Author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran (Page 13 of 33)

If you missed out on some previous LEGO gift with purchase items from previous years, the Reward Center has a number of items available that you can redeem with your points.

Buildable 2×4 Red Brick – 1,300 points
DUPLO Photo Frame – 950 points
LEGO Creator Fountain – 1,400 points
LEGO VIP Tote Bag – 3,200 points
LEGO Iconic VIP Set – 500 points

Each item you purchase gets you a promotional code that you can use on your next Shop@Home purchase. The codes last for only 60 days so you’ll have to use them fairly quickly before they expire. Some of the items have a limit on how many you can get. I’m not sure how much inventory LEGO has on each item so hop on it if you see something you like.

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LEGO has opened up a new LEGO flagship store in Hangzhou, China and is the fourth such store in China. Like with many other flagship stores around the world, there are many large builds that feature many local landmarks including the Broken Bridge at the West Lake, the Six Harmonies Pagoda, and Three Pools Mirroring the Moon.

New LEGO® flagship store opened in Hangzhou celebrating local cultural heritage and creative play

Children, families and fans of all ages in Hangzhou, the capital city of Zhejiang Province in China, are now able to enjoy the unique LEGO® brand experience in the new LEGO flagship store which opened in the city today.

Located at Hubin, a vibrant shopping and entertainment centre in the city, the 527-square-meter flagship store offers an immersive and playful LEGO brand experience for shoppers. Besides a full lineup of LEGO products, hands-on and personal LEGO experiences are also available for children and fans to explore in the store.

Steps away from the West Lake, a key tourism destination, the flagship store will fascinate guests with creative builds that have a strong bond with local cultural heritage.

A 3D model of the iconic Broken Bridge at the West Lake, built with 694,760 LEGO bricks, is sure to catch the eye of every guest entering the store. The classic legendary story about Lady White Snake and her husband Xu Xian is translated into two 3D models. The popular Ten West Lake Views are featured in ten master mosaic pieces placed in the giant pagoda-shaped threshold built

A few months ago, LEGO made Bricks & Pieces available again for only a few countries due to the pandemic happening around the world. Some of the countries had the ability to order for a short time before getting taken down again due to unknown reasons.

LEGO has just announced that more countries can now order from Bricks & Pieces again, including those that were removed from the most recent announcement.

A message from LEGO® Customer Service:

Continuing on the successful updates made to LEGO.com/service for United Kingdom / English and Spain / Spanish toward the end of 2019 and opening service for India just a month ago, we’ve finished moving our Customer Service site to the same platform used by the rest of LEGO.com. For the most part, this has been a like-for-like transition of content, although there will be a noticeably differently look and feel.

While Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand and the United States were opened previously for paid parts orders, we’ve also been able to coordinate reopening Bricks and Pieces sales with our warehouse for the following markets:

• Austria
• Belgium
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Finland
• France
• Hungary
• Ireland
• Italy
• Luxembourg
• Netherlands
• Norway
• Poland
• Portugal
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland

We hope you’ll love the new site as much as we do!

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Yesterday, I reported that the LEGO summer 2020 catalog has started to show up in the mail and many people have asked how to get it. Over on LEGO Shop@Home, you can request to be on the mailing list or if you’re environmentally responsible, you can also download them on PDF. Fortunately, the latest one is now available for you to peruse if you don’t have the physical copy.

If you didn’t see yet, there is a page showing some upcoming LEGO Disney sets that are set to be released on June 17. The eagle eyes over at New Elementary have pointed out that the background for Disney is using similar patterns as the other 18+ sets that have been released already so that could mean something.

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LEGO has recently released a fairly rare video showing their factory and how they make LEGO minifigures. The video doesn’t show the complete process but it does give you an idea of what goes into creating just one minifigure. It’s a pretty cool video with fun facts thrown in here and there showing just how many they can make in an hour. Here’s to hoping to see more of these kinds of videos in the future.

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We all know that LEGO has been helping kids around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic and they have recently announced that they have launched initiatives in India in collaboration with NITI Aayog and Save The Children. This partnership is part of the previous announced $50 million overall commitment to help children and families impacted by COVID-19 around the world.

The LEGO Group Collaborates with Save the Children and NITI Aayog to Support Children Impacted by COVID-19 in India

The LEGO Group, in collaboration with NITI Aayog and Save The Children, has introduced targeted initiatives in India to promote ‘Learning Through Play’ and support home-based learning during these unprecedented times, while strengthening community efforts to respond to COVID 19. The new partnership forms part of the LEGO Group and LEGO Foundation’s overall commitment of US $50 million globally to help children and their families impacted by COVID 19.

The LEGO Group has partnered with Save the Children to promote responsive care-giving and play based learning practices for children aged 3-8 years both at state and national levels. This effort will help in strengthening communities to combat COVID-19 by providing educational kits and play materials for use at home as well as guiding parents and caregivers on hygiene and responsive caregiving. The initiative will also improve access to quality pre-school education through the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) and pre-school Centres when they re-open. It will focus on building capacity of pre-school Anganwadi Workers (AWWs), Anganwadi Helpers (AWHs) and ICDS functionaries to support the development and school

In the wake of current events, LEGO has announced that they will be donating $4 million to organizations that are dedicated to supporting black children and educating about racial equality. LEGO has usually been quiet on controversial issues but they have taken a stand and not staying silent.

