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LEGO BrickHeadz Mickey (41624) and Minnie (41625) Now Available in Toys R Us Stores in Canada

Earlier last month, we have our first teaser for the arrival of the next Disney-inspired LEGO BrickHeadz set dedicated to the duo that started it all. It has been long overdue, especially that a substantial number of these relatively new LEGO BrickHeadz collectibles have been dedicated to mostly, well, Disney brands and titles. Though we’ve known about this upcoming set for quite some time already, LEGO officially teased on their arrival just earlier last month. And this time around, thanks to Brickset, we now have reports that the LEGO BrickHeadz Mickey (41624) and Minnie (41625) are now available for sale at certain Toys R Us stores in Canada.

The above image of this LEGO BrickHeadz Minnie set was snapped by a Brickset forum member, which is reportedly available for retail at TRU Canada stores. The LEGO BrickHeadz Mickey (41624) and Minnie (41625) comes in at 109 and 129 pieces respectively, each expected to retail for $10 each, and slated to arrive in LEGO Stores and shop.LEGO.com starting August. If you’re raring to have these latest BrickHeadz sets ahead of their official release date in the US, then you may want to check out this particular eBay listing for details. Here is a closer look at their respective box arts as posted on the auction site.

I’m not really a fan of the BrickHeadz line, but I find some of their design and building techniques quite interesting. The design for Minnie’s skirt for this matter is quite amusing. I like how the designers figured out a way of recreating it in LEGO, but it’s quite unnatural that her hands seem to pass through the sides of her skirt. I would like to see also how the couple’s ears were mounted on the sides of their heads. In any case, these newest LEGO BrickHeadz Mickey (41624) and Minnie (41625) pair is expected to be a hit among fans of the theme, especially that their release marks the 90^th anniversary of Disney’s most longstanding and iconic cartoon character.

I’ll keep you posted on these new sets once more information is available.

LEGO Releases Official Building Instructions of LEGO SDCC 2018 Exclusives

As much as I would love to have been present at the recently concluded San Diego Comic-Con 2018, unfortunately, I simply can’t make it half-way around the world to join what could be the world’s largest gathering of super cool comic book fans. I guess it safe to assume that I’m not the only one having these sentiments considering that the annual SDCCs have drawn throngs of fans not only in the US, but also around the world. And for those who are geographically challenged to experience this one-of-a-kind fan convention, LEGO seems to have a soft spot for these challenges is very keen to them as well. Having an active presence throughout the annual SDCCs for the past few years, it has been customary for LEGO and other exhibitors, to release certain comic-con exclusives that you’ll never find anywhere else. These year’s SDCC exclusive sets come from LEGO’s largest licensed themes such as those coming from Marvel, DC Comics and Star Wars. Though these 2018 LEGO SDCC exclusive sets are made up of LEGO parts and pieces that you can easily find from your own LEGO bin, the look and feel of its packaging gives it an undeniable air of rare exclusivity. Like them or hate them, LEGO takes its fan base very seriously and has now made available the building instructions to create your very own LEGO Star Wars Millennium Falcon Cockpit (75512), LEGO DC Super Heroes Aquaman and Storm (75996), and my personal favorite, the LEGO Marvel Ant-Man and the Wasp (75997) sets.

Check out these official building instructions for the above mentioned LEGO SDCC 2018 exclusives, and see if you can build them using your own LEGO bricks and pieces. Click on the set names below to directly access and/or download these instructions in pdf file format.

LEGO Star Wars Millennium Falcon Cockpit (75512)

203 pieces

LEGO DC Super Heroes Aquaman and Storm (75996)

197 pieces

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Ant-Man and the Wasp (75997)

218 pieces

What’s your most liked among these SDCC 2018 LEGO exclusives? Share thoughts and suggestions in the comments below.

Happy building!

LEGO Ideas Voltron (21311) Is Now Available for VIP Members

As we already recounted at the close of SDCC during the weekend, limited quantities of the LEGO Ideas Voltron (21311) set went for sale at the LEGO booth throughout the comic convention, with each box made extra special with autographs from some of the people and designers behind this largest LEGO Ideas set to date. With the SDCC 2018 wrapping up, the LEGO Ideas Voltron (21311) is now available for LEGO VIP members at their nearest LEGO Store or at shop.LEGO.com starting today.

That’s right, for the rest of July the LEGO Ideas Voltron (21311) is now available for grabs by LEGO VIP members starting Monday, July 23. This next period will run just over a week more until at long last, the set becomes available to the general consumer starting on the first day of August. It most definitely won’t be long now in any case.

