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Lego, Star Wars

Spot The Shadow Trooper Image in Lego Club Magazine this month

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Is it just me, or do they make these contests a little hard for 8 year olds.  I think it should be obvious.  This one is a little easier, but it is nothing like the find the gold c-3po that I posted a few months ago here

http://minifigpriceguide.com/wordpress/details-about-the-5-solid-gold-lego-c-3po-minifigures-given-away-by-lego-where-did-they-go/

Spot the shadow trooper in this months issue of Lego Club Magazine.
Spot the shadow trooper in this months issue of Lego Club Magazine.

You can click this to view a larger image.

?Welcome to the Death Star, the unstoppable battle station of the mightty Empire.  Here, the empire’s legions of stormtroopers work, train, and even relax (as long as Lord Vader does not catch them doing it!).

But the emporer also has recruited an elite squad of dark armored Shadow Troopers to carry out his most secret and sinister missions throughout the galaxy.  Each one is trained to be a master of stealth and sneekiness.”

Though you may like this.  It is a pretty nice picture all by itself as well.  I really like the Stormtrooper with coffee on falling down the front of his uniform.

 

Lego, Simpsons, Uncategorized

Lego Simpsons KWIK-E-MART first leaked image(s) of box art and four minifigures found

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A few sites have posted the image below of the new Lego Simpsons KWIK-E-MART set that should be released in April.  It also has a picture of at least four of the figures that will be coming in that set.

Lego Simpsons 71016 Kwik-e-mart kwik e mart
Found on Instagram https://instagram.com/p/zzwxaGDZO4/ via https://instagram.com/jcbricks/

Per the instagram post, this image was taken from jcbricks, but I cannot find it at that link.

I am not sure if these figures are exclusive, but most likely they will be as that is a sure fire way for Lego to sell more of these sets!

I see the following minifigures on the box art.  We may see a few more once the set is confirmed.

Apu

Lego Simpsons 71016 Kwik-e-mart Apu Minifigure

Marge

Lego Simpsons 71016 Kwik-e-mart kwik e mart Marge

Chief Wiggum

Lego Simpsons 71016 Kwik-e-mart kwik e mart Cheif Wiggum Minifigure

Snake

Lego Simpsons 71016 Kwik-e-mart kwik e mart Snake Minifigure

I also see Homer, if you count the top of his head and I am sure that a few more exist.  If you look at the original images, you will see him at the bottom right by the garbage can.

Lego Simpsons 71016 Kwik-e-mart kwik e mart Homer Minifigure

 

 

 

Lego, Superheroes and Batman

YoYo and Amazon Contest to Win Lego Batman and Joker Mural worth $4000

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YoYo Amazon Contest to win 4000 dollar Lego Batman Joker MuralI received this email today from Amazon for a contest to win the above Batman joker Mural.  YoYo is asking for a picture of your child’s creation as you entry.  However, if you read the contest details, it does not matter if you send a creation picture or just a card with your name on it as this is a random drawing.

“NO PURCHASE, PAYMENT OR PHOTO UPLOAD OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS SWEEPSTAKES. A PURCHASE, PAYMENT OR PHOTO UPLOAD WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.”

If you look at the description above, it states that the Mural is a Lenticular Mural which means “Lenticular printing is a technology in which lenticular lenses (a technology that is also used for 3D displays) are used to produce printed images with an illusion of depth, or the ability to change or move as the image is viewed from different angles.” Or that it changes depending on which angle that you are looking at it.

I have seen a few of these in the pastat Brickworld Chicago.  Here are a few Examples I found on YouTube.  I believe that the Snow White one is pretty recent and just surfaced in the past few months.

