We're closing out the day by checking out remainder of the licensed themes that were on display at the #LEGOGoals event. That includes The PowerPuff Girls, Minecraft, and BrickHeadz which includes a whole bunch of different IPs like Star Wars, Marvel, DC, The Incredibles, Back to the Future, Jurassic World, and Harry Potter. There wasn't a lot of new stuff, but there's certainly some things to check out, so let's do it!  

Today we're taking a look at the summer sets for the LEGO themes that use minidolls instead of minifigures: Elves, Friends, and Disney Princess. Many of these sets were not shown off at the #LEGOGoals event, but we still have stock images and set information for them. Read on to check out what the summer has in store for us!  

Last year's LEGO Boost started a new wave of young LEGO tech sets. Covered in our LEGO Goals - Superheroes post, Batman has an RC Batmobile controlled with an app. Venturebeat has a few more details on that. And following up with Boost, this year lets the upcoming Ninjago Stormbringer dragon and Lego City Arctic Scout Truck connect with the system and be rebuilt for functionality, reports CNET. They also say that upcoming City and DUPLO trains will get in on the RC action. These new designs are great for younger LEGO fans, and should do a good job leading them into Mindstorms.

Twenty-something epiosdes of the Unikitty TV show have already aired, and we're finally getting sets and collectible figures based off of it! If you like new parts and lots of recolors this is the theme for you. I'm guessing many people here won't be super-interested in the show, but that doesn't mean you should ignore the sets. So come on, let's see what there is to see.  

If the box office from the past few years is anything to go by, people really like superheroes. Marvel, DC, or another publisher - it doesn't really matter too much to most people, just give them extraordinary individuals who save the day again and again! LEGO is firmly on that bandwagon, and at the recent #LEGOGoals event they had some new sets from both of the big names to show off, including a fancy new Batmobile. Let's go give them a look!  

Yesterday LEGO invited members from the press and select LEGO fansites to attend their first ever #LEGOGoals event in New York City. Hopefully you've seen the pictures and video we posted on social media and those that our friends at FBTB and The Brothers Brick posted as well. We're going to go into more detail on many of the sets soon, but I thought I'd start by talking about the event itself and my thoughts on it, as well as show off some of the non-set creations that were on display. so let's get to it!  

One day I will learn a thing or two about Harry Potter, and that day may be sooner than later now that we're getting a new collection of Harry Potter sets! There will be one based on this winter's Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, four based on the original Harry Potter books and/or films, and three BrickHeadz sets based on the popular characters as well. Pretty much all of these have been seen online in some form already, but we did get some more details than were visible in the stock pictures. Let's check them out!  

People seem to really like Star Wars, enough that LEGO keeps making sets based on it. There were a few new ones on display at #LEGOGoals 2018, as well as some that were recently made available. Unfortunately, there were no new buildable figures on display, and LEGO PR had nothing to say about the rumored Super Battle Droid and AT-RT for later this year. To check out what we could see, read on!  

The #LEGOGoals 2018 event has wrapped up and the sifting through images and information is underway. Here you can find everything we've posted from the event, all in one convenient location! Let us know in the Talkback what things you're most excited to see so we can focus on sharing those with you first!

 

We're going to be back again this weekend to continue work on that set of sets, the LEGO Star Wars UCS Dollhouse - I mean Death Star! Join us at 5 PM Eastern on Saturday, May 19th over on the BZPower YouTube channel as we make our way through the second half of the build and watch room after room come together. If the past few streams are any indication, we'll be building for around two-and-a-half hours and hopefully get through the seventh and eighth sections. Of course there will be some giveaways too, and who doesn't love those? See you there!

