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 2nd week of May 2025.
TBB NEWS AND REVIEWS
This week has been a busy week for news, with new sets announced in many themes from Harry Potter, to Icons, to Disney, and even a bit more Star Wars. We even had a few reviews from some of the same themes. If you get to the end of this week’s Brick Report hungry for more, be sure to check out last week’s Brick Report for even more LEGO news.
- [REVIEW] LEGO Art 31216 Keith Haring – Dancing Figures – Brick up and dance with me — A new Art set joins the line-up with these colorful dancers.
- [NEWS] LEGO Pixar lamp Luxo Jr. leaps in as the next Ideas set — Disney announced this iconic Pixar lamp in LEGO form.
- [REVIEW] LEGO Icons 10360 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft — Take a ride with our review of this highly anticipated pair of vehicles.
- [REVIEW] LEGO Icons 10351 Sherlock Holmes: Book Nook – A study in plastic — Our first look at the new literature-inspired theme, the Book Nook.
- [NEWS] NASA Space Shuttle Enterprise takes flight with LEGO Icons 10360 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft — Space and Aviation fans can all get excited about this double-dose of iconic vehicles.
- [NEWS] New LEGO Harry Potter sets fly in this June bringing buildable creatures and biggest ever Hogwarts module — Return to the wizarding world with new sets coming soon.
- [NEWS] May the 4th be with you and the newly-revealed LEGO Star Wars 75428 Battle Droid with STAP — One of the more unique droid vehicles from Star Wars: The Phantom Menace gets an upgrade.
TBB FEATURES & INTERVIEWS
We continue to add new kinds of content as regular features. This week, we’re adding a discussion-oriented featured called “TBB Asks” — head over and answer our weekly question!
- [FEATURE] Colors, competition, and cookies! A packed This Week in LEGO Bricks! — This Week in LEGO Bricks covers a wide range of subjects.
- [FEATURE] TBB Asks: What was your first LEGO set? — We asked our TBB contributors and the LEGO community about our first LEGO set.
- [FEATURE] From Sand Elves to Frank Herbert’s DUNE, these desert dwelling minifigs are an oasis of creativity — This week’s Minifig Monday takes to the sands, and we all know about sand.
- [FEATURE] May the 4th – TBB’s Top Ten LEGO X-Wing MOCs — We looked back on some of the coolest X-Wing MOCs featured on TBB over the years.
OTHER NEWS
- Upscaled Space Baby Gift With Purchase coming soon! LEGO reveals a GWP for classic space fans, at a $150 price point and just in time to go with the excellent new Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. [Brickset]
- New Lego-building AI creates models that actually stand up in real life – [Ars Technica] — Carnegie Mellon “LegoGPT” system uses physics checks to ensure models don’t collapse.
- Racing History! The LEGO Group and Formula 1® take over the Miami Grand Prix with 10 fully drivable LEGO® cars with F1 race drivers at the wheel – [LEGO] — The LEGO Group has created fully drivable big build LEGO® cars and put them to the test at the Miami Grand Prix Driver’s Parade.
- Lego and Lunar Outpost to roll out ‘Moon Rover Space Vehicle’ in August – [Space] — The new building kit is the product of a partnership between the toymaker and a company specializing in lunar surface mobility and space resources.
- The LEGO Group Invites Everyone to Celebrate World Play Day by Transforming Cities Through Play! – [LEGO] — World Play Day is the LEGO Group’s celebration of the UN’s International Day of Play, a day that it successfully advocated for the UN to adopt to champion and protect children’s right to play.