LEGO Minifigures Series 9

Last week, LEGO created quite a stir when they pre released images of the series 9 Minifigs.. from the back…

Annnnnnnnd now, THEY’RE HERE..

Infinite number of win in this group..

I must say these look cool,(that purple potion vial is SWEET!) but the changes to the distribution mean that for some of these there’s literally only two per box….

Your thoughts??

LEGO Universe News Forums!

Hey Guys! It’s rioforce here today! I am here as a sort-of-representative of the LEGO Universe News Forums. I have been an administrator on the forums for a while and am close internet-buddy to the founder, LegoFan101. LEGO Universe News Forums is a great place to hang out, tell cool stories, show off your cool creations, and just talk with friends. 🙂 LEGO Universe News Forums is kid-friendly too! We have really good moderators and strict rules for your safety. Just recently, LEGO Universe News Forums (LUNF) has changed themes! We are now celebrating Christmas. And in honor of LEGO Universe, we have put Frostburgh as the feature image. 😀

Now, you may be thinking, “Why would I join their forum? LEGO Universe is over and nobody wants to join a dead game forum!”. Yes, LEGO Universe is over BUT the fans aren’t! While LUNF is focused on LEGO Universe a lot, we are also the top spot for “LEGO Minifigures Online” (LEGO’s upcoming MMOG) news! We also have general LEGO discussion and really cool forum games! Plus, (thanks to Sim533), we have a LEGO Avatar Creator where you can put together your own LEGO Minifigure for an avatar. 🙂

What are you waiting for? Come on, register! We’ll be waiting. 😉

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New Lego Lines

Some pretty neat stuff is coming down the pipe, most exciting argueably is TMNT! Turtles have been in modular block form for some time courtesy of Megablows and now we get to see it realized right. Makes you wonder if a Turtles TT Lego game might be in the works too?

 

Hobbit sets have been revealed and the Dwarf beards look just boss. I’ll need a 6pack of each.

 

Here’s a set I won’t be picking up but definitely try and get the figs on bricklink or a toy show somewhere, the Daily Bugle:

Also I just heard on the weekend that there will be Lone Ranger sets in 2013. I wonder how much new elements this line will generate, probably a lot of great new hair pieces at the very least and some new colours, or parts in other colours.

All photos courtesy and pillaged from fbtb flickr photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fbtbnet/

Series 7 Review

Exhaustive and indepth review on Eurobricks of the Series 7 minifigs. Lots to like here, I wasn’t aware there was this many unique hair pieces!

http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=67132

New Superhero sets on TRU

Toys R Us has the new Avenger sets available and all snoopable like. I’m not sure looking at the vehicles if these are must gets but they look like great builds and wouldn’t sneeze at them if I found it under the tree. Whatever the case I’ll be doing plenty heap big bricklink orders in a few months once these go down in secondary market price. All images link to their respective TRU product page.

Wolverine’s Chopper Showdown (6866)

 

Captain America’s Avenging (6865)

 

Loki’s Cosmic Cube Escape (6867)

 

Hulk’s Helicarrier Breakout (6868)

 

Quinjet Aerial Battle (6869)

 

Minecraft set revealed

http://legocuusoo.posterous.com/announcing-lego-minecraft-micro-world-the-thi

 

To it’s credit, the set looks well thought out and faithful to the game. It’s an interesting and modular standard that should really appeal to fans. I won’t cross the road to buy this though, how about you?

ToyFair Miscellaneous pix

The wonderful new Monster Hunter line, Superheroes, NinjaGo and Friends. This is going to be an expensive year. All thumbs go to high res pix from fbtb flickr stream

|note the new leg	pretty sure this will be ManBat too	Moonstones	new ghost shroud
ghost from behind	new werewolf!	swamp creature… I’ll need at least 20	Hulk!
nice bow	Loki!	Magneto!	Avengers!
snakes!	cute lil snake guy!	Mia on the drums	Friends Advent Calendar!

2012 LOTR highlights

The whole line is a highlight, these are the first good pics I’ve seen. Fascinating to see how the ring actually connects to the fig, been deathly curious about that since I heard about the line. Photos by fbtb flickr photostream

Thumbnails link to high res pictures by fbtb

Orcs!	Gimli	Legolas	Helm’s Deep
rearing horses!	Cave Troll!	PRECIOUS	Hobbitses!

2012 StarWars highlights

I was going through fbtb photostream of the 2012 Toy Fair and these caught my eye, wanted to share with y’all. Great to see these decade+ old pieces re-released now printed and rounded out with all the new molds and accessories. Salicious Crumb I’m particularly stoked about, very well done! All thumbs go to high res versions on the fbtb flickr stream

Lando in skiff disguise	helmet off	Bobba Fett	alienz!
Amidala front	Amidala back	Amidala broken down fix	a Sith!
Princess Bounty Hunter	Jabba and Salicious!	From behind	bib and twilek!

Marvel Line Preview

Here’s a good look a the new Avengers line. Some nice looking fig accessories here!

http://marvel.com/news/story/18104/first_look_avengers_toys_from_lego