There’s one more item that I saw in-person for the first time last week when I visited the LEGO Store to pick up my April 2015 LEGO Store Calendar: the LEGO Easter 2015 vignette set–Painting Easter Eggs 40121! While this is a small set with a little price tag, this item is still a big deal to many LEGO collectors out there–and the LEGO Painting Easter Eggs set is now available online for just $9.99!
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While I was at one of my nearest LEGO Stores this week, not only did I pick up the new April 2015 LEGO Store Calendar and pick up the new exclusive LEGO Pirates Chess Set and Easter Set, but I also got to scope out next month’s Free Mini Monthly Model Build in person! LEGO has been knocking these free builds out of the park so far in 2015, and that trend will be continuing with the LEGO UFO Mini Monthly Model Build next month!
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Because I wasn’t terribly thrilled with this month’s promos and I already ordered most of the March 2015 LEGO sets that I wanted online early, I almost didn’t bother to make me usual weekly trip to the LEGO Store this week. But because I really wanted that April 2015 LEGO Store Calendar, I made the trip–and go to see several sets in-person for the first time, including the awesome LEGO Pirates Chess Set 40158!
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Ordinarily, the LEGO Store webmasters are right on top of things and ready to spring the next month’s LEGO Store Calendar onto us on-time each month (and usually even early). This month? Not so much. For whatever reason, the hi-res images of the April 2015 LEGO Store Calendar haven’t been posted online yet. I could only handle not having the hi-res versions of the calendar for a couple days, so I decided to head to my local LEGO Store and pick up an April 2015 LEGO Stores Calendar myself to scan in and post online, detailing all of the LEGO Store April 2015 deals, free promos and events!
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For around half a year now, rumors have circulated regarding a second large LEGO The Simpsons set to be released: a LEGO Kwik-E-Mart set. As time has gone on, the number of rumors about this set increased, and then it appeared on a leaked list of 2015 LEGO Store exclusive sets. Even so, we couldn’t ultimately verify the existence of a LEGO The Kwik-E-Mart set–until now! Thanks to the first image leaking online, the LEGO Simpsons Kwik-E-Mart 71016 set has now been confirmed!
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One of the most hyped new themes being released this year that made its official debut at the New York Toy Fair 2015 last month was LEGO Jurassic World. I haven’t had a chance to delve into discussing those sets until now, but what better place than with the (former?) king of the dinosaurs?
Coming to stores this spring: it’s the LEGO Jurassic World T-Rex Tracker 75918 set!
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Way back in December 2014 (which feels like a lot longer than three months ago), some collectors started finding a new LEGO Ice Bear Mech polybag set at Target stores. I searched hard and long for that set for months, but it never got wide distribution–and I was seriously beginning to doubt that it ever would.
But rejoice, fellow Ice Bear Mech hunters–it’s back! The LEGO Iceklaw’s Mech 30256 set is free at Toys R Us stores this week!
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After all of the rumors, leaked photos and early release sets, March 2015 has arrived–and with it has come the official release of the first wave of LEGO Elves sets! But of course, once a new series of sets has been released, we LEGO fans can’t help but look ahead. And now we can start looking forward to the LEGO Elves Summer 2015 sets, as the centerpiece LEGO Elves Skyra’s Mysterious Sky Castle 41078 debuted at New York Toy Fair 2015!
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Though it’s not exactly the most action-oriented Star Wars vehicle in the saga, the Imperial Shuttle has gotten a ton of love from LEGO over the years, including a spectacular UCS Imperial Shuttle and even a polybag version just last year.
And before the Force awakens next winter, we’re heading back to Endor one more time: the Summer 2015 LEGO Star Wars Imperial Shuttle Tydirium 75094 debuted at New York Toy Fair 2015 last week!
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In the lead-up to the 2015 New York Toy Fair, photos leaked out of many LEGO Ninjago Summer 2015 sets. But one set that piqued my interest I hadn’t seen prior to the event was the LEGO Ninjago Master Wu Dragon 70734. Having now seen the set in-person, not only am I thrilled with its appearance–I’m also excited about the fantastic value of Master Wu’s Dragon…
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I can count the number of LEGO Friends sets that I own on a single hand, which is almost unheard of for me and any multiyear LEGO theme. But I have to be honest: I just don’t like minidolls. So as you might have guessed, it takes a lot for a Friends set to impress me.
Even so, at the New York Toy Fair 2015, I was blown away by what may be the coolest addition to the theme ever: the Summer 2015 LEGO Friends Heartlake Grand Hotel 41101!
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Now that things have slowed down and I’ve had a chance to sort through the thousands of photos I took at the 2015 New York Toy Fair, it’s time for coverage to continue! While I talked about the spectacular LEGO Jokerland 76035 set a few weeks back, there was one more LEGO Batman Summer 2015 set publicly on display for the first time at the 2015 Toy Fair: the LEGO Batboat Harbor Pursuit 76034!
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Several readers wrote in this week, giving me the heads-up that the new Easter Target LEGO polybag sets are turning up in the Target seasonal section. Unfortunately, my local Targets have been infuriatingly slow to complete their Easter sections: until today! Finally, I was able to get up-close photos of the two latest polybag sets to hit Target: the LEGO City Garbage Truck 30313 and the LEGO Friend Mini Golf 30203!
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Over the weekend I saw all of the LEGO Speed Champions sets in-person–but those weren’t the only new sets I got lay my eyes upon for the very first time! My local Toys R Us had put out all of the LEGO Avengers Age of Ultron sets (except the LEGO Hulkbuster Smash, which I’ve only seen for order online so far), including a set that wasn’t at the 2015 Toy Fair: LEGO The Hydra Fortress Smash 76041 with Quicksilver and Baron Strucker minifigures!
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