0 LEGO Friends TV Show?

A new video has surfaced on YouTube of a LEGO Friends TV episode. The episode is spoken in Greek and only one is known to exist currently. Whether The LEGO Group are creating a TV show for the Friends theme is yet to be determined.



Credit: Thanks to Starcracker from Brickipedia for the news.

0 LEGO now officially the world’s largest tyre manufacturer

The LEGO Group has been officially crowned the world’s largest tyre manufacturer in the world as it celebrates its 50th Anniversary of the LEGO Wheel. According to LEGO.com, 318 million LEGO tyres are produced each year. That's the equivalent of 870,000 each day.

0 Google Chrome LEGO Digital Designer

Google has released a new feature for Chrome users called "Build". Build is a mini LEGO Digital Designger (LDD) made in partnership with LEGO Australia to allow Chrome users to create and post their models onto a landmark or street on a map of Australia or New Zealand.

0 Funcom to develop the next LEGO MMO

Funcom has just announced today that they have signed a license agreement with The LEGO Group to create a new Massive Multiplayer Online Game based on the popular collectible Minifigures theme.

0 LEGO: The Piece of Resistance Movie 2014

LEGO has recently announced that LEGO Batman and Superman will appear in the new LEGO movie, "The Piece of Resistance" scheduled for release on February 28, 2014. The film will be directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller and will include Will Arnett voicing Batman and Channing Tatum voicing Superman.

1 LEGO The Lord of the Rings – Chapter 1: The Tale Begins

LEGO has recently released the first chapter of LEGO Lord of the Rings. The first chapter is called "The Tale Begins" and you can watch it below.

0 LEGO Star Wars summer 2012 wave now at Smyths!

Over at Smyths the summer 2012 wave of LEGO Star Wars sets have been released as they claim to be the first to have them up for sale in the UK.

They are also holding a competition for two lucky winners to win one 9516 Jabba's Palace each. All you have to do is answer the following question:

"What Planet is Jabbas Palace located?"

To enter the competition and learn more about it, click here.

0 LEGO Star Wars summer adverts 2012

LEGO has released two new adverts for the the Star Wars theme. The first advert features sets from the Clone Wars subtheme, such as 9488 Saesee Tiin's Jedi Starfighter and 9515 The Malevolence. The second advert features sets from the subtheme, The Old Republic, such as 9500 Sith Fury-class Interceptor and 9497 Republic Striker Starfighter.

0 LEGO Friends summer adverts 2012

LEGO has released two new adverts for the the Friends theme. The adverts feature new sets from the summer wave of Friends including the new Camper Van and Riding Camp.

0 LEGO Lord of the Rings advert 2012

LEGO has released a new advert for the new theme, Lord of the Rings. The advert features some of the sets that have been recently released for the theme.

0 LEGO Ninjago Season 3 trailer

Cartoon Network has just released a trailer for the next, and presumably the last, season of LEGO Ninjago, Masters of Spinjitzu. Season 3 begins on Wednesday, July 18.

0 LEGO Team GB Minifigures now available!

The LEGO Team GB Minifigures are now available and have been found in various stores across the UK, including a few branches of John Lewis, despite the official release date being July 1. The minifigures are rumoured to cost an extra 50p in comparison to the previous series of Minifigures, and are now priced at £2.49. However, this series of minifigures are only available in the UK and only nine are available to collect in comparison to the standard sixteen. So if you live abroad and want these minifigures, your best chance of purchasing them will be on eBay or Bricklink.

0 LEGO Minecraft shipping now, Hayabusa shipping soon

Today LEGO announced on their LEGO CUUSOO blog that 21102 Micro World is shipping now and that 21101 Hayabusa will be shipping soon from July 8th.

LEGO left the following message on their CUUSOO blog:

"We're happy to announce that LEGO Minecraft Micro World is now shipping! If you pre-ordered your LEGO Minecraft set on J!NX, they began shipping pre-orders in the order received starting June 13, so if you have not received it yet, look forward to it arriving soon."

"If you haven't gotten yours yet and are you are purchasing other Minecraft-related merchandise, your best bet is to order your Minecraft set from J!NX. If you're ordering other LEGO sets or are building up your VIP Points, you can order from LEGO Shop at Home. LEGO Minecraft Micro World retails for $34.99 / €34,99."

"Hayabusa, the second LEGO CUUSOO set, is on sale now in Japan and will be available to order from shop.LEGO.com starting July 8 and will be sold online to all 23 countries that shop.LEGO.com services and retail at $49.00 / €49,00."

