Lego Minifigure Series 8 Reviews

Review of Minifigure Series 8 from whitefang. Whitefang really made a very good review on this series and you can view them in Eurobrick. (picture from Whitefang)

This is the combination:
5 Evil Robots
4 Conquistadors
3 Lederhosen Guys
4 Cowgirls
4 Football Players
3 Divers
3 Downhill Skiers
3 Businessmen
3 Fairies
4 Santa(s)
4 Vampire Bats
5 DJs
4 Cheerleaders
3 Actors
5 Pirate Captains
3 Alien Villainesses

Ferrari car model for this two weeks

Just purchased the Ferrari Lego car model after pumping Shell petrol. Just spend S$50 on Shell fuels and pick up an exclusive model for just $5.95. The car model is package in a ploy bag ( see below). A new Ferrari design will be launched every 2 weeks.

New bricks world branch @ North

Just received the Bricks World News Letter on its Grand Opening for the new branch @ North

Bricks World is delighted to announce the opening of our 3rd store. Join us on Saturday 25th August for the official opening of our store at Northpoint Shopping Centre.

FREE* polybag giveaways to the first 50 customers to spend over $30
FREE LEGO Family Build - come and show off your LEGO skills - 11am-4pm.
#03-27/28 Northpoint Shopping Centre, 930 Yishun Avenue 2, Singapore 769098

Qi En's loots at Toys R US Lego Sales 24 - 26 August 2012

Qi En duplo sets. He is quite happy with these sets.

Qi En Duplo Lego ville Fireman

This is Qi En first open Duplo box set and is my first time opening a duplo box set. See what insider.

This is the box itself

Box showing the parts involved

These are the parts in the box. Consist of the car part, car model, a fire, a brick, an axe and the fireman. Lastly there is this boxlet.

This is how they look like.

This is the assemble part. The car wheels can be move up and down like a Jeep

Shell SG is promoting Ferrari Model LEGO® Collection

Shell and technical partner Ferrari have teamed up with the LEGO Group to bring you six exclusive models. All are powered by revolutionary micro-propulsion engines. So get down to your nearest Shell Service Station and start building today.

Just pump up to $50 of petrol and you can purchase a Ferrari Model for $5.95. Go to Shell website for more details.

Toy R Us Lego Sale 24 to 26 August 2012

Currently, they are setting up...

This year Advent calendar sets (source Toys N Bricks)

a) The LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar 2012 is priced at $49.99 and comes with 2 exclusive minifigures including a Santa Darth Maul and a white snow Astromech Droid.

b) The LEGO City Advent Calendar 2012 one is priced $10 cheaper at $39.99.

c) The LEGO Friends Advent Calendar 2012. The set will contain 193 pieces and will cost 34.99 USD. It will include LEGO Friends minifigures Olivia, Christina, a dog called Coco. The set will include 24 individual gifts including: a Christmas tree and presents

Complete my Marvel Super Heroes : Avengers minifigures

Bought the Hulk and the Thor poly bags to complete the Avengers.

The Avengers team

Avengers team plus Lokii

Toy R US Lego sale : 24 to 26 August 2012

The one and only one year Lego sale is coming next Friday .

Lego friends new set: 3185 Summer Riding Camp

I just found out that Lego Friends has a new huge set 3185 Summer Riding camp from Eurobrick. It adds the richness to all the current sets making the Friend town populated with colourful building. It also adds more activities in the town streets too. See the review done by Pandora @ Eurobrick.

The following picture is exacted from Pandora @ Eurobrick as Pandora has made a very good review for this set.

News from Eurobrick. After the release of the 'Beach' set, pictures of two new Collectable Minifigure sets have now surfaced. One of them features a band of rockers and another one seems to tie in with the 2012 Monster Fighters theme and includes a new zombie figure.

