What if? trailer.
New Marvel trailer for What if? What If? was a great comic with some cool alternatives takes on Marvel characters so tis should be a good series.
https://youtu.be/dYBcjr8vjTA
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Batnana Nana by Ian Leino and Frozen Banana by DJKopet
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I’m plan on making a LEGO fan gift post. I was notified of a couple special events via email so I will start early. The first thing is Tee-Fury has a couple great LEGO shirts today. The other is a LEGO Collection sale at Zulily.
Masterbuilders Union by nakedderby
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Starfighter! Starfighter! Starfighter! by Brinkerhoff
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Zulily LEGO collection
Zulily is running a LEGO collection sale from Dec 3-Dec 5. They don’t have any sets but have several LEGO books, storage, and kids clothes. The LEGO Brickmaster books that retail for $33 are $19.99, Some encyclopedias are $11.99, and Character Dictionaries are $11.99. They are also currently running a Star Wars event with clothes and decorations.
Always shoot first a brick film
Brotherhood Workshop’s newest brick film.
A conversation between Peter Quill, Han Solo, and Malcolm Reynolds, discussing the age old question: when is it ok to shoot first?
Old Family Videos
I still own a few VHS tapes, mainly stuff the I haven’t or can’t replace with dvds. My son randomly collects things, calls them “mine”, and takes them to his room. I found this case in his floor. Star-Lord has a walkman maybe he’s got a VCR..
Building Block sets on clearance at Target
Target has started their end of season toy clearance. They have marked down several toys, including many building blocks sets. I spotted reduced Ionix Bricks , nanoblocks, KRE-O, mega bloks, and those light brick sets. I did not see any LEGO clearance.
My local Target had KRE-O Micro changers series 3 down to $1.48. Very good deal on some figures especially if you want to army build or customize your figures. They also had the Micro Changers Combiners four figure sets for $5.48 half off the original price of $10.99. I’ve seen these reduced at a couple of Targets.
Also reduced were some Nanoblocks sets. They sets were marked down 30% to 50%. They had many bagged sets and one store had a couple boxed sets. I built a set that I still need to review.
I found Toothless Viking Attack (#21001) for half price. The set had the same Toothless that I already own so I passed on this. I did get the giant Toothless Battle set (#21003) for half price. Retail was $39.99 I thought that was too much for only 242 pieces. But 19.98 was a reasonable price. that puts the blocks about eight cents each. They did not have anymore of the small Dragon only sets.
Target has reduced some of the Tenkai Knights sets. The blind bags figures were $1.94. and a few other sets were markets down.
Will you head to Target to get some bricks? Have you see any other store marking down their toys? What deals have you found?
How To Train Your Dragon Ionix sets part 2
I bought a couple more Ionix Bricks How To Train You Dragon Building sets. I found Toothless (#20001) and Stormfly (#20003) at Target. Target has the sets for $5.99 temporary reduced to $5.69. They are on sale this week along with many other How to Train Your Dragon toys.
I did not take step by step pictures this time. In general the sets were easier to build than Barf and Belch set. The brick was different and it transformed easier than that set. The body brick was the same for Toothless (17 pieces) and Stormfly (14 pieces). You can see from this image that the neck is sturdier than the one I blogged about last week.
There was some difficulty building Stormfly. The underbelly did not want to stay together. The instructions were to put 2 one by two bricks on the body the attach the belly part. It was easier to attach the one by twos to the belly then the belly to the body.
Toothless was easier to build. I like the way the tail was made of ball pieces with studs on them. It looks more like a spine than a single piece would. This also gives the tail more articulation. I like the painting and colors on both sets the heads are well done.
Foolish Lego asked if the figures were sturdy. They are and they aren’t. Toothless and Stormfly are sturdier than Barf and Belch. Parts did not just fall off of them. But pieces can snap off and that is part of the design. The build for Toothless had me remove part of a brick flip it over and reattached it. They are designed to give instead of break but I wouldn’t let little kids play with them.
Ionix Bricks are sold at Target, Toys R us, and Wal-mart. But I haven’t seen the How To Train your Dragon sets at Wal-mart.