The Magical World of Harry Potter is returning to LEGO, and now some of the sets have been unveiled to show us just what to expect. Yesterday, Gizmodo showed off some of the new BrickHeadz characters, including Hermione, Ron, Dumbledore, Harry, and Hedwig, spaced out between three sets, which will go on sale in July. Then today, Entertainment Weekly revealed three more building sets featuring scenes from the first three books in the series. These sets include 75953 Hogwarts and the Whomping Willow, 75955 The Hogwarts Express, and 75956 Quidditch Match. While there are certainly some similarities to models released in the past, there are a lot of new updated designs and figs to get excited about.

The new products may not be out just yet in most places, but LEGO has already launched the website for their wacky new theme inspired by the TV show Unikitty! on Cartoon Network! You can now read about Unikitty's friends and adversaries like Puppycorn, Dr. Fox, Brock, and Master Frown, discover pictures and descriptions of the six upcoming building sets, and watch seven 15-second stop-motion videos. Follow the links above to see what fun the Unikingdom has to offer!

LEGO Rebrick has launched a new Nexo Knights themed contest challenging you to Build the Ultimate Mech! From today until June 27th you can submit your MOC of what you think would be the ultimate mech for the LEGO Nexo Knights universe. Judges from the Nexo Knights team will judge entries on coolness and originality, most inspired details, relevance to contest theme, and best use of LEGO elements. The grand prize winner will receive a Nexo Knights poster signed by a LEGO designer, a $400 USD shopping spree on LEGO.com, all five of this year's Nexo Knights sets, and last year's Knighton Castle set. Two runners-up will receive the same six Nexo Knights sets and a $100 USD shopping spree on LEGO.com. Follow the link above for the complete rules and details or to submit your entry!

Larry Hryb, Xbox Live's Major Nelson shared This Week's Deals With Gold And Spotlight Sale + Publisher Sale And Game Fest Sale yesterday that includes a collection of games from Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. That means that a whole lot of LEGO games are on sale, most for 50% off or more! Even newer titles like LEGO Marvel Superheroes 2 are included, so this is a great chance to grow your collection. Let us know what you pick up how you enjoy playing it in the Talkback!

I guess BZPower Member Poor Disadvantaged was a bit busy in April, because while he was obviously building a lot, it took him until May to share the creations here. Go check out Poor Disadvantaged: April Dump to see three of his recent MOCs: Sub Slizer: ScuBa, WotFace, and Jayko, Eagle of Talonjay. The last one is my personal favorite, being a reimagining of the character from the Knights Kingdom II line from 2004. I like how the builder called upon the whole LEGO palette to achieve the shapes and look he was going for - can you find the Skull Spider mask he incorporated into the build? Check them all out and let Poor Disadvantaged know what you think!

Hip, hip, hooray! We're gonna stream on Twitch Tuesday! Okay, maybe I'm a little too excited about that, but it doesn't change the fact that tonight at 7:30 PM Eastern we'll be heading over to the BZPower Twitch channel for our weekly gaming session. You can watch us play whatever comes out on top in the poll found in the Twitch Tuesday discussion topic, so why not vote yourself for what you'd like to see? Whether we keep going through LEGO Star Wars III or check out something different, it's sure to be fun and adventure-filled and I for one can't wait. See you all there!

We don't know if or when this will become an actual set, but today we get a look behind the scenes of another LEGO Ideas project. Hasan Jensen shares the 10K Club Interview: Meet Mark Fitzpatrick of RuPaul's Brick Race to meet the builder or the popular MOC. Learn how he got into LEGO, what inspired him to create this project, how it felt to reach the goal, and everything in between! Go give it a read - maybe you'll get the urge to post an Ideas project of your own!

Tomorrow is the last day to register for Brickworld Chicago. Alongside BZP favorite BrickFair, Brickworld Chicago is the other large (~1000 registered attendees) LEGO convention in the United States. While this is always a special event, this is the first year that BioniLUG and BZPower's convention circuit program will be there - so for Bionicle fans, this may be the best year yet. A full schedule of the event's festivities is already available online.

