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LEGO CUUSOO Space Marines! Is Now Space Troopers!

December 11, 2012 / / 0 Comments

Yesterday, we did a post saying the Space Marines! LEGO CUUSOO project by Nick Royer was taken down due to a trademark infringement imposed by Games Workshop. Today, there is an blog update from LEGO stating that Nick and the LEGO team have reached an agreement to rename the project to Space Troopers!. The project is now back on track for the Winter Review. Below is the official update from LEGO.

Update: We agreed with the project creator, NickRoyer, to re-name the project “Space Troopers.” It is now back online, and will continue to participate in the LEGO Review. For background information, see the post below. -TC 12/11/2012

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LEGO CUUSOO Space Marines Temporarily Gone

December 10, 2012 / / 1 Comment

If you’ve been searching for the Space Marines LEGO CUUSOO project by Nick Royer, you’ll see that it’s been taken off the site…temporarily. According to LEGO, the name is trademarked buy another company and have requested that LEGO stop using it. After doing a little research, Games Workshop owns the name “Space Marines” and LEGO is obligated to agree to the other company’s wishes. Although the project is removed at the moment, LEGO has been in contact with Nick to choose a new name for the project. When a new name is chosen, it’ll be back online and and continue on in the Winter Review. Below is the official statement from the LEGO CUUSOO blog:

Hi LEGO Fans. You’re probably wondering what happened to those awesome-looking space military guys on LEGO CUUSOO; you know, the ones that reached 10,000 supporters just before the Winter Review deadline. Well, the name of the project used by the fan builder is actually a trademark owned by another company, and they requested we stop using it on our site.

While we let you submit projects that refer to trademarks owned by others, we don’t enforce others’ trademarks ourselves. However we are legally obligated to comply when we receive a request from a rights holder to remove their trademarks.

Since all of you voted the project to 10,000, and since the artwork is original and based on LEGO elements, it’s our opinion that the only trademark infringement here is the use of the name. So, we’re in contact with

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More LEGO Minecraft Sets On The Way

December 4, 2012 / / 0 Comments

The LEGO Minecraft (21102) set has been a hot selling item this year for LEGO and has been selling out very quickly but some relief might be coming. An article by Forbes states that in a tweet by Mojang CEO Carl Manneh, more LEGO Minecraft sets will be available in stores before the the holiday season. There’s no word on how many sets will be available for sale though. This is great news for individuals who have been wanting a set but couldn’t get a chance to buy one. Keep checking LEGO Shop@Homeicon as well as Jinx to see when they will have them back in stock.

**Via FBTB**

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LEGO Firefly Serenity Playset Now Available For Sale

December 2, 2012 / / 3 Comments

On May 6, 2012, the Firefly Serenity project by Thomas Lockwood, aka tbone_tbl, on LEGO CUUSOO achieved 10000 supporters to be reviewed by the LEGO Jury to see if it was a good fit for the LEGO brand. Unfortunately, the project was deemed inappropriate for the core audience of children ages 6-11 and was quickly rejected.

Although the rejection was disappointing, it didn’t bring Thomas down. In the following months, he worked hard to redesign the Serenity in preparation to sell the instructions as well as to put together a kit. The time has finally come to reveal the final product. In conjunction with a 3rd party called Etadyne Industries LLC, the Firefly Serenity playset, instructions, as well as the minifigures are all available for sale. Check out the features and images below for more details. Now’s your chance to pick one up if you wanted it before!

  • Opening loading ramp & bottom hatch
  • Minifig-capable cockpit
  • Light-up Firefly drive (battery included
  • Playable dining area & cargo hold
  • Crazy Ivan capable rotating engines
  • Data Card with ship stats to go on a stand
  • Free Parts List!
  • 24″ long x 16″ wide x 7″ tall
  • 2186 new unused pieces
  • Includes complete build instructions in pdf form, delivered via email.
  • Minifigs are NOT INCLUDED and are available as a separate kit.
  • Kit# 3010 currently retails for $385.00, plus $11 S&H.

