Sorry - I am not going to Camberwell Market Sunday on 28 Nov.

Unfortunately the extended rains today and forecast for rain early tomorrow means I am cancelling the LEGO stall again tomorrow. I hope to see you next week. Maybe the weather will be sunny for us next week.

New Series 3 minifigs - green packs, no barcode ID, but ....

We have found how LEGO do stock control of each pack & box of packs. There IS a unique ID on each packet. It is a series of dot patterns along one edge. A little bit harder than the barcodes, but you can still get the ones you want. See my Useful Links on the right for link to the original Flickr page. Meanwhile, here is what it looks like. See the black dots along the edge below. The gorilla and the samurai are similar, so harder to tell apart in shops:

These charts are for the US packets. We don't know if these apply for the rest of the world yet. There were different barcodes in the US for series 1 & 2.
See earlier blogs (scroll down) to see what the series 3 minifigs look like. Meanwhile I should have some at the market in a week's time if my order from the USA comes in this week.

LEGO model of the day at blxbrx: more Nathan Sawaya

A new Nathan Sawaya exhibit is touring the USA. Check out these models:

More images at the link here: http://www.brickartist.com/

Brickvention 2011 (Public display = Jan 16 2011 @ Melb Town Hall)

The web site for Brickvention 2011 has just been updated, with lots of information added. See first entry in "Useful Links" on the right of the screen.

LEGO model of the day - Domino Squad Final Run

Ok, good looking model. Then you see the scale, when you look at the 5 minifigs on the top of the grey area.

The story: It all begins on the planet Kamino, where the training of clones who have been bred to be perfect soldiers occur. These cadets must first be subjected to intense physical and mental training before heading off to war. Five headstrong clones of Domino squad struggle to complete their training. These cadets -- Hevy, Cutup, Droidbait, Fives and Echo -- seem to be a "bad batch" and are unable to work as a team. They're given a final training run to prove their mettle and the clones finally learn to work together...
More photos here: LegoDominoSquadFinalRun

Pirates of the Caribbean LEGO - sets & video game in 2011

Nov. 18, 2010 The LEGO Group announced LEGO® Pirates of the Caribbean theme to launch in spring 2011 (autumn in Australia), 8 new sets - all Pirates of the Caribbean films in LEGO form, including the 2011 premiere of the 4th installment, "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides."  Link: Full press release

Series 4 Collectible minifig info?

From the Dutch LEGO web site http://www.superspeelgoed.nl/lego-8804-lego-minifiguren-serie-p-9233.html, as translated by Google:  A series of 16 totally new mini figures, includes:::: 
The Monster, Surfing Girl, Sailor, Kimono Girl, Punk, Viking, Speed Skater, Hockey Player, Skateboarder, Man in Safety Suit, Musketeer, Werewolf, Artist, Mad Professor, Football Player and Garden Gnome.

Series 3 minifig news: January release has come early in USA

Surprise!!!
A "Fred Meyer" store in the Seattle area of USA has stock of the new Series 3 Collectible Minifigures. This series was expected to be released in January 2011.
Check out more good photos &  detail of how many come in a full box here: brickpop series 3 minifgs article
Also, as seen at www.eurobrick.com:

this compilation photo is from www.eurobricks.com (a great source of new release info for LEGO!) see link below

Comments from US buyers -
-The gorilla head has holes for the minifigure's eyes to show through and there's a zipper printed on the back of the torso.
-The hulu girl's skirt wraps around and is made of the same material as the capes. It doesn't come together at the ends as well as I'd like.
- The samurai has a very cool floral printed robe under the armor.
- The back of the chief's headdress is black where his hair should be, not white like the old Wild West headdresses.
-The speakers on the boombox are actually round with texture, not just printed on - really cool!
- The elf ears are part of the hairpiece and they're AWESOME!
Link to the eurobrick source - articles & picsis here: Eurobrick series 3 forum discussion

I am told the "gorilla" is actually a man in a gorilla suit, & when the head comes off the gorilla it shows the head of the man & it looks all sweaty!!

