Lego SDCC Calendar of Events for this week

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Lego Tweeted this today on Twitter.  It outlines their schedule.  They also posted this on Facebook as well.  The actually put the bigger image that is easier to read on Facebook.

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Mega Bloks Star Trek should be on display at SDCC 2014

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I just heard that Mega Bloks is getting the Star Trek line again.  That is pretty neat.  I though we were done when Kreo all but abandoned the Star Trek sets and did not even finish releasing them all in the US.

Collider posted an image of a potential set here.

Mega Bloks 2015 Star Trek

Here is an article from February of 2015 announcing the new line.   Here is an update about SDCC.

Kreo did manage to release 43 figures before calling it quits and I thought that they did a pretty good job.

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

 

SDCC 2014 XBOX ONE LIMITED EDITION CONSOLES INCLUDE LEGO Batman 3

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Here is a list of the ones that were given away in 2014 at the SDCC.   These were given away to a few lucky winners at the 2014 SDCC and I am sure that they are coveted by collectors now.

This Game of Thrones one was not part of the contest listed below.

2014 SDCC Xbox 1 Custome Console Game of Thrones

2014 SDCC Xbox 1 Custome Console MLG 2014 SDCC Xbox 1 Custome Console Marvel Super Heroes 2014 SDCC Xbox 1 Custome Console Madden 15 2014 SDCC Xbox 1 Custome Console Machinima 2014 SDCC Xbox 1 Custome Console Kinect Sport Rivals 2014 SDCC Xbox 1 Custome Console Halo 2014 SDCC Xbox 1 Custome Console Nerdist
2014 SDCC Xbox 1 Custome Console Fantasia 2014 SDCC Xbox 1 Custome Console Fable Legends 2014 SDCC Xbox 1 Custome Console Evolve 2014 SDCC Xbox 1 Custome Console Evil Within 2014 SDCC Xbox 1 Custome Console Dragon Age Inquisition 2014 SDCC Xbox 1 Custome Console Batman 3 Beyond Gotham 2014 SDCC Xbox 1 Custome Console Forza
2014 SDCC Xbox 1 Custome Console The Awesomes 2014 SDCC Xbox 1 Custome Console The Crew 2014 SDCC Xbox 1 Custome Console TitanFall 2014 SDCC Xbox 1 Custome Console Twitch 2014 SDCC Xbox 1 Custome Console Skylanders 2014 SDCC Xbox 1 Custome Console Sunset Overdrive 2014 SDCC Xbox 1 Custome Console Super Dead Rising 3

You can read more about these here.

http://nerdist.com/win-a-limited-edition-nerdist-xbox-one-and-more-at-comic-con/

Here are the official rules.

SDCC 2015 Xbox One Limited Edition Consoles include Lego Dimensions

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Not too much to say with this one.  Xbox is going to be giving away limited edition consoles like they did last year at SDCC.  It looks like we have 19 this year instead of 22.  These are all one offs that they will be giving away via the methods outlined below.

2015 SDCC Xbox 1 Custom Console Garden Warefare 2 2015 SDCC Xbox 1 Custom Console Avengers 2015 SDCC Xbox 1 Custom Console Dues Ex 2015 SDCC Xbox 1 Custom Console Fable Legends 2015 SDCC Xbox 1 Custom Console Forza 6 2015 SDCC Xbox 1 Custom Console Game of Thrones 
 2015 SDCC Xbox 1 Custom Console Madden 16 2015 SDCC Xbox 1 Custom Console Gears of War 2015 SDCC Xbox 1 Custom Console Halo 5 2015 SDCC Xbox 1 Custom Console Lego Dimensions 2015 SDCC Xbox 1 Custom Console Machinima 2015 SDCC Xbox 1 Custom Console Mad Max
 2015 SDCC Xbox 1 Custom Console Tom Clancy the Division 2015 SDCC Xbox 1 Custom Console Transformers 2015 SDCC Xbox 1 Custom Console Mortal Combat X 2015 SDCC Xbox 1 Custom Console Rare Replay 2015 SDCC Xbox 1 Custom Console Ray Donovan 2015 SDCC Xbox 1 Custom Console Rise of the Tomb Raider 2015 SDCC Xbox 1 Custom Console Skylanders

Get excited for Xbox at San Diego Comic-Con!

