The New York Toy Fair 2020 is now happening at the Javits Center and as always, there are some cool reveals waiting to happen at the LEGO Booth this year. The Brothers Brick and German LEGO fan correspondent Andres Lehmann of Zusammengebaut are both at the floor of the International Toy Fair reporting the latest sets that are being unveiled at the LEGO Booth. And LEGO does not disappoint. The rumoredLEGO Collectible Minifigures Series 20 (71027) has now been officially revealed and we can now have a closer look at what to expect from this new CMF series. Check out the following images below.
This latest LEGO CMF series marks the theme’s 10th year anniversary and is slated to be released sometime in May.
The Toy Association’s annual recognition for those who contributed a great deal in the toy industry has been concluded, and it’s great to know that out of 16 categories, LEGO managed to bag 3 wins for the 2020 Toy of the Year Awards. If you recall, 5 LEGO sets were shortlisted to be included as nominees across the various categories recognized by The Toy Association.
Held at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City, the 20th Annual Toy of the Year (TOTY) Awards is like the “Oscars” of the toy industry where The Toy Association recognizes the best of the best among toys, games, and properties within the year. It also serves as a kick-off for the grandest toy fair on the planet, which is the North American International Toy Fair or better know as the New York Toy Fair. Check out The Toy Association’s full press release for the 2020 Toy of the Year Awards right here.
Though last year saw a better winning streak for LEGO during the 2019 Toy of the Year Awards where it received a total of four awards, this year is still considered a great achievement for the LEGO Group now that it marked its 4th win (since 2017) for the Specialty Toy of the Year Award Category.
Though LEGO wasn’t able to bag the 2020 Toy of the Year Award similar to its accomplishment back in 2017 with the LEGO Friends Amusement Park Roller Coaster (41130), being recognized across 3 out of 16 categories is an extraordinary achievement for the LEGO Group. It’s a testament to the company’s pursuit of providing the best possible play and building experience to children and adult fans as well.
Now that the red carpet is rolled out and the winners announced, be sure to stay tuned here in our blog site for more news coming from the LEGO Booth at this year’s New York Toy Fair. Will there be any new LEGO reveals? We’ll soon find out.
Following the success of the Mini-fig Scale Project Gemini earlier this month, we now have our next 2020 LEGO Ideas First Review Stage qualifier. The Retro Bowling Alley by Astronaut Avila managed to get 10,000 fan support over at the LEGO Ideas platform, effectively taking a step closer to becoming an official LEGO set.
If you recall, fan builder Astronaut Avila is also the person behind another 10K achieving project which is the Modular Arcade during the LEGO Ideas 2018 First Review Stage. Though this retro-styled gaming hub did not manage to best the rest of the entries dominated by now official LEGO Ideas sets The Flintstones (21316) and Tree House (21318), I am hopeful that this next entry will eventually get the thumbs-up approval of the LEGO Ideas Design Team.
Here’s a quick rundown of what to expect from this LEGO Ideas project.
LEGO Ideas Retro Bowling Alley
Following the theme of 10260 Downtown Diner, I present the Retro Bowling Alley. Features include:
Classic street sign
Large bowling pin pillars
Fully detailed kitchen with milkshake machine
Several printed tiles including a classic score sheet
2 Exclusive bowling outfit torsos
Gold, silver, and bronze bowling ball trophy shelf
What do you think of Astronaut Avila’s product idea? Do you think the Retro Bowling Alley has a good chance of becoming an official LEGO Ideas set? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below.
After teasing them back in June of last year, LEGO has now finally revealed their line-up of five LEGO Minions tie-in sets to celebrate the release of Universal Pictures’ Minions: The Rise of Gru animated film. Check out these pretty interesting sets, together with their spot-on minifigure forms. Click on the links below to know more about these new LEGO Minions sets which will be available starting April 27.
Let Minion fans join their favorite characters in Gru’s basement. With this LEGO® Minions in Gru’s Lab (75546) buildable toy lab set, they’ll have fun building Gru’s underground lair. The fun continues as they play with the Minion figures and accessories to recreate scenes from the Minions: The Rise of Gru movie.
