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Recently, NASA's Hubble Telescope set its gaze upon the planetary nebula PK 329-02.2, AKA Menzel 2. Here's the image Hubble sent back to Earth. Looks familiar, huh?
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The First Architecture set for 2013 will be: 21017 Imperial Hotel Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright from 1916-1922, the Imperial Hotel of Tokyo, Japan was commissioned to bridge the divide between the Western and Eastern worlds. This modern masterpiece exemplifies Frank Lloyd Wright's imagination and genius, designed in the shape of it’s own monogram logo and strong enough to withstand Japan’s frequent and devastating earthquakes. Today, the main entrance and lobby are all that remains of this icon, displayed in the Meiji Museum in Nogoya, Japan. This highly detailed LEGO® model, co-developed and designed by LEGO architects, captures all of the distinctive features that made the Imperial Hotel an architectural landmark for generations. The assembled Imperial Hotel model stands over 11" (28cm) wide on a base with printed name label. Set includes a booklet with facts about the building, its construction and its history. • Replica of real-world architectural landmark • Booklet included with details on design and history (English language only) • Explore advanced building techniques • Collect all of the LEGO® Architecture series models • Measures over 4" (10cm) tall, 11" (28cm) wide and 9" (24cm) deep Pictures link to HR images 2500+ .pxl! 1188 pcs. and range in the $90-$100 I can only think this will be Frank Lloyd Wright hotel in Tokyo which has been sadly demolished! 21015 The Leaning Tower of Pisa (From TLG official website) March 15th. 2013 The Leaning Tower of Pisa (Torre pendente di Pisa) took almost 200 years to complete and has stood beside the Cathedral of Pisa for over 600 years. Thanks to its famous tilt, it has become one of the world's most recognizable architectural landmarks. The story behind the bell tower spans over 800 years of European history and provides a fascinating glimpse into a miracle of medieval engineering. While the Tower of Pisa is most known for ”leaning”, it would still be a remarkable architectural structure without this famous feature. Constructed at a time when there was very little building of this kind being carried out in Europe, the intelligent use of columns and arches demonstrates an in-depth understanding of weight and load characteristics that was way ahead of its time. What the architect overlooked however, was the clay-based soil and the need for a foundation capable of supporting a bell tower that would eventually weigh 16.000 tons (14.500 metric tons). The eight-story tower was built with limestone and lime mortar, with an exterior covering of marble. Interestingly, the limestone is probably why the tower has not cracked and collapsed – the rock is flexible enough to withstand the pressures placed on it by the tilt. The bottom story of the tower is an arcade of 15 closed marble arches. Each of the following six stories contains 30 arches, while the final story, or bell-chamber, has 16 arches. Facts Location .....................................................................................................Pisa, Italy Architect .....................................................................................................Various Date ............................................................................................................Started 1173 – Completed 1399 Construction type .....................................................................................Bell Tower Architectural style .....................................................................................Romanesque Tower/Gothic Bell Chamber Materials ....................................................................................................Limestone, Lime mortar, Marble exterior Height .........................................................................................................8 stories, 185 ft. (56.4 m) Diameter of base ......................................................................................50 ft. 9.6 in. (15.484 m) Weight ........................................................................................................16,000 tons (14,500 metric tons) Angle of tilt .................................................................................................3.97 degrees 12 ft. 10 in. (3.9 m) from vertical Designing the Model As an Architectural Artist, my desire is to capture the essence of a particular architectural landmark into its pure sculptural form. I first and foremost do not view my models as literal replicas, but rather my own artistic interpretations through the use of LEGO® bricks as a medium. In an attempt to appeal to the vast admirers of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, our specific aim was to ensure that it could be both afforded and constructed by anyone looking to enjoy displaying a miniature Pisa they can call their own. To do so, I needed to adhere to a minimal element/part pallet, which would affect the model’s scale, level of detail and construction techniques while maintaining structural integrity.' Adam Reed Tucker 21018 United Nations Headquarters Not much info on this yet! but........ HR images added 21.06.2013 Enjoy! :classic:
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I could take a look in the retailers catalogue and I could tell about this. Moderators, feel free to change or remove this post if not acceptable. For young builders is the line from creator with one or two minifigs and some easy buildings. 10655 Monster trucks Pieces: 197 Price: USD 19.99 Brickset 10656 My First LEGO Princess Pieces: 88 Price: USD 9.99 Brickset 10657 My First LEGO Set (construction theme) Pieces: 148 Price: USD 14.99 Brickset 10659 Blue Suitcase Pieces: 146 Price: USD 24.99 Brickset 10660 Pink suitcase Pieces: 151 Price: USD 24.99 Brickset 10661 My First LEGO Fire Station Pieces: 90 Price: USD 9.99 Brickset 10662 Creative Bucket Pieces: 607 Price: USD 29.99 Brickset 10663 Creative Chest Pieces: ?? Price: ?? Brickset 10664 Creative Tower Pieces: ?? Price: ?? Brickset
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CREATOR 2013 News 31000 Mini Speeder Pieces: 65 Price: USD 6.99 Brickset 31001 Mini Skyflyer Pieces: 62 Price: USD 6.99 Brickset 31002 Super Racer Pieces: 121 Price: USD 14.99 Brickset 31003 Red Rotors Pieces: 145 Price: USD 14.99 Brickset 31004 Fierce Flyer Pieces: 166 Price: USD 14.99 Brickset 31005 Construction Hauler Pieces: 256 Price: USD 17.99 Brickset 31006 Highway Speedster Pieces: 286 Price: USD 24.99 Brickset 31007 Power Mech Pieces: 223 Price: USD 19.99 Brickset 31008 Thunder Wings Pieces: 235 Price: USD 19.99 Brickset 31009 Red House Pieces: 271 Price: USD 24.99 Brickset 31010 Tree house Picture courtesy 'Fedro Photo's' on flickr. Thanks to Just2Good Pieces: 356 Price: $29.99 Available: August 31011 Flying Adventures Picture courtesy Brickset. Pieces: 618 Price: USD 59.99 Release: August 31012 Family House Picture courtesy Brickset. Thanks to sgeureka. Pieces: Price: 10250 Chinese Year of the Snake Pieces: Price: Original Post: I looked in the retailers catalogue and I could tell something Moderators, feel free to change or remove this post if it is not acceptable. 2 little sets 31002 Race car, with mostly yellow pieces 31003 Helicopter with mostly red pieces 31004 Eagle, with mostly brown pieces 31005 Sattelschlepper?, German word I not can translate 31006 Sportcar, mostly white pieces 31007 Robot, mostly green pieces 31008 Powerjet, mostly bleu pieces 31009 Red little house with dark blue roof pieces, male minifig and another barbecue
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The LEGO Movie 2014 Sets Last Update 1 Jan 2014 70800 Getaway Glider Parts: 104 Price: GB £11.99 | US $12.99 70801 Melting Room Parts: 122 Price: GB £11.99 | US $12.99 70802 Bad Cop's Pursuit Parts: 314 Price: GB £24.99 | US $29.99 70803 Cloud Cuckoo Palace Parts: 197 Price: GB £17.99 | US $19.99 70804 Ice Cream Machine Parts: 344 Price: GB £24.99 | US $29.99 70805 Trash Chomper Parts: 389 Price: GB £24.99 | US $29.99 70806 Castle Cavalry Parts: 424 Price: GB £24.99 | US $29.99 70807 Metalbeard's Duel Parts: 412 Price: GB £29.99 | US $32.99 70808 Super Cycle Chase Parts: 514 Price: GB £44.99 | US $49.99 70809 Lord Business' Evil Lair Parts: 738 Price: GB £59.99 | US $69.99 Does that apostrophe annoy you as much as it does me? 70810 Metalbeard's Sea Cow Parts: 2741 Price: GB £xx | US $xx 70811 The Flying Flusher Parts: 351 Price: GB £24.99 | US $29.99 70812 Creative Ambush Parts: 473 Price: GB £34.99 | US $39.99 70813 Rescue Reinforcements Parts: 859 Price: GB £59.99 | US $69.99 70814 Emmet's Construction Mech* Parts: xxx Price: GB £xx | US $xx 70815 Police Dropship* Parts: xxx Price: GB £xx | US $xx 70816 Benny's Spaceship* Parts: xxx Price: GB £xx | US $xx * Pictures thanks to flickr member tormentalous [img][/img] [size=5][b]70800[/b][/size] Parts: [b]xxx[/b] Price: [b]GB £ | US $[/b] Original post follows http://www.fbtb.net/...go-merchandise/ "Additionally, the company’s line of collectible LEGO Minifigures will receive its first Hollywood makeover with a series inspired by “THE LEGO MOVIE” cast of 16 new and “new-again” LEGO characters." This is incredible, seems like TLC is making 16 minifigures out of the movie... So this means Panda Guy, Abe Lincoln, the Mermaid can fit THIS category. More: when they say new-again... are we getting the space guy again? I am totally excited! Ops I were so excited that I added a "e" to the topic! :D
