Yearly Archives: 2024

Incredible Lord of the Rings sculpture really moves!

Eero Okkonen is back with a fantastic new LEGO creation! This time he’s brought us a version of one the most heroic scenes in the Lord of the Rings film series; King Théoden’s charge at the Pelennor Fields. Both Théoden, and his steed Snowmane, are fully kitted out for battle. Snowmane’s bridle features golden dragon hilt details and his fluffy widdle ears are made from the wings of the collectable chicken man. Théoden is carrying a regal shield with heavy gold-inlay, as befits his station. Eero actually repurposed the first build of his we here at The Brothers Brick ever covered; the mighty viking warrior Ragnfast! But that isn’t this build’s only secret. That train controller means this sculpture is powered, so let’s take a look at Théoden riding at full tilt!

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2024 TBB custom LEGO advent calendar – Day 24 [Feature]

All year-round, we here at The Brothers Brick spend our time featuring amazing builds made by the LEGO fan community. But we figured, for the holiday season, it would be great to build something together. For each day from December 1st through the 24th, we’ll be posting instructions to a custom TBB advent calendar build, one part each day. Want to participate? You can find all the parts you’ll need for the TBB Advent Event from our announcement in November. Read on to see what we’re building today!

One last set of instructions on the 2024 advent calendar

Keep building LEGO toys, who knows where you’ll wind up

Few builders in the LEGO community are as prolific and full of surprises as Australian artist Shannon Sproule, whose work we’ve admired since the site’s early years. During the fall of this year, Shannon focused on building “Z-Bots” – retro robots in bright colors inspired by the toy line of the early ’90s, many of which were donated to the Creations for Charity auction. For his latest build, Shannon sticks with the retro robots while bringing in a Zoids-inspired wind-up look for a new type of toy he calls the Strydor.

Click to see more of Shannon’s playful robot walkers

There’s something fishy about this vehicle

Anyone fancy some fish and ships? This flying craft darts through the air without the aid of feathers or wings thanks to the imagination of filbrick. A striking color palette (love that red webbing between the gold spines for the fins) combines with a streamlined design to create a truly memorable vehicle. I can imagine that golden propeller spinning as the segmented body weaves its way through the clouds. The question is: would this fish out of water handle just as well under the sea?

2024 LEGO Advent Calendars, Day 24 [Feature]

We’ve made it to the end. Christmas Eve is here and with it, the final doors of our six advent calendars. LEGO tends to hold a special treat for the final day. Still no sign of Red One… Maybe Moana can ask her friend The Rock to help track him down. Or we could just open the doors and see what we find! We have six calendars to get through: Friends, Disney, City, Harry Potter, Star Wars, and Spider-Man. Which has been your favorite this year?

As ever, our intrepid TBB team is on hand with witty comments, insightful observations, and bad jokes for each day’s builds. And of course, you can add your own thoughts in the comments section each day! So without further ado, let’s crack open the build for day 24…

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2024 TBB custom LEGO advent calendar – Day 23 [Feature]

We’ve now arrived at the penultimate day of this advent calendar

LEGO test chamber shows that Portal love is still alive

It’s been over a decade since Portal 2 reunited Chell and GLaDOS for one last round of physics-based puzzles and razor-sharp comedy, but the game still holds a special place in our hearts. Thanks to builders adotnamedstud and _standaartwoudt_, Aperture Labs is open again for testing, this time in LEGO! The scene has it all: A button! Switches! Gravity! Science! Potato! Minifig Chell is joined by familiar friends GLaDOS (in a potato) and Companion Cube, while new sidekick Wheatly keeps an eye on things from above. The Aperture logo made from tiles is a wonderful touch. Seeing this scene makes me want to dig out the game to play through it again. In case you missed the LEGO Dimensions wave of gaming sets, the Companion Cube tiles and Chell minifig were a real thing!

Rome wasn’t built in a day – and neither was the Death Star

Of the many great things about the Andor series, one was a short post-credits scene which showed… Well, I won’t spoil it – go and watch the Narkina 5 prison arc, and you’ll see what I mean. Suffice to say it has a link to this LEGO build, created jointly by Stefan Johansson and Robert Lundmark. It depicts a couple of TIE fighters flying over an unfinished part of the Empire’s infamous Death Star. And very nicely built, too! I like how the shape of TIE’s wings are reflected in the surface the droids are building. But that gold really makes it pop, in contrast to the blacks and greys of both the Empire and space as a whole. And of course it’s reminiscent of solar panels in real-world space stations, really putting the science into science-fiction!

