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June LEGO Brand Store Newsletter

Richard — Fri, 24 May 2013 20:21:44 +0000

I picked up next months Store newsletter for the UK earlier this evening and June promises to be a great month. Firstly as we told you last week, the Tower of Orthanc will be on offer first to VIP’s only from 17th June till the 30th June. This is 4th exclusive model this year after Horizon Express, Palace Cinema and the X-Wing, with two more due out later in the year. Also don’t forget from 1st stores will be getting in the first lot of summer sets such as City, Legends of Chima, Star Wars and for the first time Galaxy Squad and more. Plus if that is not enough to get you shopping from the 1st if you spend £25 or more you get a free TNMT Splinter Keyring and if you spend £50 or more you get an exclusive Jor-EL minifigure (Supermans Dad). Speaking of keyrings in store they have a gold chrome minifigure and brick in store, as well as a white Batman and Brickie keyring. The free monthly mini build next month is a fisherman that looks pretty neat and you can build this in store on the 6th June 4pm till 6pm. On Fathers Day kids aged 6-14 can get their Dads to join in a speed build to build a LEGO Superman. The next LEGO Catalog will be sent out from the 6th of June as well. Their is a building event on Westfield Stratford City from 31st May till 2nd June and one at Watford from the 14th till the 16th June. Finally the Glasgow Store will be having their grand opening event from the 7th till the 9th of June and will work exactly the same as the recent one in Leeds, with t-shirt first day, brand store the second and minifigs the 3rd. For more details visit LEGO.com/Stores.

LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes launches today on Wii U

Richard — Fri, 24 May 2013 15:04:41 +0000

LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes is now available for Wii. The game was released last year on other platforms and sales reached over 3.5 million. The game can be purchased through retail or online for RRP of £39.99. Check out the launch trailer below showing off all sorts of neat Wii U features and cuteness. Plus I have been sent the official press release for the WiiU version of the LEGO Batman 2 DC Super Heros. The press release goes on to say that Interactive Entertainment and TT Games today announced LEGO® Batman™ 2: DC Super Heroes arrives for the Wii U™ system, bringing to the platform an adventure already enjoyed by millions. Widely praised as one of last year’s best games for the entire family with sales reaching more than 3.5 million units worldwide, LEGO® Batman 2: DC Super Heroes recently took home the prize for best family game at the 2013 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards. Check out the trailer: Here is the press release in full:

Cuusoo Staff Pick’s #6 – Space Week

Richard — Fri, 24 May 2013 10:49:32 +0000

This weeks Cuusoo staff pick article is themed around Space, I asked various staff members to go over to Cuusoo and pick their fav project that is themed on Space and then write a short quote as to why they picked it and why they think it should be voted for my the general public. This week the guys have picked a iconic space ship, a monorail, a architecture project. For my pick it took some searching due the fact if you type in Space you get snowed under by tons of LDD creations that have had little to know effort put into them and a host of Star Wars themed projects. I wanted for my pick to avoid anything licensed but that proved harder than first anticipated. Apollo 11 Lunar Mission Chris was the one who suggested a Space week so he got first pick and decided to pick the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission which has been on Cuusoo since 2008, the models are really well presented and you can’t pick a more iconic part of human history then the moon landing, Chris explains why he picked it. Space Mining Monorail Adam has picked a project by Eurobricks staff member Hinkley and is a soft spot with most AFOL’s monorail, this project combines a classic theme Space with one of the most sort after sets by all AFOL’s monorail, will we ever see another monorail, who knows but Adam explains why you should vote for it. Architecture : Space Shuttle crawler transporter Martin likes his Architecture themed projects and this week he has gone for Teazza’s architecture version of his Space Shuttle Launch Complex, the project has been beautifully rendered and I feel would add more depth and appeal to architectural sets if we had more like this. Martin explains why he picked it. So my pick was last but after taking a look to see if anything new caught my eye, I knew which project I wanted to feature. It just happens to be the larger version of the project Martin picked. I first featured this on Brick Fanatics last year before it was a Cuusoo project and just loved the detail that Teazza has put into it and if it became a model I would love to do a scene either based on cape canaveral with this as my center piece and I think a lot of people would do likewise so I think it is worth getting it to 10,000 supporters.

Rebrick Movie Contest Winners

Richard — Fri, 24 May 2013 07:46:00 +0000

One good thing about LEGO is there is always a competition to enter, for the past few months the LEGO social site reBrick have been running a contest in conjunction with the people behind the LEGO Movie. The competition tasked users to create a short film that would be in the LEGO Movie. Yesterday during all buzz with the massive X-Wing reveal in Time Square they also announced the winners of the competition. The judges consisted of Kevin Hinkle the NA Community Coordinator and Phil Lord and Chris Miller from the LEGO Movie. The winning entry and the two runners up are displayed below. 1st place – Gorgy wants a Horse 2nd place – Garbage Man 3rd place – Unity is strength