Back in 2001 when Bionicle was gaining its footing, LEGO hired gaming company Saffire Corporation to design a Bionicle game that would feature the Toa learning their abilities and joining forces to save the island of Mata Nui from Rahi and to fight Makuta. After plenty of advertisements for the game in LEGO Mag and the Bionicle comic, some even promising an orange Kanohi Vahi collectible with purchase, the game fell through. Sound ridiculous? Check out the latest video from DidYouKnowGaming? for a thorough explanation of what was expected of the game and what caused its demise. The good news? BioMedia Project has obtained a copy of the final build for the game and is working on making it serviceable for fans to play! Check out their website for more info, including opportunities for beta testing to work out the bugs.

This slipped under our radar, but the folks over at LEGO ReBrick are currently running a fun contest! The Customize Your Go-Kart Contest is open until May 21st and first place wins a dozen upcoming Friends sets, a $600 LEGO shopping spree, and a trophy designed by the LEGO Friends team. What do you have to build?

The race is on to create your own LEGO Friends GO-KART racing scene! What sort of GO-KART can you create for Olivia, Mia, Andrea, Emma, Stephanie, and their other friends in Heartlake City? Create the ultimate scene for a chance to win!

If that sounds easy to you, then break out your LEGO collection and get building!

Last month we shared some info about a Bionicle-themed mod for XCOM 2 and it resulted in someone sending us a tip for another impressive piece of work. Go check out Bionicle Toa Races for Skyrim, which adds Toa of Fire, Air, Ice, Water, Stone, and Earth to the playable species for the game. It also adds several pieces of custom armor, 15 masks, over a dozen weapons, and even Nui Rama and Fikou spiders to the world of the game. It's not a new mod, but it received a major update in February, so if you've seen it in the past, it's worth checking out again! Let us know what you think of the project in the Talkback and share any other Bionicle game mods you're aware of too!

The construction of this ultimate display of the power and might (and hubris) of the Empire continues! We're about a third of the way through the construction of 75159 Death Star and on Saturday at 5 PM Eastern over on the BZPower YouTube channel we'll pick up where we left off! The plan is to get through the bags numbered five and six, or build for a couple of hours, whichever we end up feeling like. There have been a lot of awesome play features and details so far and I look forward to seeing what comes next. I hope you all join us to watch, chat, and win free sets!

We let you know last month that LEGO Life was nominated for a Webby award, but we never followed up on the results. It turns out we should have done so sooner, because LEGO Life won the Webby in the Mobile Sites & Apps - Family & Kids category, decided both by the judges and public vote. Congrats to the LEGO Life team and all of the other winners - so go check out the rest of the results!

Last week we fought in some large-scale engagements in LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars, but we'll have to see what happens tonight on Twitch Tuesday! At around 7:30 PM Eastern, we'll be heading over to the BZPower Twitch channel to build and fight and solve puzzles in a LEGO videogame of your choosing. You can make your voice heard by heading to the Twitch Tuesday discussion topic and casting your vote. While you're there we'd love your feedback on the stream and what you'd like to see us do in the future. See you all tonight!

It's been another week of interesting updates on LEGO Ideas. Let's have a look:

• A contest was started to design a trophy for the FIRST LEGO League World Festival. The winner will have their design used at FLL events!
• Ten projects qualified for the first 2018 LEGO Ideas review.
• The Ideas team interviewed Jason Allemann and Grant Davis of the Pop-Up Book idea project.
• Maxim Bulgakov was also interviewed about his Jaguar E-Type Roadster project as part of the 10k club.

LEGOLAND Florida's rollercoaster The Great LEGO Race, formerly Project X, has a new Virtual Reality component as shown on the Best of Orlando Youtube page. The video demonstrates what riders will see through their Point of View VR headset, as the video turns along with the coaster watching minifigs run along the path. The coaster itself is the same design as Ricochet found at Kings Dominion. A Q&A article can be found on the LLFBlog about this new experience.