The Pop-Culture E-Zine
The LEGO Group social media team recently teased us all with a tweet introducing the addition of Donkey Kong to the world of LEGO Super Mario!
They might as well take our money right now!
We can’t wait to show you the new additions to the world of LEGO Super Mario™! 🤩 pic.twitter.com/sa5XF0LdCo
— LEGO (@LEGO_Group) April 26, 2023
As a LEGO sucker, I mean a fan, yeah, let’s go with a LEGO fan, this teaser video from LEGO that I found on Facebook of their new Ultimate Collector Series version of the T-65 X-Wing Starfighter is mind blowingly detailed – with updated and authentic wing and engine design along with a new cockpit interior. There is even a place for your R2-D2 droid figure in the socket behind the cockpit!
With 1949 LEGO bricks to build this detailed X-Wing, you better get onto it on May the 4th and blast off to fight for the Rebel Alliance!
NOTE: This new set will be released on May 4th (Star Wars Day) and will retail for AU$369.99
YouTuber Peter Knetter has built a fully functional Lego Nintendo GameCube with a matching GCN controller!
The hardware inside the console and controller of course aren’t made from Lego, Peter has repurposed an existing GameCube’s internals for both the console and controller, but everything else, including the case, power light, controller buttons and joysticks are all a mixture of standard Lego and Technic bricks.
Game on!
source: Peter Knetter
story source: technabob
If you are a Kirby fan, then you need to head to Lego Ideas right now and put your vote in for Kirby’s Dream Collection by By _Ish_.
Looking at the photos of this Kirby Lego creation, the set will most definitely look good next to the Super Mario one. Now go and vote for it!
By _Ish_ says:
This set includes many iconic locations from the Kirby games including: Green greens the first stage, Castle Dedede Home of the evil King Dedede and his Waddle Dee minions, And Metta Knight’s battle-ship, Halberd.
This set works well for display or you can play with it using the props and alternate face-plates. I made this set because Kirby and Lego have both been huge parts of my life for years. Ever since I discovered Kirby I’ve been creating my own Kirby characters and stories. When I discovered Lego I started building all kinds of crazy locations for my figures to roam around in. When I put the two together.. It made this. I think this would be a phenomenal Lego set because it’s a colorful family-friendly game that kids will enjoy and a classic that’s sure to bring back memories for adults too.
source: Lego Ideas
With the cost of living going through the roof, owning a pinball machine doesn’t have to cost you an arm, a leg and one of your kidneys.
To ensure you can keep your arm, leg and kidney, make sure you vote for this cool and fun Lego Ideas Pinball Frame submitted by Pandis Pandus.
The Pinball Frame is a creation consisting of a frame and an interchangeable playfield. The frame itself features a lot of components to make the pinball experience as fun and customizable as possible: Adjustable legs, foldable flippers, a ball box, and a spinning plunger. This pinball contains a total of 554 pieces, of which 134 are unique and 2 are printed.
Go on, let’s make this happen, vote here now!
image source: Lego Ideas
Whoa! Another darn cool Lego Ideas creation that will become an official Lego Ideas set!
Donát Fehérvári (aka Constructions by Donat on LEGO Ideas) created a fully functional and playable Lego Table Football (aka: Foosball Table) as part of last year’s We Love Sports contest, and won! Securing 1,244 public votes, not only did Donát win the Grand Prize, the Lego Ideas Review Board also decided to turn this awesome creation into an official Lego Ideas set!
Consisting of 2,399 LEGO elements, legendary football players Thierry Henry and Marcus Rashford take each other on in the new video showing off the Lego Ideas set. Each player can first build their five-a-side team of LEGO minifigures plus a crowd of teammates and fans that watch from the sides from over 60 different elements before competing in a match.
source: Beyond The Brick
The LEGO Ideas Table Football honours football players and fans from around the world and features a diverse line-up of minifigures. In total, 22 different minifigures can be built to play or watch with a diverse range of hair styles, facial expressions and skin tones to choose from. The portable size of the set means it is perfect for transporting to play with friends and play ‘away’ or ‘at home’. It also makes an ideal display cabinet piece.
The Lego Ideas Table Football set is available from the 1st of November via both LEGO Brand Retail shops and LEGO.com/shop. The recommended retail price is $249.99 – £241.99 – €249.99
*GULP* LEGO teased us earlier this week (see the below mind-blowing tweet) with the Ultimate Collector Series version of The Mandalorian’s Razor Crest set!
All you need to know is that it will be made up of 6,187 pieces and will be rich in details! The LEGO Star Wars Razor Crest set will include removable engines and a cockpit, an escape pod, and a minifigure-size carbon-freezing chamber, as well as minifigures featuring the characters of Grogu™, the Mandalorian™, Mythrol™, and Kuiil™ on a buildable Blurrg™ model.
Once built, you can proudly (play with it, or) display your creation with an innovative stand and information plaque. This ultra cool Collector Series Lego Star Wars Razor Crest set will set you back US$600 (~ AU$950.00)! Now hurry up and release it now, please!!!!!!!
The cockpit, the escape pod, the carbon-freezing chamber, the engines… witness the power of the force as LEGO® bricks connect to create the Ultimate Collector Series version of The Razor Crest, ready for The Mandalorian and Grogu’s next mission. #LEGO #StarWars #LEGOStarWars pic.twitter.com/X2DTGPb8Dz
— LEGO (@LEGO_Group) September 26, 2022
source: technabob
Here we were thinking it doesn’t get any better than Lego’s Nintendo Entertainment System set, but looks like we were terribly mistaken! Lego have now gone up another level with their amazing Atari VCS/2600 (10306) set! Just look at the intricate detail, it oozes an intoxicating aroma of nostalgia. The set contains 2,532 pieces that create the iconic woodgrain console, three game carts, a CX40 joystick, three-shelf cabinet and three 3D vignettes of classic 2D games!
Just like when the Lego NES set was released, this won’t be cheap. Slated at a retail price of AU$369.99, you can grab one from 1st August – not long to wait now!
image source: Brickfinder – Facebook
We love Lego Ideas that have a nostalgic link to our past, just like this Game Boy Colour Transformer “PRISMATIS” by Baron Von Brunk.
Built in 2017, this particular Lego Ideas entry is based on an iconic full-size 1990s Game Boy Color, with its crisp lime green colours, a battery case on the back that comes off to store two batteries that double as missiles – how clever! Baron tells us that the transformation process is straight forward without the need to remove parts. The Transformer arms and hands are articulated with individual fingers on each hand – talk about attention to detail! Oh yeah, how cool is that speaker vent – another great touch to this very cool Lego Ideas entrant.
We love all things PAC-MAN! The yellow dot-muncher gave us PAC-MAN Fever 40 years ago, so of course we love this Lego Ideas entry!
If you love Lego and you love PAC-MAN, then you know what to do – hit that SUPPORT button now!
source: Lego Ideas – Pac-Man