Impossible Astronaut Day
Do you have Tally Marks on your body?
Did you see the Silence?
Tally Marks stars Amy Pond and the Silence from Doctor Who Character Building series 2 & 3.
Yoda Chronicles Build At TRU May 4th
I was at Toys r US today, They had a poster for a Yoda Chronicles build on Saturday May the fourth from noon till 2. It’s a black mini star fighter. See if your store has a sign in the LEGO aisle. Not sure of the qualifications to get it. I’m guessing the regular TRU rules apply.
*Event intended for children, ages 5-up. Parental supervision required at all times. All giveaways and event materials available while supplies last and distributed to participating children only. Limit one per child. Quantities limited; no rain checks.
Superman Day part IV
Superman 1st appeared in Action Comics #1 on April 18 1938. Which means the Man of Steel is 75 today. I’ll join the celebration by posting pics of some of my Superman toys throughout the day.
Happy Superman Day!
LEGO Superman from Superman vs. Power Armor Lex set 6862
Superman’s™ arch enemy Lex Luthor has built a kryptonite-powered robot and has captured Wonder Woman. Can Superman™ dodge the strength-sapping power of Luthor’s kryptonite gun and make light work of his evil nemesis! Includes 3 minifigures: Superman™, Wonder Woman and Lex Luthor.
Superman Day part III
Superman 1st appeared in Action Comics #1 on April 18 1938. Which means the Man of Steel is 75 today. I’ll join the celebration by posting pics of some of my Superman toys throughout the day.
Happy Superman Day!
From Sonic Wacky Packs 2012 Justice League Tots. Last year sonic had Justice League Tots in their kids meals. Here are Superman and Clark Kent. I also have the Flash and Plastic Man tots.
Full collection image from sonic.
Superman Day part II
Superman 1st appeared in Action Comics #1 on April 18 1938. Which means the Man of Steel is 75 today. This June Superman returns to theaters in The Man Of Steel. I’ll join the celebration by posting pics of some of my Superman toys throughout the day. As I stated earlier Hardee’s and Carl Jr’s will have Superman toys. The toys won’t be available for a few more days but here are some older Superman kids meal toys.
From McDonald’s Happy Meals in 1991 Looney Toon Characters as DC Comics Superheroes.
Bugs Bunny as Superbugs.
Plus more Looney Toon Superhero Mash ups.
Daffy Duck as Batduck.
Petunia Pig as Wonder Pig
and Tazmanian Devil as the Flash.
More information on these at Superman Premiums
Happy Superman Day!
Superman Day
Superman 1st appeared in Action Comics #1 on April 18 1938. Which means the Man of Steel is 75 today. This June Superman returns to theaters in The Man Of Steel. New toys and merchandise is in stores even Hardees and Carl jr’sr will have Superman toys.
Cleveland Ohio celebrates Superman today. Cleveland is where Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster created Superman. Plus the annual Superman celebration in Metropolis, Illinois.
Visit these site for more on Superman
DC Comics
Supermanhomepage.com
Superman celebration
Man Of Steel
I’ll join the celebration by posting pics of some of my Superman toys throughout the day. This Superman is a Buildable Character from a vending machine. I found it at Walmart.The head is the capsule that holds the rest of the toy. Open the head remove move the body. Then build the figure. It’s neat and at only 75¢ easy to collect a set.Buildable Characters
Happy Superman Day!
Happy Tartan Day!
Happy Tartan Day, Tartan Day. See what is going on in your community for Tartan Day. Me I’ll listen to some Albannach. April 6 is Tartan day.
About National Tartan Day: April 6
Americans of Scottish descent have played a vibrant and influential role in the development of this country. However not until 1997 was this influence recognized by a single-year U.S. Senate Resolution that appeared in the Congressional Record of April 7, 1997. In 1998, National Tartan Day of April 6 was officially recognized on a permanent basis when the U.S. Senate passed Senate Resolution 155 recognizing April 6th as National Tartan Day. This was followed by companion bill House Resolution 41 which was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on March 9, 2005. The passage of this bill was due to the work of the National Capital Tartan Committee, Inc. and president James Morrison.