Inspire young inventors There’s plenty for kids to discover in this buildable toy set. They’ll love seeing the Minion figures drop down the slide before using the ramp to test the vehicle they’ve built. With Otto and Kevin Minion figures, fence and tools accessories, plus the toy bananas, creative play is easy.
If you know a kid who loves Minions toys, this toy plane from the Minions: The Rise of Gru movie will make a great birthday present or anytime gift idea. Building the plane is just the start; there’s lots more to discover as Minions fans recreate their favorite movie scenes.
Sky-high playtime with Minion figures and accessories With 2 figures and a removable plane roof, creative fun begins right away with this LEGO® Minions: Minion Pilot in Training (75547) buildable plane set. There’s also a planeload of accessories, with a toy suitcase, banana, hotdog, peanut bag and, of course, the famous Minion fart blaster – perfect for letting imaginative fans create their own Minion mishaps.
Give your young Minions fan an action-packed ride with this LEGO® Minions Unstoppable Bike Chase (75549) buildable toy motorbike set. With 3 figures – Gru, Bob and Stuart – the action starts fast and never slows down. Fans will love building the motorbike before role-playing favorite scenes from the Minions: The Rise of Gru movie.
Role-play with favorite Minion characters Kids will love putting Gru on the motorbike. Minions Bob and Stuart can sit up front, ride behind Gru or take a trip on the rocket skates.
Take Minions fans on a journey to remember as they recreate thrilling scenes from the Minions: The Rise of Gru movie. This awesome LEGO® Minions (75550) Minions Kung Fu Battle toy set lets kids role-play epic Chinese New Year scenes at the temple. There’s lots to discover as they help the Minions practice their kung fu moves.
Fast-paced fun to delight young builders Kids will love seeing Otto appear out of the temple as he’s revealed to the other Minions. And with accessories including a golden banana, weapon rack, weapons, rotating training dummy, a Chinese dragon, medallion and shooting ‘fireworks’, there’s plenty to inspire young imaginations.
Kids who love Minions will go wild for this LEGO® building toy for kids (75551). First, they can build an eye-catching, brick-built version of Kevin and Stuart. Then they can turn the models around to reveal the room playset inside, complete with accessories, such as tools, hats and weapons, plus figures for role play. Kids can construct 2 toy Minion models at a time and then rebuild Kevin into Bob.
Explore with the Minions Young Minion fans will love seeing all the intricate details inside the rooms. Each one matches a different Minion’s unique personality and all feature turning eyes. Kids can create inventions in the lab with Kevin or watch Stuart take a nap in his bedroom. Kevin rebuilds into Bob, who’s practicing kung fu.
This year marks another milestone for The LEGO Group, especially that it’s LEGO Collectible Minifigure Series is marking its 10th Year Anniversary. We know that the next wave of LEGO’s CMF is slated to be released in May of this year, considering that the LEGO Catalog for the first half of the year has teased it already. This time, Promobricks reports that the LEGO Collectible Minifigures Series 20 (71027) will be the next CMF line and will feature some character throwbacks to some of LEGO’s most loved themes.
Do take note that these are unofficial names for the LEGO Collectible Minifigures Series 20, and are only based on how we can describe them. However, given that we’re just a couple of months away from Series 20’s official release in May, expect more information to come in during the next few weeks.
Accessories: a 2×3 green brick costume similar to the Red Brick Guy and Blue Brick Girl from 71021, brown hairpiece, and a 2×2 tile with the number 10 printed on it in celebration of the CMF’s 10th year anniversary.
LEGO is slowly revealing some of its new sets ahead of this year’s New York Toy Fair which will commence this weekend – and it looks like the Mandalorian and the Child (aka Baby Yoda) is getting an additional LEGO treatment. LEGO Shop@Home has now listed two new LEGO Star Wars the Mandalorian sets, including an earlier revealed BrickHeadz set dedicated to the duo.
