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Betta Splendens by Farmfarm is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The 1,331 piece set features a Betta fish held up by some stands along with a tree stump ornament and some plants.
The project joins Cliffside House, Gravity Falls – The Mystery Shack, Round House Ski Lodge, Italian Villa, and Summit Station as the ones to reach the Third 2024 Review Stage.
The LEGO Shop has revealed a new upcoming gift with purchase set coming soon with the LEGO Friends River Camping Adventure (40694). The set has 182 pieces and features a tent next to a tree and a rocky area with some water. There’s also a campfire along with some accessories. The set includes minidolls of Paisley and Nova along with a beaver. There’s no word yet on when it will be released or the price requirements to get it.
The LEGO® Friends River Camping Adventure (40694) playset toy is packed with stories for girls and boys aged 6+. The set comes with 2 mini-dolls, a beaver figure and lots of accessories. Kids can role-play adventures with Nova and Paisley as they hunt for bugs, toast marshmallows on the campfire and collect water and mushrooms to make a stew. Will they spot the beaver before it chews on the camp flagpole and knocks it over?
October marks the release of the LEGO Fortnite sets and the first one that we’ll be checking out is the Durrr Burger (77070) restaurant mascot. The set has 193 pieces and retails for $14.99. The set comes in two paper bags and the instruction booklet.
LEGO Shop Australia has revealed an upcoming gift with purchase set with the LEGO BrickHeadz Limited Edition Batman 85th Anniversary (40726). The 325 piece set is basically the regular Batman 8-in-1 Figure (40748) but with an updated, fancier box and it also includes eight posters for each of the eight Batman that you can build. There’s no information yet on the price requirements or when it will be available. Batman Day is coming on September 21 so, it should be around at that time.
LEGO® Batman™ Limited Edition Batman 85th Anniversary (40726) is a specially packaged set containing 8 posters that celebrate 8 styles of Batman, plus a BrickHeadz™ Batman set that builds into the same 8 versions of the iconic hero: (1) Batman (comics), (2) Batman classic TV series, (3) Batman (1989), (4) Batman: The Animated Series, (5) The Dark Knight Trilogy, (6) Batman v. Superman™, (7) The LEGO Batman Movie, (8) The Batman. Collectible gift for ages 10+.
LEGO and McLaren have created a one-of-a-kind, fully drivable McLaren P1 that is made from LEGO Technic parts. The 1:1 scale P1 was made from 342,817 pieces and weighs about 1,220kg. It took a team of 23 specialists from both companies to design, engineer, and build the supercar using 8,344 hours and 393 different LEGO Technic elements. They have also enlisted McLaren Formula 1 driver Lando Norris to complete a lap around the famed Silverstone Circuit.
… ContinueLando Norris Takes on Silverstone Circuit in a Life-Size LEGO® Technic™ McLaren P1™
• The LEGO Group and McLaren Automotive have embarked on the ultimate challenge: creating a life-size, driveable LEGO® Technic™ version of the iconic McLaren P1™ supercar
• McLaren Formula 1 Team driver Lando Norris puts the one-of-a-kind car to the ultimate test, completing a lap around the iconic Silverstone Circuit, a track holding many memories of historic moments for McLaren
• The life-size car features an incredible 342,817 LEGO Technic elements and an electric motor; it is the first big build the LEGO Group has ever made, that’s capable of steering and driving an entire lap of a racetrack
• The 1:8 scale LEGO Technic McLaren P1™ set is now available at www.LEGO.com/McLarenSilverstone, England, 12 September 2024: The LEGO Group and McLaren Automotive have embarked on the toughest LEGO Technic challenge to date, recreating a one-of-a-kind, fully drivable McLaren P1™ made from LEGO Technic elements. And if that wasn’t enough, McLaren F1™ driver, Lando Norris has been enlisted for the ultimate challenge, to complete a lap
Summit Station by Baron von Barron is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The 3,000 piece build features a summit station along with a mountain inn, tavern garden, and radio station.
The project joins Cliffside House, Gravity Falls – The Mystery Shack, Round House Ski Lodge, and Italian Villa as the ones to reach the Third 2024 Review Stage.
In some really unexpected news, we will be getting LEGO sets based on the Wednesday Addams show which are slated to be released in October. A Greek Certified LEGO Store has listed two sets coming soon.
Update: The sets have officially been revealed which you can check out here.
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