LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean Released in Mac App Store

Posted on January 12, 2012 by

For those of you who use Macs, and who received iTunes gift cards over the holidays, LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean from TransGaming Inc. popped up in the Mac App Store a few days ago.

You should be able to use your iTunes gift cards towards the purchase of the videogame.

It is $29.99 US and can be purchased through the Apple Mac App Store

Word of caution: IT’S HUGE! It’s over 7 GB to download.

Requires: Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later
Ages: 9+ or later

If Pirates of the Caribbean isn’t your thing, you can also pick up LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars which came out last fall.

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LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 Videogame Details

Posted on August 21, 2011 by

Note: We’ve removed the trailer at the request of Warner Brothers and their associates.

Mugglenet has posted links to a video released by TT Games at Gamescom 2011 last week of the upcoming LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7, along with links to screenshots.

LEGO Harry Potter Years 5-7 Videogame

(Fred and George Weasley, Ron, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ginny Weasley, probably Neville Longbottom)

As mentioned last week, the pre-orders are up on Amazon.com, but they don’t seem to be showing up in too many other places just yet. It will be available in November, shortly before Thanksgiving here in the US (and before the “Black Friday” sales).
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 – Windows $29.99 USD
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 – XBox 360 $49.99
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 – Nintendo DS $29.99
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 – Nintendo Wii $49.99
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 – Playstation 3 $49.99
(prices subject to change before release date)

via Mugglenet

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LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar on Amazon, Also Harry Potter, Star Wars Items Arriving Soon

Posted on August 16, 2011 by

While looking at a few other LEGO things, I saw that the LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar 7958 has shown up on Amazon. It’s available through a third party for nearly $60 USD – it should be cheaper when Amazon and other suppliers receive their supplies sometime in the next few weeks or so. Chances are either the third party is breaking their embargo or they just happened to receive their orders earlier.

What I was really after was LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia from DK Publishing. It has a decent pre-order price of $11.16 on Amazon.com Unfortunately it’s not due for just over another month – September 19, 2011.

Finally, and I’m thinking it’s a few months later than it should be, we have LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7. I’ve played Years 1-4 on both the Nintendo Wii and on my iPhone 4 and enjoyed them, and these should be just as good. The prices are high though, I’d wait and see if they come down.

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 – Windows $29.99 USD
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 – XBox 360 $49.99
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 – Nintendo DS $29.99
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 – Nintendo Wii $49.99
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 – Playstation 3 $49.99

The prices are obviously subject to change as we get closer to the release.

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LEGO Universe: Free to Download, Free Areas

Posted on August 16, 2011 by

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Now we know the answer to why LEGO Universe recently had a new level system added.

It’s not a coincidence that LEGO has just announced that LEGO Universe is now free to download and has a free area to play in.

Understand that this does not make LEGO Universe free. All too many times, companies talk about games being “Free-to-play” when what they really mean is free to play up to a certain point. In my view it’s an extended trial, because unless you pay the monthly fee(s), you are not going to be able to play the entire game.

That’s not a criticism of the game, that’s a criticism of the “free-to-play” wording that companies use.

And you can actually do quite a bit within the free areas of LEGO Universe:
* Create and customize your own LEGO Universe hero
* Collect up to 10,000 coins
* Earn U-Score to level up
* Explore the Starship Venture Explorer
* Explore Avant Gardens
* Join the Nexus Force
* Sample powerful Faction Gear
* Play the Survival mini-game
* Battle the Spider Queen
* Build and bring your creations to life on your own Block Yard Property
* Visit thousands of other players’ Properties
* Buy and collect cool gear and useful items

If you are familiar with LEGO Universe, that may not seem like much, but now that it’s a free download and that you can try all of the above for free, it’s actually pretty good.

I’ve been fascinated with LEGO Universe on and off since it was announced, and yesterday’s move prompted me to spend a few hours trying things out. It’s come a long way since the first days and there has been some drama involve with ownership and development of the game itself, but things seem to have worked themselves out and I would say you ought to give it a chance and try it out.

With the free areas, from the few hours I played, you can get a very good sense of whether it’ll be worth the $10 a month to fully subscribe to it.

Brickset has a good writeup about the free areas and the account restrictions on free or trial accounts, as well as a press release from LEGO as well as the official homepage.

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Brick Fiesta 2011 – Part 2

Posted on August 15, 2011 by

IF you want to see the first part, here is Part 1 of my Brick Fiesta pics if you want to see the other photos published so far. This is the full set at flickr.

As I said in part 1, the lighting was not optimal for photography without a nice flash, but I tried. The quality does get better.

If you click on the photo below, it will take you to a larger version of the photo.

Brick Fiesta LEGO Convention - Austin, Texas (July 2011)

Brick Fiesta LEGO Convention - Austin, Texas (July 2011)

Brick Fiesta LEGO Convention - Austin, Texas (July 2011)

While I can’t read all of the cards, and apologize for missing many, on the right is the “Chesapeak & Ohio Engine #1602 from a 2009 MOC by Anthony Sava, which is a 2-6-6-5 class steam engine.”

Brick Fiesta LEGO Convention - Austin, Texas (July 2011)

Second from the right is the “Texas State Railroad Engine #400 (2011) also by Anthony, it’s a Mikado-class Steam engine with Vanderbilt Tender. Above is older creation from Anthony, the Tequilla Sunrise.

Brick Fiesta LEGO Convention - Austin, Texas (July 2011)

This was by far one of my favorite MOCs that I saw, and one of the largest, if not the largest. It is a 2011 MOC called Mirage, by Nannan Zhang and Tyler Clites. “High above, the guardians of the seven virtues protect the worlds below from sin and corruption.”

Continue reading →

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Three LEGO Aluminum Minifigures Head to Jupiter, AFOLs Ask Where They Can Buy Copies

Posted on August 14, 2011 by

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NASA is sending more LEGO items into space, this time it’s three aluminum minifigures representing Jupiter, Juno, and galileo Galilei.

They’ll be featured on LEGOSpace.com and are part of LEGO Bricks in Space venture between NASA and the LEGO Group.

Three LEGO® Minifigures leave earth on the Juno deep-space probe today on a five-year mission to Jupiter to broaden awareness of the importance of planetary research.

The specially-constructed aluminium Minifigures are the Roman god Jupiter, his wife Juno and ‘father of science’ Galileo Galilei. The LEGO crew’s mission is part of the LEGO Bricks in Space project, the joint outreach and educational programme developed as part of the partnership between NASA and the LEGO Group to inspire children to explore science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

The LEGO Minifigures will help get attention for Juno’s mission to improve understanding of our solar system’s beginnings by revealing the origin and evolution of Jupiter.

I want that bolt of lightning that Jupiter is holding.

Actually, I just want some aluminum Minifigures.

If you’re curious about the launch and mission, Space.com has a write-up about it, and NASA is calling it a “phenomenal launch”. You can view video of it at the Space.com article.

It’s going to take around five years to reach its destination. LEGO should start thinking about making copies of these minifigs in time for the 2016 arrival…

Full Story: LEGO.com

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