The LEGO Ideas Voltron (21311) set has been billed as the largest LEGO mech-type set ever built made up of 2,321 pieces, and is unique for being a combiner of five articulated figures that form a fully poseable and sturdy humanoid robot figure. The model comes with accessory shield and the iconic “Blazing Sword”.

New Facts About “The LEGO Movie 2” Revealed At SDCC 2018 Panel

One of the major reasons for any fan (with ways and means) to come to the 2018 San Diego Comic Con was the huge amount of panels for every upcoming comic book, video game, film, or any media imaginable. LEGO of course has its own share of these things. In particular, there’s star-studded the panel for The LEGO Movie 2.

Granted, the movie is still some seven months away from cinemas, but it’s never too early to drum up interest with strategic reveals such as with the film’s first trailer released last June. But in the LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part panel during SDCC’s last leg during the weekend, the dropped hints are heavy and hard-hitting.

Sitting on the SDCC panel were writers and producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller, animation director Trisha Gum, and voice talents Chris Pratt (Emmett), Elizabeth Banks (Wyldstyle) and Stephanie Beatriz (new character Sweet Mayhem). One can’t help but be impressed with Miller who did the panel with a broken wrist done up in a cast (that’s also been doodled on to look like Thanos’ Infinity Gauntlet).

Among the details dropped by The LEGO Movie 2 panel involve how the storyline follows up from the 2014 original’s ending, where Finn, the boy whose playtime with his father’s basement LEGO set created the story itself, now has to share with his sister. Her introduction of LEGO Duplo to the mix triggers an “alien war” scenario in Bricksburg that turns it into an apocalyptic warzone, where The Second Part picks up years later (in-universe).

Lord talks about how the central conflict in LEGO Movie 2 is brought about by the clashing imaginations of Finn the “story-maker” and his sister. Gum then describes the plot and visual escalation of the sequel as blasting off “out of the basement into the Systar system”, while new footage from the film was screened.

Even Chris Pratt got into talking about how the events and elements of the movie have grown bigger from the first installment, comparing it to his own casting history. When he voiced Emmett in The LEGO Movie back in 2014, he was easily known by his role in NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation; by the time his voice work was done, he was cast by Marvel as Star-Lord, and the rest was superhero blockbuster history.

To illustrate that point, Pratt reveals that he is also voicing a minor minifigure character, one that’s a fun fusion of Star-Lord and his other new big role as Owen Grady the Raptor wrangler from Jurassic World and its sequel. And as a reminder, JW and Marvel both have LEGO sets with Pratt’s characters on them.

All these info tidbits point to the great potential The LEGO Movie 2 has in surpassing what surprise box office success its predecessor had years before. We’ll have to wait for February 2019 to see if all these hold true.

Thanks to We Live Entertainment for covering the panel.

Ninjago Season 9 First Episode On Cartoon Network To Premiere In August

Since May, LEGO has been hyping the 9^th season of Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu on Cartoon Network, with a rather dramatic trailer that illustrated the dire circumstances of the main characters, separated between two worlds with an ascendant Lord Garmadon about to cement his rule over all. The thing is that nobody knew then when Ninjago season 9 will premiere.

At first, the announced Ninjago panel for SDCC 2018 didn’t offer any clues on the show, and even floated speculations that the ninth season might be the last, with the wording of the panel’s official description. But before the panel played out on Sunday, July 22, one of the LEGO Ninjago series’ co-creators finally dropped a hint about Season 9.

Tommy Andreasen went up and revealed that “Hunted”, the latest season of Ninjago: Masters of Spinjiztu will premiere next month on Cartoon Network. Specifically, it will begin on August 11.

Just as a refresher: Ninjago season 9 – “Hunted” sees Lloyd and Nya trying to fight an increasingly futile rebellion against Lord Garmadon, with most of their friends banished to another dimension filled with dragons and dragon-slaving tribes, where they must try to survive and find a way to get home.

Perhaps Andreasen’s dropping of the start date for Ninjago season 9 on Cartoon Network will whet fans’ appetites for what other things will be revealed about the show and its future direction in the panel proper. You can count on us to deliver the goodies when they come to light.

SDCC 2018 Teasers Reveal DCEU Aquaman Actor Jason Momoa Will Also Voice LEGO Version in The LEGO Movie 2

San Diego Comic Con has come and gone, and boy that weekend that passed by was one of the wildest yet since the event came to prominence because of superhero movies. DC and Warner Bros. didn’t fail to disappoint fans with two movie previews, one being Aquaman starring Jason Momoa.

We already have info down on the upcoming LEGO DC Super Heroes Aquaman: Black Manta Strike (76095) set that directly ties in to the said movie (featuring a Momoa-as-Aquaman minifigure), but that apparently wasn’t the only place we’d find the Hawaiian actor where LEGO’s involved. We’ll be hearing him reprising his role in an eagerly-awaited film.

