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Stay current on the latest news and information about LEGO, from sales & deals to new set announcements. We also cover LEGO events and conventions all over the world.

You could be a Junior LEGO Model Designer for TT Games [News]

Over the years, our friends at TT Games have hired many readers of The Brothers Brick, and now they are looking for one more LEGO builder to join their team. If you want to build with LEGO for a living and learn how to put those models into a game, then this is the opportunity for you.

The role is for a Junior LEGO Model Designer in TT Games’ UK offices. The company has hired several LEGO builders before, including Carl Greatrix and the Arvo Brothers. But don’t be put off by any computer technical stuff, because they’ve had several successful applicants who couldn’t even use computers who have gone on to build some of the most incredible LEGO models for their games.

Read the full job description for the Junior LEGO Model Designer opening at TT Games

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LEGO Ninjago summer wave revealed; features ninjas fighting post-apocalyptic raiders [News]

The new summer wave of 2018 Ninjago sets has been revealed, and the ninjas this time have moved to what appears to be a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Their foes are a band of raiders, and we can’t help but think that the designers over in LEGO HQ in Billund might have had Mad Max: Fury Road playing in the background while working on these sets (a quite different vibe than the designers of the new City Hospital were channeling).

The lineup also includes some more traditional Ninjago fare as well, such as flying spinners and of course several dragons. The blue dragon, 70652 Stormbringer, can be paired with LEGO Boost, as we saw in our hands-on demo at the New York Toy Fair back in February. And of course, the biggest set out of Ninjago’s summer wave is the new Ninjago City Docks which we revealed a few weeks ago. We’ll be bringing you a review of that set next week, along with some of the sets below.

Even though we’re getting a look at 11 sets today, we know LEGO still has at least a few more summer Ninjago sets to announce. We’ll be covering those as soon as they’re revealed, so be sure to check back.

70654 Dieselnaut

Click to see the rest of the LEGO Ninjago 2018 summer sets

More photos of 60204 LEGO City Hospital revealed [News]

Last month, we got our first look at the long-awaited 60204 LEGO City Hospital, and today more images have surfaced online showing the details inside, including a minifigure arm cast, close ups of the vehicles and more. Price and piece count are still unknown, though the set should be available shortly with LEGO’s summer wave of sets hitting shelves soon.

Click here to see the new Hospital set in detail

Avengers: Infinity War LEGO BrickHeadz: Iron Man, Thanos, Star-Lord, & Gamora [Review]

By now, nearly everyone is familiar with BrickHeadz: the chubby cubic caricatures of various pop culture franchise icons. Introduced in 2016 with four limited edition sets, BrickHeadz didn’t become widely available until last year, but in just that short time the theme has spawned 40 different characters. All BrickHeadz are numbered in the same sequence, regardless of the franchise they belong to, and the lastest lineup of superheroes hail from Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War and are numbered 35-38, slotting in right before Han Solo and Chewbacca that we recently reviewed. The four sets have part counts ranging from 101 to 136, and each retails for $9.99 USD.

Let’s take a closer look at each of these superhero (and supervillain) characters. Although these characters are from Avengers: Infinity War, this review will be spoiler free.

Click to read the full review

TBB Weekly Brick Report: LEGO news roundup for May 6, 2018 [News]

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 first week of May 2018.

TBB NEWS & REVIEWS: From May the Fourth to the Revenge of the Fifth, we have all your LEGO Star Wars news and reviews, plus two new set announcements and a TBB BrickCon collab!

