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The new brick will make play more interactive for kids and families. Sets with the new brick will release in March, and preorders start in January.
LEGO has announced a huge update to its bricks, which the company is calling "one of the most significant evolutions" in 50 years.
The LEGO Willy Wonka & The Chocoloate Factory set is now 20% off at Target as the LEGO store puts units on backorder.
The Smart Brick looks very similar to a normal 2x4 Lego brick, but it contains a custom Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) chip which is smaller than one of the studs on the brick itself. It’s joined by an accelerometer and a copper coil, and Lego has created its own Play Engine and Neighbor Position Measurement (NPM) system.
If you want the ultimate LEGO Back to the Future DeLorean time machine set, Amazon has the 1872-piece #10300 set on sale for $170, which is 30% off the list price. A nice discount for sure, but it can’t compare with the price of the new Back to the Future Speed Champions #77256 set that