Droid Gamers noticed that the LEGO Star Wars Yoda Chronicles game has appeared on the Google Play Store. The bad news is that until June 15th it's exclusive to Sony Xperia devices. If you have one, go check it out now, everyone else can get in line behind me to wait until the 15th. I'm looking forward to another official LEGO game on the Android platform!

Here's an impressive build, brought to us by Autoweek of all places. They have recently posted about a 1:7 scale Caterham (it's a car) built out of LEGO. It even drives and has a ton of other features. Go check it out!

Do you need a list of the most versatile elements to use in your next LEGO model? Of course you don't, you have your own list that's equally important as this one, and may even have some of the same parts. But if you're looking for a few good bricks to expand your collection, you may want to check out Warren Elsmore's list on Gizmodo. As a LEGO fan from age four and a professional artist, his list does have credibility, but don't take it as a comprehensive guide by any means. Suggest your favorites!

Once again, it's time for another review. While it's still in theaters, we thought it might be good to take a look at another Iron Man 3 set, this time Iron Man vs The Mandarin: Ultimate Showdown. Ta-metru_defender has picked up this smallest set from the lineup and is ready to share his thoughts on it with you all. Read on to see how ultimate it is!
NOTE: Due to some issues we're currently having with the story page, you can view the full review in the Talkback Thread. Thanks for your patience and understanding.  

Prior to BrickFair New England, I asked our members for questions to ask LEGO in my blog. While at the event, I stole some of Kevin Hinkle's time to get some info for BZPower. The results can be found in this entry. Give it a read! Thanks of course go to Kevin for putting up with our silliness and answering the questions.

We're into the second half of May, which means a new episode of the BZPowercast is in the works. Which of course means we'll have a new Staff Interview! In order for that to happen, however, you all need to send PMs with questions to our lucky interviewee. Who will it be, you ask? Why none other than Blog Leader DeeVee! Ask him which city is better - Austin, Portland, or Vancouver, and find out how he builds so well!

LEGO has added the first episode of LEGO Legends of Chima to the video section of the Chima website. While I don't personally care for the show, I know quite a few LEGO enthusiasts do. With a flashback explaining the friendship between Laval and Cragger and an ominous ending, I'm sure fans will like it. So for all those who couldn't watch it on cable, you can check out the first episode right over here.

BZPower received a mysterious package from The LEGO Group today. Opening it up revealed the pieces to create a cool set advertising the upcoming Yoda Chronicles. In addition, we were informed that there will be a big unveiling at Times Square, New York on May 23rd at 11 AM of the world's largest LEGO model. It'll be there from Thursday until Saturday (the 25th) so if you're in the area, be sure to check it out!

The Fortnightly Flash Fiction Contests roll onward, and we are pleased to announce another pair of winners for the Bionicle and OTC cycles, respectively: "Bond of Heresy" by Pahrak #0579, writing for the Bionicle theme "The Village" and "Scepter" by Baltarc, writing for the OTC theme "The Queens". Both stories are certainly worth a read and maybe a comment or two! In addition, be sure to check out the currently-running Bionicle FFFC: "Trial by Fire"!

The wonderful staff over at the RPG forum recently kicked off a new season of the BZPRPG, the perennial text-based Bionicle RPG on our site. You can get all the info you need right here and of course you can find the gameplay topics in the Bionicle RPG forum. Even if you've never played an RPG, you're more than welcome to join the fun - go check it out!

A group of AFOLs in Denmark have set the Guinness World Record for the longest plastic toy train track, Gizmodo reports. Interestingly enough, they didn't use 9V or Power Functions, but two and a half miles of old blue train track. Quite the accomplishment, and I'm surprised that much track even still exists out there!

We've resolved the issues with our database and turned the forums back online. We had to revert our members list to a backup from about a week ago, so if you changed your profile since then you'll have to add those changes back in. Other than that, everything else is fine. Thanks again for your patience.

Since late last night, we've been having some issues with the forum database. the Administration are looking into it and once we have more information we can share we'll let you all know. in the meantime, we appreciate your patience and understanding.

Following the rules that every practical mechanical function can be recreated in Mindstorms and everything will eventually be built with Lego, I present Ralph's LEGO jukebox, a creation which mimics all the movements of a real jukebox and none of the aesthetics. Don't let its looks fool you: It may not be purist, but it's a solid and impressive creation nonetheless. check out the site for all the specs and some showcase videos.

Another LEGO: Batman trailer has appeared for the upcoming direct-to-DVD movie. Seen here, it gives a glimpse of the Batcave and features voice acting for both Batman and Martian Manhunter. Check it out to get another glimpse at what to expect from the film.

At last, the Minifig-scale Tumbler has reached 10,000 supporters on CUUSOO. It took over 11 months, but this project finally advances to the review stage. You can check out LEGO's comments right over here on the CUUSOO page for the project. However, considering the quarterly reviews and development take a while, you might have to wait a bit before you can actually buy it.

The Clone Wars TV series may be over, but there's still some Star Wars coming to Cartoon Network. As IGN reports, The Yoda Chronicles will debut as a three part series on May 29th. The first part, titled The Phantom Clone, Yoda and some Padawans must stop Darth Sidious from creating a new super weapon. Seems interesting, and I'm sure it'll have plenty of LEGO humor.

The title of Professional LEGO Designer is one held by few individuals in this world, but Warren Elsmore is one of them, and this week he has offered an example of why he deserves it: a 180,000-brick model of the St. Pancras Railway Station and Hotel in London. The recreation took an estimated 500 hours of work to complete and will be on display at the Waterstones bookshop in Piccadilly, London in June. Follow the link above to read an article about Elsmore and his other creations, as well as to view images of this amazing piece of LEGO artistry!