Potential new London Maze Live Experience Venue?!

The team behind the Crystal Maze Live Experience, Little Lion have been recently teasing their followers with a "mystery" announcement on www.littlelionmystery.com and on the Maze Instagram page - We were dubious initially as to whether this "surprise" was maze related.

A simple Google search shows that they've recently acquired a former Casino space, some 21,000 sq foot near Piccadilly Circus in London. (Only 9,000ft smaller than the real Crystal Maze Studio at Bottleyard, in Bristol). We must stress that this hasn't been officially announced yet, it will in four days - but we think this is what the announcement will be! What else could it be?  The link to the venue is here: http://blog.lorenzconsultancy.com/21000-sq-ft-former-casino-lease-assigned-to-unique-leisure-occupier?utm_campaign=News&utm_content=77725347&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

It even states that the Crystal Maze has acquired it. One of our Blog contributors, Liam found this link online, after some detective work.

The current London Maze is in an old office block and is not really fit for purpose. They will either relocate there, or open a second venue - let's wait and see what's announced next week. Exciting times to be a Crystal Maze Fan!

Will you start the (board game) fans please!

We have been contacted by Rascals, the board game company behind the innovative brand new Crystal Maze Board game entering shops in the next couple of weeks. A few of us have seen a proof of the actual game rules, screenshots of the timer phone app and we are very impressed with what they've come up with. (We cannot share these with you at the moment). We cannot wait to scramble like we are running between zones to get this board game! As soon as we get a copy of it, we will be reviewing it in full here after having a play with it. Expect this game to take a while to set up. The makers told us that the board game is so full of items, that they had a job to cram it all in the box. We haven't played it yet and we already like the sound of what it offers, based upon our first fan glimpses. Please tip us off if you see it for sale anywhere. Apparantly it is going to enter the supply chain process with retailers in dribs and drabs, so it will be quite hard to get hold of to begin with.

We have been told that copies of the game will be available for £35 from Debenhams, John Lewis, WH Smith and Amazon from October, bringing all the adventures of this iconic TV show to the living room with a host of perplexing puzzles and tricky challenges for friends and family. Suitable for ages 10 and above, and for 2 or more players, teamwork is paramount as players voyage through the four themed time zones in one of two teams competing against one another.

Packed with an assortment of mental, mystery, skill and physical games, The Crystal Maze Board Game is sure to challenge and excite even the bravest of adventurers with success being rewarded in the shape of precious time Crystals. For each Crystal won you will earn time scrambling for gold tokens in the dome finale.

The Crystal Maze Board Game Contents: 

·         Game board

·         Maze Master’s manual

·         Rules

·         Sand timer

·         130 × Gold & silver tokens

·         4 × Maze Master’s hands

·         16 × Game sign cards

·         2 × A.L.I.S cards

·         16 × Clear plastic crystals

·         3 × Plastic balls

·         5 × Game bases

·         14 × Aztec Mental Game symbol tiles

·         10 × Aztec Mystery Game sum cards

·         Dry marker pen*

·         4 × Aztec Physical Game artefact cards

·         60 × Medieval Mental Game toy cards

·         15 × Medieval Mystery Game riddle cards

·         Dice

·         12 × Futuristic Mental Game circuit pieces

·         15 × Futuristic Mystery Game riddle cards

·         7 × Futuristic Skill Game cube puzzle pieces

·         9 × Industrial Mental Game cards

·         8 × Industrial Mystery Game cog tiles

·         4 × Industrial Skill Game large word tiles

·         40 × Industrial Skill Game small word tiles

·         Plastic cup

A Middling eBay Auction

The Gamers were the first civilian team of series 2 and some might say they did quite well, must have done to get a prize from their day. A middling prize is a prize nonetheless and in their case, and to Richard's bemusement, it was a day out at Diggerland.

However owing to reasons, the team are unable to take their tickets and exchange them for a day at a heavy plant themed theme park, watching a JCB display team. So they're auctioning off their 5 tickets here with all proceeds going to Macmillan Cancer Support, happy bidding.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5x-Diggerland-Tickets-CrystalMaze-Middling-Prize/192662233247

for more information on the wondrous majesty that is Diggerland: https://www.diggerland.com/

UPDATE: as well as the 5 tickets, the show's producers have added some things to the auction:

A Crystal Maze Crystal
A copy of the soon to be released board game
and a copy of the book The Crystal Maze Challenge by series producer (and all-round magnificent bloke) Neale Simpson

Back to the Manchester Maze again

Last Friday myself and Adam met up with Mike Park at the Crystal Maze Live Experience, a contestant on the first series of the revival. He is as mad about the Maze as us. We had a good time talking about all things Crystal Maze. I even dragged my girlfriend along to play and she loved it. Our team won a total of 9 Crystals. Nice to see a good mix of brand new games in the Manchester Live Experience since our last visit in March. Worth doing again. No new Maze Merchandise on sale but the board game is due out anytime now.

Interestingly, Little Lion Entertainment, the company behind the Live Experience, have recently posted on their social media about a "mystery announcement" coming soon. New Zone? New Maze Venue? New type of Live Experience but based upon a different show? Who knows! I would love to see Ocean Zone back or a brand new Maze Venue. (Hangar size in scale like the original). But I expect it is something different to the maze. Go to www.littlelionmystery.com to sign up for updates about this mystery announcement!