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Iron Man vs Fighting Drone Give Away

StevePoulsen — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:47:53 +0000

Begining today, LEGO is giving away the Iron Man vs Fighting Drone Set pictured below with any purchase over $50 when you shop online or instore.

Normally I love LEGO fig giveaway with purchase, they have a tenancy to increase dramatically in value, but this one Does not look like it will go that route. Closer inspection reveals that this is the same Iron Man fig that you get as part of Set #6867 Loki’s Cosmic Cube Escape

So it’s a rather bland giveaway, and If your an Iron man collector, you likely already have this version of Iron man. If you don’t and you still want it, or you’re a Poly bag collector this might be the time to buy. otherwise this set is a pass.

Iron man’s labratory

StevePoulsen — Thu, 09 May 2013 19:16:00 +0000

So you’ve Pre-ordered the Lego marvel Super heroes, and bought a couple Iron Man sets, now you’ve got a few different Armors, but what to do with them?
Lego’s got your answer:

Click through to the Lego Club Home Page to download the complete instructions and parts list.

[news] Iron Man Iron patriot

StevePoulsen — Mon, 06 May 2013 16:37:46 +0000

back in January we posted the news about the upcomming LEGO Marvel Super Heroes game, now the news is circulating, about the pre-order exclusive minifig you can get with the game, when you buy pre-order through Walmart.
This is not your average fig either, it’s the IRON Patriot.

I don’t know whey, I consider my self a DC guy, but something about Iron Man, just enamors me, so that I have to have them all. If LEGO makes all 42 of the armor types, you can bet I will have them, so Iron Patriot is a must have. So I’ll be pre-ordering this, but not yet, I see no reason to depart with my hard earned cash just yet. But if you do you can pre-order instore, or online

Is It on your must have list as well?

VIA FBTB

[NEWS] LEGO unveils the Tower of Orthanic #102137

StevePoulsen — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:11:38 +0000

I have assumed for a long time, that something like this had to be coming, what with all of the exclusive sets for the star wars universe there had to be plans to release some for the Lord of the Rings licence as well. So in the first of what I assume will be many, Lego announced the release of the first set.

And While Lego has done a great Job capturing the likeness of the actual Tower of Orthanic, It simply does not compare to some of the other built by fan builders, including our very own Cody O But all the same, if your a LEGO fan, or Tolkenist, your going to want your own copy of the official LEGO set, which will be available available from Lego online or in store beginning July 2013 for US$ 199.99.

Check out more photos of the set in our gallery, and read the official LEGO press release after the break

Edit: Now with Designer Video.

10237 Tower of Orthanc
Ages 14+. 2,359 pieces.
Build the The Lord of the Rings™ trilogy must-have model!
US $199.99 CA $249.99 DE 199.99€ UK 169.99 £ DK 1699.00 DKK
Finally, collect one of the most instantly recognizable and iconic buildings of The Lord of the Rings trilogy: The Tower of Orthanc! Build all 6 highly detailed floors filled with fascinating movie-related details including the attic, library, alchemy room, Saruman’s throne room, entrance hall and dungeon. This exclusive model stars in some of the most iconic scenes from The Lord of the Rings movies. Swoop down with the Great Eagle and rescue stranded Gandalf the Grey from his tower-top prison after his defeat at the hands of the white wizard, Saruman. Build the powerful, tree-like Ent, with poseable limbs and cool swinging arm function, then attack the Uruk-hai and Orc Pitmaster while Saruman and his servant Grima Wormtongue take refuge high in the tower. The Tower of Orthanc is a must-have model for any The Lord of the Rings collection! Includes a Great Eagle, buildable Ent figure and 5 minifigures with weapons: Saruman with kirtle outfit, Grima Wormtongue, Gandalf the Grey, an Uruk-hai and the Orc Pitmaster.
• Includes a Great Eagle, buildable Ent figure and 5 minifigures with weapons: Saruman with kirtle outfit, Grima Wormtongue, Gandalf™ the Grey, an Uruk-hai™ and the Orc Pitmaster
• Features 6 highly detailed floors with lots of functions, including a folding staircase, LEGO® light brick palantir, opening entrance doors and a trap door
• Weapons include 5 staffs, knife, sword, shield and a long axe
• The attic features a folding staircase, the 3 staffs of the missing wizards, the 2 keys of the Two Towers, 2 maps and an Uruk-hai helmet, shield and sword
• The library features 2 books, 2 torches, 2 maps and 2 skulls
• The alchemy room features 2 torches, a bomb (being produced for the Battle of Helm’s Deep™), 2 potions, bottle, skull, gunpowder keg, pot, cauldron and a long axe
• Saruman’s throne room features lamps, 2 bookcases with 3 potions, map, letter and the powerful palantir with a LEGO light brick
• The entrance hall features opening doors, trap door, 2 large banners, chandelier, statue and 2 axes
• The creepy dungeon features a chain, 2 bones, 2 skulls and a rat
• Buildable Ent features poseable limbs for holding a minifigure and a cool swinging arm function
• Attack the tower with the cool buildable and poseable Ent!
• Swoop to the rescue with the Great Eagle!
• Activate the LEGO light brick and make the palantir glow!
• Set the trap door and banish unwanted guests to the dungeon!
• Prepare the bomb for the Battle of Helm’s DeepTM!
• Swing the Ent’s arms to smash or grab things with the poseable fingers!
• Measures over 28″ (73cm) high, 8″ (21cm) wide and 6″ (16cm) deep
• Ent stands over 9″ (23cm) tall

