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LEGO Creator Expert London Bus (10258) Now Available for VIP Members.

Initially offered across all five LEGO stores in London at the start of the month, LEGO VIP fans of the iconic red bus can now have its brick-built counterpart, the LEGO Creator Expert London Bus (10258), beginning today. Now available both online and at all LEGO brand stores worldwide, the London Bus comes in at a minifig scale and is a faithful replication of the famous Routemaster bus with all the fine details and accessories very much close to the actual bus. In case you missed it, set designers Morten Graff-Wang and Jamie Berard were in London last July 1 and they shared some insights on how this magnificent came to be. It is interesting to see how this latest LEGO Creator Expert set was developed, with all its nifty references to the actual vehicle. The set also comes with plenty of never-before-seen pieces such as tires with standard tread, quarter bows and arches in red, and 1x1x1 A2/3 bricks with vertical studs.

The LEGO Creator London Bus (10258) comes in at 1,680 pieces and retails for US $139.99. If you’re already a VIP member, simply login at shop.LEGO.com to have early access starting today, and August 1 for the general public. Purchasing the set also entitles you to a LEGO Creator Mini Piggy Bank (40251), available for free for all LEGO purchases $75 and above.

LEGO Creator Expert London Bus (10258)
US $139.99 – CA $179.99 – DE 119.99€ – UK £109.99 – DK 999.00 DKK

Celebrate iconic design with this charming double-decker London Bus, featuring a wealth of authentic details, including a bright-red color scheme, panoramic windshield, specially made standard-tread tires, destination sign, and an open rear boarding deck with a hand pole, ticket bin, fire extinguisher and a half-spiral staircase that leads to the upper sightseeing deck. Functions include an opening hood with engine, detailed driver’s cab with a sliding door, and a removable roof and upper deck for access to the detailed interior with worn look seating and additional authentic details, including a forgotten umbrella, newspaper, empty beverage can and discarded chewing gum. Reversible transit advertising posters are also provided as printed labels with a 1950s or present-day London promotion. This LEGO® Creator Expert model has been designed to provide a challenging and rewarding building experience with a touch of nostalgia and charm.

Enjoy a nostalgic journey with this highly authentic reproduction of the iconic London Bus, featuring classic curved bodywork, panoramic windscreen, specially made standard-tread tires and a detailed interior.

The London Bus comes with an array of brick-built features and details, including large windows, bright red curved bodywork, panoramic windshield, reversible transit advertising posters provided as printed labels, specially made standard-tread tires and a destination sign. It also has an opening hood with engine, detailed driver’s cab with sliding door, and a removable roof and upper deck for access to the detailed interior.
Interior details include worn look seating, open rear boarding deck with a hand pole, ticket bin, fire extinguisher and a half-spiral staircase that leads to the sightseeing deck. Additional authentic detailing includes a forgotten umbrella, newspaper, empty beverage can and discarded chewing gum elements.
Choose your favorite decade with the miniature, reversible transit advertising posters, featuring a 1950s or present day London promotion.
Remove the roof and upper deck for full access to the detailed interior.
Slide open the driver’s door to access the detailed cab with panoramic windscreen.
Lift the hood to access the engine.
Special elements include a new-for-August-2017 tire with standard tread, quarter bows and arches in red, and 1x1x1 A2/3 bricks with vertical studs.
This model includes more than 1,680 pieces.
This model is scaled for shelf display alongside other models in the LEGO® Creator Expert vehicle series.
Measures over 7” (18cm) high, 13” (34cm) long and 5” (13cm) wide.

A Look at LEGO at Disney’s D23 Expo 2017.

Disney’s grandest fan event has just concluded, and on the last day of the D23 Expo, LEGO and Disney fans surely had a blast. Held at Anaheim Convention Center in California, Disney made sure that LEGO had a sizeable presence at the convention. With its various reveals such as the new playable character in the person of Homemade Suit Spider-Man in the upcoming video game sequel LEGO Marvel Superheroes 2, and various promotional builds for Spider-Man Homecoming, Toy Story 4, and so much more, LEGO’s vibe is undeniably felt in the air.

