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Summer Star Wars sets now available from LEGOshop.com in the USA
Shopping news (USA) Posted by Huw, Jul 29 2010 3:12PM
The rest of the world has been able to buy them for some time, but now, finally, the summer Star Wars sets are available from LEGO.com in the USA. What's more, their release has been brought forward 3 days so that you can take advantage of the free shipping offer that ends on July 31st!
What you waiting for.... get you order in now! :-)
21 comments, latest one posted 15 minutes ago.
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20%-off "Friends and Family" sale at TRU stores - Australia
Shopping news (Australia) Posted by jpmanalo, Jul 28 2010 4:57AM
Toys 'R' Us (TRU) will be having a special Friends and Family 20%-off sale off all items - including LEGO - from 29 July 2010 till 30 July 2010. Given the rarity of sales at TRU stores in Australia, this would be a good chance to pick up some of the TRU Exclusive sets (for example, set 5980) at a reasonable price.
However, to be eligible for the 20%-off discount, you must present the special "Friends and Family" coupon. This coupon was emailed out to those subscribed to the TRU mailing list, but as a special gesture to all you folks reading Brickset, here is a link to the coupon - simply print and present!
Toys 'R' Us Friends and Family 20%-off Sale Coupon
Important Note: This coupon is ONLY for Toys 'R' Us stores in Australia!
13 comments, latest one posted 6 hours ago.
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Collectable minifigs series 2
New set news Posted by Huw, Jul 27 2010 4:29AM
So far, I believe the only confirmed sighting of these out in the wild is at LEGOLAND Billund (but correct me if I am wrong). [Update: They have been seen elsewhere now; read the comments to find out where!]
So, the barcodes are now known, and as I mentioned on Sunday, bricks.inof.de has updated its downloadable PDF crib-sheets to include them.
I've added the individual figs here and also the barcodes, so Mobile Brickset is ready to be used for scanning and identifying them.
By the way, I still haven't resolved the problem with the figs from the collectable minifigures not appearing in your minifig collection here. It's made difficult by the fact that sense didn't prevail at BrickLink and all 16 variants of 8683 still have just one catalogue entry there, and as you know we get our minifig data from BrickLink. I will try and come up with a robust means of manually making the connection between set numbers and figures to solve it once and for all. [Update: this is now resolved. Collectable figs will now show up in your minfig collection: Refresh your collection on the My Sets tab and they'll be added]
(Thanks to the Ugly Duckiling at BrickLink for providing the minifig images for series 2. If you have an interest in minifigs, be sure to read his blog, it's one of the best out there)
114 comments, latest one posted 42 minutes ago.
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The Brothers Brick celebrate their 5th Anniversary
Miscellaneous news Posted by Huw, Jul 26 2010 5:43PM
Today marks the 5th anniversary of The Brothers Brick, everyone's favourite LEGO blog, and to celebrate Andrew has posted an article about the changes within the LEGO fan community since 2005 which makes for interesting reading.
Perhaps I should begin to mark the anniversaries of Brickset.com, which first went live in 2000. If I can find out exactly when, and we haven't already missed it, I'll mark the 10th anniversary. (Prior to that, as you will know if you've read the BrickJournal article about the site, from 1997-2000 it was hosted on my ISP's web server)
16 comments, latest one posted yesterday at 9:16 AM.
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New Argos catalogue out today
Shopping news (UK) Posted by Huw, Jul 24 2010 3:17PM
There's lots of new sets in the new Argos catalogue, including Hero Factory, Technic and Star Wars. Unfortunately it's not that easy to identify them so you'll have to visit Argos' LEGO shop and hunt through. I had heard rumours of 3 for 2 on Toy Story sets but there's no mention of it on the website. There are, however, some healthy reductions on Prince of Persia sets.
15 comments, latest one posted 14 hours ago.
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News update
Miscellaneous news Posted by Huw, Jul 24 2010 2:12PM
I'm back from my travels now. It seems a lot happened while I was away!
- The biggest piece of news to break, which we haven't reported here yet, is that possibly the most famous celebrity in the world, is an AFOL. David Beckham said in an interview that he recently bought and built the Taj Mahal. That's the sort of product endorsement that money can't buy and I bet LEGO are well pleased with it, particularly as sales for the set apparently jumped by over 600% in just one day! You can read what other sites have been reporting about this via Google News.
