In addition to the amazing LEGO models created by builders all over the world, The Brothers Brick brings you the best of LEGO news and reviews. This is our weekly Brick Report for the last week of November 2017.

TBB SALES & DEALS: From Black Friday to Cyber Monday, we have all the sales and deals you need to know about heading into the holiday season.

• LEGO Batman 70922 Joker Manor now available with Black Friday & Cyber Monday LEGO deals – Joker Manor retails for $269.99 and includes 3,444 pieces with 10 minifigs. LEGO has also discounted a dozen or so sets by 20% or more.
• Black Friday & Cyber Monday 2017 deals on LEGO Star Wars from Amazon.com – The discounted sets include several of the new sets from The Force Awakens, along with a significant number of other 2017 sets. Follow this link to check out all of the deals for yourself.
• Amazon UK Black Friday LEGO Deals up to 50% savings on Star Wars, Technic, Minecraft, Friends, Superheroes – We thought it would be useful to give a quick summary of some of the best deals out there for our UK-based LEGO fans.
• Citizen Brick launches new “Eks Files” minifigs on Black Friday – Citizen Brick will launched their “After Dinner” Black Friday sale with their new Eks Files minifigures.

TBB NEWS: Check out these two things for your festive Christmas tree – one set to display under it and one creation to hang on it.

• Review of 10259 Winter Village Station – With Christmas just around the corner, it is time to build the newest addition to LEGO’s Winter Village line. The set includes 902 pieces, five minifigures, and retails for $79.99 USD.
• Instructions to build a PC Christmas tree ornament – Chris McVeigh is at it again, making brick-built electronics to hang on the Christmas tree.

TBB LEGO SET NEWS: News of all the LEGO sets coming out next year hasn’t slowed down, with Star Wars, City, Minecraft, Architecture and the 60th Anniversary line all being revealed.

• Star Wars: The Last Jedi LEGO sets, constraction figures, and Microfighters revealed – Look out for spoilers because all the movie sets are here, including more Porgs!
• More LEGO City 2018 sets revealed – A month ago we got the first look at some of LEGO’s City 2018 sets, but now we can see the mountain adventures clearly, bees and bears included.
• LEGO Minecraft 2018 sets revealed –  Take a look at the new Minecraft animals, including rabbits, donkey, polar bear, chickens, and a brown bear.
• New LEGO Architecture 21039 Shanghai set revealed – The latest LEGO Architecture set depicting Shanghai, China has been revealed, featuring the Longhua Temple, the Bund, the Oriental Pearl Radio & TV Tower, the Shanghai World Financial Center, and the Shanghai Tower.
• LEGO to celebrate its 60th anniversary in 2018 by going back to its roots – LEGO will celebrate the company’s 60th anniversary with a new line of classic Creator-style sets focusing on the imagination, with each set featuring a special tile printed with the 60th Anniversary logo.

OTHER NEWS: There was a good amount of LEGO news from other places around the web this week. Here are the best of the rest.

• Daisy Ridley “builds” the Millennium Falcon, NPR – Daisy Ridley, the actress who plays heroine Rey in Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, answers fan questions while constructing a LEGO Millennium Falcon.
• LEGO introduces Ralph – a chatbot to help you decide what to buy for Christmas, MobileMarketing – The Ralph ‘giftbot’ guides shoppers through questions – about the age of their child, their play interests etc. – then offers up gift recommendations.
• What LEGO has learnt from building a social network for kids, Campaign – LEGO may seem like a brand that can’t put a foot wrong, but it’s had to learn some hard lessons fast since it launched LEGO Life in January.

In addition to the amazing LEGO models created by builders all over the world, The Brothers Brick brings you the best of LEGO news and reviews. This is our weekly Brick Report for the third week of November 2017.

TBB REVIEWS: It must be Fall because when it rains, it pours! This week we reviewed a new rollercoaster system, a hard-to-get Architecture set, and got a sneak preview of the LEGO Holiday gift with purchase.

• LEGO introduces new rollercoaster system with LEGO Batman 70922 The Joker Manor [Review] – LEGO has completely new set of elements working together as a legitimate rollercoaster, so read our review to see our first stellar impressions of it.
• Powering the rollercoaster with LEGO 70922 The Joker Manor – Can you make the rollercoaster work all on its own? Read TBB’s exploration on how to motorize the new system.
• Review of 21037 LEGO House – The LEGO House in Billund, Denmark gets its own Architecture set, only available at the LEGO House gift shop for 449 DKK (~$70 USD).
• Review of LEGO’s Black Friday 2017 giveaway 40254 Nutcracker – This seasonal set will be free with orders over $99 over the Black Friday weekend until supplies run out.

TBB LEGO SET NEWS: It is that time of the year, when we start getting a glimpse of all the sets coming out next year. From Technic to BrickHeadz to Batman, we’ve got all you need to know here.

• Pictures of LEGO’s Technic 2018 sets are now online including the massive 42078 Mack Truck – Start updating your wish lists, Technic fans. The official retail pictures of the first wave of 2018 Technic sets are finally here, and there are some stunners!
• DC Justice League LEGO BrickHeadz announced, including Wonder Woman & The Flash – To celebrate the Justice League movie opening in theaters this weekend, LEGO has announced that four characters from the franchise will be made into BrickHeadz.
• LEGO Star Wars Rey &  Kylo Ren BrickHeadz announced and available early at Target – The next wave of LEGO Star Wars BrickHeadz are available early from Target for REDcard members, ahead of their availability from LEGO stores on December 1st.
• The next wave of LEGO Batman Movie sets revealed – Holy spaceship, Batman! The next wave of LEGO Batman Movie sets includes new outfits for the Dark Knight, classic Green Arrow, and a bunch of new baddies like Egghead, Condiment King, and Gentleman Ghost.

