Magnificent in Monochrome: LEGO® Ideas 21317 Steamboat Willie Announced

It seems like it was not even a month ago that we heard about Maté Szabo’s submission to LEGO® Ideas being selected to be made into an official LEGO Set. And now it is due to be released on the First of April.

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Brickheadz: Not Just for Superheroes

Hot on the tail of the recent official announcement of the LEGO® DC and Marvel Superheroes BrickHeadz comes proof of the range extending through other IP Licenses.  Today, the LEGO® Group and Disney officially unveiled  Beauty and the Beast in BrickHeadz (no, I can’t bring myself to like the ‘z’ either) form.

[Editorial question for consideration: What is the singular of Brickheadz?]

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The Second Less than Obvious Mashup Joke of this Week  #4a

Ever get the feeling you are being watched?

Perhaps we’ll make a week of these…

Disney Collectable Minifigures: In order of Appearance

 

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The latest range of LEGO Collectable Minifigures (CMFs) hit the shelves last weekend around the world. People have been honing their packet feeling skills and doing their best to get a full set before the box runs out of Mickey Mouse and Buzz Lightyear. And they are vanishing fast.

Unlike previous sets of CMFs, there are 18 rather than 16 different figures to collect. Each box of 60 contains 3 full sets with 6 ‘extras’.  There is a good mix of classic and modern characters, Pixar and Disney, hero(ine) and villain.  But there are plainly of gaps in the collection. Enough to say ‘here are my favorites for series 2’… So we can only hope that this may be an actual thing, rather than just a fantastical imagining…

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Obvious Joke of the Week #2*

This week, a new meme-provoking film film was released.

A new series of Collectible Mini Figures was released.

Someone was bound to get hurt.  I hope its not you or me…

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*Individual definitions of the word ‘week’ may vary!