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[UPDATED] WATCH: LEGO DIMENSIONS SUPERGIRL AND GREEN ARROW GAMEPLAY VIDEO

A couple of days ago, Portal Characters reported an interesting discovery on the toys-to-life scene that could lead to the possible inclusion of two DC Superhero characters namely Supergirl and Green Arrow in the roster of LEGO Dimensions characters. Based on the report, an unknown hacker was able to crack into the game’s system and discovered some pretty interesting finds. By gaining access to LEGO Dimensions’ specific codes, he was able to unlock the minifigure characters of Supergirl and Green Arrow, which led to speculations ranging from a discontinued LEGO Dimensions character set, or to a very clever take on how to modify the LEGO Dimension’s core game.

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In either case, the last piece of evidence that seems to validate these claims was found in LEGO’s very own Replacement Parts service. As it turns out, specific minifig parts of Supergirl are made available on the site if you type in 71170 – the LEGO Dimensions Starter Pack code for PlayStation 3. The following are the minifigure parts that were thought to belong to Supergirl. The prints on these parts are pretty much obvious.

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Now another piece of ‘evidence’ surfaced on the internet via Bricks to Life, and this time, an actual gameplay video involving Supergirl and Green Arrow can be seen which further strengthens the notion of another Wave coming anytime soon. The YouTube video was uploaded by a certain Lego Vid just two days ago. Watch the video below:

As seen on the video (around the 1:24 mark), Supergirl is capable of firing off a destructive laser eye blast, coupled with a powerful dash that mows down baddies and other structures. Green Arrow on the other hand can fire its arrows in rapid succession and even has a special triple arrow attack which can hit multiple enemies at the same time.

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Hot from the reveal of his first video, Lego Vid posted another one just yesterday, which shows a rather interesting ability that Supergirl has. Watch this:

UPDATE (April 7, 2016): Due to an alleged copyright infringement complaint from Warner Bros. Entertainment, YouTube has decided to remove the video below as of yesterday. We’ll leave you to speculate on the reasons behind this move from Warner Bros.

The video shows Supergirl in her Red Lantern rendition, together with LEGO Ninjago’s Lloyd and other characters from the first video. There were no other details given in the video other than the fact that Supergirl’s gameplay is very much the same as that of Superman, while Green Arrow has similar abilities as that of Legolas.

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So far, these series of revelations may point out that LEGO could have considered the inclusion of these superheroes in the roster of LEGO Dimension characters. We just have to wait and see if LEGO will surprise with another ‘Surprise Wave’ in the works, or even perhaps a prelude to a Series 2 shortly.

LEGO SCOOBY DOO’S MYSTERY MACHINE IS NOW ON SALE AT 30% DISCOUNT!

Quick Link to Amazon to Save 30%

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From Bricks to Bothan shared this useful tip to all those bargain hunters and collectors out there. Fans of the adorable and brave (?) Great Dane will surely get a kick out of this because LEGO Scooby Doo’s Mystery Machine 75902 is out on sale for as much as 30% off via Amazon and Walmart, making it yours for just $20.99. Any Scooby Doo collection will not be complete without this LEGO rendition of the gangs’s iconic van.

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You can avail of the discount over at Amazon if you are a Prime member, while Walmart offers free delivery for purchases of $50 and above. The LEGO Scooby Doo Mystery Machine comes with the Scooby Doo, Shaggy, Fred, and Zombie minifigures. Here’s a complete description from LEGO.

Solve the Zombie mystery with The Mystery Machine! Escape from the Zombie and the spooky tree in The Mystery Machine with spy glass, computer screens, camera and a giant sandwich. Escape from the spooky forest with Scooby-Doo, Fred and Shaggy! Avoid getting trapped in the branches of the spooky tree and jump into The Mystery Machine to get away. Read the clue and open up the back of the vehicle to use the computer screens, spy glass and other mystery-solving equipment. Work out the real identity of the Zombie who is secretly operating the tree then celebrate with a giant sandwich!

