It looks like someone got their hands on the next volume of the minifigure collection series. What I see is an awesome lineup of some of the most coveted lady minifigs in Lego history including: the forest woman, white ninja, and the doctor with the pigtail hair.
Via Eurobricks
Update: here’s an official picture from Toys N Bricks:
The first full-length LEGO Movie, The Adventures of Clutch Powers, has just been released. You can buy it from Walmart.com (and Amazon.com
Here’s the trailer:
Via Toys N Bricks
StarWars.com has high resolution pictures of the entire lineup of late 2010 Star War sets, including 8093 Plo Koon’s Starfighter, 8095 General Grievous Starfighter, 8096 Emperor Palpatine’s Shuttle, 8097 Slave I, 8098 Clone Turbo Tank, and 8089 Hoth Wampa Cave.
8093 Plo Koon’s Starfighter (175 pcs, $24.99 USD / $34.99 CAD): Includes Plo Koon and R7-F5 minifigures
8095 General Grievous Starfighter (454 pcs, $49.99 USD / $69.99 CAD): Includes General Grievous, Nahdar Vebb, and EV-A4-D minifigures
8096 Palpatine Shuttle (592 pcs, $59.99 USD / $79.99 CAD): Includes Palpatine, Darth Vader (wounded), Clone Pilot, and Medical Droid minifigures
8097 Slave I (573 pcs, $79.99 USD / $109.99 CAD): Includes Boba Fett, Bossk, Han Solo and Han Solo (in Carbonite) minifigures
8098 Clone Turbo Tank (1139 pcs, $119.99 USD): Includes Anakin Skywalker, Clone Trooper, Clone Commander, Tactical Droid, Cad Bane, Ahsoka Tano, and Aayla Secura minifigures
8089 Hoth Wampa Cave (297 pcs, $39.99 USD): Includes Luke Skywalker (Hoth), Zev Senesca, a Skeleton and Wampa minifigures
I don’t know about you, but I got my red envelope on Chinese New Years a few weeks back. Here, two builders from Asia, rack911 and MrH have created the God of Wealth (財神). You can see the character 財, meaning wealth, depicted in both creations (in the latter it appears on the stand).
Here’s hoping your wealth comes in Lego bricks!
While you’ve been occupied with the discussion on crediting building techniques, Tyler (Legohaulic) has once again been making instructions for a model that I’m sure many would want to build, and they’re FREE. What a riot.
Andrew: Though I don’t object to Nannan blogging this, I have to admit that I’m very uncomfortable with the first photo in the pair above. We’ve had some productive discussions about modern military LEGO in the past, but perhaps it’s time to revisit that discussion in a future editorial.
Matthew Raehl’s (Puddleglum) Microbe Obliterator will obsessively clean your ship and any Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class that it encounters.
This creation uses curved slopes to achieve the shape of M-O’s head and body, which definitely results in an improvement.
And his kicks will split you in half. Mark Kelso (Amhakia) made this vignette using lots of brilliant techniques and 100% unmodified Lego parts. Did you know that stickers can be used to connect pieces? Find out how he used them and more in the descriptions!
Most major Lego castles, with the exception of Hrothingas, haven’t been open to tourism. Now, Castle Terezcak by legacek is open to visitors. But please, no graffiti on the walls.
I love the train tunnel cutting through the rocky mountain on which the castle is firmly planted. The use of bley and old gray on the castle walls is a classic technique to add texture.
Keith Goldman is up to his usual large diorama goodness with the Bogata Railhead, a scene of freight transportation in the distant future. There’s lots of action going on, so be sure to check out the gallery either on MOCpages or Flickr.
You gotta love the squidmen workers in their blue hats!
Canadian builder Dave DeGobbi has created a massive, steampunk-inspired creation that takes a small city and puts it on a mobile platform! The idea is crazy enough to work both in concept and execution. This creation is supposedly a luxury resort set in a post-apocalyptic world. What wouldn’t I pay for a trip to this exotic paradise?
See more of this amazing marvel of LEGO engineering
You might remember the grand theft LEGO story a week ago about Mark Benz who lost $6500 worth of custom creations in a car theft. According to the San Jose Mercury News, about two thirds of the creations were recovered on the night of February 16th, when police found it in an unoccupied stolen vehicle in Castro Valley. Most of the recovered models had been partially or wholly disassembled. The recovered LEGO was returned to Mark, though some was retained for the investigation.
Mark also sent out a press release on behalf of his family:
Late last night Fremont Police contacted a man who’s LEGO creations were stolen recently with good news. A pick-up truck, stolen in January from Fremont’s Niles District and recovered in Castro Valley yesterday, contained a big pile of LEGO. The police asked Mark Benz, President of the Bay Area LEGO Club to help identify the find. Their search for the truck and toy thieves continues based on other evidence found in the truck. If you have any information on either crime, please contact FPD Detective Veteran at 510-790-6800.
Mr. Benz, builder of the missing Lego creations, was delighted that some of his LEGO was found and returned, saying “Thanks very much to the law enforcement agencies involved. It’s great they found much of it!” About the LEGO creations themselves, he said: ”Some are in fair shape while others are completely wrecked,” adding ” The thieves have not been caught….YET.”
Only about two-thirds of the stolen LEGO creations were retrieved, and many reduced to a pile of LEGO “rubble”. Ghirardelli Square and two other models were broken into several large pieces. The Conservatory of Flowers and other model SF landmarks are now only a 50 pound box, about the size of a bar refrigerator, of [seemingly] random LEGO. All of the stolen LEGO trains, along with hundreds of LEGO trees, and other items remain missing. “I hope they find the rest when they catch the crooks,” Benz said.
Nevertheless, Mr. Benz is excited to soon have some of the LEGO back, and plans to rebuild as many of the famous SF Landmarks as he can in time to display them at the Bricks by the Bay LEGO Fan Convention at the Fremont Marriott, in April.
[Mark sent along a little additional information so I added to the post, with Nannan’s permission -Thanel]