Earlier this week, we saw the unintentional listing of Amazon Canada for a LEGO Star Wars BrickHeadz The Mandalorian and the Child (75317), and this time around, LEGO finally confirms this as another entry in the growing number of BrickHeadz sets under the Star Wars theme.
Additionally, in a rather surprisingly welcomed move from LEGO, we can now expect a full LEGO set dedicated to the highly-rated Disney+ series – that includes the official LEGO Baby Yoda minifigure! The LEGO Star Wars The Razor Crest (75292) is slated to be released in September – just a month early before Season 2 of The Mandalorian series streams on Disney+. For most LEGO fans of the miniseries, the obvious selling point will be the inclusion of the much-hyped Baby Yoda minifig. Strictly speaking, Disney execs and writers are quick to point out that “The Child” is not in any way the toddler representation of the Master Jedi himself, but since fans were so adamant in referring to it as such, then Disney somehow let it slide.
The LEGO Star Wars BrickHeadz The Mandalorian and the Child (75317) comes in at 295 pieces and will retail for $19.99 once it is released on August 1. The LEGO Star Wars The Razor Crest (75292) clocks in at 1,023 pieces with a retail price of $129.99, slated to be released on September 1.
Read on for the full product description of these latest LEGO Star Wars The Mandalorian sets, and you also have the option of pre-ordering them at the LEGO Shop@Home portal. Just click on the following links for more info.
Inspire memories of epic Star Wars: The Mandalorian stories with this fun building toy for creative kids, featuring LEGO® BrickHeadz™ versions of The Mandalorian and the Child (75317). Fans will appreciate authentic details such as The Mandalorian’s signature weapons – a blaster rifle and a blaster pistol. The Child has adjustable ears to create happy and sad expressions, and it sits in a hoverpram ‘floating’ on 4 transparent LEGO elements.
Star Wars: The Mandalorian fans and creative kids will love building their own LEGO® BrickHeadz™ versions of the Child and The Mandalorian (75317), recreating authentic details to create a cool display.
The Mandalorian buildable LEGO® figure has signature weapons – a blaster rifle clipped on the back and a blaster pistol in hand – to spark memories of thrilling Star Wars: The Mandalorian scenes.
Youngsters will love the Child building toy with adjustable ears for different expressions, and its hoverpram ‘floating’ on a transparent LEGO® element. Both construction models have baseplates for display.
This 295-piece LEGO® BrickHeadz™ Star Wars™ building toy makes an awesome birthday present, holiday gift or anytime surprise for Star Wars: The Mandalorian fans and LEGO builders aged 10 and up.
The Mandalorian measures 3” (8cm) tall and the Child and hoverpram building toy measures 3” (8cm) high – they won’t take up too much space but are sure to make a big impression wherever they are displayed.
Relive bounty hunter The Mandalorian and the Child’s battles against Scout Trooper and other enemies with The Razor Crest (75292) LEGO® Star Wars™ building toy for kids. This brick-built armored transport shuttle features a cargo hold with opening sides that double as access ramps and carbonite bounty elements inside, a dual LEGO minifigure cockpit, spring-loaded shooters, escape pod and more authentic details to inspire creative play.
Kids can role-play as heroic warrior The Mandalorian and play out action-packed Star Wars: The Mandalorian scenes with this detailed, LEGO® brick model of The Razor Crest (75292) starship.
This fun buildable toy includes 4 LEGO® minifigures: The Mandalorian, Greef Karga, Scout Trooper and the Child, plus an IG-11 LEGO® figure, all with cool weapons to role-play exciting battles.
The Razor Crest has a dual LEGO® minifigure cockpit, 2 spring-loaded shooters, cargo hold with opening sides/access ramps and carbonite bounty elements inside, sleeping area and detachable escape pod for creative play.
This 1,023-piece construction playset offers a challenging build and combines brilliantly with other LEGO® Star Wars™ sets. It makes a super holiday gift or birthday present for boys and girls aged 10+.
