Rebrick

Rebrick the new social site of LEGO has been up. http://rebrick.lego.com/

This was the site who had the name Octopus in an earlier stage! You have to be 13 to sign up.

About Rebrick;

Share your favorite creations with the LEGO® brick and inspire other people.
All you have to do to get started is to find an image, video, blog post, article or whatever format your favorite piece of content is on the world wide web and submit the link to ReBrick.

WHAT IS THE BASIC IDEA WITH REBRICK?
ReBrick is a social media platform where adult users can share and discuss user-created LEGO content online.
It will not be possible to upload content to the site. Instead the basic functionality is for the user to bookmark content from other sites, such as Flickr, Youtube, MOCpages and similar sites, and have a discussion at the ReBrick hub.
ReBrick is a public stage for fans of the LEGO brick to share their wonderful models and creations with the general public.
IS REBRICK PART OF LEGO.COM?
The ReBrick website is made and facilitated by the LEGO Group. But ReBrick is not part of LEGO.com. While LEGO.com is for children (of all ages), ReBrick caters to fans over 13. There’s no commercial agenda. The site will never be used to market LEGO products so you won’t see campaigns, adverts or advertorials.

IT’S YOUR REBRICK!
The ReBrick project is a collaboration between the LEGO Group and the LEGO community. In fact, we could almost say it’s co-owned. Though The LEGO group retain ownership of the site, there will be no product announcements or any attempt made to market LEGO products. The content is brought in, discussed and ultimately owned by the community – that’s you!

LEGO Universe Closing

It was announced earlier today that LEGO Universe will be closing January 31st 2012. The LEGO moderator, Keighlian, posted this on the message boards:

Hello Adventurer, today we are very sad to announce that LEGO Universe will be closing on Janurary 31, 2012. This was a very difficult decision to make, but unfortunately LEGO Universe has not been able to attract the number of members needed to keep the game open.

We are thankful to have had the opportunity to share this adventure wiith an amazing community of players. We hope you will continue to enjoy LEGO Universe for the last few months. As a thank you, if you are a paying subscriber on December 31, 2011, we will provide you the full game for the final month for free.

Again, we want to thank the fantastic community of players who made LEGO Universe such a vibrant, fun and creative experience.

Sincerely,
The LEGO Universe Team


It is unknown how this will effect updates already scheduled to be released. It can be safely assumed that Frostburgh and most likely the Fire Temple will be released. However I doubt that any content after that will be released.
Post your thoughts on this either in the comments or on the message boards here
-Wooton

11/7 Post update:
It has been confirmed that Frostburgh and the Fire Temple will not be released, Read the post by PrimeFigulus here: http://messageboards.lego.com/en-us/showpost.aspx?PostID=4522980

LEGO Universe - Previous Members Play the Full Game Free This Weekend!

View With Images LEGO® Universe — Previous Members Play the Full Game Free This Weekend! Has your LEGO® Universe Membership expired? Then this is your chance to get right back into the action and build, battle and have fun with friends. To celebrate our 1 year Celebration of LEGO Universe, we would like to invite you to a "Welcome Back Weekend" where all previous players get the chance to get back and play in the full game, meeting with old and new friends and to try out all the new worlds and updates. • Help Sensei Wu battle against the evil skeletons in the recent world of Ninjago • Race your friends at the challenging Dragonmaw Chasm Race Track in forbidden valley • Tame the new Earth Dragon Pet in the Ninjago Monastery For more information click here See you in the game Customer Service About Us LEGO Universe Parents LEGOLAND

LEGO CUUSOO

What is LEGO CUUSOO? Well, I'm here to answer that question! CUUSOO (which is Japanese for 'imagination' or sometimes 'wish') is a new site now in open beta. Here users can upload their own creations to be voted on by the community, models with over 10,000 votes may be launched into production by the LEGO Company! If your model is selected for production you will receive 1% of the net profit (the amount the LEGO Company gets after subtracting the costs to make and sell the model)
So head on over to the site but first a few words of warning:

Currently I am unable to find an age limit to register for the site, however, the LEGO CUUSOO site does not appear to be as restrictive as the main LEGO website and you can share much more data there than anywhere else. Remember to always get your parent's permission before sharing any personal information online! Also, since it is possible to earn money from your models, Plagiarism (copying someone else's model) is strictly prohibited, so, once again, check with your parents before registering or uploading models and make sure it's okay with them.

And finally, the link: http://lego.cuusoo.com/

-Wooton

Life of George

LEGO has been working on a new project for awhile now. They have been hinting about it on this Facebook page for a few months, but no one knew what it was. The Facebook page had posts from the perspective of a LEGO 'man' called George and photos of him in places all around the world.
Earlier this week, the official Life of George LEGO page went live. The webpage explains a bit more about George and what this new LEGO product is.
Life of George "uses an awesome LEGO Brick capture technology that turns your iPhone/iPod into a revolutionizing new experience, giving you hours of building fun with endless possibilities"
To play, you must buy the set, which comes with a bunch of basic bricks and a special photo board and download the iPod Touch/iPhone app. The app gives you challenges to build and then photograph on the photoboard (the photoboard allows the iPhone/iPod to recreate the model in digital form), there are multiplayer modes or you can build and photograph whatever you want. This set is availablenow in LEGO stores and online.