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LEGO Lord of the Rings website new features!

by Thita (admin) on June 4, 2012

If you are a fan of Lord of the Rings, you may be pleasantly surprised that LEGO has updated their Lord of the Rings website with a whole bunch of new features and additions! Check them out below! 🙂

When you go to the LEGO Lord of the Rings website, you will see a map with all of the LEGO Lord of the Rings sets (you can click on any of the pictures to get there). You will be able to select each of the sets on the map to pull up additional information.

You can see cool animated clips, interviews with the designers, a list of the LEGO Lord of the Rings minifigures with their bios, and also a description of what each of the sets are about. Not all of the Lord of the Rings sets have all of these features, but each of them have something interesting.

If you click on the Products tab on top of the page, you will be able to see more images of each of the LEGO Lord of the Rings sets, many of them different than what is on the LEGO Shop website.

Under the Videos tab you will find the LEGO Lord of the Rings TV commertial along with interviews with the designers (same as under the set infos available on the homepage).

And under the Video Game tab there is an introductory video to the upcoming LEGO Lord of the Rings video game. I’m pretty excited for the video game, and I think for the scenes they are using the Lord of the Rings actors’ voices from the movies!

Here are also some pictures of the LEGO Lord of the Rings minifigures for your enjoyment. Aren’t they awesome? 😛

So there, you have it; all the latest on LEGO Lord of the Rings! I would recommend you go to the LEGO Lord of the Rings website to check out all the new features! You may also want to head over to the LEGO Lord of the Rings section here at TBB for more news, videos and discussions. And if you like, you can buy any of the new sets at the Online LEGO Shop.

Also, this is my first article here, and I’m a KFOL (Kid-Fan-of-LEGO) not yet a TFOL (Teen-Fan-of-LEGO). Let me know how you liked my post! I would also love to hear what you think of the new LEGO Lord of the Rings sets. Which is your favorite character? How do you like the new website? Share your thoughts and comments below! 😉

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A LEGO story of humor & crime: The Bureau

by Thita (admin) on June 1, 2012

in Featured LEGO Creations

Remember the LEGO story I shared with you at the beginning of May? (See here: A LEGO Story – Behind the Scenes…) It was the story of farmer Wilf & Emily, told in LEGO vignettes by British LEGO-fan Erik. Well, tomorrow Erik is launching a new LEGO story called “The Bureau”. 🙂

Here is what Erik says about making his new LEGO story:

What a relief! After a lot of work this past weekend I can now confirm that “The Bureau – Going Bananas” is now complete and scheduled for publication. I know now how movie-directors and producers must feel when their movies are finally “in the can” and they can relax a little. I’m sure though that this period of relaxation is only short-lived as the pressure to the movie’s release starts to build up. That is where I’m at now. With the season-premiere this Saturday I’m now beginning to have doubts; “Is it funny enough?”, “Will people enjoy it?”, “Is it too short or too long?”

Judging from the success of Erik’s previous story, I don’t think he has anything to worry about, however I do understand what he means; each time you risk doing something new there is the possibility of success or failure – but that is where the excitement lies! And since writing and making LEGO stories is a fun process already, if other people like it too that is just icing on the ~~brick~~ cake! 😛

Going back to “The Bureau”, here is the introduction from Erik:

“The Bureau – Going Bananas” is a police-based story featuring two Bureau special agents; Agent Elvis Hoover and Agent Stanley Morgan. Agent Hoover is a new recruit to the Bureau only graduated after his grandfather, the Bureau’s founder pulled a few strings. Elvis is accident-prone and wherever he is, disaster isn’t usually far behind. The Bureau Captain, Captain Jackson, has partnered Elvis with Agent Stanley Morgan. Agent Morgan is a Bureau-veteran who has been there 35 years. Hopefully Agent Morgan will be able to keep young Elvis under control.

The Bureau is a department of highly trained agents stationed in the cities’ Police Precincts. All these agents are trained in the use of special weapons and tactics, and each one of them is a one-man-war on terror. Their remit is to deal with crime too dangerous for normal police officers. We’ll follow these agents as they battle crime and protect the public, making the streets safer for civilians like you and I…

If you would like to check out Erik’s new LEGO story, head over to BrickStories.co.uk – The Bureau. Remember; the premiere is tomorrow, the 2nd of June (UK time), so you will need to wait a little. 🙄

Erik always appreciates feedback, so please let him know what you think, either in the comment section below or over at his website. Getting input helps Erik to improve and refine his stories, so your opinion greatly valued and will be put to good use! 😉

You may also want to head over to the Featured LEGO Creations section to read what other creative LEGO artists have produced:

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