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LEGO Creator Ferrari F40 available now!

by Thita (admin) on July 15, 2015

The recently announced #10248 LEGO Creator Expert Ferrari F40 is now available for LEGO VIP members. This model is the latest of LEGO Creator Expert vehicles, including the #10220 LEGO Creator Volkswagen T1 Camper Van and the #10242 LEGO Creator MINI Cooper – two other very nice sets specifically for advanced builders. 🙂

You can read the full press-release of the #10248 LEGO Creator Expert Ferrari F40, full of interesting details about both the history of the original vehicle and the LEGO model here: LEGO Ferrari F40 Press-Release & More! I won’t repeat all the information, but I will include the official description and the designer-video again for your convenience.

Build your very own Ferrari F40! Get up close to one of the world’s greatest supercars—the Ferrari F40! This awesome LEGO Creator Expert replica of the iconic sports car with its sleek aerodynamic lines, distinctive rear spoiler and racing-red bodywork is packed with authentic brick-built details, including pop-up headlights, side air intakes and a vented rear hatch that opens to reveal a twin-turbocharged, 90-degree V8 engine! Open the doors and you’ll discover complete authenticity, right down to the crafted cabled door handles, steering wheel with Ferrari logo and 2 red racing seats, while under the hood you’ll find a luggage compartment and tools. A special windscreen element with printed A-pillars and custom-made, molded rim inserts with sturdy, road-gripping tires add the final touches to this intricately designed model, a must-have for all Ferrari fans!

Features an array of brick-built details, including a hinged, vented rear hatch, detailed twin-turbocharged, 90 degree V8 engine with quick release function, opening doors and hood with luggage compartment and tools, pop-up headlights, cabled door handles, windscreen element with printed A-pillars, steering wheel with Ferrari logo, 2 red racing seats and custom-made, molded rim inserts.
Racing-red color scheme!
Build your very own Ferrari F40!
Checkout the awesome brick-built details!
Lift the vented rear hatch to reveal the detailed V8 engine
Open the doors to access the detailed, authentic interior
Take this iconic sports car for a spin!
Ferrari F40 measures over 3” (8cm) high, 10” (27cm) long and 5” (14cm) wide

The #10248 LEGO Creator Expert Ferrari F40 comes with 1158 pieces, and the price is $99.99. A solid set for a good price. The general release is going to be August 1st, but LEGO VIP members get early access starting today. Just make sure you are logged in with your VIP account. You can find the set under the LEGO Creator section of the Online LEGO Shop.

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So what do you think? How do you like the LEGO Ferrari F40? Do you think it is a worthy representation of the original car? Are you planning to add it to your collection? Feel free to share your thoughts and discuss in the comment section below! 😉

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LEGO Star Wars UCS Echo Base – is this it?

by Thita (admin) on July 14, 2015

in LEGO Star Wars

As you may remember from the 2015 LEGO Store Exclusives & Promotions discussion from back in January, we suppose to get a LEGO Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series Hoth Echo Base in October of this year. According to early rumors, the set is going to be massive. After the release of the #76042 LEGO Ultimate Collector Series SHIELD Helicarrier some people even speculated that the set may be using micro-figures instead of regular minifigs to make the base realistically to scale. You might also remember that the short LEGO Star Wars films you can find on the official LEGO Star Wars website are often indicators of what’s coming (see: LEGO Star Wars Videos Hints on the Future). 🙂

In the recently released LEGO Star Wars Mini-Movies: Episode 11 – Battle of Hoth, the entire scene is played out at Echo Base, and while some of the models look familiar like the Snowspeeder, AT-AT and Wampa Cave, other sections like the big entrance doors, the command center, the shield-generator, and the ion-cannon are entirely new. All of this made LEGO Star Wars fans speculate that this might be the setup what we are going to get in the new LEGO Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series Hoth Echo Base. Below is the full episode, so you can see it for yourself:

There was actually an earlier version of this scene in the #7879 LEGO Star Wars Hoth Echo Base set (see below). It was a 773 piece, $90 set released in 2011 – a very nice setup including many of the scenes from the movie. For the new LEGO Star Wars Echo Base to receive Ultimate Collector Series status, it must be at least twice as big in both piece-count and price.

I’m not entirely convinced that what we see in this mini-movie is enough to indicate a Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series set. It seems too small and chopped up – more like a regular large LEGO Star Wars set. At least in my mind an LEGO Ultimate Collector Echo Base would include a complete building, not just a doorway and some big guns here and there. It is possible that this is just a teaser that something Echo Base-related is coming, or it may have no relation to the upcoming set at all. And we may not even get an Echo Base – remember that the 2015 LEGO Store Exclusives & Promotions discussion from January was only a list of rumors – although I might add that so far all of them came true…

What do you think? Do you believe that the mini-movie is featuring the new LEGO Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series Hoth Echo Base? Are there any other indicators you notice in the movie that might confirm that this is the set we are getting? Or do you think that this movie has nothing to do with the upcoming set? Feel free to share your thoughts and discuss in the comment section below! 😉

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