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LEGO.com Malaysia Lists BrickHeadz Buzz Lightyear (40552), Teases Woody and Bo Peep (40553)

Let’s take a brief rest from the LEGO catalog that Germany got and look at some new official LEGO.com listings. Having an upcoming LEGO set debut on another country’s LEGO.com before the major English-language national editions isn’t new. Just recently as reported by The Brick Fan, some new BrickHeadz appeared on Malaysia’s English-language LEGO website. Actually, just one set was officially listed, but its box image spoiled a double-BrickHeadz set following it. To add to curiosity, these buildable characters tie into Disney-Pixar’s “Toy Story 4,” which released in 2019. But hey, who can say no to BrickHeadz Buzz and more?

Beyond box/product images and printed details, the Malaysia LEGO.com listing for BrickHeadz Buzz Lightyear (40552) is bare-bones. We don’t know the prize (though it might be the usual $9.99) and release date. But at least Disney and BrickHeadz collectors now know that it’s coming. The same goes for BrickHeadz Woody and Bo Peep (40553) too.

Buzz Lightyear (40552)

114 pieces

Celebrate an out-of-this-world character with this LEGO ® BrickHeadz™ style buildable figure of Disney and Pixar’s Buzz Lightyear (40552). It’s a super gift idea for kids and fans aged 10 and up, who will love authentic details such as the extended wings and printed tile command board. With a baseplate for display, this colourful little construction toy will make an eye-catching addition to any Disney and Pixar’s Toy Story fan’s collection.

Iconic Disney and Pixar Toy Story characters – A buildable LEGO® BrickHeadz™ figure of Disney and Pixar’s Buzz Lightyear (40552) with a printed tile command board and extended wings

Colourful display piece – This 114-piece LEGO® ǀ Disney and Pixar building toy for kids aged 10 and up comes with step-by-step building instructions and includes a baseplate for display

Gift idea – This buildable LEGO® figure measures over 3 in. (8 cm) high, 3.5 in. (9 cm) wide and 1.5 in. (4 cm) deep. Give it to a Toy Story or LEGO fan as a surprise treat or fun birthday gift

Woody and Bo Peep (40553)

LEGO Catalog Preview of 2022 Ninjago Sets

The German LEGO catalog covering the first half of 2022 has a lot of awesome upcoming sets lined up. Honestly, we’ve only been scratching the tip of the iceberg with this. Next to be put on the spotlight by us in The Brick Show is hit LEGO theme Ninjago. A great deal has been made of Ninjago and its tie-in animated series going on beyond its first decade. This catalog gives us, especially Ninjago collectors, a glimpse of the future as of next year. It’s a blend of new and old, including sets hearkening back to the days of Spinjitzu.

As told by Brick Fanatics, the LEGO Ninjago early-2022 launches will include three Ninjago Spinjitzu spinner sets. Actually, those three are the standalones, with a fourth being part of a larger set. We also have a preview on what evil mooks our Ninjago heroes will face in the upcoming season. Minifigs with unusual head-pieces like these snake-men really stand out. Anyway, let’s summarize the details.

Spinjitzu Ninja Training – €9.99/$11.20

Kai (70688)
Lloyd (70689)
Jay (70690)

Other sets

Ninja Training Center (71763) – €39.99/$45.19
Ninja Dojo Temple (71767) – €99.99/$112.99

All names were roughly translated from German while $ pricings are direct conversions. Expect these Ninjago sets to release around January-March next year.

More 2022 Sets from German Catalog: LEGO City

We saw more of what to expect from LEGO Harry Potter for next year. What other delightful LEGO sets can we expect according to the German-language LEGO Early-2022 Catalog? Plenty of our usual LEGO news sources have pored over scans of that catalog. Here we have a contribution from Brickset, and it’s for the LEGO City line. These expected sets for next year don’t dwell much on cityscapes however. Instead they continue a sub-series for space exploration we’ve seen in other revealed City sets. In a way they confirm some City Space rumors we covered last month, but not all.

These LEGO City sets feel like foreshadowing for NASA’s Artemis program towards a renewed manned lunar mission. We know LEGO and NASA are pretty tight regarding cross-promotion. The former developed a LEGO Education STEAM exploration series about it, “Build to Launch.” Our new reveals from the catalog don’t confirm the alleged inclusion of “Build to Launch” minifig characters. Still, we can look forward to these items later on in 2022.

Moon Rover (60348)

275 pieces | 3 minifigures | $33.81

Lunar Space Station (60349)

500 pieces | 5 minifigures | $$67.63

As always, prices in $ are direct conversions from the Euro pricing of these LEGO sets from the catalog.

