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LEGO BrickHeadz Chinese New Year Pandas (40466) Review

January 24, 2021 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

The Lunar New Year is coming up in a few short weeks and LEGO has released a set to celebrate it with the Chinese New Year Pandas (40466). The set has 249 pieces and retails for $19.99 and it features a mother panda along with two cubs.

The mother panda is in a sitting position. The build uses a number of the Brick 1X2X1 2/3 W/4 Knobs for the head which allows it to have details on all four sides. It has its own baseplate which includes a red lantern as well as a small mandarin orange tree. The tree also has a couple of small lanterns.

One of the baby pandas is also in a sitting position. Like its mother, the head uses the specialized bricks for the head but in a smaller scale. It also comes with a bamboo stalk.

The other cub is similar to the other one except that the legs are straight and there’s a Technic hole in the back to connect to the baseplate. This makes it look like it’s either sleeping or playfully frolic on the floor. It also has a stalk of bamboo.

Overall, it’s nice to see LEGO expand on the the Lunar New Year celebration but the LEGO BrickHeadz Chinese New Year Pandas (40466) seem to be somewhat lacking something. The mother panda and her baseplate are the best things from it and I do like the detailing in the tree. They are cute and I have them displayed on my shelf but the price … Continue

The Brick Fan Turns 9 Years Old

January 18, 2021 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

It’s January 18 and that means that The Brick Fan turns nine years old today. For those who have recently found the site, it went by another name when I first started out but had to change it to The Brick Fan and January 18 was the day that domain went live. I’m even surprised that I kept up with it throughout these years which actually doesn’t seem that long. I still remember the day that I got my first LEGO set after my Dark Age and wanted to do something fun with it. And boom, here we are. FYI, it was the LEGO Star Wars Millennium Falcon (7965).

Last year, it was a terrible year for the world but a lot of you had time to be online more and it marked the best year we had on the site in terms of pageviews and first time visitors. For 2021, we are currently on pace to be even better than last year which is very remark considering we’re only just barely past the halfway point of the first month. I just also realized that we’ve just past 100 million pageviews, a goal that I never imagined hitting!

Again, thank you to everyone who takes time out of your busy day to read something on this side of the internet. It really means a lot that you guys continue to read what I put out there. Even though we’re not the best LEGO news site, we are part of a collective of Recognized LEGO Fan … Continue

LEGO Ideas 10 Years of LEGO Ninjago Contest

January 16, 2021 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

The 10th anniversary of LEGO Ninjago was a few days ago and to celebrate, LEGO Ideas has kicked off a new contest for it. If a Ninjago Museum were to open, what would you put in it. Using the past 10 years of action-packed NINJAGO history, build a relic, painting or something else that you’d display in this museum.

The First Place winner will get the following:

• LEGO Ninjago City Gardens 71741
• LEGO Ninjago Tournament of Elements 71735
• LEGO Ninjago Boulder Blaster 71736
• LEGO Ninjago X-1 Ninja Charger 71737
• LEGO Ninjago Zane’s Titan Mech Battle 71738
• LEGO Ninjago Overlord Dragon 71742
• Selection of ultra-rare Ninjago Posters from ten years Ninjago!

Two Runner Up Prize winners will receive:

• LEGO Ninjago Tournament of Elements 71735
• LEGO Ninjago Boulder Blaster 71736
• LEGO Ninjago X-1 Ninja Charger 71737
• LEGO Ninjago Zane’s Titan Mech Battle 71738
• LEGO Ninjago Overlord Dragon 71742
• Selection of ultra-rare Ninjago Posters from ten years Ninjago!

The deadline to submit entries is February 16 at 6am EST.

LEGO Ninjago Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary

January 14, 2021 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Today, LEGO celebrates the 10 year anniversary of LEGO Ninjago with brand new sets and stylish collaborations. The theme was started way back in 2011 when I first picked up LEGO again in many, many years and who would’ve thought that it would be one of the most popular themes LEGO has released in its long history. Most themes are produced for only few years but it has been remarkable that Ninjago has been going on for a whole decade since it was supposed to end after season two. Check out the press release of the 10th anniversary of LEGO Ninjago below which includes a cool timeline of some of the major events that have happened in Ninjago throughout the years. There are also some new March 2021 Ninjago sets have been revealed below as well.

LEGO NINJAGO MARKS ITS 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY WITH LEGACY SETS AND STYLISH COLLABS

The LEGO Group calls on all masters of Spinjitzuto celebrate a decade of LEGO NINJAGO with the launch of a LEGO retail exclusive set, exciting collaborations and a nostalgic look back at some of the theme’s key milestones.

In 2011, the LEGO NINJAGO journey started and changed the lives of children all over the world. Today, the LEGO Group is commemorating ten years of the beloved range that continues to inspire children and teens to re-enact and build epic scenes while developing their ninja skills.

Many kids have grown up with LEGO NINJAGO and the LEGO NINJAGO Masters of Spinjitzu television series, where Master Wu and the

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LEGO Chinese New Year 2021 GWPs Revealed

December 27, 2020 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

The LEGO Chinese New Year 2021 sets will be available early January and they seem to be a hit so far with fans. LEGO has released a new video showing off one of the sets and at the end, they showed some gift with purchase items that you can get when you purchase the sets. As you can see above, you can get a LEGO Lunar New Year Pagoda and a Lunar New Year Lantern when you buy both the Story of Nian (80106) and Spring Lantern Festival (80107).

The video didn’t say where the promotion will be happening but these little promo items usually aren’t available in North America. I’ll be really surprised if LEGO does make it available here. We’ll see once LEGO publishes the Store Calendar, hopefully this week, if those items will be on it. I’m pretty sure the Year of the Ox (40417) set will be a promo item for January to celebrate the release of the sets.

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LEGO 2020 Employee Gift – Celebrating 40 Years of Hands-On Learning (4002020) Revealed

December 20, 2020 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

LEGO Celebrating 40 Years of Hands-On Learning (4002020)

Each year LEGO gives their employees a limited edition set as a Christmas gift and for 2020, LEGO celebrates the 40th anniversary of the LEGO Education theme with this set. As a LEGO Ambassador, we were also given this gift as a present as well. There’s no official set name but the included pamphlet titles it Celebrating 40 Years of Hands-On Learning (4002020) so that’s what we’re calling it.

The back of the box talks about the LEGO gearwheel which also celebrates its 50th year since it was introduced and it is mainly featured in this set.

LEGO Celebrating 40 Years of Hands-On Learning (4002020)-2

It’s been 40 years since LEGO Education was established and 50 years since the introduction of the first universal LEGO gearwheel. We mark this double anniversary with this special LEGO Education-inspired model, full of festive magic. Enjoy.

The 919 piece model features a couple of elves working in their workshop getting some presents ready. When you turn the wheel on the right side, pretty much everything goes into motion including the Christmas tree spinning, the elves moving, and the conveyor belt rotates to reveal presents on the line.

As a collector, I usually keep these sets sealed but there are plenty of reviews of it online that you can check out. The set has been sold online on the secondary market for a while now but we held off on sharing it so that LEGO employees can be surprised for their gift. Thank you to the LEGO Engagement Team for their work and generosity this year!

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LEGO Lunar New Year 2021 Sets Available for Pre-Order on Amazon Canada

December 19, 2020 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Amazon Canada has now put up the upcoming LEGO Lunar New Year 2021 sets for pre-order. The listings for both the Story of Nian (80106) and the Spring Lantern Festival (80107) are now live and they will be released on January 10. The sets retail for $109.99 CDN and $159.99 CDN, respectively. Again, this is only for Canada.