- inof.de has posted barcodes for collectable minifigs series 2, and there are nice pictures of the figs at Eurobricks. The LEGO Minifig identifier for Android has been updated to v1.1 to include these barcodes.
I'll add news to this post as I go through my inbox...
41 comments, latest one posted 2 days ago.
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The next LEGO license?
New set news Posted by shima55, Jul 23 2010 10:11AM
A new theme for 2010? Look on FBTB.net for a picture taken from this weeks San Diego Comic Convention. The picture is taken from the LEGO Prince of Persia booth. The figure in the picture is not from Prince of Persia, but I'm not going to spoil what the figure is. Just click through, and then come back here and tell us what you think.
160 comments, latest one posted 30 minutes ago.
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Images of two more LEGO Exclusives
New set news Posted by bluemoose, Jul 21 2010 5:30PM
It's a busy day for news on exclusive sets - the ever resourceful 'whung' has managed to find images of two upcoming LEGO exclusive sets: #10214 '"Tower Bridge", part of the World Landmarks series, and #10216 "Winter Bakery", the follow-up to last year's 'Winter Toy Shop' special.
(Update: I've added the images to Brickset now -- Huw)
48 comments, latest one posted yesterday at 11:33 PM.
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New Star Wars UCS set announced, #10215 - Obi Wan’s Jedi Starfighter
New set news Posted by bluemoose, Jul 21 2010 4:48PM
Just announced at the San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC):
10215 – Obi-Wan’s Jedi Starfighter
Ages 14+. 676 pieces.
US $ 99.99 CA $ 129.99 UK £ 94.99 DE € 99.99Blast-off into The Clone Wars with Obi-Wan’s collector-series Jedi Starfighter!
Now you can build the ultimate LEGO version of Jedi general Obi-Wan Kenobi’s Delta-7 Aethersprite-class Jedi starfighter! Larger and more detailed than any previous Jedi starfighter model, this limited-edition collector vehicle is equipped with twin laser cannons, a full cockpit interior and a wing-mounted R4-P17 astromech droid dome that rotates. With a buildable display stand and plaque, it’s just the thing to pursue bounty hunter Jango Fett across the galaxy or battle swarms of Separatist fighters in space! Measures 9 in (23 cm) high on stand, 18" (47 cm) long and 9" (22 cm) wide when built.
- Ultimate Collector’s Series Obi-Wan’s Jedi Starfighter!
- Equipped with twin laser cannons!
- Features fully detailed cockpit interior!
- The dome of Obi-Wan’s wing mounted R4-P17 astromech droid rotates!
- Includes display stand, plaque and label sheet!
- Model can be detached from display stand!
- Measures 9 in (23 cm) high on stand, 18" (47 cm) long and 9" (22 cm) wide when built!
It will be available from November 2010.
There's also a video to go with the announcement on YouTube.
Note: We have been sent the "press pack" for the release, which includes some lovely high-quality images of the model; however like Huw, I'm travelling abroad at the moment with limited bandwidth, so uploading is an issue. Check out the images at FBTB.net - http://www.fbtb.net/2010/07/21/ultimate-collector-series-10215-obi-wans-jedi-starfighter/
45 comments, latest one posted 5 days ago.
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I'm still on vacation...
Brickset news Posted by Huw, Jul 21 2010 2:16AM
I'm still here in Gozo and while I have a good internet connection, it's a bit of a stuggle using a computer indoors and updating Brickset because it's so hot. I'm receiving lots of news - thanks -- but for some reason my laptop has stopped being able to send email using Windows Mail so I haven't been able to reply to many.
My week hasn't been totally LEGO-free though: I've been reading 'LEGO A Love Story' by Jonathan Bender which is a novel about his experience of becoming an AFOL. I'll post a mini-review here when I've finished it. I've also ordered a load of stuff from LEGOshop.com which will hopefully arrive shortly after I get back :-)
Thanks to yellowcastle and bluemoose for keeping you up to date, and hopefully normal service will be resumed when I return to the UK on Saturday.
12 comments, latest one posted 7 days ago.
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