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A LEGO House Dream Contest for brickfilmers!

by on October 3, 2017
in Community News

Back in February, we talked about the LEGO House, a new tourist attraction in Billund, Denmark, that combines a LEGO store, fun and educational experiences, restaurants, and more. The LEGO House is now open, and based on the reviews by LEGO fans who already checked it out, it is awesome, and definitely worth a visit. 🙂

You can read our previous discussion on the LEGO House here: The LEGO House Opening Soon & New Website! And you can also visit the LEGO House website directly at LEGOHouse.com. If you don’t live near the LEGO House, but would like to visit, LEGO is running a contest with the prize being an invitation to LEGO House in the spring of next year. Details below.

➡ LEGO HOUSE DREAM CONTEST – OVERVIEW: The newly opened LEGO House in Billund, Denmark, is a creative experience unlike anything else. Imagine you got to visit– what would it be like? What would you expect to see? What would you expect do? Show your idea of a day at the LEGO House in a fun stop-motion video, and your dream could become a reality!

➡ LEGO HOUSE DREAM CONTEST – HOW TO ENTER: Create your brickfilm according to the rules (see below). Please note that only original audio is allowed. Upload your video to a video hosting site of your choice and copy the URL to your video in the URL field on the entry page on LEGO’s ReBrick website. Take up to five screenshots from your video and upload them on the entry page. Use the description field to share a bit about your video and where your video’s music or sound came from – then hit submit. When you receive a “Success!” pop-up notification after clicking “submit”, your entry has successfully been submitted. The ReBrick moderation team will review it within 1-3 working days to make sure it fits all the contest rules.

➡ LEGO HOUSE DREAM CONTEST – RULES: Your brick film can be minimum 15 seconds and maximum 30 seconds. Entries can only contain original audio made by the participant – no copyrighted or even free sound audio is allowed under any circumstances. Please make sure your video is in .MOV, .AVI, .MPEG, MP4, or WMV. You are allowed to use support material like clay and rubber bands. Entries with military themes will not be eligible for the contest. Digitally-made entries are allowed in this contest, along with special effects. Entries containing defamatory or degrading elements will not be eligible for the contest. Entries consisting of or containing copies of any existing third party work or creation or infringements of any third party intellectual property right will not be eligible for the contest. Brickfilms should not contain any third party IPs. This means brickfilms containing licensed characters from Marvel and DC super heroes, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter etc. will not be eligible for the contest. Only original characters or LEGO created IPs, such as LEGO Friends, LEGO NEXO Knights, and LEGO Elves, are allowed. 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 HOUSE DREAM CONTEST – DEADLINE: You must submit your entry by November 10th, 2017 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 HOUSE DREAM CONTEST – JUDGES: A panel of judges from the LEGO House team and guest judge Carlos Rui Ribeiro will select one grand prize winner and two runner ups. They will judge entries upon: use of LEGO humor in your brickfilm – 25%, relevance to contest theme – 25%, best use of LEGO elements – 25%, coolness and originality of your story – 25%.

➡ LEGO HOUSE DREAM CONTEST – PRIZES: There will be one grand prize winner, who will receive the following: Transportation and lodging for two to Billund, Denmark, with tickets to the LEGO House, and the #21037 The LEGO House set signed by the designer. There will be two runner up winners, who will receive: the #21037 The LEGO House set signed by the designer.

➡ LEGO HOUSE DREAM CONTEST – ANNOUNCING WINNERS: Winners will be contacted on the email address associated with their LEGO ID account after November 17th, 2017 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.

This contest is perfect for brickfilmers! And the prize is amazing! So, if you like to build with LEGO, and also have some brickfilming skills, this is your chance to show off your talent. And, if you are new to brickfilming, I highly recommend checking out The LEGO Animation Book – Make Your Own LEGO Movies! by long-time brickfilmers David Pagano and David Picket we talked about before (see: The LEGO Animation Book Review & Thoughts).