LEGO Model of the Day - Cube Dude Bounty Hunter collection

Available for purchase at just US $149.00 (not from me at Camberwell tho'. Go to this web site for more info: http://www.brianstoys.com/store/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=LSEBCUBEDUDEBOBAFETT

Lots more Cube Dudes, especially at: Angus MacLane's Flickr photostream

Cube Dudes could appear at Brickvention.2011, the LEGO display at the Melbourne Town Hall on January 16 2011. Click on link to the right for details.

More Cube Dudes to be seen on Flickr at: Cube Dude photos on Flickr link

Collectible Minifigures - Series 3 - pics

New minifig - series 3, but it looks like there is no second individual barcode to pick what is inside this time.
The figures are:

• Hula Dancer with maracas.
• Tribal Chief with spear
• Samurai Warrior with armour and Katana.
• Female Tennis Player with racket.
• Sumo Wrestler with trophy.
• Baseball Player with bat.
• Fisherman with fishing rod and fish.
• Elf with bow, shield and green cape.
• Male Rapper with stereo and microphone.
• Space Alien (Green Squidman head) with golden laser gun (re-coloured Spaceman gun).
• Gorilla Suit Guy with banana.
• Racer Car Driver with interchangeable blonde hair and racing helmet.
• Mummy with scorpion.
• Female Snowboarder with snowboard.
• Space Villain with recoloured Spaceman helmet and re-coloured dark grayish Spaceman blaster, also has a metal leg and a robotic arm with black hand.
• Pilot with Military Backpack and pilot helmet.

Due for release January 2011 in green packets.
For more pics and details click on this link: http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/8803_Minifigures_Series_3

blxbrx favourite - LEGO model of the Day

LEGO Halo Master Chief WEARABLE helmet made of LEGO bricks! Only the visor is not LEGO - it came from a motorbike helmet.

Ben Caulkins (aka Benny Brickster) created this helmet. Naturally, it’s wearable, and it includes some well-placed padding for comfort. For more info click this link here:  

Via: technabob and  The.Brothers Brick

blxbrx LEGO challenge. Prize: a new Chrome Stormtrooper (or equivalent value minifig)

Most people have stacked up LEGO bricks as high as they can, adding more until they fell over, so ... What are the 3 tallest LEGO towers ever made so far (& how tall)? and ....

What date in January 2011, and in which Melbourne building is the LEGO exhibition called "Brickvention 2011" going to be? (see my earlier blog, or my Useful Links on the right).

Prize: A new (in packet) Chrome Stormtrooper (or equivalent value or credit towards a blxbrx stall minifig) as a prize to the third acceptable answer emailed to me at blxbrx@gmail.com


Answers that are not just "official" records are ok, but I must see it has been widely reported on the internet or newspapers. Prize winner result will be advised on this blog. No competition end date, just the third acceptable answer received. Internet/Google research is probably required, & help is ok from friends and parents. Entries restricted to people from Victoria AU addresses for this competition.

Brickvention 2011 - LEGO fun in school hols! (Jan 16 2011 @ Melb Town Hall)

dreamliner by Ryan M (from Brickvention 2010)

Brickvention is Australia’s premier LEGO® convention

Brickvention is an Australian based convention for LEGO® fans. It’s a two-day event that brings together LEGO® fans from all over Australia to view original and unusual creations. The next Brickvention will be held over the weekend of 15^th - 16^th January 2011.

Saturday 15^th January 2011 is devoted to Adult Fans of LEGO® and features competitions, games and activities involving LEGO®. Sunday 16^th January is the Public Open Day part of Brickvention where anyone can come along and view the amazing creations made out of LEGO®.

LEGO® fans of all ages are welcome on the Sunday from 10am – 5pm. Entry is $5 for adults, $2.50 for kids, $15 for a family with 2 adults and up to 4 children.

