TBB NEWS AND REVIEWS

• [NEWS] Order up another Springfield institution with LEGO Icons 10352 The Simpsons: Krusty Burger — Bring your appetite and load up the car for the ultimate drive-through from the Simpsons. Bre reviews the new set here.
• [NEWS] LEGO lets loose Mario Kart Blue Shell as Insiders reward, redeemable from May 15 — Insiders should act fast to redeem points and claim this hot new gift, just in time to pair with the new Mario Kart Standard Kart display set.
• [NEWS] 1,941-piece LEGO City Tower brings together the best of LEGO City — LEGO celebrates the CITY theme with an enormous playset that features Space, X-treme sports, construction, and emergency vehicles, with lots of nods to the No Limits show.

TBB FEATURES AND INTERVIEWS

• [FEATURE] TBB Asks: does LEGO feature in your travels? — We ask the TBB team, and the LEGO community about LEGO and travel
• [FEATURE] Capturing Nolan’s Batman in Bricks: Behind the Scenes with RebelLUG’s Dark Knight collaboration — We got the inside scoop on a collab tribute to the Dark Knight.
• [FEATURE] Dieselpunk Mechs and Military Hard Suits – [Minifig Monday] — This week’s Minifig Monday features a collection of steampunk and mecha suits.
• [FEATURE] Building and growing together: An AFOL mother’s journey — We celebrateed Mother’s Day with an article by one of our own TBB contributers.

OTHER NEWS

• The LEGO Group to open regional distribution center in Virginia, U.S. in 2027 – [LEGO] –Following the company’s expansion in Vietnam this year, LEGO announces more details on its plans to improve logistics and manufacturing in the US.
• The LEGO Group officially opens new world-class Boston hub [LEGO]– The LEGO Group cuts the ribbon and officially opens its Boston office, the company’s US hub for business operations, with 800 employees.
• Updated LEGO® colours: 427 Cool Yellow & 426 White [New Elementary] — Two colors make small changes in 2025, including color #1 – white! TBB Alum Elspeth De Montes details what these changes mean and how to spot them.
• We’ll Fix It In Post: How to Edit Photos to Make MOCs Pop [BrickNerd] — Wayne Tyler offers editing tips for photos of big MOCs with busy backgrounds. With convention season upon us, there’s so excellent advice to help share your creativity!
• When Passion Gets Stolen [Instagram] –Celebrated builder Yuan He is one of a growing number of creators to see his work cloned and sold without permission by shady LEGO imitators.
• Six LEGO Star Wars sets we need from Andor Season 2 – [Brick Fanatics] — in these parts, we’re all huge fans of Andor and are still tearing up about this week’s final drop of episodes. Chris Turner-Wharfe ranks the elements from the show that LEGO should bring to bricks. I’m not holding my breath for more sets beyond the U-Wing and K-2SO, but a fan can hope!
• LEGO 76316 Fantastic Four vs. Galactus Construction Figure has disappointing minifigures and expensive price tag [Jay’s Brick Blog] — LEGO stealth dropped a new Fantastic Four set into its store without fanfare, and  it’s clobberin’ time as Jay sums up why this set isn’t likely to catch fire like a human torch.