Earlier this month Jaguar shared the new LEGO Speed Champions in its new 8-stud wide design. Lamborghini now takes center stage to show off their new addition to the same LEGO design language with the Huracán Super Trofeo EVO and Urus ST-X. The two new models were revealed at the Super Trofeo World Final on stage in Jerez.
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Target kicks off pre-Black Friday deals with free $10 gift card on select LEGO purchases [News]
Target is running a pre-Black Friday promotion from now through November 23rd offering a free $10 gift card with select LEGO purchases of $50 or more. The list includes quite a few sets from Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker including the A-Wing we just reviewed as well as a few LEGO exclusives like the Stranger Things set.
Target typically sells some sets at less than MSRP, so adding an additional $10 back can add up to a significant discount. Target also offers free shipping on orders more than $35, so that should apply as well. Click the banner above to browse the LEGO sets available at Target.
TBB Weekly Brick Report: LEGO news roundup for October 26, 2019
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 fourth week of October 2019.
LEGO revealed some minifigures from the upcoming Trolls World Tour sets. Keep reading our Brick Report to get all the details.
TBB NEWS AND REVIEWS: This week, Trolls are in the LEGO news, and we’re not talking about nasty keyboard warriors either! We also took an in-depth look at the newest LEGO Overwatch Set, Wrecking Ball.
- LEGO Trolls minifigures coming, as LEGO reveals new theme based on Trolls World Tour movie [News] – The Danish Troll dolls will receive the building block treatment from a Danish toy company! LEGO cranked up the bass with a video revealing minifigures from the upcoming Trolls World Tour sets.
- LEGO Overwatch 75976 Wrecking Ball [Review] – Did Hammond come in like a Wrecking Ball? Read our review of LEGO Overwatch 75976 Wrecking Ball to find out!
OTHER NEWS: There were quite a few other interesting LEGO news articles from around the web this week. Here are the best of the rest:
- TOP 7 things of working for LEGO, Tiago Catarino – Have you ever wondered what kind of perks you get if you were to work for LEGO as a LEGO designer?
- Inside Tour registration begins on Monday, Brickset – Registration for next year’s Inside Tours begins on Monday 28th October at 9am.
- LEGO, Justice Build on Existing Partnership, Gifts & Decorative Accessories – LEGO Group and Justice announced expansion of their brand partnership to engage girls in creative play.
LEGO Trolls minifigures coming, as LEGO reveals new theme based on Trolls World Tour movie [News]
Today LEGO has announced a new licensing partnership with Dreamworks for the upcoming Trolls World Tour film. The film is slated for release April 17, 2020. So far LEGO has only revealed a teaser trailer showing a variety of the new minifigures. These new minifigures encapsulate the classic Troll doll look, with big heads, crazy hair, and outrageous personalities. There’s no word yet on when the LEGO Trolls World Tour theme will be available.
A creature double-feature!
You don’t know how long I’ve been waiting for this; someone build two similar scale, similar quality classic movie monsters in a row so that I can use this title and opening theme music to evoke a sense of nostalgia for childhood monster movies. Brilliant, right? The team over at Build Better Bricks have answered all my monstrous wishes with this electrifying Frankenstein Monster and savage Werewolf and finally my mad scheme has come to fruition. (Muah-hah-hah!) The fact that it happened right before Halloween is just icing on the delicious ghoulish cake.
Now that this plan has been fulfilled it seems much less diabolical than I had initially imagined. I suppose I would make a terrible Bond villain then. But still, didn’t it get you in the mood to watch two campy monster classics in a row? It did for me.
LEGO Overwatch 75976 Wrecking Ball [Review]
Earlier this year, LEGO released six sets based on Blizzard’s first person shooter video game, Overwatch. This colorful cast of characters is now being joined by Wrecking Ball and Junkrat & Roadhog in LEGO form. We will be reviewing each set separately, and this one will focus on 75976 Wrecking Ball and his transforming hamster ball mech. Wrecking Ball consists of 227 pieces and is currently available online via the LEGO shop for $19.99 USD | $24.99 CAD | £17.99 GBP
Amazon sale has half-price Star Wars Sandcrawler, The LEGO Movie 2 sets, & more
Amazon is offering up some sweet LEGO sales today, with a full 50% off a variety of sets, including Star Wars, The LEGO Movie 2, and Creator. Discounts this heavy aren’t particularly common online, so if you’ve had any of these sets on your wishlist, now is a great time to grab them, or just stock up early on Christmas gifts.
First up is 75220 Sandcrawler, the latest iteration of the mighty Jawa vehicle. We gave this set a full video review, so be sure to check it out.
75220 Sandcrawler | $70 (50% off)
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TBB Weekly Brick Report: LEGO news roundup for October 19, 2019
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 October 2019.
We review the new LEGO Ideas 21320 Dinosaur Fossils set. Keep reading our Brick Report to get all the details.
TBB NEWS, REVIEWS AND INSTRUCTIONS: This week we reviewed three new sets including Dinosaur Fossils, a Land Rover Defender and a redux of the Star Wars Y-Wing. Meanwhile, we showed you how to make our very own Iron Man Mark 1!
