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Announcing Creations for Charity!

Nannan — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:19:50 +0000

I’m excited to announce a new online charity event that has just started! The event, called Creations for Charity, sells custom LEGO creations from fan builders to raise money to buy LEGO for underprivileged children. All funds will be used to buy LEGO sets for the charity Toys for Tots. From now until early-December, there will be new creations listed to be auctioned. Come visit the store to see what we have!

If you are interested in contributing a creation, you can read the details here. Happy holidays everyone!

Three-score barrels of powder below / To prove old England’s overthrow

Andrew — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:26:48 +0000

Even though today is Guy Fawkes Day, I do not recommend burning this CubeDude effigy built by Paul Lee (polywen):

LEGO does, after all, give off a rather acrid smell when burnt…

Creepy minifigs invade Halloween… again

Nannan — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:42:11 +0000

Jamie Spencer (Morgan19) once again posted some very creative and creepy minifigs throughout the past several weeks. Most of them use custom non-LEGO accessories but some are made from all LEGO parts. Here are a few of my favorites:

See the many more in the gallery on Flickr!

Enter at your own risk

Nannan — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:40:47 +0000

This haunted house by Mos Eisley is one creepy place you don’t want to venture in at night. I don’t want to think about what lurks behind those boarded up windows.

Via Eurobricks

Getting in the spirit of Halloween

Nannan — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:57:39 +0000

With Halloween approaching, Douglas Hill creates a chilling mosaic that uses so many shades of colors that I lost my head trying to keep track of them all. Can you identify all the brick colors that were used? I’ll bet it ain’t easy.

Thanks for the tip Chip Philson! ;)

10199 Winter Toy Shop now available from the LEGO Shop [News]

Andrew — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:51:28 +0000

With much relief, I’m pleased to announce that 10199 Winter Toy Shop is now available from the LEGO Shop online.

For $60, you get 7 minifigs and 815 pieces. The set also has some great microscale detailing inside the shop.

No luck yet on 6299 LEGO Pirates Advent Calendar, but rest assured we’ll be talking to the team from LEGO about this at BrickCon this weekend.

Dear LEGO: We want 6299 LEGO Pirates Advent Calendar!

Andrew — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:43:34 +0000

It’s that time of the year again, LEGO fans. In what I hope does not become an annual tradition, we’ve received confirmation from LEGO that this year’s non-City advent calendar, 6299 LEGO Pirates Advent Calendar, will not be made available in the United States.

The success of our campaign to get 7979 Castle Advent Calendar last year was the result of both luck (a pallet of sets that got shipped to the US distribution center accidentally) and persistent community activism (here on TBB and on sites like Classic Castle).

Though we can’t guarantee luck again, we can certainly do our part to see what effect LEGO fan community activism can have this time around. Leave a comment here on this post expressing your support and we’ll pass your sentiments along to LEGO through our resident LEGO Ambassador.

And last but not least: Yarrr!!!

10199 Winter Toy Shop, more pics available

Nannan — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:53:32 +0000

More pictures of the upcoming 10199 Winter Toy Shop are now available, once again from Eurobricks. Click on the images below to see more pictures.

I like the new expressions on the carol singers, and I look forward to what creative uses people will have for them.

10199 LEGO Creator Christmas set revealed on Amazon Japan [News]

Andrew — Sat, 23 May 2009 03:05:47 +0000

Amazon.co.jp has revealed details about the upcoming 10199 LEGO Creator Christmas set, due out later this year. The picture isn’t perfect, but good enough for discussion, I think.

Due to ship in Japan on October 25, 2009, the set will apparently retail for 12,600 yen. Comparing the prices of other LEGO sets between yen and USD, my guess is that this will be a $60 set (assuming it’s available, but we LEGO fans can always make that happen).

Thanks to EDGE over at LEGO-KEI for the tip!

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Nannan — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 05:07:29 +0000

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! A few builders from MOCpages have created some nifty little charms for the occasion.

From Heather LEGOgirl:

From Andrew Colunga:

From Alex Eylar:

and from Ciamoslaw Ciamek:

Thanks for keeping the fire burning, you guys rock!