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Have you ever opened a pack of Maltesers and not just finished it in one sitting?

It's the perfect binge snack while you are watching your favourite Netflix show or new release movie.

Mind you they are not much fun when you cop one in the back of the head at the cinemas, tossed by your friends in the back row.

Well, this seems to have come out of nowhere but the popular chocolate-coated delights have just had a massive transformation by dropping three new flavours on us Caramel, Popcorn and Honeycomb!

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This adds to the already available Original, Extra Choc and Dark Choc versions.

Take my money! Especially with a popcorn flavour, there's no better feeling than mixing your Maltesers and Popcorn at the movies, so to have it come like that out of the packet is a no-brainer.

If you are feeling super experimental you can try this combination from a viral TikTok video.

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But if you are boring like me and just want them out of the packet you can grab the three new flavours Caramel, Popcorn and Honeycomb for about $4.50 each.

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Lately, LEGO has been winning the TV ratings, Logies and our hearts, but for years it's won Christmas' and birthdays globally using fun playsets that challenge our imagination.

Everyone has a fond memory of playing with the versatile bricks and every parent has a memory of the last time they stepped on one.

So it seems only fitting that something that has such a powerful impact on our lives as kids and adults has its own convention.

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The LEGO® CON event is on in Sydney on Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 July at the Sydney Showground, this is a FREE event that needs to go in the calendar ASAP.

In fact, tickets have been "selling out" fast for people who are travelling from all over Australia to experience brick power in all its glory.

This unique event will give kids of all ages a chance to immerse themselves in a world of LEGO play and experience some LEGO family favourites in real life.


A special LIVE LEGO Brick experience will be hosted by Ryan “Brickman” McNaught. This interactive challenge is an opportunity for kids to get their hands on bricks, and help The Brickman construct an epic
live build at the event. On completion, the giant display will be a mammoth 3 metres high. Troy Taylor, Vice President, General Manager of LEGO Australia & NZ, said “We are very excited that
Australia will host a physical LEGO CON event.

Last year, the LEGO Con experience launched virtually for the first time and was extremely successful so it's great to see a live in-person event that will bring the LEGO community together to celebrate the joy of creativity, imagination and nostalgia for the family!

There are jaw-dropping life-sized models made entirely out of LEGO bricks, live demos and exciting building challenges for all ages.

Many fan favourite themes will be highlighted with new reveals and content from LEGO® City, LEGO® DOTS, LEGO® Friends, LEGO® Technic and more.

 And the fun won’t stop there! This family event has something for everyone!


● LEGO Friends have been helping kids build and act out friendship stories for the last 10 years. This year at LEGO CON, fans will be able to celebrate love, friendship and the value of difference by building different hearts that will come together as one epic giant heart.
● If you missed the Australian Grand Prix, this is an opportunity to see the life-sized LEGO Technic™ McLaren Formula 1™ Race Car. Made with 288,315 LEGO bricks and taking 1,893 hours to build, this Formula 1 race car replica has been designed to allow people to sit in it thanks to the removable halo and steering wheel!
● LEGO City fans can take part in the ultimate LEGO City build challenges. Attendees will be encouraged to build their favourite vehicle, to speed down the racetrack for their chance to win some cool prizes.
● LEGO Masters Fans will get to hear from their top some of the show's favourite contestants in a special Q&A session along with the chance to put their building skills to the test against some Masters favourites.
● Over the two days, children can help Build the Change and create their version of a more sustainable future using LEGO bricks. The challenging building event for children will help increase their awareness of issues such as climate change, resources and education. These builds will then be on display for the rest of the LEGO CON attendees to admire!
● To celebrate 90 Years of Play, LEGO CON will reveal a special nostalgic area, showcasing some key historical LEGO items, including traditional DUPLO and Technic sets!
● Between 11am and 1pm, children can enjoy a sensory-friendly session that allows families to participate in LEGO play within a safe and accepting environment. The LEGO CON big screen experience will be modified with dimmed lights and volume lowered for sensitive ears. If your collection needs restocking or you simply want to get your hands on some new LEGO sets, the

LEGO store will be present at LEGO CON, full of special releases and more!

The first round of tickets are exhusted so lock in your reminder that the second round of tickets will be released on the 1st of July at 9 am 

Reserve your tickets here.

