Category: LEGO Exclusives

New LEGO Disney Princess: Build Your Own Adventure Book Now Available for Pre-Order at Amazon

Fans of the LEGO Disney Princess theme has something to look forward to this year as another DK Build Your Own Adventure book appears online. We already knew that a new LEGO Ninjago Build Your Own Adventure book will also be released this year, and this time we will also be having another DK tie-up book featuring a new build.

The LEGO Disney Princess: Build Your Own Adventure is now listed in Amazon and will be available beginning August 7, 2018 with a pre-order retail price of $19.56. The book features a Cinderella mini-doll, and an exclusive carriage for her, all coming in at 79 pieces. It also offers several building ideas following the Disney Princess theme, from Cinderella’s Carriage to Mulan’s Snow Scuplture. Check out the following product information for more details.

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LEGO Disney Princess: Build Your Own Adventure Hardcover – pre-order for $19.56

This title will be released on August 7, 2018

Build, play, and learn all about the wonderful world of LEGO® Disney princess

Including a LEGO® Disney Princess minifigure and exclusive model, LEGO® Disney Princess: Build Your Own Adventure combines more than 50 inspirational ideas for building with enthralling story starters. Get inspired to build, then play out adventures of your own using your LEGO collection. The five chapters are each structured around the world of a different LEGO Disney Princess, while the chapter openers bring the models together in imaginative scenes. “What else will you build?” callouts give readers ideas for creating their own adventures with their own LEGO Disney Princess minifigures and bricks.

Model ideas will inspire readers of all ages and building abilities, with an appropriate mix of easy, medium, and more
challenging models.

LEGO Pencil Pot (40188) Discovered In LEGOLAND Germany

Over the weekend, our friends from Promobricks were in LEGOLAND Germany located in the town of Günzburg, when they spotted an unlikely surprise. During their coverage of LEGOLAND Germany’s Press Conference, they naturally decided to pay a visit to the theme park’s in-house LEGO Store – and one of the things that they discovered was a pretty neat, new LEGO novelty item.

Displayed among the shelves of the LEGO Store there was the never-before-seen LEGO Pencil Pot (40188) that retails for 14.99 Euros. Here are first images of its box art as spotted in the wild.

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Image courtesy of Promobricks.

The Pencil Pot (40188) stands on a 16×16 base plate that can easily pass as a lovely vignette. It features a garage-type build with an open roof, with movable garage gate, door, and windows. It also highlights a flower garden, together with what looks like a new minifigure with a buildable lawn mower and other garden tools and accessories. I like the concept behind this Pencil Pot build, especially the inclusion of a Lawn Mower guy minifig. The box art also suggest that the LEGO Pencil Pot (40188) may also be combined with another LEGO novelty which is the LEGO Picture Frame (40173) from last year, making it a nice tabletop display.

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Image courtesy of Promobricks.

There is no word yet if this is a LEGOLAND Germany exclusive, but I certainly hope that this set will eventually find its way in US shores and other LEGO Stores across the globe. It would be a lovely desktop piece either in the home or in the office, and will be surely  a day 1 purchase for me. Thanks again to Promobricks for the heads up.

LEGO Ideas TRON: Legacy (21314) Designer Video Released

After the official reveal of the next LEGO Ideas set with the TRON: Legacy (21314), LEGO has now released some pretty neat info on the design process that the set went through. Originally submitted as a fan project by brothers Tom and Drew (known as BrickBrosUK over at the LEGO Ideas fan site), this newest LEGO Ideas set is based on Disney’s 2010 sequel, TRON: Legacy. The fan project’s design was later on polished by LEGO Ideas Designer Junya  Suzuki and Graphic Designer Mark Tranter.

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The LEGO Ideas TRON: Legacy (21314) set comes with several new LEGO pieces such as the printed rims of the lightcycle, the new 2×2 printed identity discs, and the new minifigures of Sam, Quorra and Rinzler. What I like the most are the minifigs that goes with this set, especially its neon on black color scheme and the fine details of their printing. The set will be available in all LEGO Brand Stores and online starting March 31, and will retail for $34.99.