The date of April 6 commemorates the signing of the Declaration of Arbroath in 1320, which asserted Scotland’s sovereignty over English territorial claims, and which was an influence on the American Declaration of Independence.
or the Tartan Terrors
Tolkien Reading Day!
Tolkien Reading Day is an annual event, launched by The Tolkien Society in 2003, that takes place on March 25. It has the aim of encouraging the reading of the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, and the use of Tolkien’s works in education and library groups. The date of March 25 was chosen in honour of the fall of Sauron, in Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.
via fb events page
So log off and go read. I’m taking The Hobbit to work to read at Lunch. What are you going to read today? What is your favorite J. R. R. Tolkien book?
Pi day 3.14
Deadpool has a pie gun.
Notice I received as I made this post You published 315 posts. So my 315th post was made on 3/14 and was about 3.14.
The Doctor says spring forward.
Remember it’s daylight saving time. So spring forward and lose sleep.
Seen here The Doctor from Dr Who character building series 3 and the grandfather clock from Lego 30201 Monster Fighters Ghost
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Hobbit Mini-fig included with Target Hobbit dvd/Bluray
Groove Bricks reports that Target will have a Hobbit DVD/blu-ray pack with an exclusive Bilbo Baggins mini-fig. So I know where I’ll buy my Hobbit Blu-Ray set. Now do I wait and buy in store or preorder? The release date is March 19. A week later the Empire Strike Out Dvd will be released with an exclusive Darth Vader mini-fig.
Groove Bricks post.
Also this week Target has a few LEGO sets on sale. The Spider-Man’s Spider-Cycle set, Superman vs. Power Armor Lex Luthor set, Batman Arctic freeze set, and Star Wars AT-RT set are $18.00 each. These sets are usually 19.99. It’s only 10% off but since I was already there so I picked up a set rather than use my LEGO VIP card. There maybe other sets on sale. When I checked the weekly ad online they didn’t show up. But they showed up on a Google shopping search.
I checked Target’s Easter section. Their seasonal polybag is the same as they had for valentine’s day. It is Winzar’ pack patrol from Legends of Chima.
The mini-fig was posted here, Winzar’s Pack Patrol
Updates: The Droid Escape set also shows up as a temporary price cut.
I just got back from Target the temporary price cut sign on the sets said 3/3-3/16 so there’s a little time to grab some of these sets. Now I just need to sell a bunch of prints so I can get these sets and DVDs.
There was a 19.99 LEGO City fire truck for $18. The Easter section had a Friends polybag and the KRE-O GI Joe figs.
Happy Gm’s Day
March 4 is GM’s day, so I’ll reblog one of my older action figure comics.
Elkhorn’s character fails his saving throw.
Used in these photos Yoda (cw14), Elkhorn the good dwarf (AD&D), Game table from Millenium Falcon.
Mini-fig multiples
I figured today is the only day to make use of multiple copies of the Football player minifig.
theBrickBlogger Article: Christmas Ornaments
I have an article today on theBrick Blogger. It covers various LEGO Christmas ornaments that are available this season. I updated and revised the Hallmark ornament information I posted here back in October. Plus I cover some ornaments made of and with LEGO bricks.
Christmas is in the air and many of us have LEGO Christmas is in the air and many of us have LEGO on our Christmas wish list or shopping lists. But how about using LEGO to decorate our trees? There are a few places you can find LEGO related ornaments and you can also make your own
See the theBrick Blogger for the full article.
My previous theBrickblogger Article
Bricks and Heroes on Brickblogger
LEGO.com black friday sale
The LEGO shop has started their black friday sale. the star wars Advent calendar is 24.98 or 50% off retail. Many the sw: Alarm clocks are 23.98. The series 7 and 8 mini figs are 1.48. There are other sets on sale.
Stay Home all weekend sale!
Black friday, Small business Saturday, Cyber Monday, I call it my stay home all weekend sale. 20% of Yoda Archives and Ollure Fantasy prints all weekend. visit my store and pick your favorites. I just added the Zombie Fighter, Hulk vs Deadpool, and Magento’s First Job to the store.
and for readers of this blog order two 8x10s and I’ll throw in a free 4×6 print. Just mention this post when you check out, by commenting in paypal’s notes section.
