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SDCC 2013: 2 More LEGO MINECRAFT Sets Due This September!
Released last year, the first LEGO Cuusoo crowdsourced success, the video game based LEGO Minecraft set (pictured above) has been a hot seller, so much so that LEGO has announced today that two more sets will be arriving this fall.
Set for release this September, the Mojang approved line continues with two additional builds that fit in the same “microbuild” scale as the first set.
We have The Village (above), featuring a pig, Villager, and Zombie, and The Nether (below) featuring the Obsidian Portal, two Ghasts, and a Zombie Pigman.
Each set will retail for $34.99, same as the original Minecraft set. The full press release appears below.
THE LEGO GROUP EXPANDS MINECRAFT COLLECTION
- Two additional models based on the popular virtual 3D world make their debut at Comic-Con International and will be on shelves this September-COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL: SAN DIEGO (July 17, 2013)Â — Delighting LEGO® and Minecraft fans across the globe, The LEGO Group today announced it is extending its relationship with Swedish game developer Mojang to build on the blockbuster success of its first LEGO Minecraft building set to add two new models that will be released September 1, 2013.
LEGO Minecraft provides the opportunity to build, reconfigure and create new Minecraft micro-worlds in a physical LEGO way. The two new 3"x3"x3" models, The Village and The Nether, are on display for the first time at Comic-Con International in San Diego. Fans can also enjoy and take pictures with a large interactive 3D mosaic complete with Micromob character props at the LEGO booth (#2829).
“LEGO Minecraft is a perfect example of how people’s passions can be amplified when digital and physical interests are combined, and there couldn’t be more synergy between the engine that drives the Minecraft gaming experience and the creative fuel of a LEGO building experience,“ said Michelle Wilson, senior brand manager for LEGO Systems, Inc. “We are thrilled to continue our collaboration with Mojang to create new Minecraft characters and environments in LEGO form so that fans can get as creative as they’d like in their physical world as in their digital one.“
“There’s no doubt about the connection between LEGO building and Minecraft — not only the design similarities, but the immense creativity that our fan bases share,“ said Lydia Winters, Mojang’s director of fun. “Given how well received the first model was last year, we can’t wait to see what fans think of these new designs.“
LEGO Minecraft New Product Highlights
The Village With this model, fans can create and customize their own Minecraft village with LEGO bricks. Just like the game, fans can build houses, grow crops and beware the mines in their own micro-world as well as play out their own storylines with Pig, Villager and Zombie constructible Micromob figures.The Nether Builders can create the Minecraft Obsidian Portal and The Nether to explore the newest biome with this micro-scale LEGO model, complete with Netherrack, gravel, flowing lava and bedrock. This model includes two Ghasts and one Zombie Pigman constructible Micromob figures.
The new LEGO Minecraft micro-scale models can be split into four sections and reconfigured for different play experiences. They will be available beginning September 1, 2013 with a suggested retail price of $34.99.
Wednesday July 17, 2013