21314 LEGO® Ideas TRON: Legacy

Ages 10+. 230pieces.

US $34.99- CA $44.99 – DE 34.99€ – FR 34.99€ – UK £29.99 – DK 300DKK
*Euro pricing varies by country. Please visit shop.LEGO.com for regional pricing.

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Reimagine Disney’s TRON: Legacy movie scenes with LEGO® bricks!

Build Disney’s TRON: Legacy with this LEGO® Ideas set, featuring 2 Light Cycles, 3 minifigures and a TRON grid/display base to recreate the movie chase scene and Identity Disc battle.

Build, play and display with this futuristic LEGO® Ideas 21314 TRON: Legacy set from Disney, featuring 2 Light Cycles, each with minifigure seats and translucent-colored light-style elements, plus a divisible TRON grid with attachment points for the vehicles. Use the grid as a display base for the Light Cycles or split it in 2 to recreate the chase scene from Disney’s TRON: Legacy movie. Alternatively, stage an Identity Disc battle between the 3 included LEGO minifigures—Sam Flynn, Quorra and Rinzler—on the grid. This construction toy includes a booklet with information about its fan creator and LEGO designers, plus the lowdown on Disney’s TRON: Legacy movie and its main characters.

  • Includes 3 LEGO® minifigures: Sam Flynn, Quorra and Rinzler.
  • Features 2 buildable Light Cycles for Sam Flynn and Rinzler, and a TRON grid/display base.
  • Sam Flynn’s Light Cycle features a minifigure seat, authentic features and assorted translucent-blue light-style elements, including power stream effects.
  • Rinzler’s Light Cycle features a minifigure seat, authentic features and assorted translucent-orange light-style elements, including power stream effects.
  • TRON grid/display base features 2 detachable parts, attachment points for the 2 Light Cycles and translucent-blue elements.
  • Divide the grid to recreate the Light Cyclechase scene from Disney’s TRON: Legacy movie, or use it to role-play the disc battle scene with the minifigures.
  • Includes Quorra’s sword.
  • Accessory elements include Sam Flynn and Quorra’s blue Identity Discs, and Rinzler’s 2 orange Identity Discs. Attached to the back of each minifigure.
  • This construction toy includes a booklet with building instructions, information about the set’s fan creator and LEGO designers, and the lowdown on Disney’s TRON: Legacy movie and its main characters.
  • Each Light Cycle measures over 1″ (5cm) high, 6” (17cm) long and 1” (4cm) wide.
  • TRON grid/display base measures over 8” (22cm) wide and 3” (9cm) deep.

 

Go Retro With These Custom LEGO Classic Marvel Cyclops and Wolverine Busts From Build Better Bricks

Following the release of Build Better Bricks’ most complete collection of custom LEGO Marvel character busts, Tyler and Sean added another Marvel character to B3’s ever growing roster that utilizes the fancy LEGO light brick. I guess the mention of the LEGO piece itself is already a giveaway on which Marvel character best suits this unique LEGO piece. Scott Summers aka Cyclops now has his very own custom brick-built LEGO bust thanks to the ingenious creativity of our B3 rock star designers.

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Cyclops will not be the legendary X-Men character that he is if not for his iconic optic blasts, and what better way to render that than through the use of LEGO’s ruby red light bricks. The light bricks Tyler and Sean also managed to give Cyclops that classic Marvel comic book look through the impressive use of yellow and blue LEGO pieces. This custom LEGO Marvel Cyclops bust is made up of 334 parts and stands at 5.5 inches tall, and the instructions to build them is available for a low price of $5.

To double the fun of building your own custom LEGO Cyclops bust, B3 is throwing in a sweet deal that you may want to check out as well. Adding to that classic retro feel, B3 is currently running a promo where you can get to build not just Cyclops, but also his long-time frenemy, Wolverine, in one discounted bundle.