We stand with the black community against racism and inequality.

There is much to do.

We will donate $4 million to organizations dedicated to supporting black children and educating all children about racial equality

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— LEGO (@LEGO_Group) June 3, 2020

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A few weeks ago, we gave an update on which LEGO Brand Stores will be reopening and we have another one. If you haven’t been out that much recently, you’ll be glad to know that there are now more stores doing curbside pickup. The list of stores that are fully open has also been expanded as well. I expect this list to change soon since a lot of states have started to ease restrictions. If you’re weary of going out, LEGO Shop@Home is still there for your shopping needs.

Hi AFOL Community,

Please see the updated list of store locations that are now providing curbside services and stores that are now open to instore traffic. Please check your local store page for current business hours or call the store before you visit. As you can imagine things are changing by the minute and this list could change. We look forward to greeting you back to our stores. Thank you for your patience and support!

Curbside Service as of 5/20

767 LEGO, CHRISTIANA, DE
851 LEGO, OXMOOR MALL, KY
701 LEGO, MALL OF AMERICA, MN
705 LEGO, CHICAGO, IL
713 LEGO, NORTHBROOK COURT, IL
714 LEGO, WOODFIELD MALL, IL
749 LEGO, ORLAND SQUARE, IL
750 LEGO, EASTON, OH
900 LEGO, GURNEE MILLS, IL
720 LEGO, BELLEVUE, WA
779 LEGO, OAKRIDGE, CAN
787 LEGO, ALDERWOOD, WA
836 LEGO, SOUTH CENTER, WA
703 LEGO, PARK MEADOWS, CO
711 LEGO, COLORADO MILLS, CO
716 LEGO, FASHION VALLEY, CA
726 LEGO, MISSION VIEJO, CA
729 LEGO, ONTARIO MILLS, CA
825 LEGO,

Jan Beyer over on the LEGO Ambassador Network has released a statement regarding the AFOL Networking Events that are supposed to be going on around the world. Due to the Covid-19 situation, there have only two events (Bricks LA/Bricks Cascade) that happened because they were held before everything shut down. Jan has given his thoughts on the ANE for 2020 that have not been cancelled yet (BrickFair Virginia/Skærbæk Fan Weekend/BrickCon). He also talks about some ANE that have gone virtual but that is no replacement for physical events.

Dear all, I hope you are all safe and healthy and have time to spend on your LEGO hobby.

Today I like to give you an updated about the situation regarding AFOL Networking Events in the current Corona Virus pandemic.

Due the never seen before circumstances unfortunately only 2 ANE (Bricks LA and Bricks Cascade) in early 2020 could happen. Since mid March all ANEs are cancelled due to governmental or local restrictions for physical meetings and larger gatherings.

This is of course understandable but hits the organizers and participants as well as the AFOL Community quite heavy.

We do our best to be as supportive as we can be to the cancelled ANE but of course it is a very sad situation and we are right now all very uncertain how the future for large physical gatherings looks like.

There are still 3 ANE left for the remainder of 2020 (Brick Fair Virginia, Skærbæk Fan Weekend and BrickCon) which are not cancelled yet and we all cross

Over on the LAN, LEGO Chief Marketing Officer Julia Goldin has shared a message with the LEGO community. She has taken time to reflect on the current global situation and shares how the AFOL community is important to her and to LEGO in general, especially the events that are supposed to be going on around the world. It’s nice to see higher ups take time to make candid videos and sharing their thoughts.

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If you know Adam Savage from Tested/Mythbusters, you would know that he’s a big LEGO fan. His recent video on his Tested channel lets you see how he sorts his collection. Since he’s more of the hands-on DIY kind of person, he doesn’t resort to the usual storage solutions like Akro-Mils but instead he goes and builds his own system. On the same note, Brickset has been interviewing members of the LEGO community of how they do their storage which are some pretty good reads and it gives ideas on how to improve on your storage system.

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You may have noticed that a lot of sets on LEGO Shop@Home have been on backorder status for a while now and LEGO has given an explanation on future product availability. It nothing too out of the ordinary but at least there are updates on the situation.

During the past few months we have seen a strong demand for our products as families and hobbyists turn to building to help them get through this difficult period. As a result, we have been working incredibly hard to make sure that our products are available online in our stores and our retail partners’ e-commerce sites.

We have been fortunate that our factories in Europe and Asia continue to operate. Our factory in Mexico has been closed for the past few weeks after the Mexican government ordered all non-essential manufacturing sites to close while the country focused on preventing the spread of the virus. We have been using our full global supply chain to ship products to all markets and fulfill orders as best as possible.

While COVID has created a very dynamic and uncertain environment, at this stage it hasn’t impacted decisions about when to retire products.

So far we have seen very limited disruption to supply and at this stage we continue to be able to supply our retail partners and our e-commerce store on LEGO.com.

