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LEGO Bricktober 2018 Official Images Revealed – Availability in the US Confirmed

After the discovery of the LEGO Bricktober 2018 flyer in Germany, Toys R Us has released the official images of this annual collection of LEGO Bricktober minifigures giving us a closer look at what to expect from them. At first it was thought that the deal is just available in Europe owing to the sad reality that TRU stores in the US are now closed. However, a recent tweet from the LEGO Group suggests that these highly sought after collectible minifigures will also find their way in the US through other retailers. Furthermore, LEGO has previously announced via Twitter that the LEGO Bricktober 2018 sets will be available in Barnes and Noble stores, but later on clarified that ONLY the Harry Potter Minifigures Pack (5005254) will be available at the said bookstore chain.

Actually, we misspoke. Only the Harry Potter Bricktober set will be available at Barnes & Noble later this year. Stay tuned for details on the other sets.

— LEGO (@LEGO_Group) August 22, 2018

Regardless of the venue, this is much welcomed news from LEGO regarding the availability of their LEGO Bricktober 2018 minifigures. It may be a bit challenging though to locate each of the minifigure pack in varying locations or retailers other than Barnes and Noble, and it would even be convenient if LEGO brand stores will sell them as well. But since these are exclusive and very limited LEGO minifigure collectibles, perhaps looking at it as a sort of a treasure hunt will make the search for them more fun and enjoyable.

For now, let’s feast our eyes on these official images and take a closer look at each of these LEGO Bricktober 2018 sets. A word of thanks to The Brothers Brick for sharing these images and to Brickfinder for additional info.

LEGO Harry Potter Minifigure Pack (5005254)

Expected availability: August 28 to September 2

This pack includes from left to right: Flying Instructor and Quidditch Referee Rolanda Hooch, Prof. Horace Slughorn, Madam Undersecretary Professor Dolores Umbridge, and Prof. Severus Snape as transformed by a Boggart.

LEGO Jurassic World Minifigure Pack (5005255)

Expected availability: September 3 to 9

This pack includes, from left to right, a long overdue Dr. Ian Malcolm (played by Jeff Goldblum), Claire Dearing, Owen Grady, and a baby dinosaur with chicken leg piece.

LEGO Marvel Superheroes Minifigure Pack (5005256)

Expected availability: September 10 to 16

This pack includes a very nice collection of minifigures unique to Avengers Infinity War: War Machine, Wong, Tony Stark (with sweater showing a partially covered arc reactor), and Bucky in his new White Wolf garb. Among this pack, the last two is a sure grab for me since this is the first time that we will be getting these versions of Tony and the reformed White Wolf all in one place.

LEGO Ninjago Minifigure Pack (5005257)

Expected availability: September 17 to 23

Last but definitely not the least, we have a staple of the LEGO Bricktober series which is LEGO Ninjago. This pack includes unique Ninjago minifigs based on the show’s latest season. This set consists of: Harumi (with Oni Mask of Hatred), Future Jay, Mohawk, and Nya (in Kabuki disguise).

All in all, this year’s collection of LEGO Bricktober 2018 minifigure packs is a sure win, with each set containing unique and never-before seen minifigures that will surely catch the eye of the most dotting collector: Prof. Horace Slughorn, Dr. Ian Malcolm, and the Avengers Infinity War versions of Bucky (aka Winter Soldier/White Wolf) and Tony Stark (with his sweater on). Will keep you posted for any developments regarding their availability so be sure to keep us under your radar.

Rumor of Possible One-Retailer Exclusivity for LEGO Overwatch Sets in UK

It’s only a matter of time now before LEGO news breaks out all the nitty-gritty info to be had about LEGO Overwatch, a new licensed franchise line of tie-in sets and minifigures for the hit FPS videogame by Blizzard Entertainment. No less than two fan events in Europe and Asia will be covering that big reveal this week after all.

We can expect LEGO Overwatch sets, when they do come, to be available wherever LEGO is available in the world. However there’s one rumor – probably close to fact – that seems to limit available venues to buy these in the UK.