This version of Wolverine is also based on the classic Marvel comics where the virtually indestructible mutant in yellow spandex comes in his retro black and yellow mask and trademark cigar. The instructions to create this 275-piece build also retails for $5, however, B3 is offering the building instructions for both of these custom LEGO Cyclops and Wolverine busts for just $8 – a 20% slash off from their combined price. So if you want to relive those classic Marvel X-Men comics nostalgia in LEGO bricks, then better head over to BuildBetterBricks.com and take advantage of this offer.

Watch Tyler and Sean talk more about this promo in this hilarious B3 video.

Happy building!

 

 

The LEGO Star Wars DJ Minifigure (40298) Now Comes As A Freebie At LEGOLAND Billund Store

It looks like LEGOLAND Billund is in a role with its series of gifts with purchase (GWP) freebies. After the discovery of the LEGO Banana Guy House minifigure set, it looks like the LEGO Store in LEGOLAND Billund is sweetening its promos with the return of another collectible minifigure, this time from the Star Wars The Last Jedi theme. Previously thought to be a LEGO Store exclusive when first images of the LEGO Star Wars DJ minifigure (40298) found its way online, it was later on announced that it was a Toys R Us exclusive freebie, released between January 9 to 13, for every minimum purchase of any LEGO Star Wars set worth $30 and above.

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If you missed on DJ’s minifigure version as offered by TRU last January, and if you happen to be in Billund right now, then you may want to add some LEGO Star Wars sets on your purchase to get a hand on a free of LEGO Star Wars DJ minifig. Thanks once again to our friends over at Promobricks, we now know how to get a free version of this master codebreaker.

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Image courtesy of Promobricks.

As the promotional ad suggests, this DJ minifigure comes free for a minimum single receipt purchase of any LEGO Star Wars sets worth 300 Danish Krone or above. Again, please take note that this free minifig promotional is only found at the LEGO Store in LEGOLAND Billund, so better grab this chance if you happen to be there as you read this.

Now, if you really want to add DJ to your collection of LEGO Star Wars minifigures, the good news is you really don’t need to travel to Denmark. Amazon currently lists this collectible for around $13 in case you really want to catch this obscure code breaker.

Thanks again to Promobricks for the heads up.

 

LEGOLAND Billund Now Offers LEGO CMF Series 18

If you happen to be around to join in the celebration of LEGOLAND Billund’s 50th anniversary, or you know someone who is there right now, you may want to ask that person to pay a visit at the theme park’s LEGO Store and be one of the few to first have LEGO’s Collectible Minifigure Series 18. This latest CMF series is scheduled for a worldwide release on April 1 (and mind you, this is not an advanced April Fool’s day joke), and visitors of the Danish amusement park is in for treat for being the first buyers of this highly desired collectible minifigs.

Promobricks once again shared these first images of the pre-launch of the LEGO CMF Series 18 which is now put on public display and retail at LEGOLAND Billund.

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Image courtesy of Promobricks.

As I’ve mentioned before regarding the series’ minifigure distribution, Series 18 actually comes with  16 minifigures + 1 chase minifig which is the Classic Policeman from 1978’s LEGO Classic Town Police Car (600-2). If you are a LEGO CMF completionist, then the only way to be assured of the Classic Policeman minifigure is to purchase an entire Series 18 box. The fact is, if you’re in Billund right now and from the looks of it, the park’s in-house LEGO Store has plenty of Series 18 boxes stockpiled for eager collectors.

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Image courtesy of Promobricks.

As you can see from the above image, the entire LEGO CMF Series 18 box retails in LEGOLAND Billund for 1,797 DKK or roughly equivalent to $300 USD. Frankly, this is a higher amount due to current currency exchange, but it is somehow expected that each box will be sold around $200 to $220 once it makes it way on store shelves in the US on April 1, with each blind bag retailing for $3.99.

