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If you’re heading out to a Target, you may want to check the usual spots for a new LEGO polybag that’s starting to show up in stores. A new LEGO Friends Smoothie Cart polybag (30202) has been spotted in the wild for $3.99 each. It contains 37 pieces and features Olivia selling smoothies.
**Via Brickset**
We are now on Day 9 of the LEGO Star Wars 2014 Advent Calendar (75056). What can we expect to get today?
The Community Window at the Fashion Valley LEGO Store has been recently changed out and this month it features the work of Matt Armstrong, aka monsterbrick. For this month, Matt has brought in some of his animal-type builds including a cobra, elephant, spider, and mouse. If you have Beautiful LEGO 2: Dark
The cobra build named Danger Danger! was created in 2009 and consists of about 500 pieces, mostly with claw elements. If you stretch it all out, it is a little more than 5 1/2 feet in length.
The other build that’s been featured in Beautiful LEGO 2: Dark is the spider. It is named No…Lil Miss Muffet Lives Down the Street and it consists of about 100 pieces.
In the foreground is a little TECHNIC mouse. You can see another angle of it here.
Finally, the last animal is the Mecha-Elephant. What’s cool about this build is that the legs are from the style of the Star Wars AT-AT. The rest of the elephant is just Matt’s style.
I’ve seen images of these builds online before but to see them in person is totally different. Just the sheer size and detail of these builds are truly amazing. If you’re in San Diego, I suggest go checking out the Community Window for yourself. Also if you’re lucky to have a LEGO Store near you, go check out some builds of local … Continue
Continuing with the LEGO Star Wars 2014 Advent Calendar (75056), we get something that complements yesterday’s build.
Yesterday on our Facebook Page on the post about the LEGO Star Wars UCS TIE Fighter (75095), there was a link to a product listing on SpeelGoed NL with set number 71016. It is rumored that this mysterious set could be LEGO The Simpsons Kwik-E-Mart that we exclusively reported back in October. The set is listed at €199.99 but from the information that we had, the Kwik-E-Mart would be a little cheaper than the The Simpsons House (71006)
Christmas is getting closer and many of you may have been decorating your trees. Why not do something a little different and build your own ornaments to put on the tree. If you haven’t heard, LEGO builder and artist Chris McVeigh has been providing FREE instructions for his Holiday Build-it-Yourself ornaments that you can create and hang wherever you please.
There are a number of different styles of ornaments that are available, many of which are updated this year such as the roller, diamond, and barrel styles. The instructions are in PDF format so you can just download them and build with your bricks. Chris is also making some of the models available for purchase at his store if you don’t have the bricks at Powerpig’s Builds ‘n Things. Check out all the cool ornaments that you can create to add some flair to your Christmas tree.
Even with all the news today, we still have Day 7 of the LEGO Star Wars 2014 Advent Calendar (75056) to do. Let’s see what we get.
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