Legoland Annual Pass Redemption

Annual Pass redemption date will start from the 20th August 2012 through 31st December 2012. Those of you who plan to come on the 20th August till 26th August 2012, Legoland will opened from 12pm till 6pm and during these dates, you will have access to The Begining area of the park only. For more information, please read the attachment below;

Lego has turned 80

Lego has turned 80. They have created the Lego story which illustrate how Lego is first created.
(source: Lego.com)

Lego Duplo Read & Build

Busy lately with my little one. He just came to see what does a duplo looks like. Duplo come with a new series: Read & Build. There are three sets and each set come with a story book. See my little one, he can't wait to play.

Didn't realize Lego Ninjago also has 3 in 1 super pack. The news from Toys N Bricks

It stated that the set is selling in Costco USA store in Scottsdale, Arizona has a new LEGO Ninjago 2012 product available for sale. The item is 66444 Superpack 3 in 1 and contains two Ninjago sets that were released earlier this year in January and a weapon pack accessory that was just released a few weeks ago.

• 9442 Jay’s Storm Starfighter (reg.$24.99)
• 9441 Kai’s Blade Cycle (reg.$14.99)
• 9591 Weapon Pack (reg.$19.99)

Designer Interview: 10229 Winter Village Cottage

The following is the video of designer interview for this Winter Village Cottage. (Source: fbtb)




The following is the description from fbtb:  

"Get cozy in the Winter Village Cottage!

Continuing the winter series, build the Winter Village Cottage for a perfect holiday home. Seat Grandpa snugly by the fireplace with his newspaper as you help Dad to put up the tree, then bake a feast in the kitchen with Mom! When it’s time to stock up the storage shed with firewood, bring the kids for a ride with Dad on the sled watch him cut the wood with his chainsaw deep in the forest. When the snow gets really deep, clear the road with the snowplow, take all of the kids skiing or build an igloo to play in. There’s no cozier place to spend long, frosty nights!

• Includes 8 minifigures: mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, 3 children and snowplow driver with assorted accessories
• Features cottage, storage shed, igloo, streetlamp, sled and snowplow
• Accessories include kitten, owl, fireplace with LEGO® light brick function, chandelier, Christmas tree, wreath, gifts, armchair, kitchen appliances and bed
• Storage shed features tools and firewood elements
• Igloo features fireplace and removable roof
• Detach the snowplow to store it in the back of the truck!
• Make the fireplace glow with the LEGO® light brick!
• Decorate the cottage!
• Fetch firewood with the sled!
• Drive the snowplow!
• Cottage measures 6.7” (17 cm) high, 9.8” (25 cm) wide and 5.5” (14 cm) deep
• Storage shed measures 4.3” (11 cm) high, 2.7” (7 cm) wide and 2.7” (7 cm) deep
• Igloo measures 2.7” (7 cm) high, 2.7” (7 cm) wide and 2.7” (7 cm) deep
• Snowplow measures 2.7” (7 cm) high, 7” (18 cm) long (with plow attached) and 2.3” (6 cm) wide
• Add the new Winter Village Cottage to other LEGO® Winter Village series models like the 10199 Winter Toy Shop, 10216 Winter Village Bakery and 10222 Winter Village Post Office."

HispaBrick Magazine 014 is available for download

Issue 14 of HispaBrick Magazine is now available for download.

Source from brickset. 

The following is the taken from brickset

"The blurb reads:

In this new edition Gary King presents his fleet of Battlestar Galactica ships, Akiyuki Kawaguchi amazes with his GBC modules, Katie Walker shows how to create mosaics using cheese slopes and we interview the creator Bruce Lowell.

We explain how many AFOL projects can become a reality, either through LEGO® CUUSOO or by means of Crowdfunding.

In the section Pillars of the community this time we talk to The Brothers Brick and we tell you about our participation in different events over the last few months, in addition to several reviews and tutorials about LDraw, MINDSTORMS and Pneumatics.

And don't miss the second part of the article on the MILS system, a modular integrated landscaping system developed by a member of our community."

There are also old issues available for download. It is an excellent magazine.

August monthly mini model build

This month mini model build is a shark!!! (news from brickset)