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Stay current on the latest news and information about LEGO, from sales & deals to new set announcements. We also cover LEGO events and conventions all over the world.

The Colossal Castle Contest has begun [News]

LEGO Castle Contest

Now in its seventh year, the massive multi-category contest, run annually by Classic-Castle has gone live.

Categories include Technological Advances, Alternate Sets, Medieval Mariner, Outlaw Escape, Eastern Medieval Life, Religous Life, Knight’s Training, Custom Castle Figure, Brick Castles, Fantasy Castles and Misc. The prizes are quite impressive, including vintage Castle sets, new sets, older MISB set, custom accessories and more. So get out there and get medieval!

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Lego Reality Shows...for real? [News]

Yup, you read that right…Lego reality shows. According to Variety, LEGO is partnering with Scott Messick to develop several different ideas.

Reality producer Scott Messick has partnered with the Lego Group to develop nonscripted programming related to the toy building-block franchise.

Messick said he’s developing several different types of reality shows related to the brand – including docuseries, competition shows and kid-oriented gamers.

“Lego seemed like such a powerful brand, and I don’t think they were thinking about reality TV,” said Messick, who is exec producer of Cartoon Network’s “Destroy Build Destroy.”

Read the full-length article for more information. I’m withholding judgment until I actually see these. The docu-series, based on the travels of some of the Master Builders, sounds interesting. Not to sure about the game shows and such. What are your thoughts about this?

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LEGO Rock Band CubeDude has a green mohawk and regrettable tattoos

Ryan Wood (lights) rocks. Also, he built a CubeDude, which also rocks.

LEGO Rock Band CubeDude

I love the tattoos on his arm, and how he’s holding the whammy bar.

Speaking of LEGO Rock Band, the video game is due out next month, and the full track list has been announced. (I’ve been avoiding dedicating a whole post to this. Sorry for hijacking your CubeDude for news purposes, Ry.)

  • All American Rejects: “Swing, Swing”
  • The Kooks: “Naïve”
  • The Automatic: “Monster”
  • KoRn: “Word Up!”
  • Blink-182: “Aliens Exist”
  • KT Tunstall: “Suddenly I See”
  • Blur: “Song 2”
  • Lostprophets: “Rooftops”
  • Bon Jovi: “You Give Love a Bad Name”
  • P!NK: “So What”
  • Boys like Girls: “Thunder”
  • The Police: “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic”
  • Bryan Adams: “Summer of 69”
  • The Primitives: “Crash”
  • Carl Douglas: “Kung Fu Fighting”
  • Queen: “We Are The Champions”
  • The Coral: “Dreaming of You”
  • Queen: “We Will Rock You”
  • Counting Crows: “Accidentally in Love”
  • Rascal Flatts: “Life is a Highway”
  • David Bowie: “Let’s Dance”
  • Ray Parker Jr.: “Ghostbusters”
  • Elton John: “Crocodile Rock”
  • Razorlight: “Stumble and Fall”
  • Europe: “The Final Countdown”
  • Spin Doctors: “Two Princes”
  • Everlife: “Real Wild Child”
  • Spinal Tap: “Short & Sweet”
  • Foo Fighters: “Breakout”
  • Steve Harly: “Make Me Smile”
  • Good Charlotte: “Girls & Boys”
  • Sum 41: “In Too Deep”
  • The Hives: “Tick Tick Boom!”
  • Supergrass: “Grace”
  • Iggy Pop: “The Passenger”
  • Tom Petty: “Free Fallin”
  • Incubus: “Dig”
  • T-Rex: “Ride a White Swan”
  • Jackson 5: “I Want You Back”
  • Vampire Weekend: “A-Punk”
  • Jimi Hendrix: “Fire”
  • We the Kings: “Check Yes Juliet”
  • Kaiser Chiefs: “Ruby”
  • The Zutons: “Valerie”
  • Katrina & The Waves: “Walking on Sunshine”

The latest updates indicate that stars like Iggy Pop will be making an appearance in the game.

LEGO Rock Band Iggy Pop

Here’s the full list of potentially playable characters.

  • Iggy Pop
  • David Bowie
  • Blur
  • Queen

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Boy meets girl; boy makes LEGO sets to propose to girl; things get very meta

LEGO fan Joe (cheeseslope) recently proposed to his girlfriend Kristen.

Inviting her to a picnic, he began by giving her two custom LEGO sets he designed himself that feature important things in their lives.

