Toys R Us’ bankruptcy court hearing was yesterday and they’ve announced that the going out of business sales will being Thursday for the rest of the stores with it running until June or earlier if inventories sell out quicker. Toys R Us says they are working to make the maximum payments they can to the vendors as well as the banks as they are starting to close down more than 700 stores. They are also wanting to stop more than $450 million in payments to suppliers which is a move that will hurt smaller toy companies on their books. According to a report by Reuters, there are more than 50 vendors, including LEGO, that have objected to the liquidation. Obviously LEGO would like to have their products back instead of having it sold at lower prices in order to make payments to the banks. This corresponds to the memo that I...

Last month, I ran The LEGO Batman Movie Minifigure Vignette Building Contest and it’s now time to announce the winners of the contest. I’m sorry about the lateness of choosing the winners but I’ve been dealing with other things the past few weeks. I was pretty lenient on how the builds were judged and there were some really creative ones. Since LEGO accidentally sent me another box of minifigures, I’ll also be choosing a few runner up winners, in no particular order. I’ll be contacting the winners to get their shipping details and whatnot through the platform used. Grand Prize Winner Okay Yaramanoglu – Hugo Strange’s Lab Runner Up Winners Matt Althouse – Rock the House with Black Canary Danielle Vello Richard Pennock – The Killing Joke _yellowhouse ldd_143 Wayne Allen – Wonder Twins Vignette The post The LEGO Batman Movie Minifigure Vignette Building Contest Winners appeared first on The Brick...

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has released the new Cloak and Dagger Level and Character Pack for the LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 video game. The DLC not only lets you play in a brand new level, there are also some new characters to add to the game’s roster including Cloak, Dagger, Mister Negative, Blackout, Shroud, Nightmare, and Silvermane. You can purchase it individually for $2.99 or if you have the Season Pass, you can download now it for free. Set immediately after Cloak and Dagger gain their incredible powers, players must help the two escape their evil captor, his super powered henchman, and work together through a series of puzzles using their unique new abilities. Upon completing the level, new unlockable characters Cloak, Dagger, Mister Negative, Blackout, Shroud, Nightmare, and Silvermane add to the main game’s roster of over 200 Super Heroes and Super Villains. The Cloak & Dagger Character and...

Today in anticipation of Star Wars: Episode VIII: The Last Jedi coming to home media next week, LEGO and Star Wars has released a new video called LEGO Star Wars: The Last Jedi in 2 Minutes which is basically an abridged version of the movie. In the middle of the video, we get to the scene in Snoke’s throne room and we may have gotten a sneak peek at the rumored set coming later this year tentatively called the same thing or The Throne Room Duel (75216). The set may not look exactly the same way but it’s assumed that it’ll look somewhat similar. For the play features of the set, it is said that it has a revolving elevator and another feature that drags Rey to the throne and the minifigures will include Snoke, Rey, Kylo Ren, and a couple of Praetorian Guards. Check out the video below. The post...

For people well immersed in the online LEGO community, Mark Erickson is one of the best and most influential castle builders out there. In recent times, he has branched out into other themes more often and one of such occasions is this apocalyptic roadster. It is not a direct recreation of a vehicle from a Mad Max movie, but the inspiration is all over it. Getting the obvious part out of the way, the huge back wheels are amazing and by far the best part of the build, but there is so much more to see, so here are some more points of interest: the flames bursting from the engine give an incredible sense of movement and the engine itself is very well built. There are some more subtle segments as well, but I feel like they add a lot to bring the build together – the colour choice for the...