According to the artist on his Flickr Page concerning the Snow White Mosaic …  “Built using over 14,000 cheese slopes and about 1,000 tiles (the area is 128 studs across x 128 studs down).  The lenticular effect is achieved through the use of ‘cheese slopes’ – LEGO element 54200. By laying the slopes in alternate directions with the ‘top’ surface facing left or right, you get a different image in each direction. Each image consists of slopes that have been placed on every second (vertical) column of studs down the baseplate.  I tried using Pictobrick to convert each image to pixels I could ‘colour’ with slopes, but it produced results that assumed I had the full spectrum of colours ever produced by LEGO at my disposal. Sadly, ‘cheese slopes’ only come in around 30 solid colours and I couldn’t work out how to change the Pictobrick settings to reflect this. (I’ve never been technically minded when it comes to computer programs and I would love to know if someone out there knows how to modify Pictobrick to restrict the colour range). So a lot of this picture was done by eye and trial and error.”

Here are the contest details in Summary from Here.

“Upload a photo of your most awesome super hero-themed brick creation and you’ll be entered for a chance to win a one-of-a-kind LEGO® Batman & The Joker mural assembled by a LEGO® Master Builder. Hurry, sweepstakes ends March 7th. Good Luck!”

“Rockstars of the brick world, LEGO® Master Builders are responsible for designing massive and highly detailed sculptures. Now, your family has a chance to own one of their one-of-a-kind masterpieces—a 2.5′ x 3.75′ LEGO® Batman and The Joker mural valued at approximately $4,000!

Submit a photo of your child’s most awesome super hero-themed brick creation and you’ll be entered to win this stunning collector’s item. One winning submission will be chosen!

Click the “Submit an Entry” button and follow the on-screen instructions to get started.

No Purchase or Photo Upload Necessary to Enter or Win. Open to legal residents of the 50 US & DC, 18+. Ends 3/7/15 at 11:59:59 p.m. ET. Void where prohibited. Subject to Official Rules.

All photos of entrants’ brick creations may be posted by the Sweepstakes Sponsor for public viewing. Photos can be viewed at the ‘View Entries’ tab on the sweepstakes page.”

You can enter the contest here and see some of the entries as well.

http://www.yoyo.com/legosweepstakes

I wonder if they are going to Tax the winner for the full value if this.  If so, does thta mean it will cost you $1000 to take posession of this prize?   I wonder what this would sell for on eBay?

 

Lego, TT Games Acrylic Trophy Bricks

Large Collection of TT Games Acrylic Trophy Bricks

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I saw this collection over on ebay this morning and I decided to pull up all of my links and add these to the price guide.     I have been collecting links of these over the past 2 years since I am pretty sure that I am not going to be able to add any of these to my collection. due to how expensive that they are.

I have found about 51 of these so far and I believe that I may still be missing a few.  But not too many.

Based on the price and the rarity of these, I am just going to make a virtual collection of these.    I will continue to look for more of these and add them as I find the.    Click on one of the links below to see the full collection.

Lego TT Games Acrylic Minifigure Trophy Complete List

http://www.minifigpriceguide.com/TTGAMES.0.html

These special Minifigure bricks are created by TT Games to mark the end of the development cycle for each of their Lego Video Games.    Each of the bricks features a Title, The Lego Logo, A place for the minifigure to stand, The game that it is commemorating and the release date.  It also appears that the bricks are able to be stacked on top of each other as you can see in the pictures.

According to Brickset, in an article published last year…

“These acrylic bricks are only given to employees of TT Games if they have made a significant contribution to the production of one of their published LEGO titles”

In that same article, it spoke about Fairy Bricks raffling one of these off for charity.   I believe that this went for a crazy price here.  $1069.00.  WOW!

This block was raffled off for charity by Fairy Bricks
This block was raffled off for charity by Fairy Bricks

I have not seen one of these up close, but as far as I can tell, the minifigure is inside of the trophy and is not able to be takes out.  You can see for yourself in the images and video below.  In the video it is pretty clear that the figure is sealed, and I assume that it is like this in all of the trophy’s.

Here is a listing on eBay that has some detailed pictures of a Captain Rex Trophy which I have included below to show the full picture around one of these figures.