- LEGO heads into the wilderness with the Technic 42110 Land Rover Defender [Review] – Read our hands on review of the highly anticipated LEGO Land Rover!
- Head to the Cretaceous period with the newest LEGO Ideas set: 21320 Dinosaur Fossils – The newest LEGO Ideas set, 21320 Dinosaur Fossils, features the skeletons of T. rex, Triceratops, Pteranodon, and even a LEGO Sapien!
- LEGO Star Wars 75248 Resistance A-wing Starfighter from The Rise of Skywalker[Review] – How does this latest LEGO Star Wars A-wing stack up against the previous A-wing from 2017? Read our review to find out.
- Build your very own Iron Man Mark 1 in Chibi style [INSTRUCTIONS] – Be an Avenger! Build the Iron Man Mark 1 and remember to give 3000 love to hachiroku24.
- LEGO Ideas 21320 Dinosaur Fossils – assembling T. rex & Triceratops & Pteranodon, oh my! [Review] – Dig into our full review of the LEGO Ideas 21320 Dinosaur Fossils!
OTHER NEWS: There were quite a few other interesting LEGO news articles from around the web this week. Here are the best of the rest:
- LEGO sets I designed (Dream Job), YouTube – Designer Tiago Catarino discusses the many sets he designed while working for the LEGO Group
- Friends Fans Can Now Sit in a Life-Size Version of Central Perk Made Out of 1 Million LEGOs, People.com – Nathan Sawaya, an artist whose medium is LEGOs, created a life-size, interactive version of the iconic coffee shop to debut in Las Vegas
- Lego’s Latest Green Initiative Wants to Put Old Bricks to New Use, Forbes – Lego, as part of its ongoing effort to become a greener toy company, is launching a pilot program to make it easier to donate unwanted Lego bricks.
- How Building a Gymnastics Routine is Like Building with LEGO Bricks, LEGO – Simone Biles draws parallels between building anything you want with LEGO bricks and her world class gymnastic techniques.
LEGO heads into the wilderness with the Technic 42110 Land Rover Defender [Review]
For several decades, the LEGO Technic theme has incorporated licensed vehicles pulled from the ranks of the world’s best-known auto manufacturers. And almost without exception, LEGO has focused these sets on sports cars and heavy equipment. But now Technic has made a foray into the new class of automobile life that seems to be taking over all that it touches: the SUV. With 42110 Land Rover Defender, LEGO not only releases its first Technic SUV, but also lands its first license with renowned automaker Jaguar/Landrover in 50 years (LEGO produced diecast Jaguar models in the 1960s). Not simply a one-off, the licensing partnership also includes minifigure-scale vehicles for the Speed Champions line like the I-pace and Formula E racecar. The new LEGO Defender released Oct. 1, 2019, and was revealed in conjunction with the real vehicle’s debut, marking Land Rover’s return to the venerable Defender model. The set includes 2,573 pieces and retails for US $199.99 | CAN $249.99 | UK £159.99.
Head to the Cretaceous period with the newest LEGO Ideas set: 21320 Dinosaur Fossils [News]
Today LEGO has unveiled the latest set from its crowdsourcing platform LEGO Ideas, 21320 Dinosaur Fossils. The set features two dinosaur skeletons of T. rex and Triceratops, as well as the flying Pteranodon. It also includes a minifigure skeleton as LEGO Sapiens, along with a living relative in the form of a paleontologist. With 910 pieces, the set will retail for US $59.99 | CAN $79.99 | UK £54.99, and will be available to purchase starting Nov. 1. We’ve already got our hands on a copy of this set, so be sure to check out our early review of 21320 Dinosaur Fossils.
Check out all the details below, including the full press release and images.
LEGO Ideas 21320 Dinosaur Fossils – assembling T. rex & Triceratops & Pteranodon, oh my! [Review]
Even though my primary fascination with the past has always been through archaeology, the science of paleontology has also provided a wonderful source of inspiration about the amazing world we live in. Officially unveiled today, the latest LEGO Ideas set is 21320 Dinosaur Fossils, so I was especially excited to get building with an early copy of the set that LEGO sent The Brothers Brick. The new set includes 910 pieces with two minifigures and will go on sale November 1st (US $59.99 | CAN $79.99 | UK £54.99).
Editor’s note: This LEGO Ideas set identifies and labels the individual species of each extinct creature included in the set, so you’ll find that we refer to them using binomial nomenclature, with scientific names in italics and abbreviations like T. rex for Tyrannosaurus rex rather than “T-Rex”. If you think Andrew gets pedantic about Star Wars lore, just wait until he digs into a scientifically inspired LEGO set like this!
Read our hands-on review of LEGO Ideas 21320 Dinosaur Fossils
LEGO Star Wars 75248 Resistance A-wing Starfighter from The Rise of Skywalker [Review]
LEGO has released the first wave of LEGO Star Wars sets from The Rise of Skywalker, and we’ll be reviewing each one between now and the movie’s release on December 20th. First up here on TBB is 75248 Resistance A-wing Starfighter, which includes 269 pieces with minifigs and is available now ($29.99 USD | $39.99 CAD | £24.99 UK).
Read our hands on review of LEGO Star Wars 75248 Resistance A-wing Starfighter