Includes 3 minifigures: Fred, Shaggy and Zombie/Zeke, plus Scooby-Doo (standing version). The Mystery Machine features a driver’s cabin with steering wheel and space for 2 minifigures, removable roof and foldout sides for easy play, stove, sink and spigot and assorted accessory elements including: spy glass, camera, torch, tape recorder, 2 computer screens, special brick with a mystery clue, gem, mug and a giant sandwich.

In case you’ve been bitten by the collector’s bug and is itching to complete the rest of the gang, don’t fret because you can get Daphne’s and Velma’s minifigures, including the entire set of the LEGO Scooby Doo Mystery Mansion 75904 for 16% discount also via Amazon.

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Here’s what the entire gang looks like in their LEGO minifigure versions.

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Happy mystery solving!

EXCLUSIVE FINN FN-2187 (30605) MINIFIGURE SPOTTED – IN MEXICO!

Mnifigure Price Guide spotted not one, but 10 exclusive Finn (FN-2187) minifigure believed to be from Mexico. This was discovered through an eBay post made by a certain zephyr-sama hailing from Mexico and has been an eBay member since 2010. According to Minifigure Price Guide, such offers may be legit since Mexico is one of the countries where LEGO is manufactured. Of course, such individual sales are not officially sanctioned by LEGO since the way we see how the polybags were printed, there is a unique code printed on the left, front side of each that may be later used in unlocking certain game features in LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awaken video game.

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As we have mentioned before, the Finn FN-2187 (30605) minifigure comes exclusively bundled with the latest LEGO Star Wars video game due for release on June 28^th. The inclusion of the Finn minifigure was first reported in October last year when images of its polybag surfaced over the Internet together with a minibuild of Poe Dameron’s X-Wing fighter.

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The rogue Stormtrooper’s minifigure is one of the latest minifigs that are closely being followed in the CMF scene, including the recently announced LEGO Disney Collectible Minifigures, the exclusive Blue Nightwing minifigure that comes together with the upcoming Direct-to-DVD film LEGO Justice League Gotham City Breakout due for release tentatively on the first week of July, and another DVD film exclusive which is the Scooby Doo minifigure that comes along with LEGO Scooby-Doo Haunted Hollywood scheduled to be released on May 3.

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LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens video game is set to be released on June 28, 2016, and may be pre-ordered via Amazon.

LEGO Ninjago Character Encyclopedia with Exclusive Jay Minifigure Release Date, Pre-Order Now!

The LEGO Ninjago Character Encyclopedia is now available for pre-order on Amazon and it will include an exclusive Jay minifigure in Techno Silver stone armor. The release date is set for June 7th and the last we looked, the price was around $14.

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LEGO® NINJAGO™: Character Encyclopedia, a New York Times bestseller, has been updated and expanded with 48 brand-new pages of LEGO NINJAGO minifigures and sets, making it the ultimate book for your little ninja.

Read each character’s ninja file to learn what makes each one special and unique, and find out which weapon each ninja uses. From Ninja to Nindroid, each character has a brilliantly photographed page filled with amazing facts and trivia, like which minifigure is the rarest and which minifigure can be found in the most LEGO NINJAGO sets. Explore the vehicles, weapons, and locations that make up the LEGO NINJAGO world.

Discover everything there is to know about the Masters of Spinjitzu in DK’s updated and expanded LEGO NINJAGO: Character Encyclopedia.

Official LEGO Disney Minifigure Series Announced, Image

The LEGO Disney minifigures series was officially announced today on the Disney Parks blog and the LEGO Facebook page.

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The release date will be May 1st at a retail price of $3.99 each.

Meet the Characters of the LEGO Disney Minifigure Series!

Top row: Syndrome, Ariel, Aladdin, Captain Hook, Donald Duck, Minnie Mouse, Mickey Mouse, Daisy Duck, Maleficent.

Bottom row: Stitch, Ursula, Alice (in Wonderland), Cheshire Cat, Peter Pan, Mr. Incredible, Buzz Lightyear, Pizza Planet Alien, Genie.

