Lego Keychains New from Vietnam

The lego keychains are from Vietnam, it's much cheaper than Singapore. In Singapore each cost S$7.90 (S$7.11 for members). I have yet to check out the lego sets there, most of them are much more costly.

Lego 4184 Black Pearl (The Pirates of the Caribbean)

UPDATE: 9 Jul
Check the Black Pearl picture here:
Lego Black Pearl

Following the sale of 4195 Queen's Ann Revenge in US & Singapore, well there is another pirate ship to look forward to later this year, 4184 Black Pearl (from Lego Toy Fair 2011). Amazing to have 2 big ships in one year.

4184 Black Pearl
804 pieces
$99.99 USD
$129.99 CAD
Available November

the Black Pearl on location
The Black Pearl, originally Wicked Wench, is a fictional ship in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. In the screenplay, the Black Pearl is easily recognized by her distinctive black hull and sails. (from wiki)

A pirate fan from US had posted pictures of Queen's Ann Revenge (with 3 cannons only) together with Imperial Flagship, doing a comparison in terms of length & height, it is always interesting to see the ships together.

3 ships in a fierce sea battle (BP, QAR firing at IF), with the mermaid looking across the sea.

Pirate fans (including me) can look forward to the 3rd ship in about 6 mths time. 2 pirate ships having a sea battle with the Imperial Flagship will be AWESOME SCENE!

catalog picture from ftbt's flickr photostream

Lego Pirates of Caribbean Landed in Singapore 27 April

Lego 4194 Pirates of the Caribbean Whitecap Bay
4194 Whitecap Bay retail price S$179.90. Member's price $143.90.

The POTC sets are now available in local Lego Store. Usually on the first day of release, there will be lego fans rushing for it and be the first to own them. Well between "Instant & Delayed Gratification", i prefer the latter.

Members get 10% off the retail price.

My order will be send on 1 May. The blog will have a review on the sets 4194 Whitecap Bay and 4195 Queen's Ann Revenge in about 2 weeks time. For Whitecap bay, the US retail is at USD69.99, about 30% less than the member's price (even including shipment), so there's nothing exciting on the member's price.

With the marked up prices in local stores, buying them from overseas is a good choice.

An earlier post:
Lego Pirates of the Caribbean Retail Price

Singapore AFOL's Lego Room

I'm delighted that a local Lego fan had allowed me to share his lego room pictures with everyone. A delicated special room just for Lego Fun!

I believe here are just some of his collection, not all are on display

Homer Simpson is a replica of the original work by Sean Kenney, the prolific and legendary Lego Master Builder, world's first Lego Certified Professional. (seankenney.com)

Road Runner & Marvin the Martian are instant favourite!
Plus the guru in meditation posture on the top shelf.

3450 Statue of Liberty Sculpture was released in 2000. It contained 2,899 pieces, stands 33" high and at the time was the largest lego set produced. White bricks were used instead of the original sand green.

working table with tons of Lego behind

Happy Easter Day

With Easter holiday over the weekend, here's a post on some of the related creation using lego. Build by some unknown AFOLs there are more pictures around if you do a quick search.

the 2 cute animals inside the stable!

there is a white hood for the lady

The project took 40 volunteers, 18 months and 30,000 Lego pieces
In 2009, a church in Sweden celebrated Easter on Sunday by unveiling a nearly 6-foot-tall statue of Jesus that they had built out of 30,000 Lego pieces.

Even though the statue is all white on the outside, many of the donated Lego that the church received were of other colors and were placed inside.

Happy Holiday to all, Peace & Happiness!

The Brick Testament, contains some cute moc!
The Brick Testament

Lego M.A.S.K Slingshot & Rhino MOC (Kenner Toys)

Lego MASK Slingshot

Following the earlier post on MASK vehicles, we have a Slingshot and Rhino created by Toyshansolo.

Check the Slingshot clip:
http://youtu.be/G-BNwESLqlc

Lego M.A.S.K Rhino

March 29 Post Lego M.A.S.K MOC
Lego M.A.S.K MOC

POTC Singapore Retail Price

Queen Ann's Revenge, the pirate ship fans looking forward to
at SGD 249.90

Here is the price list for Pirates of The Caribbean sets (US, Canada, UK and Singapore).

As usual the difference in retail price (before discount) in Singapore is 40-50% more expensive as compared to US.

Unless there is a BIG sales of 30-40% discount, i won't be getting any POTC sets here. For local fans on budget, if they are patience enough, just wait for another 3 -4 mths or by the end of this year, i foreseen POTC will be similiar as POP (Prince of Persia), they will be on discount - clearing stock (applicable to Singapore market).

LEGO 4195 Queen Anne’s Revenge ($119.99 USD / $149.99 CAD / £102.99 GBP) SGD 249.90

LEGO 4194 Whitecap Bay ($69.99 USD / $89.99 CAD / £71.99 GBP) SGD 179.90

LEGO 4193 The London Escape ($49.99 USD / $69.99 CAD / £49.99 GBP) SGD 139.90

LEGO 4192 Fountain of Youth ($24.99 USD / $34.99 CAD / £21.99 GBP) SGD 59.90

LEGO 4191 The Captain’s Cabin ($10.99 USD / $14.99 CAD / £10.49 GBP) SGD 29.90

LEGO 4183 The Mill ($39.99 USD / $54.99 CAD / £40.99 GBP) SGD 109.90

LEGO 4182 The Cannibal Escape ($29.99 USD / $39.99 CAD / £30.99 GBP) SGD 79.90

LEGO 4181 Isla De la Muerta ($24.99 USD / $34.99 CAD / £21.99 GBP) SGD 50.90

Lego Pirates of the Caribbean

Lego Fabuland

1986 Small Lego Catalog Fabuland (picture source from: tonycookdesigner.co.uk)

Was packing my toys cupboard last night, and "dig up" a pack of Lego Fabuland from my childhood (my mom bought them during an overseas trip to Switzerland, price shown are in Swiss Franc). I won't say they are my childhood toys, cause i didn't really play with them. I realised there isn't much pictures on lego Fabuland (when i did a google search, it's less than 2 pages). So here are some of the sets i have.