LEGO engagement set 1 LEGO engagement set 2

Next, he gave her a set that included their minifig selves having the very picnic they were having at that very moment.

LEGO engagement picnic

See all of Joe and Kristin’s LEGO engagement pics on Flickr. Congratulations to the happy couple, and thanks for sending us the link!

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Win 6299 LEGO Pirates Advent Calendar in the FC Seed Part Challenge [Contest]

Sorry folks, we won’t be getting 6299 LEGO Pirates Advent Calendar here in North America. That decision was apparently made before the whole Castle Advent Calendar drama last year.

Fortunately, the Forbidden Cove October Seed Part Challenge gives you a way to win one — for free!

Forbidden Cove Seed Part Challenge graphic

Click the graphic to read the rules and check out the discussion on ForbiddenCove.com.

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Pimp Louise Dade’s wheelchair! [Contest]

Louise Dade (Bladewood) and Reasonably Clever are teaming up for a very cool contest — build a pimped-out version of Louise’s wheelchair!

LEGO Pimp My Wheelchair contest graphic

The contest runs from today through November 15th. Click the graphic to check out the rules and prizes.

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‘Bricktober’ at US Toys R Us

This is about the longest press release I’ve ever seen for a toy sale but I think it’s of interest to our US readers.

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EDIT (AB): tl;dr indeed. Here’s the press release.

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Pillage the Village II: The Calm After the Storm [Contest]

The second Pillage the Village contest has been launched on Classic-Pirates.com.

LEGO Pillage the Village contest

Prizes will be awarded for large, medium, and small LEGO creations, with a deadline of November 30th, 2009.

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Weekly LEGO news roundup for October 10 (and 2), 2009 [News]

We skipped a week last Saturday for BrickCon, so here we go with a two-week roundup.

  • Dan & Nannan in LEGO Book: Our fellow bloggers Dan and Nannan are featured in a new LEGO Book from DK.
  • Ben 10: The new Ben 10 figures evoke the dreaded Galidor for many of us. But are they really that bad if they help sell LEGO?
  • LEGO Atlantis minifigLEGO Atlantis: Reactions to the first high-res pics of 2010 LEGO Atlantis sets are rather more positive. They’re kind of like Space Police … under the sea!
  • BrickCon 2009: The biggest LEGO fan convention west of the Mississippi happened in Seattle last weekend, with five of our seven contributors in attendance. I’ve written a wrap-up, as well as an “after-action review” of Zombie Apocafest 2009.
  • LSWVD out: The new LEGO Star Wars Visual Dictionary has also just been released, and includes an exclusive Ceremonial Luke minifig (though early reports indicate some issues with the fig’s quality).
  • 10210 Imperial FlagshipYarrr!!!: A new LEGO Pirates set, 10210 Imperial Flagship, was unveiled at events in the US and UK. Pirate fans rejoice the world over.
  • Winter Toy Shop: Though the Pirates Advent Calendar won’t be pillaging American shores this year, 10199 Winter Toy Shop may assuage the holiday LEGO needs of North American LEGO fans.

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DK LEGO Book features Dan & Nannan [News]

Newly released and available on Amazon, The LEGO Book has LEGO creations from Brothers Brick bloggers Dan and Nannan.

The book is 200 pages long (in two volumes), and also includes a 96-page booklet celebrating the 30th anniversary of the minifig.

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Rubber ducky, you’re the one . . .

Like Dan, I picked up a bug at BrickCon, but unlike him I dont’ have the good sense to avoid blogging while sick.

While (or “whilst,” if I want to be contextually appropriate) BrickCon was the big event on this side of the Atlantic last weekend, builders in the UK geared up quite successfully for The Great Western LEGO Show (Oct 3-4) at the STEAM Museum in Swindon, England. They have a lot to brag about, both individually and collectively, but this sculpture of Bert and Ernie by James Shields (LostCarPark) is what caught my feverish and sentimental eye.

Bert and Ernie

As Ralph Savelsberg said in the comments for the picture “Is anybody our age not a fan of these two?”

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The return of Galidor, aka the Ben 10 figs [News]

A lot of fans were skeptical when LEGO announced upcoming Ben 10 sets, and they were right. We now have pictures of the upcoming Ben 10 big figs from Amazon.com available for pre-order. If it’s not already obvious by the discussion on Flickr, these new sets look like a rehash of the failed Galidor line. Perhaps these products may appeal to some kids and fans of the cartoon, but at $18 each, sales are going to be very limited.

Pictures from Mr. Mandalorian

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