TBB NEWS, INTERVIEWS & INSTRUCTIONS: The rest of the avalanche of news includes a new game, a solved mystery, a contest, some instructions, and even some early deals. Whew!

• LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 video game released – Marvel and LEGO have united once more to create an all-new, epic adventure and sequel to the smash hit, LEGO Marvel Super Heroes, where you can play all your favorite super heroes and collect as many studs as possible!
• Case Closed: The investigation on Mulder and Scully and their LEGO minifigures [Interview] – We interview Brent Waller about the X-Files minifigs he got into the hands of real life Mulder and Scully. The truth is out there!
• Design the new LEGO Ideas logo contest – LEGO is hosting a contest for the 10th anniversary of LEGO Ideas. Design your own brick-built logo and you could win nearly every LEGO Ideas set!
• Instructions to build your own LEGO snowcat – LEGO builder de-marco is making a lovely collection of minifigure-scale vehicles, and we thought a snowcat tracked vehicle would be perfect for the coming season.
• LEGO sales & deals ahead of Black Friday & Cyber Monday 2017 – As the holiday shopping season gets underway, retailers are discounting LEGO sets ahead of the even bigger deals waiting in the wings for Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

OTHER NEWS: There was a massive amount of LEGO news from other places around the web this week. Here are the best of the rest.

• Dream Cruises unveils large-scale LEGO replica of World Dream, Seatrade Cruise News – The giant ship model was collectively built by over 1,000 cruising guests and LEGO Certified Professional Andy Hung with more than 2.5 million bricks
• Fairy Bricks theft ruins children’s Christmas gifts, BBC – The charity that distributes LEGO to children’s hospitals and hospices had 2,000 sets stolen from their van.
• LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 Reviewed, Kotaku – Four years after the first game later, the X-Men and Fantastic Four are gone, but everything else is still out of this world.
• The LEGO Movie Franchise: The Marriage of Movies and Merchandising, Flickering Myth – How does LEGO stack up when it comes to movies and merchandizing?
• The Head of Lego Just Made $2.7 Billion in One Day, Time.com – Danish toymaker Kirkbi’s CEO Kjeld Kristiansen, owner of Lego, saw his fortune skyrocket after reports surfaced that Mattel and Hasbro could soon merge.

In addition to the amazing 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 November 2017.

TBB NEWS: What a slow news week for LEGO! We’ve opted to link to a few newsworthy posts that created a buzz.

• World of Warcraft’s Theramore rebuilt in LEGO — Mark Erickson created a real-life replica of one of the most famous fictional castles in gaming history.
• Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first Soyuz flight with a minifig-scale version of the legendary spacecraft — Japanese builder KEI ABE isn’t just an expert on the history of early space exploration, but also nails the construction of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft.
• Instructions to build your own little air compressor — TBB Senior Contributor Elspeth De Montes was totally pumped up to create this comic using the instructions we posted earlier.

OTHER LEGO NEWS: Here are a few other LEGO-related news articles that caught our eye.

• ‘The LEGO Ninjago Movie’ available on DVD December 19th, TheHDRoom — Warner Home Video has announced release dates and comprehensive extras for all home video versions of “The LEGO Ninjago Movie,” coming sooner than you expected.
• LEGO’s 11 Largest Sets Ever Will All Be Available by the End of 2017, IGN, — According to The Brothers Brick, the biggest LEGO sets of all time will be available for sale by the end of November.

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 first week of November 2017.

TBB NEWS: Want to own one of LEGO’s most iconic sets? The vault is opening, but sadly not every set will be available to the public. Read on to see which set made the cut.

• LEGO to re-release 5,923-piece Taj Mahal on Cyber Monday 2017 — The second-largest set of all time with 5,923 pieces will be available starting on Nov. 27 for $369.99.
• Review of New York Comi-Con exclusive 41498 Boba Fett & Han Solo in Carbonite BrickHeadz — Check out our review and editorial thoughts about the best little set you are never going to get. C’mon LEGO, you are better than this.
• LEGO Ideas 21312 Women of NASA available now — The set retails for $24.99 and includes 4 minifigures with 231 pieces. We hope that LEGO makes sufficient quantities for everyone to have this lovely little space set packed full of history.
• Star Wars BrickHeadz now available, including Finn and Captain Phasma — The first ever Star Wars BrickHeadz have become available for purchase including 41485 Finn and 41486 Captain Phasma. How do the BrickHeadz from a galaxy far, far away stack up?
• Interview with Moonbase builder Jason Briscoe — The collaborative model is enormous, measuring 2.5m square and built with more than 50,000 bricks.
• Instructions to build The Ghost from Star Wars Rebels — If you missed out on buying LEGO’s 75053 The Ghost before it retired, then this beautifully designed microscale version by Inthert is well worth building.

OTHER LEGO NEWS: This week had quite a few other interesting LEGO-related news articles. Here are the best of the rest.

• Airbnb Unveils Its Geekiest Rental Yet: A Night at the LEGO House, AdWeek — Airbnb is offering a night at the LEGO House in Billund but only if you put your imagination to work.
• LEGO Fans Celebrate Release of Women of NASA Set, Space.com, — “Do you know what’s so important about this Lego set?” a woman asked her grandson. “A woman designed it, about women. It shows that women can be anything they want, and they always have been.”
• The LEGO trademark recognized as a well-known trademark in China, LEGO.com— The Beijing Higher Court passed a ruling recognizing the LEGO logo and name as ’well-known’ trademarks in China, a milestone in getting broader protection for LEGO trademarks in China.
• LEGO RC Motorized AT-M6 First Order Heavy Assault Gorilla Walker, YouTube — YouTuber Alternate Bricks adds a few modifications to this walker and stomps into our hearts.