8091 Republic Swamp Speeder is among the first wave of Star Wars sets released in 2010. It’s a Toys R Us exclusive and is also available at LEGO stores and on LEGO Shop at Home. This limited edition set costs $29.99 for 176 pieces and 5 minifigures, including the unique Barriss Offee, about whom I Continue reading →
Even though I’ve lived in San Diego for 8 years and LEGOLAND California is only about 30 miles north (in Carlsbad), I must confess that I didn’t visit LEGOLAND until very recently. It just seemed too kid-oriented and expensive. I was wrong, and I’ve really enjoyed my three subsequent visits to LEGOLAND California (LLCA) in Continue reading →
Brickshelf user Lumix has posted a comprehensive gallery of photos of the upcoming TIE Defender in 2010. The retail price of the set is $49.99 I believe.
We recently posted about a store where you can buy custom chromed LEGO elements. Here is a review of products from ChromeBricks.com. To put things simply, the quality of the chrome elements are what you’d expect from LEGO’s chrome parts. The layer of chrome is the result of a procedure that industrially evaporates metal onto Continue reading →
As my contacts on Flickr will already have noticed, I’ve been posting custom minifigs fairly regularly over the past few weeks, but haven’t posted anything about them here on The Brothers Brick. That’s because I’m approaching our review of the latest custom accessories a bit differently from the reviews we’ve posted of BrickArms and BrickForge Continue reading →
Eurobricks member svelte_corps has reviewed four of the upcoming Indiana Jones sets available mid-2009. 7195 Ambush in Cairo: 7196 Chauchilla Cemetery Battle: 7197 Venice Canal Chase: 7199 The Temple of Doom:
Guy Himber (V&A Steamworks) recently began applying his special effects artistry to his LEGO hobby by producing custom stovepipe hats. The hats are like hilariously exaggerated versions of the official LEGO top hats, and are absolutely perfect for steampunk and Victorian fantasy minifigs. Guy was kind enough to send along a couple of the hats Continue reading →
As someone obsessed with archaeological LEGO, the new BrickForge accessories for 2009 make me happy. The Tribal Spear works perfectly as a scalloped obsidian blade from the Neolithic — just the sort of weapon for cavemen to take down a mastodon or mammoth: The Tribal Sword is designed to resemble the Aztec macahuitl, inspiring me Continue reading →
In our first Brothers Brick exclusive review, we bring you a look at the newest LEGO Star Wars set: 7752 Count Dooku’s Solar Sailer, scheduled for release in February 2009. This limited edition set first appeared at a few Toys R Us stores this week, marked for sale at $59.99. It includes 385 pieces and Continue reading →
Recently Box4Blox sent us a couple sets of their sorting system to review. First off, if you aren’t familiar with Box4Blox, it is a series of stacking trays. Each tray has openings in the bottom, much like a seive. The openings in the trays get smaller as you continue down the stack. This has the Continue reading →
Eurobricks member Lasse D has obtained and reviewed the 4999 Vestas Windmill. Although this exclusive promo set is only available to Vestas employees, we the general public can now see in greater detail what we are missing out on. :( You can see a short video of the model to get a sense of the Continue reading →
Here is our final installment of the incredible prototypes that we drooled over at BrickCon. Being primarily a Castle fan, I was most excited by the Long Sword and Rapier: Another historical weapon that should be popular with the Pirate fans is the bayonet, attached via an extremely versatile U-clip: I also fell in love Continue reading →
Will Chapman from BrickArms took the summer off from work to try focusing exclusively on custom minifig accessories. Starting with BrickWorld 2008 in June, each LEGO convention has revealed more and more new products and prototypes. Thanks to the extra time he has now, Will has been churning out more prototypes in his garage than Continue reading →
On August 13, LEGO and the Fantasia Verlag publisher officialy released the book called LEGO Collector (aka LEGO® Collector’s Guide), which is a collector’s guide cataloging almost all LEGO sets from 1958-2008 in celebration of the 50th anniversay of the brick. The release features a standard edition and a premium edition (limited 3333 numbered copies) Continue reading →
Eurobricks member svelte_corps has posted a detailed photo review of the upcoming agents set: 8637 Volcano Base. Click on the photo to read all about this cool new set.