How do LEGO ghosts glow?

One of my favorite parts of having my ghost infested castle (see previous post), is that for several minutes after turning the lights off, there is a green glow coming from the top of my dresser.  Being a nerd, I was already somewhat familiar with the idea of phosphorescence, but I thought it would be educational to learn a little bit more about it.

New LEGO Castle!

It has been rumored and now seems to be confirmed that LEGO will be releasing new Castle sets in August of next year (2013). The logo will be the same as the 2007 one, but packaging will be yellow.  I obtained the following list from Toys N Bricks:

• 70400 Forest Ambush
• 70401 Gold Getaway
• 70402 The Gatehouse Raid
• 70403 Dragon Mountain
• 70404 King’s Castle

A couple of things jump out at me with this list: 7946 was already called King's Castle so I hope this is not just a rehash of the previous version.  Second, the name "Dragon Mountain" suggests that  either it will have a dragon or the Dragon Knights will be making a comeback.  In my mind it would seem appropriate to make a large castle for the Dragon Knights since the Lion Knights already have one and put them somewhat on equal footing.  We shall see.

Since Castle is by far my favorite series, I am struggling to find an adjective for how excited I am.  I will be loading up on these as soon as they are released!

New Modular Building!

A picture of the newest modular set, called the Palace Cinema, was found on shop.lego.com.  I first learned about it from Brickset.  While I am a huge fan of the modular building series, I don't feel like this one will fit in with the rest of the town quite as well.  The color scheme and architecture have a very oriental feel to them which I'm sure is the effect they were going for; something akin to Mann's Chinese Theater.  However, combining this with the rest of the town I feel like is a little like taking a building from Chinatown and putting it in downtown Manhattan: clearly out of place.

Nevertheless, I will be buying it and trying to arrange my town in such a way that it doesn't stick out too much.  Because what other option do you have?

TNMT Sets on Shop@Home

The Teenage Ninja Mutant Turtle sets are now up and live at shop.LEGO.com. Right  now they are listed as coming on December 17th.

I was a huge fan of the TMNTs when I was younger, but the licensed themes are beginning to wear a bit thin.  I will probably pass on these sets.

Minifigures Series 9 Full Review

Official pictures for the upcoming 71000 LEGO Series 9 Minifigures are now available! If you are looking for a comprehensive review, Eurobricks has posted one including a breakdown of the minifigures in each case (shown below).

Image courtesy of The Lego Group