Several LEGO product lines in the past have been exclusively available only on specific retail chains in the UK (outside of LEGO Stores and shop.LEGO.com). For instance, the last releases of Nexo Knights are only on John Lewis while Unikitty! products are exclusive to Tesco. LEGO Overwatch apparently will be shared between UK LEGO Stores and one other retail chain of choice, and nowhere else.

That does narrow down the places where Overwatch fans in the UK can check out the game’s LEGO tie-ins. Now, granted, this is only rumor thus far; but with the first official reveals coming so very soon we’ll have confirmation (or otherwise) about this matter.

The new LEGO Overwatch sets are expected to debut sometime in early 2019, as a herald of sorts for what may be an Overwatch 3D-animated series or movie on Netflix.

First Images Found of LEGO Bricktober 2018 Special Minfigure Sets for Toys R Us Germany

It must be off-putting, maybe even unbearable for some, in the US to read about what special events and promotions are carrying on in overseas Toys R Us stores, when their main stateside brethren have already closed down. Nevertheless, here’s a LEGO-related event happening in TRU Germany that we’re going to take a look at.

Perhaps one sorely missed period in a year at Toys R Us is the Bricktober special where some exclusive sets are released for a limited time only. German LEGO news source Promobricks has managed to score information on their TRU Bricktober 2018 edition sets thanks to a local promotional flyer.

Thus far, four LEGO Bricktober sets are set to arrive on Toys R Us Germany, all collectible minifigures from four prominent franchises. First is the LEGO Harry Potter set (500254) with minfigs of Madame Hooch, Professor Slughorn, Dolores Umbridge and Snape-form Boggart. It will be available for a week from August 27 to September 2.

Next is LEGO Jurassic World set (500255) with Dr. Ian Malcolm, Claire Dearing, Owen Grady and baby raptor Blue, available from September 3 to 9.

Week 3 of Bricktober sees LEGO Ninjago (500257) including various baddies from the show. TRU Germany shoppers can get it from September 10 to 16.

Finally we have the Marvel Superheroes set (500256) featuring War Machine, Wong, Tony Stark and the Winter Soldier. It’s on from September 17 to 23.

Hopefully LEGO realizes that these collectible minifigures for Bricktober 2018 would still find eager customers in the now TRU-less USA. In the meantime, these sets when they arrive in TRU Germany will be available free for every minimum LEGO purchase of €40 each. It’s not known yet if they also could be purchased regularly there.

LEGO DC Super-Villains Official Story Trailer Released

A few moments ago, LEGO and Warner Bros. Interactive has just released its LEGO DC Super-Villains official story trailer that gives us an idea of how the game will unfold. We already know that this latest LEGO video game offering from TT Games will feature a first ever, customizable character that players can improve on while they work their way in the game. This player avatar will eventually have to team up with the worst of the worst DC baddies in order to save the world from the grips of Darkseid and the Justice Syndicate. Read the official press release, and watch the story trailer below.

The LEGO DC Super-Villains video game is now available for pre-order and will be available beginning October 16, 2018. Pre-order the Deluxe Edition and get early access to the DC Super-Villains TV Series Character Pack, plus an exclusive Lex Luthor minifigure.

**STORY TRAILER FOR LEGO® DC SUPER-VILLAINS REVEALED**

New Trailer Dives Into the Game’s Narrative, Showing Players

Why They’ll Need to Embrace their Inner Super Villain to Save the World

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BURBANK, Calif. – August 21, 2018 – Today, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, TT Games, The LEGO Group and DC Entertainment unveiled a NEW Story Trailer for LEGO® DC Super-Villains, showcasing how one rookie must take on evil and team up with the best of the bad, including The Joker, Harley Quinn, Lex Luthor, Deathstroke, Killer Frost, Sinestro, and countless others, to save the planet!

LEGO DC Super-Villains is the first LEGO game to put players at the center of a villain-centric adventure packed with favorite locations and characters from across the DC universe. The game will be available October 16, 2018 for PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, Xbox One X®, Nintendo Switch™, and PC.