Does this mean there will be a shortage of LEGO products?

We have products in distribution centres and warehouses and are working hard to fulfill orders. We also have a global

LEGO Stores have been closed for about two months but there is some good news coming out of the LEGO Ambassador Network. Retail Events Manager Paul Striefler has let us know that some stores will be reopening soon while others will be doing curbside pickup starting as early as tomorrow. Details of which stores will be doing what are listed below.

Hi AFOL Community,

Select LEGO Stores are re-opening soon! We are complying with local regulations and providing guidelines to keep our visitors and team members safe. We have re-opened three store locations to the public and the following locations below have been approved to do curbside pickup as of this Wednesday 5/13. Please note that we currently do not have any of the new items in-stock that were recently released while we were closed and PAB/BAM will not be available at this time. Please check your local store page for current business hours or call the store before you visit. As you can imagine things are changing by the minute and this list could change. We look forward to greeting you back to our stores. Thank you for your patience and support!

Open Locations:

783 North Point, GA
743 Stonebriar, TX
778 Woodlands, TX

Curbside Pick-Up:

825 FASHION SHOW, NV
739 CHANDLER, AZ
769 ARROWHEAD, AZ
729 ONTARIO MILLS, CA
716 FASHION VALLEY, CA
846 HAYWOOD MALL, SC
755 CONCORD MILLS, NC
833 SOUTHPARK, NC
856 ST. JOHN’S TOWN CTR, FL
857 TOWN CTR at BOCA RATON, FL
717 SAWGRASS MILLS, FL
845 LAKESIDE MALL,

For those who are telecommuting, LEGO has released some cool LEGO backgrounds that you can use on your video calls. There are nine backgrounds to choose from and all of them feature sets that have already been released. Head on over to the link above to download them.

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The 2020 Recognized LEGO Fan Media Days is coming up at the end of the month and we here at The Brick Fan are lucky enough to be attending this event. Unfortunately due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation, flying to Denmark is out of the question so LEGO will be holding online sessions for it. This is a new thing and there were limited spots for who we can interview and yesterday we got our choices. The themes that we are able to interview are:

• Minifigures (I assume this is for the Collectible Minifigures)
• Confidential New Product (Monkie Kid)
• Element Design
• LEGO Ideas

We’ll be asking the LEGO Designers from those themes and you guys also have an opportunity to ask questions as well. Keep in mind LEGO won’t answer any questions about future products. Leave your questions below or on any of our social media posts and we’ll pick out some of the best questions and send them along.

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A few days ago, LEGO announced some changes to their Board of Directors with with one member stepping down and another joins. CEO of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd Kåre Schultz left the Board while Netflix Board of Director Anne Sweeney joins LEGO. These changes probably won’t affect us consumers directly but Sweeney did work for Disney, ABC, Nickelodeon, and Fox so she does have a great entertainment background which could help LEGO in that aspect.

The LEGO Group today announced two changes to its Board of Directors as Kåre Schultz, CEO Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd steps down and Anne Sweeney, a member of the Board of Directors at Netflix, joins with immediate effect.

Anne is also a member of the Board of Trustees at the Mayo Clinic, and a Deans Distinguished Fellow at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education.

Prior to embarking on a new chapter in the entertainment industry in 2015, Anne was Co-Chair, Disney Media Networks, and President, Disney/ABC Television Group, which includes The Walt Disney Company’s global entertainment and news television properties, owned television stations group, as well as radio and publishing businesses.

Anne has a BA degree from The College of New Rochelle and an Ed. M. degree from Harvard University.

Chairman of the Board of Directors, Thomas Kirk Kristiansen, commented:

“LEGO A/S has developed tremendously since 2007 when Kåre Schultz first joined as a Member of the Board. I would like to thank Kåre for his dedicated contributions to this development over more than 12 years. Furthermore, I am pleased

Earlier this year, LEGO announced some initiatives to help children and families during the COVID-19 pandemic. A few days ago, they released a press release showing what the company has been doing for those affected around the world.

How we’re helping families impacted by COVID-19

Our commitment to ensuring we reach crisis-affected children with learning through play support and vital supplies.

With 90% of the world’s student population currently out of school, and millions of families facing financial, job or medical insecurity, the global impact of COVID-19 on children’s wellbeing and development is unprecedented.

We’ve been inspired and humbled by the work that thousands of amazing charities, NGOs and not-for-profit organisations are doing to provide essential services to families during this time – whether that be ensuring children continue to have access to education, or helping the youngest members of our communities feel safe, valued and supported.

But in many cases, these organisations are facing an unparalleled demand for their services.

That’s why we’ve joined forces with the LEGO Foundation, pledging US $50m to support children impacted by COVID-19. Part of the funding will go to new and existing partners in our local communities to help them reach crisis-affected children with vital supplies and opportunities to learn through play to support their well-being and the development of essential life skills.

Here are just few examples of the many ways these incredible organisations support children day-after-day.

Amigos – Hungary

Amigos brings rare moments of playful joy to young patients in hospitals across Hungary. The organisation is run