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LEGO has teased a new LEGO Friends reveal coming soon in a YouTube Shorts that was published a few hours ago. From the silhouette, it looks to be eight characters that will be revealed. Whether they are the original girls or brand new characters remain to be seen. As reported back at LEGO Con 2022, LEGO Friends Heartlake Stories will be ending by the end of the year and that would be the last adventure the girls embark on so it may suggest that the mystery characters could be new ones.
The LEGO MINDSTORMS theme has been a staple for the company since the theme was first introduced in 1998 but it looks like the theme will be ending at the end of 2022. With LEGO Education and other Build & Code experiences in place, they are shifting priorities and the LEGO MINDSTORMS team will be redirected into other departments.
This means all MINDSTORMS related items will be retired by the end of the year but the MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor App will be live until at least the end of 2024. LEGO will still keep the MINDSTORMS trademark and is accessing the opportunity to implement it with LEGO Education.
… ContinueSince its launch in September 1998, LEGO MINDSTORMS has been one of the core ‘Build & Code’ experiences in the company’s portfolio, carrying with it significant brand equity and becoming a stand-out experience for the early days of consumer robotics and leading to current wBuild & Code experiences such as SPIKE Prime, from LEGO Education’s LEGO Learning System.
However, now having a number of priorities in LEGO Education and other Build & Code experiences, we have decided to focus our resources and future plans by redirecting our MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor team and their expertise into different areas of the business.
This means the physical MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor product (51515) and its related elements (88016 and 88018) are to exit our portfolio from the end of 2022, whilst digital platforms – such as the LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor App – will remain live until at least the end of
LEGO has given a first look at what appears to be a new minifigure for Avatar: The Way of Water. In the few second clip, it shows the face of Sigourney Weaver’s Kiri with an underwater reflection. The LEGO Avatar: The Way of Water sets are set to be released in January 2023 so we should start seeing pictures of them in the near future.
Building hype for the next Avatar adventure – literally and figuratively 🤩 pic.twitter.com/5814AHZVSY
— LEGO (@LEGO_Group) October 26, 2022
LEGO is giving you an opportunity to meet some of the contestants on LEGO Masters if you live near a LEGO Brand Store. For the next two Saturdays starting this weekend, various contestants will be at their local stores throughout the US and Canada.
LEGO® Masters contestants are coming to our LEGO stores!
If you live near one of these stores, come say hi at our LEGO Masters meet and greets!
October 29 1-5PM at the LEGO® Store Chandler Fashion Center, Chandler AZ: Emily & Liam
October 29 12-4PM at the LEGO® Store Chinook Centre, Calgary AB: Stephen & Stephen
November 5 12-4PM at the LEGO® Store Crossgates Mall, Albany NY: Erin
November 5 1-5PM at the LEGO® Store Southpark, Charlotte NC: Michelle
November 5 1-5PM at the LEGO® Store Natick, Natick, MA: Liz
November 5 2:30-5PM at the LEGO® Store Providence Place, Providence, RI: Christine
The Old Western Train Station by FACEBRICKUP is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The build features the train station that has a waiting room, museum, stove room, post office, and Stationmaster’s headquarters.
The project joins Ancient Roman Temple, This is Fine, Castle Dracula, Pac-Man Moving Display, The Lost City, Japanese Courtyard Garden 坪庭, The Travel Suitcase, Pixar’s Up House With Balloons, BotW Temple of Time, Wright Flyer, Classic Thunderbirds, JWST, Golden Clifftop Temple, Cipher Machine, Sewer Heroes: Fighting the Fatberg, London Underground, The Architect’s House, Community, and The Neverending Story (40th Anniversary) as the ones to reach the Third 2022 Review Stage.
LEGO has announced the winners of the LEGO Ideas First 2022 Review Stage and we actually have more than one project chosen. Out of the 39 projects that were in the running, LEGO has picked four to become official LEGO Ideas sets. These projects include:
A huge congratulations to Fan Designer José María (aka hachiroku24). José María has hit a homerun with his small builds inspired by 5 different insects found around the world. He has captured the colours, shapes and overall details so well that it’s hard to tell they are brick-built! We think they will be a great way to bring a piece of nature into your home without bugging you!
Big congratulations to Fan Designer Thomas Lajon (aka LEt.sGO). We’re so excited to finally give our fans a train set! There are a few trains as famous as the Orient Express but none of them can rival the elegance, luxury and history that comes with it. Thomas has poured a lot of love into capturing the details from the locomotive and coal car to the restaurant car to make sure this is the perfect tribute to such a legendary train. It’s a special privilege to bring this creation to life in LEGO bricks!
… ContinueA huge congratulations to our first Polish Fan Designer Jan Woźnica (aka john_carter). Jan’s 3-piece product idea intrigued our review board and we’re certain it also caught the fascination of the
There is only a little over one day left to cast your vote for the LEGO Ideas x Target – What Does Family Mean to You? contest in which the winning build will become a LEGO set. There are four finalists in the running and there will only be one build that will be sold exclusively at Target and on the LEGO Shop in the distant future.
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