The funny thing about lego is that adults are excited by these kids toys, similiar with Lego Minifigures and other sets (we don't really care about the stated ages for 5-12 or 7-14 years old). It's adults who are buying and collecting them. Fabuland was first introduced in 1979, to fill the gap between Dulop and the standard lego product ranges. Aim at both boys & girls. Currently there are a group of Fabuland lovers from US & UK.

All the Fabuland sets:
Classic Fabuland Sets

Fabuland Adult Fan MOC, by Hinckley from Sweden:
Fabuland Fans MOC

3715 Hannah's Flower Stand (1985)
there is just 1 set avaliable for sale in the whole of US and the seller has put it at USD145!

missing one piece

3784 Hugo Hog the Tinker (1982)

3714 Workman & Barrow (1985)

3625 Sandy Seagull's Airplane (1985)
a similiar set 3630 Percy Pilot was released in 1984
the set number was not displayed on the box itself
(just an empty box, need to find where the contents are, lost during house moving)

3797 Fire Engine (Bulldog)
another empty box.

Fabuland Sets
(Peter Pig the Cook)

this picture was inspired by one i came across while searching for Fabuland pictures

the 3 little pigs

Fabuland toys are free gifts from Nespray (free toy for every tin of Nespray back in the 80s)

I remember having the set 3719 Bus Stop with Maximilian Mouse, another misplaced set. Priced at DKK650 in Denmark (just 1 set) SGD155!! Now i need to find my set..LOL

Post your comments below, how many of you are Fabuland Fans?

John Erdos Art - Eugene Tan

Was reading today's Straits Times, when I came across this article on local LEGO FAN Eugene. Saw his MOC Lego scooter pictures on the local lego forum a few months ago.

For locals who are free to visit the exhibition (free admission):

John Erdos Art - 6B Dempsey Road
Till 15 May, Daily 10am - 6pm
Call: 6735 5130

To read the full article, check out this site:
John Erdos Art - Eugene Tan

10221 UCS Super Star Destroyer - Executor

Confirm release in Sept 2011 - 10221 Super Star Destroyer
Darth Vader with the bounty hunters, Dengar, IG-88, Bossk & imperial officer

"This is my personal battle cruiser…and I did not name it the Executor for nothing!"
- Darth Vader

Length of Executor: 19,000 m, with a crew of 280k, 1,590 gunners.
The mother ship with complement of 144 TIE series starfighters, TIE starfighters, interceptor, bombers, Darth Vader's TIE advance, including AT-AT walkers, speeder bikes and other combat, support ships.

Check Aryo Gono's photo link

My estimate for 10221, probably 5,000 pieces, more than USD400.

Source from Brickset:
10221 UCS Super Star Destroyer

Aryo Gono's photostream - Lego Imperial Star Destroyer Fleet
Aryo Gono's Photostream

Star Wars Information on Executor
Star Wars Wikia Executor's

OASIS Playing Lego with Kinect style camera and interactive projector system

OASIS Object Aware Situated Interactive Systems & Lego, from Intel Labs Seattle.

This will change the way we play in the near future. Kids no longer need to create sound effects while playing and what we visualize during play will simply appear in front of us (pre-programmed).

OASIS is a flexible software architecture that enables us to prototype applications that use depth cameras and underlying computer vision algorithms to recognize and track objects and gestures, combined with interactive projection. Here we show OASIS in an interactive Lego playing scenario.

by the way, minor mistake in the clip, Lego & not Legos!

Lego Lord of the Rings

Kingdoms Dwarf & Minifigures Elf

My LOTR Gimli, Gandalf, Legolas, Aragon

Helms Deep by eggy pop

Riders of Rohan and Elf Warriors by eggy pop
helmets from Brickforge

Rohirrim Horsemen & lotr minifigures
by Tmm (by 15 years old boy)

Aragon by annihilator, sword from BrickForge

Pictures Source:

Eggy Pop
Eggy Pop's Photostream

Tmm
Tmm's Photostream

Lego Thundercats (well maybe)

came across this poster designed by darinm from deviantART
this was actually created more than 3 years ago!

As an adult over 30 years old, how awesome it will be if we have Lego Thundercats, imagine the characters, vehicles and playsets. Afterall we have Lego from Indiana Jones movies, Batman comics, Star Wars universe, Harry Potter, Disney Toy Story & Prince of Persia. It's just endless possibilities!

Lion-O created by Mace2006, torso design from Fine Clonier Decals, standard lego parts and a Brickforge Sword! Created in Aug 2008. With photoshop, the decals produced can be much better now. Picture source from deviantArt.

Lego fans are even suggesting having Lego Simpson, Lego Halo, Lego South Park, Lego X-Men and so on. At the meantime, stay tune to the next post on Lego Lord of the Rings,.

Source from: deviantART

Pirates of the Caribbean Packs (May)

Pirates of the Caribbean
30130 Pirate Ship

Pirates of the Caribbean
30132 Jack Sparrow Minifigure

Here are the 2 packs from Pirates of the Caribbean coming in May. The pirate ship looks too simple, there isn't any wow factor.

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