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The LEGO Star Wars Darth Vader’s Castle (75251) one of today’s Amazon Deal of the Day item. For the next 10 hours, you can get the set for $89.99 which is 31% off the normal price of $129.99. If you’ve been holding off on getting it due to the price, now is a good time to jump on it. If you have Prime membership, you can get two day free shipping and it’ll be delivered on Wednesday. Thanks to Michael for the heads up!
2018 came and went pretty quickly and it’s that time where I list my top 10 LEGO sets of the year. According to Brickset, there were 784 products that were released this year and only ten of them will be the chosen few to be on this list using various criteria such as price, importance, nostalgia. Again, this is my personal list and will differ from everyone else’s.
Earlier this year, LEGO celebrated the 60th anniversary of the LEGO brick and to commemorate the event, they released a promotional set which features four micro versions of classic LEGO sets including the Town Airport Shuttle, Yellow Castle, Pirates Black Seas Barracuda, and the Space Galaxy Explorer.
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LEGO has been embracing the Chinese culture more the past few years and for the first time this year, they have made a set available here in the US with the Year of the Dog. This was a promotional set was easily obtainable and hopefully next year’s set will be easy to get as well.
Although this set is a few years late, LEGO released the UCS Hulkbuster back in March. It features the mech that fought against the Hulk in the movie with some nice features such as the light up arc reactor and decent posability.
A few days ago, LEGO teased an image of the upcoming 2019 LEGO Speed Champions McLaren Senna but camouflaged. They could either be teasing that particular set or could there be more to this image?
As we know by know, LEGO has partnered up with various car manufacturers to produce sets for the Speed Champions as well as Technic. This includes the Porsche 911 GT3 RS (42056) from 2016 and the Bugatti Chiron (42083) from earlier this year but what will the 2019 supercar be?
I’ve heard an unsubstantiated rumor that next year’s LEGO Technic supercar could be a McLaren but at this point, that’s all that is right now. If you remember back in January, LEGO revealed that the Bugatti Chiron would be released later in the year and will LEGO do the same thing next month? All keep in mind that the Nuremberg Toy Fair will be held at the end of January as well and that’s where we got the first information about the Bugatti. Stay tuned for more details as they happen.
LEGOLAND California is turning 20 years old next year and to celebrate, they are offering free admission to children 12 and under on their birthday.
“It’s a year of celebration here at Legoland California Resort,” General Manager Peter Ronchetti said. “2019 is our 20th birthday and we’re proud to announce that all year in 2019, children of 12 and under will come in free on their birthday.”
In 2019, we turn 20 years young! Find out how we’re going to celebrate all year long. #LEGOLANDBirthday pic.twitter.com/MbWGoIi7ry
— LEGOLAND California (@LEGOLAND_CA) November 2, 2018
According to the offer details, parents or guardians must present proof of birth date upon arrival to the ticketing booth or Guest Services. Valid forms of identification include an original birth certificate (photocopies not accepted), passport, or government issued ID. Only children ages 3-12 will get free admission to the park. Children 2 and under always gets in free any time.
LEGOLAND California also recognizes that some children’s birthdays may fall on a day when the park is closed. There are two options for this which include the birthday child receiving free admission to the SEA LIFE aquarium on their birthday or they receive free admission on the closest LEGOLAND California operating day.
The offer is valid starting January 1 until December 31, 2019.
In the past few years, LEGO has been releasing some small sets to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year with the zodiac animal sets and the 2019 Year of the Pig (40186) has been revealed. Originally they have been exclusive to the Asian markets but last year, LEGO made it more accessable to the Western countries and were available in stores and on Shop@Home. Hopefully LEGO decides to do that again and I assume this set will be available in mid-to-late January/early February since Chinese Year Year will be on February 5.
**Via Brickset**
The LEGO Movie 2 sets are set to be released at the end of the month but there’s a new polybag that has started to show up at Walmart. The Mini Master-Building MetalBeard (30528) has 42 pieces and it features MetalBeard in a 3-in-1 set. The models include a mini version of his crab mech, a larger version is also in the Battle-Ready Batman and MetalBeard (70836), and two other wacky builds that may or may not be seen in the movie. There’s no mention of pricing but I assume it’ll be $3.97 like with all the other polybags and it’ll be located in the LEGO aisle.
**Via Reddit**
The original copy of the book included the Rebooted storyline Zane minifigure and the updated version will also include an exclusive minifigure. Do you have any guesses on who it will be? Perhaps someone we haven’t seen before in minifigure form? I’ll update when Amazon US has it up for preorder.
Thanks to JC for the heads up!
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