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A colorful bridge between reality and fantasy in this LEGO scene

This scenic little village built on a high bridge by Francis Wiemelt (Hubba Blöoba) looks like something out of a fantasy novel, until you notice the utility poles and the vending machine. While a safety railing would make me feel a lot more comfortable, the cats in this scene don’t seem to mind. While the structures are beautifully crafted, what stands out to me is the blend of colors, both in the roofs and in the gray stone bridge, which could represent the look of sunlight on various surfaces. Or, it could be a result of weathering. Either way, it looks fantastic. I also like how the tree foliage is made with plates and tiles rather than LEGO foliage elements, which adds some visual texture to the trees.

Francis based the model on Minecraft voxel art from digital artist Snarple and the translation into the physical world is perfect.

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Go green or go home... this mighty LEGO mech has us green with envy

Every good girl deserves a great mech, and Djokson has crafted this cute and friendly character, with her hands in the pockets of her green overalls, into a strong yet gentle-looking beast of a mech using a collection of System, DUPLO, and soccer field parts. The chunky details combined with simple, clean angles and unusual DUPLO elements give this mech a style that is much more than the sum of its parts.

TBB Weekly Brick Report: LEGO news roundup for August 2, 2025 [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 4th week of July 2025.

TBB NEWS AND REVIEWS This week, we had a few reviews from the Creator line, including a neat new version of the Kingdom Joust set. A new excavator from the Technic theme, and an update to the 2014 MTT with Separatist colors. We also announced our TBB-sponsored collaborative display at Brickcon 2025, a steampunk-style world’s fair. Keep reading for more news and reviews in week’s Brick Report.

[NEWS] August LEGO Star Wars sets and Soundwave now available — Catch up on August’s additions to the Star Wars and Transformers lines, in a busy month of releases.
[REVIEW] LEGO Creator 3-in-1 31167 Haunted Mansion: Ghosts, graveyards, and ghoulish monsters — Three ghastly, ghoulish builds in one set.
[REVIEW] LEGO Creator 3-in-1 31168 Medieval Horse Knight Castle: A kingdom of versatility — A new castle set featuring what may be a new faction, Horse Knights.
[REVIEW] LEGO Technic 42215 Volvo EC500 Hybrid Excavator – Worth its weight? — A stocky new excavator with plenty of features.
[NEWS] Announcing TBB’s Steampunk collaborative display at BrickCon 2025 — We’re hosting a collaborative display at Brickcon 2025 in September in TBB’s home territory. Check out our announcement post, and the new channel on discord
[REVIEW] LEGO Star Wars 74535 Battle of Felucia Separatist MTT — We got a good look at the new MTT, and compared it to the previous version in our full review.

TBB FEATURES & INTERVIEWS

[INTERVIEW] Zen and the art of building LEGO Castles with Cathedral of Bricks — We sat down for a chat with Luke, a builder who came to LEGO later in life and is making waves with impressive castle builds.
[INTERVIEW] Bricks of questionable character: We chat with internet phenom, Iain Heath — TBB talked with alum and internet-famous meme-builder Iain Heath about his creations and the state of the LEGO landscape.

Announcing TBB’s Steampunk collaborative display at BrickCon 2025 [News]

Summer is here, and that means another Brickcon is right around the corner. We had a great time hosting our collaborative display last year, featuring botanical scenes of all shapes, sizes, and scales — there were some truly amazing builds. This year, we want to showcase something a little more ambitious! We hope our community of builders and convention-goers is equally excited to join us in a steampunk world’s fair that we’re calling the Royal Exposition 1898!

Think of a version of a world’s fair like the famous 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, but with a steampunk twist. Monowheel vehicles, airships, pavilion booths, Victorian architecture, walking platforms — the only limit is your imagination. We’ll set up a channel on our Discord and provide some building standards after the jump, and in that channel.

Read on for more details

TBB Weekly Brick Report: LEGO news roundup for July 26, 2025 [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 4th week of July 2025.

TBB NEWS AND REVIEWS From musicals to gaming to comic books, what a wild and wacky week we’ve had. DC fans have a lot to get excited about with the latest modular featuring Gotham City’s famous prison for the criminally insane. Netflix celebrates the return to Hawkins, Indiana, and the Upside Down with a new 5-pack of BrickHeadz. Oz and the Emerald City return to LEGO with a new mixed-scale diorama, and retro gamers get ready for nostalgia with a 1:1 scale model of the Game Boy handheld game console. Still here? then check out last week’s Brick Report for even mkore news and revews from TBB.