We know The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part is coming out next year. Some little teasers shown by the Warner-DC panel in SDCC’s “hallowed” Hall H last Saturday (July 21) apparently tip off the fact that a LEGO Aquaman will be among the loads of characters present, and he’ll be voiced by Jason Momoa.

The DC superhero minifigures in the LEGO movie sequel already have some notable stars voicing them like Will Arnett as LEGO Batman, and Channing Tatum as the voice behind LEGO Superman. But Warner-DC seems to be trying to pull some performer synergy with the DC Extended Universe with the Momoa casting for LEGO Aquaman. Even Suicide Squad’s Margot Robbie is taking over from The LEGO Batman Movie’s Jenny Slate in voicing for LEGO Harley Quinn.

This brick-built LEGO statue of Jason Momoa’s Aquaman majestically stands at SDCC 2018.

Aquaman of the DCEU premieres on December 21, but already the iconic underwater hero who can talk to fish has been getting plenty of love at SDCC 2018. There was also a brick-built LEGO statue of him (portrayed by Jason Momoa, naturally) on display there, while the LEGO Super Heroes Aquaman: Black Manta Strike (76095) arrives August 1.

As a parting treat, here’s Aquaman’s first official trailer.

LEGO Posters for Marvel And DC Comics Available At SDCC 2018

There’re just so many things happening at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con which has started this Thursday that trying to get all the panels, events, exclusives and everything else straight could take a good long while. Even if we’re just primarily covering the LEGO scene at SDCC, there’s still a lot happening just with them. We’ve already covered the LEGO exclusives for SDCC in past articles, as well as the limited-quantity advance releases [hello, LEGO Ideas Voltron (21311)]. But there are still more awesome stuff that will be handed away to attendees that brave the crowds and long lines such as these pretty neat LEGO posters.

Spotted by Parks and Cons on Twitter, these two promotional LEGO posters from the two pillars of American superhero comic books, Marvel and DC are such sweet finds. Interestingly, the original renditions of these posters both commemorate milestone anniversaries for these publishing brands.

Couple of good #LEGO posters being given away at LEGO booth. Choose from MCU 10th or Superman #SDCC pic.twitter.com/OT7xwdV0kN

— Parks And Cons (@ParksAndCons) July 20, 2018

The Marvel-inspired LEGO poster is part of the gold-hued set that was released to celebrate the First Ten Years of Marvel Studios; particularly this LEGO Marvel STUD10S poster is the hero group shot with the tagline “More than just a Hero”. The DC LEGO poster on the other hand is a salute to 80 years of Superman, with little images which homage iconic scenes from his comics, films and so on, until the current DC Comics run where Superman is also “Super-Dad”.

SDCC guests who would drop by at the LEGO booth could have their choice of a poster for the first decade of the most moneymaking superhero film studio, or a poster celebrating eight decades of the definitive superhero of all. You can also ask for both, though I wonder now if LEGO has enough of them in stock to last the who Comic Con weekend.

Signed LEGO Ideas Voltron (21311) Sets Available in Advance at SDCC 2018

SDCC 2018 is off to a grand start, and for attendees who are fans of both LEGO and the beloved 1980’s mecha icon, now’s their chance to come and grab a signed LEGO Ideas Voltron (21311) set ahead of their official release next month. However, these sets come in limited quantities so expect some pretty tight competition out there for those who want a signed copy of the largest LEGO Ideas set to date.

As if collectors need no more reason to get a signed LEGO Ideas Voltron (21311) set ahead of the crowd, the boxes on display at LEGO’s SDCC booth have been made even more special, because all of them have been autographed by creative higher-ups from LEGO Ideas.

The two signatures on every signed LEGO Ideas Voltron (21311) set at SDCC belong to Samuel Johnson, Creative Lead for LEGO Ideas, and Designer Niek van Slagmaat. If you’ve been following us, you’d recognize van Slagmaat as one of the interviewees for the recent Designer Video for the Ideas Voltron set (21311). He even showed off the stocked shelves on his Twitter.

Signed all these for tonight at #SDCC! #Voltron #LEGO I am so excited! pic.twitter.com/kw5c4WzhXN

— Toothdominoes (@Toothdominoes) July 19, 2018

That’s a nice gesture from the good folks at LEGO Ideas who have finally managed to get to heavily-anticipated set out after a long wait, and a great boost on the collector’s value of every 21311 box sold at SDCC.

For those who won’t be at San Diego all weekend for the SDCC, they’ll get another shot at an early purchase of the LEGO Ideas Voltron (21311) on July 23, if they’re a LEGO VIP member. Finally, the general release of this set for everybody will be on August 1.