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CREATOR 2014 Last update 1 Jan 2014 31013 Red Thunder Parts: 66 Price: $4.99 31014 Power Digger Parts: 64 Price: $4.99 31015 Emerald Express Parts: 56 Price: $4.99 31017 Sunset Speeder Parts: 119 Price: $12.99 31018 Highway Cruiser Parts: 129 Price: $12.99 31019 Forest Animals Parts: 272 Price: $19.99 31020 Twinblade Adventures Parts: 216 Price: $17.99 31021 Furry Creatures Parts: 285 Price: $19.99 31022 Turbo Quad Parts: 186 Price: $24.99 >no image yet< 31023 Yellow Racecar* Parts: 328 Price: $29.99** >no image yet< 31024 Thunder Force* Parts: 374 Price: $29.99** 31025 Mountain Hut Parts: 550 Price: $39.99 >no image yet< 31026 Bicycle Shop and Cafe Parts: 1023 Price: $69.99** Information and pictures via Brickset unless otherwise specified * Information from legomarkabolt.hu - thanks just2good for the link ** Very approximate price Original post Brickset has listed two new Creator sets. As 'xtremegoogler' says in the 2013 topic... (Never quote pictures, kids. This was just under special circumstances. ) And, in fact, Brickset does list them as 2014 Creator sets. So, this calls for a 2014 Creator topic. Personally, I'm curios if LEGO is going to stop doing the "3 in 1" models. These two seem to have two separate models, not made from the same pieces as each other. Maybe Creator set "2 pack" builds? Either way, though we don't have pictures for any Creator House set yet, I'm sure we'll be getting some in 2014. Strangely enough, we have not gotten a Creator 2014 rumor list yet. UPDATE: 8/21/2013
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70810 MetalBeard’s Sea Cow The LEGO Group press release follows Ages 14+ 2,741 Pieces US $249.99 - CA $299.99 - DE 249.99€ - UK £169.99 - DK 2,199.00 DKK *Euro pricing varies by country. Please visit shop.LEGO.com for regional pricing. Help our heroes escape the Micro Managers on MetalBeard’s Sea Cow! Shiver me timbers, the Micro Managers are approaching our heroes and MetalBeard aboard his wacky Sea Cow ship. Climb the mast to keep a look-out. Fire the powerful shooting cannons from the side of the ship to repel the Micro Managers. And watch out – one has flick missiles and the other can shoot a net! Raise the anchors, spin the rear propellers and steer the ship to safety with the mini version of MetalBeard at the wheel. Includes 4 minifigures: Benny, Emmet, Vitruvius and Wyldstyle, and 2 figures: MetalBeard and QueasyKitty. Battle 2 Micro Managers with The LEGO® Movie MetalBeard’s Sea Cow with mini version of MetalBeard, 4 minifigures and cow with wings! • Includes 4 minifigures: Benny, Emmet, Vitruvius and Wyldstyle, and 2 figures: MetalBeard and QueasyKitty • MetalBeard’s Sea Cow features chimney, 2 anchors, 4 back propellers, 2 huge side turbines, lanterns, 2 gold keys, 2 bottles, bottle with printed ship, box with 4 black coals, hammer, wrench, shovel, gold crowbar and a barrel with 2 rammers. Plus cannon and ammunition deck with 6 cannons and 2 boxes with cannon ammunition (12 pieces), and boiler room with 2 flint guns, 2 flint pistols and 2 swords. Also features captain’s room with treasure chest containing 6 gold coins, 2 red jewels and 2 green jewels, 2 blueprints, 2 maps, globe, sextant, ink vial and quill, and a portrait of MetalBeard • Also includes a cow with wings! • The large Micro Manager features fold-up wings with hidden flick missiles, 2 claws and fold-down satellite dish • The small Micro Manager features a net shooter • Weapons include 2 flint guns, 2 flint pistols and 2 swords • Steer the ship with the mini MetalBeard with sword and treasure chest • Fire the cannons on both sides of the ship to fend off attackers • Take off the funnel to access the cannon and ammunition deck • Open the top to access the captain’s cabin and check out the maps, treasure chest, MetalBeard portrait and more! • Open the doors to the boiler room to access the weapons • Turn the exhaust to raise and lower the anchors • Rotate the giant side turbines • Place a minifigure on the fore mast to operate the mounted guns • Keep a look-out from the crow’s nest • Get the fire going below the huge funnel • Make the rear propellers spin and speed away • Watch The LEGO® Movie to see all your favorite characters in action • MetalBeard’s Sea Cow measures over 22” (58cm) high, 24” (61cm) long and 7” (19cm) wide • The Micro Manager (large) measures over 3” (9cm) high, 4” (12cm) long and 4” (12cm) wide • The Micro Manager (small) measures over 1” (5cm) high, 2” (6cm) long and 1” (5cm) wide • Mini MetalBeard measures over 4” (11cm) high, 5” (13cm) deep, and 5” (13cm) wide • Double-decker couch measures over 3” (8cm) high, 3” (10cm) wide and less than 1” (2cm) long Available for sale directly through LEGO® beginning March 2014 via shop.LEGO.com, LEGO® Stores or via phone: US Contact Center 1-800-453-4652 CA (English) Contact Center 1-800-453-4652 CA (French) Contact Center 1-877-518-5346 European Contact Center 00-800-5346-1111 LEGO, the LEGO logo and the Minifigure are trademarks of the LEGO Group. ©2014 The LEGO Group. All rights reserved. Pictures All pictures are clickable for larger images. I've posted everything TLG sent except some 1x1 round bricks and flick-fires. For the box images, some are North American and some European/Asian Box Set Features Figures Benny Emmet WyldStyle/Lucy Vitruvius UniQueasyKitty Metalbeard Other Stuff Double-decker couch Micromanager Large Micromanager Small A Net ?