[NEWS] LEGO celebrates upcoming season 5 of Stranger Things with Brickheadz four-pack — After 4 seasons, and in anticipation of the 5th and final season premiering later this year, we finally get the whole gang of basement D&D playing friends.
[NEWS] LEGO Gotham City expands with 16-minifigure-strong 76300 Arkham Asylum — Batman and friends are giving the X-Mansion a run for the money in this fig-filled modular set.
[NEWS] Wizard of Oz’s Emerald City gets the LEGO treatment as part of Wicked wave of sets — With the second part of the movie adaptation of the musical adaptation of the book hitting theaters this fall, Wicked fans get an interesting scene that feels like it can’t make up it’s mind if its a playset or a display set, or both.
[NEWS] Re-live your handheld gaming days with new LEGO Game Boy — A way more affordable Nintendo console LEGO set… but no Pokemon yellow?
[REVIEW] LEGO Star Wars 75432 V-19 Torrent Starfighter: Republic repeat — A new version of one of the Clone War’s more interessting starfighters IMO. The V-19 Torrent!
[REVIEW] LEGO Star Wars 75431 – 327th Star Corps Clone Troopers Battle Pack — What may be one of the last battle packs we get, if rumors are to be believed. While most collectors have plenty of B-2 battle droide by now, this collection of Star Corp troopers is sure to be popular.

TBB FEATURES & INTERVIEWS

[INTERVIEW] Engineering for excellence – the Star Wars builds of Jürgen Wittner — TBB chatted with one of my favorite Star Wars LEGO builders, with attention to detail that is galaxies above the average.
[INTERVIEW] Building on the wild side with rising MOC star Hodgepodge Builds — TBB “sat down” with an up-and-coming MOC builder to learn more about their journey.
[INSTRUCTIONS] Build your own Star Wars AT-RT Scout Walker with these free instructions from Creativbricks — With this year being the 30th anniversay of Star Wars Episode III: Reveng of the Sith, you can build your very own AT-RT.

LEGO Star Wars 74535 Battle of Felucia Separatist MTT [REVIEW]

This year marks the 30th anniversary of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, and so it is no surprise that this summer’s wave of LEGO Star Wars sets highlights vehicles and locations featured in the 2005 film, such as the Clone Turbotank from the battle of Kashyyyk. The Separatists join the fun with a new version of the Trade Federation’s Multi-Troop Transport, or MTT, which gets an impressive if somewhat small update with LEGO Star Wars 75435 Battle of Felucia Separatist MTT, which comes with 976 pieces and will retail for US $159.99 | CAN $199.99 | UK £139.99 starting on August 1st.

The LEGO Group provided The Brothers Brick with an early copy of this set for review. Providing TBB with products for review guarantees neither coverage nor positive reviews.

Read on for our full review

TBB Weekly Brick Report: LEGO news roundup for July 20, 2025 [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 July 2025.

TBB NEWS AND REVIEWS This week was a mix of Star Wars, with a return to the prequels featuring Jango Fett’s starship, Architecture, which brought us one of the most iconic real-world castles, Icons, which revealed a charming sea-side village, and the Dark Knight with a Batmobile from perhaps the most over-the-top Batman movie of that era, Batman Forever. For even more news and reviews, be sure to check out last week’s Brick Report, and you can also catch A Brick Dreamer’s weekly recap of LEGO creations on their YouTube channel

[REVIEW] LEGO Star Wars 75433 Jango Fett’s Starship: Slave I 2: Electric Boogaloo — How does the latest version of this iconic starship measure up?
[REVIEW] LEGO Architecture 21063 Neuschwanstein Castle – Bavarian Cream of the Crop — Fairy tales come to life with this beautiful model of a most inspirational castle nestled in the Bavarian forests.
[NEWS] Ciao! LEGO Ideas travels to the Mediterranean with 21359 Italian Riviera — A perfect place to sit by the sea sipping espresso or enjoying a gelatto.
[REVIEW] LEGO Star Wars 75414 The Force Burner Snowspeeder – Bringing chaos and cool to a galaxy far, far away — The fast and furious mash-up of a classic speeder and a hot rod.
[REVIEW] LEGO Batman 76304 Batman Forever Batmobile – Bricks love the car — Certainly one of the most ostentatious versions of the usually sleek and streamlined Batmobile since the original 60’s version.

TBB FEATURES & INTERVIEWS Our coverage of the charming contest Heroes of Fur and Feather, which combines Animal Crossing with Dungeons & Dragons comes to a close with the winning entry. This has been one of the most enjoyable contest to follow, and I’m sad to see it end. Hopefully this event will inspire other storytellers to create their own grand adventure.

