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LEGO has finally released the beta version of the long-awaited new LEGO Minifigure Factory online, apparently only available for the US at the moment. This easy-to-use online tool allows you to configure your own minifigure in a variety of ways, including its face, head, torso, legs and accessories. You can try out the tool here. These custom minifigures cost $11.99. The factory is still in beta, so it may not be available when you click, as they are likely to run several test phases to gather feedback from users, it should be noted that there is also a limit of one minifigure per household at the moment.

The Minifigure Factory while still missing some extra options to make it more interesting, offers quite a bit of customisation, so it won't be too difficult to achieve the LEGO minifigure you want, being able to choose the face and haircut or hat for your figure. There aren't an overwhelming number of options, making it fairly easy to see all the possibilities that might appeal to you. The leg and accessory options are also fairly straightforward.

Where you have the most creative options is on the torso of the minifigure. You can select the type of shirt or suit you want for your minifigure. You can enter text in a variety of fonts and colours, and decorate it with images from a range of categories such as sports, animals, accessories and more.

The resulting minifigures look exactly like the ones that come in LEGO sets. The company has already hinted that it will be adding more customisation options in the future, as expected, and also says it welcomes suggestions from fans - do you dare to configure and order your own LEGO minifigure, click here!

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Revealed at San Diego Comic Con, the LEGO Group is excited to invite fans of all ages to explore Pandora and the Na’vi culture with four new sets inspired by Avatar.

At LEGO® CON in June, fans were treated to an exclusive look at LEGO Avatar Toruk Makto & Tree of Souls, the first set from the brand-new LEGO Avatar product range celebrating the overall franchise to-date in advance of Avatar: The Way of Water premiering this December.

Today, the LEGO Group has revealed four additional sets at San Diego Comic Con:

LEGO® Avatar Neytiri & Thanator vs. AMP Suit Quaritch
LEGO® Avatar Jake & Neytiri’s First Banshee Flight
LEGO® Avatar Floating Mountains: Site 26 & RDA Samson
LEGO® Avatar Jake Sully & his Avatar
The new sets enable fans to recreate their favorite moments from the movie, as they build and reminisce about Neytiri teaching Jake how to bond with a Banshee, connecting with it and then soaring effortlessly over Pandora. And if that isn’t enough, recall the moment when the team sees the legendary Hallelujah Mountains for the first time and set up camp far away from Colonel Quaritch while exploring the details included in these new sets.

The highly anticipated assortment of LEGO Avatar products will be available on LEGO.com, in LEGO Retail Stores and available globally at all major retailers starting October 1, 2022.

The LEGO Avatar Jake & Neytiri’s First Banshee Flight set will be available for pre-order starting on July 21st at 9am PST on LEGO.com.

The LEGO Brickheadz Avatar Jake Sully & his Avatar set will be exclusively available at LEGO.com, LEGO Retail Stores, and other LEGO channels starting October 1, 2022. No pre-order available.

Product information:

LEGO® Avatar Neytiri & Thanator vs. AMP Suit Quaritch (75571)
• Ages: 9+
• Piece Count: 560 Pieces
• Price: $39.99 USD
• Hop on your Thanator and connect with it using your Na’vi kuru, then join Neytiri in her quest against Colonel Quaritch! Dive into the action with this awesome LEGO® Avatar set and replay the epic scene. Create the rainforest environment with glow-in-the-dark pieces. Place the Colonel in his AMP suit, seat Neytiri on her Thanator and get started. Who will prevail? That’s up to you!

LEGO® Avatar Jake & Neytiri’s First Banshee Flight (75572)
• Ages: 9+
• Piece Count: 572 Pieces
• Price: $ 59.99 USD
• Prove your worthiness to join the Na’vi and fly a Banshee! With this LEGO® Avatar set, you can join Jake and Neytiri as they swoop around the Hallelujah Mountains. Climb onto the Banshee, connect your Na’vi kuru with the creature and fly into the clouds. Check out the different floating mountains as you fly around, then soar back to Hometree!

LEGO® Avatar Floating Mountains: Site 26 & RDA Samson (75573)
• Ages: 9+
• Piece Count: 887 Pieces
• Price: $ 89.99 USD
• Explore Pandora with Jake, Norm, Dr. Grace Augustine and Trudy in this LEGO® Avatar set! Climb into the SA-2 Samson helicopter and fly to Site 26, then head into the lab to help Dr. Grace analyze flora. Set Jake in his linkbed and awaken his Avatar. Look, a Direhorse! Hop on its back, connect with it and explore the area with Jake and Norm. When you’ve gathered the information, report back to Dr. Grace!

LEGO® Avatar Jake Sully & his Avatar (40554)
• Ages: 10+
• Piece Count: 246 Pieces
• Price: $ 19.99 USD
• Thrill Avatar fans with this fun LEGO® BrickHeadz™ set featuring 2 versions of Jake Sully: as a human (figure can be removed from the wheelchair) and in his Avatar form.

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Today, the LEGO Group reveals the new LEGO® Atari® 2600 set, a nostalgic recreation of one of the most famous video game consoles of all time. The iconic Atari VCS/2600 was an instant hit when introduced in 1977 and the new LEGO set is based on the four-switch revision which debuted in 1980. The release of the new LEGO set also comes in celebration of Atari’s 50th anniversary.