Lego TT Games Exclusive Star Wars III The Clone Wars Captain Rex Acrylic Brick FrontLego TT Games Exclusive Star Wars III The Clone Wars Captain Rex Acrylic Brick Back Lego TT Games Exclusive Star Wars III The Clone Wars Captain Rex Acrylic Brick Other Side Lego TT Games Exclusive Star Wars III The Clone Wars Captain Rex Acrylic Brick SideJPG Lego TT Games Exclusive Star Wars III The Clone Wars Captain Rex Acrylic Brick Top

Here is a video of that figure as well, and it definitely looks like it is stuck inside the trophy.

Here are a few of the other links that I found on eBay.

This is a collection for 12K pounds.  It is a pretty big collection, but it may be a little bit too expensive.  This is probably a programmer’s collection fro TT Games.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TT-Games-Lego-Brick-Trophy-Collection-/321667898104?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item4ae4e69af8

Here is a Braniac Figure from Batman3 Beyond Gotham  – This is from this eBay listing.

Lego TT Games Exclusive Batman3 Beyond Gotham Braniac Acrylic brick

Here is Gimli from this Auction as well

TT Games Lord of the Rings GIMLI Acrylic Minifigure Trophy

Here is a DeadPool Figure from the Marvel Super Heroes line.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lego-Marvel-TT-Games-rare-collectible-acrylic-trophy-brick-Deadpool-/271777292890?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3f4730625a

You can also see a relatively large collection of these over here from the TT Games office.

Here is a pic from Flickr as well of another collection.   This is from Carl Greatrix Flickr Account.  Carl Greatrix is a Senior Model Designer at TT and a good friend of Fairy Bricks.  From his Flickr page, he states that he posted these to promote Fairy Bricks.

“Unique bricks only supplied to those of us involved on the game projects, so needless to say quite highly coveted. These are the 10 I’ve had so far (more on the way!).The reason for posting these up, is to try and promote a charity auction for Fairy Bricks. These guys do a superb job of gaining as much money as possible , purchasing LEGO and then giving it to childrens hospitals. A very worthy cause. TT have very kindly supplied a game brick (which are impossible to get hold of) purposely for the intention of auctioning it off via Fairy Bricks. With Flickrs rules and regs I’m not sure I can link to either the “well known internet auction site” or even FairyBricks chairty site, so if you search I’m sure you will find it.  PLEASE, try and spread the word with this on all media sites and lets see if we can get these guys some good funding.  Cheers. ”

TT-games game bricks

In the spirit of his request, here is the link to Fairy Bricks.

http://fairybricks.org/ 

They sound like a really good cause.

Here is a recent picture from Arthur Parson’s Twitter page.  They look pretty nice.  I think that I see 5 more that I have not added to the price guide yet.  🙂

Lego TT Games Exclusive Batman Gotham 3 Acrylic Brick From Arthur Parsons Twitter Page

Lego, TMNT

Mega Bloks is re-acquiring the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle licence and Lego is losing it. No more Lego TMNT minifigures.

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In a recent press release you can see here, Mattel has announced that they will be producing Mega Bloks sets for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles line starting in 2016.  Lego retiring Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sets

Lego has produced about 52 minifigures since they started producing sets for this line in 2012.  You can see the full list of minifigures here.

Additionally, two of the figures are exclusive figures that were produced in limited quantities for the 2012 NY Toy Fair, Shadow Leonardo and Battle Damaged Kraang.  Both of these figures are among the top 100 most expensive Lego Minifigures ever produced.

See http://www.minifigpriceguide.com/Top100LegoMinifigures.html

According to the press release, Mega Bloks will be producing TMNT starting in 2016.  FOr those of you that remember, Mega Bloks had this license a few years back and they produced some pretty nice sets.  I do have a copy of all of their minifigures and I will post them here later.

Here is a copy of the Press Release below.

Mattel® & Nickelodeon™ to expand licensing partnership with Mega Bloks® Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles® in 2016

MEGA BLOKS TO BUILD A FRESH NEW APPROACH ON THE #1 BOYS ACTION PROPERTY

MONTREAL and NEW YORK, Feb. 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ – MEGA® Brands, a member of the Mattel family (NASDAQ: MAT), today announced an all-new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles construction toy line at New York Toy Fair. Fans of Nickelodeon’s leading boys action franchise can expect exciting new product to hit shelves in 2016.

