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LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens game

by Thita (admin) on February 7, 2016

LEGO video-games are a fun way to expand the LEGO hobby, and are very popular with LEGO fans. Traditionally LEGO releases a video game with pretty much any movie related LEGO theme they carry. So, as expected, LEGO is coming out with a LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens video-game shortly. Below are the details on the new game, as well as the trailer. 🙂

LEGO Star Wars The Force Awakens Video-Game Coming

Here is the official description: “The Force is strong with this one… The No. 1 LEGO videogame franchise triumphantly returns with a fun-filled, humorous journey based on the blockbuster Star Wars film. Play as Rey, Finn, Poe, BB-8, Kylo Ren, Han Solo, and the rest of your favorite characters from the movie!

In LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens, players relive the epic action from the blockbuster film Star Wars: The Force Awakens, retold through the clever and witty LEGO lens. The game will also feature exclusive playable content that bridges the story gap between Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens also introduces Multi-Builds and Blaster Battles to the LEGO videogame universe. With Multi-Builds, use available LEGO bricks to open up new paths, then break them apart and re-build them again to open up another! And another! During Blaster Battles, use your surroundings as cover to stand against the First Order.”

Jamie Eden, Game Director at TT Games posted the following: “A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… TT Games began one of the most epic journeys of all time with the first LEGO Star Wars game in 2005. Now, 11 years later, we’re finally able to reveal that we’ve been working on LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens!

It’s a massive honor to be able to work on a game tied to the incredible Star Wars universe; there are a lot of people at TT Games who hold Star Wars close to their hearts with it being the starting point for the LEGO games — myself included. We’ve covered the Original Trilogy (LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy), Prequel Trilogy (LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game) and The Clone Wars (LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars) in great detail before, but now we get to jump ahead to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which brings a whole host of incredible new locations, characters, droids, and vehicles. Have a look at our awesome announce trailer above… perhaps it might look a bit familiar to you!

LEGO Star Wars The Force Awakens Video-Game Images

One of the most amazing parts of all of this is being able to work with LucasFilm to create new game content with the characters and locations from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, told in a way that only LEGO Star Wars can. Through a strong collaboration with LucasFilm, we’ve been able to create new stories and adventures connecting the Star Wars narrative, both before and tying into the movie. As such huge fans of the franchise, it’s a tremendous honor to have that privilege.

As part of this, we’re pleased to share that PS4 and PS3 players will have access to exclusive downloadable content in the form of a Droid Character Pack and Phantom Limb Level Pack. We can’t go into too much detail right now, but we can’t wait for people to experience the content from the film, as well as new stories in Star Wars: The Force Awakens! Everyone at TT Games is looking forward to revealing more of LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens over the coming months. In the meantime — May the Force be with you!”

LEGO Star Wars The Force Awakens Video-Game Deluxe Edition

Predicting from the trailer, this is going to be another excellent LEGO video-game, and it is always nice to hear the enthusiasm of those who worked on it. The game will be available on June 28th on all major platforms: New Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One.

LEGO Star Wars The Force Awakens Video-Game #30605 Finn Minifigure

The previously revealed #30605 LEGO Star Wars Finn polybag will be included with the deluxe edition of the game (only available for Playstation 4 and Xbox One). Amazon is already running pre-orders for all versions of the game. You can find all the listings here: PRE-ORDER LEGO STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS ON AMAZON

So what do you think? How did you like the LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens video-game trailer? Are you looking forward to this game? Have you been playing any of the previous LEGO Star Wars games? Feel free to share your thoughts and discuss in the comment section below! 😉

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Featured LEGO Ideas project: LEGO factory

by Thita (admin) on February 6, 2016

in Featured LEGO Creations

LEGO fans are often curious about how LEGO bricks are made, and also how LEGO sets are designed. Thus videos about the LEGO factory, and interviews with LEGO designers are always very popular (you can watch many of them on YouTube). I have heard that Danish people are naturally shy and reserved, and thus it doesn’t come easy for them to talk about their own work and products. But the LEGO Company has been getting better at responding to the enthusiasm and curiosity of their fans. They are more open to interviews with their designers, and facilitate more tours at their factories. In fact, the LEGO Inside Tour – which only happens 3-4 times a year – is so popular, that tickets sell out within a few minutes for the entire year. 🙂

Interestingly, there are very few LEGO sets that are related to production of LEGO or the LEGO company. There have been a few micro-scale LEGO factory sets that are given as gifts to LEGO employees. And there is an exclusive LEGO Inside Tour set every year, which usually has to do with the history of LEGO or the LEGO factory, but these sets are very limited and only available to those who participate of the tour. (You can find these very unique sets in the BrickLink Catalog at this page.)

One LEGO fan, Jonas Kovacs, recognized that LEGO fans want a more readily available set that replicates a LEGO factory, so he designed a LEGO Factory Playset, and submitted it to LEGO Ideas. The set is a small version of LEGO’s Headquarters in Billund, Denmark, including its key features. Judging by the votes and comments, it is already getting a lot of interest and support from LEGO fans. Jonas shares the following on his LEGO Ideas page:

There are many videos about the LEGO production process, and many interviews about the LEGO design process, but have you ever wondered about a playable LEGO Factory, where you can play the whole process with your minifigures? You can drive the truck that transports the raw material for the little bricks and upload it to the silos. In the meantime, the LEGO designers in the design-studio make new models that will be produced in the factory. In the factory there is a working moulding machine, “where the magic happens”. It would be so cool to have a set like this, wouldn’t it?

Jonas’ LEGO Factory set includes three rooms: an entrance/reception area, a designers’ office and a factory with a working moulding machine (you can push and pull a little handle on the back of the machine to make the moulded piece move inside). The exterior also comes with accurate details, with a LEGO sign, Danish flag and bicycle-racks at the front, and silos at the back. Jonas said he spent a lot of time researching and looking at pictures of the real factory in Denmark to design this set. Even Tim Courtney, Community Manager at LEGO, commented on the project: “Wow, this is incredible. Every detail is accurate, the sign, yellow bikes, and even the brick cabinets. Good luck!”

Basically with this model you would have a pretty accurate replica of LEGO’s main factory, and instead of being a miniature model, you can also have minifigs inside. I really like this set, and I think it has great potential for achieving the minimum required supporters, and also get the green light from LEGO to be produced as an official LEGO product. What do you think? How do you like this LEGO Ideas project? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comment section below! And if you do like it, you can also support it directly with your vote at the following link. It still has a lot to go to achieve the minimum required 10,000 votes: SUPPORT LEGO FACTORY PLAYSET

And if you haven’t done so already, you can browse the currently available LEGO Ideas sets designed by LEGO fans under the LEGO Ideas section of the Online LEGO Shop.

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