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Dorling Kindersley’s newest LEGO book has been released and it is called LEGO Minifigure Year By Year: A Visual History. The hardcover book features more than 2,000 images of various minifigures through LEGO’s history. The book also includes three different minifigures which is unique because we usually just get one in a DK LEGO book. It retails for $24.00 on Amazon
In some major news across the pond, LEGO announced today they have ended their two-year promotional partnership with The Sun. This comes after a parent took his anti-Page 3 campaign to LEGOLAND and Wapping. However, LEGO denies that ending the partnership was not linked to the online petition but the partnership naturally ended on it’s own.
Fiona Wright, Lego’s vice president and general manager in the UK and Ireland, told one anti-Page 3 supporter: “The recent promotion in the Sun was part of a two-year agreement which started in 2011 as part of our marketing strategy. This is our final promotion with the Sun.”
The Guardian notes that:
The Sun said the partnership officially ended in November 2012, and that the recent “Lucky Dip” promotion used stock from the previous agreement.
There’s no word as of now on how LEGO will handle their polybag promotions.
**Via Brickset**
At the famous Plaza Hotel in New York, the 13th annual Toy of the Year Awards were given out Saturday night at the 2013 American International Toy Fair. There were twelve awards to be won and The LEGO Group walked away with three awards. LEGO was the only toy manufacturer to win more than one award. The Architecture line won the Specialty Toy of the Year while the big winner was the LEGO Friends line won the Girl Toy of the Year as well as the coveted Toy of the Year title. LEGO Friends was introduced in early 2012 and became a big hit for the company and tonight, the theme joins a select group of toys to win the biggest award in the industry.
… ContinueThe Year’s Finest Toys and Games Unveiled at “OSCARS®” of the Toy Industry
LEGO® Friends from The Lego Group Grabs Coveted “Toy of the Year” Title;
LeapPad2(TM) by LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. Bestowed Inaugural “People’s Choice” Award
NEW YORK, Feb. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Hundreds of toy executives and guests from around the world gathered in New York City this evening to honor the year’s top toys and industry icons at the 13(th) annual Toy of the Year (TOTY) Awards and Toy Industry Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
A Toy Industry Association (TIA)-administered event in support of the Toy Industry Foundation (TIF), the “Oscars” of the toy industry took place at the Plaza Hotel, kicking off the 110(th) American International Toy Fair. Throughout the evening, TOTY Awards were presented across 12 categories
On January 28, 1958 at 1:58pm, Godtfred Kirk Christiansen and LEGO filed the patent for the modern LEGO brick. Before, the bricks’ locking ability were very limited and Christiansen and his engineers came up with an updated design for the now stud-and-tube coupling system, which we all know and love. This new design made all the models more stable with better locking ability. One unique feature is that the bricks will hold well together but can also be taken apart by anyone with ease. On this day 55 years ago, the original design was sent to Danish patent offices and patent DK92683C. Legetøjsbyggeelement. was granted on January 29, 1962. Many years after that, LEGO has became one of the most successful toy companies in the world.
Today, The Brick Fan turns 1 year old. As I stated in a previous blog post, I began blogging under a different URL but I had to change it to thebrickfan.com on this day in 2012. At first, I was just using this blog to review LEGO sets that I purchase but I shifted to adding LEGO news a few months in and has evolved into what you now see today.
Now for some interesting facts I’ve gathered on the site. In a year, there have been 449 blog posts and have gotten 143 article comments. As you can see on the stats below, the site didn’t get that much traffic until July when San Diego Comic-Con started and doubled again when news of the 2013 LEGO sets became public. The site got 418,660 unique visitors with 647,740 page loads. My goal for this year is to double the traffic that the site currently gets now.
Here’s some other neat stats:
What I like the most about blogging is the friendships I’ve made this past year including, in no particular order, Richard over on Brick Fanatics, Stud from YourCreativeFriends, Beyond the Brick, the guys over at Brick Picker, Jeff, Ed, TheOrcKing, just to name a few. I would like to also thank our regular readers as well as the commenters who … Continue
The LEGO House has introduced new Masterbuilds to the Masterpiece Gallery which consists of builds from 15 LEGO builders from around the world. The builds will be on display for fans to enjoy while visiting the LEGO House.
… ContinueA dream come true for 15 Adult LEGO fans: Masterbuilds from around the world displayed at LEGO House to celebrate play and creativity
• 15 LEGO fans hailing from nine countries, sees their dream comes true as they are invited to exhibit their personal LEGO builds in LEGO House, Denmark. Visitors from around the world will be able to admire their work and gain inspiration for new building techniques.
• “Every build in the exhibition reflects great effort and creativity and bring joy to everyone who visits. We look forward to sharing the exhibition and hope our guests leave inspired to continue building their own ideas with LEGO bricks, no matter their age,” says Kathrine Kirk Muff, Managing Director at LEGO House.25th of September 2024: LEGO® House, located in Billund, Denmark, is the ultimate LEGO destination for fans of all ages, drawing visitors from over 120 countries in 2024 alone. Since its opening in 2017, LEGO fans from around the world, known as AFOLs (Adult Fans of LEGO), have been selected to showcase their unique LEGO builds in the Masterpiece Gallery exhibition. From the 25th of September and the following year, LEGO House present a new exhibition featuring exceptional fan-built creations by 15 carefully chosen AFOLs.
“LEGO House is a global community clubhouse, where we bring together
2024 is the year of the Space LEGO sets and another one that has been put on sale on Amazon is the LEGO Creator 3-in-1 Space Astronaut (31152). It is now listed at $43.99 which saves you 20% on it. The main build of the set is the astronaut and the alternate builds include a space dog and a space viper jet.
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