Build Nexus Tower Today!

Well, here it is! The moment you have all been waiting for! The Nexus Tower donation box was finally opened yesterday which means that Nexus Tower will be coming within the next couple of days! Along with the Jawbox, a new racetrack has been added, including new faction cars and rockets to spend your accumulated tokens on! Here are the official release notes for May:

3 May 2011 (v.1.6.50)
Dragonmaw Chasm Racetrack-Yep! You will be able to race through the underworld of Forbidden Valley and swoosh across the branches of the Great Tree! Point of entry is a bouncer located in Mantis Rock.
- Two new Dragonmaw Chasm Race Cars are available at Vendor Yam Waterwolf’s shop.
- There will of course be new racing Missions and Achievements for you to complete on this exhilarating racetrack!
Faction Cars and Rockets- Faction Cars! Assembly Blockader, Paradox Blindsider, Sentinel Stalwart and Venture League Hinterlander.
-Faction Rockets! Assembly Solarblast, Paradox Darkwarp, Sentinel Startalon and Venture League Astroscout.
-Buy them from your Faction Vendor in Nimbus Station – bring coins and Faction Tokens!
Brick Donation for Nexus TowerEveryone needs to brick in so Nexus Tower can be built in due time! Find the hungry Nexus Jawbox at the Race Place in Nimbus Station, and donate as many bricks as you possibly can. This is the first community mission in LEGO Universe history, so make sure you are a part of it. Hopefully, Nexus Tower will be the largest build ever seen in LEGO Universe!
Nimbus IsleThis new Nimbus Station property is approximately as big as Avant Grove, so let your Imagination run wild!
New ModelsAutumn Helix’s new Safari and Zoo models will allow you to create the perfect setting on your property for…
Pets on PropertyThat’s right! Place your Pets on one of your Properties in Place Models mode, and add behaviors and movements to them. Find Autumn Helix in Brick Annex in Nimbus Station.
New Daily Missions- Donate More Bricks! Every day will have a new challenge to donate more bricks in the Nexus Jawbox for the construction of Nexus Tower.
- Plus many additional very challenging missions, given to you daily by your Faction Representative.
Specialty Gear
- An achievement has been added for equipping all pieces of rank 1 gear. The reward for this achievement is the rank 2 book. You will be unable to purchase the rank 2 gear until you complete the rank 1 achievement. Any players who have currently used the rank 2 book will continue to be able to use and buy new rank 2 gear.
- An achievement has been added for equipping all pieces of rank 2 gear. The reward for this achievement is the rank 3 book. You will be unable to purchase the rank 3 gear until you complete the rank 2 achievement. Any players who have currently used the rank 3 book will continue to be able to use and buy new rank 3 gear.
Known Issues
- Icons for custom cars, rockets and models may not appear for some players. This issue will be fixed in an upcoming maintenance.              

Build Nexus Tower: Coming EXTREMELY Soon!

We now have an official release date for Nexus Tower! May 3rd! But first, players have to donate the bricks that are needed to build the actual tower, and THEN you are allowed to visit. Nexus Tower isn't the only big update coming soon though, we have Dragon Maw Chasm that will also premier on May 3rd along with the new EXTRA large property, Nimbus Isle. All of the huge updates everybody has been waiting for will finally be here! Go to this link for the official article on the release of Nexus Tower.

Official Article

8 New Faction Cars and Rockets

I hope that you have been saving up your faction tokens! New faction cars and rockets are coming soon! Show off your pride for your faction with the 4 new cars and 4 new rockets! Each Car module will cost 2,000 coins and 6o tokens, while each Rocket module will cost 3,000 coins and 80 tokens. They are expensive but really cool! Here are the names of the rockets and cars for each faction:

The new Faction Car names are:
• Assembly Blockader
• Paradox Blindsider
• Sentinel Stalwart
• Venture League Hinterlander

The new Faction Rocket names are:
• Assembly Solarblast
• Paradox Darkwarp
• Sentinel Startalon
• Venture League Astroscout

Enjoy buying your faction cars and rockets! See you on the racetrack with them!
-Zorkonian12

Build your own Starskull Rocket!

Don't like the colors of your basic starskull rocket? What if you could make your own color scheme for your own rocket? Now you can! On your property... that's right, we will have to keep waiting for the ability for a fully customized rocket to take you to different worlds. But looking at a custom rocket is still fun right? Here is a letter from Mardolf the Orange explaining to build your own skeleton rocket and customize it!

Many of you have already collected the Skeleton Rockets to fly around in. My old eyes had never seen bones used as building material before! It is interesting indeed, that something so primitive could be used to create something so advanced. Did you know the skeleton rockets are built from the bones of Skeleton Miners? How dreadful! Still, the construction is quite clever. I was contemplating riding one (for testing purposes only, of course), but the purple would clash terribly with my orange robes. That just will not do.
Then it hit me. I could build a Starskull Rocket for my very own, in a dashing orange! I began my research to reverse engineer the rocket immediately. Since you adventurers have been tirelessly collecting bones from Crux Prime for me, I have decided to share my findings on how to recreate the Starskull Rocket with you. Below, you will find all the parts necessary to build your own Starskull Rocket, either on your Property or with any bricks you may have collected in your own home. If you are like me, you can make your own color adjustments to customize the rocket or you can stay true to the color scheme to build a completely accurate replica.
Download my research paper on how to recreate the Starskull Rocket here, but be sure to check with your parents first!

Fare thee well,
Mardolf the Orange