Posts Tagged ‘lego’
Monday, January 16th, 2012
Series 6 of the ever popular Collectable Minifigures is now here!
The LEGO Collectable Minifigures consists of a variety of different minifigure characters that are released as a series. You get a get a poly-bag with a random minifigure from the series. Each of these minifigures includes it’s own accessory and stand.
Sixteen more new faces are now available to add to your collection, including a Flamenco Dancer, Mechanic, Classic Alien, Bandit, Minotaur, Surgeon, Butcher, Lady Liberty, Sleepyhead, Leprechaun, Genie, Clockwork Robot, Roman Soldier, Intergalactic Girl, Highland Battler, and Skater Girl.
Add this latest series of minifigures to your collection!
Tags: 2012, bandit, butcher, classic alien, clockwork robot, collectable, flamenco dancer, genie, highland battler, intergalactic girl, lady liberty, lego, leprechaun, mechanic, minifigures, minotaur, roman soldier, skater girl, sleepyhead, surgeon
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Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
Take a look at this fantastic LEGO model of a warship.
The 22ft model was built by an artist named Ed Diment. From the age of three he has been building LEGO models, and his latest masterpiece is a 22ft model of the USS warship Intrepid which was decommissioned in 1974. Using around 250,000 pieces of LEGO, he finally accomplished this huge task. The completed model looks absolutely fantastic and I could only dream of building such an amazing creation.
The finished warship model has been valued at a whopping £30,000 ($50,000), making this one expensive LEGO model…
(Information via BBC News)
Tags: 1974, ed diment, lego, USS Intrepid, warship
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Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
It has been announced that NASA have recently teamed up with the LEGO Group in a brand new partnership. A planned three-year agreement is in place that will use both the space exploration missions of NASA and the building bricks of LEGO to spark interest in children about Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). The theme of this partnership is “Building and Exploring our Future”.
Four NASA themed sets are due to be released next year to mark this incredible alliance varying in complexity and engaging their audience of LEGO fans of all ages. The second part of this agreement involves sending special LEGO sets to the International Space Station and on board the Endeavour’s STS-134 mission launching in February 2011. Astronauts on the shuttle, and children and student groups across the country will assemble the sets, showing the challenges faced when building things in the microgravity environment of space.
Tags: 2011, endeavour sts-134, engineering, february, lego, LEGO Sets, math, nasa, science, shuttle, space, stem, technology
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Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
The new series of Collectable Minifigures are here! Series 2 features a brand new range of the popular individual minifigures, each with their own accessories and black stand for display purposes. None of the Collectable Minifigures can be found in any other LEGO set, making them unique additions to your collection.
Series 2 includes a Life Guard, Spartan, Witch, Pop Star, Weight Lifter, Ring Master, Jungle Explorer, Karate Kid, Surfer, Pharoah, Vampire, Traffic Cop, Mime Artist, Skier, DJ, and a Mexican.
Tags: 8684, collectable minifigures, dj, jungle explorer, karate kid, lego, life guard, mexican, mime artist, pharoah, pop star, ring master, skier, spartan, surfer, traffic cop, vampire, weight lifter, witch
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Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
The long-awaited video game is now here! After months of waiting, and delayed release dates, the new addition to the LEGO video games series has finally become available!
The game is much similar to the previous LEGO-themed titles, in the way that you collect items, and build things to progress through the game. LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 includes new features, like casting spells, riding broomsticks, and over 100 of your favourite characters from the books which you can unlock throughout the game.
All of your favourite characters, including Harry, Ron and Hermione, are here and all come with their own special abilities. Harry is able to fly a broomstick better than his friends, and Hermione is more capable of making potions, another new feature in the game.
I am currently awaiting the delivery of my copy. I will be sure to post my verdict as soon as it arrives.
Tags: Harry Potter, hermione, hogwarts, lego, potions, ron, spells, Video Games, wizards, years 1-4
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Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
World Racers is the new racing theme by LEGO for this year. The theme focuses on two teams (Backyard Blasters and the X-treme Daredevils) racing against each other to win the trophy.
Each set takes place in a different environment, for example, canyons, deserts, ice places, reefs and swamps, with each vehicle sporting a mounted weapon to fight with in order to win the race.
So far six sets have been released into the theme:
Tags: 2010, 8863, 8864, 8896, 8897, 8898, 8899, backyard blasters, blizzard's peak, desert of destruction, gator swamp, jagged jaw reef, lego, LEGO Sets, snake canyon, trophy, world racers, wreckage road, x-treme daredevils
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Thursday, March 18th, 2010
If you’re looking for an activity to get your brain working, then why not try Turn and Match? This is a memory game in the Bricks & More section of the LEGO website.
The game works like Pairs, in the fact that you have a selection of cards turned upside-down and you have to turn two of those cards over. If they match then those two cards are taken out of the selection. If they do not match, then the cards are turned back to their original state and you have to pick two more cards. The idea is that you should try and remember where the cards were that you chose before to make it easier to match them up.
The game is really very addictive, with an “easy” and “hard” option for your playing preferences.
If you fancy giving it a go, then the Turn and Match game can be found here.
Tags: Activities, bricks & more, cards, game, lego, pairs, turn and match
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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
This Spring there will be a few new releases available in stores: The upcoming Toy Story 3 sets! In total there are 9 sets to be released. Five LEGO System sets and four that will be in a “Toy Story 3″ subtheme of DUPLO.
These sets will be based on characters and events that will be featured in Toy Story 3. New characters included will be Lotso, Chunk, Stretch and Twitch. Alongside these will be the original characters such as Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Jessie, Bullseye, Rex, Hamm and the Little Green Men from the movie, Toy Story 2.
The LEGO System Toy Story 3 sets will be as follows:
And the Toy Story 3 subtheme of DUPLO sets are:
These sets are due out between April and June 2010.
Tags: 2010, 5657, 5658, 5659, 5691, 7596, 7597, 7598, 7599, 7789, bullseye, buzz lightyear, chunk, DUPLO, hamm, jessie, lego, LEGO Sets, little green men, lotso, rex, spring, strech, toy story 3, twich, Woody
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
The first feature-length movie, “The Adventures of Clutch Powers” has now been released! On 23rd February, the movie came out straight to DVD and is available in stores now.
In the movie, Clutch Powers and his team of experts venture from LEGO City to the Space Police prison planet, to the medieval world of Ashlar where they must help the rightful heir to the throne find the courage to regain the Kingdom from the evil wizard, Mallock the Malign.
The movie is made entirely with Computer-Generated Imagery and incorporates many of the existing LEGO themes into one feature-length film.
The themes featured in The Adventures of Clutch Powers include Mars Mission, Space Police, City, Power Miners, Castle and Agents.
Tags: cgi, dvd, february, lego, movie, the adventures of clutch powers
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Sunday, February 21st, 2010
Well it looks as though there will be another subtheme of Disney sets this Summer. New to DUPLO will be the “Disney’s Cars” theme. It will feature characters and scenes from Disney/Pixar’s Cars movie from 2006. These will promote the upcoming sequel “Cars 2″ which is due out sometime in 2011.
The new sets to be released this Summer are:
Tags: 2010, 5813, 5814, 5815, 5816, cars, disney, DUPLO, flo's cafe, lego, LEGO Sets, legos, lightning mcqueen, mack's road trip, mater's yard, pixar, summer
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Series 6 of the ever popular Collectable Minifigures is now here!