From the unboxing experience through to adding the final brick, building this intricate set is an evocative journey within itself. Activate challenge mode as you build your own console in brick form and take a nostalgic journey uncovering features such as the controller with a joystick that moves to feel just like the original. Brick builders and gamers alike will enjoy sliding open the front and unveiling a pop-up scene from an 80’s gaming room, reviving memories of hours spent trying to get a new high score.

The set also includes three video game cartridges of iconic Atari games in brick format: Asteroids™, Adventure and Centipede™. The cartridges can be stored in a case and built into mini versions of the games. In addition, the console includes a switch to select whether you have a colour or black and white television.

When it came to choosing a LEGO Designer for the set, there was only one person for the job. Lifelong Atari fan Chris McVeigh, who said about the design; “The Atari 2600 was one of the most memorable gifts I got as a kid. I recall spending hours and hours in front of the TV, absolutely amazed that I could play arcade games in my own home. There were so many legendary titles, too, including Asteroids, Adventure, and Centipede. This is why it has been such an incredible experience to bring two icons together, Atari and LEGO, in this awesome set. We hope that building this classic console takes you back to those halcyon days when a handful of pixels meant a world of adventure.”

The LEGO Atari 2600 set is available from the 1st August 2022 via LEGO Stores and https://www.LEGO.com/Atari at the recommended retail price of $/€239.99.

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About the set:

Relive hilarious and heartwarming scenes from the Emmy® Award-winning U.S. version of The Office – streaming now exclusively on Peacock – with this new, fantastic LEGO® Ideas display model. Build a LEGO brick section of the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company’s branch office in Scranton, including ‘World’s Best Boss’ Michael Scott’s office. Add 15 minifigures of the show’s main characters, plus countless accessories to remind you of laugh-out-loud moments.

About the designers:

About LEGO® IDEAS submission designer, Jaijaj Lewis:
•Jaijai Lewis, a marketing professional from New York City, has worked on various versions of the model since 2014.
•Before this set, he submitted two other iterations, with both reaching the 10,000 LEGO Ideas supporters required to be considered for production.
•His last model is mainly based on the first seven seasons with Michael Scott as the “World’s Best Boss” before the character left Dunder Mifflin:
“For me, it’s a show I go to for comfort. It’s hilarious, relatable and heartwarming. I’ve heard from thousands of supporters over the years that during moments of hardship, they will watch it to lift their spirits. Overall, I worked on this project for nearly seven years. I used behind-the scenes photos, set blueprints and re-watched the show as references for my designs. It was a lot of fun to recreate classic moments from the show over the years. Even after I hit 10,000 votes, I continued adding new features to improve the model. One of my biggest changes was rescaling it to make the set smaller while keeping so many characters. I’m so grateful to the fans who came out to promote and vote for my latest designs, it really means a lot to me.”

LEGO Ideas Designers (and husband and wife duo) Laura and Chris Perron worked on the set as the LEGO Group’s own Jim and Pam.
•“Jaijai did a great job refining the scope and scale of the model, and we created the final layout and structure to capture as many iconic angles as possible, with room for 15 minifigures (and a cat). It was special being able to co-design this set with my wife, Laura; we felt we could play up the Jim and Pam dynamic. (Air high-five!) We didn’t want to hold back on references, so there are extra stickers and accessories to recreate your favorite moments.” -Chris Perron, LEGO Model Designer
•This project let me combine three things I love: my husband (Chris), The Office and LEGO bricks! We’re huge fans of the show and worked out a lot of the references and jokes in the model over dinner conversations at home. I’m really happy with how the reception desk turned out – its curve is very iconic, and we wanted to get it just right!”-Laura Perron LEGO Model Designer

Where to purchase:

The Office set will be exclusively available on Walmart.com in the U.S. (LEGO.com internationally) and is available for preorder starting July 15 and on-sale October 1.

To read/learn more visit https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/the-office-21336

What’s included:

The Office set includes an incredible 15 LEGO minifigures:

Michael Scott, Dwight Schrute, Jim Halpert, Pam Beesly, Ryan Howard, Angela Martin, Oscar Martinez, Kevin Malone, Stanley Hudson, Kelly Kapoor, Phyllis Lapin Vance, Meredith Palmer, Creed Bratton, Toby Flenderson and Darryl Philbin, plus a LEGO figure of Angela’s cat, Garbage.

There are also lots of accessory elements referencing fan-favorite moments, including a stapler in gelatin, Golden Ticket, Dundie trophy and ‘World’s Best Boss’ mug.

Additional Key Features:

This iconic LEGO set features an authentic layout of the Scranton Dunder Mifflin office. Build the reception area, Michael’s office (which slides out for display on its own), Jim and Dwight’s desk island, Phyllis and Stanley’s desk island and the conference room
Accessory elements included are inspired by classic scenes such as Jim’s teapot, letter and engagement ring for Pam; Michael’s screenplay, “Threat Level Midnight;” Dwight’s hidden weapons; Kevin’s pot of chili; and a stapler in gelatin that reference unforgettable moments from the show
12 of the minifigures have 2 facial expressions to display different emotions by just turning the heads around
The set measures over 3 in. (7 cm) high, 12 in. (30 cm) wide and 10 in. (25 cm) deep. This 1,164-piece LEGO® set is perfect for a birthday or holiday gift to yourself or another fan of The Office
This 1,164-piece set comes with an illustrated booklet about The Office, the set’s fan creator and LEGO® designers, plus step-by-step instructions to make the construction a joy
This building set for adults is one in a diverse array of LEGO Ideas sets, each created by a fan designer, voted for by LEGO fans and produced by the LEGO Group