Avengers August Day 31
It’s the end of August and the end of August Avengers for this year. I want to reshoot this will the minifigs I’ve added since this version was shot.
In other news I’m near 100,000 blog views! I should hit that benchmark sometime is September.
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August Avengers and Lowe’s Hulk Build and Grow
Hulk Build and Grow!
On August 27 we completed the Avengers build and grow series.
This was a fairy quick build. Hulks arm raise when you move a level in his back.
What’s Included in a Build and Grow?
The free kit has a wooden project, instructions with a comic on the back, a patch of that project, an apron and goggles. You can put your child’s name on the apron and iron on the patches. Then they can wear it the next time.
NEXT PROJECT: The next Build and Grow project is a fireboat. The event is not till September 23. Registration has not opened yet. You can see a grayed out patch of the project on the Build and Grow page.
To attend the event you need to register at Lowe’s Build and Grow. Use the store locator to fins the nearest event. Fill out the form. Then print out the waiver and bring it to with you. Registration for the next event opens Monday after an event.
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Avengers August Day Twenty-nine
This past Saturday Toys R Us had a LEGO Build Event. I took my son so he could build a Captain America Mosaic. This is a free event and no preregistration is required, but it is first come first served.
We went to Lowe’s, built our Hulk figure(post coming soon) then killed some time shopping before we went to Toys R Us. At TRU they set up a couple tables, on with the LEGO bricks and another for a workstation to build the set.
There is a poster with the bricks you need. It list how many of each piece you need. There are bins of bricks on the table. You walk around the table and bag all the pieces. Then go build the project. Unfortunately at this the location they didn’t set the bricks up in order. They should have been in the same order they were on the poster but they were not. It took longer to collect the bricks and we missed a few and had to go back. 
We took our bag of pieces and our 1:1 template found some space and built it. The base is a 16×16 square. To build it you used the template to figure the correct brick.
It was a cool build, my son had fun and now he has a cool art piece.
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DC Lil’ Bombshell Batwoman Mini Figures
I got DC lil Bombshell Batwoman. All the figures in this line look great. I wrote about these previously here with the awesome Poison Ivy figure.
DC comic’s Bombshells. made by cryptozoic.
The series has ten regular figures and two chase figures. Characters include Wonder Woman, Black Canary, Mera, Harley Quinn, Catwoman, Poison Ivy, Katana, Hawkgirl, Flash, and Batwoman. I have not seen any list showing the distribution of the main figures. I don’t know if there’s an even chance of each or if there are tired distribution with commons, uncommon, and rare. You have 1:72 odds to find a chase figure. The chase figure are Art-Deco versions of Wonder Woman and Harley Quinn figures.
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Reminder Hulk Build and Grow And LEGO Captain America Mosaic
Build and Grow!
Tomorrow is the Hulk Build and Grow project. Hulk is the final project in the Avengers Ultron Revolution series. To attend the event you need to register at Lowe’s Build and Grow. These event start at 10am and if you’re later than 10:15 they may give the set to people than have not registered.
What’s Included?
The free kit has a wooden project, instructions with a comic on the back, a patch of that project, an apron and goggles.. You can put your child’s name on the apron and iron on the patches. Then they can wear it the next time.
To attend the event you need to register at Lowe’s Build and Grow. Use the store locator to fins the nearest event. Fill out the form. Then print out the waiver and bring it to with you. Registration for the next event opens Monday after an event.
Captain America June 11Iron Man June 25Falcon July 9Thor July 23Black Widow Aug 13- Hulk Aug 27
LEGO Build at Toys R Us
At noon Toys R US is having a Free LEGO build event. No need to pre-register but its first come first served. So get there early.
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Avengers August Twenty-Sixth
Another throwback post. Cause it Falcon Friday.
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Avengers August Day Twenty-five
This Throwback Thorsday is Thor verses Storm. This is from early 2014. Storm is a custom fig from EclipseGrafx.
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Avengers August Twenty-fourth
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Avengers August Twenty-Third
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Avengers August Twenty-secondth
Go Hulk Smash Monday!
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LEGO Event Sat Aug 27
Aug 27 at Noon Free LEGO event at Toys R US. This is the same day as Lowe’s Hulk Build and Grow (10am) so a great day to get the kids out of the house. I can hope after this my son will be tired and take a nap. The TRU LEGO builds are first come first served, no sign up required.
Avengers August Nineteenth
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The Tick
Article on the new Amazon pilot for the Tick. I love the Tick, the shows were hilarious. They say it will be darker. I hope it’s not too dark, I want to laugh.
