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Bear Parker of Traveller’s Tales Makes Tribute LEGO Intro of Sitcom “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” In Wake of Fox Cancellation and NBC Renewal

The five seasons that Brooklyn Nine-Nine enjoyed ever since premiering on Fox in 2013 shows that there’s still a significant audience for police procedural sitcoms. One of these fans is Bear Parker, Community Manager for TT Games Global. So upon hearing of the show’s cancellation, he was spurred to act.

Upon hearing Fox’s decision to cancel Brooklyn Nine-Nine on May 10, Parker decided to make a tribute to the sitcom starring Andy Samberg, by recreating the show’s intro in 3D LEGO animation. Why is this? It’s because TT Games Global is Traveller’s Tales, developer of LEGO videogames through WB Interactive.

Of course, rendering 3D animation is a lengthy and involved process, even if the finished product (see below) is only 20 seconds long. By the time Parks was done, it was May 11 and there was great news: NBC has picked up Brooklyn Nine-Nine for Season 6 with their network.

And with that, Bear Parker’s tribute to the end of the police sitcom was turned into a celebration that Brooklyn Nine-Nine will carry on with the comic misadventures of the people at NYPD 99^th Precinct. This is also the latest of Parker’s personal 3D-animated recreations, seen at his YouTube Channel.

In a stroke of coincidence, Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s star Andy Samberg co-wrote the theme song of 2014’s The LEGO Movie, nominated at the Oscars for Best Song. While that doesn’t necessarily mean a future LEGO Brooklyn Nine-Nine game, it’s fun to imagine. Brooklyn Nine-Nine Season 6 premieres on NBC in 2019.

A Whole New Way of Teaching History Using Custom LEGO Minifigures From United Bricks

It’s common knowledge to all LEGO fan circles that The LEGO Group has deliberately veered away in creating sets that display or allude to scenes that pertain to previous war events in history, or that which has a particular military theme. Noble as it may, there are older LEGO fans who would love to see those old warships, tanks, and artillery rendered in LEGO bricks. And this is not just for the sake of building them, but also using them as interactive visual aids in teaching history and significant world events.

If you belong to this circle of LEGO fans who would love to depict this momentous historical world events in LEGO bricks and wish to have a set of accurately designed custom LEGO minifigs to go with it, then United Bricks is the go-to place for excellently crafted, military-themed custom LEGO minifigures.

United Bricks is a fusion of LEGO MOC building and warfare history combined. They specialize in recreating military themed minifigures that are historically accurate as possible, and in fact, have already created a rather extensive line of custom made minifigures that represent some of the momentous battles in history. Whether it be the Red Coats, Confederate Soldiers, or Japanese and French World War II soldiers, United Bricks have all of these covered. Not only do they do an exceptional job in providing details for the minifig’s uniforms, they also manage to include highly detailed accessories and weaponry. Check out some of these below.

For this month of May, fans of their custom creations are in for a treat since they are adding a new a series of minifigures and items that highlights the military personnel of Early World War II. Dubbed as Blitzkrieg Month, United Bricks has launched a new line of custom minifigs that depicts WWII German and Allied Soldiers. The best part of this is that, for a limited time only, they are offering these custom made minifigs for 10% of their original price. Simply enter the coupon code BShowUB10 to avail of the discount upon checkout when you visit their product page.

So if you’re into creating historically accurate, military-inspired MOCs and builds, then be sure to keep tabs with United Bricks, and watch out for their upcoming releases. For now you may to visit the rest of their products right here. While you’re at it, take a trip in history with this informative video on the Battle of Palelie in 1944 using United Bricks’ custom LEGO minifigs amidst an impressive MOC battlefield. Happy building!

First Look At the LEGO Unikitty! Collectible Figures Series 1 (41775) Blind Bags

Brickset has uploaded our first images of the contents of the upcoming LEGO Unikitty! Collectible Figures Series 1 (41775), which were first announced by LEGO last April. Found over at a LEGO Certified Store in Zagreb, Croatia, Brickset reader Alan K was kind enough to share these images. The flyer itself follows the typical collector sheet format similar to LEGO CMFs. The sheet and blindbag itself is marked with the Series 1 logo, which suggests that LEGO intends to follow-up with another wave later on.

What I find particularly interesting is the use of new parts to make the Unikitty! Collectible Figures more stable, especially at the neck area. Unlike Unikitty’s first iteration, this later version is sturdier thanks to the introduction of a new 1×3 inverted tile with hole in the middle as you can see below. This allows a 1×1 round plate with shaft to be inserted snugly underneath. It’s surely an improvement both functionally and aesthetically. The cloud baseplate is also an excellent piece with lots of potential.

However, it should still be noted that feeling your way through these LEGO Unikitty blindbags is practically impossible. So if you’re planning to collect all 12 of them, then your best shot is to purchase the whole box and share some to your Unikitty-minded friends. Are you planning to get all of the LEGO Unikitty! Series 1 Collectible Figures? Let us know in the comments below.

