Category Archives: Feature

The Brothers Brick is not just about showcasing the best fan builds and bringing you the latest LEGO News, we also love to investigate, interview and discuss! These featured articles are all interesting articles that you can look back and enjoy reading.

Crafty AFOLs leave their minifigs (and us) in stitches [Minfig Monday]

Since we started spotlighting minifig creations again on Minifig Mondays, we’ve been introduced to so many talented AFOLs. After covering desert sands and dieselpunk in our last installments, maybe it’s time to welcome some cozier fig creations into the mix? Grab your knitting needles and garden shears, as we’re going to explore DIY minifig fashions! The fist time the brothers brick featured minifigs wearing crocheted clothes was back in 2006! Sadly, that was the only time. Let’s fix this with a Minifig Monday dedicated to minfigs dressed in knitted and floral clothing! Because hobbies are better when you let them mingle.

Kim Schol is a LEGO photographer from the Netherlands who sets her minifig subjects in dioramas that blend LEGO with nature and crafts. Kim dresses her minifig in a fantastically elegant skirt made of real flower petals. This fairy tale scene is one of my favorites in the way that LEGO foliage mixes with seed tufts and moss to create a magical space. Here’s a glimpse of how the mix of materials came together to make a scene.

Flowers and crochet and minifigs, oh my! The tour continues after the fold

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Talking Iron Builder with LEGO space legend Tim Goddard [Feature]

The most recent Iron Builder competition just came to an end, providing the LEGO community with some truly excellent creations fueled by the creativity of two amazing AFOL talents: Tim Goddard and Bousker. For those who are not familiar with Iron Builder, it is a competition that puts two builders directly against each other in a two-week contest of creating models that incorporate a specific LEGO piece. In this instance, the Airplane Door in White. Fresh off an amazing run of 7 stellar creations, we sat down with Tim about his thoughts on competing for the Iron Builder crown.

Read TBB’s interview with Tim below!

TBB Asks: do you have a favourite bit of non-LEGO brick LEGO memorabilia? [Feature]

Ever been at a LEGO convention and had to endure the awkwardness of meeting new AFOLs, with no idea of where to start the conversation? I know I sure have. OK, partly that’s because it was in Finland and my Finnish doesn’t go much further than ‘I like your LEGO model’. Still, if you’re looking for an ice-breaker question to get to know your fellow hobbyists a bit better, then take inspiration from our weekly TBB Asks feature! This week, TBB Asks if you have any favourite bits of LEGO memorabilia that aren’t LEGO bricks. Yes, even outside the world of bricks there is loads of LEGO swag to be had, some of it quite rare!

Let’s see if any of our staff have anything special in their collection – or indeed, if our readers do. Let us know if you’ve got some cool collectibles in the comments!

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Dancing, dueling, and Dicken: This Week in LEGO Bricks [Feature]

A lot happens every week in the LEGO building world. Fortunately we have ABrickDreamer to capture all the essential stories in one video. It’s a full week but here are my favorite stories from others in the community: New Elementary sheds some light on two LEGO color changes, one of our favorite builders, Ben Cossy, recommends the best 2025 LEGO sets to buy for parts, and BrickNerd sets the essential context for the wonderful Keith Haring: Dancing Figures that just released.

I Didn’t Mean to Build a LEGO Camel (But I Did Anyway) [Guest Feature]

Today we’re excited to present a special feature from accomplished film editor and LEGO modeler Nick Lever. Nick was a finalist in season 4 of LEGO Masters Australia and has had his work displayed in LEGO House in Billund. In this guest post, Nick shares his experience working with LEGO’s Middle East division to celebrate Innovation and Creativity Day. Nick, the floor is yours!

Join Nick for a look into how his camel project with LEGO came together

TBB Asks: does LEGO feature in your travels? [Feature]

Life is full of questions. Why is the sky blue? Why did the dinosaurs die out? And why do green LEGO bricks taste the best*? OK, admittedly, that last one was a suggested question by our mascot, A. Lemur. Needless to say, it didn’t make the cut for our weekly icebreaker segment: TBB Asks! And this week, we’re asking: do you travel with LEGO? Perhaps you have a minifigure mascot that goes where you go, or you got a bit too tap-happy with your credit card while on holiday and now you need to buy a new suitcase. Let’s see what our team has to say – and be sure to tell us your long-haul LEGO lore in the comments!

*Disclaimer: please don’t eat your LEGO. It wrecks your teeth, doesn’t taste very good, and unless you have the digestive system of a lemur, you’ll get all blocked up. Don’t ask me how I know.