Though it is expected that next week’s SDCC will create more LEGO-related buzz, these brick-built statues at the D23 Expo knows how to get attention. This life-sized, brick-built statue of Spider-Man as he hangs on a window is definitely for the win. Thanks to DiscussingFilm and Bill Roseman for sharing these images via Twitter.

LEGO MARVEL SUPERHEROES 2: Brick-built Gamora and Cowboy Captain America are in the D23 Convention Centre.#D23Expo pic.twitter.com/memUcmZVOu

— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) July 14, 2017

The LEGO Games Booth has the 'LEGO MARVEL SUPERHEROES 2 DEMO available to play #D23Expo pic.twitter.com/XxmR0sJukF

— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) July 15, 2017

Woody, Buzz and Spider-Man in brick-built LEGO form.#D23Expo pic.twitter.com/7MvXhsoJX4

— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) July 14, 2017

Amazing life-size Spider-Man #LEGO coolness at #D23Expo! pic.twitter.com/AGxQhJ6CcW

— Bill Rosemann (@BillRosemann) July 14, 2017

#D23Expo @LEGOMarvelGame pic.twitter.com/2PhiR4GcCs

— Bill Rosemann (@BillRosemann) July 14, 2017

Get To Build Your Very Own Wonder Woman and Supergirl Mini Models.

If you recall, one of the highlights of the June LEGO Store Calendar is the DC Super Hero Girls Building Event, held on two separate dates. Taking its cue from one of its recent DC Superhero Girls theme, these building events are similar to the LEGO Store’s Monthly Mini Builds where participants are required to register first before being able to participate. Last month, participants who were fortunate enough to register were able to build and bring home a Wonder Woman and/or Supergirl Miniland-scale figure for free

This time, in case you missed the event, you can now build your very own DC Superhero Girls exactly as they were offered last June thanks to the building instructions posted by Brickset. It seems that these instructions do not require any special piece or element so they’re relatively easy to build. See if you can sort out through your LEGO collection and try to build these mini-models. I personally like the Supergirl build with the pieces cleverly angled to create her arms and emblem.

Wonder Woman @ 43 pieces

Supergirl @ 43 pieces

Happy building!

The LEGO Ninjago Movie Collectible Minifigures Sealed Box (71019) Now Listed for Pre-Order at Amazon France and Germany.

It seems that LEGO Ninjago fans in Germany and France will have an early start in collecting not just all of the 20 minifigures slated under The LEGO Ninjago Movie Collectible Minifigures (71019) line, but also if they wish to share these collectibles to some friends as well. Set to be released on August 1, LEGO fans in Germany and France, may now pre-order the entire box of the said CMF series containing 60 blind bag items via retail giant Amazon.

Each box of The LEGO Ninjago Movie CMF contains exactly 3 sets of all 20 minifigures which is a good call from LEGO’s end and a delight for many fans. The minifigure box will be retailing for €219.99 and €213.52 via Amazon Germany and Amazon France respectively.

Hopefully, LEGO fans in the North America will also receive the same offer from Amazon. We’ll keep a close eye on this for the next few weeks, especially before the series’ launch on August 1. The LEGO Ninjago Movie is slated to hit theaters on September 22, with the first wave of LEGO sets scheduled to be available on August 1 as well.

Thanks to Hoth Bricks for the heads up.

Spider-Man Homemade Suit Makes Its Way as a Playable Character in LEGO Marvel Superheroes 2.

LEGO and TT Games recently stirred things up in this year’s largest Disney fan event at the D23 Expo. With their additional reveal of another playable character in the highly anticipated LEGO Marvel Superheroes 2 at the Level Up! Video Game Showcase, it seems that more, never-before-seen LEGO Marvel characters will be included in the game sequel. Following the reveal of Medusa both as a playable character in LEGO Marvel Superheroes 2 and as an impressive brick-built LEGO statue at E3 last month, we now have another LEGO Marvel character that adds to the roster of web-slinging superheroes that you can access in the video game. Homemade Suit Spider-Man is a playable character straight from MCU’s Spider-Man: Homecoming film, with Peter Parker’s signature homemade red hoodie and blue jeans costume.

