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LEGO Icons Captain Jack Sparrow’s Pirate Ship (10365) Now Available on LEGO Shop

September 11, 2025 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

The new LEGO Icons Captain Jack Sparrow’s Pirate Ship (10365) is now available for purchase on the LEGO Shop. Also known as the Black Pearl, the iconic ship has been featured in all the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. The set consists of 2,862 pieces and retails for $379.99. Also from now until September 18, you can also get Captain Jack Sparrow’s Compass (5009609) when you purchase the set, while supplies last. You can also double up on the promos as you can also get the LEGO SEGA Genesis Controller (40769) GWP as well.

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LEGO Opens Consumer and Shopper Engagement (CSE) Office in Tempe, Arizona

September 11, 2025 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

In more LEGO expansion news, LEGO has opened a new office in Tempe, Arizona for its new Consumer and Shopper Engagement (CSE) department. The CSE team will continue to support LEGO fans across the United States, answering questions and helping make their building experiences even more enjoyable. There are currently about 150 employees at the Tempe office with plans to grow to 180. If you’re looking to join, you can apply here.

Tempe, Arizona becomes the new home of the LEGO Group’s Consumer and Shopper Engagement team

Tempe, AZ, USA, 10 September, 2025: The LEGO Group has opened its new Consumer and Shopper Engagement (CSE) office in Tempe, Arizona with a ribbon cutting to mark the opening of a new base in the Greater Phoenix area.

From here, the award-winning CSE team will continue to support LEGO® fans across the United States, answering questions and helping make their building experiences even more enjoyable.

Monika Lütke-Daldrup, Head of Consumer and Shopper Engagement, said: “Tempe is an exciting location for our Consumer and Shopper Engagement team in the US to continue their work with fans. LEGO colleagues across CSE have a unique opportunity every day to show customers that we care. The enthusiasm and passion we see for LEGO products inspires us to keep finding ways to make their experiences even better.”
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The CSE team is a global network of nearly 1,000 LEGO colleagues in China, Germany, Denmark, Singapore, the UK and the US. Together, they manage more than 4 million customer interactions each year,

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The LEGO Group and Kuehne+Nagel Opens New Distribution Center in Vietnam

September 11, 2025 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

The LEGO Group and Kuehne+Nagel have announced a new distribution center in Vietnam that will be helping support the Asia Pacific markets. The new distribution center will serve as a logistics hub for the Vietnam factory and will supply the markets in Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, and Japan, with other markets including India and Indonesia next year.

Kuehne+Nagel and the LEGO Group open new regional distribution centre in Vietnam to support Asia Pacific growth

• New regional distribution centre serves as logistics hub for the LEGO Group’s newly opened factory in Vietnam
• Second centre operated by Kuehne+Nagel and the LEGO Group following opening of Belgium regional distribution centre in 2024
• Kuehne+Nagel to provide end-to-end logistics solutions serving Asia Pacific region

Vietnam, September 10, 2025: Kuehne+Nagel and the LEGO Group are expanding their long-standing partnership with the opening of a new Regional Distribution Centre (RDC) in Dong Nai, Vietnam. The centre will serve as a distribution hub for products manufactured at LEGO Manufacturing Vietnam, the LEGO Group’s newest factory in Ho Chi Minh City which opened earlier this year.

At the time of its opening, the RDC will supply markets including Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, and Japan, with other markets including India, Indonesia and more planned to come in 2026. Kuehne+Nagel will manage end-to-end logistics operations for the RDC, including transport from the LEGO Group’s Vietnam factory and Mainland China, customs clearance, bonded warehousing, sea freight, and delivery to Local Distribution Centres (LDCs) throughout the region.

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LEGO Ideas The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror Achieves 10,000 Supporters

September 10, 2025 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror by CoasterZoom is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The build features a miniature Hollywood Tower Hotel that is still at Disneyland Paris. Although it doesn’t seem to open up, it still has lots of the details including a hall, a heating room, two libraries and three elevator shafts.

LEGO Ideas September 8 Update – Japanese Themed Projects Reaches Goal

September 9, 2025 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

It’s been a few days since our last LEGO Ideas update and a few more projects have reached the 10,000 supporter goal for the Third 2025 Review Stage. This update is more Japanese related and purely a coincidence in themes. For the Naruto one, it’s reached the 10k a few times before in the past so fans are still wanting a Naruto set.

Ramen Noodles – Gummybrickss

Naruto: Ichiraku Ramen Shop – DadiTwins

LEGO Seasonal Family Christmas Tree (41843) Revealed

September 9, 2025 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

LEGO has revealed a new larger scale Seasonal set with the Family Christmas Tree (41843). Also releasing on October 1, the set has 3,171 pieces and will retail for $329.99. The set features a large Christmas tree that sits on a pedestal that has a rotating train set inside. The tree itself can open up to reveal more details inside.

Create a family tradition and build a fantastic Christmas centerpiece any holiday decor fan would be proud to own with this Family Christmas Tree Decoration (41843) LEGO® building set. This collectible celebrates the holiday with a fun family bonding activity centered on a LEGO display set and makes a great early Christmas gift for families and kids aged 9 and up. The building kit includes a large Christmas tree on a base with opening panels and hidden rooms. There’s a sleigh for Santa Claus, a reindeer figure, snowman and reindeer ‘plushies’, a brick-built Cataclaws, Mrs. Claus and 5 industrious elves, along with fun accessories. After the holiday, the tree separates into sections for easy storage, ready for next Christmas.

LEGO Winter Village Holiday Express Train (10361) Revealed

September 9, 2025 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

LEGO has finally revealed this year’s Winter Village set with the Holiday Express Train (10361). Releasing on October 1, the set has 956 pieces and will retail for $129.99. The Holiday Express Train features a four car train which includes the locomotive, a tinder car, a passenger car, and a car with a large polar bear with a present. It also comes with a set of track as well.

The LEGO® Icons Holiday Express Train (10361) model train set has arrived. Craft a locomotive with a bobbing smokestack, coal tender, flatcar carrying a bell-ringing polar bear and an end car with a furnished interior. This adult building kit also includes 4 minifigures and a passenger platform with a bench and lamppost, plus miniature toys including, for the first time in a retail LEGO set, a 3D-printed train piece. Build the track around your holiday tree and add the LEGO Powered Up kit (sold separately) to motorize the locomotive.