LEGO DC Super Heroes Aquaman: Black Manta Strike (76095) Officially Revealed – Coming August 1

Over a year after the premiere of Justice League, Warner Bros. Pictures will then release the next installment of their DC Extended Universe, in the form of Aquaman starring Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Patrick Wilson and more. With the year 2018 halfway through, there’s no better time to begin rolling out the tie-in merchandise. Of course that includes LEGO sets. The first LEGO DC Super Heroes set that is definitely tied in to the Aquaman movie has been revealed, and it’s called LEGO DC Super Heroes Aquaman: Black Manta Strike (76095). Set to come out in August 1, the set gives a first glimpse of what plot elements to expect from the upcoming DCEU film.

We can see the synergy with the live action portrayals in the minifigures included in this Aquaman: Black Manta Strike (76095) set: Aquaman sporting Jason Momoa’s awesome hair and dreads, and Mera looking like how Amber Heard appeared in her brief scene in Justice League. We also get a first look at film’s villain, Black Manta, to be portrayed in Aquaman by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, as well as his trademark Manta sub. Check out the set’s official images below including its respective product description.

LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes Aquaman: Black Manta Strike (76095)

235 pieces; $29.99

Join forces with Aquaman™ and Mera™ and battle Black Manta™ for the treasure in LEGO® DC Super Heroes 76095 Aquaman: Black Manta Strike, featuring Black Manta’s submarine, with an opening minifigure cockpit, 2 spring-loaded shooters, 6-stud rapid shooter and 2 engines. This set also includes a buildable underwater scene with 2 detachable treasure elements, 3 minifigures with trident, sword and Power Blast weapons, plus a shark figure to role-play battles from the Aquaman movie and create your own Atlantis adventures.

Includes 3 LEGO® DC Super Heroes minifigures: Aquaman™, Mera™ and Black Manta™, plus a shark figure.

Black Manta’s submarine features an opening minifigure cockpit, 2 spring-loaded shooters, 6-stud rapid shooter and 2 engines.

Underwater scene features seaweed elements and 2 detachable gold-colored treasure elements.

Weapons include Aquaman’s trident and Power Blast, Mera’s Power Blast and Black Manta’s sword.

The LEGO® DC Super Heroes Aquaman™, Mera™ and Black Manta™ minifigures are new for August 2018.

Role-play exciting underwater scenes from the Aquaman™ movie.

Black Manta’s submarine measures over 1” (4cm) high, 9” (25cm) long and 9” (25cm) wide.

The LEGO DC Super Heroes: Aquaman – Black Manta Strike (76095) is already up at shop.LEGO.com and will be priced at $29.99 upon its release on August 1.Warner Bros’ Aquaman film will premiere in cinemas before Christmas, December 21.

LEGO DC Super Villains Trailer At SDCC Features Character Editor Exposition by Harley Quinn

When WB Interactive and Traveller’s Tales flipped the perspective on their earlier LEGO Batman videogame trilogy by announcing LEGO DC Super Villains, they generated a lot of excitement from players at the idea of playing the bad guys from the start. There was even more hype when it was revealed that the game will feature the creation of original villain characters to serve as the player’s direct avatar and viewpoint. While this latest WB Games offering is going to get a lot of attention when LEGO showcases it at the now-ongoing San Diego Comic Con, a LEGO DC Super Villains trailer was also released that both frames the presence of player-created characters in the game’s story while showing off more about the editing process and its effects.

The new trailer is narrated by breakout favorite DC baddie Harley Quinn, who talks about how the LEGO Justice League in their world was “vanished” by the so-called Justice Syndicate, who immediately establish a reign of terror; the DC villains grouse at the Syndicate’s crackdown on their evildoings which Harley lampshades: “We’re the bad guys, and they’re the worst guys!”

This latest LEGO DC Super Villains trailer also gives us a glimpse on how the super-villains, falling in under the assumed leadership of Lex Luthor, are ready to expand their ranks to make an anti-Syndicate army of baddies. That, says Harley, is where the player’s character comes in: a formerly mundane criminal who, in the character creator, gets his own customizable costume, weapons and even super-powers, to help the DC Super Villains save the day for “real villainy”.

So much focus was given by LEGO and WBI-TT on the character editor of LEGO DC Super Villains that they even set up a stand-alone version of it for SDCC, where guests can dabble with the libraries for costumes, weapons and powers to make their own villain on the spot. Hands-on demos of the game can also be had, not just at LEGO’s space, but at the booths for Warner Bros. and DC Comics too. Perhaps that will whet players’ appetites for the official release of LDCSV on October 19.