November 23 – Black Friday 2018 – has come and gone, though some of the sales and discounts may have carried over the weekend. LEGO certainly took advantage of that fact by offering great prices for a selection of sets that have been announced for retirement by next year, jumping up interest.
One such retiring set given the spotlight during Black Friday on Shop@Home was the LEGO Ideas Old Fishing Store (21310). The price cut wasn’t only welcome; it was still large enough to qualify for a free LEGO Christmas Gift Box (40292) by itself. Too bad it was just one day.
By now, the Old Fishing Store (21310) is marked as sold out on LEGO Shop@Home, and with the retirement announcement done we can’t be sure if it’ll be restocked over there. Fortunately there are other places to look for it, like Amazon. They’re also offering nice price cuts for it.
With a 23% off courtesy of Amazon, the LEGO Ideas Old Fishing Store (21310) can be had for just about $114.99 over there. Granted, it doesn’t come with a free Christmas Gift Box (40292); but when you’re racing against time to get one before its retirement becomes effective with “sold-out” listings, then you’ve got to get it when you can.
Following the release of a good number of 2019 LEGO Creator official set images, we now have crisp, set images for the 2019 LEGO City scheduled to arrive this December. Since spotted at the store shelves of Mastermind Toys in Canada, last week, early rumors are now confirmed that the first wave of 2019 LEGO City sets will follow the usual Police and Firefighter themes that LEGO has released before.
Though the LEGO City theme is beginning to be a bit redundant having the same old themes being released again, one couldn’t help but notice how these sets evolve throughout the years particularly with the inclusion of new pieces and building techniques. Somehow, LEGO managed to release new sets that are based on old themes, and still offer a new and exciting look given their new elements and designs. I’m looking forward to the Downtown Fire Brigade (60216) which is not featured here since there are no official images of this set as of this posting; the Snow Groomer (60222), and the Harvester Transport (60223). These sets include several interesting pieces like the rehashed light bricks and the clever use of Nexo Knights shield pieces, to name a few.
These new 2019 LEGO City sets are expected to be available in LEGO Stores and at shop.LEGO.com before the year ends.
A few days ago, we reported on how the first wave of 2019 LEGO Creator sets was spotted in a Mastermind Toy Store in Canada. It was immediately noticeable that LEGO is continuing its line of 3-in-1 Creator sets, ranging from vehicles, a boat and a sea creature can transform to a shark, angler fish, and a giant squid.
I’m particularly interested with the Deep Sea Creatures, Underwater Robot, and Riverside Houseboat so I hope to grab these sets as soon as they are available. These new 2019 LEGO Creator sets are slated to be released before the year ends, so I guess I better save up for the holidays. Thanks to Candid Bricks for the tip.
The clock is ticking fast,and in case you haven’t notice because of the stellar Brick Friday deals that LEGO Shop@Home is now offering, Build Better Bricks is also running its Black Friday deals in all of its building instructions and kits. All items – as in EVERYTHING – in the B3 website are absolutely at 25% off from their original price. From their latest custom LEGO Nintendo sets, to new holiday themes such as a custom Santa and Grinch busts and other custom LEGO parts, this is the best time to get those building projects up and ready. Needless to say, it’s a great time to finish that MOC you’re working on with Build Better Bricks Black Friday deals.
Simply head over to Build Better Bricks website and enter the code BLACKFRIDAY upon checkout. Or for a more convenient brick-shopping spree, simply click ACTIVATE to enable the automatic 25% discount on n all purchases. The only catch is you have to hurry until supplies last throughout Black Friday.
Moving on with our set reveals for 2019, we now have official images of what looks to be the next wave of LEGO DC sets. Following the redesigned look and format of the new LEGO Spider-man box art, it now seems that LEGO also intends to give the LEGO DC Comics theme a design overhaul as well. Courtesy of The Brick Fan, we now have images of two, new LEGO Batman sets that will be offered at the first quarter of 2019.
You may already have noticed that the box art design for these new LEGO Batman sets has dropped the DC Comics name all throughout, save for the DC logo which is printed on the lower right corner of the box. This first wave of LEGO Batman offerings features Batman pitted against familiar foes such as a new in 2019 minifigure of Ocean Master, Poison Ivy, and Firefly. He is also joined by allies: another new minifigure iteration of Aquaman which follows a close semblance to the DCEU version of the King of Atlantis, save for the blond hair. The Flash also gets a new minifigure design, the most noticeable is the dual-molded yellow legs, which in my opinion, doesn’t sit quite well with how we usually remember the superhero speedster.
So what do you think of this redesigned, LEGO Batman sets? Are you fine with the box art and minifigure’s new looks? Tell us what you think in the comments below.
After its debut last month, the ominous LEGO Star Wars Darth Vader Castle (75251) was initially offered exclusively via Amazon. This time around, LEGO Star Wars fans might be pleased to know that this set dedicated to the most iconic Star Wars villain ever created for the franchise, will be available at LEGO Shop@Home. It is a very much welcome treat this Black Friday since you can now purchase this new set at the same price over at Amazon while racking up on those VIP points.
The LEGO Star Wars Darth Vader Castle (75251) is already listed at shop.LEGO.com though we to have to wait until December 1, 2018 for its public release. It comes in at 1,060 pieces and retails for $129.99.
LEGO Star Wars Darth Vader Castle (75251)
Set the scene for action on planet Mustafar with LEGO® Star Wars 75251 Darth Vader’s Castle! This building set of Vader’s menacing-looking home features lots of great details, including a brick-built lava flow, an underground hangar with mouse droid and docking station, ancient Sith shrine with holocron, racks for extra ammunition, and secret compartments hiding more Sith relics. The hangar also houses a buildable TIE Advanced Fighter model with stud shooters and space to sit the Darth Vader minifigure. There’s also a bacta tank, Darth Vader’s meditation chamber with holographic communication unit, and a meeting platform at the top with a defensive stud-shooter cannon. As well as classic Darth Vader, the set also includes a bacta tank version of the Dark Lord, plus 2 Royal Guards and an Imperial Transport Pilot.