[news] Series 10 is here!

StevePoulsen — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:07:24 +0000

If you or your kidlets are any sort of LEGO fan, you’ve likely heard about the Special Promotional “Mr Gold” Minifig being released as part Series 10, and just in case you haven’t heard, here’s the scoop:

As a celebration of the LEGO Minifigures 10th series release, LEGO is adding a 17th figure to this run, a figure, called “Mr Gold”. unlike all of the other series Mr Gold is extremely rare, there are only 5,000, these 5,000 figures will be randomly inserted into cases of series 10 Minifigures, so that not even every box will have one. Finding him will be require a whole lot of luck effort, doggedness, and good timing.

If your one of those who wants one of them all, I wish you luck, and if you are ready to start you search, you can begin now at Smith’s Market place stores. Not scheduled to be released until May 1st Smiths market place as jumped the gun.

See all of the series 10 minifigures on the LEGO mini-figure website.

[News] Lego Marvel Super heroes

StevePoulsen — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 18:34:36 +0000

Some Time ago we blogged about the rumors of the upcoming LEGO Marvel Super Heroes video game. Now we have confirmation in the form of YouTube game play footage. The preview, reveals some things that are now common place in the LEGO video games franchise including the now common place inclusion of voice acting.

Looks fantastic, Now I just want to know what exclusive figure will be included for pre-orders.

HispaBrick 016

StevePoulsen — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:36:30 +0000

Hispa Bricks Issue 016 is out now, and worth a read, in it’s page’s you’ll find great articles on:

The Building of large scale ships,
Schiffo_factory’s process for sculpting animals out of LEGO,
An Interview with the Geniuses behind the Brotherhood Workshop
Evolution of the Mindstorms product line,
And soooooo much more

Lego Shop at Home Deals

StevePoulsen — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:04:58 +0000

Beginning the 24th of March, Lego has a couple of deals that when stacked together provide some great incentives.
1) Get Double VIP Points Starting March 25th
2) Get a Free Republic Frigate (poly bag) with any purchase over $50
3) Beginning March 24th all of the Chima Speedorz
will be 20% off.

Speeking of Speedorz, I should take a moment and mention that I love them, my kids (boys and girls) do to. There is something about pulling the ripcord and letting them skitter across the kitchen floor at each other that’s primal, and very satisfying when the crash. so if you don’t have at least 2 you really should think about getting a couple, then running your own LEGO demolition derby.

The LEGO Movie

StevePoulsen — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:22:39 +0000

For the second time in it’s development process, The creators of “The LEGO Movie” (due out next year) are giving LEGO fans the world over the chance to participate, and have their creation become a part of the movie. The rules are fairly straight forward, build a LEGO scene, and then have your mini-fig destroy some element in the science to create a new creation to help fight the bad guys, all captured on film.

For more detailed rules and requirements, check out the full write up on Rebrick

[builder spotlight] Cody O

StevePoulsen — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:58:31 +0000

at the suggestion of one of our form members (Xarquar) we’re starting a new semi-regular feature spotlighting new some of the club members and their LEGO creations.

Today’s Member is Cody O. Cody is currently serving as the ULUG President. As a builder of ancient times most of his creation bring to life some aspect of medieval or prehistoric life.

Building on his love of the all thing medieval, CODY has taken the challenge of Building the Tower of Orthanic from the Lord of the Rings.

This massive black tower stands over 6′ tall and is a sight to behold. there is no lack of enthusiasm from the crowd when you see plastic at ti’s best. You too can see it in person this weekend at the upcoming hostler’s train show in Ogden this weekend.