For more info on Brickvention 2011 go to this link: Brickvention 2011 info

blxbrx: LEGO model of the day: from mahjqa (again)

I saw this and I was struck by how LEGO can be useful, not "just a toy". This builder has made a camera dolly, which is a vehicle that carries a camera and often moves the camera around. It can position and move the camera and take pictures in ways no one could do if they were holding the camera.


AFOL (Adult Fan of LEGO) Peer Kreuger's fascinating Power Functions-enhanced "camera vehicles" are used as mini dollies to record videos of his Lego creations. I have highlighted Peer's work in a previous blog entry (see ) under his nickname of "mahjqa", where he was using his own driving camera dollies to film his other LEGO creations on the move. Go to his Flickr photostream (lots of Power Function vehicles, including ice racers!) by clicking the link here: mahjqa's photostream

LEGO model of the day at blxbrx

Fhloston Paradise - great colour blending and balancing by I Scream Clone
Check out his photostream on Flickr including closeups of this model at the link here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/28773832@N08/


Recognised worldwide, see details about the creator of I Scream Clone (Josh Morris from Woollongong) at this link here: http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/204411

Sorry - I can not go to Sunday Camberwell Market today (14 Nov 2010)

Hopefully see you next week. Same place, same time (after 8:15am). Email me at blxbrx@gmail.com if there is anything you want me to bring for you. Leg godt (play well)! Peter (the LEGO man).

LEGO Pricewatch - Buy 2 get one free at Myer till 15 Aug

For Myer One members only, from 02-15 Aug, buy 2 toys and get 1 free. The cheapest of the 3 will be free. Includes LEGO.


There was a voucher provided in the booklet that they sent. Some Myers have the sign up but apparently the Chadstone one didn't. Just check with the cashier. You shouldn't need the voucher as you just need to present your Myer One card.

blxbrx LEGO model of the day

The Northland - Grimmhaven by The Brick Time

  

To see more, click on the link here: The Northland - Grimmhaven

How to build a LEGO Ferrari V10 - piston engine from set 8386

Free download original instructions avaialable at peeron.com

This is page 41. Pages 41 to 47 detail the engine build, including crankshaft.

One way to assemble a rack of LEGO cylinder heads and pistons and crankshaft.

Link to instructions here: http://www.peeron.com/scans/8386-1/

NEW! - Free LEGO iPad app - Creationary

How quickly can you guess what’s being built from LEGO bricks?

Creationary is the award-winning build-and-guess LEGO game that challenges the imagination, creativity, building and guessing skills of you, your family and friends with more than 300 bricks and accessories. With LEGO Creationary, you can guess what’s being built on iPad, iPhone & iTouch in this true-to-the-original-board-game app!
Link to free download from macworld.com,


 by clicking this link here: http://www.macworld.com/appguide/app.html?id=717756

Star Wars LEGO screensavers from lego.com

Free to download, looks good! Link here: http://starwars.lego.com/en-us/downloads/screensavers.aspx

PriceWatch LEGO - Target LEGO 20% off for 2 weeks - Thur 11-24 Nov

20% off LEGO at Target
and .... extra special price of 1/3 off for the LEGO Airport & Plane
(set 3182) at $99, save $46.

• Includes 5 minifigures: passenger, pilot, flight attendant, steward and service man
• Includes airplane, terminal, control tower, baggage cart, crew, passengers
• Open the revolving doors on the terminal!
• Terminal measures over 10" (25cm) long and over 10" (25cm) tall
• Airplane measures over 20" (50cm) long and over 7" (17cm) tall

LEGO PriceWatch - 50% off

At ToysRUs they have: 50% off Lego Toy Story's Construct-A-Buzz (7592) & over 37% off Construct-A-Zurg (7591).  Both $24.99 currently.
LEGO shop on-line (http://shop.lego.com/ByTheme/Leaf.aspx?cn=643&d=622) has their normal price at $49.99 for Construct-A-Buzz, so that is 50% off, but 7591 is $39.99 at LEGO on-line.

