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February 2019 – new LEGO sets & promotions

by Thita (admin) on February 1, 2019

While LEGO no longer lists all the upcoming new sets and promotions at the LEGO Store Calendar, there are some promotions and events for the month of February that we already know about. So, let’s take a look at what’s happening this month. 🙂

➡ THE LEGO MOVIE 2 IN THEATRES: The big news this month is that The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part will be in theatres on February 8th! Most LEGO fans have been super excited about this film, and based on the reaction of people who have seen it already via pre-screenings, it is going to be awesome! If you haven’t gotten them already, the sets are available at The LEGO Movie 2 section of the Online LEGO Shop.

➡ THE LEGO MOVIE 2 WELCOME TO APOCALYPSEBURG!: Also related to The LEGO Movie 2, the #70840 LEGO Movie 2 Welcome to Apocalypseburg! set is now available for everyone, not just LEGO VIP members. This massive, 3,178-piece set measures over 20” (52cm) high, 19” (49cm) wide and 12” (33cm) deep, and includes 12 minifigs in a post-apocalyptic setting. You can read and watch a full review of the set here, and purchase it at The LEGO Movie 2 section of the Online LEGO Shop.

➡ FREE LEGO YEAR OF THE PIG: Carried over from last month, the #40186 LEGO Year of the Pig set is still available with purchases of $88 or more. This promotion will run until February 7th, or until supplies last. This cute set comes in a sturdier than usual box with a flip-up lid, and it also includes a money envelope. It follows the size and style of the previous sets celebrating Chinese New Year, like the #40148 LEGO Year of the Sheep from 2015, the #40207 LEGO Year of the Monkey from 2016, the #40234 LEGO Year of the Rooster from 2017, and the #40235 LEGO Year of the Dog from last year. The sets make a very nice and unique collection together. This offer is valid on all orders at official LEGO stores and the Online LEGO Shop.

➡ FREE LEGO DUPLO FARM SET: As we discussed a couple of days ago, LEGO is celebrating the 50th anniversary of LEGO DUPLO. To help you join the fun, LEGO is offering the #30326 LEGO DUPLO Farm set with LEGO DUPLO purchases of $20 or more. This promotion also runs until February 7th. To check out the current selection, visit the LEGO DUPLO section of the Online LEGO Shop.

➡ FREE LEGO MOVIE 2 TRADING CARDS: This is another offer that started last month, and will run until February 24th, or until supplies last. You will get three free #5005794 LEGO Movie 2 Trading Card Packs (of four cards each) with purchases of $40 or more. In addition, if you are a LEGO VIP member, you will also get the #5005777 LEGO Movie 2 Collector Album to store your cards with purchases of $15 or more. We talked about both of these promotional items in detail here. This offer is valid on all orders at official LEGO stores and the Online LEGO Shop.

➡ LEGO SETS ON CLEARANCE SALE: The clearance sale for older LEGO sets continues with over 130 items on sale. This includes several LEGO BrickHeadz sets, large LEGO Star Wars figures and many other LEGO Star Wars sets, LEGO Ninjago spinners and other LEGO Ninjago sets, sets from The LEGO Ninjago Movie and The LEGO Batman Movie, LEGO Minecraft sets, LEGO Friends sets, LEGO Disney sets, and a bunch of other miscellaneous sets. You can find them all at the SALE section of the Online LEGO Shop.

➡ DOUBLE VIP POINTS ON SELECT SETS: It looks like LEGO is continuing to offer two sets per month with Double VIP Points. For the month of February, the two sets are the #70828 LEGO Movie 2 Pop-Up Party Bus and the #10895 LEGO DUPLO Emmet and Lucy’s Visitors from the DUPLO Planet. You can find them both at the Online LEGO Shop.

➡ LEGO VALENTINE’S DAY BUILDING EVENT: If you live near a LEGO store, there is going to be a Valentine’s Day building event on February 12th for adult LEGO fans, where they can build and personalize their own greeting card. Please note that you need to pre-register for the event, which you can do starting today by calling your local LEGO store. There are also a couple of Valentine’s Day sets available; the #40187 LEGO Flower Display, and the #40349 LEGO BrickHeadz Valentine’s Puppy. You can find them both at the Online LEGO Shop.

