SDCC 2013: LEGO Exclusive Sets & First Day Happenings

The first day of the 2013 San Diego Comic Con at the San Diego Convention Center is nearly over. LEGO has been unveiling and revealing different upcoming sets (such as a new Star Wars AT-AP walker and the two new Minecraft sets) all day in San Diego. This article aims to recap on most, if not all, of the happenings at the LEGO booth today. Masashi Togami, the creator of the BTTF DeLorean project, was seen hanging around the LEGO area with LEGO CUUSOO Comunity Manager, Tim Courtney. The BTTF DeLorean set was being sold at the LEGO booth today as well.

• LEGO Exclusive Sets & Raffle

LEGO has already revealed the exclusive sets that they are selling at the convention (they’re the LEGO The Hobbit Micro Scale Bag End and the LEGO Star Wars JEK-14 Mini Stealth Starfighter). We don’t know what they’ll cost but, from last years ones, they’ll probably be around US$40.

The mini-scale Bag End comes with a Bilbo Baggins minifigure and contains 130 pieces. The LEGO Star Wars JEK-14 Mini Stealth Starfighter only has 105 pieces and a JEK-14 minifigure. It appears that these box-packaged sets are mini versions of the full-size sets that have come out recently. LEGO has gone for box packaging (similar to the Minecraft sets) for these cute, little sets this year – instead of the usual tins that have been used in past years.

We also know now how people get get hold of the LEGO Super Heroes exclusive minifigures at the event. Spider Woman was available yesterday (quantity of 350), Amazing Spider-Man figure is (or was) available today (quantity of 350), Black Suit Superman on Saturday (quantity of 200) and finally Green Arrow will be given out on Sunday with a quantity of 200.

Everyday at 11:30AM, you can scan your badge and grab a ticket. You can scan your badge once everyday to get an exclusive minfigure. At 3:30PM, check LEGOraffle.com to find out whether you’re a winner based on your ticket number. If you are, head over to the LEGO booth and pick up your new rare minifigure.

• LEGO Star Wars AT-AP Walker Set

LEGO unveiled this LEGO Star Wars AT-AP Walker set that is set to come out in March 2014 and contains 717 pieces. Last year LEGO revealed the Rancor Pit Star Wars set and this time the AT-AP Walker gets a makeover from its last LEGO set in 2008.

The set itself appears include a Battle Droid Commander minifigure, as well as a regular Battle Droid, a Super Battle Droid, Commander Gree and a Wookie Warrior minifigure which could be Tarfful. This set is also different from its old 2008 counterpart in that the walker has a third leg. It will retail for US$69.99 when it comes out in March of next year.

• LEGO Minecraft Sets

Executives from Mojang, makers of Minecraft, unveiled the two new LEGO Minecraft sets at 7pm. Both of the sets have the same box size and style as the first LEGO Minecraft set did and they should be due out in September 2014. See more information about these two new LEGO Minecraft sets in this article here.

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Video Game

In one corner, attendees at the comic convention were able to play a demo version of the LEGO Marvel Super Heroes video game, which is to be released very soon. LEGO gave out a Loki keychain and a special exclusive LEGO Marvel game poster just for trying out the game at the LEGO booth.

LEGO Master Builder Academy Level 4 Set

We’ve haven’t posted on this before, but it has been in the works. LEGO is planning on launching a Level 4 set for the popular LEGO Master Builder Academy series and theme. The fourth “level” will include steampunk-themed models and vehicles that owners of the set get to build. The first 100 Level 4 sets sold at the San Diego Comic Con this year will also receive a free signed and numbered 16″ x 20″ poster of LEGO steampunk that has been featured in multiple advertisements.

And that’s pretty much it for the first official day of the 2013 San Diego Comic Con. The convention has its last day on the 21st (Sunday), closing at 5pm – so if you in and around San Diego then I suggest you get yourself down to the San Diego Convention Center as soon as you can. The LEGO booth’s number is #2829.

Images courtesy of The Brothers Brick and The Brick Fan

SDCC 2013: Two More LEGO Minecraft Sets Unveiled

At the beginning of this month, we revealed that there could be two more LEGO Minecraft sets to be released in the future and that they would be 21105 LEGO Minecraft: The Nether and 21106 LEGO Minecraft: The Village. LEGO unveiled both the sets today just before the 2013 San Diego Comic Con and in a press release (see below). They will cost US$34.99 each and will both be coming out on September 1st 2013.

• 21105 The Nether depicts The Nether, a Netherrack-fulled realm full of zombie pigmen and floating ghasts, and includes 3 micromob figures (two Ghasts and a Zombie Pigman). You can also build a Nether Portal.

• 21106 The Village depicts a randomly generated village in the Overworld. Villages typically have a well, a church, a library, some farms, a blacksmith and some more houses. Non-player character villagers occupy these “towns” in Minecraft and the LEGO set has 3 micromobs: a Zombie, a Villager and a pig.

COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL: SAN DIEGO (July 17, 2013) — Delighting LEGO® and Minecraft fans across the globe, The LEGO Group today announced it is extending its relationship with Swedish game developer Mojang to build on the blockbuster success of its first LEGO Minecraft building set to add two new models that will be released September 1, 2013.

LEGO Minecraft provides the opportunity to build, reconfigure and create new Minecraft micro-worlds in a physical LEGO way. The two new 3″x3″x3″ models, The Village and The Nether, are on display for the first time at Comic-Con International in San Diego. Fans can also enjoy and take pictures with a large interactive 3D mosaic complete with Micromob character props at the LEGO booth (#2829).

“LEGO Minecraft is a perfect example of how people’s passions can be amplified when digital and physical interests are combined, and there couldn’t be more synergy between the engine that drives the Minecraft gaming experience and the creative fuel of a LEGO building experience,” said Michelle Wilson, senior brand manager for LEGO Systems, Inc. “We are thrilled to continue our collaboration with Mojang to create new Minecraft characters and environments in LEGO form so that fans can get as creative as they’d like in their physical world as in their digital one.”

“There’s no doubt about the connection between LEGO building and Minecraft — not only the design similarities, but the immense creativity that our fan bases share,” said Lydia Winters, Mojang’s director of fun. “Given how well received the first model was last year, we can’t wait to see what fans think of these new designs.”

LEGO Minecraft New Product Highlights

The Village
With this model, fans can create and customize their own Minecraft village with LEGO bricks. Just like the game, fans can build houses, grow crops and beware the mines in their own micro-world as well as play out their own storylines with Pig, Villager and Zombie constructible Micromob figures.

The Nether
Builders can create the Minecraft Obsidian Portal and The Nether to explore the newest biome with this microscale LEGO model, complete with Netherrack, gravel, flowing lava and bedrock. This model includes two Ghasts and one Zombie Pigman constructible Micromob figures.

The new LEGO Minecraft micro-scale models can be split into four sections and reconfigured for different play experiences. They will be available beginning September 1, 2013 with a suggested retail price of $34.99.

The first LEGO Minecraft set, 21102 LEGO Minecraft Micro World, was originally a CUUSOO project and is out now on the LEGO.com Shop. It sold out straight after it was released, which is what might happen when these Minecraft sets come out in September.

So if you’re in San Diego at the moment, I suggest you pop down to the San Diego Convention Center and head to the LEGO booth (number #2829) at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con. There’s a huge LEGO Minecraft mosiac there as well as both of the new LEGO Minecraft sets on display.

What do you think about these two new LEGO Minecraft sets? Will you be likely to purchase one or both of them when they come out in September? Share your opinion in comments section below.