Homemade Suit Spider-Man seems to be of standard fare as compared to other Spider-Man characters in the game, with the usual web shot ranged and melee combo attacks. Nevertheless, having a character uniquely donned as this one surely adds excitement and fun in the game. Let’s take a look at this gameplay video as revealed at the D23 Expo.

Now that were just a few days away before this year’s San Diego Comic Con officially kicks off, expect more reveals from Warner Bros. and TT Games later on. LEGO Marvel Superheroes 2 launches on November 14 and is now available for pre-order. Get the Deluxe Edition and you’ll get an early access to the Classic Guardians of the Galaxy Character Pack which features playable classic GOTG characters, including Charlie-27, Yondu, Major Vance, and Starhawk among others. Plus, you’ll also be receiving the exclusive Giant-Man minifigure which you can only get when you pre-order the game.

First Wave of 2018 LEGO DC Superheroes Sets Slated to Debut During Next Week’s SDCC 2017.

A couple of weeks ago, I shared a round-up of the most exciting LEGO sets rumored to debut next year. Included in the list are some of LEGO’s most popular themes, including its Superheroes line of sets coming from both Marvel and DC Comics. Thanks to a recent report by Forbes, and just in time for this year’s San Diego Comic Con, we now have confirmation of some of these sets, particularly from DC Comics. According to the report, these sets will be on display at the LEGO Booth at SDCC next week, with price points ranging from $19.99 to $39.99 once it is offered to the public beginning January of 2018.

Comparatively, I find these sets more appealing than LEGO’s offerings from 2016’s SDCC, particularly the LEGO Marvel Hulk vs. Red Hulk (76078) set. This year’s collection of DC themed sets will probably be more attractive to fans given the unique minifigure offerings that each of them has. The sets also feature new, buildable Power Units that may be connected to each other. Furthermore, the sets may also be seamlessly combined together for more imaginative play. I’m not really sure what these Power Units do, but I’ll just have to leave it for everyone’s fancy on how they work or fit together. Here’s a look at our first wave of 2018 LEGO DC Comics Superheroes sets, with their respective product descriptions courtesy of The Brick Fan.

Superman Krypto Team-Up (76096)

Minifigures include Superman, Lobo, and his first ever minifig based on a new mould, Krypto. Though the set’s name implies that it is Superman who will take the center stage, most of the set’s pieces are dedicated to Lobo’s unholy Space Hog bike.

Join Krypto™ the Super-Dog’s bid to release Superman™ with this LEGO® DC Comics Super Heroes Superman & Krypto Team-Up set, featuring Lobo’s Space Hog bike, a Kryptonite prison, buildable red Power Unit and assorted translucent-green Power Burst elements to customize your builds and minifigures. Fire the Space Hog bike’s stud shooters and use its bomb-dropping function to activate the prison’s explode function. This awesome set also includes 2 minifigures and a Krypto the Super-Dog figure.

Includes Superman™ and Lobo™ minifigures, plus a buildable Krypto™ the Super-Dog figure.
Lobo’s Space Hog bike features a minifigure seat, 2 Kryptonite stud shooters, bomb-dropping function, and 2 adjustable boosters.
Kryptonite prison features 2 translucent-green prison walls and an explode function.
Use the bomb dropped from Lobo’s Space Hog to activate the prison’s explode function.
Includes 10 assorted translucent-green Power Burst elements to customize your builds and minifigures.
Also includes the buildable red Power Unit.
Krypto™ the Super-Dog figure is new for January 2018.
Connect the Kryptonite prison to the 76097 Lex Luthor™ Mech Takedown set for even more Justice League action.
Space Hog measures over 3” (9cm) high, 7” (20cm) long and 4” (11cm) wide.
Kryptonite prison measures over 2” (7cm) high, 4” (11cm) wide and 1” (5cm) deep.