The Razor Crest dreadnought measures over 5.5” (14cm) high, 15” (38cm) long and 11” (28cm) wide. It makes an eye-catching Star Wars: The Mandalorian display piece when it is not being used to transport vital cargo!
While we’re waiting excitingly for Episode 3 of LEGO Masters US to air tonight, let’s go back and see some of the highlights of last week’s episode. Though it’s the reality show’s first high-stake chapter where we see our first heart-breaking eliminations – sadly, it was Jessie and Kara who have turned in their minifig avatars – we also saw some of the most epic Space Smash creations that LEGO Masters US Episode 2 can bring.
Episode 2 brought a smashing challenge to our 10 pairs of LEGO Masters where they are tasked to create an epic alien-inspired build that will be obliterated in the most magnificent fashion. Check out the final entries of our brick contenders. All images are courtesy of Fox.
Tyler & Amy – The Sacrifice
Sam & Jessica – Space Cats & Dogs
Jermaine & Mel – Legor
Amie & Krystle – Planet Volcalia
Manny & Nestor – Alien Planet
Travis & Corey – Doomsday Drop
Richard & Flynn – Volcopolis
Mark & Boone – Unicorn Spaceship vs Robot
Jessie & Kara – Alien Attack
Aaron & Christian – Catastrophe at the Crescent
The Sacrifice
Space Cats & Dogs
Legor
Planet Volcalia
Alien Planet
Doomsday Drop
Volcopolis
Unicorn Spaceship vs Robot
Alien Attack
Catastrophe at the Crescent
Victory smiled favorably on the newlyweds, Tyler and Amy, with their gorgeous, brick storytelling of “The Sacrifice”. Their story is straightforward but emotionally compelling both on visual and conceptual levels. The Hero, in order to permanently stop the scourge of the alien monster, offered his life by dropping a canister bomb that destroys the alien and himself in the process. The story’s dramatic tone was felt even more striking when Tyler and Amy rendered the Hero’s Sacrifice in the most spectacular way using an ingenious combination of LEGO bricks and good ‘ol gravity.
Thanks to our Hero’s sacrifice, Tyler & Amy were handsomely rewarded, with the couple dominating LEGO Masters US Episode 2.
I love how the organic shape of the monster alien turned out, with its over-sized eye and menacing tentacles, in contrast to our Hero’s mech-inspired build. But of course, it was the way the build exploded when LEGO Masters US host Will Arnett dropped it from the balcony that surely impressed contest judges Jamie Berard and Amy Corbett. “The Sacrifice” secured Tyler & Amy in the first place for this episode, while Sam & Jessica and Jessie & Kara dragged behind the rankings. Sadly, Jessie & Kara were struggling to put everything together with their Alien Attack build and was eventually the first pair to be eliminated from the competition.
As a tribute to the brick Hero of LEGO Masters US Episode 2, Tyler created a miniaturized version of this story that retells the triumph of selfless space defender.
In case you missed it, Tyler & Amy also stood out in the show’s pilot episode with their Funny Farm theme park MOC. You may also want to see Tyler’s mini build version of this.
Remember to tune in tonight at Fox for the third episode of LEGO Masters US 9/8c. Tonight’s challenge will be “Cut in Half” where our now 9 pairs of brick masters will have to build the missing half of any random objects in the most spectacular LEGO fashion.
What was your favorite build in LEGO Masters US Episode 2? Let us know in the comments below.
After making their official debut last month, the first wave of LEGO DOTS bracelets and accessories are now listed at LEGO Shop@Home. This latest fusion of creativity, fashion and a LEGOfied lifestyle encourages young builders to further express themselves – thru wearables and desk accessories made of actual LEGO pieces.
Though this latest theme may be focused on buildable wearables, it also offers a good number of new LEGO pieces that builders may find appealing. The Brothers Brick did an excellent review of some of the sets in this upcoming theme, including a closer look at the new pieces that go with them.
