LEGO 2013 News: Part I

Wow, I can't believe I still remembered that I had this blog! Well, with some time on my hands, I'll use it!

So far, there has been some confirmed and unconfirmed information bits about LEGO in 2013. I have arranged some of the facts that are out in cyberspace right now:

• LEGO City: Nothing as of yet.
• LEGO Super Heroes: Continuation of the Ultimate Spider-Man line, sets loosely based on "The Dark Knight Rises", Superman and Aquaman sets, Iron Man 3 sets.
• LEGO Ninjago: At least one more wave of sets before its end.
• LEGO The Hobbit: Sets will be released in December of this year, and will overlap in sales in the beginning of next year. Good chance of more waves to come.
• LEGO Star Wars: Only set confirmed is the Rancor Pit, an addition to this year's Jabba's Palace. Since the theme has been renewed till 2022, expect some interesting twists and turns for the upcoming years!
• LEGO Licensed: With more movies to come in 2013, expect LEGO to pick up some more licenses. A Legend of Zelda line is been reviewed through CUUSSOO, as well as a Back to the Future line, and a Portal 2 line. All have yet to receive an accept or deny by LEGO.
• LEGO Minifigures: Series 9-14 are on their way!
• LEGO Space: Seems every two years a space theme is released (2009 -- Space Police III, 2011 -- Alien Conquest). People could place bets at this point that 2013 will see a new space theme, but only time will tell.
• Surprises: Well, LEGO always manages to surprise all its fans with sets totally unexpected every year. It seems like they are gearing up for a lot, and nobody can predict some surprises they have up their sleeves!

What's in store for the TWB

I'll be opening up a personal Youtube channel soon, which I will link the TWB.

Primarily, I am slowly closing the TWB because I don't have enough time anymore to keep it up, and thus will just use my personal channel for my own uploads.

LEGO Pirates and Bret are both canceled because they have been in "development hell" for at least 6 months now.

See ya soon on the new TWB!

Changes will come to TWB! Well, what are they? HERE THEY ARE!!!



We mentioned back in July on our Youtube channel that major changes would be coming to the TWB, starting in December. Now, we're here to confirm what these changes really will be...

• 'The Weekly Brick' newsletter will be revamped, starting with its return issue in October. The issues will now be posted for download via this blog and the Youtube channel.
• 'The Weekly Brick' Youtube channel will get a design change, and each video will contain a distinctive intro and ending. More content will be put into the videos, and for series such as 'Bet the Sinking Minifig' and 'Christian's MEGA MOC Mania', there will be new intros and, maybe, Bret might get animated by 2012!
• Another TWB Youtube channel will be created, up and running by January 1, called "BrickPicks", in which we anaylze or review some of the top LEGO sets of each week! One video per week, and then, some contests MIGHT occur!
• "Alec and Chris Play Black Ops" will be up by January. Black Ops versions being recorded will be XBOX 360 and PS3. Also, "Alec and Chris Play MW3" will priemere in February. MW3 versions being recorded will be Wii and XBOX 360.

Get ready for these great changes this December!

UPDATE: SOME confirmed 2012 themes!



Okay, we have to admit new NEWS has been SLOW on this blog lately, but we think it is time to sum up some LEGO 2012 confirmations from numerous websites...

• LEGO City: SORT OF a hospital theme involved because a "Great Vehicles" subtheme is coming in January, as well as the return of Fire & Police, with the twist. That twist is it being a "Forest Rangers" subtheme. Smokey the Bear dejavu, anyone?
• LEGO Ninjago: Confirmed on eurobricks.com, the storyline behind next year's Ninjago sets will involve Lord Garamadon joining the ninjas, and his evil brother Llyod Garamadon trying to defeat them with his army of snake people! Also brand new monsters and a new form of the trading card and spinner game! Ohh!
• LEGO Girls: Pics of the new "girl-oriented" minifigs are leaked all over the Internet, and I have to say, it's better than those clunky Belville characters, however, I still think LEGO could of just did standard minifigs! We'll just have to see the sets to judge!
• LEGO Star Wars: A new line called "planet sets" will be in January, which include a hollow, sphere-shaped planet enclosed with a minifigure and vehicle. Also, some re-vamps of classic Star Wars ships and vehicles, with the focus turning heavily on The Phantom Menace. Also, look out for a new Queen Amidala minifigure in August 2012! Rumors are also lurking of a new, less expensive Death Star (similar to what TLG did with the Falcon this year) and an EXCLUSIVELY new Jabba's Palace! If this is true, that would be super COOL!