LEGO Star Wars X-Wing Official Details

Richard — Thu, 23 May 2013 21:54:11 +0000

Firstly want to thank our roaming reporter Adam (Adwil) for doing a sterling job keep you guys up to date with the big Star Wars reveal in Times Square earlier today. As we predicted on our Facebook page the big secret was in fact a 1:1 LEGO X-Wing, we now have an official press release to share with you. The X-wing will be on display for next few days before it moves to LEGOLAND California for the rest of 2013, if you can’t get remember you can watch a live feed of the model in time square via earth cam. As A Star Wars fan wouldn’t it be cool if you could own a life sized X-wing!!! Here is the official press release sent out by LEGO earlier this evening (GMT time):

Secrets to Reveal LEGO has…..(Updated)

Adam — Thu, 23 May 2013 14:14:41 +0000

The LEGO Group are holding a massive event later today in New York to celebrate the upcoming The Yoda Chronicles Premiere. They have promised to unveil the biggest LEGO Set ever seen and judging by the photos they aren’t kidding. The set has 5,335,200 pieces and will weigh an incredible 45,980lbs. Although still shrouded in mystery, once unveiled you’ll have until May 25th to go check it out for yourself. So if you’re out and about in Time Square be sure to witness the ultimate power of the world’s biggest ever LEGO set. Once LEGO reveal more we’ll add some pictures to this very post, so be sure to check back here later, until then why not follow LEGO on Twitter for real time updates. UPDATE – As promised LEGO have revealed the secret and it’s a huge X-Wing Starfighter, images are courtesy of Gizmodo and can be seen below. For a true scale of just have big this thing really is check it out on the Time Square Earth Cam live feed. The X-Wing contains over 5 million LEGO Bricks and weights 45,979,61lbs. It’s a whopping 11 feet high by 43 feet in length with a wingspan of 44 feet. It took 32 LEGO Builders over 17,000 to construct. The engines even light up. The Yoda Chronicles premieres on Cartoon Network HD this Bank Holiday Monday in the UK and on May 29th in the US.

LEGO Marvel Build a Vehicle Competition!

Richard — Thu, 23 May 2013 10:03:52 +0000

So not to be out done by their DC rivals Marvel are also running a competition (well technically it’s LEGO doing it for the upcoming Marvel Super Hero Game), all you have to do is take a photo of your original LEGO car, plane, boat, spaceship, (or something you’ve imagined!) and submit it by June 4th for a chance to have it in the game plus your name in the credits! So basically build any type of vehicle that you think would be a good addition to the upcoming LEGO Marvel Super Heroes video game and your vehicle could be featured in the ACTUAL GAME! Your model must be constructed using only genuine LEGO® bricks and other LEGO® building toy elements. The good news is this is open worldwide the bad news is you must be on Facebook to enter it. I have also been told to enter you will need to do so via your desktop or laptop, here are the main rules for the competition: The model shown in your submission should be any type of vehicle that you think would be a good addition to the upcoming LEGO Marvel Super Heroes video game and must be constructed using only genuine LEGO® bricks and other LEGO® building toy elements (including LEGO® DUPLO®, LEGO® Technic, and LEGO® MINDSTORMS® elements). For full rules and terms and conditions click here and if you are going to enter then please click here and good luck

LEGO Batman Prize Pack Giveaway

Richard — Thu, 23 May 2013 09:09:05 +0000

In North America the LEGO Batman: The Movie – DC Super Heroes Unite, is now officially shipping. Currently it’s not listed on Amazon UK yet and not on play.com either. The lucky people not only get the move which is a collection of all the cut scenes from the LEGO Batman 2 video game into one feature but they also get an exclusive Clark Kent Minifigure as well, the price as it stands now is $13.99 for the Blu-ray/DVD/Ultra-violet set, and $9.99 for just the DVD version. Plus DC Comics are running an awesome competition for USA residents only (Thanks to The Brick Fan for heads up), To celebrate the release of LEGO Batman: The Movie – DC Super Heroes Unite and also the release of the Wii U version of the hit LEGO Batman: DC Super Heroes video game, they are giving away a great prize pack to one lucky winner. The Grand Prize includes: You can enter now and the competition closes on Monday, May 27, 2013. The winner will be chosen at random, and you can only enter once. Do it now by clicking here. Update: Carl has emailed him and he tweeted Jon the owner of TT about UK release and he said “Not for a while yet I’m afraid” so there you have it, thanks for heads up Carl

LEGO Yoda Chronicles UK Premiere

Adam — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:22:40 +0000

As you have noticed from last Christmas' LEGO Advent Calendar, the recently released iOS game, the upcoming DK Book and the branding of this years LEGO Star Wars Theme - Yoda is a big deal in the land of LEGO.

LEGO Superman Sets Down 25%

Richard — Wed, 22 May 2013 09:15:49 +0000

Amazon UK have this morning knocked down the price of three of the new LEGO Superman sets by 25%, so for those wanting to add to your Super Hero collection, get them while you can. 76002 Superman Metropolis Showdown Super Heroes is now £8.99, 76003 Superman Battle of Smallville Super Heroes and 76009 Superman Black Zero Escape Super Heroes is £14.99 It is rare to find new sets reduced so fast on Amazon. One of deal I have noticed is over on the Spanish Amazon site and it is for Harry Potter 4842 – Hogwarts Castle which is reduced to €105,53 a saving of 22% (it works out about £90 plus p&p). Remember to check Brick Badger daily for the best Amazon deals around the world.