Photos leaked out months and months ago revealing a previously-unannounced LEGO Cosmic Boy minifigure, representing one of the three founding members of the Legion of Super-Heroes. Ever since the Lightning Lad minifigure shipped with the Target exclusive cube a few weeks back, we wondered when the first of his fellow Legionnaires would join him. And now we know: the LEGO DC Justice League Cosmic Clash DVD with Cosmic Boy minifigure is now up for order!
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We’re just three weeks out from the grand launch of the vast majority of LEGO 2016 sets, but there’s at least one theme that I haven’t touched upon at all yet: Ninjago! As we inch ever closer to the upcoming Ninjago movie hitting theaters, the series continues in full force next year. And the Ninjago theme for the first half of 2016 is a continuation of what we saw at San Diego Comic Con 2015–Sky Pirates! And of this new wave of Sky Pirates set, there’s one that caught my attention more than any other: Jay’s Elemental Dragon 70602!
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LEGO has been releasing sets and Minifigures for Disney properties such as Star Wars, Marvel and Frozen for years now, so it didn’t surprise me much at all when I heard that a LEGO Disney Minifigures Series 71012 was coming in spring 2016. And while the set hasn’t been officially confirmed yet by TLG, it might as well be now that retailers have leaked the character list, which includes favorites like Mickey Mouse, Aladdin, Lilo & Stitch and more!
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Though I would be perfectly content to discuss the new winter 2016 LEGO Star Wars sets every day, there’s another movie coming out in just a few months that a “few” folks are excited about, so today let’s turn our attention to the DC Universe! We first saw a sneak peek at the new Batmobile way back in July, and now the complete LEGO Batman v Superman Kryptonite Interception 76045 set has been revealed!
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It’s no secret that Disney and Lucasfilm want people–and merchandisers–to forget about the Star Wars prequels. That’s why we saw less prequels toys released in 2015 than ever before. And in winter 2016, there will be just one LEGO Star Wars prequels set released. Luckily, it’s one that many collectors have been waiting a decade for: LEGO Star Wars Obi-Wan’s Jedi Interceptor takes flight this winter!
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At this point we’ve seen almost everything coming our way in January 2016–with one big exception that I plum forgot about! We learned the identities of the LEGO Minifigures that make up Series 15 weeks ago, but today we get to finally see them in the fl… er, plastic! From Shark Guy to Animal Control with skunk and Farmer with spotted pig, the 71011 LEGO Series 15 Minifigures are full of awesome!
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The blizzard of LEGO 2016 Star Wars sets contains a trio of sets from the Original Trilogy, and having already discussed the Carbon-Freezing Chamber and Droid Escape Pod, that leaves one last snowflake left to talk about. We’ve had no shortage of brick-built Battle of Hoth sets over the years, and this winter we can add one more: the LEGO Star Wars Hoth Attack 75138!
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With the merchandising juggernaut that is Star Wars: The Force Awakens almost upon us, I really and truly expected the January 2016 LEGO Star Wars sets to be centered on Episode VII. Instead, we’re getting sets from the prequels, the new movies, Rebels, Battlefront–and yes, even the original trilogy! Over the weekend I talked about the long-awaited Carbon-Freezing Chamber, and today we’ve got the new LEGO Star Wars Droid Escape Pod 75136–with Jawa Minifigures!!
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Yesterday I talked about one of the major LEGO Star Wars The Force Awakens winter 2016 sets that that’s due out in stores in the next 1-2 months, the Battle on Takodana set with Unmasked Kylo Ren minifigure. But as a great being once said: “There is another.” And oddly enough, the “another” that Yoda was talking about is actually part of the “another” that I’m talking about: the LEGO Star Wars Resistance Troop Transport 75140 set–with old Princess Leia minifigure–has now been revealed!
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January 2016 is going to be a good month for Star Wars fans, as in the wake of “The Force Awakens”, a whopping twenty-four LEGO Star Wars sets are due for release! The set I expect to be most popular with older collectors isn’t from Episode VII (or any new media), however, and certainly isn’t the biggest set being released. It’s one of just two sets from the Original Trilogy, and it’s going to warm (or freeze) a lot hearts: the 2016 LEGO Star Wars Carbon-Freezing Chamber 75137!
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Among the many compelling mysteries fans are dying to have answered in the Star Wars: The Force Awakens movie next month is the true identity and background of the mysterious, Sith-like Kylo Ren. Following the release of the full Episode VII trailer and its absence of a certain Jedi Master, crazy rumors started swirling about Kylo Ren potentially being Luke Skywalker. Photos from the set seemed to disprove those allegations, but now we can officially confirm it via the merch: the 2016 LEGO Star Wars Battle of Takodana 75139 set gives us the first-ever unmasked Kylo Ren figure–and he’s definitely not Luke Skywalker!
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When it rains, it pours! And now we can add Star Wars to the list of themes having Winter 2016 LEGO sets photos pouring this week. The Star Wars Microfighters were a sub-line that I honestly thought was going to bomb in stores, but it turned out that these low-priced, chibi-fied Star Wars vehicles were a major hit with kids and many collectors. And now, they’re back for another round: the LEGO Star Wars 2016 Microfighters sets have now been revealed–along with the winter’s only regular-sized Rebels set!
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LEGO Architecture remains one of the most unique themes that TLG produces, with a limited number of retail chains carrying the line and only a handful of sets being released each year. But while Architecture has been restricted in the past to giving us some great builds of famous buildings, TLG is switching things up in 2016! Why settle for one building from the most recognizable cities in the world, when you can have a whole skyline?! Coming winter 2016: LEGO Architecture New York City, Berlin and Venice cityscape sets!
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Last week I talked about one of the best values in the LEGO 2016 winter sets, the Prison Island Starter Set. But hey, what good’s a Prison Island Starter Set without the big kahuna itself to pair it with, right? And while last week photos hadn’t surfaced yet of the main event, they have now, so let’s take a look–the immense (and immensely fun) LEGO Prison Island 60130 set has now been revealed!
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