0 ReBrick Competition

Over at ReBrick, a social site for teenage and adult LEGO fans, they are holding their very first competition. The competition started on the 18th June and ends on the 16th July. However all entries have to be submitted by the 9th July.

The competition is open to all registered ReBrick users, 16 years old or over. The competition is to build a creation with an octopus (or squid) in it. The winner of the competition will be the creation with the highest number of likes at ReBrick. The prize for the winner is the LEGO Inside Tour exclusive, 4000012 Piper Airline of which only 53 exist in total. The winner will be announced on 17th July.

Click here to lean more about the competition.

Thanks to Brick Fanatics for the news.

0 LEGO Lord of the Rings video game gameplay

New gameplay footage of the next LEGO video game, LEGO Lord of the Rings has just surfaced on YouTube after Wired.com got a chance to play some of the new game. The game is being developed by TT Games and will be released at some point in October this year. The game will be available to most platforms.

Thanks to FBTB for the news.

0 Summer 2012 LEGO Star Wars checklist poster

An image of the summer 2012 LEGO Star Wars checklist poster has been posted by Huw, at Brickset today. The poster features all the minifigures from the summer wave of LEGO Star Wars sets with the exception of those that appear in the series 2 planet sets.

Thanks to Brickset for the news.

0 8833 Minifigures Series 8

The LEGO Group has recently revealed the names for the next sixteen minifigures that will make their appearance in 8833 Minifigures Series 8 later on this year. The minifigures are as follows:

0 July LEGO Store Calendar

The LEGO store calender for July is now available and can be viewed here. There is a lot to look forward to in July including the release of the Team GB Minifigure Series on July 1st, and several new promotions!

From 1st - 31st July you can earn 50 bonus VIP points on selected sets, and receive a free Mini Sopwith Camel when you spend £50 or more while stocks last. Also starting from 1st July is the next collectable limited edition Pick-a-Brick model of a Zoo Keeper with a parrot. The bricks to build this model can be bought from the Pick-a-Brick wall at LEGO stores.

Also from 5th July onwards the free monthly mini model build will be available for those aged between 6 and 14. LEGO stores across the UK are also holding the LEGO Games from Friday, 13th July - Friday, 27th July where LEGO fans can take part in various games.

Lastly, some new sets that will be available at shop.lego.com include, 21013 Big Ben, 8909 Team GB Minifigures, 6141 My First Farm, and 3864 Mini-Taurus.

For the German version, click here. For the Denmark version, click here.

0 LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes Talking Minifigures Trailer

Machinima has just released a new trailer for the new video game, LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes. The new trailer shows the minifigures talking, just like they do in the LEGO Lord of the Rings video game. This would seem to appear to be a new feature in LEGO video games from now on and comes to a surprise to many fans as all the previous LEGO video games contained no proper dialogue with only a few groans and mumbles. The game will include many of the DC Superheroes, most of which will be playable characters. The new game will be developed by TT Games and released on June 22, 2012.



Below are the following prices for each platform:

Xbox 360, PS3, Nintendo Wii ($49.99) PS Vita, Nintendo 3DS ($39.99) Nintendo DS, PC ($30.00)

Credit goes to BrickHeroes for the source.

0 Monster Fighters available in the UK

The long anticipated Monster Fighters are now available at shop.lego.com in the UK. The only question is, are they supposed to be available for purchase yet? Or has an employee at LEGO made a mistake just like with the summer wave of Star Wars sets? Who knows, I guess we will have to wait and see, though my advice would be to purchase the sets you want now in case another mistake has been made...

0 10228 Haunted House revealed

10228 Haunted House was revealed yesterday at the Mall of America to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of The Mall of America. The set features six minifigures, a male and female vampire, Frankenstein's monster butler, a zombie chef, and two glow-in-the-dark ghosts. The set is composed of 2064 pieces and is the biggest set in the Monster Fighters theme priced at £119.99. The set is scheduled for release at the beginning of September this year.

Below is the official description from LEGO:

10228 Haunted House
Ages 14+. 2,064 pieces. US$179.99, CA$199.99, DE €149.99, UK £119.99, DK 1499 DKK

Enter the Haunted House at your peril!

The crooked Haunted House is home to the scariest ghosts and monsters. Tremble in fear as you open the gate, go weak at the knees as you step onto the porch and gasp in horror at the fireplace, kitchen, office, folding staircase, bedroom, potion room, music room and collection of other creepy objects. Dare you enter the Haunted House?!

