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If you’re a LEGO VIP member, you’ve probably gotten an email notifying you that there will be a special limited time Double VIP Point promotion coming at the end of June to early July. From June 30-July 7, you can earn double points with your purchases from LEGO Brand Stores and on Shop@Home. This special promo also coincides with the LEGO Beach Tote promo so there’s even more of an incentive to make your purchases then.
A few days, I reported that the LEGO Wizarding World Harry Potter sets were confirmed for a July 1 release but I want to make a clarification about it. From what I know from my sources, Target wanted to have a month early retailer exclusivity for the sets, hence why they’re up on their website already. This meant that LEGO themselves will also release them early as well. Other retailers like Walmart and Amazon will release them at the normal date of August 1. Note that this all applies to the US however I do know that the UK has the sets available already at certain locations. Thanks to my source for the heads up.
The International Space Station by XCLD is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. This is actually the second time XCLD reached the required amount of supporters for the International Space Station, albeit a different version. The first one hit 10k back in 2015. This updated version consists of about 850 pieces (station: 650, shuttle: 50, support: 150) and is in scale with the Space Shuttle from the LEGO Ideas Women of NASA (21312). The model features two Soyuz capsules and two progress capsules. It now joins the SpaceX Falcon Heavy as the projects to reach the Second 2018 Review Stage.
There are now new summer 2018 LEGO products listed on Shop@Home and one of the sets I want to highlight is the LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes App-Controlled Batmobile (76112). We’ve already seen a few images of the set a few weeks ago but we can now see the back of the box which shows how two new Powered Up motors are integrated into the Batmobile along with the Bluetooth hub. The App-Controlled Batmobile (76112) has 321 pieces and retails $99.99 with most of the cost going into the technology used including the app for both Android and iOS.
… ContinueSpeed to Gotham City crime scenes with the motorized LEGO® DC Super Heroes 76112 App-Controlled Batmobile. This cool vehicle features 2 motors powered by a Bluetooth-controlled battery hub, an opening minifigure cockpit, 4-wheel drive and 2 dual stud shooters. Simply download the app to control the vehicle from your smartphone or tablet. This set also includes a new-for-August-2018 Batman™ minifigure.
-Includes a new-for-August-2018 Batman™ minifigure.
-This motorized Batmobile toy features 2 motors powered by a Bluetooth-controlled battery hub, an opening minifigure cockpit, 4-wheel drive and 2 dual stud shooters.
-Includes 11 new-for-August-2018 Bat weapons and elements to customize your build and minifigure.
-Press down on the roof to turn it on and off.
-Control the Batmobile via the app on your smartphone or tablet.
-Download the app from the App Store and Google Play. Ask your parents’ permission before going online.
-This product requires batteries (not included). Please refer to the product packaging for type
Way back in January, I talked about a possible LEGO Harry Potter Collectible Minifigure series and it looks like it has been confirmed by German toy store JB Spielwaren. It has a product listing for the LEGO Harry Potter Collectible Minifigures (71022) with a release date of September. There is a rumor going around that there will be 22 characters to collect instead of the usual 16-20 we get now with each box having 60 packs. We’ll see how the distribution comes out when reviews of the set are online in a few months.
Update: They have been revealed. Check them out here.
**Via Promobricks**
LEGO has revealed another San Diego Comic Con 2018 exclusive set with the LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes Aquaman and Storm (75996). It has 197 pieces and will retail for $40 and it box uses the new vertical style like the Millennium Falcon Cockpit (75512). There’s no word yet on how the LEGO exclusives will work at this time.
A few days ago, I noted that the upcoming LEGO Wizarding World Harry Potter sets were reported to be coming in July instead of the original August date. A couple of readers chimed in and said that their LEGO Store employees also said the same thing but we can now confirm that they will indeed come out in July. LEGO Shop@Home has uploaded some of the sets to the site with them stating they are coming soon on July 1. This is some awesome news especially if you’re wanted to get in on the LEGO Beach Tote promotion at the beginning of July.
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