• LEGO Super Heroes: Along with the January and May waves of Marvel and DC Comics sets, come some of your favoritie heroes and villians in Hero Factory-form! So far, Hulk, Batman, and Iron Man were confirmed at SDCC, however Captain America and Joker will be joining them as well!
• LEGO Pirates: No confirmation on wheter or not the story a LEGO store employee told a fellow Eurobricks member that Disney's POTC sets will continue next year, but because of the mixed reviews that followed the 4th film, the chances seem unlikely. However, anything is possible with LEGO. We might even see the return of classic Pirates, which has been rumored for a couple of months now...
• LEGO Disney: Marvel is already coming, but could sets based on Pixar's Brave movie come as well? There were sets for Toy Story 3 and Cars 2, why not this one? Hmm....we'll just have to wait to find out!
• No indeed confirmation on a new action theme, YET...
• LEGO Minifigures: 10 of the 16 minifigures from Series 6, which is coming in January, have already been released. We'll be seeing a Minotaur, B-movie type alien, butcher, and even the Statue of Liberty soon! Brickjournal Magazine also broke the news a couple of months ago that there WILL be Series 7 and Series 8, and because of its popularity, probably even more!

UPDATE: Darn, just before posting, famed site Eurobricks just said that more Cars 2 sets are coming in January, Disney Princesses will become new DUPLO sets, and that there will be a new Dino theme by LEGO! Wow, news travels fast!

Credits go to Eurobricks and other numerous websites!

Changes are coming to TWB!

An important announcement for everyone... the TWB is going to make some SERIOUS changes starting in Janaury, from the Youtube channel to the newspaper itself. Things are going to start changing slowly at first, but soon, things will be different, but definetly for the BETTER!

P.S. A review will be coming up on the TWB'S Youtube channel, because I have been busy lately, and want to apologize for the lack of videos. HOWEVER, the 51st video will be my 50th Video Anniversary special! Yes, we'll be celebrating 51 videos on Youtube! WHAT A MILESTONE! :P

Something is coming...



DECEMBER

Bret the Sinking Minifig Important Announcements!



"Hey look over there, who do ya see? It's Bret, the sinking minifig!

Burlp! Burlp!"

For any TWB fan, you would remember this jingle, as well as that minifigure above! Yep, it's Bret the Sinking Minifig! Well, you're about to get more of Bret with...

BRET THE SINKING MINIFIG: THE MOVIE

Yes, as an apology for the release date change of TWB's LEGO PIRATES: THE MOVIE, we will be releasing the 1st ever Bret the Sinking Minifig movie on December 10, 2011! It's going to be one wacky adventure, where Bret is still looking for a job, gets one very interesting one, but falls in love with the manager's daughter! And, oh wait, why do the rock monsters want to kill Bret? Bret the Sinking Minifig: The Movie will be a great action-adventure comedy coming to the TWB Youtube channel this winter!

And, for those of you who follow the webseries on the TWB, here's some upcoming episodes! And, remember this, if you have any ideas of where Bret should find a job next, post them in the Comments section of this post, and your great ideas might become part of a brand new episode!

1. Episode 3- Train Conductor (Bret decides to take a job as a train conductor, but a ranting, donut-loving passenger might cause Bret to go on thin ice!)
2. Episode 4- Whale Trainer (Bret becomes a whale trainer, but has to handle one crazy whale of a tail!)
3. Episode 5- Scientist (Bret takes a scientist position, but, at Cowboy's school! Oh, boy!)
4. Episode 6- Back to School (Because of Bret's great work as a scientist, Cowboy gives him a full-term teaching job! But with Bret the sinking minifig, nothing will ever be full-term...)
5. Episode 7- Why Do I Always Sink? (Bret decides to go to a doctor, and figure out why he always is sinking, but soon finds out shocking details about his family history!)
6. Episode 8- The Big Dig (Bret takes a construction job on the city Brickton's brand new Big Dig tunnel system project, but soon learns there's more than dirt lurking underground...)
7. Episode 9- Going Back to School (Bret proclaims to Cowboy Principal that he is a fit teacher. Will Cowboy give him back his regular position?)
8. SEASON FINALE: Episode 10- Curse of the School Recital, Part Uno (Bret directs the students' first annual school play, but a certain someone from Bret's past cause some trouble...BIG trouble...)