LEGO has another round of reveals this morning via its Twitter account, and this time around, we now have our first official look at the latest addition of Marvel Superheroes given the blocky, BrickHeads treatment. The LEGO BrickHeadz Marvel SuperheroesGroot and Rocket (41626) dual set features our favorite GOTG tag-team duo, with their signature looks that are made even more fun by their cute, chibi versions.
Similar to previously released dual-sets, it is expected that this one will retail for $14.99, and will be released sometime in October together with several new Star Wars inspired BrickHeadz and the Jack Skellington and Sally (41630) set. And I’m just wondering what Groot could be holding on his left hand. Really can’t make sense out of it for now. Any thoughts about this?
LEGO Shop@Home has now updated its listing to include its newest Bluetooth powered set. The LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes App-Controlled Batmobile (76112) is now up at shop.LEGO.com and will retail for $99.99. Other than the exclusive Batman minifigure, the main takeway for this set is LEGO’s new Bluetooth hub and motors that are part the LEGO Powered Up line. The build itself can be controlled by the LEGO Powered Up app that can be downloaded and installed in any compatible Android and Apple mobile devices. It is expected that LEGO will soon incorporate this technology in more LEGO sets, with the Bluetooth hub and motors offering a more versatile play experience.
Though I am excited to see the many potential behind a motorized LEGO set, I feel that there is still room for improvement in designing this particular rendition of the Batmobile. I prefer my batride to be sleeker and a bit low, rather than being too bulky like this one. In any case, this is something that any true-blue LEGO fan can remedy. Here’s the rest of the LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes App-Controlled Batmobile (76112) official images, including its corresponding product description.
Drive the App-Controlled Batmobile with the Dark Knight!
Speed to Gotham City crime scenes with the motorized LEGO® DC Super Heroes 76112 App-Controlled Batmobile. This cool vehicle features 2 motors powered by a Bluetooth-controlled battery hub, an opening minifigure cockpit, 4-wheel drive and 2 dual stud shooters. Simply download the app to control the vehicle from your smartphone or tablet. This set also includes a new-for-August-2018 Batman™ minifigure.
Includes a new-for-August-2018 Batman™ minifigure.
This motorized Batmobile toy features 2 motors powered by a Bluetooth-controlled battery hub, an opening minifigure cockpit, 4-wheel drive and 2 dual stud shooters.
Includes 11 new-for-August-2018 Bat weapons and elements to customize your build and minifigure.
Press down on the roof to turn it on and off.
Control the Batmobile via the app on your smartphone or tablet.
Download the app from the App Store and Google Play. Ask your parents’ permission before going online.
This product requires batteries (not included). Please refer to the product packaging for type and quantity.
Designed for indoor use only.
Batmobile measures over 3” (9cm) high, 7” (19cm) long and 5” (13cm) wide.
Following the reveal of one of the LEGO Wizarding World Harry Potter Aragog’s Lair (75950) last week, LEGO has also pulled the veil from another impressive set, this time under the Fantastic Beasts subtheme. This also comes as a direct follow-up to the previously announced Grindelwald’s Escape (75951) set last March. Featuring Newt and his mischievous Niffler among other things, we now have their official images in LEGO form, together with the rest of the LEGO Wizarding World Fantastic Beasts Newt’s Case of Magical Creatures (75952) set. LEGO has made the announcement via its social media channels (via Facebook and Twitter) where we can glimpse at the said set.
The fact that the set ingeniously housed some of the creatures that we see in the first film is pretty impressive. The play features and opportunities of this set leave plenty for one’s imagination. The designer who came up with this idea of having an ordinary-looking, brick-built suitcase filled with magical creatures from the film (the Thunderbird, Erumpent, and Occamy) and in near minifigure scale really deserves a pat on the back. If there is one mid-priced LEGO Wizarding World set that I want to have first, then this is got to be it. Not to mention the fact that Niffler is also included in this set. Minifigures in this set includes: Queenie Goldstein, Tina Goldstein, Newt Scamander and Jacob Kowalski.
Check out 75952’s official images below, together with its respective product description. Newt’s Case of Magical Creatures (75952) will be available beginning August 1st. Thanks to Hoth Bricks and The Brothers Brick for the heads-up.