 

New Promotional LEGO Banana Guy House Set Spotted In LEGOLAND Billund

The original LEGOLAND in Billund, Denmark is also on a more festive mood this year, now that it is celebrating its 50th anniversary since it opened its gate to park goers on June 7, 1968. To highlight its golden year, LEGOLAND, Billund now offers a handful of novelties that seems to be exclusive to the theme park. One of them came in as a surprise, and may well be a sought after collectible. Spotted by Promobricks, we now have a first look at what looks like to be a variant of one of LEGO CMF Series 16’s sought after minifigure – the LEGO Banana Guy House Set.

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Image courtesy of Promobricks.

Following the likes of the LEGO Seasonal Iconic Easter Minifigure (5005249) and the Chicken Suit Guy (5004468), it seems that LEGO is offering another boxed minifigure with a variant of Series 16’s Banana Suit Guy (71013). What I find interesting about this new collectible minifigure is that it offers a slightly different version of original Banana Guy, less the sunglasses and with a printed moustache. I really couldn’t figure it out from the image, but from the looks of it, it seems that it has a reversed colored scheme as compared to Series 16’s Banana Guy: the newer version’s torso looks like blue while its legs are green. The banana costume that it has is also missing the word ‘Banana’ as printed from the original version. The overall vibe of this new minifigure seems to suggest that our new Banana Guy is somewhat based on a tropical vacation island, complete with his beach sandals, boom box (similar to Cole’s minifigure accessory in the LEGO Ninjago Movie CMF line), and what looks like a tropical hut of sorts.

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Image courtesy of Promobricks.

As the image have suggested, this new Banana Guy House set comes as a promotional exclusive for every purchase of 200 grams worth of LEGO pieces via the Pick a Brick wall. Though the promotional poster clearly states that it is an exclusive, I really hope that this new minifigure set will also reach international shores any time soon. I love the first iteration of the Series 16 Banana Guy, but I find this little dude cooler than the first one. Thanks again to Promobricks for sharing this piece of news.

 

What’s Next for LEGO Sets and Exclusives With Toys “R” Us Closing Its US Stores

From its humble origins as a Washington, DC children’s furniture store in 1948, Toys ‘R’ Us became one of the biggest retail giants for toys and other children’s products in the world. But that was a long time ago, and the reality now is that TRU’s closing all its stores.

With all of their stores in the US shutting down operations within a few months, one must wonder what’ll happen to the products they still have on shelves and in stock. Liquidations are already underway to clear them out, but certain products were put by TRU on a “NO” list.

That list also happens to include LEGO, in particular the latest sets that have just started releasing. Rather than included them with the ongoing product liquidations (seeing them go for so much less), TRU will now be returning their LEGO stocks to LEGO, without any attempt to sell any sets.

The above however doesn’t quite answer what’ll become of the LEGO Toys “R” Us exclusives such as certain polybags or the Bricktober sets, many of which would’ve already been planned for by LEGO throughout 2018. Since LEGO Bricktober is tied to TRU, giving them to other retail chains won’t do.

An alternative for LEGO’s TRU exclusives now that the US stores they would’ve been shipped to will no longer be, might be to re-label them or release the sets and polybags in their own stores. This is similar to Funko which had started selling their TRU-exclusive flocked Geoffrey figure themselves.

Liquidation of most other products in the US Toys “R” Us stores will be kicking off as early as this week. It’s a sad day indeed for the old toy giant, though there’s been talk that they might possibly sell their name and logos to interested buyers for legacy branding.

Know The Secrets Behind The LEGO Hulkbuster: Ultron Edition (76105) Straight From Its Designers

In keeping up with its series of designer videos, LEGO has opted to share the story behind its latest, massive set that pays tribute to the mighty Hulkbuster: Ultron Edition (76105). In conjunction with the set’s initial release, LEGO Designers Justin Ramsden and Adam Corbally have shared the details of this towering Iron Man armor. After its official reveal last month, the LEGO Hulkbuster: Ultron Edition (76105) is now available online via shop.LEGO.com and in-store at the LEGO brand store nearest you. This set comes in at 1,363 pieces and retails for $119.99 USD.

You can watch the designer video after the set’s official image, and product description below.

