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LEGO Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom Sets Now Available!

Finally, after several months of waiting, the entire range of LEGO Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom sets are now available both online and in-store in the US, including a dedicated selection for the LEGO Juniors and Duplo lines, and a LEGO BrickHeadz Owen and Blue (41614) dual-pack as well. On top of that, LEGO has also released a commemorative Jurassic Park set, the Jurassic Park Velociraptor Chase (75932), which will definitely be popular among fans of the franchise. Currently at the moment, it seems to be only listed at shop.LEGO.com so so

This LEGO Jurassic World subtheme’s obvious selling points are the relatively new big fig dinos that goes with the sets, most noticeable is the sinister looking (and a bit film spoilery) hybrid Indoraptor. Click on the links below which will bring you to Amazon, Walmart or LEGO Shop@Home. Which is your Day 1 purchase among these? Let us know in the comments below.

LEGO Juniors

Raptor Rescue Truck (10757)

Amazon || shop.LEGO.com

T.Rex Breakout (10758)

Amazon || shop.LEGO.com

LEGO Duplo

Gentle Giants Petting Zoo (10879)

Amazon || shop.LEGO.com

T.Rex Tower (10880)

Amazon || shop.LEGO.com

LEGO BrickHeadz

Owen & Blue (41614)

Walmart || shop.LEGO.com

LEGO Foundation Awards LEGO Prize 2018 to Bangladeshi Social Worker and Founder of BRAC International NGO

As the premier brand name for children’s educational toys throughout most of the world, LEGO can be considered one of the foremost voices towards encouraging the early education of children through, of course, good play. And they’re gracious enough to award other companies and organizations that support such early-age development.

This is the ideal for the LEGO Prize, a special award given by The LEGO Group’s charitable arm, to worthy individuals and groups that are proponents of learning through play. This year, LEGO Foundation is giving the Prize to Bangladeshi social worker and honorary British Knight, Sir Fazle Hasan Abed.

Sir Fazle is the founder and longtime chairperson of BRAC, arguably the largest developmental NGO in the world operating in Bangladesh and 13 other nations spread across three continents. He was presented the LEGO Prize at Denmark by LEGO Foundation board chairman Thomas Kirk Christiansen, along with a $100,000 grant.

On his acceptance speech, Sir Fazle expressed his honor at being accorded the award from LEGO, and thanked them for the cash grand that came with the LEGO Prize. Every child deserves the opportunity to grow and develop,” he said. “This generous financial contribution will support the holistic development of an underserved group of children in Bangladesh with special needs.”

BRAC was considered for the LEGO Prize on account of their 1,400 early-childhood development centers located in Bangladesh and other nations like Uganda and Tanzania in Africa. With programs that helped children learn and develop through appropriate games and toys, the success of these centers were what caught LEGO’s praise.

“At BRAC, we pride ourselves on taking an innovative approach to early childhood development and education and share the LEGO Foundation’s passion for learning through play,” added Sir Fazle in his speech. “Through our Play Lab programme, we have seen first-hand the power it can have in a child’s development.”

Born 1932, Sir Fazle Hasan Abed founded BRAC in 1972: a year after Bangladesh became a separate independent nation from Pakistan. His purpose was to help improve living conditions for the people devastated by war, including the early-education of children.

For his efforts he was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (KCMG) in 2010, eligible as he was born when his birthplace in Bangladesh was still part of India under British colonial rule.

Latest LEGO Rebrick “Your Brick Selfie Contest” Confirms 23 New BrickHeadz For This Year

A couple of days of ago, we reported on a recent LEGO Rebrick Contest that focuses on the most creative way of giving yourself a LEGO BrickHeadz treatment. The Your Brick Selfie Contest gives you the chance to render yourself in LEGO bricks and make your very own BrickHeadz version of yourself. Like similar Rebrick contests, the selling point of these brick-building competitions are the prizes at stake. According to LEGO Rebrick’s contest page, the Grand Prize Winner will bring home not just this year’s first round of BrickHeadz sets, but also those that are yet to be announced – all 23 of them to be exact, with 12 of these being retailer exclusives.