In LEGO DC Super-Villains, the Justice League has disappeared, leaving Earth’s protection to a newcomer group of heroes from a parallel universe, proclaiming themselves as the ‘Justice Syndicate’. Renowned DC Super-Villains from the ‘Legion Of Doom’ discover Earth’s newest heroes may not be the heroes they claim to be. With each player’s completely customizable Super-Villain character in command, this team of misfit lawbreakers must join forces to discover and foil the evil plans the incognito strangers have in store.

For more game information, visit chaos-is-coming.wbgames.com and follow the official LEGO DC Super-Villains social channels on Facebook and YouTube, and @LEGODCGAME on Instagram and Twitter.

LEGO Overwatch Minifigures Teased

Gamescom 2018 in Germany and the Overwatch Fan Festival in Korea are all set for tomorrow, and to celebrate these events and the official launch of the LEGO Overwatch tie-in sets, the Overwatch Facebook page just gave us a teaser on how things will be with the new LEGO theme. The teaser shows several silhouettes of LEGO Overwatch minifigures, particularly that of the six playable characters of the video game. From left to right, it seems to me that we’ll have: Widowmaker, Reinhardt, Genji, Soldier 76, Mercy, and McCree.

Interestingly, other than the LEGO Overwatch minifigures, the above teaser also shows three backgrounds which may suggest that the LEGO Overwatch sets will feature any of these places as hinted in their mini movies. As of now, rumor has it that LEGO has four sets dedicated to the Overwatch theme, with set numbers 75970, 75971, 75972 and 75973 assigned to them.

Furthermore, it is also expected that a LEGO Overwatch collectible minifigure series is in order which is pretty appealing considering the vast range of characters that the Overwatch universe has to offer. Exciting as it may sound, we have to consider all of these as speculations until we get to see the official LEGO Overwatch set reveal by tomorrow. Stay tuned here in our new website for more updates.

LEGO Star Wars Betrayal at Cloud City (75222) Revealed

LEGO has finally pulled off the veil from its next D2C or direct-to-consumer LEGO Star Wars set, and as it turns out the rumors that went around since early May of this year were all true. If you recall, the news (or should I say rumor back then) broke during the 2^nd quarter of this year, when LEGO Star Wars fans got hold of intel that the next UCS-like Star Wars set for this year will be a call back to a previously released LEGO Star Wars set which is the Cloud City (10123) from 2003. The possibility of a re-release or rehash of this set was further reinforced when the September 2018 LEGO Store Calendar specifically mentioned that there will be two new VIP-exclusive D2C LEGO sets that will be released from September 13 to 30. This time around, the possibility of this set finally happening has now been set in stone, with LEGO finally revealing the LEGO Star Wars Betrayal at Cloud City (75222). Read on for LEGO’s official product description.

LEGO Star Wars Betrayal at Cloud City (75222) is available directly from LEGO Stores & shop.LEGO.com from 1 October, 2018, with VIP availability beginning September 13, 2018.

LEGO Star Wars Betrayal at Cloud City (75222)

Ages 14+. 2,812 pieces
US $349.99 – CA $399.99 – DE 349.99€ – UK £299.99 – FR 349.99€ – DK 2999DK
*Euro pricing varies by country. Please visit shop.LEGO.com for regional pricing.

Visit Bespin’s amazing metropolis in the sky—Cloud City!

Relive a world of unforgettable moments from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back or add your own fun twists to the story with this LEGO® Star Wars 75222 Betrayal at Cloud City set. The amazingly detailed set is divided into 4 sections, each depicting scenes from the classic movie. There’s a landing platform complete with Boba Fett’s Slave I ship, a detailed promenade, a dining room with seating for 5 minifigures, a garbage processing room with incinerator, and a sensor balcony for epic Luke vs. Vader Lightsaber duels. There’s also a carbon freeze chamber with a function to ‘freeze’ Han in carbonite, an interrogation chamber and prison cell, a secondary landing platform for the Twin-Pod Cloud Car, and so much more. Add an astonishing 18 LEGO minifigures plus 2 droids to the mix, and you have a set that Star Wars and LEGO fans of any age would be proud to add to their collection.

