Brickset news archive: September 2008

LEGO Batman toys at McDonalds in the USA

Details are sketchy at present, but it seems that, to tie in with the release of the LEGO Batman game, McDonalds Happy Meals, in the USA at least, will feature LEGO toys. You can read all about it by searching using Google.

bsmarthen reports that there will be 8 'sets': The Batboat, The Joker Helicopter, Batman and Batarang, Mr Freeze, The Batmobile, The Penguin and Submarine, Robin and The Joker.

I don't suppose they'll feature many real LEGO parts and they certainly won't have any minifigs in them but it'll be interesting to see what they are like and whether they appear in other countries.

Power Miners images

Thanks to those of you that sent me images of the Power Miners. You can see them here at Brothers-Brick. Despite what has been written there, I think they show promise and have a great colour scheme.

Great Western LEGO show, 4-5 October 2008

If you've been wondering why news here has been a little slow lately it's because I've been beavering away building for the largest LEGO show in the UK, in Swindon in 4 weeks time.

If you're going to be in the area be sure to drop by. There'll be close to 50 Brickish Association members displaying all sorts of models and it's expected that visitor numbers will exceed last year's 3,500 over the two days.

Staff from a LEGO brand store will be in attendance selling all the latest kits, so once you've seen what we have built you can bolster your own collection then go home and build something better!

There will also be many fun hands-on activities including building a giant mosaic, demonstrations of virtual LEGO building, play tables, brick engraving and loads more.

More information can be found on the Brickish and the STEAM museum websites.

I hope to see you there. I'll probably be manning the train layout for a lot of the time, so do drop by and say hello.

The wait is almost over!

7679: Republic Fighter Tank
More details...

Anyone who has been waiting for the final part of the 2008 LEGO Star Wars: The Clone Wars collection in the U.S. has very little time left to wait. The official Target website has the set listed as arriving in 2 to 6 weeks. Three other exclusive sets will be arriving at this time, too, City 4210 Coast Guard Platform, Agents 8636 Mission 7: Deep Sea Quest, and BIONICLE 8942 Jetrax T6 (yellow version), all at a price point of $49.99! We will keep you posted for when they first appear only at Target stores.

Oil rig set?

Does anyone know anything about this? http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=3428971

Is it real of fake? The lack of a set number raises suspicions although the box and other artwork looks legit enough.

Oh dear... better pictures of the Power Miner sets

Better pictures have turned up on Brickshelf. But now I'm not so sure about them; it looks like they contain a lot of large single-use pieces.