Earlier last March, we also manage to stumble upon a rumor that gives us a hint on what these future LEGO BrickHeadz sets might be. We managed to see some of these, and a recent Reddit post somehow gives credence to what these 23 upcoming BrickHeadz are. Here’s what we know so far, including their expected release dates, expected prices, and retailer availability. Some of these we have shared with you already.

April

41613 Mr. Incredible & Frozone, $19.99 (Exclusive)

41614 Owen & Blue, $19.99 US (Walmart Exclusive)

May

41610 Tactical Batman & Superman, $19.99 US (Exclusive)

41611 Marty McFly & Doc Brown, $19.99 US (Target Exclusive)

July

41615 Harry Potter & Hedwig, $14.99 US

41616 Hermione, $9.99 US

41617 Elsa, $9.99 US

41618 Anna & Olaf, $14.99 US

41619 Darth Vader, $9.99 US

41620 Stormtrooper, $9.99 US

August

41612 Steve & Creeper – $19.99 US (Exclusive)

41624 Mickey Mouse – $9.99 US

41625 Minnie Mouse – $9.99 US

October

41626 Groot & Rocket Raccoon – $14.99 US

41627 Luke & Yoda, $14.99 US

41628 Princess Leia, $9.99 US

41629 Boba Fett, $9.99 US

Though LEGO has already confirmed 23 upcoming LEGO BrickHeadz sets, the abovementioned list should not be considered as final until LEGO makes an official reveal. But in any case, which do you think among these LEGO BrickHeadz are the most promising? What LEGO BrickHeadz set are you looking forward to? Drop us a comment below.

Thanks to The Brick Fan for the heads up.

Get These LEGO Marvel Superheroes Avengers Infinity War Sets For As Much as 20% Off

We’re just counting the days before Disney and Marvel’s Avengers Infinity War hits the big screen, and if you haven’t had your share of the brick-built action with their LEGO tie-in sets, then you’re missing in all the action, especially now that Amazon lists these sets for as much as 20% off. Click on the links below to see the lowest Amazon deals for these LEGO sets.

Outrider Dropship Attack (76101)

Join Captain America and Black Widow’s battle to repel the Outriders and save Wakanda with this action-packed LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 76101 Outrider Dropship Attack set!

Thor’s Weapon Quest (76102)

Join Thor, Rocket and Groot on a thrilling Avengers mission with LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 76102 Thor’s Weapon Quest. This super hero toy features an Escape Pod with an opening cockpit for 3 minifigures and 2 stud shooters, plus a space station with a cosmic power source, weapon and features, the Infinity Stone element and stand, 3 minifigures and 10 Power Burst elements.

Corvus Glaive Thresher Attack (76103)

Stage an awesome battle at the Wakandan wall with Vision, Shuri and Black Panther against Corvus Glaive and an Outrider with this LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 76103 Corvus Glaive Thresher Attack set. The wall features a lever-operated opening gate, tower with rotating, dual stud-shooting turrets, hidden disc shooter, Wakandan lab with flip function and the Infinity Stone element. The bad guys are attacking with a Thresher launcher – hit the right spot on the wall with the Thresher to activate the lab’s flip function. This super hero toy also includes 5 minifigures.

The Hulkbuster Smash-Up (76104)

Overpower Proxima Midnight and the Outrider with Bruce Banner’s Hulkbuster in this LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 76104 The Hulkbuster Smash-Up set. The posable Hulkbuster features an opening minifigure cockpit and bashing arm function. This action-packed set also includes a ball-shooting gun turret with an opening rear compartment containing the Infinity Stone element, Falcon’s buildable wings with a detachable Redwing drone element and 4 minifigures.

Thanos: Ultimate Battle (76107)

Fly into conflict on an uncharted planet aboard The Guardians’ Ship with Iron Man, Star-Lord and Gamora in this LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 76107 Thanos: Ultimate Battle set. The Guardians’ Ship features an opening cockpit for 2 minifigures seated on the space scooter, stud shooters, plus an opening rear compartment with capacity for 2 minifigures and the Infinity Gauntlet and stand. The Infinity Gauntlet, which has attachment points for the included Infinity Stone and other collectable Infinity Stone elements, can be attached to the Thanos big figure. This exciting set features 3 minifigures with assorted weapons and 10 Power Burst elements.