[FEATURE] Our top 10 favorite LEGO creations of 2025 thus far — We look back over the first half of the year to revisit some of our favorite creations of 2025
[FEATURE] Heroes of Fur and Feather Grand Prize Winner – Ben Grayson’s adventures of Priscilla Bramblewhisk — Of all the heroes and their stories we have featured over the last 3 weeks, one hero rises above the rest, with the announcment of the grand prize winning entry.
[INTERVIEW] Building The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim’s open world in LEGO with BDD Builds — We talked with the creator of some stunning Skyrim locations.
[FEATURE] Bounty Hunters, Troopers, and Droids – oh my! — Star Wars is the inspiration for this week’s Minifig Monday, with some amazing custom characters inspired by the franchise.

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A fantastic LEGO kingfisher is in the cards

Every LEGO model tells a story, sometimes it’s obvious, sometimes it’s mysterious, and sometimes it’s beautiful, like this kingfisher flying out of a deck of cards, holding the gold key of clubs in its beak, built by BigBrickStan for the latest Biocup LEGO building contest. Plant parts supplement the usual wing elements in two shades of blue, and the keys for all four suits are created with minimal parts.

A monochromatic oasis for a wizard

Sometimes a single piece can set the stage for a LEGO build, and in this case, it was a sand-green rooftop element which inspired Duncan Lindbo to create an entire scene around it, and in the same color as well from a winding stair, to a bench and a teapot to provide a relaxing respite from spell-casting.

LEGO midi-scale U-Wing takes flight, and looks great

In my opinion, the U-Wing, introduced in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, is easily one of the most interesting fighters since the X-Wing. So I was excited to see this model by Matt showing this iconic fighter at a smaller scale, but in no way skimping on details. Taking a closer look at the front wing assembly, you can see a very interesting combination of modified plates with upward brackets to form the wing along two building angles. The choce of the modiefied slope with the cut-outs is the perfect canopy as well.

Oh, and in case you were wondering if the wings swing back for atmospheric flight mode… Yes they do.

Nothing says summer like a trip to the Grand Canyon

Minifigure habitats are fun, but I prefer microscale vignettes like this minimalist scene by Nannan Zhang. Here, the Grand Canyon is depicted in a three-dimensional scene that feels like a Polaroid picture extruded by a 3D printer. The sky background, combining plates and bricks in stripes, reminds me of the fantastic LEGO set Visions from the Space Age.

Seen from the top, the striations of the rock faces are made by stacking wedge plates of a variety of sizes and shapes. And the wandering river along the bottom, made from light azure tiles, really pops.

TBB Weekly Brick Report: LEGO news roundup for July 12, 2025 [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 2nd week of July 2025.

TBB NEWS AND REVIEWS We feasted on LEGO Star Wars last week, with a bunch of new sets announced, including the highly anticipated AT-ST UCS set that looks to add tons of great details to the classic chicken walker. This week, we get a robot from another franchise, the latest Transformer to join the lineup. Soundwave and his two cassette tape pets were one of those toys that I played with so much that I broke both of the mini-bots from repeated transforming. And while K2-SO may not be the droids the Empire was looking for, He has been eagerly awaited since the Disney+ series Andor brought so many characters from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story back to mind. Still hungry for more LEGO news? Sink yer teeth into last week’s Brick Report for a tasty snack.

[NEWS] Summer Faction Festival invites you to show your true space colors — A new summer building contest based on classic space themes with a colorful twist…the summer music festival!
[NEWS] LEGO Transformers enters its villain era with fan-favorite Soundwave, complete with sound functions, Ravage, and Laserbeak — The first Decepticon in the LEGO Transformers theme comes with 2 bonus bots, and a boom box to get the party started.
[REVIEW] LEGO Star Wars 75434 K-2SO Security Droid – Good enough to parade before the Emperor — Erasing all doubts about his value, K2-SO joins the lineup of buildable droids, even if the scale is a bit off.
[REVIEW] LEGO Star Wars 75417 AT-ST Walker: does the latest UCS set walk the walk? — The latest UCS set from Star Wars brings some awesome upgrades to previous versions of the walker, including a detailed interior with two seats.

TBB FEATURES & INTERVIEWS We interviewed another LEGO builder from the community, and got round three of the most adorable mash-up ever with more Animal Crossing characters re-imagined as Dungeons & Dragons adventurers.

[INTERVIEW] Sleeps With LEGO dreams of telling stories with friends and LEGO sigfigs, one stitch at a time — LEGO minifigures wearing tiny crocheted sweaters? The surprising combination of hobbies in this weeks interview.
[FEATURE] This Week in LEGO Bricks: Shuffling cards and crabs — Check out this week’s recap of some of the internet’s most interesting LEGO creations, by A Brick Dreamer
[CONTEST] Heroes of Fur and Feather Challenge 3: Heart and Darkness — Easily my favorite contest of recent years… there is sooo much to love about these custom character scenes.

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