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<p>WILKES-BARRE TWP. &#8212; Alfred Pennyworth, loyal butler to Batman&#8217;s alter ego, Bruce Wayne, once told his master, &#8220;There&#8217;s a storm coming, Mr. Wayne.&#8221; And Barnes &amp; Noble has seen a storm on the horizon. That storm is called &#8220;The Lego Batman Movie.&#8221;</p><p>For the past three months, the book retailer has been holding events at stores around the country to get kids excited for the movie about the Lego-fied version of the classic DC Comics superhero. Saturday marked the third and final event in the company&#8217;s series for the animated film.</p><p>According to Sean Yustat, 32, of Larksville, assistant store manager for the Barnes &amp; Noble located at the Arena Hub in Wilkes-Barre Township, Saturday&#8217;s event was a &#8220;make and take&#8221; event, where kids who pre-registered could build a vehicle featured in &#8220;The Lego Batman Movie&#8221; and take it home with them.</p><p>&#8220;The turnout has been fantastic,&#8221; Yustat said. &#8220;We had 50 kits available, and they&#8217;re all spoken for.&#8221;</p><p>Yustat said that the other two &#8220;Lego Batman&#8221; events were just as successful, and that events like these are good for families.</p><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s good for the parents,&#8221; Yustat said. &#8220;They&#8217;re able to get everybody out of the house to do something fun.&#8221;</p><p>Families were scattered around tables located at the back of the store, with some even carving out a space for themselves on the floor, busily working on their Lego Batmobiles.</p><p>Marla Siene, 37, of Hanover Township, decided to bring her family to the event after seeing it advertised on the store&#8217;s Facebook page.</p><p>&#8220;We decided to come out and have some fun in the cold weather,&#8221; Siene said.</p><p>The event even attracted some dedicated Lego fans.</p><p>Lisa Kosicki, 50, of Plymouth Township, brought her son Connor, 12, who may have been one of the most serious Lego fans on the premises.</p><p>&#8220;He loves Legos,&#8221; Lisa said about Connor. &#8220;And we&#8217;re customers of Barnes &amp; Noble, so we came down.&#8221;</p><p>Connor, for his part, was showing off his Lego-themed Crocs and his Batman shirt to Barnes &amp; Noble employees. But Connor, who has already seen &#8220;The Lego Batman Movie,&#8221; has this glowing, yet simple, review of the movie that spurred the event on: &#8220;It was really good.&#8221;</p><p>For families who are looking for other Barnes &amp; Noble events, Yustat said that there are plenty of fun things to do at the store.</p><p>&#8220;We usually have a story-time event here every Saturday, and we have themed events like this one about once a month,&#8221; Yustat said.</p><p>Yustat said that the best way to keep track of events at the store is to watch the store&#8217;s <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BNArenaHub/" target="_blank">Facebook page</a>, which can be found by searching for Barnes &amp; Noble (Arena Hub) on Facebook.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Isaac Neiman, 4, of Shavertown, works with his parents Dave and Jackie to build Legos at the Barnes &amp; Noble in Wilkes-Barre Township on Saturday. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/web1_TTL031217Batman1.jpg</photo0><caption0>Isaac Neiman, 4, of Shavertown, works with his parents Dave and Jackie to build Legos at the Barnes &amp; Noble in Wilkes-Barre Township on Saturday. </caption0><photoCredit0>Sean McKeag | Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/web1_TTL031217Batman3.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Orion Delgado, 9, and his brother Ben, 7, both of Wilkes-Barre, work together on a Legos activity. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/web1_TTL031217Batman3.jpg</photo1><caption1>Orion Delgado, 9, and his brother Ben, 7, both of Wilkes-Barre, work together on a Legos activity. </caption1><photoCredit1>Sean McKeag | Times Leader </photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/web1_TTL031217Batman2.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Aiden Lenahan, 7, of Mountain Top, focuses on his Lego project. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/web1_TTL031217Batman2.jpg</photo2><caption2>Aiden Lenahan, 7, of Mountain Top, focuses on his Lego project. </caption2><photoCredit2>Sean McKeag | Times Leader </photoCredit2></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Patrick Kernan</p><p>pkernan@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Patrick Kernan at 570-991-6119.</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Lego Batman superhero event draws area kids, families to Barnes & Noble