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In space, no one can hear you hop [Updated – With Instructions]

Taking an official LEGO set and building something new with it has been a common activity ever since the launch of the modern building block, with many early sets featuring alternate models pictured on the back of the box. But Dicken Liu has taken this to an entirely new level, and I will never look at a rabbit the same way again… The tan and light nougat color scheme perfectly matches the terrifying stage in the Xenomorph life cycle known as the facehugger. If you dare to look closer at the creature’s maw, you can even see a few small brown espresso handles serving as part of the creature’s squishy underbelly.

UPDATE: Looking to build your own adorable(?) facehugger? Dicken shares the instructions on Instagram.

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This futuristic microscale LEGO city runs rings around modern cities

Building a circular model using LEGO is a challenge in itself, but Plastic Pauper took on that challenge and built a microscale city with not just one ring, but three, creating nested neighborhoods that all have a specific purpose and vibe. The outer ring looks industrial, with smokestacks, factories, and other gray structures. The middle ring is composed of many smaller buildings and greenery, while the central section sports tall, sterile, and modern structures fit for the city’s wealthy elite. And what futuristic city would be complete without flying cars?

TBB Weekly Brick Report: LEGO news roundup for March 15, 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 March 2025.

TBB NEWS AND REVIEWS While there may not have been much news this last week, we did get a pretty big set for Mario fans: a brick-built Mario in his classic kart. We also saw good news for LEGO as they shared financial details from the second half of 2024, and business is booming. If you are looking for a bit more LEGO news coverage from TBB and the rest of the world, be sure to check out last week’s Brick Report.

[NEWS] LEGO by the Numbers: LEGO Group announces 2024 financial results — LEGO reports growth for last year, which is good news for LEGO fans around the world.
[FEATURE] This Week in LEGO Bricks — Landscaping, not-angry birds, and possibly the best LEGO set of the year
[NEWS] LEGO reveals giant Mario & Standard Kart display set on MAR10 Day — Another large set to strain your display shelves might give Bowser a little competition.
[FEATURE] Making microscale trees with minifig antlers — Jake explores ways of using the green minifig antler element in your microscale landscaping.

OTHER NEWS Overview

New Bricks Hitting The Toy Aisles As Companies Compete With Lego – [Forbes] — New York Toy Fair showed the competition for interlocking building blocks is on the rise…but how do they stack up to LEGO?
Lego is going to make its videogames in-house from now on, says it would ‘almost rather overinvest – [PC Gamer] — LEGO decides it may be Game Over for third party game developers when it comes to LEGO video games in the future.
Largest Lego cathedral in the world being built at National Cathedral in DC – [WTop News] — This long-term project to build a model of the cathedral inside the cathedral is meta.
Denver hosting LEGO event featuring exclusive creations, three-ton ‘brick pit’ – [KDVR] — Denver will host a LEGO convention for the first time, making the 11th US LEGO convention.

Jump in the cockpit of this fun LEGO model of the Z-95 headhunter

Most Star Wars fans know about the iconic X-Wing fighter made famous by Luke Skywalker’s trench run during the attack on the Death Star, but did you know about the sleek predecessor, the Z-95 Headhunter? swbuilds, who specializes in amazing LEGO Star Wars vehicles that are quite detailed, has turned their impressive skills to build this lesser-known starfighter in LEGO. The techniques used to craft the wings and fuselage with almost seamless connections is, to quote Darth Vader, “Impressive, most impressive.”

TBB Weekly Brick Report: LEGO news roundup for March 8, 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 1st week of March 2025.

TBB NEWS AND REVIEWS There was big news from Disney and Jurrasic World regarding set announcements, with a new wave of 6 sets celebrating the fourth film in the Jurassic World franchise. Disney fans got the announcement of a substantially larger castle from Beauty and the Beast, including a library and a ballroom. If you are still hungry for LEGO news, sink your teeth into last week’s Brick Report.

