While perusing the Toys R Us Canada website this evening, I happened across an interesting find. The Canadian toy retailer is getting a LEGO® Star Wars exclusive set. Judging from the images, the set celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Empire Strikes Back. Incidentally, the film was released on May 21, 1980. The set itself is the Star Wars Bespin
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This week’s Canadian LEGO® Deals (07/31/20) include a few new offerings. Additionally, it is a good idea to check physical stores as well. I recently went to Walmart and Toys R us, and I found some sets on liquidation that were not available online. Reports have also come to me from readers stating that their Walmart stores have a different
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Plastics are a problem. According to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), humans produce 30 million tons of plastic each year. Additionally, most of that is for one-time use. A lot of this plastic ends up in the world’s oceans. In fact, the IUCN estimates eight million tons end up in marine ecosystems each year. Oddly, this
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The latest store calendar was recently released. Consequently, we now know the August 2020 LEGO® promotions! The calendar advertises three freebies as well as a new sweepstakes. Additionally, North America FINALLY gets the summer 2020 wave of LEGO® sets on August 1. While we got a taste with Jurassic World, the rest have been a long time coming. Read on
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LEGO® Publishing and LEGO® Ideas are teaming up for a new opportunity. As an adult fan of LEGO®, you can now help pick the next LEGO® book! The book will specifically cater to the AFOL community. In fact, AFOL ambassadors have already been involved in the idea process. You might even know one of them who took part ;). Ultimately,
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The LEGO® Group hit another milestone recently by becoming the most popular brand on YouTube. Additionally, the competition was not even close. The two runners up combined did not amass the same viewership. Buy Shares, an online financial education hub, collected and announced the findings. According to their research second place went to VAT19, while IDJVideos came in third. The
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Note: this article was edited after publishing. Originally, it stated that the Powered Up App would include four songs. In fact, there will be five songs in play mode, and five songs in listen mode. Two songs will be the same in both modes. The next LEGO® Ideas set is on the way. In fact, it is almost here. Today,
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In a surprise move, the LEGO® Group announced that the Technic Osprey was cancelled. The news comes a mere 11 days before the set was scheduled to hit store shelves on August 1, 2020. The LEGO® Group released the following statement concerning the cancellation: The LEGO Technic Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey was designed to highlight the important role the aircraft
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COVID-19 has many ongoing impacts on society. One is increased screen time. Lockdowns around the world have people online more than ever. This is particularly true of children. Kids spend more time on the internet for entertainment, but also for education. E-learning relies heavily on the web. But, how do you prepare kids for it? If you are a parent
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Sadly, there is not much selection this week in Canadian LEGO® Deals (07/17/20). Very little changed from last week. Additionally, there are fewer items available across the board. There is two weeks left until the summer 2020 sets hit North America. Keep your fingers crossed that we might get some good deals on older sets then. AFFILIATE DEALS These affiliate
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