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I just saw this article today. (link at the end of the post) Somebody made new astronaut minifigs got them brought to the ISS. Not the first time LEGO have been in space, but still pretty cool nonetheless. http://toybox.io9.co...307/ rtgonzalez
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My local legoshop let me see in the catalogue. Moderators: Feel free to change this post. 50003 Batman Picture from LEGO cache - thanks to GRogall 257 pieces, age 6+, 2-4 players, 15-25 minutes, $29.99 US, August Info thanks to Artanis I 50004 Storymixer For a short video, and to discuss what appears to be a new LEGO game concept, go here. age 7+, 3-5 players, 20-30 minutes (no other info known) Info thanks to Artanis I 50006 Legends of Chima Picture from LEGO cache - thanks to GRogall (A Tribal Battle Game To Collect Chi): 211 pieces, age 7+, 2-3 players, 10-20 minutes, $19.99 US, August Info thanks to Artanis I 50011 Lord of the Rings: Battle of Helmsdeep Picture from LEGO cache - thanks to GRogall The Battle Of Helm's (Deep): 338 pieces, age 8+, 2/4 players, 15-35 minutes, $29.99 US, August (FBTB has $34.99 as the price in their set, but the card in the image states $29.99) Info thanks to Artanis I The last one looks much like a heroica game. edit: coming in august.
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LEGO Juniors Set News and Discussion 10665 Spider-Man: Spider-Car Pursuit 10666 Digger r 10667 Construction e 10668 Princess Play Castle s 10672 Batman: Defend the Batcave 10673 Race Car Rally i 10675 Police – The Big Escape Original post:
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Hello everybody! I just found this video of the new Lego game 50004 Story Mixer, revealed at the Nürnberg Toy Fair. For everyone who does not know German: He says that where the arrow points at, one of the small models has to be put. That model has to be described with 2 words. The dragon for example, can be called 'Flaming dragon'. The player also has to tell a story about that scene or being. Then its the next players turn. He puts another model at the place the arrow points at and describes it with 2 words and a story, too. But here is the twist, the second player has to incorporate the 'flaming dragon' in some way. The presenter does not specify if the player has to tell the story of the dragon again, too. When the player uses the wrong word, for example says 'red dragon' instead of 'flaming dragon' his model is put back and its the next players turn. This is all the information we get. I assume this goes on and is supposed to get harder and harder to memorize. The goal may be to be the last one standing. There seem to be many small models and many 4x4 plates. What do you think of it?
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LEGO Architecture 2014 Set News Picture courtesy Promo Bricks. Thanks Herky for the news. 21020 Trevi Fountain Price: ?? Parts: ?? Original Post Follows Have been following the 2013 thread and figured we needed a 2014 thread to go along with the others...from what I keep hearing the Marina Bay Sands and Eiffel Tower will be out, but have not seen or heard a date on those two. Not sure if there are other rumored sets yet or not...would love to see what others have heard.
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Picture Link A toyshop that closed down in 2009 has been discovered to have a trove of vintage toys I linked in what is the best picture to me (Jaw off the floor, mop up the drool ) though this is worth a look by Star Wars fans and any toy collector. (Linked as it was a huuuge photo) It makes you wonder what is hidden behind the boarded windows of any closed down shop. Now to keep an eye out for the auction listings to maybe get a web bid in...
