Kids are incredibly picky when it comes to gaming, and what’s hot today is often stone cold tomorrow. A select few gaming franchises last for more than a few years, and Minecraft is indisputably one of the all-timers. Since it dropped in 2009 (feeling old yet?), wave after wave of kids have discovered the blocky lo-res world of Minecraft and spent countless hours building worlds and battling Creepers.
Now Minecrafters old and young get a full feature film, A Minecraft Movie starring Jack Black and Jason Momoa, and they get a hot new Amazon deal that takes 32% off the price of the LEGO Minecraft The Sword Outpost building kit for kids 8 and up. If the kids in your life already have other LEGO Minecraft kits, this one combines with them to become part of a growing Minecraft tableau. For just $30 during this limited-time deal you get this kid-friendly 427-piece kit that comes with mini-figures of a Sentinel Soldier, Guardian Warrior, skeleton and Creeper mobs, and a pig animal toy.
Battle Bad Guys
The interactivity of the LEGO Minecraft The Sword Outpost set includes a lever at the bottom of the tower that sets off an “explosion” to topple part of the structure as the Sentinel Solider and Guardian Warrior fend off the waves of skeletons and Creepers.
The tower can, of course, be rebuilt and toppled as many times as the kids want, and when the battle’s over there’s a chill-out area with a jukebox, table, and cookies for the good guys to hang out in. (Or the skeletons and Creepers if they win.) The Diamond Sword, which is one of the most powerful weapons in the Minecraft universe, is a full-sized LEGO recreation that looks great as a display and also serves as a cool backdrop for the pretend battles.
Hours of No-Limit Fun
The Minecraft The Sword Outpost can be set up in as many ways as the imagination of your Minecraft fan allows, with the Diamond Sword being part of the base defended against the skeletons and Creepers, or whatever else they come up with. Minecraft is, after all, virtually limitless in terms of creativity.
Minecraft is always among the big favorites for young gamers, but this week’s debut of A Minecraft Movie is sure to spark yet another wave of Minecraft mania. (Until the next Pokémon or Sonic the Hedgehog movie, of course.) The timing is perfect to gift the young Minecraft fan in your life with this great LEGO Minecraft kid, with the movie now in theaters and 32% off the price of this fun and interactive building kit at Amazon.
