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Miscellaneous news Posted by Huw, Jul 1 2007 4:20AM
Here's a fantastic picture of the Indiana Jones minifigure obtained by Joe Meno. See a larger picture and read more in his Brickjournal blog.
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Miscellaneous news Posted by Huw, Jul 3 2007 3:44PM
Jasen over at new LEGO site Brickbitz reports that Woolworths in the UK now have some of the summer releases including 7992 Container Stacker for £20, 7998 Heavy Hauler for £35 and 7663 Sith Infiltrator for £35. He has posted a review of the Sith Infiltrator and concludes that it's way over-priced and I have to agree with him, particularly as it's likely to be $35 in the USA.
I really don't know why we have to pay such a premium for Star Wars sets on this side of the Atlantic. I for one will be voting with my wallet and won't be buying them at least until they are 1/2 price in Argos next year.
Hold fire on buying the Heavy Hauler -- this is the set that, like 7906 fire boat, will be marked down to a far more reasonable 1/2 price once it has been on the shelves for a couple of weeks.
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New set news Posted by Huw, Jul 9 2007 4:55PM
Not for the first time, pictures of a hitherto unheard of set (well, to me anyway) have turned up in the cache at LEGO.com. A Eurobricks reader has been delving about and uncovered a motorised At-At, and very nice it looks too!
[Update 5 minutes later: it would appear that the images have disappeared from lego.com, lucky I made a copy just in time!]
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Miscellaneous news Posted by Huw, Jul 12 2007 3:18PM
It seems awfully early in the year to be seeing a long list of next year's sets, but Eurobricks is reporting that such a list was found on Amazon.de. I can't see them there now so perhaps they have been removed. The English translations, provided by a Eurobricks member are:
LEGO Technic 8290 - Mini Fork Lift
LEGO Technic 8291 - Motocross Bike
LEGO Technic 8292 - Truck with lifting ramp/platform
LEGO Technic 8296 - Beach Buggy
LEGO Action 7723 - Police Water Plane
LEGO City 7741 - Police Helicopter
LEGO City 7743 - Police Surveillance Car
LEGO City 7744 - Police Station
LEGO Indiana Jones 7620 - Indiana Jones Motorbike Chase
LEGO Indiana Jones 7621 - Indiana Jones and the lost Grave
LEGO Indiana Jones 7622 - Chase of the stolen Treasure
LEGO Indiana Jones 7623 - Escape from the Temple
LEGO Impulse 5610 - Construction worker
LEGO Impulse 5611 - Street cleaner/scavenger
LEGO Impulse 5612 - Policeman
LEGO Impulse 5613 - Firefighter
LEGO Impulse 5614 - The Good Magician
LEGO Impulse 5615 - The Knight
LEGO Impulse 5616 - Mini Robot
LEGO Impulse 5617 - Alien Jet
LEGO Racers 8490 - Desert Hopper
LEGO Racers 8491 - Ram Rod
LEGO Racers 8492 - Mud Hopper
LEGO Racers 8493 - Red Ace
LEGO Racers 8494 - Ring of Fire
LEGO EXO-FORCE 8111 - River Dragon
LEGO EXO-FORCE 8112 - Battle Arachnoid
LEGO EXO-FORCE 8113 - Assault Tiger
LEGO EXO-FORCE 8114 - Chameleon Hunter
LEGO EXO-FORCE 8115 - Dark Panther
LEGO EXO-FORCE 8117 - Storm Lasher
LEGO Star Wars 7667 - Imperial Dropship
LEGO Star Wars 7668 - Rebel Scout Speeder
LEGO Star Wars 7669 - Anakin's Jedi Starfighter
LEGO Star Wars 7670 - Hailfire Droid & Spider Droid
LEGO Star Wars 7671 - AT-AP Walker
LEGO Star Wars 7672 - Rogue Shadow
When we have confirmed them, we'll add them to the database. I'm going to guess that 'impulse' is a range of small sets to encourage impulse buying, perhaps like the Playmobil sets that contain one figure and a couple of accessories.
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Miscellaneous news Posted by shima55, Jul 14 2007 8:39PM
Brickshelf.com is currently down, with a message saying it has discontinued operation in its place. It is unknown if this is permanent, or just maintenance. We will keep you updated on any new developments in this. In the meantime, if you need to show off your LEGO creations, the LEGO.com galleries are still up.
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Miscellaneous news Posted by Huw, Jul 16 2007 12:00PM
Several members are posting pointless comments to news articles. May I remind you that this is NOT a discussion forum; please only post comments which are relevant to the topic in question and which will be of interest to others. The majority of you are doing that; it would thus be a shame if I have to introduce moderation to prevent abuse, I'm sure you'll agree.
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Miscellaneous news Posted by shima55, Jul 16 2007 3:28PM
Brickshelf.com is back, until July 31st. After that, it will be shutting down, for as near as I can tell, permanently. This may be the only time you have to save your files, so save them fast, before they are lost forever.
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New set news Posted by Huw, Jul 19 2007 4:31PM
Several readers have reported finding 7665 Republic Crusier in Toys R Us in the UK, priced at £70. Is this its first appearance in the world?
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Miscellaneous news Posted by shima55, Jul 19 2007 10:59PM
Brickshelf has a new message on its front page, and a much more positive one at that. Brickshelf will not be shutting down! Thanks to all who made this possible, and saved one of our favorite sites.
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Site update Posted by Huw, Jul 21 2007 5:16PM
I have regretfully decided to suspend the commenting feature. I had hoped that it would be used to add value to the news articles we post and make interesting reading but unfortunately a small minority seem to think it their right to post stupid, pointless comments, probably just because they could.
It takes enough of my time moderating set reviews and I don't really have time or the inclination to moderate juveline chit-chat as well. However, I will probably reinstate comments once I have worked out how best to do it without too much effort. If you have any ideas, or wish to help with moderation, get in touch.
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Miscellaneous news Posted by Huw, Jul 28 2007 11:54AM
The Autumn/Winter Argos catalogue is out today and there's loads of new sets in it. Check them out online here.
Several Castle and Mars Mission sets are apparently exclusive to Argos in the UK, and as anticipated, the green dumper truck 7998 is now 'half-price' at £17.50.
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Miscellaneous news Posted by shima55, Jul 28 2007 6:27PM
Reported this week at the International Comic-Convention was a brand new LEGO theme getting its own videogame! From the creators of the LEGO Star Wars series and BIONICLE Heroes, comes LEGO Indiana Jones: The Video Game! Check out the Official site here!
