In this edition, a new documentary on AFOLs will bow at the Tribeca Film Festival; LEGO formally announces the new Simpsons minifigs; and a Mindstorms team solves a Rubik’s cube in mind-numbingly record time.

• BREAKING DIDDLY-DO NEWS:  With The Simpsons house already for sale, LEGO releases the first official images of the 16-character Collectible Minifigure line.  The good news: waaay more characters than Homer and family, including Itchy & Scratchy, Mr. Burns, Apu and others.  The bad news: each fig will be at the new $3.99 price point, up from $2.99 for Series 1-10 and the TLM versions.  Perhaps to pay for all that extra ABS atop Marge’s head.  🙂  (Facebook / Mashable)
• BRICK-RELATED JOB OF THE DAY:  ThinkGeek is looking for an in-house LEGO builder.  Portfolio required!  Apply here.  (ThinkGeek)
• Beyond The Brick, which is billed as a “brickumentary” film offering a look into the world of AFOLs, will bow at the Tribeca Film Festival in April.  (TFF)
• BONUSES:  The Blu-Ray release of The LEGO Movie will reportedly include a Vitruvius minifig while “a Hobbit-themed LEGO set” may be included with the DVD release of The Desolation of Smaug.  (Brickset / Enstarz.com)
• Speaking of TLM, the movie has now grossed $400 million worldwide.  This article offers a fascinating look at how the film got financed and who will get left behind for the 2017 sequel.  (Hollywood Reporter)
• Here’s an interview with co-director Chris McKay.  (MovieHole)
• TIME AND RELATIVE DIMENSION IN BRICK:  CNet reviews their favorite Doctor Who CUUSOO submissions.
• Many AFOLs have tried to make their hobby into a living — and some have succeeded.  Artist David Tracy is one of them, and in this article he reveals some of the challenges of building with — and acquiring — brick.  (LA Weekly)
• Tests show that it takes more than 30,000 “impressions” to “wear out a LEGO brick.”  (Ars Technica)
• A Mindstorms-based MOC solves a Rubik’s cube in just under 3.3 seconds.  (TechRepublic)
• Last but not least, here are 20 bands, duos and rap groups re-imagined in minifig form.  The Fab Four never looked so good.  (High Snobriety)