Drawing inspiration from the vast Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise, the Mega Bloks product line will offer creative building experiences for fans of all ages. Readers of the original comic book series and millennials who followed the 1990’s TV shows will love the authentic collectibles. Kids will be able to build & collect the exciting TMNT world, with awesome action-packed building sets, vehicles and a range of buildable micro action figures drawn from Nickelodeon’s top rated boys TV show and movies. Even parents will be able to introduce Turtles to their littlest ninjas through junior building sets, as the popularity for the franchise continues to grow across age groups.

“We are truly thrilled to expand our partnership with Nickelodeon,” says Susie Lecker, Senior Vice President of Global Design & Marketing at MEGA Brands. “Mega Bloks TMNT will be an anchor brand in our construction portfolio and we plan to infuse the line with exciting product innovation to ensure the most engaging consumer experiences for fans worldwide.”

“The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are bigger and greener than they’ve ever been, and we’re incredibly excited to partner with MEGA Brands on the new Turtles’ construction toy lines,” said Manuel Torres, Senior Vice President, Global Toys and Publishing, Nickelodeon Consumer Products. “Bringing together Nickelodeon’s Turtles and Mega Bloks will give kids of all ages endless hours of creativity and fun building, playing and displaying the sets, buildable figures and vehicles based on their favorite characters.”

Mega Bloks’ expertise in construction toys, product innovation, value and speed-to-market, combined with Mattel’s leadership in consumer insights, global distribution and marketing strength is the ultimate launch pad to bring this powerhouse property to the next level in this category.

About MEGA Brands

A member of the Mattel family of companies, MEGA Brands Inc. is a trusted collection of leading global brands in construction toys, games & puzzles and arts & crafts. They offer engaging creative experiences for children and families through innovative, well-designed, affordable and high-quality products. MEGA® Brands includes MEGA BLOKS®, RoseArt®, MEGA Puzzles®, MEGA Games® and Board Dudes®.

Visit http://www.megabrands.com for more information.

The MEGA logo, Mega Bloks, Rose Art, MEGA Puzzles, MEGA Games and Board Dudes are trademarks of MEGA Brands Inc. or its affiliates.

For more information, please visit www.megabrands.com and www.megabloks.com

About Mattel

The Mattel family of companies (Nasdaq: MAT) is the worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of toys and family products. Mattel’s portfolio of best-selling brands includes Barbie®, the most popular fashion doll ever produced, Hot Wheels®, Monster High®, American Girl®, Thomas & Friends® and Fisher-Price® brands, including Little People® and Power Wheels®, MEGA® Brands, including MEGA BLOKS® and RoseArt®, as well as a wide array of entertainment-inspired toy lines. In 2013, Mattel was named one of the “World’s Most Ethical Companies” by Ethisphere Magazine and in 2014 ranked No. 5 on Corporate Responsibility Magazine’s “100 Best Corporate Citizens” list. With worldwide headquarters in El Segundo, Calif., Mattel’s companies employ nearly 30,000 people in 40 countries and territories and sell products in more than 150 nations. At Mattel, we are Creating the Future of Play. Visit us at www.mattel.com, http://www.facebook.com/mattel or www.twitter.com/mattel.

About Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon, now in its 35th year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The company includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, online, recreation, books and feature films. Nickelodeon’s U.S. television network is seen in more than 100 million households and has been the number-one-rated basic cable network for 20 consecutive years. For more information or artwork, visit http://www.nickpress.com. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIA.B).

About Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Since its launch in 2012, Nickelodeon’s all-new CG-animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has re-energized these iconic characters of this wildly popular franchise.  Currently in its third season, the series is seen in over 170 countries and territories, and translated in over 50 languages.  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles follows four mutant turtles—Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo—trained in the art of ninjutsu by their mutant rat sensei, Master Splinter, who teaches the turtles to battle evil from the New York City sewers.  Executive produced by Ciro Nieli and Brandon Auman, the series is created at Nickelodeon Animation Studios in Burbank, Calif.