[NEWS] LEGO announces new sets from the Jurassic World Rebirth movie — Springtime means another awesome wave of dinosaur sets from the latest Jurrasic World movie.
[NEWS] LEGO reveals LEGO Disney 43263 Beauty and the Beast Castle, a brick-built château for Prince Adam — The Beast’s castle gets an impressive upgrade.
[REVIEW] LEGO Jurassic World 76968 Dinosaur Fossils: Tyrannosaurus Rex – An epic specimen to behold! — Bre digs deep to uncover all the secrets of this massive display set.

OTHER NEWS

Man accused of stealing $25,000 worth of Lego from northern California stores – [The Guardian] — Well, at least there are plenty of robber minifigures for him to use as his sigfig.
Lego Artists Prepare for Brick Convention This Weekend – [Fox44News.com] — Waco, Texas is hosting its first LEGO convention.
School attempting to break Lego world record with 42,000 bricks – [ABC45.com] — A San Antonio school set out to beat a world record… find out how they stacked up.

A LEGO monochrome microscale city

When I set out to build a white LEGO castle on a tall rocky cliff, I intended to make it medieval in style, inspired by illustrations of the Eyrie from George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire. But as the build progressed, and the structures took shape in brick, in my imagination, it began to take on a futuristic vibe. So, I decided to double down on that, removing many of the rounded elements I had started with. Adding stacks of smooth, square and rectangular levels, and increasing the number of individual structures left me with a sci-fi city.

Overall, I am quite happy with the finished product, with the many white structures contrasting the dark sand landscape, with the blend of old and modern architecture.

Get your LEGO game on with this fantastic Gameboy replica

Nostalgia for video game consoles and hand-helds is a very popular obsession with gamers of all ages so it is not surprising that LEGO fans are feeling it, too. And you can’t get much more classic than the Nintendo Gameboy. This homage by DanielBrickSon hits so hard, especially for me since I had one of these myself. I won’t show my age by telling you what my first hand-held game was (Okay, it was an LED football game)

The builder captures the iconic look of the Gameboy right down to the simple d-pad and buttons, the square screen with huge black borders, and the rounded outer case.

And if you are asking yourself if that game cartridge fits in the back… you bet your Charizard it does!

TBB Weekly Brick Report: LEGO news roundup for March 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 February 2025.

TBB NEWS AND REVIEWS This week was all about set announcements, from the large river steamboat to the even larger T-Rex fossil skeleton. We even got a new Marvel set full of minifigures, if not much else. Fans of Fabuland can get excited about the latest LEGO House tribute set, even if it is hard to get their hands on. Oh, and F1 fans also got a long-awaited addition to the line-up of larger F1 race cars. If you enjoyed catching up on this week’s new and reviews from TBB, be sure to check out our last Brick Report for even more.

[NEWS] LEGO Ideas 21356 River Steamboat revealed as next fan-designed set and largest LEGO Ideas set ever at over 4,000 pieces — LEGO announced another addition to the growing list of nautical themed display sets.
[NEWS] LEGO reveals the minifigure-heavy LEGO Marvel 76323 Avengers: Endgame Final Battle — This latest Marvel Avengers set lets fans recreate the classic scene from Avengers Endgame… “On your left!”
[NEWS] New LEGO sets for March 2025 now available for purchase — Art, Ninjago, STEM, oh my!
[FEATURE] As Febrovery rolls to a close, it’s time for a final rover roundup! — With February behind us, check out the best rovers from Febrovery as curated by Jake.
[REVIEW] LEGO Icons 10353 Williams FW14B & Nigel Mansell: “And colossally, that’s LEGO Mansell! — Check out our review, including exclusive insights from the set designer.
[REVIEW] LEGO House Exclusive 40506 LEGO Fabuland Tribute – A love letter to an iconic theme — Only available from the LEGO House in Bilund, this is the latest tribure to popular LEGO themes of years past.
[NEWS] LEGO digs up a huge new set with LEGO Jurassic World 76968 Dinosaur Fossils: Tyrannosaurus rex — This collosal display set will make a big impression for dinosaur enthusiasts.

