It is Saturday at Brickworld 2008, and today is when the public come to tour the displays. Here are pictures taken in the morning through mid-afternoon, courtesy of The Brothers Brick’s fastest service to bring you the latest.
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Brickworld 2008 photos: Friday June 20th
It is the end of the second day at Brickworld, and here are the pictures I took during the day. Activities that took place today included presentations, finishing setup, the opening ceremony, and a trip to insanity- I mean the LEGO store.
Noteworthy observations include:
1. 10188 Death Star revealed at opening ceremony.
2. Brickarms arrived with new items, including the Needler gun from Halo, baseball bats, combat knives, and more (review to come next week).
3. The Indiana Jones line will continue next year.
4. LEGO reveals the LEGO Universe logo and character (photos to come)
5. You may get trampled during the special night sale at the LEGO store.
I’ve just read the comments left from the Thursday blog post, and I’ll try to get those requested pictures tomorrow. It’s 2:00am, goodnight everyone.
10188 Death Star revealed at Brickworld 2008 [News]
At the opening ceremony at Brickworld on Friday July 20th, the 10188 Death Star playset was officially announced and revealed by representatives of the LEGO group. The price will be $399.99 and there are 24 minifigs. I captured a video of the model, enjoy.
Brickworld 2008 photos: Thursday June 19th
Brickworld, an annual LEGO convention held in Chicago, is taking place from June 19-22. I am attending the event and am bringing you the most current photos. Here are selected ones from Thursday of the convention that will last until Sunday night. Please see the gallery on flickr.
Some interesting observations so far:
1. The LEGO Group has sent copies of their newest sets, including the upcoming Star Wars Clone Wars sets to be built and played with.
2. Brickforge has an impressive sales booth containing all minifig accessories and tons of new items, like the new Halo spartan armor and helmet along with many other new and never before seen minifig weapons and accessories (review to come next week)
3. I got to sneak a peak at the plans and assembly of the most deadly space station in the galaxy; many Bothans died to bring this information ;)
In order to be have these photos uploaded on the web as soon as possible, I’ve not had time to add descriptions or do any editing. Since there are still three days left of the convention, please let me know what you would like to see by leaving a comment and I’ll do my best to accomodate your needs. It is 1:50am at the time of this post, so I will be getting some sleep for tomorrow’s full day.
Hispabrick Magazine now available in print [News]
For those of you interested in having a glossy printed version of Hispabrick magazine to peruse on the bus, in the bathtub, while skydiving, or other places away from a computer, you can now purchase Hispabrick for 9.73 euros.
The print version includes all the great content of the original PDF, including set reviews, how-to articles, and event coverage.
Of course, you can also still download the PDF for free.
(I love the fact that the “Related Books” are poetry. I’ve always said that my two artistic passions are related, so that seems somehow appropriate.)
10188 Death Star now available for preorder from LEGO Shop [News]
Well, that was certainly quick. The highly anticipated new set 10188 Death Star is now available for preorder from the LEGO Shop online.
3,803 pieces. 399.99 USD. Ships on September 16, 2008.
EDIT: Jesus Diaz over at Gizmodo has the full list of minifigs and features. What the heck is a Phlutdroid? Oh, I see.
LEGO Star Wars 10188 Death Star pics reveal interior and 21+ minifigs [News]
UPDATE: 10188 Death Star is now available for preorder from the LEGO Shop.
The intrepid Eurobrickers who comb the LEGO.com image cache for new files have found photos of the upcoming LEGO Star Wars set 10188 Death Star.
The box art:
At least twenty-one (21!) minifigs:
The set even comes with a small TIE Advanced fighter (aka “Darth Vader’s TIE fighter”):
Check out Eurobricks or reader Will’s photoset for a couple more pics.
Tell Gizmodo’s Jesus Diaz what you want to ask The LEGO Company
Gizmodo contributor Jesus Diaz is spending the day at LEGO headquarters in Billund, Denmark tomorrow, and wants to know what sort of questions you’d like him to ask the good people of LEGO, including designers for the MINDSTORMS, Creator, and LEGO Star Wars themes.
Head on over to Gizmodo and leave a comment for Jesus, send him an e-mail, or post your questions here and I’ll pass them along to him.
Have fun, Jesus!!! :-D
Nathan Sawaya exhibits brick art in Hawaii
With appearances on Letterman and Colbert, “brick artist” Nathan Sawaya is quite possibly the only LEGO builder with anything close to celebrity status — and deservedly so.
Nathan has recently opened an exhibit at the Pearlridge Shopping Center in Aiea, HI. He debuted several new sculptures, including “Green” below:
Nathan also did some onsite work. Here he is working on a mosaic of the Hawaiian flag:
Thanks for the tip and the photos, Nelson Yrizarry!
You can see Nathan’s art at the Pearlridge Shopping Center through July 20th.
Halo fans drool over possible BrickForge Space Marine armor [News]
Kyle “Armothe” Peterson of BrickForge has posted a very cool custom “Space Marine” that looks remarkably like a certain Master Chief:
Does this represent a potential future product from BrickForge? Intriguing…
In related news, Mark Sandlin (Flickr) has posted prototypes of another upcoming BrickForge product — the Megagun:
See more views of the Megagun in Chris’s photostream on Flickr.
10191 Star Justice and 10192 Space Skulls 30% off [Sale]
In news sure to please those of you who thought that 10191 Star Justice and 10192 Space Skulls
were a bit more expensive than you liked, both sets are now 30% from the LEGO Store online.
10191 Star Justice is now USD 69.99:
Similarly, 10192 Space Skulls is also now USD 69.99:
Other stuff on sale:
As always, these links only work for the US and UK.
Registration now open for BrickCon 2008, October 2-5 in Seattle [News]
If you’ve never been to a LEGO convention, you probably don’t know what you’re missing. Even if you’ve seen thousands of pictures, it’s not the same.
BrickCon is my hometown LEGO con, held each October in Seattle. Registration is now open, and I’d highly recommend signing up today to come to our fair city this fall.
Naturally, the big draw at any LEGO con is all the LEGO! You might see creations like Kevin Blocksidge’s “Victorian Floating Rock” or a War of the Worlds tripod by Lino Martins:
Maybe you prefer Town creations, like “The Real Cafe Corner” by Alice Leber-Cook, or huge Castle battles:
Of course, BrickCon isn’t just about LEGO. Where else can you have your picture taken with Josh, Shannon, Brendan, a dude in a kilt, Robin, John, and The Keith?
And don’t forget the adoring fans (that’s the back of Michael Rutherford’s head):
Oh, there’s also free stuff. Here’s Steve Barile winning 10181 Eiffel Tower:
When the con is done, here’s how we ship Nathan Proudlove back to Manitoba:
If you’re still not convinced, you might want to check out our past coverage here on The Brothers Brick:
- BrickCon 2007 Day 3 Report
- BrickCon 2007 Day 2 Report
- BrickCon 2007 Day 1 Report
- BrickCon 2006 coverage summary
So, what are you waiting for? Register today!