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 1st week of June 2025.
TBB NEWS AND REVIEWS Anime fans have a lot to get excited about this week, with the long-anticipated reveal of the first wave of sets from the Netflix live-action adaptation: One Piece, one of the longest-running anime series in history. The launch of the theme features a full range of sets, from small to gigantic, and, of course, they’re full of custom minifigures. We also covered news and reviews from Marvel, Star Wars, and How to Train Your Dragon. For even more news and reviews, be sure to check out last week’s Brick Report.
- [NEWS] LEGO Voyagers revealed at Summer Game Fest, co-op adventure from Builder’s Journey developers Light Brick Studio — A new game from the makers of a super-chill and stylish adventure in building and puzzle solving.
- [REVIEW] LEGO Bricklink Designer Program Series 5 – Mushroom Village: Make some ‘shroom on the shelf! — Time to get small with this amazing large-scale miniature village. Maybe you’ll run into Arietty.
- [REVIEW] LEGO Star Wars 75428 Battle Droid with STAP: studs not on STAP — The B-1 battle droid joins the growing line-up of buildable droids, swoopping in on his STAAP, Roger roger!
- [NEWS] LEGO sets sail for the Grand Line with a treasure trove of ONE PIECE sets — One Piece sets are finally arriving this summer, with a whole fleet of sweet pirate builds.
- [NEWS] LEGO Icons How to Train Your Dragon: Toothless flies in July 1, 2025
— Now you too can build your own Toothless, complete with those big green eyes, and a floppy fish. - [REVIEW] LEGO Marvel 76327 Iron Man MK4 Bust: Head and shoulders above a reasonable price — A great display set for Marvel fans, full of cool details and interesting building techniques.
TBB FEATURES & INTERVIEWS We spoke to a seasoned builder with an amazing collection of builds inspired by Bladerunner, featured a collection of stellar dinosaur builds, and showcased an amazing collection of custom minifigures celebrating legends the of Star Wars Extended universe.
- [FEATURE] Heroes of the Star Wars Expanded Universe: Legends but not forgotten — Take a trip to a more legendary side of a galaxy far, far away.
- [FEATURE] This Week in LEGO Bricks: Absolute Icons — Icons in LEGO form this week in bricks.
- [INTERVIEW] Keiichi Kamei dreams of electronic bricks – 10 years of Blade Runner Builds — “I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe”, and they are amazing LEGO models based on Phillip K Dick’s dark vision of the future.
- [FEATURE] Bones-to-Brick collaboration celebrates prehistoric life in LEGO — An absolutely amazing collection of dinosaurs, flying reptiles, and aquatic creations from many prehistoric periods.
- [FEATURE] Dark Lords and Durasteel – Sith happens — Celebrating the dark side (they have cookies, I hear) with a line-up of sith characters.
OTHER NEWS
- RUN DMC’s ‘It’s Like That’ Is Reimagined by the LEGO Group and ‘Global Girls Crew’ to Empower a New Generation of Girl Builders – [LEGO] — A fun-filled remake of Run DMC’s hit, celebrating LEGO building girls.
- What are the new LEGO® parts in June 2025 sets? – [New Elementary] — Find out what new parts can be found in the newest batch of LEGO sets out in June.
- Parts review: June 2025 LEGO® Friends sets – [New Elementary] — Summer is coming to the Northern Hemisphere, and Heartlake City continues to grow with another wave of sets. Find out what’s new from the Friends theme.
- LEGO Contest Round-up for June 2025 -[BrickNerd] – Markus Rollbühler sums up all of the MOC building contests running this month, like the Bio-Cup, Summer Joust, and LEGO Ideas sponsored challenges. Build and you could win! Or just make something to be proud of.