Lex Luthor Mech Takedown (76097)

This set includes the minifig versions of Lex Luthor, Batman, Wonder Woman, and for the first time, Cheetah and Firestorm. Though we already saw Lex Luthor stomping in his own mechanized LEGO suit back in 2012 with the Superman vs. Power Armor Lex (6862), this newer version of Lex Luthor’s armor is considerably larger and has more weaponry than its predecessor. The newer Lex Luthor Mech also features several new LEGO pieces and my personal favorite, a Firestorm minifig.

6097 Lex Luthor™ Mech Takedown – $39.99

Team up with the Justice League heroes to grab the Power Unit back from Cheetah™ with this LEGO® DC Comics Super Heroes Lex Luthor™ Mech Takedown set. The Lex Luthor Mech features an opening minifigure cockpit/escape pod, adjustable 6-stud rapid shooter and attachment points for 3 collectible Power Unit elements. This action-packed set also includes Batman’s Bat Glider with 2 stud shooters, the buildable green Power Unit, 5 minifigures, plus assorted translucent-orange Power Burst elements to customize your builds and minifigures.

Includes 5 minifigures: Lex Luthor™, Batman™ (in Rebirth costume), Wonder Woman™, Firestorm™ and Cheetah™.

Lex Luthor™ Mech features an opening minifigure cockpit/escape pod, posable legs, arms and fingers, adjustable 6-stud rapid shooter, buildable axe, attachment points for 3 collectible Power Unit elements, plus an attachment point for the Kryptonite prison featured in 76096 Superman™ & Krypto™ Team-Up.

The mech’s escape pod has fold-out wings, an attachment point for a Power Unit element and 2 detachable guns.
Bat Glider features an attachment point for the Batman™ minifigure, 2 stud shooters and translucent-yellow light-style elements.

Includes 10 assorted translucent-orange Power Burst elements to customize your builds and minifigures.
Also includes the buildable green Power Unit.
Attach the buildable red and blue Power Units from the 76096 Superman™ & Krypto™ Team-up and 76098
Speed Force Freeze Pursuit sets to the Lex Luthor™ Mech.
Weapons include Batman’s Batarang, Wonder Woman’s lasso and Cheetah’s spear.
Batman™ minifigure (in Rebirth costume) is new for January 2018.
Connect to the Kryptonite Prison in the 76096 Superman™ & Krypto™ Team-up set to the Lex Luthor™ Mech for even more Justice League action.
Lex Luthor™ Mech measures over 7” (19cm) high, 1” (5cm) long and 4” (12cm) wide.
Escape pod measures over 2” (6cm) high, 1” (4cm) long and 1” (4cm) wide.
Bat Glider measures over 2” (6cm) high, 1” (3cm) long and 4” (12cm) wide.

Speed Force Freeze Pursuit (76098)

The final set in this reveal includes several characters that will be a sure hit for fans of the red speedster. For the first time ever, both minifig versions of the Flash and Reverse Flash appear in a set, together with Cyborg and the newer Killer Frost. The set is relatively small given its rather high price point. However, throwing in the Reverse Flash may likewise make up for it.

6098 Speed Force Freeze Pursuit – $29.99

Dash with The Flash™ to catch Reverse-Flash™ and match the awesome CyborgCopter against Killer Frost’s Ice Car with the LEGO® DC Comics Super Heroes Speed Force Freeze Pursuit set. The CyborgCopter features a net shooter and detachable weapons to also use as minifigure weapons and the Ice Car has an adjustable bulldozer blade and 2 stud shooters. Play out a Justice League vs. villains battle for the blue Power Unit with 4 minifigures and assorted translucent-ice-blue Power Burst elements to customize your builds and minifiigures.

