Brickset news archive: September 2007

  • First pictures of Indy sets

    New set news Posted by Huw, Sep 12 2007 2:49PM

    Check out the images just posted at CoolToyReview!

  • Interesting release of polybag sets in USA LEGO brand stores.

    New set news Posted by Huw, Sep 12 2007 2:52PM
    66208: Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
    66208: Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
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    Ron wrote in saying that he found an interesting set in his local brand store in the USA. "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium" contains 9 polybag sets: 7602, 7604, 7606, 7609, 7610, 7871, 7872, 7873 and 7875. These we have had listed and slated for 2006 release but which never actually (as far as we know) were released. Let's hope this collection of sets becomes more widely available.

  • Quick -- get down to your local Quick restaurant today!

    New set news Posted by Huw, Sep 12 2007 3:02PM
    4937: Life Guard
    4937: Life Guard
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    The Quick restaurant chain has LEGO sets in its 'happy meals' at the moment.

    If you're in France be sure to pig out and collect all the sets!

  • Comments have been re-enabled

    Site update Posted by Huw, Sep 12 2007 3:41PM

    It's too quiet in here since I disabled comments... I really haven't got time to implement moderation or to moderate them going forwards so I have re-enabled the comments system as it was previously.

    Instead of moderation, I'll be applying a zero-tolerance approach. If you...

    • make multiple posts in quick succession
    • flame other users
    • use bad language
    • stray off topic
    • write posts that add no value to the discussion

    ...your comments will be deleted and your account will be suspended without warning. Let's see if we can all get along and play nicely in here!

     

  • Watch out for a Creator suprise with Sniggles biscuits in Australia...

    New set news Posted by Grahame, Sep 16 2007 2:17AM

    Eric has reported that the Creator sets 7602, 7873 and 7875 are currently being offered in boxes of Sniggles biscuits in Coles supermarkets in Australia. The sets are packed randomly one per box.

  • UCS Millennium Falcon delayed?

    LEGOshop.com news Posted by shima55, Sep 18 2007 11:23PM
    10179: Ultimate Collector's Millennium Falcon
    10179: Ultimate Collector's Millennium Falcon
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    Brickset user Aaron has brought to our attention that the shipping date for the Ultimate Collectors' Series Millennium Falcon has been pushed back almost an entire month to October 31st, instead of October 1st, as previously listed on the LEGO S@H website in the U.S. and Canada. No other country seems to be affected.

  • Limited Edition sets

    New set news Posted by shima55, Sep 19 2007 5:57AM
    7714: Golden Guardian
    7714: Golden Guardian
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    While looking at some of this years' exclusive sets boxes, I have noticed that a few of them say Limited Edition, instead of Special Edition, like previous years' exclusives. Not every exclusive set this year has this label, so these certain few could have a very limited production run. Get them while you can!

  • Motorised At-At available now at S@H

    LEGOshop.com news Posted by Huw, Sep 19 2007 1:54PM
    10178: Motorised Walking AT-AT
    10178: Motorised Walking AT-AT
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    The set we've all been waiting for can now be ordered from Shop At Home. Those of you in the US and Canada might have to wait a little longer.

  • 10178 now available in the United States and Canada!

    LEGOshop.com news Posted by shima55, Sep 20 2007 11:33AM
    10178: Motorised Walking AT-AT
    10178: Motorised Walking AT-AT
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    Following up from yesterday's story, the new At-At is now available in the U.S and Canada. Unfortunately, it doesn't include batteries.

  • UCS Millenium Falcon now shipping!

    LEGOshop.com news Posted by shima55, Sep 24 2007 10:07AM
    10179: Ultimate Collector's Millennium Falcon
    10179: Ultimate Collector's Millennium Falcon
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    We have received some reports of the new UCS Millenium Falcon being delivered to our members. This is about a week early! It looks like the wait is nearly over for those of you who preordered.

  • Buy two get one free at Toys "R" Us!

    Miscellaneous news Posted by shima55, Sep 24 2007 6:31PM
    7714: Golden Guardian
    7714: Golden Guardian
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    If you live in the U.S., head over to your nearest Toys "R" Us, or their website, for their Bi-annual buy two get one free sale on most LEGO sets! The themes included are Creator, City, Castle, Mars Mission, Racers, Aqua Raiders, EXO-FORCE, and BIONICLE. Star Wars is not included, sadly, and the Racers deal does not apply online.

  • Show your support for Brickset

    LEGOshop.com news Posted by Huw, Sep 26 2007 4:00AM

    The more observant among you will have noticed the colourful S@H adverts on the left-hand-side of this page. Brickset is now a LEGO affiliate which means that, if you access S@H by clicking on the ads to get there, Brickset will get a small commission on every item bought.

    Having two ads for different markets is a bit messy, and what about the rest of the world, I hear you ask? Well, it seems the different regions of LEGO do things separately and at the moment only NA (US and Canada) and UK have affiliate schemes. I'll put some country detection code in place soon to show only the relevant one when I have worked out how.

    I'm hoping to put direct product links on the relevant set pages, if I can get the data in a usable format from them. There are at present 590-odd different sets listed on S@H and I'm certainly not going to add them manually!

    Show your support for Brickset by clicking on the link and buying something today!

  • Exo-Force Combat Crawler X2

    LEGOshop.com news Posted by Grahame, Sep 26 2007 4:27AM
    7721: Combat Crawler X2
    7721: Combat Crawler X2
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    This 'on-again, off-again' set is now available to European and Australasian customers of Lego Shop At Home.

  • More 2008 sets

    New set news Posted by Huw, Sep 26 2007 1:49PM
    7622: Race for the Stolen Treasure
    7622: Race for the Stolen Treasure
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    Thanks to all of you who have sent new pictures of 2008 sets, I have now added them. Some look quite interesting, What do you think of them?

  • New EXO-FORCE image!

    New set news Posted by shima55, Sep 30 2007 4:24PM

    On the Canadian Amazon site, in addition to the title of next year's first EXO-FORCE book, they also have the cover image to said book. Similar to what happened last year with BIONICLE, a new set image is on the cover! We do not know what the name or set number to this set is yet, but it's always nice to get little bits of information like this.