Also ToysRUs has 50% off 5973 Hyperspeed Pursuit from Space Police. Normally $79.99, now $39.99. Sale prices start 10 Nov - Ends 16 Nov 

New LEGO Wall-E ! Amazing range of motion & expresion.

If you like Wall-E, then you must see the video clip of this at the link below!

8 NXT motors and 3 NXT programmable bricks were crammed in here to get this realistic and surprisingly expressive range of motion. While it doesn't transform, it seems to have every other Wall-E behavior down. Color sensors were even used to allow his eyes to light up in different colors. Don't miss the second link above, which has some photos of the internal mechanisms.
 Source:     http://lmotd.blogspot.com/ (November 4 2010)

Name of Model:     zWall-E4   (NEW Wall-E made for Zwolle!)

Created by:    Marc-Andre Bazergui (bazmarc), blogger for The NXT STEP - LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT Blog

Links:      Found at:       http://thenxtstep.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-wall-e-made-for-zwolle.html       More photos at:     http://picasaweb.google.com/bazmati/ZwallE4uWIP#

Brickvention 2010 - fantastic annual Melbourne LEGO convention & public display

I have written about this earlier but more photos .
Look at these, and see more by going to go to centuri's Flickr photostream Click on this link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chansplace/4311314866/in/set-72157623175301185/lightbox/

I will tell you more about Brickvention 2011, coming up in the Melbourne Town Hall in January 2011.

Spring is here! see Protector of the Great Queen.

Great LEGO design fromLino M. Click on this link to see more at Flickr: Lino M photostream

Price Watch LEGO - $50 off 4842!

Yesterday I said Hogwarts Castle is down to $139 at Myer (Nov 4-28), but today I see that

at Kmart, Hogwarts Castle (set 4842) is just $129!
$50 off. (RRP is $179.00) and lots of other LEGO sets are cheaper,
including Hogwarts Express (set 4841) is just $99. (RRP is $119.00).
nb. Only until Wednesday the 10th at Kmart. (but the $139 price is until 28/11 at Myer).

To go to Kmart catalogue page 3 click the link here: Kmart Catalogue (4th-10th Nov)

LEGO PriceWatch: Myer from 4th - 28th Nov

Original page 24 is clearer. Click link here: Myer catalogue page 24

Make your own LEGO Christmas decorations with Powerpig

Do you want to make some LEGO Christmas decorations for your Christmas tree this year?
I have mentioned Powerpig at Gizmodo before. He has some cool designs.

Now he has turned his LEGO design skills to Christmas.

  PDF file with clear instructions showing how to do it can be found here:
 http://web.me.com/chrismcveigh/mintinbox/home/Entries/2010/11/4_Lego_Holiday_Ornament_files/Lego%20Ornament%20Instructions.pdf

LEGO® STAR WARS™: BOMBAD BOUNTY - 5 minutes

Brilliant Lego-based retelling of the original Star Wars films through the eyes of Jar Jar Binks. Click on this link:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPb2lIap6Es&feature=player_embedded

LEGO PriceWatch: Half price 8036 Separatist Shuttle at TRU

Half price 8036 Separatist Shuttle at $32.49 (was $64.99).
Sales starts today 3/11, ends 16 November. See catalogue page 8 - link here: http://catalogues.toysrus.com.au/portal/dynamiccatalogue?CatalogueID=12877010035856&pageview=two

PriceWatch LEGO - Kmart LEGO up to 33% off

4 Nov - 10 Nov


Sea plane 33% off RRP now $12
Police Truck, 33% off RRP now $47
Fire helicopter, 22% off RRP now $47
Lots more - see page 3 of their catalogue.

Click on link here: http://www.kmart.com.au/Catalogue/Catalogue.aspx?CatalogueID=332