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LEGO Year of the Tiger (40491) Review

January 9, 2022 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

The LEGO Year of the Tiger (40491) promotion is now live on the LEGO Shop and you can get it for free with purchases of $85 or more, while supplies last. Coming in at 193 pieces, it continues the line of the Chinese New Year zodiac animals which started with these particular style and is the 8th one in the line if you don’t count the Year of the Snake (10250) which was a different style.

Similar to previous years, the box uses the front flap design and when you open it up, you also get an envelope to gift to another person if you like.

As for the tiger build itself, it is mostly static with the articulation only coming from the ears and the tail. This year’s build is a little bit more boring than other years but the cute, cartoony style is still there. You also get a small display stand that it can sit on.

Overall the LEGO Year of the Tiger (40491) is a fun little set that I looked forward to getting to add to my zodiac animal collection. For 2023, it’ll be the Year of the Rat so I’ll be looking forward to that. This promotion will run until January 27.

Thank you to LEGO for sending in this set for me to review. The content above represents my own opinion and not the company. Review sets sent in does not guarantee a positive review.

LEGO Ideas The Forestmen Secret Inn Achieves 10,000 Supporters

January 9, 2022 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

The Forestmen Secret Inn by FACEBRICKUP is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The build features an inn that is surrounded by trees and is able to open up to show the interior. The project is the first one to reach the the First 2022 Review Stage.

LEGO Friends Theme Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary

January 9, 2022 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

This year marks the 10th year anniversary of the LEGO Friends theme and to celebrate, LEGO has released a special anniversary set to mark the event. The Friendship Tree House (41703) features a number of hidden treasures that are in the set that acknowledges references from the past decade for the theme.

LEGO® Friends celebrates its 10-years of building friendships and future creators

Billund, Denmark, 1 January, 2022: The LEGO Group invites fans to celebrate a decade of LEGO® Friends as we take a nostalgic look back at some of the theme’s unforgettable milestones. To mark the 10th anniversary, the LEGO Group is releasing an exclusive new celebratory set – the Friendship Treehouse (41703) – alongside seven other new sets on January 1st to add to the popular Friends franchise.

Ever since its launch in 2012, the LEGO Friends universe has taken children on countless adventures set in realistic play worlds where they can explore the aspects and values of friendship while sparking their creative curiosity and confidence.

‘LEGO Friends is one of our most beloved franchises and is a culmination of four intense years of anthropological research,’ said Rosario Costa, Design Director, the LEGO Group. Thousands of girls and their parents worldwide participated in intensive research that validated the desire for more realistic details, accessories, animal nurturing, friendship, interior building and role play opportunities in a LEGO offering. From the very beginning the focus was to build a solid foundation for a healthy, long-term sustainable business that would help invite more children into LEGO play

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LEGO x Pottery Barn Kids Collection Announced

January 8, 2022 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

LEGO has revealed a new collaboration between the company and Pottery Barn Kids for a decorative collection for around the house. It includes a number of items with LEGO designs such as a sheet set, quilt and shams, pajama sets, playmats, and beach towels.

The foundation to our brands coming together is our shared belief that only the best is good enough. We loved seeing the LEGO design principles of playful and iterative storytelling woven into the beautifully crafted Pottery Barn Kids pieces. We look forward to this collection unleashing creativity and fun in children’s rooms, as it did within our teams when they came together to work on it. – Satwik Saraswati, Design Director, LEGO Licensing & Extended Line

LEGO Ideas The Garden and Greenhouse Achieves 10,000 Supporters

January 8, 2022 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

The Garden and Greenhouse by kris_kelvin is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The build features a large garden area with lots of fruit and vegetables. and the greenhouse is made of clear bricks.

The project now joins Land Ahoy, Terrariums, Great Coral Reef, Hyrule Castle 30th Anniversary, Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Avatar Returns, Clockwork Solar System, The Dojo, Hocus Pocus – The Sanderson Sisters’ Cottage, Naruto: Ichiraku Ramen Shop, Motorized Johnny 5, James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), The LEGO Emergency Box, LEGO Rubik’s Cube (Working), Brooklyn Nine-Nine: 99th Precinct, Steampunk Explorers, Moominhouse ムーミン屋敷, Castle Outpost, Downtown Records, The Meeting Point, LEGO Ghibli, Baba Yaga, Soyuz Rocket, Orchid, Pirate Tavern, Riverside Scholars, Union Pacific “Big Boy”, Magic Bookends, Stargate, McDonald’s Franchise 1955-1969, Asterix the Gaul, The Three Investigators – The Headquarters, NASA SR 71 Blackbird, Gremlins, Sheriff’s Office – Wild West, and It’s a Wonderful LEGO Life as the ones to reach the Third 2021 Review Stage.

LEGO Ideas It’s a Wonderful LEGO Life Achieves 10,000 Supporters

January 7, 2022 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

It’s a Wonderful LEGO Life by twrt0es is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The build is based on the Granville house which celebrates the 75th anniversary of the movie. The house is modular and the floors can be removed to see the details inside. It also proposes minifigures of George, Mary, Pete, Tommy, Janie, Zuzu, Clarence, and Mr. Potter.

The project now joins Land Ahoy, Terrariums, Great Coral Reef, Hyrule Castle 30th Anniversary, Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Avatar Returns, Clockwork Solar System, The Dojo, Hocus Pocus – The Sanderson Sisters’ Cottage, Naruto: Ichiraku Ramen Shop, Motorized Johnny 5, James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), The LEGO Emergency Box, LEGO Rubik’s Cube (Working), Brooklyn Nine-Nine: 99th Precinct, Steampunk Explorers, Moominhouse ムーミン屋敷, Castle Outpost, Downtown Records, The Meeting Point, LEGO Ghibli, Baba Yaga, Soyuz Rocket, Orchid, Pirate Tavern, Riverside Scholars, Union Pacific “Big Boy”, Magic Bookends, Stargate, McDonald’s Franchise 1955-1969, Asterix the Gaul, The Three Investigators – The Headquarters, NASA SR 71 Blackbird, Gremlins, and Sheriff’s Office – Wild West as the ones to reach the Third 2021 Review Stage.

LEGO Ideas Sonic the Hedgehog Green Hill Zone (21331) Free Alternate Building Instructions

January 7, 2022 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

The LEGO Ideas Sonic the Hedgehog Green Hill Zone (21331) has been out for a week now and fan designer Viv Grannell, a.k.a. toastergrl, has released some free alternate building instructions for the set. The first of a few alternate builds is for Dr. Eggman which gives him some articulation and aesthetic adjustments. These modifications also sacrifices some stability in exchange.

Toastergrl also notes that there will be additional free instructions for alternate Green Hill Zone modules and Badniks from a second copy of the set which will be dropping later this month.