• Add to your LEGO® Monster Fights Collection with the first officlal LEGO® Haunted House!
• Includes 6 minifigures: 2 glow-in-the-dark ghosts, Vampyre, Vampyre's Bride, Zombie chef and butler
• Features unique ‘crooked’ design featuring boarded up windows and working front gate.
• Haunted House opens to reveal detailed interior with 3 floors.
• First floor features fireplace that swings open and displays a ship in a bottle on the mantle.
• Cook up a ghoulish meal with the Zombie chef in the kitchen complete with old-style stove, jars and table.
• Write letters from the Vampyre’s haunted office.
• Pull the lever hidden in the chimney to release the drop down staircase and access the top floor.
• Top floor features gramophone, records and newspaper LEGO® elements.
• Customize the Haunted House with new stickers for wall hangings, spider webs and curtains.
• Measures 15.4” (39cm) high, 9.4” (24cm) wide and 7.5” (19cm) deep.

0 Shirtless Darth Maul now available in New Zealand

The shirtless Darth Maul minifigure is now available in New Zealand. To receive your free shirtless Darth Maul minifigure you have to spend $50 in Toyworld on any Star Wars LEGO set. New Zealand also have all the latest LEGO Star Wars sets from the summer wave.

Thanks to Butcha-Forsale at Brickset for the news.

0 Crushed LEGO box?

Ever wondered what happens to a crushed LEGO set box that you then return to Toys R Us? I've got an answer. Last year I talked to an official Toys R Us employee who deals with returns. He said that when a LEGO product/set gets damaged, it gets returned to the LEGO Headquarters of the country their in and LEGO repackages the set in a new box and sends it back to the store for free.

0 Top 10 largest LEGO sets

Ever wondered which LEGO sets are the biggest? Well now you can know as the list below lists the top 10 largest LEGO sets ever manufactured in ascending order.

• 10189 Taj Mahal
• 10179 Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon
• 10214 Tower Bridge
• 10188 Death Star
• 10143 Death Star II
• 10181 Eiffel Tower
• 10196 Grand Carousel
• 10221 Super Star Destroyer
• 10030 Imperial Star Destroyer
• 3450 Statue of Liberty

0 Star Wars Dark Bucket fails review

The Star Wars Dark Bucket by Haru has failed the review and won't be produced. However this comes to no surprise to many LEGO fans, as LEGO did say that it was highly unlikely that the set could be produced due to the type of license The LEGO Group has with Lucasarts for Star Wars.

0 Ninjago Battle Arena now £10.49 at shop.lego.com

The Ninjago Battle Arena has been reduced at shop.lego.com from £20.99 to £10.49. The set includes a hard to find Sensei-Wu minifigure.

0 Summer wave of Star Wars sets removed from shop.lego.com

All the summer 2012 LEGO Star Wars sets have been removed from shop.LEGO.com in the UK today. A user named Firox 5000 says that he posted on LEGO's wall when 9516 Jabba's Palace was removed earlier in the week only be told that they shouldn't have been on shop.lego.com at all. However those who made their orders earlier before they were removed have said that they have recieved them.

Thanks to Brickset for the news.

0 LEGO Lord of the Rings video game

IGN has just released gameplay for the new video game, LEGO Lord of the Rings which is expected to make its debut in October 2012. The new video game is being developed by TT Games. LEGO Lord of the Rings will be available to most gaming platforms such as Playstation, Xbox, and Wii.

0 Star Wars Dark Bucket achieves 10,000 supporting votes

The Star Wars Dark Bucket by Haru hit 10,000 supporting votes last night and is now ready to be reviewed by LEGO CUUSOO. Unfortunately though, LEGO has stated that they can't make it exactly as it is due to the type of license The LEGO Group has with Lucasarts. However the fact it wasn't archived along with "My Little Pony" suggests that there is the possibility of it being produced.

0 Ninjago ending

It's time for the Ninjas to pack their bags as BZPower.com claims that LEGO Ninjago will end in 2013, despite proving to be a very popular theme amongst LEGO fans.

However, a new theme will be released in 2013 to replace Ninjago, and according to set designer Kevin Hinkle, the new theme will "make the Ninjago fans ask why they didn't end it sooner".

Thanks to BZPower.com for the information.

0 My Little Pony - Friendship is magic fails review

LEGO CUUSOO has terminated all CUUSOO projects regarding "My Little Pony" before they have even reached 10,000 supporting votes. This action was taken by LEGO CUUSOO because the license for "My Little Pony" is owned by Hasbro.