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The Toys That Made Us LEGO episode coming!

The Toys That Made Us television series is an eight-episode documentary that focuses on the history of important toy-lines. The first four episodes started airing on Netflix back in December of last year, covering Star Wars, He-Man, Barbie, and G.I. Joe. The next four episodes will be available on Netflix in just a couple of days (May 25th), featuring LEGO, Transformers, Hello Kitty and Star Trek. 🙂

If you are a regular reader here, you might remember that back in February, our contributor, William, shared that he consulted for the LEGO episode of The Toys That Made Us via a series of interviews and correspondence with the producers. You can read about his experiences and insights here: Consulting for The Toys That Made Us Film. Below is a short clip from the LEGO episode of The Toys That Made Us published by the Nerdist, giving us a sneak-peek.

Of course, as LEGO fans, we are most interested in the episode about LEGO, but the other episodes are very interesting too. The first episode about Star Wars covers how both Mattel and Hasbro rejected George Lucas to produce toys for the Star Wars movie. Eventually, Lucasfilm signed with Kenner Products, a small toy company that was later purchased by Hasbro. The second episode is about the history of Barbie, one of the most influential toys in modern history, selling over a billion dolls globally. The third episode discusses the initial success and eventual demise of the Masters of the Universe action figure line by Mattel. And the fourth episode covers the first action figure in toy history and one of the most influential boys’ toys of all time, Hasbro’s G.I. Joe.

If you would like the watch the LEGO episode and other upcoming episodes, they will be available streaming on Netflix on May 25th. Below is the trailer for the four new episodes, featuring the history of LEGO, Transformers, Hello Kitty and Star Trek.

What do you think? Are you looking forward to the LEGO episode of The Toys That Made Us documentary? Have you watched any of the previous episodes? Which toys, besides LEGO, had an impact on your life? Feel free to share and discuss in the comment section below! 😉

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LEGO Nexo Knights Ultimate Mechs Contest

LEGO is running an exciting new contest for teen and adult LEGO fans. This time, the challenge is to build the ultimate LEGO Nexo Knights mech. As usual, the contest is interesting and challenging, and the prizes are amazing. You can find details of the contest below. 🙂

LEGO ULTIMATE MECHS CONTEST – OVERVIEW: Mechs, or large mobile suit of armor, are an important part of the LEGO Nexo Knights series. For this challenge, build the ultimate mech for the LEGO Nexo Knights universe! What does your ultimate LEGO Nexo Knights mech look like? Good guys and bad ones, big mechs and small, we want to see it all! Show us your most amazing, most creative, most wild LEGO Nexo Knights mech for a chance to win!

LEGO ULTIMATE MECHS CONTEST – HOW TO ENTER: Create your ultimate LEGO Nexo Knights mech. Take up to five photos of your entry and submit them to the contest. Use the description field to describe your entry – then hit “submit”. When you receive a “Success!” pop-up notification after clicking “submit” on the entry submission page, your entry has successfully been submitted. The moderation team will review it within 1-3 days (excluding weekends and holidays) to make sure it fits all the contest rules.

LEGO ULTIMATE MECHS CONTEST – RULES: Your mech must fit into the LEGO Nexo Knights world. Entries with military themes will not be eligible for the contest. Entries containing defamatory or degrading elements will not be eligible for the contest. Entries not consist of or contain copies of any other existing third party work or creation or infringements of any third party intellectual property right. This means all entries containing third party IPs, such as printed parts or minifigure accessories from Marvel and DC Super Heroes, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, etc. will not be eligible for the contest. Entries can be previously built, but cannot be submitted previously in any contest of any kind competing for a prize. Each entry must have been made by the user submitting it, submitting entries you did not make yourself could result in your account being removed and all entries being disqualified. Use of LEGO Digital Designer to create your entry is allowed, along with photo editing software or adding effects to your entry. Entries must not contain LEGO elements which have been modified from their original form, including painted or cut elements. Entrants must be at least 13 years of age at the time of entry. You can read the rest of the entry guidelines and rules here.

LEGO ULTIMATE MECHS CONTEST – DEADLINE: You must submit your entry by June 27th, 2018 at 10:00 AM EST. If you are not sure what time zone you are in, you can use an online time-zone converter to make sure you don’t miss the deadline.

LEGO ULTIMATE MECHS CONTEST – JUDGES: A panel of judges from the LEGO Nexo Knights team will select one grand prize winner and two runner up winners. They will judge entries upon: overall coolness and originality – 25%, most inspired details – 25%, relevance to contest theme – 25%, best use of LEGO elements – 25%.

LEGO ULTIMATE MECHS CONTEST – PRIZES: There will be one grand prize winner, who will receive the following: #72001 LEGO Nexo Knights Lance’s Hover Jouster, #72002 LEGO Nexo Knights Twinfector, #72003 LEGO Nexo Knights Berserker Bomber, #72004 LEGO Nexo Knights Tech Wizard Showdown, #72005 LEGO Nexo Knights Aaron’s X-bow, #72006 LEGO Nexo Knights Axl’s Rolling Arsenal, #70357 LEGO Nexo Knights Knighton Castle, plus a $400 USD shopping spree at the Online LEGO Shop, a LEGO Nexo Knights poster signed by a LEGO designer, and a collection of LEGO Nexo Knights merchandise. There will be two runner up winners, who will receive the same collection of LEGO Nexo Knights sets, plus a $100 USD shopping spree at the Online LEGO Shop.

LEGO MECHS CONTEST – WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT: Winners will be contacted on the email address associated with their LEGO ID account after July 11th, 2018 and announced on ReBrick when the winners returned the signed Winner’s Certification Documents. A winner who does not return their Winner’s Certification Document within one week (5 days) of receiving it will be disqualified, and a new winner will be selected.

Contests to build LEGO mechs are always super popular, so I expect the LEGO Nexo Knights Ultimate Mechs Contest to be well received by the LEGO fan community with lots of great entries. Please note that you don’t have to own any LEGO Nexo Knights sets to enter the contest, just build your mech in the style of LEGO Nexo Knights, and you are good to go. For inspiration, you can check out the currently available LEGO Nexo Knights sets (including some awesome mechs) at the LEGO Nexo Knights section of the Online LEGO Shop.

What do you think? How do you like this LEGO mechs contest? Are you planning to enter? Have you built any of the LEGO Nexo Knights mechs and other sets? Feel free to share your thoughts and discuss in the comment section below! 😉

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