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Expand Your LEGO Ensemble with Bricky Blocks

March 12, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

For a while now, I’ve been reporting on LEGO-themed t-shirts from various companies but now you can expand your wardrobe with some new items from Elope with their Bricky Blocks. These new items includes neck and bow ties, baseball hats, and a scarf.

Currently, there are neck and bow ties available in black, blue, white, and red and are studs throughout the front of them for you to build upon. The baseball hats are also in the same colors as well and there are spots for you to build on the front and on the visor. For the scarf, you can’t build on it but it does have a cool design with 2x4s in different colors. It measures about 56-inches long by 7-inches wide.

Like many other non-official LEGO products, they are compatible with most major building blocks. The items are available for pre-order over on Entertainment Earth and are tentatively scheduled to be delivered in August.

LEGO The Simpsons Kwik-E-Mart (71016) Officially Announced

March 12, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 8 Comments

Back in October, I said this was coming. There were doubters but there were also fans anxious to see if it was real. Today LEGO officially revealed the LEGO The Simpsons Kwik-E-Mart (71016) to the public. The set contains 2,179 pieces and will retail for $199.99. The Kwik-E-Mart will be able to open up and see all the glorious details of the convenience store including a sticker panel of Frostillicus. The Kwik-E-Mart (71016) will be available for LEGO VIP members from April 15-30 according to the April 2015 LEGO Store Calendar and to the general public on May 1st. Check out more images of the set below as well as the official press release.

71016 – The Kwik-E-Mart
Ages 12+. 2,179 pieces.
US $199.99 – CA $229.99 – DE 199.99€ – UK £169.99 – DK 1699.00 DKK
*Euro pricing varies by country. Please visit shop.LEGO.com for regional pricing.

Visit The Kwik-E-Mart—Springfield’s favorite convenience store!

Welcome to The Kwik-E-Mart—your one-stop shop for convenience foods at inconvenient prices! This highly detailed and iconic LEGO® version of The Simpsons™ store is packed with more rich, colorful details than a Mr. Burns birthday cake has candles! Walk under the huge Kwik-E-Mart sign and join Homer, Marge and Bart as they browse the aisles filled with beauty products, diapers, dog food, pastries, fruits, vegetables and more—including Krusty-O’s and Chef Lonelyheart’s Soup for One. Then head over to the refrigerated cases where you’ll find Buzz Cola, chocolate milk, various other drinks and snacks… and frozen Jasper! There’s also a Buzz Cola soda

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LEGO The Simpsons Minifigures Series 2 (71009) Officially Revealed

March 12, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 3 Comments

In other LEGO Simpsons news today, LEGO officially revealed the LEGO The Simpsons Minifigures Series 2 (71009). We first talked about the list of characters included in the second wave back in December. They will be available on May 1st with some popping up in various retailers in late April.

Homer
Marge
Bartman
Lisa with Snowball II
Maggie with Santa’s Little Helper
Fallout Boy
Smithers
Patty
Selma
Comic Book Guy
Groundskeeper Willie
Mrs. Krabappel
Dr. Hibbert
Proffesor Frink
Hans Moleman
Martin Prince

**Additional images via Brickset**

First “Official” Look at LEGO The Simpsons Kwik-E-Mart (71016)

March 12, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 1 Comment

It looks like Yahoo screwed up today and has given our “official” first look at the new LEGO The Simpsons Kwik-E-Mart (71016). The information and images came from a cached page that was inadvertently put up.

The LEGO The Simpsons Kwik-E-Mart (71016) contains 2,179 pieces and will retail for $199.99. The set will basically open up like with The Simpsons House (71006) to see the details inside of the convenience store. Apu will have a new store shirt which is different from his usual attire. You also will get a sticker of Jasper as Frostillicus to make it look like he’s frozen inside the freezer.

From what we know now, the Kwik-E-Mart (71016) will be available to LEGO VIP members from April 15-30 and to the general public on May 1st.

This means that the official official reveal of the set by LEGO will be very soon with more images and the designer video to go along with it.

Update: Yahoo’s page of the set reveal is now live. LEGO has also officially revealed the set.

**Via Eurobricks**

LEGO Suing Companies for LEGO Friends Patent Infringement

March 11, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 1 Comment

The guys over at Brick Fanatics has found an interesting article regarding LEGO Friends and its competition. The National Law Journal is reporting that the US International Trade Commission gave permission for LEGO to go ahead and bring patent and copyright infringement cases against three competitors, MEGA Brands Inc., LaRose Industries, and Best-Lock Construction Toys Inc.

Last year Mattel purchased MEGA Brands Inc. which is the parent company of Mega Bloks and expanded their portfolio to include construction sets based on brands that they already own including Barbie and the recently announced Monster High. The sets that are in question are the “My Life As” ones as seen below.

LaRose Industries is more well known for their Lite Brix construction sets and the particular sets in question are the Sunset Island sets where the figures look fairly similar to the LEGO Friends characters.

The figures in the Best-Lock I’m Teen Little Mermaid sets were claimed to have a nearly exact dimension and proportions as the Friends mini-dolls.

LEGO counsel Elizabeth Alquist and Eric TeVelde of Day Pitney notes the three companies are looking “to capitalize on LEGO’s success by copying its innovations and products and preying on the vulnerability of LEGO’s youthful consuming population, instead of developing their own product lines.”

That statement is pretty true considering that LEGO pretty much has the market cornered with the popularity of the Friends sets. We’ll see what happens when the case actually goes to court but this also shows that LEGO will do what it takes to protect … Continue

LEGO Speed Champions Porsche 918 Spyder (75910) Review

March 11, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 1 Comment

With our next set review of the LEGO Speed Champions theme, we have our third of four smaller sets with the Porsche 918 Spyder (75910). This set is the smallest in the wave coming in at 151 pieces while retailing for $14.99.

LEGO Speed Champions Porsche 918 Spyder (75910)

Awesome LEGO Jurassic Park Stop-Motion Video

March 10, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 1 Comment

Jurassic Park is by far my favorite movie of all time and I was ecstatic that there will be new LEGO sets based on the upcoming Jurassic World movie. Anything that includes a combination of LEGO and Jurassic Park, I’m totally in and this brings us to this stop-motion video that I was emailed about by Paul Hollingsworth. Let’s go back to where it all began with the first Jurassic Park movie with Digitalwizardz over on YouTube where they have created one of the best LEGO animations based on the first movie that I’ve seen. This video is sort of an abridged version of the movie which includes various, yet famous quotes from Jurassic Park mixed with some LEGO humor.

The crew of the film includes Paul and his daughter and their friends as well as animation by Forrest Whaley and Sean Willets. Check out the video as well as the behind the scenes video below.