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A view days ago, it came to our attention that LEGOLAND Billund is running a new promotional that coincides with the theme park’s 50th anniversary. So what better way to celebrate it than with the newest, coolest Banana Guy in town. Promo Bricks first spotted this latest LEGO seasonal collectible minifigure set via LEGOLAND’s promotional add, with the promise of a much closer look later on.
True to their word, Michael of Promo Bricks made a very comprehensive review of the LEGO Seasonal Banana Guy (5005250) set. The original text is written in German so be sure to have your Google Translate turned on if you’re browsing using Chrome. Here are some of closer images of this new Banana Guy minifigure courtesy of Promo Bricks. Be sure to check out their full review for a better appreciation of the set. For now, check out these images. Just click on them to have a better look.
I like how this newest iteration of one of LEGO’s most popular costumed minifig turned out, particularly the minifig’s tropical themed shirt, green pants, and flip flops. The legs are dual molded, while the torso has front and back prints which turned out nice. It comes with a single sided head print. The orange boom box accessory is also a nice addition to the set, giving this new minifig a more hip and chill out look. The box art itself further adds to that tropical feel with its festive juice bar display.
I do hope that this set lands on US shores and the rest of the globe. Thanks again to Promo Bricks for sharing these images, and be sure to stay tuned for more updates here in the Brick Show.
It looks like LEGO is further banking its bricks with Disney Pixar’s most anticipated sequel to date. With several Juniors sets and a video game added to its roster, it seems we have another tie-in set to expect next month, and this time coming from the BrickHeadz line. Brickset shared our very first box art image of the LEGO Incredibles 2 BrickHeadz (41613) featuring the Parr family head, Mr. Incredible, and his all too cool sidekick Frozone.
According to a Brickset tipster, this set was spotted in a LEGOLAND Discovery Center where it is now made available for retail. The dual pack BrickHeadz set comes in at 160 pieces and retails for $20 very much the same as that of other two-pack sets. Other than the image above, eBay seller littledanish0714 is back with another listing that features the two-pack LEGO BrickHeadz. Here are additional images from his eBay posting, including the back portion of its box art.
I have to say that Frozone really looks cool (okay, enough with the puns) on his LEGO BrickHeadz version. I like how the white and pastel blue colors turned out on him, including the visor that accentuates Frozone’s mask. Mr. Incredible, on the other hand, features the prominent Incredibles logo printed on a 1×4 tile. The LEGO Incredibles 2 BrickHeadz (41613) set is expected to be available at all LEGO Stores and other retailers this April.
The month of April is almost upon us, and that means another much awaited LEGO gift with purchase (GWP) set is almost within reach. Following the steps of the 60 Years of the LEGO Brick (40290) Commemorative Set, we now have another anniversary set which now focuses on the 40th year anniversary of the iconic LEGO minifigure. First revealed in April’s LEGO Store Calendar, the LEGO Minifigure Factory (5005358) Promotional Set underscores the careful, meticulous but fun way a LEGO minifigure comes to be. Check out these official images now uploaded via LEGO’s servers.
Now that we have these crisp, clear images, we can have a better look at what I believe is the highlight of this free set: the unique nanofigures. I’m not a particular LEGO nanofigure fan, but I have to say the level of detail shown in such a small scale is very, very impressive.
As you can see from the image above, we can expect a bunch of nanofigs from this free set, showcasing some of LEGO’s most classic themes: a Policeman, Pirate, Space Man, Nurse, and LEGO Ninjago’s female android P.I.X.A.L. Needless to say, I’m glad LEGO threw in these little guys. Of course, we also have the LEGO Designer minifigure which is pretty nice in itself with the LEGO logo emblazoned at the back of its yellow torso.
Similar to previous promotional items, the LEGO Minifigure Factory make use of its cardboard packaging as part of the set’s display. Though I would prefer an actual build for the factory, this 86-piece freebie is not something that I will gripe about. All in all, I’m sure that this next LEGO GWP is not something that collectors will casually pass. The LEGO Minifigure Factory (5005358) is slated to be available from April 1 to 15 and comes free for every single receipt purchase of any LEGO items $75 and more.
I wouldn’t consider this next piece of news as coming exactly from the proverbial leaking faucet of upcoming LEGO sets, but a welcomed one nonetheless. Apparently, an eager beaver store employee somewhere in Poland is a bit too excited to put this LEGO Star Wars on display. It’s that, or he or she is probably clueless of what the set significantly means to LEGO Star Wars fans, and eventually placed it on display. From what I heard from other sites, the set was eventually removed from the shelf of the said LEGO Store. Well, someone has to do some PR damage control for that matter.