What do you think? How do you like the LEGO House Dream contest? Are you planning to enter? Do you have some ideas already? Feel free to share and discuss in the comment section below! 😉

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October 2017 – new LEGO sets & promotions

by on October 1, 2017
in LEGO Sales & Deals

The month of October is starting with a big disappointment for LEGO Star Wars fans; the #75192 LEGO Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series Millennium Falcon is not going to be available for quite a while. The set sold out within minutes after LEGO VIP members had early access to it two weeks ago, and LEGO simply could not keep up with production. Below, we will talk about the future availability of the set in more detail, as well as all the other new sets and promotions this month. 🙂

➡ FREE EXCLUSIVE LLOYD MINIFIGURE: The promotion to receive a free #30609 LEGO Ninjago Movie Lloyd Minifigure with purchases of $50 or more (see first picture above) is continuing from last month until October 8th, and is valid on all purchases not just on sets related to The LEGO Ninjago Movie. However I highly recommend the The LEGO Ninjago Movie sets, because they are awesome and cheap! You can find them under The LEGO Ninjago Movie section of the Online LEGO Shop.

➡ FREE LEGO FRIENDS KEEPSAKE BOX: During the entire month of October, you will get a free #40266 LEGO Friends Keepsake Box with all LEGO Friends purchases of $25 or more. There are several really nice new LEGO Friends sets, including the LEGO Friends Snow Resort collection with five sets, and the #41325 LEGO Friends Heartlake City Playground, which is based on the model of an 8-year-old girl named Sienna who won a LEGO Friends building competition (details here: LEGO Friends Heartlake City Playground). You can find all the new sets under the LEGO Friends section of the Online LEGO Shop.

➡ LEGO VIP EXCLUSIVE SET: October 10-25 LEGO VIP members will receive the #40178 LEGO Exclusive VIP Set with purchases of $125 or more. This is one of the most unique gifts for LEGO VIP members ever released. It includes a brick-built LEGO VIP card, a small LEGO store with a Pick-A-Brick Wall, and the famous Brickley sea monster prominent in front of many LEGO stores and LEGOLAND parks. If you are saving up for a larger purchase, I recommend you wait until this set is available at official LEGO stores and the Online LEGO Shop.

➡ DOUBLE VIP POINTS ON ALL PURCHASES: The same time as the availability of the LEGO Exclusive VIP Set (October 10-25), LEGO VIP members will also enjoy Double VIP Points on all of their purchases. Double VIP Points only come up a few times a year, so don’t miss out on this opportunity at official LEGO stores and the Online LEGO Shop.

➡ LEGO WINTER VILLAGE STATION: The #10259 LEGO Winter Village Station is now available to the general public, not just LEGO VIP members. You can find the press-release and designer-video here). This is the latest in the LEGO Winter Village series, and a perfect addition to the #10254 LEGO Winter Village Holiday Train from last year. You can find both sets under the LEGO Creator section of the Online LEGO Shop.

➡ LEGO STAR WARS UCS MILLENNIUM FALCON: As I mentioned at the beginning the immense popularity of the #75192 LEGO Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series Millennium Falcon caught LEGO completely by surprise. The set sold out within minutes after it became available to LEGO VIP members in mid-September, and LEGO simply can’t keep up with the demand. They are slowly releasing new batches as they are able to make them, and fulfilling orders on a first-come-first-serve basis. Initially, the plan was to make the set available to LEGO VIP members starting in mid-September, followed by a general release on October 1st. However due to the shortage of stock, LEGO is extending the VIP members-only period through October, which means the general public won’t be able to get the set for quite a while. But LEGO is working on it, and they sent out the following email to those who were trying to purchase the set (read below picture).

As you may know, the new #75192 LEGO Star Wars Millennium Falcon, our largest LEGO set ever, went on sale exclusively to VIP members on September 14. We are very excited that we received such a positive response from fans like yourself, it exceeded all of our expectations! Unfortunately, that also means the first batch has already sold out.

The good news is we are making more as quickly as possible and expect to have very limited quantities available for the remainder of 2017. We have extended the VIP-only access period, which means the new inventory will remain exclusive to VIPs at least through November.

To make your wait a little easier, you can now sign up to receive back-in-stock notifications. Simply confirm your interest below and we’ll email you when a new batch of the #75192 LEGO Star Wars Millennium Falcon is available at the Online LEGO Shop.

If you’d rather make your purchase at your favorite LEGO Brand Retail store, please call or visit your local store starting Friday 9/29 and ask a Brick Specialist to add you to the wait list. (Please note, stock will be in very limited supply and each batch will likely sell out quickly. Signing up for notifications does not guarantee availability of the product.)

➡ LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE BRICKHEADZ: While these sets became available towards the end of September, I thought to mention them here, as their release was kind of quiet, and you may not be aware of them. Two new sets were added to the LEGO BrickHeadz collection, both related to The LEGO Ninjago Movie. The #41487 LEGO BrickHeadz Lloyd and the #41488 LEGO BrickHeadz Master Wu. At least in my opinion, Lloyd is one of the best BrickHeadz released so far, but I’m partial to Ninjago. You can find both new characters at the LEGO BrickHeadz section of the Online LEGO Shop.

➡ LEGO BRICK STORAGE DRAWERS: You might remember that back in July we talked about a new type of LEGO brick-shaped storage solution by Room Copenhagen, the makers of many of the official LEGO storage and display products (see: LEGO Brick Storage Drawers & More!). The original LEGO storage bricks have been very popular for many years, but they come with a lift-off lid, which is not practical if you want to stack them. Recently, Room Copenhagen released a new version of the storage bricks with drawers. This makes them an excellent, very practical and very versatile storage-solution with a fully modular and stackable design. The new storage brick drawers are available in 2×2 and 2×4 stud configuration, and in four colors; yellow, red, blue and green. Other colors we talked about in the article linked above will be available later (I think the other colors are already stocked in Europe and the UK). In the US, three stores carry the storage brick drawers both online and in stores; Staples (yellow, red, blue), The Container Store (red, blue, green), and LEGO directly (yellow, red, blue). The price at The Container Store is the highest, but they are the only ones who currently carry the green drawers. The drawers are not cheap (around $25 for the 2×2, and $35 for the 2×4), but they can hold quite a bit of loose elements. I will review them shortly, as I already have several. If you want to shop directly from LEGO, they are available under the storage section of the Online LEGO Shop.

With all the drama surrounding the #21309 LEGO Ideas NASA Apollo Saturn V (which is still out of stock) and the #75192 LEGO Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series Millennium Falcon, it is sometimes hard to remember all the other great sets that were released recently. This includes the new LEGO Star Wars: The Last Jedi sets, the #21310 LEGO Ideas Old Fishing Store, LEGO Juniors sets, LEGO Disney sets, LEGO Friends Snow Resort sets (and more), LEGO Minecraft sets, LEGO Nexo Knights sets, LEGO Super Heroes sets (both for DC and Marvel fans), LEGO Super Hero Girls sets, The LEGO Ninjago Movie collection, all the new LEGO Technic sets, the LEGO BOOST Creative Toolbox, the LEGO Creator London Bus, and more. And before you check out, I also recommend taking a look at the sales and deals section of the Online LEGO Shop to see what’s on clearance.

All in all, this is a great month to catch up on both old and new sets you have been saving up for, especially during the Double VIP Points period. Also, don’t forget about the seasonal sets like the #40260 LEGO Holiday Haunt, featuring a spooky and fun Halloween scene, and the LEGO City, LEGO Friends, and LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendars.

What do you think? Are you planning to get any new sets this month?
Or did you get some of them already? Feel free to share your thoughts and own reviews in the comment section below! 😉

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