OTHER NEWS

THE LEGO GROUP SHOWCASES ITS LARGEST PORTFOLIO YET AT TOY FAIR® 2025, LED BY NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN SETS FROM NEW BBC STUDIOS’ BLUEY™ PARTNERSHIP – [PR Newswire.com] — In case you missed the big New York Toy Fair this year.
Lego Built a Full-Size Replica of Ferrari’s F1 Car – [Motor 1.com] — I wonder how fast it goes?
Lego is giving away an exclusive Steering Wheel for free. – [Mashable.com] — Find out how it works.

Floating through the sky with the world above you.

The most interesting part of this floating island scene by Jesse Gros, in my opinion, is not the elevated setting peeking in from the upper corner of the composition (which shows a tantalizing hint of a larger landscape) but rather the choice of the buildable planet of Coruscant used as the air-filled balloon for the small floating platform. The gray surface with geometric lines, combined with the clouds representing weathering, add visual interest to the otherwise simple design. A subtle but effective illustration of a city and mountains in the distance backs the scene.

The latest in a long line of tri-wing fighters launches for the rebellion

While the concept of the tri-wing fighter is nothing new to Star Wars, many people may not know about any other than the droid fighters of the Separatists from the prequel trilogy. In Star Wars Rebels and in Legends novels, the Empire also developed a tri-wing tie fighter spearheaded by Grand Admiral Thrawn. Here, Joshua Harrison imagines what a tri-wing would look like in LEGO from the same company that developed the X-wing and the snow speeder. While the triangular-shaped front end looks more like the Y-wing inspired it, the long wing arms and the gun clusters clearly have the iconic X-wing in their DNA. The only question I have is, how the heck does it land?

A sturdy little LEGO drone that packs a punch

While many LEGO builders are busy making rovers in February in honor of Febrover (the month-long tribute to space rovers of all kinds), Devid VII is cranking out a fleet of mechanized drones. LEGO blocks lend themselves to bulky mechs, but there is something about the clean lines of both the legs and the rocket launchers that make this drone feel like it is made of steel rather than plastic. The lanky arms holding a pair of machine guns add an unusual look to this mech.

TBB Weekly Brick Report: LEGO news roundup for February 22, 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 February 2025.

TBB NEWS AND REVIEWS This week may have been light on the news, but fans of F1 have plenty to be excited about as we reviewed the entire 10-car lineup of F1 Speed Champions sets. We also took a look back at the many LEGO rovers built for the first half of Febrovery. And for even more news and reviews, check out last week’s Brick Report.

[REVIEW] LEGO Speed Champions 77242 – 77251 Formula One car collection: is this peak Speed Champions? — Theo hit the pit crew vibe hard, building and reviewing all 10 F1 sets from the Speed Champions theme.
[NEWS] Reminder: The Brothers Brick is looking for new Contributors to join our team — We’re still looking for new contributors to help us provide the best LEGO coverage around the world.
[FEATURE] There are LEGO space rovers aplenty in our Febrovery 2025 mid-month roundup — Jake gives us a great recap on some of the best rovers built so far for the popular homage to classic space.

OTHER LEGO NEWS

Revealing The 2025 LEGO® House Exclusive Set: LEGO® Fabuland® Tribute – [LEGOHouse.com] — Many Fabuland fans will appreciate the attention to details in this latest tribute to LEGO themes of yesteryear.
Introducing the LEGO® International Women’s Day 2025 Activity – [Ideas.LEGO.com] — LEGO continues to celebrate diversity in the LEGO fan community.
Bricktastic, the UK’s largest LEGO® event, will be back in 2025! – [Bricktastic.org] — UK and European LEGO fans can look forward to aother great LEGO event this year.