Sanctum Sanctorum Showdown (76108)

Stage a LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 76108 Sanctum Sanctorum Showdown between Iron Spider-Man, Iron Man and Doctor Strange and the super villains. This all-action set features a foldable, 3-level New York City building including Doctor Strange’s Sanctum Sanctorum, with an exploding wall function and hidden Infinity Stone element, plus a pizzeria and Peter Parker’s apartment, both with exploding window functions. The rooftop has a minifigure-launch function and a water tower with minifigure-winch function for Iron Spider-Man. This superhero toy also includes a detachable street corner scene, plus 4 minifigures and a big figure with weapons and 20 Power Burst elements.

LEGO Juniors Elastigirl’s Rooftop Pursuit (10759) Reveals Incredibles 2’s Villain

WARNING: NOT-SO-MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD.

The official trailer for Disney Pixar’s Incredibles 2 has been dropped over the Internet, and with it comes the revelation of the film’s main villain. If you saw the trailer already , then you may have noticed that it teased on the ominous character of ScreenSlaver.

The trailer didn’t reveal much about this new superhero nemesis. However, it can be seen that ScreenSlaver has the ability to use TV signals as a way to mindlessly control people like a sort of hypnosis. It can prove to be disastrous, considering the scope of its effect and the sinister things that ScreenSlaver can do to people under his control.

Though the trailer didn’t reveal much about ScreenSlaver, we can get a few ideas of his inner workings, and the manner in which his hypnosis works. Thanks to Amazon’s current listing just in time with the trailer’s release, the LEGO Juniors Elastigirl’s Rooftop Pursuit (10759) sheds some light on how ScreenSlaver will put his plans into motion, and how Elastigirl (aka Mrs. Incredible) will be able to stop him. Perhaps this major plot point is the consideration why LEGO did not reveal this set right away when it revealed its first LEGO Juniors Incredibles 2 sets.

Check out these official images of the Elastigirl’s Rooftop Pursuit (10759) set, together with its product description as seen in Amazon.

LEGO Juniors Elastigirl’s Rooftop Pursuit (10759)

95 pieces | Ages 4+ | $29.97 USD

Fire up your child’s imagination for some LEGO Juniors The Incredible 2 excitement, with this fast-paced Elastigirl’ s Rooftop Pursuit set. This action-packed set features a helicopter with Quick Start chassis, spinning hypno-propeller and opening cockpit, a rooftop section with Quick Start baseplate, billboard, helipad and satellite dish, turbine obstacle with spinning propeller, plus Elastigirl’ s Elasticycle.

Includes 2 minifigures: Screenslaver and Elastigirl with extended arm elements
Features a rooftop build with billboard, satellite dish, antenna, helipad and a turbine obstacle with spinning propeller
Also includes a helicopter with Quick Start chassis, spinning hypno-propeller and opening cockpit, plus Elastigirl’ s Elasticycle
Accessory elements include a laptop computer and a tracking device
Helicopter measures over 3” (9cm) high, 4” (12cm) long and 3” (10cm) wide, Rooftop measures over 5” (15cm) high, 5” (15cm) wide and 2” (6cm) deep, Elasticycle measures over 1” (3cm) high, 3” (9cm) long and under 1” (2cm) wide

LEGO Releases A Ton Of Official Images For Its Final Three LEGO Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom Sets

For those of you who are closely following LEGO’s reveal of its latest Jurassic World sets, this piece of news is not really that new. However, seeing this ton of official images from the last three LEGO Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom sets is a delightful eye candy.

Two of these are direct tie-ins for the upcoming Fallen Kingdom sequel, while the Jurassic Park Velociraptor Chase (75932) is a reference to the cult-classic film that started it all. The LEGO Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom sets are scheduled to debut all across the country beginning Monday, April 16 together with a LEGO BrickHeadz version of Owen and Blue (41614) first unveiled last month. Do take note that the Dilophosaurus Outpost Attack (75931) and Jurassic Park Velociraptor Chase (75932) are both sold exclusively by Walmart. Check these out.