To celebrate Xbox at San Diego Comic-Con International 2015, we’re giving away 20 custom Xbox One consoles featuring some of our greatest upcoming titles.

If you’re at Comic-Con, drop by the Xbox Lounge to see the consoles on display and enter to win.  And while you’re there, play some of the hottest games coming out on Xbox One including Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2, and The Division.

Three Ways to Win

At San Diego Comic-Con: Stop by the Xbox Lounge and take a photo of your favorite console.  Post your photo to Instagram or Twitter tagged with #XboxSweepstakes and #SDCC, and you’re entered to win!

Xbox Live: Log onto Xbox Live on your Xbox One or Xbox 360, and look for the SDCC Collectible Console Sweepstakes experience to enter.

Twitter: Follow @Xbox to learn how to win a Gears of War: Ultimate Edition collectible Xbox One console.

Xbox Lounge

Jump into the action in the Xbox Gaming Lounge. Get hands-on gameplay with some of our biggest blockbuster titles of the year.  We’ll even have live tournaments and celebrity guest appearances.  Check out the full details here.

Manchester Grand Hyatt, 2nd Floor, Seaport Ballroom
Hours:

 
  • Thursday, July 9: 11 am – 8 pm
  • Friday, July 10: 11 am – 8 pm
  • Saturday, July 11: 11 am – 8 pm
  • Sunday, July 12: 10 am – 5 pm

For a closer look at each of the consoles, head on over to the official Xbox Facebook page.

Remember, there’s no purchase necessary to enter the sweepstakes, which ends on July 12. For more information and all of that sweet legal stuff, be sure to take a closer look at the Official Rules.

Lego 2015 Tour de France Super Exclusive one-off Lego Minifigure Team Sky Set

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As part of the celebration of the 2015 Tour de France, LEGO has created as set of one-off minifigures of the British Team Sky squad.

Lego Tour de France Team Sky Minifigure Set Profile Picture

EDIT:  It appears that Minifig.me created these under Lego’s blessing?  I am not positive, but here is a pic and a post here from

https://www.facebook.com/CustomMinifigs

Lego Tour de France Team Sky Minifigure Set Profile Picture Minifigs.me

The event is set to start on Saturday in Utrecht.

Lego Tour de France Team Sky Minifigure Sets - Chris FroomeLego Tour de France Team Sky Minifigure Sets - Wout PoelsLego Tour de France Team Sky Minifigure Sets - Geraint ThomasLego Tour de France Team Sky Minifigure Sets - Ian StannardLego Tour de France Team Sky Minifigure Sets - Leopold KonigLego Tour de France Team Sky Minifigure Sets - Luke RoweLego Tour de France Team Sky Minifigure Sets - Nicolas RocheLego Tour de France Team Sky Minifigure Sets - Pete KennaughLego Tour de France Team Sky Minifigure Sets - Richie PorteLego Tour de France Team Sky Minifigure Sets - Sir Dave Brailsford

The team’s nine-man roster of Chris Froome, Pete Kennaugh, Leopold König, Wout Poels, Richie Porte, Nicolas Roche, Luke Rowe, Ian Stannard and Geraint Thomas have been immortalised in the famous yellow brick.

Lego Tour de France Team Sky Minifigure Sets

Alongside the riders, LEGO have also crafted Team Principal Sir Dave Brailsford, as well as Team Sky’s bus and Jaguar support car.

Lego Tour de France Team Sky Bus

Lego Tour de France Team Sky Jaguar Support Car

Lego Tour de France Team Sky Minifigure Sets - Sir Dave Brailsford

The items are complete one offs Lego is giving one person the chance to win a set of these as well! Wow, these will be super rare. You can read about the contest here.

Read more about this here. and below.

Lego Angry Birds Minifigures and Pig Minifigures coming in 2016

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This is supposed to be announced at SDCC 2015 next week, so we should see more then.  For now, they have given us a teaser of Red and a few Green Pigs.  I am not sure if these will be added to the collection yet or now.  I will need to see more of the figures and see what articulation that each of the figures have.