Includes 18 minifigures: Han Solo, Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker in Bespin outfits, Chewbacca, C-3PO, Lando Calrissian, Lobot, 2 Cloud City Guards, 2 Cloud Car Pilots, Leia and Han in Hoth outfits, Darth Vader, Boba Fett, 2 Stormtroopers and an Ugnaught, plus R2-D2 and an IG-88 droid.
Section 1 features a landing platform with a sliding entrance door and Boba Fett’s Slave I ship with an opening minifigure cockpit, movable wings and space underneath to store the Han in carbonite element.
Section 2 features a dining room with a table, seats for 5 minifigures and a decorative Cloud City micro build; lounge with a transparent sculpture and 2 chairs; garbage processing room with an incinerator, conveyor belt and a deactivated IG-class droid; and a promenade with tree sculpture, mural relief and opening doorways leading to other parts of the model.
Section 3 features a sensor balcony with railing and swing-out function, plus a maintenance cabin with opening round window for epic Lightsaber duels, plus a carbon freeze chamber with lever-activated ‘freeze’ function.
Section 4 features a dark-red corridor leading to the interrogation chamber with a turning interrogation chair, plus a prison cell, hangar with a secret trapdoor and tool & weapon rack, and space for the Twin-Pod Cloud Car with opening minifigure cockpits and 2 stud shooters.
New minifigure details include Leia’s red dress, Han’s Corellian blood stripe, Luke’s dark-tan Dagobah outfit, the Ugnaught’s head decoration and the cloud car pilots.
Weapons include Han’s blaster pistol, Chewbacca’s bowcaster, Luke’s Lightsaber, Vader’s Lightsaber, Boba Fett’s blaster rifle, IG-88’s blaster rifle, 5 blaster pistols and 4 blasters.
Accessory elements include a wrench, handcuffs and Lobot’s cybernetic band.
Stage air-to-air battles between Boba Fett’s Slave I and the Twin-Pod Cloud Car.
Pull the carbon freeze chamber lever to pretend freeze Han in carbonite!
Relive unforgettable scenes from the classic Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back movie.
This amazing set is part of the LEGO® Star Wars Master Builder Series.
Cloud City measures over 6” (16cm) high, 22” (58cm) wide and 22” (56cm) deep.
Slave I measures over 4” (11cm) high, 7” (19cm) long and 7” (18cm) wide.

Cast Your Most Powerful Brick-Building Spell with this Lize-Sized LEGO Harry Potter Magic Wand

A few weeks ago, LEGO brand stores in the UK and in some parts of Europe began their LEGO Harry Potter Build and Take events to celebrate the recent release of the LEGO Harry Potter sets. Children were given the opportunity to make their own LEGO Harry Potter Magic Wand in-store and to take them home as well. Though this event is still on-going, with some stores running the event until September 1, some places have eventually concluded it already. So in case you missed out in this freebie, or is still waiting for this Build and Take event to happen in your local LEGO store, Promobricks were good enough to share the instructions for this relatively simple, 26-piece brick-built Harry Potter Magic Wand.

This build comes in regular LEGO brick pieces, just 26 pieces in total, consisting mostly of reddish brown and black circular bricks with axle holes. The only unique pieces are the long technic axle and the two 4x2x2 Rocket Step pieces, with the latter found only in recent sets such as the LEGO Classic Build Bigger Thinking Mission to Mars (10405), LEGO Ideas NASA Apollo Saturn V (21309), and The LEGO Batman Movie The Bat-Space Shuttle (70923). Even if you don’t have these specific parts, I’m sure that you can find alternative pieces to replace these and to give your LEGO Harry Potter Magic Wand its unique look and feel.

Thanks again to Promobricks for sharing these building instructions.

2019 LEGO Star Wars Sets Listed Via Amazon UK

Next year marks another milestone for the world’s largest and most valuable toy company, when LEGO will celebrate its 20th year since it introduced its very first licensed theme way back in 1999. According to rumors floating around the LEGO fan community, LEGO will be throwing in a bash in 2019 with the release of a special range of 20th anniversary, 2019 LEGO Star Wars sets commemorating two decades of partnership with then Lucas Films.