How To Train Your Dragon Ionix sets
How To Train You Dragon Building sets are made by Ionix Bricks. The Ionix Bricks system feature a shape shifting brick. The main brick is a 2×4 but parts of it are moveable. So you can twist the parts that have the studs on them. Here’s some of their product description.
IONIX: the revolutionary line of never before seen construction bricks that change their shape before your eyes! These construction bricks shapeshift and change to become mini figures, action figures, weapons, gear, gadgets and more. What’s more, our bricks snap together with other leading construction systems. IONIX: Shapeshift, build, unleash!
I have seen Ionix Tenkai Knights and even got one of the blind bags to test the premise. Before I could write a post I found The How to train Your Dragon sets. Today I will review one of their small sets, Barf and Belch #20005. Here’s the box you can see a shape shifting brick on the front cover. What the front doesn’t reveal is the number of pieces.
The number of pieces is on the back and kind of hidden.
Here are the parts in the set. Eleven bricks, stickers and instructions.
The basic 2×4 brick. You can see the moveable parts.
Legs out, neck and tail section extended.
Adding a couple bricks. Next I added the curved back pieces and added sticker. I didn’t get a good pic of theses steps. Then the wings and tails were added.
The final step is adding the dragon heads. This was the most frustrating part of the build.The neck really did want to support the double neck and heads. The weight was too much and they kept falling.
Overall
This is a neat set. The paint on the head and tails is nice. The fact that the heads were hard to support is a disappointment. I hope that’s not a problem on the other sets. I think this was caused by the long dual necks and heads. I will try to get another set and see.
I also didn’t like that it was hard to determine the number of parts in the set. looks in the online description and it says
- 1 Shapeshifting Mini Figure Brick
- 10 Additional Pieces
So why not put that is larger print on the box?
Cost was $6.99 at Toys R Us. I’m hoping Target has them cheaper. That is a bit much for 11 pieces. The Meatlug set is only five pieces. It look cool but that’s expensive. I like the shape shifting bricks. It looks like they are different versions for the dragons. The quadraped form could be used on all kinds of animals. I’m not sure how versatile the biped brick is. It works for the Tenkai Knight robot looking armor but doesn’t look right for Hiccup.
Prepare to unlock your imagination, reveal your inner creativity and challenge yourself. IONIX bricks not only shapeshift to reveal awesome figures, weapons and gear, but they’re also meant to be unfolded, refolded, twisted, half opened, half closed…Think outside the block!
UPDATE: I checked the nearest Target today. They did not have any How to Train Your Dragon sets. But They dis have Tenkai Knights sets on sale. The blind bags are $1.99 instead of $2.99 and the carded single figures were on sale as well.
Sony Pictures Animation announces ‘Medusa’ directed by Lauren Faust
Sony Pictures Animation today announced the acquisition of an original animated comedy feature pitch by Todd Alcott and Holly Golden entitled MEDUSA, which will tell an all-new story behind the infamous snake-headed lady from Greek mythology. Emmy winner Lauren Faust will direct.
MEDUSA will be a clever, heartfelt animated comedy about a girl who’s having the ultimate bad hair day.”
LEGO Simpsons minifigs in stores today.
Today is the official release date of The LEGO Simpsons minifigs. I was unable to find any in store early, so I’ll be checking a few stores today. Some of the fan sites already have the figs and have provided guides for those of us that are still searching.
Brick and Bloks has made a chart of bump codes for the Simpsons minifigs. He does note that in the past LEGO has changed the bump codes, so these may not be the same. The Brick Fan has a touch guide detailing what accessories to feel for in the bag. I will use a combination of these as I collect the figures. I want to get the entire set this time. I will get a few bags today and hold off on anymore till after I see all the May the 4th sales. If LEGO has some great deals on Star wars sets I’ve been eyeing I’m getting them.
Good hunting.
What did you find?
Any more tips for other collectors?
Any idea on the how many of each character are in a box?
UPDATE:
Thanks to Grace who shared Euro Bricks’s great review and distribution breakdown for the Simpsons minfigs.
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Shut up and take my money shirt
Ript Apparel has Shut up and take my money for the next 24 hours. For $10.
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Another take on Lego Spaceship.
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Yoda Archives, Macro adventures of a Jedi Master 