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LEGO Dimensions Wave 6 review & more!

by Thita (admin) on October 13, 2016

Wave 6 of LEGO Dimensions was released at the beginning of the month, introducing a whole range of new characters and gaming experience. There are six sets in LEGO Dimensions Wave 6, and we will look at each of them in detail. The poster below gives a helpful visual guide of the various LEGO Dimensions Fun Packs, Team Packs, Level Packs and Story Packs from each wave, and also reminds you which character came in which wave. So let’s take a look at what we got this time. 🙂

➡ #71242 LEGO DIMENSIONS GHOSTBUSTERS STORY PACK: This is the largest of the LEGO Dimensions Wave 6 sets, including pieces that allows you to rebuild your LEGO Dimensions Toy Pad. And you also get a 3-in-1 Ecto-1, and of course Abby Yates. Also note that all new LEGO Dimensions packs come with translucent yellow Toy Tags to differentiate them from the packs in the first year of the game. Here is the official description: Add more gameplay to your LEGO Dimensions experience with the Ghostbusters Story Pack, featuring Abby Yates. Simply attach the minifigure to her LEGO Toy Tag and place her on the LEGO Toy Pad to bring her to life in the game. Then use her special abilities to solve puzzles and battle enemies. Add the 3-in-1 Ecto-1 to boost your gameplay, rebuild it into the Ectozer and The PerfEcto for upgraded abilities in the game. This set includes a buildable Abby Yates minifigure with her Proton Blaster, a 3-in-1 vehicle, Zhu’s Chinese Restaurant gateway build, six new game levels, and an Adventure World with a Battle Arena. 259 pieces. Price: $49.99 – BUY HERE

➡ #71245 LEGO DIMENSIONS ADVENTURE TIME LEVEL PACK: This is one of the packs LEGO fans have been looking forward the most, as it includes the first Adventure Time characters (see the second Adventure Time pack below). Here is the official description: Enjoy more LEGO Dimensions gameplay with the Adventure Time Level Pack featuring Finn the Human. Simply attach the minifigure to his LEGO Toy Tag and place him on the LEGO Toy Pad to bring him to life in the game. Then use his special abilities to solve puzzles and battle enemies. Add the 3-in-1 Ancient War Elephant and Jakemobile to boost your gameplay, and then rebuild them into the Cosmic Squid and Psychic Submarine or Snail Dude Jake and Hover Jake for upgraded abilities in the game. This set includes a buildable Finn the Human minifigure and his sword, two rebuildable vehicles, a new game level, and an Adventure World with a Battle Arena. 102 pieces. Price: $29.99 – BUY HERE

➡ #71246 LEGO DIMENSIONS ADVENTURE TIME TEAM PACK: This is the second pack from the Adventure Time franchise, with more characters. Here is the official description: Enhance your LEGO Dimensions experience with the Adventure Time Team Pack, featuring Jake the Dog and Lumpy Space Princess. Simply attach the minifigures to their LEGO Toy Tags and place them on the LEGO Toy Pad to bring them to life in the game. Then use their special abilities to solve puzzles and battle enemies. Add the 3-in-1 Lumpy Car and BMO to boost your gameplay, and then rebuild them into the Lumpy Truck and Lumpy Land Whale or DOGMO and SNAKEMO for upgraded abilities in the game. This set includes buildable Jake the Dog and his torch, and Lumpy Space Princess and her mobile phone, two 3-in-1 vehicles, and an Adventure World with a Battle Arena. 96 pieces. Price: $24.99 – BUY HERE

➡ #71247 LEGO DIMENSIONS HARRY POTTER TEAM PACK: While LEGO no longer makes Harry Potter sets, they are still sneaked into LEGO Dimensions. I quite like the little car and train. Here is the official description: Enhance your LEGO Dimensions experience with the Harry Potter Team Pack, featuring Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort. Simply attach the minifigures to their LEGO Toy Tags and place them on the LEGO Toy Pad to bring them to life in the game. Then use their special abilities to solve puzzles and battle enemies. Add the 3-in-1 Hogwarts Express and Enchanted Car to boost your gameplay, and then rebuild them into the Steam Warrior and Soaring Steam Plane or Shark Sub and Monstrous Mouth for upgraded abilities in the game. This set includes buildable Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort and their wands, two 3-in-1 vehicles, and an Adventure World with a Battle Arena. 119 pieces. Price: $24.99 – BUY HERE

➡ #71248 LEGO DIMENSIONS MISSION IMPOSSIBLE LEVEL PACK: This is another highly anticipated pack introducing Mission Impossible to the LEGO Dimensions universe. Here is the official description: Secret agent Ethan Hunt is being framed for the theft of highly classified materials from IMF and needs your help to find the true villain! Infiltrate your way through the American Embassy, CIA Headquarters and more in this thrilling game level. Build Ethan and use his Camera Spectacles for the perfect disguise, and wear the Magno Gloves to sneak your way up walls. When you need a quick escape, hop onto the IMF Scrambler or IMF Sport Car, and then rebuild the vehicles into the ShockCycle and IMF Covert Jet, and the IMF Tank and The IMF-Splorer to access a host of new super-spy abilities. Unlock the exclusive Mission: Impossible Adventure World and Battle Arena. Includes buildable Ethan Hunt minifigure with his Infrared Binoculars and rebuildable 3-in-1 IMF Sport Car and IMF Scrambler. 76 pieces. Price: $29.99 – BUY HERE