LEGO Wizarding World Fantastic Beasts Newt’s Case of Magical Creatures (75952)
694 pieces; $49.99
Step into LEGO® Fantastic Beasts™ 75952 Newt’s Case of Magical Creatures, there’s room for everyone! Help Newt take Jacob, Tina and Queenie on a tour around the different magical beast habitats, and teach them how to look after the Erumpent, Occamy, Thunderbird, Niffler and Bowtruckle. Have lots of Fantastic Beasts fun exploring, mixing potions and caring for the magical creatures.
Includes 4 minifigures: Newt Scamander™, Jacob Kowalski, Tina Goldstein™ and Queenie Goldstein™, as well as buildable Erumpent, Occamy and Thunderbird creatures, plus Niffler and Bowtruckle figures.
Features a buildable and foldable case containing a nest with an Occamy egg, shelter and grooming areas.
Accessory elements include 4 wands, a teapot, brush, meat cleaver, turkey leg, umbrella, helmet, coins, gold bar, ladder, bucket and magic potions.
With a new cinematic installment of the Wizarding World franchise by J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros. coming towards the end of the year, the marketing has been building up to full steam these past months. Bits and pieces of news have been given throughout that time like many puzzle pieces.
For instance, the June-December 2018 LEGO Catalog (US version) dropped little hints of what could well be a new series of LEGO Harry Potter collectible minifigures, set number 71022. That does dovetail into the impending release of the LEGO Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts sets, coming much earlier in July.
At last however, we have more information, thanks to happenings over in the European LEGO markets that have been caught by Promo Bricks. While there’s no official announcement from the manufacturer yet, the LEGO Harry Potter Minifigure Series 1 (71022) has been listed on online LEGO stock store JB Spielwaren.
Said online listing of 71022 also includes a release date (at least for the German market): they’re getting it on September 28, with JB Spielwaren discounting the €3.99 retail price to €3.39 (that’s $4.63, then $3.94). As denoted by the “Series 1” tag, minifigure set 71022 is the first of a set, with its 22 minifigures later to be added up to 60 in total.
While we wait to see how the US LEGO market follows up with its German counterpart, we can be assured that the other LEGO Harry Potter sets are coming early on July 1; others will arrive on August 1. Finally, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald will continue the early-20th Century adventures of wizard magi-zoologist Newt Scamander on November 16.
Earlier this week, we reported on the possibility that LEGO Harry Potter fans might be getting their hands busy anytime soon. Rumor has been circulating around lately among LEGO fan forums that the new LEGO Harry Potter sets will have an earlier release date. It was said that these much-awaited LEGO HP sets will be available as early as July instead of August. Now the rumor can finally be placed to rest since shop.LEGO.com has made it official that the new LEGO Wizarding World Harry Potter sets will be available beginning July 1. LEGO Shop@Home even updated its site by adding several new images and their respective official product descriptions on some of these sets.
This is a very much welcomed move from LEGO, and fans are really eager to have their try on these sets. As of to date, we only have sets 75953 to 75956 currently listed on LEGO’s online store and we are still waiting to see the rest of the Wizarding World sets. I guess it will not take long from now since LEGO has already uploaded to their servers the official, high resolution images of some these sets like those from Aragog in the Forbidden Forest (75950) and Grindelwald’s Escape (75951).
In any case, July 1st is just around the corner, and like the rest of you guys, I’m equally excited to see and build these sets. Check out these images and their corresponding descriptions, whenever available.
Return to Hogwarts™ castle in the flying Ford Anglia!
Help Harry and Ron race to Hogwarts™ in this action-packed LEGO® Harry Potter™ 75953 Hogwarts Whomping Willow™ set, as seen in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Fly the Ford Anglia into the spinning branches of the Whomping Willow, then help the young wizards escape to join Hermione at Hogwarts, featuring a dormitory, potions classroom, Professor Snape’s office and an owlery. This fantastic Harry Potter building kit includes 6 minifigures and a Hedwig™ owl figure.
Includes 6 minifigures: Harry Potter™, Ron Weasley™, Hermione Granger™, Seamus Finnigan, Argus Filch and Severus Snape™, plus a Hedwig™ owl figure.