These Custom LEGO Easter Eggs Are Such a Great Find

This year’s Easter Sunday may have already passed, but the great Easter Egg hunt is really hard to let go of. True to its purpose of giving delightful surprises, these custom LEGO easter eggs by Dutch builder Koen (aka Swan Dutchman) is more than just a pretty sight (and they ARE really beautiful).

With themes such as Spring, Love, and Ice, these extravagantly adorned custom LEGO easter eggs can easily pass for a LEGO jewelry collection. Koen delights his audience through his aesthetic and technical expertise with clever use of unassuming parts and sparkling metallic effects. As you can see, the delightful surprise doesn’t end with the exquisitely beautiful exterior. Koen does keep the best things for last.

Koen’s impeccable attention to detail shows in his creations. Just take a look at his official LEGO Ideas entry – the Gingerbread House – included in the next LEGO Ideas Review Stage. If you wish to see the rest of Koen’s creations, just head over to his Flickr page and leave a thank you note. Who knows, you might see one of these Easter surprises in your front yard.

LCP Spotlight: Adam Reed Tucker on Building Bridges Through LEGO Architecture

As they say, a journey begins with a single step – and that step leads to a sure and steady stride that embarks you on an adventure of a lifetime. This is probably how Adam Reed Tucker will describe his journey toward his love for the LEGO brick and the eventual influence that it has on his life’s enduring legacy.

Like other LEGO Certified Professionals, Adam may have not initially thought of bearing the title, much more than working with LEGO on his architectural projects. Unlike most AFOL or Adult Fans Of LEGO, Adam discovered his passion for the brick later than he expected – while he was already working as an architect in Kansas and Chicago. Before this, he studied architecture and design at Kansas State University, earning his degree in 1996. Though he remembers vividly receiving one of his first LEGO sets gifted to him by his aunt when he was 6 years old while visiting the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, the hobby didn’t catch up to him until he was a professional already.

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When the tragic events of 9/11 unfolded back in 2001, Adam thought of honoring the majestic twin towers of the World Trade Center by finding a way to express the complexity of the mammoth skyscrapers in a way that is most familiar and welcomed by anyone, even by children. What better way to do that than through the use of the LEGO brick? Then in 2002, he’s ideas were eventually confirmed when he stumbled upon a book by Henry Wiencek entitled “The World of LEGO Toys” published in 1987. Adam immediately noticed one particular adaptation where LEGO bricks were used as an architectural medium. In one of his interviews, Adam says. “As an artist’s medium, the [LEGO] brick is not initially thought of as a material typically used in creating art. But as an architectural artist, it lends itself perfectly to my applications just as paint to a painter or metal to a blacksmith. My medium of choice is plastic bricks that happen to be called LEGO.”

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‘The World of LEGO Toys’ by Henry WiencekWhen Adam decided to come up with his own company called Brick Structures, from then on, he knew that there is no turning back from this newfound passion. “Deciding to leave a job that I did enjoy was a matter of refining what it was I wanted to do for the rest of my life. Working with my hands, creating art and sculpture, the freedom to create and explore my vision of design without computer reliance, and to share architecture with the world all made this a natural move for me,” Adam says as he shares his thoughts in an interview at the National Building Museum. Adam believes that his designs are reflective of his interests in the arts, so much so that his creations are ‘scratch-built’ which means he does not use computer modeling, pencil, and paper, or written directions in his work. Adam builds and re-builds certain parts of his buildings five or six times until he feels they are right.

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A confessed AFOL in 2006, he went on to be one of the founders of Chicago’s first LEGO fan convention called BrickWorld. It didn’t take long before LEGO noticed his work, and in 2007 Adam’s Brick Structures partnered with the LEGO Group to develop a new line of LEGO sets aptly named LEGO Architecture.

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On being awarded the status of a LEGO Certified Professional, Adam says in an interview with the Henry Ford Museum, “Really, all you have to have is an existing brick-based business. You have to use the LEGO brick in a way that is unique and innovative.” As an afterthought, he adds, “I’m consumed with exploring and pushing the envelope of where the LEGO® brick can go,” says Tucker, speaking by telephone from his home in suburban Chicago. “I’m enamored by all of the usefulness that LEGO harnesses within itself — education, philosophy, team-building, therapy, art, science.”

