Toy Fair 2013: LEGO Legends of Chima Gallery

I'm guessing this is going to get the most traffic! LEGO Legends of Chima is already in stores, but the gallery showcases larger buildable action figures in addition to dozens of new minifigure-scaled kits of varying price points.

The main takeaway from here? Apes. And the bigger Chima guys remind me of Xevoz, so I might have to grab a couple of those.  Click here to view over 90 images of these new toys at 16bit.com.

LEGO Legends of Chima In Stores Now

Attention everyone: LEGO Legends of Chima toys, the new animal/beast figures set to replace Ninjago, are at some (if not more than some) Toys R Us stores now.  

Each set has one or more bird, lion, gator, or other creature figure and a number of bricks.  The carded mini sets are around $16.99 locally, higher than anticipated.  (Target is expected to charge $14.99.)   But the good news for you is that they might be out, so get looking!  Good hunting, and Happy 2013 Toy Reset to you!

LEGO Legends of Chima 2013 Galleries at Brickshelf

What's new for Legends of Chima?  Brickshelf put up an amazing gallery of new toys which are probably going to start showing up in a store near you at the time I finish typing this sentence.

Each set includes one or more beast figures, weapons, and a nifty vehicle.  The biggest boat in the line even includes one of the new, fancy brick separators.

You can see 9 sets in the Brickshelf gallery including some pretty decent close-ups of the figures.  As the follow-up to Ninjago it looks pretty decent!  Of all the new Beast-esque lines, this is the one that'll probably get the most marketing dollars and distribution.

LEGO Battle Beasts? Legends of Chima Coming 2013

We've got a lot of Beast Saga stuff to post too, but first we wanted to talk about the all-new Legends of Chima, a new LEGO line in the vein of Battle Beasts... and Ninjago.  The figures are creature-based with some nifty vehicle builds, many of which are animal-inspired much like the 1980s Battle Beasts chariots.

You can see several figures and sets at Eurobricks.  There's not too much variety in the figure species, but the vehicles range from so-so to mind-bogglingly compelling.