Includes 5 minifigures: Darth Vader, Darth Vader (bacta tank), 2 Royal Guards and an Imperial Transport Pilot.
Features Darth Vader’s Castle and a buildable version of Vader’s TIE Advanced Fighter.
Underground hangar with mouse droid and docking station, ancient Sith shrine with holocron, racks for extra ammunition, Sith relics, secret compartments hiding a Lightsaber handle and a red kyber crystal element, plus space for Vader’s TIE Advanced Fighter.
Castle also features a side access door, opening bacta tank, a hook for Lord Vader’s cape, meditation chamber with space for a minifigure and holographic communication unit, plus a circular meeting area at the top with a defensive stud-shooter cannon.
TIE Advanced Fighter features 2 stud shooters and an opening minifigure cockpit.
Weapons include Darth Vader’s red Lightsaber, the Imperial Transport Pilot’s blaster pistol and the Royal Guards’ Force pikes.
Darth Vader’s Castle Star Wars building set measures over 16” (41cm) high, 11” (28cm) wide and 9” (23cm) deep.
TIE Advanced Fighter measures over 2” (6cm) high, 4” (11cm) wide and 3” (9cm) long.
LEGO Shop@Home Black Friday deals have now kicked off and for those of us who are still holding on to those hard-earned bucks for the hope of landing that deal before the day ends, then you might think fast. As of this posting, we still have more than 200 discounted sets up for grabs at shop.LEGO.com, and here’s a quick list of the best finds that we have so far starting with some of the hard to find sets on the market.
Just click on the links below to navigate directly to the LEGO Shop@Home page. And since these are affiliate links, any purchase that you will make through our blog site will mean a lot in keeping our site up and running. Happy Thanksgiving and Black Friday shopping everyone!
It seems LEGO is taking their reveal of new Technic sets for 2019 in stages. Twice before in this week alone, two batches of upcoming LEGO Technic were revealed. The latter group included one set touted as a LEGO Technic 2-in-1, a model that could have two possible configurations at any time.
Wonder of wonders, we have another wave of LEGO Technic sets for 2019, and they’re both of the 2-in-1 style. That’s mighty generous of LEGO to have vehicle models that can be altered with a few pieces being changed around. And the re-configurations seem even more striking here than with the Remote-Controlled Stunt Racer (42095).
Tracked Loader (42094)
The set’s alternate 2-in-1 form is a tracked flatbed truck.
Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 (42093)
You’re no fan of Bugatti or Porsche? Then what do you think about this racing Chevy that can be altered into a retro-style exposed-engine hotrod?
And apparently, there’s going to be more on the way for LEGO Technic as we head towards the end of 2017 2018. Come to think of it, with the Porsche and Chevy sets already announced, what are the chances that LEGO might replicate their life-sized Bugatti Chiron with any of the two? It’s a nice thought.
Happy Black Friday shopping to the avid readers of The Brick Show. By now, all promo and discounts we have detailed in past articles to happen of Black Friday are in effect. Whether they might be on retailers, LEGO Stores or Shop@Home, it’s your choice now for the best LEGO bargains you can go for. The LEGO Shop@Home Black Friday discount page is now up, and the featured set on top is the LEGO Iconic Chess Set of 2017 (40174), easily one of the most impressive brick-builds for actual gameplay, be it chess with the LEGO-designed pieces or with checkers.
The Iconic Chess Set (40174) sees its $54.99 price cut down to $38.49, no better deal perhaps for one of the best-rated sets on Shop@Home. For LEGO Stores on the other hand, the elusive LEGO Ninjago Bricktober Minifigure set (5005257) is ready for the buying. Don’t let this day pass.
Like the Shop@Home banners say, discounts for Black Friday on selected items can go up to 30%; one exception however is the retiring LEGO Creator Expert Detective’s Office set (10246). The advertisement we covered yesterday saying 20% off for it got changed somehow. Discount is only 10%; but better than nothing.
For easier reference, here’s the listing of all Shop@Home LEGO sets with Black Friday discounts. Feel free to browse and shop to your hearts’ content. Remember, it’s only one day.
Earlier this month, The LEGO Group revealed its plan of offering regional sets that will be released exclusively in China in honor of its partnership with the said country, and its growing LEGO fan base in the area. Back then, we only had a sneak peek on these two sets which are slated to arrive in January 1, 2019. And this time around, we now have more images of these LEGO regional sets in the form of the Chinese New Year’s Eve Dinner (80101) and the Dragon Dance (80102) sets courtesy of Promobricks.
Though it’s nice of LEGO to create sets that reflects the local region of a certain place or country (which it has been doing quite prominently in Asia), some fans in other parts of the globe are still a bit disappointed that they can’t get these sets directly from their nearby LEGO Store. Fans may probably just have to resort in buying overpriced sets from the secondary markets in order to add these to their collection.
In any case, these LEGO regional sets are excellent themselves – the Chinese New Year’s Eve Dinner (80101) is vividly colored with various printed elements and stickers, while accentuated with various Chinese symbols that signify hopes of wealth and prosperity. The selling point of the Dragon Dance (80102) on the other hand, is probably its moving mechanism very similar to that of the new LEGO FORMA set. The collection of brightly colored minifigures plus the Piggy Guy from CMF Series 12 makes this set a sure win.
Let’s take a closer look at the images below, and feel free to share your thoughts about these in the comments section below.