Brick Fanatics reports that other than the release of these LEGO Star Wars sets in January 2019, a special selection of sets are also slated to arrive in April that comes in a unique, 20th anniversary packaging featuring the nostalgic, original LEGO Star Wars logo. The best part for collectors is that each of this special set is said to contain an exclusive minifigure that features the original yellow-faced minifigure from the 1999 LEGO Star Wars sets. If this is indeed true, then we can somehow expect 2019 to be a good year to stack up on those LEGO Star Wars sets.

7101 1 — The very first LEGO Star Wars set, the Lightsaber Duel (7101), released in 1999.

Eventually, an interesting piece of intel was picked up this time by Rebel Scum which might give us a hint on what these sets will be. As of this writing, these sets are now currently listed at Amazon UK, though the said listing is quite bare bones as of the moment save for the set number and cryptic names included to some of them, there’s reason to believe that they belong under the 2019 LEGO Star Wars theme. Some of these have direct links over at Amazon’s UK site while some of them were also listed by Price Vortex. I’ve modified this listing to include information from the latter.

75223 unknown “Classic” MicroFighter – $9.99
75224 unknown “Classic” MicroFighter – $9.99
75225 Elite Praetorian Guards Battle Pack – $14.99
75226 Clone Troopers Battle Pack – $14.99
75227 unknown “Classic” Microfighter Dual Pack – $19.99
75228 unknown “Classic” Microfighter Dual Pack – $19.99
75229 “Great Vehicle” Escape – $29.99
75233 Droid Gunship – $49.99
75234 AT-AP – $59.99
75235 X-Wing Starfighter – $29.99
75236 unknown LEGO Star Wars set
75237 Tie Fighter – $19.99
75241 unknown LEGO Star Wars set
75242 unknown LEGO Star Wars set
75243 unknown LEGO Star Wars set
75247 A-Wing Starfighter – $14.99
75258 Children’s Toy Colourful
75259 Wall Lamp, Multi-Colour

There’s another pair of LEGO Star Wars sets that does not quite fit the abovementioned list, and deserves a separate commentary. These sets may even suggest that we are probably looking at our first 2019 LEGO Star Wars UCS sets starting with the 10268 LEGO Star Wars Confidential. The notion that this might be a forthcoming UCS set stems from the idea that the series number 102xx were used for LEGO Star Wars UCS sets that were released between 2010 to 2013. These are: Obi-Wan’s Jedi Starfighter (10215), Imperial Shuttle (10212), Super Star Destroyer (10221), B-Wing Starfighter (10227), R2-D2 (10225), Red Five X-Wing Starfighter (10240) and the Ewok Village (10236).

10240 1 — The LEGO Star Wars UCS Red Five X-Wing Starfighter (10240) from 2013.

The next set is outright puzzling: 21315 LEGO Star Wars Confidential. The set number does not seem to add up since starting from last year, set numbers 213xx has been set aside for LEGO Ideas sets beginning 2015. Unless this LEGO listing from Amazon UK is a sort of an error, then we really need to see where LEGO is charting the path for its new LEGO Star Wars sets come 2019.

So what do you think brick fans? What can you say about these upcoming 2019 LEGO Star Wars sets? What are you most excited about for next year? What LEGO Star Wars sets do you want to see? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

Celebrate 90 Years of Disney Magic with LEGO BrickHeadz Mickey Mouse (41624) and Minnie Mouse (41625)

Though we’ve seen shared their images already earlier this month, the most endearing duo of the House of Mouse has now arrived at LEGO stores and shop.LEGO.com. The LEGO BrickHeadz Mickey Mouse (41624) and Minnie Mouse (41625) sets are now available, both retailing for $9.99. The release of these sets also coincides with Mickey’s 90^th anniversary since he was brought to life by Walt Disney in November 18, 1928. Check out their official images below and click on the links below if you wish to bring home some LEGO Disney magic.