Don't worry though, if you can't make it to the event, it will be live-streamed here

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Jeneda Benally of Flagstaff, Ariz. poses for a photo with her dog Mr. Happy Face, the winner of the 2022 World's Ugliest Dog competition, Friday, June 24, 2022, in Petaluma, Calif. (AP Photo/D. Ross Cameron)

Jeneda Benally of Flagstaff, Arizona poses for a photo with her dog Mr Happy Face (AP Photo/D Ross Cameron)

A 17-year-old hairless Chinese crested-Chihuahua mix has been crowned the World’s Ugliest Dog 2022 in an annual competition in America.

Mr Happy Face beat out the other contestants with his epic white mohawk, crooked face and long tongue hanging from the side of his mouth.

Owner Jeneda Benally adopted Mr Happy Face from a shelter last year. He’d come from a hoarder’s house where he’d been abused and neglected.

The vet told Jeneda the dog would probably only have a few weeks to a month left, but Jenna said as soon as she laid eyes on him she saw “a creature who was indeed old, needed a second chance and deserved to be loved.”

“When I first met him, he was the happiest creature that I had ever met,” Jenna wrote in Mr Happy Face’s competition profile. “He hobbled up to me and chose me.  I vowed that day, he would be so loved that he would never remember how awful his previous life had been.”

The World’s Ugliest Dog Contest has been running for nearly 50 years and organisers say the competition is "not about making fun of ugly dogs, but having fun with some wonderful characters and showing the world that these dogs are really beautiful!"

It also promotes the need to adopt dogs of all shapes, sizes and breeds and give them a loving forever home as many of the dogs entered in the competition are from puppy mills and animal shelters.

Mr Happy’s goals are to have a longer tongue than Gene Simmons and a more dashing snarl than Billy Idol. He also sounds just like a Dodge Ram diesel truck reviving an engine when he is feeling happy.

In an Instagram video of Jeneda and Mr Happy Face in New York after their win, Jeneda said, "We hope that his cuteness will inspire you to create acts of compassion and acts of kindness today towards each other because the world is a whole lot less ugly when we’re kinder to each other."

The runner-up dogs were:

2nd Place – Wild Thing
3rd Place – Monkey
Spirit Award – Morita
People Choice Award – Liberace!

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Stranger Things Season 4 has been amazing so far, but oh... we have so many questions!

With Volume 2 about to drop on Friday July 1, giving us two episodes as a finale - albeit over an epic 4-hour run time - we sure hope most of the questions bugging us will get answered.

Given that a Season 5 has been announced, the Duffer Brothers might keep some mysteries unresolved until next season though.

Here's the questions we have... do you have some too?

WARNING: There's spoilers ahead if you haven't seen Season 4 Volume 1.

Check out the teaser trailer for the Season 4 finale and then jump on down to read the questions we need answered. There's even a video breakdown of the trailer at the very end if you want to hear some theories about how things might play out for our favourite Hawkins crew.

Our questions

1. Will a main character die?

Hopefully not, as we’ve become very attached to them all. But Noah Schnapp who plays Will has revealed that certain characters will meet their ends in the final two episodes of the season during an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. Some people think it might be Steve, given that scene in the teaser trailer for the finale where Robin says she doesn't think they're going to make it this time, and then the camera pans to Steve. If it's him, we riot.

2. Will Sadie’s letters ever be read?

Remember when Sadie thought she was going to die, so she wrote all her friends a letter but made them promise not to open them unless… well, she died? There’s a saying about novels and movies, "If you include a gun in the first act, it better go off in the third act". Meaning, don’t include a big plot point unless you’re going to complete the story. Which makes us think Sadie’s letters might end up getting read. But we sure hope not.

3. What did Will paint?

In Season 4 Episode 2, Vecna's Curse, Will arrives at the airport carrying a rolled-up painting. Did he paint the gang? Or maybe just Mike? Is it the Upside Down? Maybe it's Vecna? We can’t wait to see what this work of art is.