LEGOLAND Florida to Get First “LEGO Movie World” Themed Area, Opening 2019

Let’s say you’re a big company with arms in film/TV media and the amusement industry. You score a popular movie or TV series based on your brand or franchise; wouldn’t you get the idea of adding an attraction based on that media to your theme park?

Disney’s doing it with a new Star Wars hotel in Disney World, but they’re not the only ones in the game. LEGO too has a certain hit movie from 2014 that they’re adding to one of their LEGOLAND parks. And what a coincidence; it’s LEGOLAND Florida that’ll be getting the first LEGO Movie World.

As the name pretty much spells out, this is a new themed area patterned after the setting of The LEGO Movie, and LEGOLAND Florida is the test-bed for the idea before other LEGOLANDS around the world get one too. LEGO Movie World will reconstruct Bricksburg, hometown of the movie’s main character Emmet, and the place to go for meet-and-greets with him and his fellow cast.

Of course, to facilitate the development of LEGO Movie World, certain existing attractions of LEGOLAND Florida will be closed – like the “Legends of Chima: The Quest for Chi” ride on May 29 – for renovation to fit with the new theme.

LEGOLAND Florida expects that their new LEGO Movie World area will be open to park guests by next year; specifically, it’ll be around some time in the spring, after the premiere of The LEGO Movie Sequel on February 8, 2019.

LEGOLAND Windsor Makes Model of Nearby Windsor Castle for Harry-Meghan Royal Wedding Scene

Near the end of April last month, we covered how the UK LEGOLAND theme park in Windsor celebrated the birth of Prince Louis, third child of Prince William and Kate, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, with a Royal Baby presentation scene on a LEGO Buckingham Palace in their Miniland area.

And it looks like LEGOLAND Windsor’s builder team hasn’t let up their meticulous work, for their next Miniland construction project shall celebrate another Royal event: the wedding of Prince Harry to American actress Meghan Markle. The two will be wed May 19 next week at Windsor Castle, near LEGOLAND Windsor.

The LEGO Windsor Castle erected for the display on Miniland, plus the brick figures that populate the setting, are made out of 39,960 bricks total. The builders took 592 hours (almost 25 days) to build the castle and assemble the wedding party: Prince Harry and Meghan in wedding attire, the Royal Family (Prince Louis stayed home though), and celebrity guests.

Keep a lookout for Elton John and the Spice Girls.

LEGOLAND Windsor aims to make their namesake Windsor Castle a permanent LEGO structure in Miniland. Guests can see the display, which opened Wednesday May 9, should they visit right now.

Kessel Run Millennium Falcon (75212) Built by Chewbacca on Latest “Star Wars Show” Web Video Skit

Just when we were ready to proclaim the LEGO Star Wars UCS Millennium Falcon model (75192) as the pinnacle of LEGO creating a model of the famous space freighter, we got introduced to the Kessel Run version (75212); while not a UCS set, you can’t say no to the “newness”.

Really, at times it feels like the Kessel Run Millennium Falcon (75212) comes across as the better model in part because there’s enough of a difference to it compared to the “worn-down” ship as seen in the original trilogy. One Star Wars character’s actually a fan of it: Chewbacca himself.

At least that’s how this little skit from The Star Wars Show plays out. Chewie returns “home” to the online show’s Lucasfilm HQ set with a box of the Kessel Run Falcon (75212). He assembles it, with difficulty. Hilarity ensues. It starts at around 1:33 at the video down below.

This latest episode of The Star Wars Show features an interview with director Ron Howard about Solo: A Star Wars Story, and shout-outs to both a new Solo featurette with cast interviews and news about the new and upcoming anime-style TV series Star Wars: Resistance.

The latest LEGO happening with the Kessel Run Millennium Falcon (75212) is that it’s still available at The LEGO Store and shop.LEGO.com, as according to the LEGO Star Wars-themed May promotional calendar. The “Kessel Run Adventure” is still up on the LEGO Life app, from April 23 to June 24.

While the LEGO Star Wars rendition of the then-new Falcon is totally impressive, we also invite fans to check out the actual ship in action, when Solo: A Star Wars Story arrives in cinemas later this month, on May 25.

May The 4th Promos Now Live At Build Better Bricks!

LEGO Star Wars fans unite – May the 4^th is finally here! To celebrate the occasion, our pals over at Build Better Bricks is now throwing in huge discounts of as much as 25% off on all LEGO Star Wars themed building instructions starting today and until Monday. From our hugely popular character busts to amazingly detailed lightsabers, any LEGO Star Wars faithful will surely have something that will catch his or her fancy.

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Be sure to enter in the promo code MAYTHE4TH upon check out to avail the special 25% discount. You can also click on this link which will automatically add the discount on all the Star Wars themed building instructions that you’ll add to your cart. Remember, this promo will only run starting this Friday and until Monday so better use those Jedi reflexes to click that Add to Cart button.