Features the buildable Whomping Willow™ tree, Flying Ford Anglia car and Hogwarts™ castle section.
Whomping Willow™ features spinning branches and the Shrieking Shack tunnel entrance.
Flying Ford Anglia features 2 opening doors and an opening trunk with suitcases.
3-level Hogwarts™ castle section features a gate, parapet walk, 3 turrets, dormitory with 2 beds, potions classroom with worktable and Severus Snape’s office.
Spin the tree’s branches to capture the car, then throw it to the ground to release Ron and Harry and drive through the castle gate.
Patrol the ramparts with Argus Filch and his lantern.
Mix potions with Professor Snape™ in the classroom.
Accessory elements include potions, cauldrons, 2 suitcases, 5 wands, candles, a lantern, Daily Prophet newspaper and magic spell page, broom, tables, chair, tools and 2 inkpots with a quill.
Combines with the 75954 Hogwarts™ Great Hall for even bigger LEGO® Harry Potter™ adventures.
Recreate iconic scenes from the Harry Potter™ movies.
Whomping Willow™ measures over 7” (18cm) high, 7” (20cm) wide and 7” (20cm) deep.
Flying Ford Anglia measures over 1” (5cm) high, 4” (11cm) long and 2” (6cm) wide.
Hogwarts™ castle section measures over 10” (27cm) high, 13” (35cm) wide and 3” (8cm) deep.
Welcome to magical adventures at Hogwarts™ Great Hall!
Build and recreate a magical fantasy realm from the Harry Potter™ movies with this detailed 4-level LEGO® 75954 Hogwarts™ Great Hall Harry Potter building kit, featuring a fireplace, benches, tables and reversible house banners, plus the Grand Staircase tower with a spiral staircase, potions room, treasure room, sorting hat, Mirror of Erised™ and lots of magical artifact accessory elements. This fantasy role-playing castle toy includes 10 minifigures and buildable Basilisk and Fawkes™ creatures, plus Hedwig™ and Scabbers™ figures.
Includes 10 minifigures: Harry Potter™, Ron Weasley™, Hermione Granger™, Draco Malfoy™, Susan Bones, Professor McGonagall™, Professor Quirrell with dual Lord Voldemort™ face, Hagrid™, Albus Dumbledore™ and Nearly Headless Nick, plus buildable Basilisk and Fawkes™ creatures, and Hedwig™ and Scabbers™ figures.
Features the buildable Great Hall and a tower.
The Great Hall features tables, head table with seats, fireplace, 2 reversible house banners and 4 ‘floating’ candles, food (turkey leg, ice cream and a small cake), brooms, trophy cup and a teapot.
4-level tower features movable Grand Staircase spiral steps at its base, potions room, treasure room with chest and a turret featuring the Mirror of Erised™ with changeable pictures and roosting spot for Fawkes™.
Also includes a boat with hanging lantern.
Place the students in the boat and sail to Hogwarts™ castle.
Help Hermione and Susan create magical potions.
Feast in the Great Hall and use the sorting hat to select the students’ houses!
Welcome the new students with Hagrid™ and Professors Dumbledore™ and McGonagall™.
Use the magic wands to pitch Harry against Draco in the Dueling Club!
Swoop Fawkes™ into battle and help Harry battle the giant Basilisk serpent.
Gaze into the Mirror of Erised™ with Ron and change the picture.
Turn Quirinus Quirrell into Lord Voldemort™ by rotating his head!
Recreate iconic scenes from the Harry Potter™ movies.
Accessory elements include 7 wands, 3 tumblers, an umbrella, lantern, broom, sorting hat, cauldrons, potions, candles, 2 wizard brooms, food, trophy, teapot, chest and a spider.
Combines with the 75953 Hogwarts™ Whomping Willow™ for even bigger LEGO® Harry Potter™ adventures.
Hogwarts™ Great Hall measures over 14” (37cm) high, 11” (30cm) wide and 7” (18cm) deep.
Capture the Golden Snitch™ and win the Quidditch™ Match!