75931 – Dilophosaurus Outpost Attack

289 pieces | Ages 7+ | $39.99 USD

Brace the hunters for a fierce Dilophosaurus Outpost Attack in this fun play set inspired by Jurassic World™. Step down from the lookout tower and crane, featuring exploding gate and wall functions, crate and baby Dilophosaurus, and use the tranquilizer gun to stop the Dilophosaurus breaking through the fences. This dinosaur set includes 3 minifigures and 2 dinosaur figures.

Includes 3 minifigures and 2 dinosaur figures.
Features an outpost fence with a watchtower, movable crane and exploding gate and wall functions.
Dilophosaurus features posable limbs, head and snapping jaws.
Activate the exploding gate and wall functions to stage a dinosaur breakthrough!
Also includes a tranquilizer gun.
Accessory elements include 2 crates, a dinosaur egg and binoculars.
This dinosaur set is suitable for ages 7-12.
Outpost measures over 5” (14cm) high, 14” (37cm) wide and 2” (6cm) deep.
Dilophosaurus stands over 2” (7cm) high.

75932 – Jurassic Park Velociraptor Chase

360 pieces | Ages 6+ | $39.99 USD

Recreate a classic scene from the original Jurassic Park movie with this fun LEGO® set that celebrates the 25th anniversary of the original blockbuster movie. Open the kitchen cabinet to hide Lex and Tim Murphy from the prowling Velociraptor, use the locking door function to keep the dinosaur out of the computer control room, then push it through the breakable window to continue the chase. This dinosaur set includes 4 minifigures and a Velociraptor figure.

Includes 4 minifigures: Alan Grant, Ellie Sattler, Lex Murphy and Tim Murphy, plus a Velociraptor figure.
Features a computer control room with lab, and a kitchen area.
Control room features a computer desk, ladder, telephone, door locking system and smashing window, plus a cold storage unit with dinosaur DNA and embryo storage, and a security camera.
Kitchen area features a jelly dessert, chocolate, spoon, cleaver, hot dog, pots and pans, and an opening cabinet.
Velociraptor features posable limbs, head and snapping jaws.
Also includes a gun stud shooter.
Accessory elements include 8 dinosaur embryos, walkie-talkie, umbrella, wrench and a shaving foam can.
Push the lever to activate the locking door!
Hide the children in the kitchen cabinet to escape the Velociraptor.
This dinosaur set is suitable for ages 6-12.
Measures over 3” (8cm) high, 11” (29cm) wide and 8” (21cm) deep.

75933 – T. rex Transport

609 pieces | Ages 7+ | $69.99 USD

Track the Tyrannosaurus Rex in this big-action play set scene inspired by Jurassic World™ and return it to the transporter, featuring a single-seater truck, detachable container with opening and lockable side panels, and a mobile laboratory unit. This T. rex toy includes 3 minifigures and 2 dinosaur figures.

Includes 3 minifigures: Zia and 2 guards, plus 2 dinosaur figures.
Features a single-seater truck and a detachable trailer with a containment unit that has opening and lockable side panels, landing gear, plus a mobile medical unit and monitoring system with 2 transfusion leads.
T. rex features posable limbs, head and snapping jaws.
Weapons include a gun stud shooter and a shock prod.
Unlock the container’s side panels and stage a T. rex escape!
Remove the mobile laboratory unit from the transporter and attach the leads to the dinosaurs to perform an emergency blood transfusion!
This T. rex toy is suitable for ages 7-12.
Truck measures over 3” (8cm) high, 5” (14cm) long and 3” (8cm) wide.
Trailer with containment unit measures over 6” (16cm) high, 6” (17cm) long and 3” (9cm) wide.
Tyrannosaurus Rex stands over 6” (17cm) high.

