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San Diego Comic Con 2015 Day 2 Recap

July 17, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 1 Comment

I’m back with another daily recap for San Diego Comic Con 2015. In this post, I’ll cover both Friday and Saturday since nothing much happened on Friday. On Friday, my day was pretty open since there were no LEGO panels happening that day. The LEGO booth was also pretty bland that day. The reveal of the day was the LEGO Ninjago Temple of Airjitzu (70751).

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San Diego Comic Con 2015 Day 1 Recap

July 15, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 2 Comments

It’s been almost a week but I’ve finally had some time to do a recap on the first day of San Diego Comic Con 2015. This recap is mostly about the LEGO-related events and stuff during the first day of the convention. The LEGO booth was at the same place as it has been for the past couple of years. Inside the booth was a play area where attendees could build whatever they want. There was also little builds that were put up on the showcase. One of the main attractions at the booth was the life-size Hulk vs the Hulk Buster piece.

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LEGO Marvel Super Heroes SDCC 2015 Throne of Ultron Building Instructions

July 13, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 5 Comments

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes SDCC 2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron Throne of Ultron

On the second full day of San Diego Comic Con 2015, LEGO sold the exclusive LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Avengers: Age of Ultron Throne of Ultron set. Like with the Action Comics #1 Superman set, I’ve opened it up and have provided the building instructions for the set for you readers.

I can confirm there are no exclusive part to the Throne of Ultron set so that’s a sigh of relief for those who are wanting to recreate this set. However there are a few parts that are somewhat rare due to the fact that they have just been recently released this year in sets. For example, the fire pit bowl 6104346 is only in a couple of the newer LEGO Friends and LEGO Elves sets. Other than that, all the other pieces should be readily available on BrickLink if you’re sourcing your parts.

For the minifigures, Ultron is the same one as in The Quinjet City Chase (76032) while the Ultron Sentries are from Iron Man vs. Ultron (76029) with their neck brace 6104350 from the The Hulk Buster Smash (76031). If you already have these sets, then you should have no problem putting together the minifigures.

Again, you can head over to my Flickr album to see larger building instruction images or you can download the PDF version to use at your convenience. On pages 28 and 29, I’m not sure why the steps go from 13 to 16 but it’s in order so there aren’t any missing steps.

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LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes SDCC 2015 Action Comics #1 Superman Review

July 13, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 4 Comments

LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes SDCC 2015 Exclusive Action Comics #1 Superman

This past Thursday, it was technically the first day of San Diego Comic 2015 and as a tradition, many people got in lines for various things but mainly panels and exclusives. LEGO again this year released a few exclusives for sale at the convention and the first day was for the limited edition LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes Action Comics #1 Superman. This was a highly sought after set when it was first announced back in June.

The set recreates Joe Shuster’s 1938 iconic cover which features Superman’s first comic book cover. The LEGO set itself contains 145 pieces and retailed for $40. Some people like to keep the set sealed to preserve its “value” while for me, I opened it, and provided readers with the building instructions since there was many who were interested in building their own.

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LEGO Ninjago San Diego Comic Con 2015 Panel Recap

July 12, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 10 Comments

One of today’s panels I attended today at San Diego Comic Con 2015 was LEGO Ninjago and I got a lot of response on Twitter from fans when I tried to live tweet the panel. The panel consisted of Tommy Andreasen (senior creative manager, The LEGO Group), Dan Hageman (writer, Ninjago TV series), Kevin Hageman (writer, Ninjago TV series), Keith Malone (content development director, The LEGO Group) Simon Lucas (creative lead, LEGO Ninjago), and Maarten Simons (senior designer, LEGO Ninjago) and was moderated by Brian Bowler (marketing director, The LEGO Group). Be warned, there might be some spoilers pertaining to the upcoming season of LEGO Ninjago.

The panel discussed some of the upcoming developments of in the world of Ninjago and also gave some sneak peeks at what’s coming in the future. First, they talked about some of what happened this season of the television series which corresponds to the summer 2015 wave of sets. They also took some time to talk about some of the early designs for the characters and how they translated from the first designs to the final products. The panel also touched on the new Airjitzu abilities and the early concepts for the Airjitzu sets.

Next up, the panel talked about new locations that the Ninjas headed to this season such as the city of Stixx, the Cloud Kingdom, and Yang’s Haunted Temple.

After that, they talked about some of the characters that appeared this season and what effects they had on the show. After entering Yang’s Haunted Temple, the ninjas … Continue

LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes SDCC 2015 Exclusive Action Comics #1 Superman Building Instructions

July 12, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 20 Comments

I few days ago at San Diego Comic Con 2015, a very good friend by the name of Ryan surprised me with one of the exclusive LEGO sets that were sold, the LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes Action Comics #1 Superman. I’m very grateful because I wasn’t able to pick up the set Thursday morning. Here I’m doing something that LEGO collectors and reseller will probably hate but people who weren’t able to get the set at SDCC or general LEGO fans will appreciate. I’ve opened the set and have provided every with instructions on how to build your own version of Action Comics #1.

Included with the instructions are the parts list so you can BrickLink the parts you need. Most of the parts are pretty common but there are some that have just been released and pretty rare at this time including the yellow 1×1 plate with clip 6071270, the yellow 6L bar 6109813, the dark green modified brick with curved top 6100223, and the front grill 6021687. The only brand new piece is the dark green roof 6135573 so you may have to find a substitute until that piece is more widely available. Superman is the same one we’ve had before. You can check out the full review of the set here.

Below are the images of the steps to create the set but if it’s too small, head on over to my Flickr album and you can check out larger images of them.

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LEGO BIONICLE SDCC 2015 Exclusive Skull Scorpio Mask Review

July 11, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 5 Comments

LEGO BIONICLE SDCC 2015 Skull Scorpio Mask

For the final review of the San Diego Comic Con 2015 LEGO free exclusive giveaways, I have the LEGO BIONICLE Skull Scorpio Mask. This mask is the same mold as the upcoming Skull Scorpio (70794) set except that it is trans-neon green. As usual, the packaging is the plastic clamshell that all the other free exclusives have been in. The cardboard inside shows some nice artwork of something. Honestly, I do not collect LEGO BIONICLE so I don’t know the terminology of things that are part of the theme but I know there are a lot of readers who are so if you recognize what’s printed on the card, let me know.

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