The Paramount Pictures feature film premiered Aug. 8, 2014, landing at #1 opening weekend with $65MM.  To date, the film has grossed $477MM worldwide and a sequel is set to be released in 2016.

SOURCE MEGA Brands Inc.

employees, Lego

I located 9 more Lego Employee Business Card Minifigures for a total of 48 now

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I have attempted to make a complete collection of all Lego Minifig Employee Business cards.  I am probbaly still missing some, but I think that this is the most complete list yet.  Please let me kno if you know of any others that I have not found.  You can click on the image to see my full list.

Lego Employee Business Cards Collection

Let me know if you know of any that I do not have in this list?

Previously, I had located about 39 Lego Employee Minifigure Business Cards from a Collector in Spain.  Lluis Gilbert can be contacted through twitter at @lluisgib or Facebook facebook.com/lluisgib

While trolling through Google+, I believe that I have located about 9 more minifigures and I think if I threw another hour at it, I could probably find about 10 more.  I have heard rumors that about 100 exist and I bet that is true.

I saw one of these on eBay a few months ago.  Here is the search I used.  However, I think that most of these change hands privately.

Alternatively, you can do what I did and pick up one of these.

lego 850425 business card holder

Here are the new ones that I have located and as before, I have updated the price guide to keep a running record of all of them here.

http://www.minifigpriceguide.com/EMPLOYEES.0.html

Peter Espersen – See http://www.businessinsider.com/lego-company-cool-business-cards-2015-1/ – Peter is currently employed with the Lego Group as a “Product Development Executive with expertise in creating sticky Products, Tech and Media with Global impact”

Jans Maibom – Vice President at LEGO Education – I found this one here on Flickr.

Sara Wolman –  Senior Director of Programmes & Partnerships, LEGO Foundation – See her profile on Linkedin for this minifigure image.

Kristian Dollerup – Business Development and Strategy at the Lego Group – See his profile on linkedin for this minifigure image.

Michael Renvillard – Programme Director, the LEGO Foundation – See his profile on linkedin for this minifigure.

Michael McNulty – Senior Vice President of Asia Manufacturing – I found this one here on google+

Mads Knipper – Left the Lego Group in April of 2014 – I found this one here on google+

Randa Grob-Zakhary – Dr. Randa Grob-Zakhary is a nonresident senior fellow with the Center for Universal Education. Formerly CEO of the LEGO Foundation, she focuses on identifying and nurturing learning innovations through research, policy, and programming.  I found this one here on google+

As I stated before, I have all of the listed at about $50 dollars since that I what I think that they are worth.  However, in all reality this will depend on what people are willing to pay.  With that said, I would be willing to pay at least $50 for most of these, so I am guessing that this number is a little light if any of these were to come onto the market since they are so rare.

Lego, Star Wars

DK Books – LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded Exclusive Minifigure Revealed

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StarWars.com just revealed the exclusive minifigure that will be included with the book below.  The image(s) below were posted on their site this afternoon.

 

 

 

 

It looks like is is an updated version of the White Boba Fett from 2010.  Very nice addition to your collection.

It looks like the book is selling for about $14 on Amazon for pre-order right now.

 

Star Wars Character Encyclopedia Exclusive Character Revealed

Product Details

  • Age Range: 7 – 17 years
  • Grade Level: 2 – 12
  • Hardcover: 288 pages
  • Publisher: DK; Upd Exp edition (April 28, 2015)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1465435506
  • ISBN-13: 978-1465435507

The updated and expanded ultimate guide to the minifigures of the LEGO® Star Wars® galaxy DK’s LEGO® Star Wars® Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded now includes many more new LEGO Star Wars minifigures! Discover incredible LEGO Star Wars facts, such as which minifigure is the rarest and which can be found in the most LEGO sets. This updated and expanded edition contains 72 additional pages of new minifigures and includes an exclusive minifigure to add to your collection.