LEGO Creator EXPERT 10243 Parisian Restaurant

The long rumoured and talking about LEGO Creator EXPERT 10243 Parisian Restaurant has been officially unveiled by LEGO at BrickCon in Seattle, US. Way back in July of this year, high-quality LEGO image specialist GRogall revealed on Eurobricks that the next LEGO modular building set would be 10243 Parisian Restaurant and it seems that he was right, with it being officially announced today.

Some information about the set is that it includes 2,469 pieces, will cost US$159.99 and will become available in January 2014. You can check out the official press release from LEGO, as well as the designer video with Jamie Berard, below. Alternate images can be found on the set’s detail page on Brickset here.

Ages 16+. 2,469 pieces.

Have an unforgettable evening at the amazing Parisian Restaurant!

US $159.99 – CA $189.99 – DE 149.99 € – UK 132.99 £ – DK 1299.00 DKK

It’s very busy in the Parisian Restaurant. As a scooter zips by, inside the waiter rushes between the tables as the nervous young man gets ready to propose with the ring! It’s just as hectic behind the scenes, with the chef busily preparing the food. This beautifully detailed building is the setting for so many stories and is a great addition to the modular building series. The Parisian Restaurant has a fully-stocked, blue and white tiled kitchen with tableware as well as a cozy apartment with pull-down bed, kitchenette and fireplace. On the top floor is the artist’s room with a studio that includes a cast iron heater, easel, paintbrush and two works of art by the aspiring artist. Outside, stairs lead down to the roof terrace lined with hanging lanterns and flowers where the diners eat alfresco-style. This amazing Parisian Restaurant model even includes a facade with croissants, clams and feather details that recapture the feel of Paris.

• Includes 5 minifigures: chef, waiter, girl and a romantic couple
• Also includes a rat, seagull and 2 clams
• Kitchen features blue and white tiled floor, lots of kitchen units and a variety of utensils
• Second-floor apartment features a pull-down bed, kitchenette and fireplace
• Top floor features an opening roof revealing an artist’s studio with heater, easel, paintbrush, palette and artwork
• Includes lots of food items for the customers including croissants, a pie, 2 cupcakes, 2 grapes, 2 hotdogs, turkey, cheese wedges, milk carton and colored bottles
• Also includes hard-to-find white croissants and bricks in olive green, dark blue and dark red
• Intricate exterior details include facade with croissant detailing, bus stop, sidewalk, scooter and even a dumpster and trash can at the back
• Put up the printed restaurant sign and menu to entice the customers in
• Collect and build an entire town with the LEGO® Modular Buildings collection: 10224 Town Hall and 10232 Palace Cinema!
• Measures over 11” (30cm) high, 9” (25cm) long and 9” (25cm) wide

Available for sale directly through LEGO® beginning
January 2014 via shop.LEGO.com, LEGO® Stores or via phone.

What do you think of LEGO’s latest LEGO Creator EXPERT modular building? Will you be buying 10243 when it comes out next January? Share your opinion in the comments below.

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.