LEGO has partnered up with Amazon in their efforts to integrate physical and digital play by using Amazon Alexa to tell stories while interacting with the bricks. By downloading the LEGO DUPLO stories onto Alexa, you can instruct it to tell the stories while also encouraging kids to learn through the bricks. Adding to the LEGO® portfolio of integrated physical and digital play experiences, LEGO® DUPLO® Stories has today been released on Amazon Alexa as play starter inspiration for our youngest audience and their parents. Billund, Denmark (May 2nd, 2018): Launched today in the US and UK, LEGO® DUPLO® Stories will be one of the first Alexa skills to combine physical play with Amazon’s Alexa voice service. The skill is developed as an interactive storytelling experience to ignite fun explorative play for the youngest children, aged 2–5, and their parents. Using any Alexa device, such as Amazon Echo or Echo Dot,...

A new trailer for Ant-Man and the Wasp came out yesterday and now there are images of a LEGO Marvel Super Heroes set to accompany the film. The set is called the Quantum Realm Explorers (76109) and it has 200 pieces while retailing for $19.99. It features the new Quantum Vehicle and it includes minifigures of Ant-Man, Wasp, and Ghost. The set will be available starting on June 1. Fly into action against Ghost with Ant-Man’s Quantum Vehicle and The Wasp with this LEGO® Marvel Super Heroes 76109 Quantum Realm Explorers set. The Quantum Vehicle features an opening, bug-eye-shaped minifigure cockpit, adjustable insect arms, stud shooters and adjustable engines for launch, hover and flight modes. This set includes 3 minifigures and a gold-colored trophy element. -Includes 3 LEGO® Marvel Super Heroes minifigures: Ant-Man, The Wasp and Ghost.-Quantum Vehicle features a bug-eye-shaped, opening minifigure cockpit, 2 adjustable insect arms, 2 stud shooters,...

You might think this is just a lowly, humble clothespin. But I'm here to tell you this is the unsung hero of the film set, the venerable C-47. Yes, that's actually what this is called on a film set, the story is that's what it's catalog name was way back when, and for some reason the name stuck. All I know is I have a load of them in my studio, and they're darned handy to have around. A nifty little build by gan.marco. Original linkOriginal author: Tommy

The new LEGO Juniors The Incredibles 2 sets have been available for a few weeks now but per our agreement with LEGO, we start our review of the sets starting today with Elastigirl’s Rooftop Pursuit (10759). The set contains 95 pieces and retails for $19.99 which is the standard price point for the Juniors sets. The contents of the box include two numbered bags, some loose Quick Start molds, and the instructions. Minifigures There are two minifigures in this particular set, Elastigirl and Screenslaver. Elastigirl, aka Helen Parr, aka Mrs. Incredible, has on the red Incredibles outfit that is similar to Mr. Incredible from the Disney Collectible Minifigures line but with printing for her body type. There is some black for the tights, boots, and gloves. She does have a double-sided head with smirk on one side and a smile on the other. The brown hair piece that Elastigirl uses is...

A few days ago, I reported that The Toys That Made Us will be returning to Netflix on May 25 which includes episodes covering Transformers, LEGO, Hello Kitty, and Star Trek. There is now a promo clip of the LEGO episode coming out of Nerdist which features a little bit about the LEGO Space and Castle sets. In the clip, we also see Adam Reed Tucker, David Robertson, and fellow San Diegan Bruno Todd talk about the sets as well. It looks to be a pretty exciting episode and I can’t wait to watch it. The post The Toys That Made Us LEGO Promo Clip appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

LEGO has just released the designer video for the upcoming LEGO Star Wars UCS Y-Wing Starfighter (75181) where Senior Designer Jordan Scott and Graphic Designer Maddy O’Neil talks about some of the details of the set. One interesting thing to note is that Jordan says the UCS Y-Wing has taken about three years to produce. The set will be available starting on May 4 during the LEGO Star Wars May the 4th event. Own part of Star Wars history with the Y-Wing Starfighter. This LEGO® Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series model has an amazing level of detail, including an opening minifigure cockpit for the included Gold Leader minifigure, wheel-activated rotating ion cannons on top, retractable landing skids and space for the R2-BHD astromech droid. This fantastic Star Wars toy also comes with a tilting display stand and informational fact plaque, making it the perfect centerpiece for your collection. -Includes a Gold...

In a nice surprise, Amazon has listed a previously unknown summer 2018 LEGO City set with the Capital (60200). The details regarding the pricing and piece count are not known at this time but it looks to be in the scale of the previous large-scale City sets like the Town Square and City Square (60097). Included in this set are thirteen minifigures, a double-decker bus, a four-wheel crane, and some smaller vehicles. There’s also a mobile ice cream cart along with a standalone hot dog stand as well. There’s also a small skate ramp with a basket on one side but the bigger buildings include a museum and a hotel. This is the first time that the double-decker bus and a hotel has appeared in a LEGO City set. **Via Brickset** The post LEGO City Summer 2018 Capital (60200) Revealed appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous"...

The June 2018 LEGO Store Calendar is now available and we can now see some of the promotions and events that will be happening during the month. June 1-30: VIPs get Double Points on Blue’s Helicopter Pursuit (75928) and Carnotaurus Gyrosphere Escape (75929). June 4-20: Free exclusive Creative Storybook (40291) with purchase of $99 or more, while supplies last. June 5-6: VIP Monthly Mini Model Build June 18: Minifigure Swap Monday June 20: T-Rex Build and Take mini model. Registration begins on May 1. June 23 & 30: LEGO Life Meeting The post LEGO June 2018 Store Calendar Promotions & Events appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

I've always loved Jawas, especially the plastic cape one I had as a kid, and gave away to the kid down the street, along with the rest of my collection, and a Death Star play set (12 year old me was a frickin' idiot). Builder sadovich7.9 has captured the best Jawa in LEGO I've ever seen, thanks to the diligent use of five Obi-Wan capes and what had to be a load of patience.  Original linkOriginal author: Tommy

First let me say that bigger isn't always better, but sometimes it's certainly an attention getter. I had the pleasure of seeing this incredible castle by fraserratzlaff in person at BrickCon, and I know my initial reaction was a sincere and appreciative low whistle to myself, with a quiet "whoa, that's big". But that's just the initial reaction, after that was several minutes of eye feasting. It's so big that even with three large photos here, you haven't seen nearly all of it. I invite you to click though, and do some feasting for yourself. Original linkOriginal author: Tommy