41614 – Owen & Blue

234 pieces | Ages 10+ | $19.99 USD

These LEGO® BrickHeadz™ 41614 Owen & Blue construction characters are fun to build using colorful LEGO bricks that recreate all their iconic details from the blockbuster Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom movie, including a dino trainer, Owen’s tranquilizer gun and velociraptor Blue’s ferocious white teeth. Each character 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 characters featuring Owen and Blue have BrickHeadz eyes and authentic details from the blockbuster Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom movie, including Owen’s tranquilizer gun and velociraptor Blue’s white teeth.
Each LEGO® BrickHeadz™ construction character comes with its own buildable collector’s baseplate.
Have fun growing your LEGO® BrickHeadz™ collection with other classic characters from your favorite movies, TV series, games and comics.
Each stands over 2” (7cm) tall without baseplate.
Baseplates measure over 1” (4cm) square.

LEGO Announces Second Retail Store to Open in Shanghai This Fall

Here’s a new bit of news in LEGO’s continuing initiative to establish itself in China, one of the world’s largest toy but also as a battleground between genuine brands and knockoffs. Aside from partnering with local companies and even the state school system, they’re also expanding their reach in retail.

LEGO has announced that construction has begun on their second flagship LEGO store on Chinese shores. This one will go up in Shanghai, specifically at the People’s Square commercial complex in Huangpu, occupying about 585 square meters and be comprised of two stories. It’s expected to open by the fall.

Jacob Kragh, LEGO China General Manager, says that the development of the LEGO Store is part of their efforts to reach out to Chinese consumers. “It will bring more opportunities for Chinese children, parents and LEGO fans of all ages to enjoy high-quality engagement with the LEGO brand,” he said.

In addition, LEGO Brand Retail Senior VP Claus Flyger Pejstrup remarks to the historical importance of Shanghai’s People’s Square where the new LEGO Store will open. People’s square is a unique place,” he remarked, “but also is a key point of attraction for many visitors from all around the world.”

The first LEGO Store in China was opened as part of the shops in Shanghai Disneyland. The second will be the first branded retail store of the company to be out in the commercial district of a major Chinese city. Its opening will be a major milestone for LEGO China.

Another 10K Support Entry for LEGO Ideas’ First 2018 Review Stage: “Star Wars” Prequels’ Acclamator-class Assault Ship by Lucero

Thus far, we’ve covered quite the interesting selection of submissions to the LEGO Ideas platform which have gained the necessary 10K supporters and thus been included in the latest round of panel reviews for “official set” status: the First 2018 Review Stage. Now, we’ve got another addition to the list. Our new LEGO Ideas 10K entry is one for the LEGO Star Wars crowd, and it’s a real beauty of a scale model. And no, it’s not an Imperial Star Destroyer, but a most likely predecessor. Ideas member Lucero has created an Acclamator-class Assault Ship used by the Galactic Republic.

You might recall in Episode II: Attack of the Clones that, following the investiture of emergency powers to Supreme Chancellor Palpatine (*cough-Sidious-cough*), he pulled out a Grand Army of the Republic complete with Clone Troopers and these bad-boy ships to both ferry them across planets and engage in fleet actions.

Lucero conceptualized the model in LEGO Digital Designer, a process that took him 60 hours total according to his project info. Its features include detachable hull paneling to reveal interior rooms – sickbay, engine room and so on – with room for minifgures and droids, though he mentioned no specific characters included.

This Star Wars prequel-era vessel now joins the ranks of recent LEGO Ideas 10K passers like SR-71 A: The Final Flight, Modular Arcade, Tree-house, I am Amelia Earhart, Disney’s Stitch and several others. It’s going to be interesting to see how the Acclamator Ship stacks to the rest of these.

LEGO Rebrick Presents “Your Brick Selfie” Contest with BrickHeadz Go Brick Me (41597)

When it comes to their full-customization BrickHeadz Go Brick Me set (41597), LEGO has been busy promoting all the fun things you can do. Foremost of course is the possibility of creating a BrickHeadz version of yourself with your own hands. But LEGO’s even making a contest out of it.

Now, LEGO Rebrick has announced a simple little competition – with prizes, naturally – that would spur those who have gotten the BrickHeadz Go Brick Me (41597) to let their creativity flow. As you may have guessed, the mechanic is just to interpret oneself in BrickHeadz form. The best designs win prizes.