Play the most exhilarating wizarding sport with this 75956 Quidditch™ Match LEGO® Harry Potter™ play set. Join Harry, Hermione and Professor Snape™ at the games, featuring Gryffindor™, Slytherin™, Ravenclaw™ and Hufflepuff™ house towers with viewing stands and play feature functions, plus a base with Bludger stud shooter and 3 goalposts with a moving Keeper function to guard the rings. Use the broom’s mounted shooting function to shoot the Quaffle through the rings and recreate the famous Quidditch games from the blockbuster Harry Potter movies, or make up your own fun challenges with this fun-packed LEGO Harry Potter toy.
Includes 6 minifigures: Harry Potter™, Hermione Granger™, Severus Snape™, Oliver Wood, Lucian Bole and Marcus Flint.
Features Gryffindor™ house tower with an opening hatch, Slytherin™ house tower with a pop-up fire spell function, Ravenclaw™ house tower with a removable megaphone element, Hufflepuff™ house tower with scoreboard, and a base with 3 goalposts and rings, moving Keeper function and Bludger stud shooter.
Unpack the Quaffle, Golden Snitch™, Bludgers and bat, and prepare to play!
Use the Gryffindor™ house tower’s opening hatch to enter a player onto the Quidditch™ pitch.
Throw the Quaffle in the air to signal the start of the Quidditch™ match, then shoot the Bludger to knock the players off their brooms.
Fire the broom’s mounted shooter to launch the Quaffle through a ring!
Move the goalpost function to position the keeper in front of the rings.
Help Hermione cast a spell on Professor Snape™ using the pop-up fire function on the Slytherin™ house tower.
Use the megaphone and shout support for your team from the Ravenclaw™ house tower.
Keep score with the Hufflepuff™ house tower’s scoreboard.
Accessory elements include a chest, 2 wands, 4 brooms, Quaffle, Golden Snitch™, bat, 2 Bludgers, trophy, megaphone and scoreboard.
Each tower measures over 7” (18cm) high, 1” (4cm) wide and 1” (4cm) deep.
Following yesterday’s reveal of LEGO’s SDCC 2018 exclusive, Millennium Falcon Cockpit (75512), we now have a second San Diego Comic Con exclusive LEGO set that pays tribute to DC’s Aquaman. This version of the hailed King of Atlantis and Justice League member is based on the classic comic book character which sees him riding together with his faithful seahorse companion, Storm. The LEGO DC Superheroes Aquaman and Storm (75996) comes in 197 pieces that features 4 smaller builds, and an Aquaman minifigure. Same as yesterday’s reveal, this particular set does not contain any special parts or printed pieces. You may even try to build one on your own just by ordering the parts needed over at Bricklink. Furthermore, the Aquaman minifigure is the same as that found on earlier sets like 2013’s Arctic Batman vs Mr. Freeze: Aquaman on Ice (76000), except for the different choice of hairpiece. What convention attendees may find attractive though, is its uniquely designed box packaging which comes with an old-school, classic VHS-type look.
However, between the Millennium Falcon Cockpit and the Aquaman and Storm (75596) set, I find the latter more attractive. I like the inclusion of the animal-type pieces and Storm’s build is pretty spot on. Again, we have to wait for the details of how convention attendees can get their hands on this next exclusive. Most likely, purchasing this set will be based on a lottery system so as to discourage scalpers to have the better hand.
Some LEGO MOCs are just so grand, so elaborate, and so epic in scale that they literally take years in order to be completed. A LEGO Convention happening next weekend in Madison will soon play host to one of the most ambitious building MOCs yet, a famous Wisconsin sports venue.
Tim Kaebisch attended college at the Milwaukee School of Engineering. While there, he spent his free time conceptualizing and beginning work on a LEGO build of nearby Miller Park, home stadium of the Milwaukee Brewers MLB baseball team. The venue is famous for its roof, the only convertible fan-retractable roof in North America, using mechanisms to open or close its roof for a choice of indoor or outdoor baseball games.
While the scale of Kaebisch’s Miller Park stadium is understandably pared down, the structure was able to replicate the real thing’s fan-shaped roof system that folds and unfolds as accurately as can be, exposing a baseball diamond with bleacher seats and enough room for a LEGO minifigure crowd of spectators.
