Merry Belated Christmas From BrickEnd

Yes, it's December 26th. Yes, officially Christmas is over. Yes, here I am a day late wishing you all a merry Christmas. During all of the festivities of yesterday I failed to post and give my seasonal greetings. But here I am today trying to make it up to you.
I hope all of you had a very great Christmas. Not only for presents, but also for spending time with family and friends. Cause when it really boils down to it, it's being together what really counts on days like yesterday. I know some of you younger kids are probably like "what?" But don't worry. You'll understand when you're older. For now, I'm glad you got your Chima Lion Temple or Ewok Village.

Merry belated Christmas everyone!

Santa's Pod Racer by Max Pointner

As Christmas draws nearer, more and more holiday-themed MOCs keep coming up. A nice representation of the masses of Christmas builds is Max Pointner's Santa's Pod Racer.
While I don't think Santa has a Podracer, and if he did, who knows what it would look like, you have to love the design of this baby.
I think the reindeer engines are my favorite part. With the battle droid antlers, the christmas light connector, and the rudolph nose, they should make for some fast flying. And Santa will sure need their speed in a few days.

See it on Mocpages.

Legends of Chima Listed at Shop@Home

LEGO has listed the Legends of Chima sets at Shop@Home. Though they won't be available till January 1st. There are plenty of new pictures to see.
It's kind of a bummer that they didn't list them sooner. Looking at it from a marketing perspective, wouldn't it be better to have them available in the middle of December? I guess LEGO doesn't think so.

Buy the Legends of Chima sets on Shop@Home.

21102 Minecraft Back in Stock at S@H

LEGO Shop@Home has listed 21102 Minecraft as in stock. With 10 more days till Christmas, now would be a good time to get this set if you missed out earlier.
Shop@Home has free shipping on orders of $49 or more. With Minecraft being $34.99, just add a couple cheap sets and take advantage of this deal.

Buy Minecraft now!

2013 Sets Spotted at TRU

It's that time of year again. The time when all the 2013 sets start appearing on different websites and in different toys stores. Don't you just love when TRU has all the new sets and the only ones you can buy are the ones that cost less than $20? Me neither.
Toys R Us now has the 2013 Star Wars, Super Heroes, Ninjago, and other sets available at certain stores. I've yet to be at a TRU this month, the prices scare me away from the door. And I can always go across the street to Target and save $30 on a Battle of Helm's Deep.
If you want to get your Christmas shopping done before the rush, get to a TRU now!

Thanks to FBTB for posting the news first.

2013 Galaxy Squad, City, Technic, and Creator at S@H

LEGO has posted the 2013 Galaxy Squad, City, Technic, and Creator sets for sale at Shop@Home. We've seen pretty much everything already, but there are some new pictures of the sets. That's always nice.
With nearly a full month until Christmas, you'll have plenty of time to get in some Holiday shopping. And don't forget, LEGO is still running some free shipping deals.

Buy the new sets at Shop@Home.

10229 Winter Village Cottage Revealed

Remember the yearly Christmas sets LEGO puts out? Well, the fourth installment (really? Four?) has just been revealed.
10229 Winter Village Cottage will include 1,490 pieces and will retail for $99.99. A VERY good price for the piece count and size of this set. Actually, hold on the piece count. I'm not entirely sure about that. That seems like a lot of pieces. And there is no way LEGO would price a set with that many pieces for so cheap. So, that's not entirely official.

Thanks to Eurobricks for the news. Click the link for more images.