Brickset news archive: April 2008

  • Speed Racers Now Available from S@H

    LEGOshop.com news Posted by Huw, Apr 1 2008 6:10PM
    8161: Grand Prix Race
    8161: Grand Prix Race
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    The sets are now in the data feed. I picked the yellow/red one up at the weekend in the LEGO brand store in Milton Keynes. It's actually rather good particularly given the price of less than £6 per car (including the 10% Brickish discount). A lot of nice curved pieces and no useless single-use parts.

  • UCS General Grevious Image

    New set news Posted by Huw, Apr 8 2008 4:49PM
    10186: General Grievous
    10186: General Grievous
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    Thanks to AJ Bellinger who has sent us an image of this forthcoming UCS set, which looks pretty good to me.

  • New Indy Set

    New set news Posted by Huw, Apr 10 2008 5:43PM
    7628: Peril in Peru
    7628: Peril in Peru
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    This was found on the Japanese Toys R Us site, and would appear to be a TRU exclusive.

  • Factory space sets now available from S@H

    LEGOshop.com news Posted by Huw, Apr 19 2008 5:24AM
    10191: Star Justice
    10191: Star Justice
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    The two LEGO Factory space sets can now be bought from LEGOshop.com in Europe. However they seem a tad expensive to me. At £70 (or €100 in Germany) for under 1000 pieces they do not compare well with Market Street, for example, which is £10 cheaper and has about 400 more parts. They don't seem to be available from LEGOshop.com in the US, but I suspect they'll be somewhat less than $150, which the exchange rate would suggest given the European prices.

  • Coastguard sets listed on Amazon

    New set news Posted by Huw, Apr 22 2008 1:39PM
    7726: Coast Guard Truck with Speed Boat
    7726: Coast Guard Truck with Speed Boat
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    Djsouthtown wrote to say that the coastguard sets are now listed on Amazon UK. You can see prices, but not order them yet.

     

  • Pictures of new Batman sets

    New set news Posted by Huw, Apr 22 2008 3:50PM
    7888: The Tumbler: Joker's Ice Cream Surprise
    7888: The Tumbler: Joker's Ice Cream Surprise
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    An anonymous reader has sent us pictures of the new Batman sets. They look sweet, particularly the tumbler, which to fans of the recent movies, is probably the most recognisable Batman vehicle.