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LEGO Speed Champions Minisite Updated Plus Videos

February 25, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

LEGO has finally updated the LEGO Speed Champions minisite in anticipation of the sets being officially released on March 1st. There are now product descriptions for each of the seven sets in the wave. There is also a Videos page but nothing is on it as of this writing. However, there are some YouTube videos which we’ve embedded below for you to enjoy. Finally, there’s a Games page as well but that page is broken as well.

We’ve already reviewed one of the LEGO Speed Champions sets with the McLaren Mercedes Pit Stop (75911) and we’ll be reviewing the rest of the sets in the wave as soon as they are available. There are reports that the sets have started showing up at Toys R Us so you can probably find them there ahead of the official release date.

LEGO Maersk Line Triple-E (10241) Retiring Soon

February 25, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Everything usually comes to an end and that is what’s happening with the LEGO Creator Maersk Line Triple-E (10241). The set has been available since January 2014 but now has been placed in the “Retiring Soon” section on Shop@Home. This usually means LEGO has probably stopped producing the set and is just selling off the rest of their inventory online and in stores to make room for upcoming releases. There’s no exact timetable on when the Maersk Line Triple-E will be fully retired but there’s still some time to pick it up as of this writing. Thanks to Michael for the heads up.

LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham – The Squad Pack DLC Available on March 3

February 25, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

The release date for The Squad Pack DLC for LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham has been announced to be available on March 3rd. Characters that will be included in the DLC are Captain Boomerang, Amanda Waller, Deathstroke, King Shark, El Diablo, Katana, Deadshot, and Harley Quinn.

The Squad Pack is the last DLC in the Season Pass which also includes Man of Steel, Dark Knight, Batman 75th, Arrow, and Bizarro World. You can also purchase the DLC seperately for $2.99. There’s still one more DLC available which will be free called the Heroines & Villainesses Pack but there hasn’t been a release date for it yet. Characters that will be included in that one are Raven, Starfire, Plastique, Terra, Vixen, Killer Frost, and Powergirl.

In The Squad add-on content pack, a mysterious figure has infiltrated Belle Reve Penitentiary, and it’s up to players to smash their way through the prison as Deadshot, Deathstroke, Harley Quinn, Captain Boomerang and other members of The Squad to hunt down this infiltrator before Amanda Waller’s—and The Squad’s—secrets are uncovered.

Rob Schrab Directing The LEGO Movie 2

February 25, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

The LEGO Movie 2 now has a director in writer, producer and TV director, Rob Schrab. He has directed various TV shows including The Sarah Silverman Program and episodes of Community, Parks and Recreation, and The Mindy Project but The LEGO Movie sequel will be the first time he will be directing on the big screen. The announcement was made by Warner Bros. Pictures President of Creative Development and Worldwide Production, Greg Silverman.

If you’ve seen Rob’s work, you know that he’s a very talented director and he is an exceptionally good choice to direct the movie. Rob has also worked as a writer on the Oscar-nominated animated film Monster House so hopefully the sequel will finally get to shine and not get snubbed like the first movie.

Earlier this month, we reported that the movie will be set four years after the first one and will be introducing more female characters including Emmet’s sister.

**Via ComingSoon**

The LEGO Group 2014 Annual Report Results

February 25, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Early this morning, The LEGO Group has just finished up their press conference for the annual results for 2014. The press conference started off with CEO Jørgen Vig Knudstorp talking about the importance of play. He challenged the press to create a duck with six LEGO bricks which is an illustration of creativity and playful learning. There are 23 different skills when you are playing which you can see below.

The LEGO Group enjoyed their 10th consecutive year of growth. They continued with the globalising of The LEGO Group in 2014 by opening two main offices in Shanghai and London. In addition to the growth, the company has also invested DKK 3,115 million in property, plants, and equipment while global investments has increased more than 17%. LEGO has estimated to have reached 85 million children with LEGO products commercially in more than 140 countries. LEGO has also reached 400,000 children through the LEGO Foundation activities. Finally through LEGO Education, the company has engaged with 10 million children.

There were 0 product recalls for the fifth year. They have introduced a more sustainable LEGO packaging with reduces the CO2 emissions and transportation costs. LEGO has engaged in partnerships with the World Wildlife Fund and UNICEF.

Next up, CFO John Goodwin talked about the financial results for 2014. The company enjoyed a 15% global growth which is highly satisfactory. The top five product themes of 2014 include LEGO City, LEGO Star Wars, LEGO Friends, LEGO Creator, and LEGO DUPLO. TLG launched more than 300 new products in 2014 … Continue

Easter 2015 LEGO Polybags at Target Stores

February 24, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Easter is still two months away but Target stores have started to stock their selection of LEGO polybags in the Easter section of the store. The first polybag is the LEGO City Garbage Truck (30313) which has 48 pieces and retails for $3.49. The Garbage Truck has been available at the impulse section of the checkout lanes since January but they decided to use them as Easter polybags as well. The other polybag is one that we’ve seen before in January’s LEGO promotion with the LEGO Friends Mini Golf (30203). It has 26 pieces and goes for $3.99.

Build Your Own LEGO Oscar Statue

February 24, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 3 Comments

A few days ago, the 87th Academy Awards were held and during the “Everything is Awesome” performance, LEGO versions of the Oscar statue were handed out to various celebrities. A few resourceful people over on Reddit studied and reverse engineered Nathan Sawaya’s video of him creating the statue frame by frame and has provided a LDD File for people who are interested in creating their own.

What’s cool about the Reddit thread is that one of the members of the crew who won an Oscar for Best Sound Editing for “American Sniper” also visits /r/LEGO/ and will be creating them for each member of the crew since only the bosses get the real thing.

So if you want to create one of Nathan Sawaya’s LEGO Oscar statues, you can now do that with the instructions provided in the LDD file. Nathan has also posted the Oscar statue on LEGO Ideas if you want support it.