4. Will we meet Eleven’s supposed sister again?

It was the episode in the second season that was very different from the rest. In Season 2 Episode 7, 'Chapter Seven: The Lost Sister', Eleven travels to Chicago, Illinois and finds the other girl from her mother Terry's memories, named Kali. She has a similar tattoo to Eleven and they were both experimented on by Dr Brenner. She is also featured in Season 4, in Eleven's flashbacks.

At the end of that Season 2 episode, Eleven reunites with the gang and says goodbye to Kali. And then we never see her again! How did Kali survive One's attack? Where did she go? Is she coming back? She had memories of the facility, why didn't she fill Eleven in on what happened? It would've saved a lot of soul searching!

5. How did Dr Brenner survive One's attack?

Dr Brenner was the one who put the chip in One's neck to help contain his powers. We would think One hated the doctor more than the kids! But Brenner somehow lived through the horror. Does he have abilities as well?

6. Does Dr Brenner know that One is alive and on the other side?

They worked together; the Doctor knew how One operated. Is he training Eleven up again because he knows she can win (she's done it before) or because he believes she's the only one strong enough? If he knows One is Vecna, why doesn't he let Eleven know instead of being cryptic through flashbacks!?

7. What song will we hear in Eddie’s guitar shred that was in the trailer?

Season 4 Volume 1 finished on a cliffhanger, with Nancy stuck in the Upside Down. The fan theories are that Eddie plays Nancy's favourite song to pull her out of Vecna's trance. But when? And what song? TikTok has plenty of fan theories suggesting it might be Metallica's Master of Puppets or Europe's The Final Countdown because both songs use an F# power chord, which Eddie appears to play in the trailer. We can't wait to see what musical choice he pulls out of the bag!

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8. Will we get a gang/Hopper reunion?

I truly hope so. But how? How will he get back through US customs? Will they take a private jet? He's technically dead! It's a small question but an important one.

Also, Jopper, the name people are already using for Joyce and Hopper, need to go on their date right?

9. Why is time all messed up in the Upside Down?

When the older members of the gang go through the Water Gate, they quickly realise time is frozen to the day in Season 1 when Will Byers was abducted by the Demogorgon and taken into the Upside Down, way back in 1983. Is it a cool trick, or is there something more sinister at play? In previous seasons, Will has struggled to leave the Upside Down, is it a metaphor for his psyche? Is he stuck as well or is it just the time? How are the clocks tied in!? For a dimension with frozen time, Vecna seems to love a grandfather clock and regularly shows them to his victims.

10. Will anything happen to Victor Creel?

Out of all the crazy things to happen in Season 4 Volume 1, I think Victor Creel suffered the most. He lost his whole family because of his son! Victor is imprisoned in Pennhurst Asylum for killing his family, even though it's very clear he wasn't responsible. But how would anyone believe he was innocent now that we know what really happened? How would the gang convince law enforcement? Victor himself may not believe it! The murders truly drove Victor mad; it seems the Asylum may be the best place for him.

11. Is the Counsellor suspicious!?

Vecna's victims throughout Season 4 Volume 1 all had vulnerabilities and fears that Vecna targeted before eventually taking them. For Nancy and Max, it was losing someone close to them, for Chrissy it's believed to be bulimia, for Fred it's accidental murder (spooky). All the victims from the first half of Season 4 had been seeing the School Counsellor Ms Kelly (not confirmed for Nancy). Max even broke into Ms Kelly's office to check out files of the victims! When Ms Kelly and Max are talking, Ms Kelly is wearing a clock key necklace. We believe there are too many connections with the victims, time and the Upside Down to ignore her choice of accessory. Is she involved with Vecna? Does she just enjoy helping troubled kids? Is it more sinister!? Time (haha) will tell!

Here's some questions we've already had answered though

We’ve already had a few questions answered (no spoilers here, it's more about the technicals).

Did Millie Bobbie Brown shave her head for Season 5?

Back in Season 1, Millie Bobbie Brown shaved her head to play Eleven. This time around she wears a wig.

And Vecna's monster body... is it makeup or CGI?

Turns out it's makeup. Jamie Campbell Bower, who plays Vecna, spends up to 8 hours a day getting his makeup and suit applied and then another hour having it removed again at the end of the day's filming. Phew! Check out the time-lapse transformation here:


 

Want more fan theories? You'll love this breakdown of the Season 4 Volume 2 trailer: