Toyworld Sale 27th Feb - 9th March

I received a copy of the Toyworld catalogue a few weeks ago and have just finally got around to scanning it.

Most of the City sets are still full retail prices. A couple look to be 20% off. For those that are like me and enjoy a polybag set, they are offering a Free one when you spend $39.99 or more on City sets from this catalogue. The set they are offering is 30228: Police ATV.

Considering all the fantastic sales we have been getting recently from other stores like Myer, Target and DJ etc... this falls pretty flat. 

Again not much is actually on sale but a couple of sets are 20% off. Same deal as the City they are offering a Free polybag. 30114: Andrea's Beach Lounge is what they give you when you spend $39.99 or more on Friends sets from this catalogue.

 Like I say... not a lot on sale. Just a few things you maybe interested in. I will be looking at getting a couple of the polybags but that's about it, and maybe some CMF...

Tan Tile over and out....

LEGO Ninjago 70722: OverBorg Attack Review.

Today we are going to review Ninjago set 70722: OverBorg Attack. This is another of the Ninjago sets we won from the LEGO Facebook competition.
 
Set Number: 70722 

Theme: Ninjago. 

Set Name: OverBorg Attack. 

Part Count: 207 

Minifigures: 2 

Australian RRP: $29.99 

Featuring: Green Ninja Cycle with golden blades, Mech Chair, an All-terrain Tank Bike with spinning front saw blades, a ramp, a recycle bin and a fire hydrant.



The front of the box has some eye catching artwork. The Green Ninja Lloyd launching his green ninja cycle towards the OverBorg on his All-terrain Tank Bike.
 

The back of the box shows you some play features. Including spinning saw blades and a detachable mech chair.

When we open the box we find two numbered bags, an instruction booklet and a sticker sheet. Loose in the box is a single caterpillar track.

Here we have a close-up of the sticker sheet. Again they have numbers to indicate where to apply each sticker.

 
This is what you get in bag 1. OverBorg's hair piece was in its own separate bag making me suspect once again that it was manufactured in china*.

* For those who like to know where an element is made. 

This version of the Green Ninja aka Lloyd has all new printing on both sides of his torso and a single sided face print. The torso has some wonderful metallic Gold, Silver and Bronze highlights with some Dark Green printing to match his sleeves. His hair piece is new in the colour Tan.  There is also a Pearl Gold mini armour piece that can hold two katana. Finally Lloyd has a new bandana piece in Green which looks awesome and I'm sure will be a sought after piece.

I don't know a lot about the theme or its characters but this OverBorg or Cyrus Borg looks and sounds very interesting. From what I have read on Brickipedia, he has been disabled all his life, hence the walker. He also used to invent suits and the Techno-Blades for the ninjas. Now he has turned evil.

He has a double sided torso print with hoses, wires and metal plating and a Flat Silver right arm while his left arm is Black. He has a double sided face print: one for when he has a normal face (Cyrus Borg) and the other side is half mechanical when he is transformed into the OverBorg. His hair piece is new and has a half organic / half mechanical look to it. If it was completely organic this would he a cool looking hair piece.

First up with the build is this ramp with fire hydrant. Included is a Green recycle bin with a couple of 1x1 Brown studs (inside!) .

Here is the step-by-step build of the Green Ninja Cycle. It's a neat little design and I would love to try and have a go at making another one but add some red to it so as to go with one of our Robin minifigures.

 A quick step-by-step build of OverBorg's spider walker mech chair.

Here he is sitting in his mech chair. Included are a couple of weapons: a chain saw blade/axe and a katana.

This is the contents for bag 2. Seems like a lot of Technic parts in this bag. Yep over 50 of them.

Here is the the step-by-step build of the All-terrain Tank Bike. Surprisingly this looks pretty damn awesome. They did well to hide all the Technic pieces. The spinning saw blade works quite well and the caterpillar track rolls well on any surface.

Here we have some useful spares. I was pleased to see that we get a pair of Pearl Gold  katana and another bandanna piece too! 

Here we have a few images of the completed set.

A couple of GIF's to see the models in action.

I really enjoyed building this set. At first when I was lining up all the elements, I wasn't too keen on seeing so many Technic pieces rather than brick pieces. But it all worked out in the end and those pieces I dreaded actually gave this set some really fun play features. The minifigures have some great detailing on them and that helps add play value to the set. The cycles are quite clever and and the rotating saw blades give a sinister feel to it. I guess this is the reason Jaspa likes this particular vehicle. 
Again, I know very little about the back-story of Ninjago so I apologise for any errors or lack of information that I may have missed.   
Note to self: Keep Jaspa away from sharp objects!

Thanks for stopping by and reading this new review. I hope you enjoyed it! 
 

Let us know in the comments below what your thoughts and opinions are on the set.

Until next time this is Tan Tile... 

LEGO Ninjago 70721: Kai Fighter Review

Today we are going to review Ninjago set 70721: Kai Fighter. Ninjago sets are not a theme we normally purchase and the plan was to move onto some the new City "Great vehicle" set reviews. However when the new Ninjago sets we won from the LEGO Facebook competition arrived on our doorstep, I thought it would be good to take a look at them.

Set Number: 70721 

Theme: Ninjago.

Set Name: Kai Fighter.

Part Count: 196

Minifigures: 2

Australian RRP: $29.99

Featuring: Red and Gold Kai Fighter. Exclusive translucent Red Techno-Blade. (1 of 4)

The front of the box shows Kai’s Fighter zooming high in the skies over New Ninjago City. General Cryptor launches a rocket propelled missile towards Kai in his Red Fighter.

On the back we see some of the play features for this cool looking set: Flick fire missiles, speed mode adjustable wings and one of the four Techno-Blades in Red.

 Inside the box we have two numbered bags, an instruction booklet and a sticker sheet.

A close up of the sticker sheet. I think this is the very first time I have seen numbers on the sheet to indicate where to apply them throughout the building process.

Here is a quick look at the parts for bag 1.  We get a couple of inverted Dark Gray Tiles, the new translucent red Techno-blade and General Cryptor head gear piece was in its own separate bag making me suspect it was manufactured in china*.

    
*For those who like to know where an element is made.

Kai has a wonderful double sided torso print with some really lovely details on him. The Dark Red and Gold printing go well together and they top it off with flames amongst it all. He has a single sided face print sporting a stylised scare across his left eye. Kai’s hair piece is completely new and exclusive to this set. It has a soft rubbery texture to it. We also get a new bandanna piece in red and it’s definitely going to be on everyone’s wish list! And finally, he has the Translucent Red Techno-Blade (1 of 4) that is exclusive to this set.

General Cryptor is the robotic leader of the Nindroid army, and a servant of the Digital Overlord. He has a double sided torso print that feature hoses and metal plating exposed from his torn robes. He has a double sided head print that is half torn, exposing metal plating all the way around. The head gear piece is all new and has borg like features to it. General Cryptor also has a new shoulder armour piece with printing that can hold 2 katana. His legs are printed also.

Here we have a step-by-step build of the first half of Kai’s Fighter.

Here are the contents of bag 2. Lots of different wedge type plates that are very useful for MOC building.

Here is the last of the step-by-step build and thus completing the set.

Here are the few spares we get at the end. A spare Red bandanna and a katana, gotta be happy with that.

Here are a few images of the completed set.

Here is a GIF of the wings in action.

Overall this is a fantastic set. It’s mostly Red so it has to be, right? It makes it go faster too. This was a really fun build that has some great SNOT* building techniques. I really enjoyed building  the adjustable wings feature, it was incredibly well thought out.

This set has two fantastic looking minifigures but Kai the Red Ninja would have to be the stand out. As a child the colour Red was my favourite and my inner child is saying “Hide this one from Jaspa! I don’t want to share it with him”  but of course I will… maybe. If you like to swoosh then this is for you!

 * Studs Not On Top

I know very little about the back-story of Ninjago so I apologise for any errors or lack of information that I may have missed.

Thanks for stopping by and reading this new review. I hope you enjoyed it! 

Let us know in the comments below what your thoughts and opinions are on the set.

Until next time this is Tan Tile... Nin-ja-go-ing-out-ta-here

A Special Announcement and a Competition!

Oz Brick Nation is proud to announce an exciting new partnership with the minifigures.com.au team.

They will be featuring minifigure reviews on their website photographed and written by me.

At the beginning of the week Minifigures contacted me explaining how much they enjoyed my reviews and my photography.

They went on to ask if I would like to start doing minifigure reviews to help give better insight about particular minifigures for their ever growing customer base.

Of course I was thrilled and immediately began a friendly dialogue with them.

So let’s hear a little bit from the Minifigures team…

We have been LEGO enthusiast our whole lives. For many years we have been collecting LEGO & understand the frustrations in acquiring LEGO Minifigures to complete collections. We have a number of contacts around the world who also contribute through acquiring the items that are otherwise near impossible to get at affordable prices.  

Please feel free to contact us, we'll happily answer your questions & if required, source an item for you.

 

Today for our very first "Minifigures" review, we are going to take a look at the new Lloyd minifigure from the 2014 Ninjago theme. This Green Ninja has all new printing on his torso, featuring a fantastic dragon design that is printed on both the front and back of his robe . There is also some Dark Green printing with wonderful metallic Gold, Silver and Bronze highlights on his "Techno robe".  He has an angry facial expression printed on one side and we got to see his hair for the very first time.  His Tan hair piece is exclusive to this minifigure.  He also comes with a Pearl Gold mini armour piece that can hold two katana. Finally, Lloyd has an all new bandanna piece in Green which looks fantastic and I'm sure will be a sought after piece. If you collect the different types of Ninja's, you are going to need to add this version of Lloyd to your growing collection!

Now for the the competition Details for your chance to win today's reviewed minifigure 

Oz Brick Nation is proud to announce that we will be working closely with Minifigures to bring you regular Minifigure reviews on thier website www.minfigures.com.au. We'll be sure to share these reviews with our Facebook friends as well.

So to help Celebrate this new partnership, Minifigures have kindly donated 2 Minifigure prizes to be given away randomly to our Facebook Friends. The first will be a Lloyd Rebooted Ninjago Minifigure as featured in our first review. The second will be a Cyrus Borg from the new Ninjago Rebooted Line, pictured with this post.

The details of the competition are simple. You must "Like" Minifigures Facebook Page & also the Oz Brick Nation Facebook Page. Then Share, Like & Comment on this Status.

The Lloyd Rebooted Minifigure will be given away randomly to someone who comments on the Minifigures Page post & the Cyrus Borg will be given away randomly to a comment on the Oz Brick Nation Page post. Competition starts immediately & will end at Midnight 28th Feb 2014, with the winners announced on the 1st March 2014.

So with 2 chances to win, get Sharing.

Thank you for Reading and don't forget to browse Minifigures for all your minifigure needs.

This is Tan Tile signing out...