This was a labor of love to capture the shape, color and inner workings of Miller Park. Kaebisch used about 30,000 LEGO bricks for his project, and worked on it for nine years. It was finally completed just in time for him to join many other LEGO builders from all over the world, coming to exhibit their expertise at the BrickUniverse LEGO Convention next weekend.
LEGO enthusiasts in Madison, Wisconsin and nearby areas can go and catch the BrickUniverse LEGO Convention at the Monona Terrace Convention Center. The event runs from June 30 to July, so go ahead and see the Miller Park among various other LEGO creations over there.
LEGO-related news of the 2018 San Diego Comic Con keeps pouring in these days. We just covered some exclusive LEGO Star Wars stuff in the Millennium Falcon Cockpit (75512), and now we have news of a possible addition to the various LEGO releases for the event, based on DC Comics.
To be precise, this possible LEGO DC Super Heroes set release is based on a one-off storyline from DC’s Elseworlds alternate-universe imprint: Kingdom Come, one of the most well-known deconstructive narratives of the comic-book superhero, next perhaps to Watchmen. The storyline features famous super-faces like you’ve never seen them before.
Word about this LEGO DC Kingdom Come set for SDCC was announced by Alex Ross, co-writer (along with Mark Waid) and sole artist of this particular Elseworlds series. Ross posted a photo of the set on his Facebook page, describing it as “New- Kingdom come- LEGO set #sdcc”. Nothing follows.
Judging from the one image we got, this Kingdom Come set is primarily LEGO minifigures with a brick-built background set and no further props. The characters we get are (left to right): “Golden Age” Green Lantern (Alan Scott), The Spectre, Wonder Woman, Superman, Pastor Norman McCay (the story’s viewpoint character), Batman, and Flash (Wallace West).
But what exactly are we looking at here? A surprise official LEGO DC set? Maybe it’s a customization overseen by Alex Ross to only be exhibited at SDCC’s LEGO booth? We really need more info on this beyond that photo, so we’ll be keeping a lookout for any further announcements.
LEGO has finally lifted the lid off its much awaited San Diego Comic Con 2018 exclusive. Announced via LEGO’s Facebook page, the LEGO Star Wars Millennium Falcon Cockpit (75512) comes in at 203 pieces and features a cut-out portion of the Falcon’s cockpit, with the minifigure versions of Han Solo and Chewbacca on board.
From the looks of it, it seems that this year’s LEGO SDCC exclusive does not contain any notable printed parts – the cockpit itself is relatively easy to build using any existing parts that you may have, or you may easily order them via Bricklink. Even the Han and Chewie minifigs are not that all exclusive to this set since they are exact same copies of the ones found in the Kessel Run Millennium Falcon (75212). However, what collectors will probably watch out for is the uniquely designed VHS-styled packaging of the set.
It is not clear yet if the Millennium Falcon Cockpit (75512) will be available as a special purchase or via lottery, like what LEGO previously does with its exclusive minifigures. We are also still on the lookout on the new sets that LEGO will opt to reveal anytime soon such as the long overdue LEGO Ideas Voltron (21311) which was earlier reported to be released in South Korea in August.
Promobricks have shared official images of a couple of new LEGO Star Wars sets based on the Solo: A Star Wars Story anthology. Now that the film had its run in cinemas, I guess LEGO has finally allowed the release of these images. Frankly, I have not seen the movie yet so I really cannot comment on the particular scenes in which these sets may be referencing to.
Nevertheless, these sets come with new minifigure molds and pieces that are quite interesting. Newbie YouTuber LEtsGO has also uploaded several 360 videos of these new sets that give a better perspective on what to expect from them. As a side note, and if you can still recall way back in May of last year, I shared my predictions on what new LEGO sets we can expect from Solo based on the films preliminary designs and sketches that were released to the public. As it turned out, the Cloud-Rider Swoop Bikes and Imperial AT-Hauler both made it to the fold, with LEGO doing a good job rendering them into actual sets. Check out these images.
LEGO Star Wars Imperial Conveyex Transport (75217)
622 pieces; $89.99 Minifigures include: Chewbacca, Han Solo, Range Trooper (2x), Imperial Gunner
LEGO Star Wars Imperial AT-Hauler (75219)
829 pieces; $99.99 Minifigures include: Qi’ra, Val, Dryden Gangster x2, Rio Durant