German LEGO Catalog: 2022 LEGO Harry Potter Sets

The LEGO 2022 set reveals train has no breaks. It’s been pretty much what we’ve been covering over the past several days beyond occasional 10-K LEGO Ideas submissions. Many of them have been official unveilings, complete with LEGO.com product listings. Now, more cool stuff is made known to us, in print, over in Europe. Germany has had the sublime honor of having an advance catalog detailing more of next year’s upcoming LEGO sets. These ones will launch much later than the January 1 product blitz. Now we get to see what’s in store, courtesy of German LEGO news source Promobricks.

Due to multiple LEGO themes being involved, we’ve decided to split the features as such. Our first subject will be LEGO Harry Potter. Their upcoming sets continue the celebration of the franchise’s 20 years with LEGO. So far the reveal includes a Hogwarts modular set and two Hogwarts Moment book-shaped sets. In a way this confirms rumors about LHP releases from September. The following are scans of the products, with set info and price conversions:

Hogwarts Moments

Divination Class (76396)

297 parts | 3 minifigures | $33.81

Defense Against the Dark Arts Class (76397)

257 parts | 3 minifigures | $33.81

Hogwarts modular set

Hospital Wing (76398)

510 parts | 4 minifigures |$56.35

Here’s to more Harry Potter and his Wizarding World rendered in LEGO.

Never-Released GWP Mr. and Mrs. Claus’ Living Room Getting High Bids on eBay

In this day and age, when a product never gets an official launch, it may still be available elsewhere. Maybe it’s because the item/s are a limited-run free giveaway to a select few. The LEGO employee Christmas gift-sets spring to mind. Maybe the product launch was cancelled for certain production issues. That won’t stop said items from landing elsewhere, like eBay, where they fetch high online prices. As it turns out, that just happened to a certain seasonal holiday LEGO GWP supposed to run this December. Brick Fanatics has it that Mr. and Mrs. Claus’ Living Room (40489) is worth double-digit dollars in online aftermarket.

Believe it or not, the aforementioned Mr. and Mrs. Claus’ Living Room GWP (40489) is now around $735 on eBay. The online listing of this unreleased set has been flooded with bids. All identities are protected by eBay due to the item being privately listed. If this keeps up, this unfortunate GWP could become one of the priciest LEGO sets yet auctioned in that platform.

The official LEGO statement cancelling Mr. and Mrs. Claus’ Living Room (40489) only stated quality issues as reason. Brick Fanatics theorizes that the “quality issue” might be the Santa minifig. Not only is he carrying a “Naughty List,” his facial expression also seems sour. Santa carried a “Nice List” on Santa’s Sleigh (40499), possibly making this GWP complementary. Whatever the reason, 40489 never went active this December. LEGO reran Santa’s Front Yard (40484) GWP instead.

LEGO CMF Series 22 (71032) Now Listed for January 1

Way back in October, we got wind of one of the earliest 2022 LEGO set rumors in CMF form. This was the LEGO Collectible Minifigure Series 22, numbered 71032. This CMF batch follows a LEGO Marvel Series (71031) and consists of LEGO-original minifig characters. We at The Brick Show got our first details on this LEGO CMF series from Germany’s Promobricks. Understandably, some of the names they gave for the included characters got translated differently from the official English designations. Thankfully, CMF Series 22 (71032) is now officially listed on LEGO.com so we know their names. Let’s go over them, with accompanying pictures and all, thanks to The Brick Fan:

Moon warrior Night Protector

Girl in raccoon costume Raccoon Costume Fan

Forest spirit Forest Elf

Man with racing wheelchair Wheelchair Racer

Insect alien Space Creature

Woman in chili costume Chili Costume Fan

Snow warrior Snow Guardian

Figure skater Figure Skating Champion

Robot Robot Repair Tech

Girl with foal Horse and Groom

Bard Troubadour

Researcher Birdwatcher

LEGO Collectible Minifigures Series 22 (71032) launches on January 1 (as usual), at $4.99 per polybag. A full 71032 box might also contain 36 minifigs, as is the usual amount.

More 2022 LEGO Polybag Images Surface

Early this month, we covered the reveal of the first LEGO polybags noted to be coming next year. Already we at The Brick Show felt that this batch of 2022 polys would only be the tip of the iceberg. Indeed they were, even if that was barely a surprise. Small and simple as they are, multiple unique LEGO polybags can be churned out in a year. Promobricks.de gives us word of these new reveals, courtesy of brickdex.io, a new price comparison platform. We’ve got multiple polybags under major LEGO themes unlike last time. There’s still no word however on which polybags will sell in-store and which are promo items only.