All interested contestants of LEGO Rebrick’s “Your Brick Selfie” competition can submit their entries in the form of five photos of their BrickHeadz self, write a little description of their work on the submission form at the Rebrick contest page, and then send it off before May 8, 10AM EST.

“Your Brick Selfie” entries will be looked over by a panel of judges from LEGO’s BrickHeadz dev team. Based on four equally-scored categories (originality/coolness, details, theme relevance and best LEGO use), they’ll select one grand winner and two runners-up, plus a bonus prize winner that’ll be totally chosen at random

The Grand Winner will win a US$200 shopping spree on shop.LEGO.com, a certificate, and a flood of BrickHeadz figures (12 from LEGO DC, Marvel and Star Wars; 1 Go Brick Me (41597) and 23 other BrickHeadz sets that will be sent off one they’ve been released, including 12 retailer exclusives. Its kind of exciting to hear that LEGO has these 23 soon-to-be announced BrickHeadz sets in the works so we’ll surely pay close attention to this.

The runners-up will each receive a certificate, the same set of 12 BrickHeadz figures received by the Grand Winner, plus 11 more sets of that line that will come once released. Finally, the randomly chosen Bonus Winner gets the same BrickHeadz sets as the runners-up. That’s a lot of prizes.

Once again, you can learn more about LEGO Rebrick’s “BrickHeadz: Your Brick Selfie” contest on their official site right here.

First Look At LEGO Juniors Disney Princess Belle’s Story Time (10762) and Ariel’s Underwater Concert (10765)

June 15 is still far off, but it looks like some fortunate souls already had their hands on the latest LEGO video game minifigure exclusive freebie, following the likes of last year’s LEGO Giant-Man minifigure. We already know that the LEGO Incredibles 2 video game comes bundled with an exclusive LEGO Edna Mode minifigure when you pre-order the game via GameStop. But what comes as a surprise was when YouTuber Disney Dan managed to have a polybag of Edna and saw what was on its respective building instructions. Printed on the back of the flyer were two box art images of never-before-seen, upcoming LEGO Juniors Disney Princess sets: Belle’s Story Time (10762) and Ariel’s Underwater Concert (10765). Check out the following screen grab below courtesy of Disney Dan.

The LEGO Juniors Disney Princess Belle’s Story Time (10762) comes in 87 pieces and includes a Belle minidoll, a small buildable castle, a kind of picnic mat with some food accessories, and microfig renditions of Mrs. Potts and her son Chip.

The next reveal is the LEGO Juniors Disney Princess Ariel’s Underwater Concert (10765) which includes a minidoll version of Ariel, microfig versions of Sebastian and Flounder, and a dolphin minifigure . It shows Ariel on stage with a microphone stand. Frankly speaking, this 92-piece set feels very much the same as the Ariel’s Dolphin Carriage (10723) set from two years ago. The latter features the very same dolphin, a slightly different carriage, and Flounder’s microfig. Needless to say, the elements used to build Ariel’s Underwater Concert (10765) set look very much like the ones used for this most recent offering.

There’s still no news regarding the expected release of these upcoming LEGO Juniors Disney Princess sets, but our expectation is that it could be early June which means we can have official images around next month. Thanks again to Disney Dan for sharing this to us and if in case you want to see his review of the Edna minifigure, you may check out his video right here.

Pteranodon Chase (75926)

Stygimoloch Breakout (75927)

Blue’s Helicopter Pursuit (75928)

Carnotaurus Gyrosphere Escape (75929)

Indoraptor Rampage at Lockwood Estate (75930)

Dilophosaurus Outpost Attack (75931)

Jurassic Park Velociraptor Chase (75932)

T.Rex Transport (75933)

LEGO Juniors

Raptor Rescue Truck (10757)

T.Rex Breakout (10758)

LEGO Duplo

Gentle Giants Petting Zoo (10879)

T.Rex Tower (10880)

LEGO BrickHeadz

Owen & Blue (41614)

April

May

July

August

October

75931 – Dilophosaurus Outpost Attack

75932 – Jurassic Park Velociraptor Chase

75933 – T. rex Transport

41614 – Owen & Blue