On a last note, Build Better Bricks is not just throwing huge discounts, but is also offering a limited time, custom LEGO Star Wars BB-8 and BB-9E Droid building instructions absolutely FREE. Now you can have BB-8 and BB-9E in their LEGO chibi forms for free (parts not included) – just be sure to check your own LEGO inventory for the parts needed to build this duo, or you can use the Stud.io file that comes with your free download so you can easily import the parts list into Bricklink and purchase the LEGO pieces that you need.

May the 4^th be with you all! Happy building!

Black Panther Takes on Thanos Again in LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Trouble in Wakanda

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Trouble in Wakanda is next LEGO animated special to watch out for.

It’s almost a week ever since Avengers: Infinity War arrived in cinemas last April, and plenty perhaps are still smarting over the developments. Spoilers ahead, but surely the loss of Wakanda’s King T’Challa, the Black Panther, weighs heavily on fans who watched his movie just this February. It’s so unfair.

Check Out the New LEGO Marvel Animated Short, LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Trouble in Wakanda!

Well, until we get to see the resolution to Thanos’ victory next year on Avengers 4, we might settle for this little offering by LEGO to promote their Avengers: Infinity War tie-in sets and merchandise. It’s called LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Trouble in Wakanda, an animated special on Marvel HQ.

As the subtitle pretty much spells out, this series of animated shorts will star possibly the coolest Marvel hero on film today, Black Panther. The Mad Titan Thanos is again stirring some bad juju over Wakanda, and T’Challa means to get to the bottom of it.

Leading his hometown allies, and with outside help from the Avengers, the Black Panther aims to scratch up and beat down anybody who messes with his beloved kingdom. Whether they be Klaue the mercenary, Killmonger the usurper, or Thanos himself. We can rest assured the LEGO special is pure action-comedy.

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Trouble in Wakanda, brought to us by Marvel and Pure Imagination Studios, will run five episodes long on Marvel’s official YouTube channel, Marvel HQ, starting May 11. Eventually, the five LEGO Marvel episodes will be compiled into a special premiering on June 3 on Disney XD. Wakanda Forever!

LEGO and Amazon Team Up for Interactive Educational Play with LEGO Duplo Stories

Just when we thought that LEGO has pushed the envelope in developing new educational approaches for their products, especially the ones most geared towards young children, they manage to surprise us again. Their latest partnership with none other than Amazon promises some new educational experiences through the Alexa smart speaker.

This week, LEGO has just introduced the LEGO Duplo Stories, a new skill for Amazon’s Alexa voice service that enables any Amazon Echo or Echo Dot device to tell interactive stories involving a range of sets on the early-age Duplo educational products. Duplo Stories has Alexa narrate adventures that toddlers could act out using corresponding Duplo sets.

For the moment, there are 10 individual Duplo Stories that can be installed on an Alexa speaker as an additional skill. Five involve Duplo animal sets; others, for vehicles. Once the skill is installed, a command like “Alexa, open LEGO Duplo Stories” starts voice prompts to select a particular tale.

While the children follow along the story with their LEGO Duplo sets, Alexa also gives them fun tasks and activities related to the tale, which builds up their cognitive and social skills, role playing, motor abilities and concepts like language and colors. This creative play approach puts fun in learning.

James Poulter, head of emerging platforms and partnerships for Lego, notes that not only the children but their parents and older minders can share the enjoyment of the combined physical play and interactive audio for a shared learning experience. LEGO Duplo Stories is now available for adding to Amazon Alexa on the US and UK.

LEGO BrickHeadz Tactical Batman and Superman (41610) Now Available

The month of May also marks the release of another LEGO BrickHeadz sets that most fans of the theme has been waiting for. First revealed in this month’s LEGO Store May Calendar, this unlikely super-powered pair finally completes the roster of DCEU’s Justice League characters given the BrickHeadz treatment.

So if you’re looking forward to have the entire Justice League sups gracing your desk or shelves, then be sure to check out the LEGO BrickHeadz Tactical Batman and Superman (41610), now available at LEGO Stores, LEGO Shop@Home and Amazon. This dual-pack set comes in at 209 pieces and retails for $19.99.

LEGO BrickHeadz Tactical Batman and Superman (41610)

209 pieces; $19.99

These LEGO® BrickHeadz™ 41610 Tactical Batman™ and Superman™ construction characters are fun to build using colorful LEGO bricks that recreate all their iconic details from the blockbuster Justice League™ movie, including Super Hero costumes and capes. Each stands on a buildable collector’s baseplate with BrickHeadz icon for easy display in your home, office or anywhere you like.

Buildable LEGO® BrickHeadz™ construction characters featuring Tactical Batman™ and Superman™ have BrickHeadz eyes and authentic details from the blockbuster Justice League™ movie, including iconic Super Hero costumes.
Each LEGO® BrickHeadz™ construction character comes with its own buildable collector’s baseplate.
Have fun growing your LEGO® BrickHeadz™ collection with other classic characters from your favorite movies, TV series, games and comics.
Mash up your LEGO® BrickHeadz™ construction characters to create super-cool hybrids or your own amazing characters.
Each character stands over 2” (7cm) tall without baseplate.
Baseplates measure over 1” (4cm) square.