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    LEGO CUUSOO Space Marines! Achieves 10000 Supporters

    November 29, 2012 / / 0 Comments

    After almost a year since the Space Marines! project by NickRoyer was submitted to LEGO CUUSOO, the project has finally reached the 10000 supporters needed to be considered to be an official LEGO set. The Space Marines are loosely based on the Galaxy Patrol Collectible Minifigures so there wouldn’t be an issue with licensing or any Intellectual Property (IP) issues either. The theme also could also fit in with the new Galaxy Squad sets but these are totally separate themes so LEGO might not want to have both themes selling at the same time. From what we’ve seen in the past, Space themed LEGO sets do sell really well so it would be beneficial for all parties involved but that’s up to the LEGO Jury to decide. We’ll just have to wait and see what happens after the review. Congratulations to Nick for this amazing achievement! Below is the official LEGO comment.

    Congratulations on 10,000 Supporters, NickRoyer, GreenLead, and CrashSanders!

    2012.11.29

    Space Marines is a fun concept, well thought out, and with broad-based support. You’ve done a great job of presenting it concisely with a lot of possibilities. Further it is a great example of a high quality concept refined over time into something that looks like it has real potential as a LEGO product.

    Congratulations on achieving 10,000 supporters. We now officially advance this project to the Review phase.

    What happens now?
    This project moves from the Idea stage to the Review stage. A “LEGO Review Board” composed of designers, product managers, and other key

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    LEGO Street Fighter Minifigures For Child’s Play Charity A Success!!

    November 3, 2012 / / 0 Comments

    Street Fighter 2 minifigs - complete roster

    A couple of days ago, Julian Fong, aka levork, posted an eBay listing to sell his awesome custom LEGO Street Fighter 2 minifigures with all the proceeds going to Child’s Play Charity. On Friday, November 2, 2013 at 11:00PM PST, the auction was completed with 23 total bids and the final bid of $500.00! Children at local hospitals worldwide can now receive new toys, games, and books with the help of Julian’s generous donation to Child’s Play. We here at The Brick Fan would like to congratulate Julian on this amazing achievement!

    As an eBay Affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

    I would also like to thank some fellow AFOLs, @ChrisPirillo, @DianaPirillo, and the @LockerGnome community, for help spreading the word about the auction as well.

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    LEGO Street Fighter Minifigures For Charity

    October 29, 2012 / / 0 Comments

    Street Fighter 2 minifigs - complete roster

    A couple of months ago, Julian Fong, aka levork, posted images of his custom LEGO Street Fighter minifigures on his Flickr account as well on LEGO CUUSOO. Unfortunately, LEGO quickly rejected the project due to the content not being appropriate for children, but now you can own these same minifigures as he is selling them. Julian has put the minifigures on eBay and all the proceeds will be going to the Child’s Play Charity. If you’ve wanted these Street Fighter minifigs, bid on them to help a great charity, which is a win-win situation. There is about 4 days 12 hours left on the listing as of this posting so please help out Julian and Child’s Play. Below is a brief description of the listing:

    As an eBay Affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

    For sale is a full set of custom Street Fighter 2 Lego minifigs, entirely created by me. These are non-official, customized minifigs representing the entire cast of Capcom’s video game Super Street Fighter 2. That’s a grand total of seventeen minifigs: Ryu, Ken, Chun Li, Akuma, M. Bison, E. Honda, T. Hawk, Fei Long, Dee Jay, Guile, Blanka, Zangief, Vega, Balrog, Sagat, Dhalsim, and Cammy. Water-slide decals were designed and printed by me and applied to new Lego parts, then sealed with polyurethane for a durable finish. Custom hair elements were fashioned either from a combination of other Lego parts, and/or incorporate epoxy sculpts or paper elements. These figures are meant for display or very light play: the decals are fairly

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