His recent venture on promoting the usefulness of the LEGO brick in inspiring others to appreciate architecture is now showcased at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago in an exhibit aptly titled, ‘Brick by Brick’. Watch this video as Adam explains his LEGO Golden Gate Bridge in an interview with Beyond the Brick correspondent Joshua Hanlon. The Golden Gate Bridge is just one of the 13 recreations of architectural landmarks that Adam came up with for the exhibit.

Here are some of Adam’s spectacular LEGO-built marvels of architecture and engineering for the Museum of Science and Industry’s Brick by Brick exhibit which will run until February next year.

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As the creator of the LEGO Architecture series, and through his contribution to such grand masterpieces as exhibited at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry, Adam realizes that his enduring legacy is to inspire the next generation of designers who will wow the world with future architectural wonders; and to help them bridge the gap using the versatility of the LEGO brick. LEGO’s newest book in this genre – LEGO Architecture: The Visual Guide – may likewise capture the essence of what Adam wants to teach to the world’s future architectural designers.

Adam says with conviction, “I hope that people looking at my work will also appreciate and learn about each architectural wonder and the creativity and imagination that’s possible with the LEGO brick.”

ARE WE LOOKING AT THE NEXT BATMAN THEMED SETS AND COLLECTIBLE MINIFIGS?

Since the release of the LEGO Batman Movie’s official teaser trailer, there has been a lot of buzz going on around the LEGO community. Such discussions are bound to happen, considering the scope of production and attention being given by Warner Bros. Pictures in terms of promoting the film. Social media accounts (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook) have been created as early as now to pump up the interest and hype for the movie.

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One particular scene in the film has caught the attention of LEGO fans and has been the topic of discussion among forums. It was the eye-popping scene of Batman’s array of Bat costumes throughout his crime-fighting career. Of course, the all-too-familiar pun and parody typical of LEGO is very noticeable in that particular shot. Here’s a brushed-up photo of that scene.

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Groovebricks shared a convincing argument for the possibility of new sets to be offered as an offshoot of the film. Again, this is expected seeing how Warner Bros and LEGO gave considerable attention to the LEGO Movie two years ago. According to sources, we can expect plenty of sets lined up for the LEGO Batman Movie, and it will not be a long shot to speculate a Collectible Minifigure Series (CMF) to evolve from the movie as well. If you can recall, a total of 17 sets have been released for The LEGO Movie (TLM), including the LEGO Movie CMF Series 71004. If the LEGO Batman Movie is as successful as TLM, with its total domestic gross of more than $257 million (more than four times its production budget of $60 million), we can further expect that LEGO will capitalize on this hopeful leverage.

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Groovebricks further mentioned some reliable sources in LEGO fandom that add weight to its claims. Just2good over at Eurobricks has so far been proven to be accurate concerning his predictions. Here’s a screen grab of what he has to say about the LEGO Batman Movie.

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There is also the question of timing in terms of the movie releases. Since there is confirmation already regarding the release of another LEGO theatrical movie by 2017 this time focusing on Ninjago, LEGO might be doing a lot of balancing act here in terms of marketing and promotion. Though these LEGO movies are scheduled a good 7 months apart from each other – the LEGO Batman Movie opening in theaters on February 10, 2017, while the LEGO Ninjago Movie on September 22 – fans will somehow be saturated with a barrage of new LEGO sets waiting to be released within the year. We can beg the question then of how much attention will LEGO give to the development and promotions of its 2017 theatrical releases.

Though it’s nice to think about the possibility of new sets and CMFs looming on the horizon, again, we have to hold on to our salt shakers and take things with a grain of salt. Given the scale of the efforts being dished out for the LEGO Batman Movie, and leveraging on the recent Batman VS Superman movie, we can expect that interest in these possible LEGO Batman Movie and CMF sets will further rev up any time soon.