Lego Angry Birds Red Minifigure and Green Pigs Minifigures

The movie will be coming out in May of 2016, so we should see the sets shortly before that.  Rovio and Lego announced these upcoming sets on June 15th 2015 and these teaser images are just a continuation of that story.

You can see the full size image here if you want a little more detail.

Lego Angry Birds Red Minifigure and Green Pigs Minifigures Full Size Image

I am currently more interested in seeing the green pigs as the look like they will be a little closer to the true minifigure form.  What do you think.

A few of the posts over at Brickset have indicated dissapointment, but I think that they will be able to pull this off and that people will be excited about this.  Especially with the movie coming out at the same time.

This story was revealed on Kotaku here.

http://kotaku.com/so-thats-what-a-lego-angry-bird-looks-like-1715126500

 

Lego Minifigures in Comics and Comic Book Covers Recreated with Lego

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I loved all of the DC and Marvel Comics that were released last year in their Lego versions.  I picked all of these up even though I am not a comic book collector any more.  I like to complete my collections and it is really impossible with comic books.  Way too many exist and all of the good ones are really expensive.

However, when these Lego comic covers came out, it was clear that I would be able to get all of them that I could have a complete set.  So I went for it and picked them all up.

I decided to make a post about Lego Comic Covers in general when I recently saw these great cover recreations over on reddit.  These are some recreations of Classic Comics Book Covers in Lego that are done really really well.

First up we have the classic Superman Action Comics #1 and Batman from Detective Comics #27.  These are iconic to just about everyone.  These images are over on imgur here.  http://imgur.com/a/T4G5Y

Action Comics #1

Detective Comics #27

Next up, we have Green Lantern, Green Arrow Number 85 and Superman Number 199.  I believe that I had both of these comice growing up and that they may still be in a closet in my parent attic.  Hmmmm.  I should go dig these us.  They will probably look like crap now I bet.    The green Lantern Green Arrow Issue 85 comic is currently for sale by DTA Collectibles over on eBay.   The superman #199 is currently for sale by aces_comics over on eBay as well.

Green Lantern Green Arrow Number 85
Superman 199

Next Up, we have Batman the Killing Joke.  This is a pretty neat item from the late 1980’s.  Also, X-MEN 101, the first appearance of the Phoenix.  Not one of my favorites, but I see the history with it.

Batman The Killing Joke
XMEN 101 PHOENIX

Batman the Killing Joke is currently for sale by sportandcomicheroes on eBay if you are looking for one.  X-MEN 101 is also available from eBay user tomorrowstreasures

Incredible Hulk Number 181 and Wolverine Number 1 look really sharp.  Hulk 181 is currently available from eBay user isoldgrit  and wolverine #1 is available from eBay user t.koche.

Hulk 181
Wolverine #1

 

The Amazing Spiderman Number 3 and Spiderman No More.  Spiderman #3 is available from eBay user blazincomics.  As for the Spiderman No More cover, it appears to be based on one of the covers or lithographs from here.

http://marvel.wikia.com/Spider-Man_No_More!/Gallery

Amazing Spiderman #3

Next up, we have a collection of Comic Book Cover “Comic Bricks” that have been displayed at a few shows over the past year or two.  I believe that this collection was showed at SDCC in 2014 and at Designer Con in 2014 as well.  I am guessing that we will see some new ones this year at SDCC.  The picture below is from Designer Con and can be found in this group.  Comic Bricks on Flickr.

Comic Bricks

I will try to add more here as I find them.  I am sure that other projects along this line exist.  I will also try to add the covers that they go with when I can find them and I have more time.