City

Police Robot Unit (30587)

Go-Kart Racer (30589)

Creator

3-in-1 Tropical Parrot (30581)

Birthday Bear (30582)

Monster Truck (30594)

DC

The Batman – Batmobile (30455)

DOTS

Pineapple Photo Holder (30560)

Ninjago

Mini Thunder Raider (30592)

Lloyd Suit Mech (30593)

Marvel/Disney’s “Spidey and His Amazing Friends” LEGO Tie-Ins Coming 2022

This year, Marvel Entertainment premiered a new animated series featuring iconic superhero Spider-Man on Disney Junior. “Spidey and His Amazing Friends” saw Peter Parker/Spidey go on light-hearted superhero adventures. With him are Miles Morales (also Spider-Man in comics, “Spin” here) and Gwen Stacy/Ghost-Spider. Age-appropriateness aside, “Spidey” proved popular enough on Disney Junior, Disney Channel and Disney+, to get a second season approved. Being a younger-viewer animated series, “Spidey” didn’t seem a high priority for LEGO Marvel sets. The ones coming out are more all-ages anyway. But that LEGO-merch drought has ended. “Spidey and His Amazing Friend” are getting LEGO sets.

The Brick Fan reports that German retailer JB Spielwaren got the first scoop on the upcoming “Spidey” LEGO tie-ins. They actually got it first before LEGO.com has even listed them. No less than four action-adventure set await fans of “Spidey and His Amazing Friends.” And they’re not the only characters getting represented. Even their super-villain foes and heroic allies are in on the fun too.

(Links go to JB Spielwaren; $ prices are direct conversions)

Spider-Man’s Techno Trike (10781)

59 pieces | 2 minifigures | €9.99/$11.27

Hulk vs. Rhino Truck Showdown (10782)

110 pieces | 3 minifigures | €19.99/$22.55

Spider-Man at Doc Ock’s Lab (10783)

131 pieces | 3 minifigures | €29.99/$33.83

Spider-Man Webquarters Hangout (10784)

155 pieces | 5 minifigures | €49.99/$56.40

All LEGO Marvel Spidey and His Amazing Friends sets are launching in January 1, 2022. It’s really shaping up to be one of the biggest New Year’s LEGO product release blitzes yet.

Union Pacific Big Boy Locomotive Gains 10-K LEGO Ideas Support

Look at the submissions to the ongoing LEGO Ideas Third 2021 Review Stage and you’ll see it’s mostly buildings. We should like to hope for more vehicle product ideas in this batch, and thankfully Lassehfl answers the call. He even looks to a prominent line in theming for LEGO sets: trains. LEGO themes like City have given collectors some cool locomotives to build. Lassehfl’s product idea looks to be a prime addition to the bunch, now that it has 10,000 supporters. The build in question is an iconic part of American locomotive history as well.

We’re talking about the distinctive articulated early-mid-20^th Century 4-8-8-4 steam loco operated by Union Pacific Railroad, the legendary “Big Boy.” Built in the 1940s, they remained in service until 1962. Eight Union Pacific Big Boys remain today, with one (UP 4014) reactivated and in use today as an excursion train.

Ideas member Lassehfl went the extra mile in designing this product idea. His brick-built Big Boy is to scale with standard LEGO rail gauges and is fully mobile. That part’s no mean feat when having a LEGO locomotive with 38 wheels doing potentially tight turns. At 2,100 LEGO pieces, Lassehfl has done a builder miracle.

All in all, this Union Pacific Big Boy product idea is comprised of the engine, tender, and one engineer minifig. While there are parts for static display (with info plaque), Lassehfl intends this Big Boy to be playable. The fact that the model’s fully mobile gives this submission an edge over the other 10-K vehicle models. It’s about time the LEGO Ideas Third 2021 Review Stage got serious vehicle rep.

LEGO Employee Gift 2021 Also Celebrates 10 Years of Ninjago

Every year-end Holiday season, LEGO employees have something to look forward to beyond bonuses and benefits. They get to bring home for free a product from their own hard work, manufactured specifically for the occasion. And in addition to commemorating the gift-giving season, these employee gift sets also celebrate any current theme milestone anniversary. Earlier this week Thomas Andreasen, co-creator of LEGO Ninjago, posted his gift on social media. As confirmed by Brick Fanatics (and made obvious by the revealer), the 2021 LEGO employee gift celebrates Ninjago’s first decade. It also posits how the Ninjago universe observes the Christmas Holiday.

YAY!
I got my Ninjago: Temple of Celebrations set today!
Comes with 6 lovely Chistmas poems written by your’s truly.

The existence of this set DOES NOT establish Christmas as canon in Ninjago!

Time to get bulding! pic.twitter.com/FrnWyWB1sQ

— Tommy A … on a break! Quanish was a fool! (@TommyAndreasen) December 6, 2021

As seen in Andreasen’s Twitter post, the LEGO Ninjago Temple of Celebrations (4002021) is this year’s LEGO employee gift. The set has 1,320 pieces and 11 Ninjago minifigures, including a Santa Garmadon. The back of the box contains a dedication from LEGO in eight languages. Andreasen also claims the set contains some of his written Holiday poems. He does add in a disclaimer that the set doesn’t confirm the existence of Christmas in the Ninjago setting. As always, a LEGO employee gift set officially goes only to employees. But Temple of Celebrations might be found on eBay and aftermarket platforms.