18/07/2013 - 10:13 Lego news

Lego schedule of events

Here is the schedule of events for today and tomorrow at the LEGO stand at Comic Con 2013.  

We retain the presentation today of a new LEGO Star Wars product, followed tomorrow by the presentation of the LEGO Super Heroes DC Comics Batman: The Riddler Chase set (See the picture on Brick Heroes).

As for the exclusive minifigs, today, 350 copies of the minifig of Spider-Woman will be distributed. Tomorrow, the minifigure of Spider-Man will be distributed in turn with also 350 copies available.

Things will get tough on Saturday and Sunday with Superman (Black Suit) et Green Arrow, which is limited to 200 copies. Prices on eBay (Click here) should reach new heights with these very limited quantities ...

Exclusive sets JEK-14 Mini Stealth Starfighter et The Hobbit micro-scale Bag End are on sale at a rate of 200 copies per day (1000 copies of each set are available) at a price of $ 40. The first copies are for sale on eBay (Click here).

On Saturday, a novelty from The Hobbit range will be unveiled to the public and Sunday will be the turn of the set from the upcoming film The LEGO Movie that we have already discovered (See this article).

Lego schedule of events

18/07/2013 - 00:25 LEGO Ideas

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21103 Bakc to the Furute Time Maniche

FBTB has just published its review of the set. If you don't want to read everything, just remember that the author is disappointed with the result offered by LEGO. And that's saying something ... To read at this address.

Morning Edit: Other slightly more complacent reviews are online at Brickset and The Brothers Bricks. Eurobricks gives the set a 9/10 in its review ...

The blog Lego cuusoo has been updated, with a launch date set for August 1 on the LEGO Shop, but availability starting today in select European LEGO Stores at a price of 34.99 € 41.99 €.

17/07/2013 - 22:44 Lego news

LEGO 50004 Story Mixer

We knew the LEGO reference (50004) but we didn't know much about this new board game with a strange name: Story Mixer.

The reference was created several months ago at amazon (See here) but without ever having been available in stock or for pre-order. This is also the case for the other games of this year (50003 Batman, 50011 The Battle of Helm's Deep) which are currently only available through the LEGO Shop. Some of you may have found them in store, so please let us know in the comments if so.

I take this opportunity to clarify that the persistent rumor concerning the definitive discontinuation by LEGO of its range of board games has never been confirmed (or denied for that matter) by the manufacturer (See this article).

Finally, here are quality visuals of this upcoming game (or not finally ...) whose rules can be summarized roughly as follows: The central wheel is used to designate one of the micro-models provided and the player must invent a story incorporating this model. The next player does the same with a new turn of the wheel and must integrate into his story the model that the wheel designates as well as the model of the previous player. Hence the name of Story Mixer...

Everything is played by 3 to 6 players in short games of 20 to 30 minutes.

In short, what I remember here is above all the inventory which seems very varied as well as the various very successful micro-models. The game can of course be rather fun if the participants put their effort into it ...

(Thanks to Willi Wars for his email)

LEGO 50004 Story Mixer

17/07/2013 - 21:17 Lego news

LEGO Star Wars JEK-14 Mini Stealth Starfighter San Diego Comic Con 2013 Exclusive

Another small exclusive box (See the exclusive set The Hobbit on lordofthebrick.com), just to make us spend some money on eBay with this 105-piece set containing the JEK-14 minifig delivered in the set 75018 JEK-14's Stealth Starfighter released this year and a mini version of the Stealth Starfighter.

I don't yet have the selling price of the box on the LEGO stand, but I'm betting on $ 40 (Edit: price confirmed). The number of boxes on sale is very limited: 200 sets per day.

17/07/2013 - 21:08 LEGO LOTR & The Hobbit Lego news

LEGO The Hobbit Micro Scale Bag End San Diego Comic Con 2013 Exclusive

And here is the exclusive LEGO set for the San Diego Comic Con: 130 pieces with Bag End in micro-scale format accompanied by Bilbo's minifig .... We'll have to fight on eBay.

The packaging is really successful. The minifig is not exclusive, it is the one available in the sets 79000 Riddles for the Ring et 79004 Barrel Escape released in 2013. 

I don't yet have the selling price of the box on the LEGO stand, but I'm betting on $ 40 (Edit: price confirmed). The number of boxes on sale is very limited: 200 sets per day.