➡ #71251 LEGO DIMENSIONS A-TEAM FUN PACK: Fun Packs are the smallest LEGO Dimensions sets, including only one minifigure and a vehicle or other gadget. This pack is a great way to get a very unique minifigure. Here is the official description: Enhance your LEGO Dimensions experience with the A-Team Fun Pack featuring B.A. Baracus. Simply attach the minifigure to his LEGO Toy Tag and place him on the LEGO Toy Pad to bring him to life in the game. Then use his special abilities to solve puzzles and battle enemies. Add the 3-in-1 B.A.’s Van to boost your gameplay, and then rebuild it into the Fool Smasher and The Pain Plane for upgraded abilities in the game. This set includes a buildable B.A. Baracus and his wrench, a 3-in-1 vehicle, and an Adventure World with a Battle Arena. 73 pieces. Price: $11.99 – BUY HERE

In the video-playlist below you can also check out the sets in more detail with the help of JANGBRiCKS. While the main purpose of the LEGO Dimensions Packs is to unlock new levels and features in the game, they are also interesting to minifigure collectors who appreciate the unique characters and gadgets included in the sets.

As you can see, LEGO Dimensions Wave 6 introduces several new franchises, and there will be more to come in LEGO Dimensions Wave 7. The new packs are available at various retailers as well as directly from LEGO: LEGO DIMENSIONS AT THE ONLINE LEGO SHOP

Amazon also got a very helpful dedicated page just for LEGO Dimensions, where you can find all versions of the Starter Pack for different gaming systems, and all the Level Packs, Team Packs and Fun Packs (add-on packs work with all systems). Amazon has many of the packs on sale, so you usually get a better deal, plus you can combine your purchase with non-LEGO items: LEGO DIMENSIONS ON AMAZON

So what do you think? How do you like Wave 6 of the LEGO Dimensions Packs? What do you think of the new franchises and game expansions? Do you play the game, or do you only collect the unique minifigs and accessories? Feel free to share your thoughts and discuss in the comment section below! 😉

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LEGO Ideas Old Fishing Store & more!

by Thita (admin) on October 12, 2016

in Community News

Last week LEGO announced the review results of the projects that reached 10,000 supporters between January and May 2016. There were nine projects in this review period, and the result came to many LEGO fans as a pleasant and unexpected surprise. Below you will find the full announcement as well as some other details, so we can discuss. 🙂

While the projects in this review period were all wonderful with many supporters, still, some had a better chance of being chosen as an official LEGO set than others. Most people expected the Fossil Museum, the Gingerbread House, or Johnny Five to be selected – based on the characteristics of previously released LEGO Ideas sets. The Old Fishing Store had lots of followers as well, however since the model comes with over 2000 elements, even fans were doubtful that it will be the winner. No LEGO Ideas set of this size was released before.

Here is the announcement from LEGO Ideas: Fishing has always been a central point in Robert Bontenbal’s life. This big passion, in combination with his day job as an architectural draughtsman, is what came together to create this beautiful model that is packed with lovely details and play opportunities. Its creative building style represents a unique design expression for LEGO houses that we’re all very excited about. We’re still working out the final product design, pricing and availably for the Old Fishing Store, so check back on LEGO Ideas in 2017 for details.

It is also interesting to note that Robert intended his model to be a series, which is discouraged per LEGO Ideas policy. He writes on his LEGO Ideas page: “My story for this modular building was that the Old Fishing Store is based upon the LEGO Christmas sets that are available. I liked the Christmas sets so I built this one on LEGO Digital Designer (LDD). I really believe that this model could have a lot of genuine interest to fans of Christmas sets. This is the first of a series of modular buildings that I will be making.”

Since the submission of the Old Fishing Store, Robert also uploaded three other projects to LEGO Ideas, one of which already achieved 10,000 supporters, and the others are well on their way: the Boat Repair Shop, the Boat House Diner, and the Dive Shop. He also submitted some suggested add-on structures like a pier, and an alternate snow-covered Old Fishing Store. Robert is clearly an expert LEGO builder with a style that a lot of people really like and can relate to. The models perfectly capture the idyllic scene of a small fishing village in the style of the more detailed and realistic LEGO Modular Buildings Series. I’m curious to see if LEGO would consider adding the other buildings as well and make this into a collectible series – in spite of their current policies.

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Also, remember that there are three upcoming LEGO Ideas sets from previous review periods that should be released fairly soon. The Beatles Yellow Submarine, the Brick-Built Adventure Time Figures, and the Apollo 11 Saturn-V (another unusually large model with over 1,000 pieces).

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Also, the next batch of LEGO Ideas projects is already in review. These are the project that reached 10,000 supporters between May and September of this year. It is an unusually large review period with twelve submissions. Looking forward to seeing what LEGO decides. The results will be shared sometime in early 2017. And of course you can also check out the currently available LEGO Ideas sets originally submitted by LEGO fans at the LEGO Ideas section of the Online LEGO Shop.

So what do you think of review results? Which projects did you vote for? And how do you like the Old Fishing Store? Are you planning to get it when it becomes available? Would you like to see other sets in this style? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comment section below! 😉

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