LEGO BrickHeadz Mickey Mouse (41624) – 109 pieces; $9.99

This LEGO® BrickHeadz™ construction character featuring Mickey Mouse is fun to build using colorful LEGO bricks that recreate all the iconic details of the loveable Disney cartoon character, including big black ears, red shorts and a tail. He also stands on a buildable collector’s baseplate with BrickHeadz logo for easy display in your home, office or anywhere you like.

Buildable LEGO® BrickHeadz™ construction character featuring Mickey Mouse has decorated eyes and the cartoon character’s iconic details, including big black ears, red shorts and a tail.
Each LEGO® BrickHeadz™ construction character comes with its own buildable collector’s baseplate.
Have fun growing your LEGO® BrickHeadz™ collection with other classic Disney characters, and many more from your favorite films, TV series and comics.
Mash up your LEGO® BrickHeadz™ construction characters to create supercool hybrids or your own amazing characters.
Stands over 2” (7cm) tall without baseplate.
Baseplate measures over 1” (4cm) square.

LEGO BrickHeadz Minnie Mouse (41625) – 129 pieces; $9.99

This LEGO® BrickHeadz™ construction character featuring Minnie Mouse is fun to build using colorful LEGO bricks that recreate all the iconic details of the loveable Disney cartoon character, including big black ears, and red and white polka dot bow and dress. She also stands on a buildable collector’s baseplate with BrickHeadz logo for easy display in your home, office or anywhere you like.

Buildable LEGO® BrickHeadz™ construction character featuring Minnie Mouse has decorated eyes and the cartoon character’s iconic details, including big black ears, and red and white polka dot bow and dress.
Each LEGO® BrickHeadz™ construction character comes with its own buildable collector’s baseplate.
Have fun growing your LEGO® BrickHeadz™ collection with other classic Disney characters, and many more from your favorite films, TV series and comics.
Mash up your LEGO® BrickHeadz™ construction characters to create supercool hybrids or your own amazing characters.
Stands over 2” (7cm) tall without baseplate.
Baseplate measures over 1” (4cm) square.

The LEGO BrickHeadz Mickey Mouse (41624) and Minnie Mouse (41625) joins the ranks of other recently released, Disney-inspired BrickHeadz such as Ariel and Ursula (41623), Elsa (41617), Anna and Olaf (41618). These and much more are available at shop.LEGO.com so be sure to check out the rest of them.

From the Rumor Mill: Possible Re-release of the LEGO Vestas Wind Turbine (4999) Anytime Soon

LEGO is clearly intentional in reaching its sustainability goals for the years to come, and they began their steady steps towards it with the introduction of their first plant-based LEGO Plants From Plants (40320) which is a gift-with-purchase set made available to LEGO fans during the first half of this month (from August 1 to 14). The LEGO Group has also made their intention clear in providing renewable energy when it unveiled its Guinness World Breaking Wind Turbine MOC made up of 146,000 LEGO bricks back in November last year. And now, it looks like they’re taking it a step further by re-launching a particular set from 2008 – the LEGO Vestas Wind Turbine (4999) – to commemorate the release of the LEGO Plants From Plants set.

This piece of rumor was caught by Brick Fanatics saying that LEGO intends to release the LEGO Vestas Wind Turbine (4999) anytime soon, including the botanical elements from its first plant-based set. Furthermore, the rumored re-release of the LEGO Vestas Wind Turbine is said to be included under the LEGO Creator Expert subtheme, and will also include certain power functions to animate the turbine. Here’s how set 4999 looks like equipped with power functions.

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The first iteration of the LEGO Vestas Wind Turbine came in very limited quantities back in 2008, so if there is truth in this rumor, it will definitely be a much welcomed move from LEGO. To be more precise, we’re not really sure if this particular re-release will follow the likes of previously released sets such as the Taj Mahal (10256), where the latter is a complete rehash of the previous one from 2008. Alternatively, it may also come as a sort of redesigned set similar to the grand Millennium Falcon (75192). In any case, such a move from LEGO to further promote environmental sustainability is very much welcomed by the LEGO community. We’ll probably see in the next few days, so stay tuned.