Includes 4 minifigures: The Flash™, Reverse-Flash™, Cyborg™ and Killer Frost™.
CyborgCopter features an opening minifigure cockpit, rotor blade, net shooter, detachable dual stud shooter and detachable radar to also use as minifigure weapons, and translucent-red light-style elements.
Killer Frost’s Ice Car features a minifigure seat, adjustable bulldozer blade, dual stud shooters and translucent-ice-blue elements.
Includes 10 assorted translucent-ice-blue Power Burst elements to customize your builds and minifigures.
Also includes the buildable blue Power Unit.
Weapons include The Flash’s 2 Power Blasts.
Combine with 76096 Superman™ & Krypto™ Team-up and 76097 Lex Luthor™ Mech Takedown for even more Justice League action.
CyborgCopter measures over 3” (8cm) high, 10” (26cm) long and 4” (12cm) wide.
Killer Frost’s Ice Car measures over 2” (7cm) high, 5” (15cm) long and 1” (5cm) wide.

Hopefully, we’ll see more 2018 sets make their debut during next week’s San Diego Comic Con. Do you have any particular superhero that you wish to be given the LEGO treatment? Let us know in the comments below.

Let’s Get Dangerous… with this LEGO BrickHeadz Darkwing Duck Builds!

If there is such a thing as a Golden Age of Saturday morning Disney cartoons, then I will bet my LEGO bricks in that period between the late 80s until the 90s. Growing up in this period of classic cartoons is like falling in love with Disney TV shows for the very first time. One particular show in mind that wooed me in anticipation every week (other than the globe-trottin’ and treasure-seeking adventures of Scrooge McDuck and his posse of feathered-friends in DuckTales), is the high-flying vigilante missions of Darkwing Duck. The fun and fast-paced tone of the show defined an era of Disney morning cartoons that became largely a part of my childhood. If you were not around yet during the heyday of these shows, then I suggest you check out the video below.

Now that Disney XD is off to launch a reboot of DuckTales which will air on August 12, feelings of nostalgia have swept the hearts of most fans of the show. We may no longer be that same wide-eyed kid that sat in front of the TV screen amazed by the adventures of Darkwing Duck and Launchpad McQuack, but our love for the show is still definitely there. Perhaps this is what master builder Okay Yaramanoglu has in mind in creating these LEGO BrickHeadz versions of the show’s characters. Rendered using LEGO Digital Designer (LDD), these versions of Darkwing, Launchpad, Scrooge McDuck and Gizmoduck are all ready to get dangerous.

I like the way Scrooge’s spectacles were conveyed using a pair of clear studs, while Launchpad signature lock of orange feathers was cleverly represented by a minifigure headpiece. Most of Yaramanoglu’s BrickHeadz MOCs follows a 90s cartoon theme, including other Disney TV franchises such as Chip n Dale’s Rescue Rangers and TaleSpin. He even created BrickHeadz versions of the classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles straight from the 80s. These LEGO BrickHeadz MOCs from Yaramanoglu are also his entries for Brickset’s 2017 BrickHeadz Competition. If you’re a fan of this chibi builds, and you wish to submit an entry before the contest’s deadline on August 31, then visiting the contest’s Flickr site may help you draw some inspiration.

Happy building everyone!

DK Announces The LEGO Ninjago Movie: The Making of the Movie.

It seems that The LEGO Ninjago Movie will also receive the same DK treatment as its predecessor. If you recall, The LEGO Batman Movie has also been actively promoted thanks to LEGO’s partnership with Dorling Kindersley (DK) publishing company. With a range of printed media that appeals both to children and adults alike, DK has been instrumental in stirring further interest for TLBM. One particular book in mind is the LEGO Batman Movie: The Making of the Movie. By far, this is the most comprehensive resource on the workings behind the creation of TLBM, including an inside look at how the brick-built sets were created, and a yet-to-be-verified source of the rumored 2018 wave of LEGO Batman Movie sets. If you wish to have this under your collection of uber cool LEGO books while enjoying great discounts of up to 30%, you may want to check it out over at Amazon.