If you recall from August of last year, we mentioned a rumor that this year’s LEGO Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series will be another remake of previous UCS sets, one that is particularly from 2004. Now the recent store slip-up finally sealed all of these rumors, for it ‘semi-officially’ revealed that the next LEGO Star Wars UCS set will be the Y-Wing Starfighter (75181). These images, courtesy of RebelScum, give us a solid proof of this upcoming set.
Now I have to state the obvious that this is not yet an official reveal, and is just a slip-up since the Y-Wing Starfighter (75181) was prematurely placed on a LEGO Store shelf (albeit accidentally), so I guess showing this pre-empted reveal is still fair game. It should also be pointed out that since the set is already physically available in the store’s inventory, it is just a matter of time before the set is officially announced and displayed. I will not comment much about the set and its differences with the first Y-Wing released in 2004 since I would rather see the official images and descriptions once they are made available by LEGO. For now, my best guess is that we might get an official announcement on this new UCS sometime next week, with a release date slated on May as part of LEGO’s May the Fourth offerings.
So what do you think of this new LEGO Star Wars UCS? Do you think this is a good call to revive this iconic rebel ship? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
After teasing on the arrival of the next LEGO Ideas set, with its corresponding box art image leaked online, LEGO has officially unveiled its latest Ideas set that pays tribute to one of our pop culture’s most famous icon. Designed by siblings Tom and Drew – also known as BrickBros UK over at LEGO Ideas – the LEGO Ideas TRON: Legacy (21314) is a re-imagining of Disney’s TRON film released in 2010. It comes in at 230 pieces and by far, one of the cheapest, licensed LEGO Ideas set selling for $34.99.
The TRON: Legacy set is scheduled to be in stores and online on March 31, 2018 with a corresponding UK signing event at the Leicester Square Brand Store on March 29, with fans in the UK having a head start of having this set. Here’s TRON: Legacy’s official product description, followed by several crisp images.
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.
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.
LEGO totally has BrickHeadz on the brain, what with the numerous licensed franchises getting the BrickHeadz treatment. Off the tops of our heads, we have BrickHeadz for upcoming films like Avengers: Infinity War and Jurassic World: Lost Kingdom. And then we have rumored Back to the Future BrickHeadz among others.
Now we know of LEGO Star Wars BrickHeadz for the second anthology film Solo, about the past smuggling adventures of young Han Solo and friends. Thanks to Amazon France, we now have images for the boxes of two Solo BrickHeadz sets, one for Han and another for his partner-in-crime Chewbacca.
The listings on Amazon France don’t have a release date included yet, though the general assumption is that they will hit shelves online and in real life by next month. BrickHeadz sets usually retail for about $9.99, a sight cheaper than the €17,98 Prime listings for both on Amazon France.
Both the Han Solo (39) and Chewbacca (40) BrickHeadz sets look to be fairly basic and uncomplicated builds if the packaging details are any indication. Now let’s hope that this Solo branch of LEGO Star Wars will soon announce BrickHeadz for young Lando and new characters like Qi’ra and Beckett.
With Disney and Lucasfilm dedicated to bringing out a Star Wars film for every year (and perhaps a new TV series soon after the end of Rebels), the LEGO Star Wars productline looks primed to never run out of new set, minifigure or polybag releases tying into the franchise.
By the way, last year’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi is already available on digital format, and soon to come out on Blu-Ray (next week to be precise). To celebrate that event (and to hype LEGO Star Wars more), the two franchises have collaborated to create a promotional short video.
Said video is a blend of stop-motion and 3D that features a 2-minute long abridged retelling of The Last Jedi (topped with a seconds-long wrap-up of the original Star Wars trilogy and The Force Awakens). The narrator humorously goes over the film’s events, referring to each character with funny nicknames.
Perhaps the highlight of this video is the scene where the death of Supreme Leader Snoke and the subsequent battle between his Royal Guard and the Kylo-Rey duo plays out. It might be a sneak preview of the LEGO Star Wars “Throne Room Duel” (75216) set, which would be cool.
All in all, it’s a nice riff on Episode VIII of the Star Wars sequel trilogy, with its contradictory box-office success and franchise fan criticism. If you’d like to own The Last Jedi on Blu-Ray, it comes out March 27. And do keep a lookout for more LEGO tie-ins soon.