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Capturing Nolan’s Batman in Bricks: Behind the Scenes with RebelLUG’s Dark Knight collaboration

What happens when seven outstanding builders bring their LEGO skills to bear on one of the most beloved films of the modern era? You get a LEGO collaboration that is nothing short of cinematic. Now screening on The Brothers Brick: RebelLUG’s Dark Knight collaboration, with behind-the-scenes commentary from organizer Tom Studs and builder Eli Willsea!

But before we jump to the interview, let’s review the series of images, starting with the film’s iconic poster, recreated by collab organizer Tom Studs. At a glance, you might think the only thing LEGO about this pic is the minifigure, but every building and the fiery bat logo are all brick-built.

Why so serious? Relax and enjoy the rest of the Dark Knight tributes and making-of insights

Dieselpunk Mechs and Military Hard Suits – [Minifig Monday]

Mechs and minifigs have been near and dear to the Brothers Brick for as long as we’ve been covering LEGO fandom. It’s always a thrill when builders bring a specific and fresh aesthetic to a favorite genre, and that’s definitely been the case with Brickbot Studios, Red Impala, and Zakar.ion – three builders who are absolutely crushing it with military mechs at an intimate perspective. The trio collaborated last week on trench warfare dieselpunk mechs inspired by the 1920 setting of mr_werewolf, with each builder bringing a personal spin to the theme. This week on Minifig Monday, we’re spotlighting this collab, but also some mortar blasts from the dieselpunk past from some top builders of yesteryear playing in a similar sandbox.

Leading this week’s charge is the PZM-7 Śmiały from Red Impala. Swift, merciless, and armed with an anti-mech rifle, this unit looks ready to leap over trenches like a Winged Hussar. (The lore that these builders share alongside their brilliant builds is half the fun!).

Brickbot Studios responds with theStahlschreiter 44 “Trench Reaper.” My favorite flourish is the moustache on the mech. The builder brings a touch of Warhammer sensibilities to this Death Korp diesel demon.

The minifigs and mecha continue after the break!

Building and growing together: An AFOL mother’s journey [Feature]

In celebration of Mothers Day and the many AFOLs who became mothers or mothers who discovered LEGO through their children, we present this guest post from our own Kimberly Giffen.

The day arrives when the oldest child receives her first LEGO set, and the time for endless hours of building with your children has come. As a family with an AFOL mother and four kids, so many hours have been spent on building. We build together, they move on to something else, and I continue building.

Kimberly’s story continues

Colors, competition, and cookies! A packed This Week in LEGO Bricks! [Feature]

It’s been an exceptionally busy week in the LEGOverse with dozens of new sets getting announced, May the Fourth blasting off, and a new batch of Bricklink Designer kits moving to the voting round. Not to mention the Rogue Olympics and Iron Builder competitions, and all the usual MOCs and articles about our beloved bricks. Thankfully, ABrickDreamer has rounded up the essentials for easy viewing. My favorite stories this week: in the Conversation Piece column, there’s a must-read roundtable discussion of color theory and LEGO, and over on New Elementary, one of our favorite builders, Tom Loftus, brings an expert’s eye to new parts and recolors on the new Jango Fett’s Starship.

TBB Asks: What was your first LEGO set? [Feature]

The LEGO community is full of stories, anecdotes, and tales both tall and heartwarming. Sometimes, all you need is a prompt to get them out! So we’re starting a weekly feature here on the Brothers Brick: TBB Asks. It does what it says on the tin: quite simply, we ask a different LEGO-related question every week, and invite contributors and readers alike to share their stories and answers! These may vary from what your favourite set is, to what minifigure tool would be best suited to a zombie apocalypse. (I think it’s a lightsaber, incidentally.) This week, we’re asking: What was your first LEGO set?

Make sure to leave your answer in the comments – and if you have an idea for a question, feel free to leave that there, too!

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My (not so short) journey into LEGO Trains [Feature]

At first, the locomotive on my train transport truck would be just an interesting load for the truck. As I was building it, though, it became something a little more. I wanted to turn it into a working and running locomotive.

As a child, I loved my LEGO train. For Christmas 1981, my parents and grandparents conspired to buy me a train set, some more rails, an additional wagon and a 4.5V motor and battery box. This was everything that I, aged six at the time, could have wanted. I played with it for years, modifying it to my heart’s content. As an adult Lego builder, however, I drifted away from building trains.

A fair few adult LEGO builders may be on the spectrum. And in the stereotype, LEGO train builders even more so. (They are like Texas compared to the rest of the US: very similar, but the trucks, steaks and hairdos are even bigger). I am a physicist, though, if this were true, it would be nothing I could not handle. Furthermore, some of the friendliest and most talented builders I know are “train heads”, but I am not one of them.

Choo-choo-choose to read the rest of Ralph’s LEGO train journey!