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You can now pre-order some of the new summer 2021 LEGO Harry Potter sets that were announced earlier today. There are only three sets that are available for pre-order but according to fan feedback, these are some of the more popular ones. Keep in mind that you will be able to earn double VIP points on your order. These sets will be released on June 1.
LEGO has officially announced the LEGO Harry Potter 20th Anniversary sets which consists of eight brand new sets for your enjoyment. Releasing on June 1, these sets will contain golden anniversary minifigures of various characters to collect. The sets are based on the first couple of Harry Potter movies. The new sets will be available from LEGO.com, LEGO Stores and selected retailers from June 1 and more widely from August 1. You can start pre-ordering a few of these sets starting today on the LEGO Shop. Check out the press release and images of the sets below.
… ContinueNew LEGO® Harry Potter™ sets explores the wonderment of the Wizarding World™
BILLUND, April 16th, 2021: Today, the LEGO Group and Warner Bros. Consumer Products have revealed a new captivating mix of LEGO® sets to help young witches and wizards explore the enchanting adventures of Harry Potter’s second year at Hogwarts™.
From the tantalizing tactics of Wizarding Chess to Polyjuice Potion trickery, the sets are packed full of popular characters, creatures and imaginative features to help young builders reenact their favorite adventures from the films, as well as crafting magical storylines of their own.
While the enchanted walls of Hogwarts set the scene for many of the new sets, builders can spread their wings and explore the rest of the wizarding world by taking flight with the fiery feathers of Dumbledore’s beloved Phoenix, Fawkes, or visiting the snow-capped streets of Hogsmeade Village. Many of the sets also interconnect to extend the play into different areas of Hogwarts.
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The LEGO Super Mario was released last year and according to LEGO, it was one of the company’s most successful theme launches. The most notable thing that was missing from the theme was his brother, Luigi. I’ve been forward a few times of a tweet showing a video that could suggest Luigi might be coming to the theme in the future.
According to the video by Jay Phoenix (shown below), he turned on his Mario figure after a new update and you can hear Mario looking for Luigi. Of course, I tried it with my figure and it didn’t do it. In fact, the firmware update actually bugged out my Mario and the screens are all scrambled. Jay Phoenix mentioned that he put Mario on his back and propped him up after a few minutes.
Have you downloaded the latest update and did your Mario look for Luigi as well or did it function normally?
So, was fiddling about with LEGO Mario for the first time in ages cos of that new treasure hunt update and pic.twitter.com/Ztk44ZAY3G
— Jay Phoenix (@AyliffeMakit) April 15, 2021
Amazon Spain has posted product listings for two of the new LEGO Harry Potter Summer 2021 sets. We already know that there will be some golden LEGO minifigures to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the LEGO Harry Potter theme and we now know which two goes to these newly revealed ones. In addition to the golden minifigures, there are also Chocolate Frog Cards to collect within the sets as well. We should start seeing more details about the summer 2021 LEGO Harry Potter sets very soon so stay tuned.
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This morning was the release of the LEGO Ulysses Space Probe (5006744) on the VIP Rewards Center and to say the least, it was a total disaster. LEGO marketed to be available at a specific time and pretty much all the launches around the world were as terrible as it could get. I knew LEGO IT was bad but this was doubly bad.
From the Terms of Service popup to the Rewards Center maintenance page, these errors didn’t help the situation at all. There are literally thousands of fans waiting to get this very limited set and only a handful of our readers were able to secure one. I posted a simple message on our social media pages at 6:14am PST that it was finally live here in the US and within minutes it was gone. People were hitting the aforementioned TOS and maintenance pages and had to keep refreshing. By the time they got through, it was already out of stock for most people.
It basically was a no-win situation for LEGO as someone will lose and in this case, it was the fans. For it being delayed during the Discovery release was disappointing but having a set time for a release instead of an unannounced drop was probably the nail in the coffin. It wasn’t really a surprise to me as I expected what happened today to happen.
Many took to social media to vent their frustrations and some even took to customer service to give their feedback and it looks like LEGO has … Continue
LEGO has launched a new building contest on LEGO Ideas for a summertime build that will be transformed into a future gift with purchase set. The model should be between 150-250 pieces and feature some sort of coastal build.
The grand prize winner will get the following:
• The exclusive opportunity to have your model transformed into a new LEGO Gift with Purchase set
• 92176 LEGO Ideas NASA Apollo Saturn V
• 21322 LEGO Ideas Pirates of Barracuda Bay
• 21326 LEGO Ideas Winnie the Pooh
• 40448 Vintage Car
The deadline to submit your entry is May 11 at 6am EST.
… ContinueLEGO RECREATES FAMOUS “PILLARS OF CREATION” IMAGE FROM THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE IN LEGO FORM
Inspirational 3D models to be displayed in over 150 LEGO Stores worldwide
14th April 2021: As part of the LEGO Go Beyond space campaign, images from the famous Hubble Space Telescope have been recreated in LEGO bricks and unveiled in 168 LEGO stores across the globe.
The campaign kicked off with the launch of the LEGO NASA® Space Shuttle Discovery last month, which features both the shuttle and famous Hubble Space Telescope.
Ideal for adult builders, the new set is a detailed recreation of the STS-31 mission which launched in 1990 and saw the Discovery space Shuttle and its five crew members launch the Hubble Space Telescope into the cosmos. Ever since, the Hubble Space Telescope has shared wondrous images of deep space, leading to breakthroughs in astrophysics and space exploration.
The LEGO Group has taken three variations of the famous Pillars of Creation image and recreated them as 20×20” multi-dimensional brick works of art in the style of bas-relief to feature in LEGO stores. Brick lovers will also be able to recreate their own versions at home, thanks to instructions hosted on LEGO.com/gobeyond.
The aptly named Pillars of Creation, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, are part of an active star-forming region within the nebula and hide newborn stars in their wispy columns.
Former NASA astronaut, Dr. Kathy Sullivan, who was part of the original STS-31 mission, who took part in an exclusive Q&A LEGO.com/gobeyond for the launch of
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