Duel and 70809 Lord Business Evil Lair. Minifigs, price and piece count details are below

    70807 MetalBeard’s Duel
    Includes Skeletron, Robo SWAT and Frank the Foreman.
    Ages: 8+
    412 pieces, 3 minifigures and MetalBeard
    SRP: $34.99 USD
    Available: January

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    70809 Lord Business’ Evil Lair
    Includes Emmet, Vitruvius, Ma Cop, Pa Cop, Lord Business and wrestler/Master Builder, El Macho Wrestler, and brick-built Biznis Kitty.
    Ages: 8+
    738 pieces, 7 minifigures and Biznis Kitty
    SRP: $89.99 USD
    Available: January

  • More The LEGO Movie Set Images

    More The LEGO Movie Set Images

    LEGO.com has updated their site to include a new section for The LEGO Movie. The section has two subsections, Products and Videos. The video section has both trailers released so far for the movie. The other subsection, “Products”, showcases some of the new Movie-based setss. Two new sets have already been revealed in addition to the previous sets we’ve already seen with the others partially hidden under a cloth. It’s unclear how often the sets will be unveiled, daily or weekly, but if you can’t wait that long, you can view some pictures that Brickipedia has unearthed.

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