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LEGO Architecture “Fill The Gap” Competition Announced

January 15, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 3 Comments

The LEGO Architecture Facebook Page has announced a new competition to get your building imagination running. It’s called “Fill The Gap” and from now until April 12, 2015, all you have to do is to find an empty area in your city and fill it with objects created with white and/or transparent LEGO bricks like the image above. After you create it, take a picture and share it it on LEGO Architecture Facebook Page or Instagram and tag it with the hashtag ‪#‎FillTheGap‬.

Judges of the competition will be comprised of architects from Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG). This is the same group who is working on The LEGO House right now in Billund, Denmark.

Prizes of the Fill The Gap contest include:

First place: One of each LEGO Architecture 2015 model shipped directly to the winner’s house immediately after launch (Total value of $129.97 / EUR 129,97).

Second Place: One 21050 LEGO Architecture Studio (Total value of $159.99 / EUR 159,99)

Third place: One example of “LEGO Architecture: The Visual Guide” (Total value of $40.00 / EUR 40,00).

The LEGO Movie Snubbed at the Oscars

January 15, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 2 Comments

So I wake up this morning and see that the Oscar nominations have been announced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Despite being one of the top four grossing movies in 2014 with $257 million domestically and $468 million worldwide, The LEGO Movie has been totally snubbed in the Best Animated Feature Oscars category which includes The Boxtrolls, How to Train Your Dragon 2, Big Hero 6, Song of the Sea, and The Tale of Princess Kaguya. The LEGO Movie was liked by many including critics and has a 96% Fresh Rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Honestly, I haven’t even heard of the last two movies on the list and how many of you actually watched all five in theaters. I’m going to say a majority of the readers here never even watched the the last two movie considering that Song of the Sea only made $100,360 and The Tale of Princess Kaguya made $597,978 domestically. One of the movies was also released in December so how can that even be considered. Sure all the nominees are worthy but come on now. I also checked out the rules of eligibility and I’m pretty sure The LEGO Movie fits the definition:

An animated feature film is defined as a motion picture with a running time of more than 40 minutes, in which movement and characters’ performances are created using a frame-by-frame technique. Motion capture by itself is not an animation technique. In addition, a significant number of the major characters must be animated, and

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First Look at Jurassic World Indominus Rex Confirms Leaked LEGO Dinosaur Mold

January 14, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 1 Comment

There’s a new image of some of the dinosaurs that will be appearing in Jurassic World. Some of these dinosaurs included in this image are the Tyrannosaurus Rex, Velociraptors, Dimorphidons, and the first-look at the new D-Rex. It also has gone through a name change since we last talked about it which went from Diabolus Rex to Indominus Rex.

How does that translate to the leaked LEGO mold we saw before? Notice the spikes on top of the head? The leaked LEGO white dinosaur mold also has these spikes on the head so it pretty much confirms that it will be the new D-Rex. Also note the coloring of the D-Rex is not as dark as the T-Rex but it seems LEGO made the coloring a little too white on their version. The other thing that kind of bugs me a little is that the D-Rex doesn’t look at big as the T-Rex. Maybe it’s just the angle but it does look a little smaller however the LEGO dinosaurs looks to be the same size.

We already have seen the confirmed list of the sets that will be coming out around June and the Ultra Dino (75919) set could be the one that the Indominus Rex appears in. Stay tuned as we’ll probably see more pics of the LEGO Jurassic World sets as we get closer to the release of the movie.

LEGO Boxes – To Keep or Not To Keep

January 14, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 31 Comments

I’ve come to a point in my LEGO career that after collecting sets for the past 3 years, I’ve ran into a small dilemma. During that time, I’ve amassed quite a number of different sets and have built many of them which leaves the boxes laying around in various places. You guys may or may not know about this but I have a habit of keeping a lot of things that take up space, maybe a little too much. Some may even call this hoarding.

The problem now lies with the LEGO boxes that I have. I have two large LEGO Store bags full of them as you can see from the images. Some are quite large while some are pretty small. The question I have for you guys is and I’m pretty sure many of you have run into the same problem. Do you keep the boxes, toss them out, or do you recycle them? If you do keep the boxes, do you also flatten them or keep them intact to keep their integrity for sentimental reasons? Since there are many older sets that will never be produced again, this is probably the last and only chance you can have that particular box in your hands when they are retired from shelves.

Let me know in the comments below or on our Facebook Page of what you do with your LEGO boxes.

Top Gear Series 22 Preview Trailer in LEGO

January 14, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Remember that one time of a rumor of some LEGO Top Gear sets could be coming out this year and it turned out to be the new LEGO Speed Champions sets? Well there is a LEGO Top Gear collaboration but not what you think it is. Top Gear has released a preview trailer for their upcoming Series/Season 22 made out of LEGO including the hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May, as well as the Stig. In the animated trailer, you can also see some of the vehicles from the new theme in the background. Check out the funny video below.

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes UCS Avengers Helicarrier (76042) To Be Revealed at BrickFair Alabama 2015?

January 14, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 6 Comments

BrickFair Alabama 2015 will be happening in just a few days and if you haven’t there been, it’s a place where you can check out some cool LEGO MOCs that are displayed by numerous builders. There are also plenty of vendors where you can buy stuff as well. The LEGO Group will most likely be there as well (or at least a representative) and there’s a very slight chance that there could be a set reveal there this weekend.

My reasoning is that according to our list of upcoming 2015 exclusive sets, the LEGO Marvel Super Heroes UCS Avengers Helicarrier (76042) is slated to be released for VIP members next month and BrickFair Alabama is the perfect time to reveal the set for fans. LEGO did something similar at the same event two years ago when they revealed the LEGO Creator Palace Cinema (10232) so putting two and two together, it could happen. So stay tuned this weekend as we could finally see images of the highly anticipated UCS Avengers Helicarrier. Fingers crossed!

BrickFair Alabama 2015 will be held at the Birmingham Convention Center (East Hall) from January 17-18 and tickets can be purchased at the door.

**Note: This post isn’t a confirmation or anything. It’s just my opinions.**

LEGO Collectible Minifigures Series 13 (71008) Review

January 13, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 5 Comments

A new year and a new wave of LEGO Collectible Minifigure has been released, Series 13 (71008). The packaging for this series is more of a lime green color. Like with recent minifigures, they will retail for $3.99 each and there are 16 to collect.

Like with Series 12, Series 13 will be collaborating with the LEGO Minifigures Online video game where you can unlock the corresponding minifigure in-game but that’s not all. In one of our previous posts, we also talked about the “Collect & Win” thing LEGO has going with Series 13. Not only will you be able to unlock a character, there’s also a chance to win in game currency with free diamonds, looting Super Chests, 3 days of membership, or gaining Stars faster. If you enter your email, you can also try your luck to win some LEGO sets straight from the company. The more codes you enter, the more chances there are to win.

As with previous the past couple of series of minifigures I’ve been collecting, I’ve been using the feeling method to find the correct minifigures. You can read more about it on our feel guide post.