Besides the promotions mentioned above, it is very likely that there will be other specials later this month, most likely related to the The LEGO Movie 2. Also, remember all the new sets that were released at the beginning of the year, including two new LEGO Architecture sets, new LEGO BrickHeadz sets, all the new LEGO City, LEGO Classic, and LEGO Creator 3-in-1 sets, the LEGO Disney and LEGO Friends sets, several new LEGO Minecraft sets, the LEGO Ninjago Legacy collection, the new LEGO Spider-Man sets, a host of new LEGO Star Wars sets, the LEGO Overwatch collection, a large selection of LEGO Speed Champions sets, and all the new LEGO Technic sets. And there are also special large sets for collectors like the #10264 LEGO Creator Corner Garage, and #70840 LEGO Movie 2 Welcome to Apocalypseburg! You can find all the new sets at the NEW section of the Online LEGO Shop.

Speaking of new sets, this is also the time of the year where new LEGO sets are revealed for the rest of the year through the various toy fairs. The London Toy Fair took place at the end of January, and only the #70839 LEGO Movie 2 Rexcelsior! spaceship and various accessories and storage solutions were on display. The German Toy Fair is still going on, and so far revealed a large number of LEGO sets, but pictures were not allowed (we will talk about these once the event is over). The New York Toy Fair is February 16th-19th, and we will likely see more new sets.

What do you think? Are you planning to get any new sets this month? And are you going to watch The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part when it gets released next week? What new sets do you hope to see through the toy fairs? Feel free to share and discuss in the comment section below! 😉

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AFOL Designer Program second phase begins

by Thita (admin) on January 31, 2019

in Community News

You might remember that back in September of last year, BrickLink.com, the online LEGO marketplace, announced that they are collaborating with the LEGO Group for the AFOL (Adult-Fans-Of-LEGO) Designer Program to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the LEGO brick and the creativity of adult LEGO fans. The program has three phases; 1.) LEGO fans submit their own custom projects from which the LEGO design team selects 20 finalists, 2.) the selected projects are made available for pre-order, 3.) successfully crowdfunded projects get produced as limited-edition sets exclusively available through BrickLink.com. Read more about the details of the program here: AFOL Designer Program by LEGO & BrickLink 🙂

Currently, we are close to beginning the second phase of this initiative, which means that the 20 finalists have been selected by the LEGO design team. Starting on February 1st, you’ll be able to pre-order these projects and help bring some very creative designs to the market in a way never before possible. Projects that reach 100% of their funding goal will move on to the production phase.

Once the pre-order phase is completed, the BrickLink team will be hard at work turning the successfully funded digital creations into real life sets with packaging and instructions. They are working with a packaging company in Los Angeles to produce the boxes. The last phase of the process is going to be shipping the sets to backers. One of the benefits of being an initial backer is that you will get free shipping on all the sets. And, of course, you will also get your hands on the set(s) before anyone else.

Prices and funding goals for the 20 selected projects have not been announced yet, so check back at BrickLink.com in a couple of days when the crowdfunding phase opens (beginning of February). However, we do know that we can pre-order up to 3 of each design. Pre-ordering will end and production begins in March, and shipping will begin in April. You can see more detailed pictures and descriptions about each of the projects at this page at BrickLink.com.

There is also an interesting little contest BrickLink announced on Twitter, called the “Guess the Price Challenge”. Basically, you guess what the final price of one, some, or all of the 20 finalists is going to be, and whoever is closest will win a copy of that set (if successfully crowdfunded). You have until Friday to guess the prices. You can enter the contest here.

The LEGO Group started the AFOL Designer Program with the key priority of celebrating and promoting the creativity and initiatives of adult LEGO fans. Part of the program involves collaborating with others (like BrickLink) to produce unique sets in small quantities. The AFOL Designer Program is currently being tested, and depending on the outcome, the program may be more broadly implemented in the future. Another unique initiative that LEGO started last year is the LEGO FORMA crowdfunding campaign and collaboration with Indiegogo, which we talked about previously (see links at the end of this post).

What do you think? How do you like the AFOL Designer Program projects? Are you planning to support and pre-order any of them? Feel free to share and discuss in the comment section below! 😉

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