Miss Novembers, Bruce has a wet dream

Comic Bricks: Web of Spiderman #100

https://www.flickr.com/photos/geekytom/15770475522/in/pool-2775244@N22/

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/geekytom/15770486162/in/pool-2775244@N22/

STAR WARS #1

Comic-Brick Amazing Fantasy #15

Lego Marvel's "The Punisher" cover

https://www.flickr.com/photos/geekytom/15583492438/in/pool-2775244@N22/

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/artpoly/15450076397/in/pool-2775244@N22/

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Akira 31

 

Holy flashlight Batman...we been spotlighted

Not Nuff said

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The Invincible Iron Man 128 (Demon in a Bottle) Comic Bricks! Cover Comparison

I remember when comics were 30 cents

Number next comic brick

NickFuryAgentofSHIELD6LEGOComic

https://www.flickr.com/photos/geekytom/15148963554/in/pool-2775244@N22/

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Invincible # 63

Amazing Spider-Man 700 Comic Bricks! Cover Comparison

Captain America by Jack Kirby Comic-Bricks #109

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Here are a few prints from Legendary Comic Book Artist Neal Adams.  You can pick these up on eBay.  I believe that he also sells these at some show.  They are not quite Lego, sort of a mix between mini mates and Lego.  These are available from ebay user thecollectorguy1

Neal Adams Batman Art Print Neal Adams Signed Batman Art Print Neal Adams Superman Art Print

 

We cannot forget the Mad magazine Cover.  I just picked one of these up for my collection here.

Mad Magazine Lego Cover

Here are my DC Comic Lego Variant Covers

Lego DC Comics ACTION COMICS #36Lego DC Comics Sinestro #7 Lego DC Comics Supergirl #36 Lego DC Comics Superman #36 Lego DC Comics Superman Wonder Woman #13 Lego DC Comics TEEN TITANS #4 LEGO Lego DC Comics WONDER WOMAN #36 Lego DC Comics Aquaman #36 Lego DC Comics Batgirl #36 Lego DC Comics BATMAN #36 Lego DC Comics BATMAN AND ROBIN #36 Lego DC Comics BATMAN SUPERMAN #16 Lego DC Comics Catwoman #36 Lego DC Comics Detective Comics #36 Lego DC Comics FLASH #36 Lego DC Comics GRAYSON #4 Lego DC Comics Green lantern Corps #36 Lego DC Comics Harley Quinn #12 Lego DC Comics JUSTICE LEAGUE #36 Lego DC Comics Justice League Dark #36

Lego DC Comics Justice League United #6Lego DC Comics Green Lantern #36

Here are the Lego Marvel Variants from my collection as well.

Lego Marvel Comic Variant Cover Thor #14 Lego Marvel Comic Variant Cover Uncanny Avengers Vol 1 #12 Lego Marvel Comic Variant Cover Wolverine and the X-MEN #36 Lego Marvel Comic Variant Cover All New X-MEN Vol 1 #17 Lego Marvel Comic Variant Cover Avengers AI Volume 1 #4 Lego Marvel Comic Variant Cover Avengers Volumne 5 #21 Lego Marvel Comic Variant Cover Captain America Vol 7 #12 Lego Marvel Comic Variant Cover Daredevil Vol 3 #31 Lego Marvel Comic Variant Cover Fantasitic Four Vol 4 #13 Lego Marvel Comic Variant Cover Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 #7 Lego Marvel Comic Variant Cover Hawkeye #15 Lego Marvel Comic Variant Cover Indestructable Hulk Vol 1 #14 Lego Marvel Comic Variant Cover Infinity Vol 1 #3 Lego Marvel Comic Variant Cover Infinity Vol 1 #5 Lego Marvel Comic Variant Cover Iron Man Vol 5 #17 Lego Marvel Comic Variant Cover Marvel Universe- Avengers Assemble Vol 1 Lego Marvel Comic Variant Cover Mighty Avengers Vol 2 #1 Lego Marvel Comic Variant Cover New Avengers Vol 3 11 Lego Marvel Comic Variant Cover Nova Vol 5 #8 Lego Marvel Comic Variant Cover Rocket Racoon Vol 2 #1 Lego Marvel Comic Variant Cover Secret Avengers Vol 2 #10 Deadpool Lego Marvel Comic Variant Cover Superior SpiderMan Vol 1 #19

Lego in Wired Magazine.  You can read about this here.

Lego in Popular Science.  March 2015 Issue.

march-2015-cover-popular-science

 

You may be able to find some that I missed by looking at this google search here.

Some other links as well.

The Nerdist

TomToyz

Lego Magazine Covers