2024 LEGO Advent Calendars, Day 23 [Feature]

It’s December 23rd, aka Christmas Eve Eve! Only two doors remain. How about a little trivia first? The first LEGO Harry Potter calendar debuted in 2019. This year’s iteration echoes that version with a few very similar builds, and the same professor – Flitwick! But while 2019 had a younger-looking dapper Flitwick, this year we get the wizened whitebeard version from the first two films. Why two such different takes? Thank Alfonso Cuaron, director of Prisoner of Azkaban, who restyled the character for a cameo appearance that ended up sticking for later films. A win for Warwick Davis who was spared a lot of extra prosthetic makeup! What will Harry Potter’s calendar bring today, not to mention our other gifts from Friends, Disney, City, Star Wars, and Spider-Man?

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2024 TBB custom LEGO advent calendar – Day 22 [Feature]

Three days remaining, people! Only three days!

The details run deep in this mine

Descend to the depths of imagination with “The Echoing Mines of the Mountain’s Heart” by syrdarian. This fantastic cross-section of some fabled dwarven caverns is a ~~gold mine~~ mithril mine of detail, conveying a sense of scale from the faint light at the top of the staircase all the way down to the rivulets of lava far below. A big part of any great model is presentation, and these mines are no exception, with superb lighting in the right places. Thanks to that light, along with the combination of natural-looking rock formations and easily recognizable dwarven architecture, it’s easy to see the dwarves’ masterworks deep within the earth. Let’s just hope these particular dwarves resist the temptation to delve too greedily and too deep.

TBB Weekly Brick Report: LEGO news roundup for December 22, 2024 [News]

In addition to the amazing LEGO models created by builders worldwide, The Brothers Brick brings you the best LEGO news and reviews. This is our weekly Brick Report for the 3rd week of December 2024.

TBB NEWS AND REVIEWS With the new year right around the corner, we’ve covered many themes over the last few weeks and several gift-with-purchase sets. Star Wars, Marvel, modular, Jurassic Park, and Creator, to name just a few. So take a break from our advent calendar coverage and catch up with news and reviews you might have missed.

[REVIEW] LEGO Creator 3-in-1 31165 Wild Animals Panda Family — Orcas, Penguins, and Pandas, oh my.
[REVIEW] LEGO Icons 10355 Blacktron Renegade: Bringing back the baddies — Classic space theme Blacktron gets a refreshing new tribute set, bringing a much-loved sub-theme to the 21st century.
[REVIEW] LEGO Icons 10355 Blacktron Renegade revealed as the next retro set reimagining — New space set reboot announced.
[REVIEW] LEGO Star Wars 75405 Home One Starcruiser: Home One home run? — The iconic Mon Calamari cruiser joins the line-up of microscale spaceships from a galaxy far, far away.
[REVIEW] LEGO Collectible Minifigures 71048 Series 27 – More for the fans — This batch of collectible minifigure is full of fun characters.
[REVIEW] LEGO Star Wars 75404 Acclamator-Class Assault Ship: a classy ship of great acclaim — The predecesor to the Venerator class gets the microscale treatment.
[REVIEW] LEGO Star Wars 75402 ARC-170 Starfighter: the comeback story arc — One of the coolest ships from the final prequel trilogy gets a fresh new set.
[FEATURE] What’s your favorite LEGO moment of 2024? — A look back on some of our favorite LEGO memories from 2024.
[REVIEW] LEGO Technic 42202 Ducati Panigale V4 S Motorcycle – More of the same? — Rev your engines for this new Technic motorcycle.
[REVIEW] LEGO Marvel 76314 Captain America: Civil War Action Battle – Which side wins? — Revisit the famous airport battle with this new set.
[REVIEW] LEGO Marvel 76313 MARVEL Logo & Minifigures – A LEGO logo of a different kind — More than just a branding plug…
[REVIEW] LEGO Icons 10350 Tudor Corner modular building – a return to the Classic Castle Guarded Inn — Our review includes exclusive insights from the set designers.

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