Similar to TLBM, DK has revealed The LEGO Ninjago Movie: The Making of the Movie, and is expected to be similar to the scope and content of the one before it. It is both listed on Amazon UK and Amazon US, but the former provides us with a look on its cover, and hopefully a few sample pages later on.

Journey beyond the on-screen world of The LEGO® NINJAGO® MOVIE™

Packed with stunning concept art, sketches, artwork, inspiration and LEGO® builds, the book tells this fascinating story of how The LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE was made. Find out how your favorite heroes, villains, vehicles, and locations were created for the movie. Learn about each development stage of the movie, from the initial idea and storyboarding to recording the dialogue and special effects. Created with the LEGO Group, with exclusive insights from the filmmakers, animators, and LEGO designers.

The LEGO Ninjago Movie: The Making of the Movie is now available for pre-order and will be released on September 26, 2017 just along side of the film’s debut on the big screen on September 22, 2017.

More LEGO Star Wars The Last Jedi Sets Named.

UPDATE: It seems that LEGO is quick to move, and would rather have us look at picture placeholders instead. Sorry guys, have to remove the blurred images on this one.

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Yesterday, we saw the minifigure listing of this year’s LEGO Star Wars sets under The Last Jedi subtheme. Some of these sets were named already, while others are still shrouded in anonymity, with only their respective set numbers as our point of reference. While leaked images of these TLJ sets are making its rounds over the Internet, we do not have the slightest idea what these other sets are.

However, this may no longer be the case. Just recently, Star Wars fan site Rebel Scum, managed to acquire not just one, but as it seems, the whole range of LEGO Star Wars The Last Jedi winter set images. Again, let me make it clear that we are not at liberty to show these images here, but I guess it will not hurt to take a peek (albeit, through a very distorted looking glass) so here we go.

Resistance Transport Pod (75176)

Minifigures: BB-8, Finn

First Order Heavy Scout Walker (75177)

Minifigures: Resistance Trooper, First Order Flamethrower, General Hux, First Order Crew

Kylo Ren’s TIE Fighter (75179)

Minifigures: Kylo Ren, First Order Stormtrooper, First Order Special Forces TIE Fighter Pilot, BB-9E

BB-8 (75187)

Resistance Bomber (75188)

Minifigures: Resistance Bomber Pilot, Resistance Bombardier, Vice Admiral Holdo, Resistance Gunner Paige (Rose’s sister), Poe Dameron

First Order Heavy Assault Walker (75189)

Minifigures: Rey, Captain Poe Dameron, Resistance Trooper, First Order Walker Driver

First Order Star Destroyer (75190)

Minifigures: First Order Officer, First Order Shuttle Pilot, First Order Stormtrooper, First Order Stormtrooper Sergeant, Supreme Leader Snoke, BB-9E.

Buildable Figures

Elite TIE Fighter Pilot (75526)

Rey (75528)

Elite Praetorian Guard (75529)

Chewbacca (75530)

So what do you think about these sets brick fans? Are you excited to have them? Let us know in the comments below.

LEGO Store Shanghai Exclusive VIP Set Revealed!

Several LEGO Store promotional exclusives have proven to be attractive collectibles in themselves. Other than the fact that they usually come as free items, these LEGO Store exclusives often times represent the unique milieu or cultural heritage of the place where they are offered, making it more appealing to collect.

So it will not come as a surprise (though a very welcomed one, nonetheless) if the LEGO Store in Shanghai, China has something in store for their VIP members. The promotional item, tagged as 40178, is said to be available to VIP members in China some point later this year, as Brickset reports. This set is currently being given away with purchases of over 399 CNY in China, the equivalent of £45.75, $58.75 or €51.30.

Images of this VIP set were also uploaded in Chinese social media site, WeChat, as you can see below. It seems to be a pretty nice build, especially with regards to the creative rendition of the Pick A-Brick Wall, LEGO box sets (though it uses stickers), and the collectible LEGO Store employee minifigure.

We have no word yet if these will also be offered internationally, so for the time being will keep our eyes open for more updates.