Clip of the show.
Avengers August Day Eighteen
It’s Throwback Thorsday. This custom fig was inspired by some preview art work for a Thor unworthy story line form 2014. I built him from my parts collection.
Inspiration for the minifig.
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Do you like custom figs? What do you think of Thor Unworthy figure?
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Build A Wall After School shirt at shirtpunch! affiliate post
ShirtPunch has an after school special today. This design is only available from 4pm till midnight EST. Plus the tees are only $8.
Avengers August Seventeenth
Today is Black Widow Day. Earlier today I posted the Lowe’s Black widow kit and now it a new fig from Playmation. Playmation was a video game plus action figure set. You could add different figure and they would appear in the App. I heard the game was being discontinued. I have seen the toys at discount place like Ross, Essex, and Five Below.
Two pics today cause I could decide which I liked better. I really like the DOF with the fist in the foreground.
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Lowe’s Black Widow Build and Grow
Black Widow Build and Grow!
August 13 was Black Widow day at Lowe’s. I unfortunately had to work so my wife and son picked up the set and brought it home. We built it Tuesday night.
This was the easiest build so far, just four steps including the wedge base. And only one size of nails so you have to sort them. There’s a couple places where you add stickers before you can hammer nails. But nothing too tricky.
The Black Widow moves at the waist. She spins so it looks likes she attacking with her baton.
What’s Included in a Build and Grow?
The free kit has a wooden project, instructions with a comic on the back, a patch of that project, an apron and goggles. You can put your child’s name on the apron and iron on the patches. Then they can wear it the next time.
NEXT PROJECT: The next Build and Grow project is The Hulk and the event date is August 27. This is the final piece of the Avengers series. I don’t know what comes after that.
To attend the event you need to register at Lowe’s Build and Grow. Use the store locator to fins the nearest event. Fill out the form. Then print out the waiver and bring it to with you. Registration for the next event opens Monday after an event.
Captain America June 11Iron Man June 25Falcon July 9Thor July 23Black Widow Aug 13- Hulk Aug 27
They also sell some Build and Grow kits. They had a couple of wood car sets and child sized hammers. The kits are not in the area where the event occurred. At our location they were near the Key cutting section. You can see some of the sets on the Build and Grow site.
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Avengers August Sixteenth
Throwback Tuesday?
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DC Lil’ Bombshell Mini Figures
DC has a cool series called Bombshells featuring alternate versions of many of their leading female characters. It started as some pin style illustrations of the characters. The art was a fan favorite. And soon fans were making some amazing costumes of these Characters.
There has also been some extremely expensive statues of the Bombshells. I don’t have the room or money for those but now thanks to Cryptozoic there are affordable versions. Lil’ Bombshells are 2.75″ collectible figures. They are sold in a blind bag format, which means you don’t know who you get. The container is a metal tin with vintage inspired art work. It is on of the best packaging, I’ve seen for a minifigure.
Poison Ivy and Tin.
A drawback is price, the lowest I’ve seen them is $10.00. I seen more than that online. That’s a lot for a blind bag format. Which is another drawback, you don’t know who you will get. Since you might only want a couple, or even if you want them all that will add up. All the figures look great but I only want a couple of them. I was lucky and got Poison Ivy in my tin.
DC comic’s Bombshells. made by cryptozoic.
The series has ten regular figures and two chase figures. Characters include Wonder Woman, Black Canary, Mera, Harley Quinn, Catwoman, Poison Ivy, Katana, Hawkgirl, Flash, and Batwoman. I have not seen any list showing the distribution of the main figures. I don’t know if there’s an even chance of each or if there tired distribution with commons, uncommon, and rare. You have 1:72 odds to find a chase figure. The chase figure are Art-Deco versions of Wonder Woman and Harley Quinn figures.
Shown with LEGO Harley Quinn for scale.
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Avengers August Fifteenth
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Avengers August Day Twelve
Doctor Strange makes his blog debut today. Doctor Strange’s Sanctum Sanctorum (# 76060) is one of the newest sets. I’ve started building the set it has some nice features. You can see the base in the background. I’ll post a final image once it is complete.
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Avengers August Day Eleven
This one is almost four years old. It is from August 14 2012 and still one of my favorites. Inspired by the fact that the voice of Spongebob was a guest at a convention I was attending.
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UPDATE: Turns out it is Chris Hemsworth’s Birthday!