Read on for the full description of these LEGO DOTS bracelets and accessories, and you may also add them to your LEGO Shop@Home wishlist so you can be notified when they finally become live on March 1st. Just click on the following links below to know more.
Other than a LEGO City-inspired minifig set, LEGO Ninjago is also getting another minifigure pack for 2020 and it looks like it will be a kind of shoutout to one of Ninjago’s previous seasons. The LEGO Ninjago Golden Zane Minifigure Accessory Set (40374) is now listed at LEGO Shop@Home and is slated to be released on March 1st as well.
This new minifigure set is inspired by Season 3 of LEGO Ninjago released back in 2014, and includes an exclusive Golden Zane minifig together with a trio of Nindroids. Though this particular season of Ninjago introduced us to our ninja’s mysterious golden power, it seems that only two of the main Ninjago characters – Lloyd (The Golden Dragon 70503 and 70666, Temple of Light 70505, LEGO Dimensions Lloyd Fun Pack 71239) and Kai (exclusive Bricktober 2017 Ninjago Minifigure Collection 5004938) – were given their official golden power minifigures. This latest minifigure offering now adds to a relatively rare collection of LEGO Ninjago Golden Power minifigs, so I would assume that this will be popular among collectors.
Read on for the full details of this new minifig set, and you may add this to your LEGO shopping wishlist so you won’t miss out on this one once it is available.
Dedicated NINJAGO® fans will love to recreate thrilling action scenes from season 3 of the TV series with this cool LEGO® Golden Zane Minifigure Accessory Set (40374). An exclusive minifigure to this set, Golden Zane can be used by kids to role-play battles against a dangerous army of Nindroids and a unique crawler vehicle in the digital world of Digiverse. Kids are guaranteed to be entertained for hours as they escape into this exciting fantasy realm.
Young builders with imaginative minds will be thrilled to create and play with this action-packed LEGO® Golden Zane Minifigure Accessory Set, featuring 4 minifigures and, exclusive to this set, a unique crawler vehicle.
The set contains a Golden Zane minifigure, a Nindroid with a cool backpack, and 2 fearsome Overlord warriors, each with a sword, so kids can stage exciting stories.
This is an ideal gift for kids aged 6 and up, who can combine it with their other NINJAGO® toys. There is no need for batteries and it comes with simple instructions to guide youngsters through the building process.
Last month, we saw the arrival of a new LEGO minifigure accessory pack that specifically adds more detail to any themed-park set or MOCs that you have in mind. And this time around, the LEGO Fairground Minifigure Accessory Set (40373) is now up at LEGO Shop@Home with a release date of March 1st.
This latest minifig accessory features four (4) minifigures, one of which seems to be an exclusive for this set (specifically, the girl with a unicorn printed torso). It also comes with a buildable shooting range, including a stud shooter. This minifigure pack comes in at 51 pieces, and is expected to retail for $12.99. Read on for the full product description below, and you may click on the link below to add this item to your LEGO Shop@Home wishlist.
Roll up, roll up for family fun with this LEGO® Iconic Fairground Minifigure Accessory Set (40373)! This colorful playset for kids features a buildable mini shooting range with a stud shooter – knock down the gold-colored can to win 1 of the cute teddy bear figures. It also includes a girl, dad and 2 fairground employee minifigures with fun accessories to inspire creative play. This accessory set is an ideal gift for ages 6+ to add to their LEGO collections and open up even more play options.
Kids can recreate the fun of the fair with this LEGO® Iconic Fairground Minifigure Accessory Set, featuring a buildable mini shooting range with a stud shooter and 2 cute teddy bear figures as prizes for action play.
The playset has 4 minifigures – a girl (with new-for-January 2020 face print and unicorn clothing decoration), her dad and 2 fairground employees – with a bullhorn and 2 ice cream accessory elements for creative play.
This construction kit makes an ideal birthday or holiday gift for kids aged 6 and up to use with their other LEGO® sets. It comes with easy-to-follow instructions so even first-time builders can build with confidence.