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Do you want to see a new CMF and themed sets made for the LEGO Batman Movie? What do you think are the best minifigs to include here? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.

OUR FAVORITE ROLLING LEGO BB-8 HAS ACHIEVED THE 10K MARK!

If you’re keen on keeping tabs on the news that we’ve been posting here at the BrickShow, you may have noticed how we have kept a close watch on Mark Smiley’s LEGO Ideas entry, the Rolling LEGO BB-8. Ever since we featured his MOC a month ago, we saw how it steadily gained support for a period of just less than two months. Now that it has gained the thumbs-up approval of more than 10,000 supporters, Mark’s LEGO BB-8 will now have to find its way to get the nod of the LEGO Review Board.

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However, this little rolling guy’s journey has just begun, and joining him for this year’s first Review Stage are the following fellow 10K achievers:

Mark and his team made several modifications to the Rolling LEGO BB-8 since it was introduced in February. He plans to improve his MOC by lowering BB-8’s head so it sits closer to the body, adding a pair of antennas, and the possibility of giving him omnidirectional movement.

We’re excited to see how these LEGO Ideas projects turn out after the Review Stage later on. We’ll keep everyone posted with the most recent developments on this side of LEGO Ideas, and from all of us here at BrickShow, congratulations to all the aspiring builders who achieved the 10K mark!

LEGO MAY 2016 STORE CALENDAR ALONG WITH THE EXCLUSIVE STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS FIRST ORDER STORMTROOPER MINIFIGURE REVEALED

LEGO’s May 2016 Store Calendar is now making its rounds online with many exciting exclusives and promos to watch out for. Included in the calendar is LEGO’s May the 4^th release of the Star Wars First Order Stormtrooper (30602) minifigure as shared with us by TheBrickFan. Reactions to this Stormtrooper minifig are somehow varied, with most inclined towards the thumbs-down side. Most minifig connoisseurs noted that this May the 4^th exclusive is very similar to the First Order Heavy Artillery Stormtrooper minifigure as seen in the LEGO Star Wars First Order Battle Pack 75132, save from the slightly different torso design and inclusion of an ammunition backpack.

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Others have pointed out that there could have been better choices around, given the myriad of fan favorites belonging to the Star Wars canon. Nevertheless, the First Order Stormtrooper 30602 is offered for free with a minimum LEGO purchase of $50 – more than 30% less as compared to previous years’ offerings of a $75 single purchase receipt.

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Here’s the complete image for the LEGO May 2016 Store Calendar, along with some of its highlights courtesy of TheBrickFan.

April 30-May 4 – The May the 4th event continues this year and the exclusive minifigure that will be given out is the First Order Stormtrooper with a LEGO Star Wars purchase of $50 or more.
April 30-May 4 – Earn Double VIP Points on LEGO Star Wars purchases. You also get a free The Force Awakens poster with any Star Wars purchase.
May 27-30 – The LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Captain America’s Motorcycle (30447) polybag will be available with purchases of $35 or more.
May 3-4 – The VIP Monthly Mini Build will be a Hedgehog (40212).
May 7 – LEGO Elves Building Event at LEGO Brand Stores.
May 9-10 – Free LEGO Star Wars Master Your Force Jango Fett character card when kids build a Star Wars spaceship and compete against others at LEGO Brand Stores.
May 16 – Minifigure Swap Day at LEGO Brand Stores.
May 18-31 – VIPs get early access to a new exclusive LEGO set. Rumor has it that it could be the LEGO Creator Big Ben (10253) but we’ll see in a few weeks when LEGO releases their press release of the set.
May 23-24 – Free LEGO Star Wars Master Your Force Garazeb “Zeb” Orrelios character card.
May 21 & 28 – LEGO Club Meeting.
May 1-31 – VIPs get Double Points on Battle on Takodana (75139) and Resistance Troop Transporter (75140).

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Unfortunately, missing from the calendar is LEGO’s Disney Minifigure Collection which is supposed to be released also in May. Perhaps LEGO is still holding back some of the fun reveals and we just have to wait a little more for this set to come out.