In addition to the best LEGO models created by builders all over the world, The Brothers Brick also brings you the best of LEGO news and reviews. This is our weekly Brick Report for the second week of August 2017.
TBB NEWS: Aside from LEGO getting a new CEO, news this week was light but included the most in-depth look at Ninjago City yet.
- LEGO designers offer an in-depth look at 70620 NINJAGO City — LEGO has released a set designer video for the jaw-dropping 4867-piece 70620 NINJAGO City.
- Niels Christiansen replaces Bali Padda as LEGO’s new CEO — Niels Christiansen has been appointed as the new CEO of the LEGO Group replacing Bali Padda who served as the company’s first non-Danish chief executive since January, 2017.
OTHER LEGO NEWS: In addition to that really big instruction book, this week had a few other interesting LEGO-related news articles. Here are the best of the bunch.
- David Beckham is the latest LEGO obsessed celebrity, Huffington Post — Welcome to building a complicated LEGO set in hard mode in the harsh daylight, on a plush surface, and starting from the last page of the instructions. Good luck with that, Becks!
- “LEGO Masters” is the “MasterChef” of toys and not to be missed, My Kids Time — LEGO reality TV is here, with a four-part building competition that will see amateur builders use their skills to compete in a battle like no other.
- Watch Jackie Chan create real-life stunts for The LEGO Ninjago Movie, People — A new featurette for the movie reveals how the action star created the ninja stunts practically, before they were made into animated sequences.
Hi there, is there a way to “get” the Lego Masters broadcast outside of the UK (except for using a VPN)? Any plans for someone to record this series and post them somewhere?