LEGO Ornament (part 2)
Earlier I posted about Hallmark’s LEGO Star Wars Ornaments. I have a brief update. I went to a another Hallmark store today. They had the Stormtrooper ornament on display and the place where Darth Vader was suppose to be was empty. But the ornament was on the shelf!
So I looked at it. Box says dated 2011. There is a photo on the box and the shelf. It’s not the online computer generated image. The picture is of the same ornament from last year. He’s on a smaller brick than the trooper.
I asked the sale associate if it was new or last year backstock. She said he was new. Didn’t understand at first that it was out early. She checked after I left so it may not be out anymore. I was really hoping that it was last year’s backstock and that the November one would have the same size brick as the trooper. But It looks like it the same as before.
The ornaments are $14.95 each. Stormtrooper is available now. Darth Vader is due out in November. Or maybe now if you look.
No Hallmark Store near you?
Hallmark stores are not the only place to purchase these ornaments. Previous years Kohl’s, Books a Million, and Walgreens have carried Hallmark ornaments. Walgreen only carried a few and I’m not even sure I saw them there past couple years. Books a Million did not have them out yet. Kohl’s puts their Christmas out pretty earlier but I haven’t been there this season.
Behind the scenes.
A behind the scenes look. When I went to shoot the ornaments, my Darth Vader mini-fig was not handy so I grabbed another sith. I mention that because the same day I shot this Bricks and pics posted a pic of the same version of Darth Maul from the Jedi Duel set.
Update: During the SDCC coverage there was a hint at 2013 LEGO Ornament. In the background of a photo, there was a card showing a LEGO Yoda ornament so hopefully we’ll see him next year.
Update 2: Books a Million now has their Hallmark ornaments out. They do carry the LEGO Stormtrooper.
LEGO Stormtrooper Ornament
Hallmark stores have many of their Christmas Ornaments out now. There are more Star Wars Ornaments this year, Han on a tauntaun, a Darth Vader peek buster, Darth Maul, and more. They have a couple LEGO Star Wars ornaments as well a Stormtrooper and Darth Vader. I got the LEGO Stormtrooper. You may remember that LEGO Darth Vader was released last year. I asked a a sales associate about it. She said Darth Vader is same as last year but they are re-releasing it because they couldn’t meet demand last year. Vader is Due out in November.
The ornaments are really impressive. They are large and solid pieces. And are the quality product you would expect from a joint Hallmark, LEGO, and Lucasfilm project. The character is attached to a standard 2×4 brick featuring the LEGO and Star Wars logos.
Here is the 2012 Stormtrooper next to 2011 Darth Vader. The bottom of the brick is dated the year each ornament was released. The Stormtrooper is on a slightly larger brick. I don’t what date will be on the 2012 Darth Vader. Or if it will be made bigger to match the Trooper. The info from Hallmark’s site says
Imperial Stormtrooper
Guard each branch of your most villainous tree. With rifle in hand, this Stormtrooper Keepsake Ornament is ready for battle.
- 1.75″ x 3″ x 2″
Darth Vader
Prepare your Christmas craft for the dark side of the holiday with Darth Vader. Deflect enemy ray gun bolts as you duel your way onto the naughty list this Christmas.
- 2.25″ x 3.25″ x 1.25″
If these are right then the 2012 Darth Vader will be taller than the Trooper. Maybe same size brick.
The Hallmark online pic looks like a render and not a product shot. Is that a 5×3 brick? I don’t think that is what the in store pic looked like. I try to visit a store and look at it again.
Here’s a scale shot with Vader ornament and Vader mini-fig. The ornament are bigger than mini-figs. A collection of these will look really cool.
The ornaments are $14.95 each. Darth Vader is due out in November. Stormtrooper is available now.
2012 Star Wars Hallmark ornaments
LEGO Star Wars Ornaments
Happy Talk like a Pirate day
Happy Talk Like a Pirate day, September 19 is international Talk like a pirate day.