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes The Hulkbuster: Ultron Edition (76105)
Ages 14+. 1,363pieces.
US $119.99 – CA $149.99- DE 129.99€ – UK £119.99 – DK 1199DKK

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Create and show off the mighty Hulkbuster!

Build The Hulkbuster: Ultron Edition, with a punching jackhammer arm and LEGO® light brick in the chest, and display it on the platform with attachable robotic construction arms.Includes an Iron Man, exclusive minifigure.

Build and display this superhero toy—a highly detailed LEGO® brick version of the Hulkbuster mech, featuring a rotating torso, posable fingers, arms, legs and feet, and glow-in-the-dark elements. Choose from 2 interchangeable left arms, including a jackhammer arm with punching function, and activate the LEGO light brick in the chest. This LEGO Marvel Super Heroes The Hulkbuster: Ultron Edition set also includes a display platform with alternate attachment points for posable robotic construction arms and a desk, plus a new Iron Man Mark 43 exclusive minifigure.

  • Hulkbuster features a flip-up head, rotating torso, posable fingers, arms, legs and feet, LEGO® light brick in the chest, 2 interchangeable left arms—a standard arm or jackhammer arm with punching function and 12 glow-in-the-dark elements.
  • Activate the chest light by pressing the button on the Hulkbuster’s back.
  • Includes Iron Man Mark 43 exclusive minifigure.
  • Platform features a flip-up Hulkbuster information plate, plus 8 alternative attachment points for 2 posable robotic construction arms and a desk with 2 attached computer screen elements and space for the buildable hotrod car and buildable Veronica satellite.
  • Clip the spare Hulkbuster arm to either of the robotic construction arms for neat display.
  • Also includes a fire extinguisher element.
  • Hulkbuster measures over 9” (25cm) high, 3” (10cm) long and 8” (22cm) wide.
  • Platform (without attachable arms/desk) measures over 7” (19cm) wide, 8” (21cm) deep and under 1” (2cm) high.

 

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Gets The LEGO BrickHeadz Treatment

Earlier this month, we got hold of a rumored list of LEGO BrickHeadz sets that are based on popular themes such as Disney, Star Wars, and Justice League – with some of these expected to be available sometime in April. I’m looking forward to most of these sets, and I have to admit that some of these sets, if per chance true, will probably be LEGO’s best BrickHeadz sets ever.

Eventually, it looks like we have our first images from this rumored wave of brick-built collectibles. Over the weekend, it was revealed that we will have another LEGO BrickHeadz combo pack similar to the likes of the LEGO Star Wars BrickHeadz Rey and Kylo (41489). Just in time for the film’s release in June, official images of the LEGO Jurassic World BrickHeadz Owen and Blue (41614) has been released, courtesy of our friends over at Brothers Brick. Check this out.

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This set features the film’s main character and his head dino, which is by far, our very first non-humanoid character in LEGO BrickHeadz form. Since the launch of BrickHeadz two years ago, this is the first time that we are getting a non-anthropomorphic BrickHeadz character, so I guess we just have to wait and see how fans will respond to this. Frankly speaking, though Owen’s BrickHeadz rendition is typically the same as that of other sets in the theme, Blue’s version kind of looks more like a flightless bird rather than a Raptor. I understand that LEGO wants to establish the BrickHeadz theme with a kind of distinct aesthetic, but I think this is one of the challenges that LEGO BrickHeadz designers must hurdle with regards to future sets – the balance between coming up with a quirky build that has that distinct BrickHeadz vibe, but still having that close semblance of the character it wishes to portray, humans or not.

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As always, this particular LEGO BrickHeadz set comes with unique printed parts such Owen’s signature shirt and brown jacket, and Blue’s raptor scales. The set comes in at 234 pieces with an expected price range of $19.99 in the US. It is not clear yet as of this posting if the LEGO Jurassic World BrickHeadz Owen and Blue (41614) set will be another store exclusive, but will keep this under our radar and update you accordingly as soon as more related news comes in.