Review of LEGO Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series 75181 Y-wing Starfighter – It has been 14 years since the last UCS Y-wing. How does the new set compare to the last one?
LEGO Star Wars set designers discuss 75181 UCS Y-wing Starfighter – Check out this video in which LEGO designers chat about how they made the latest UCS Star Wars set.
Review of LEGO Star Wars 75208 Yoda’s Hut from The Empire Strikes Back – Return to Dagobah with this set with three minifigs and 229 pieces for $29.99.
May the Fourth 2018 LEGO Star Wars sales and deals + 75181 UCS Y-wing and BB-8 promo sets now available – Today is the last day to snag some of these exclusive deals!
Go for a stellar pedicab ride in a LEGO Millenium Falcon – LEGO created a Star Wars pedicab to give rides to folks in NYC. Check out the fastest hunk of junk in the big apple.
LEGO unveils Marvel Ant-Man and The Wasp set 76109 Quantum Realm Explorers – The life-size set contains 200 pieces, three minifigures, and will sell for $19.99.
Massive LEGO City 60200 Capital set revealed – The next huge city set includes a museum under construction, double decker tour bus, a skate park and 12 minifigs.
Announcing TBB’s “Ninjago City” collaborative display at BrickCon 2018 – The Brothers Brick is going big, creating the biggest LEGO Ninjago City ever built. Come build with us at BrickCon 2018 in Seattle!

TBB FEATURES & INSTRUCTIONS: This week was about everything Star Wars and we have the best of the best for you, with our top ten lists and even some custom instructions.

Top 10 favourite LEGO sci-fi builds inspired by the Star Wars universe – We’ve pulled together our list of favorite LEGO creations that could be in the Star Wars universe.
Top 10 favourite LEGO Star Wars custom vehicle builds – No movie series comes close to the amount of custom Star Wars LEGO creations fan make. Here are the best of the best.
Top 10 life-size LEGO Star Wars creations – The number one life-sized LEGO creation clocks in at five million pieces. Can you guess which iconic Star Wars creation it represents?
Build your own microscale LEGO Star Wars Republic Gunship, complete with decals – Watch this video to see how TBB writer Peter can make the cutest gunship ever.

OTHER NEWS: There were a few other LEGO news articles from varying places around the web this week. Here are the best of the rest:
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Go for a stellar pedicab ride in a LEGO Millenium Falcon [News]

To celebrate May the 4th and the upcoming summer blockbuster Solo: A Star Wars Story, LEGO Master Builders created a Millennium Falcon pedicab out of 20,300 bricks that you can take a ride on if you are lucky enough to be near Bryant Park in New York City today.

(Jessica Hill/AP Images for LEGO, Inc)

Click to get a closer look at the Millennium Falcon pedicab

May the Fourth 2018 LEGO Star Wars sales and deals + 75181 UCS Y-wing and BB-8 promo sets now available [News]

The LEGO Shop‘s sales & deals for May the Fourth 2018 are now online, revealing plenty to make the credits burn a hole in every LEGO Star Wars fan’s pockets. As we noted in our review of 75181 UCS Y-wing Starfighter earlier today, the new UCS set’s launch is the centerpiece for the May the Fourth event. Similarly, all LEGO Star Wars purchases over $75 qualify for a free 40288 BB-8 polybag to go with your R2-D2 from last year. VIP Black Card holders (those who’ve purchased a UCS Millennium Falcon) can use a special code LEGO sent via email to get a Y-wing blueprint with purchases over $35.

See all the info about May the Fourth LEGO Star Wars sales & deals

LEGO Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series 75181 Y-wing Starfighter [Review]

Each year, LEGO releases at least one new LEGO Star Wars set in its long-running Ultimate Collector Series line of large-scale sets. Last year saw the release of the monumental 75192 UCS Millennium Falcon (the largest LEGO set ever released at 7,541 pieces) as well as the excellent 75144 UCS Snowspeeder. This year’s UCS release is 75181 Y-wing Starfighter, built from 1,967 pieces, retailing for $199.99 starting on May the Fourth or “Star Wars Day” 2018.

Of course, this is not the first UCS Y-wing that LEGO has released — 10134 Y-wing Attack Starfighter was released fourteen years ago, way back in 2004. We’ll take a closer look at how this latest UCS Y-wing stacks up against the first one in our hands-on review.

Read our hands-on review of 75181 UCS Y-wing Starfighter

Snag rare Citizen Brick products for CB Day on May 5th [News]

Our friends over at Citizen Brick are hosting their annual “CB Day” event this Saturday, May 5th. The Citizen Brick team sells off its inventory of one-off, non-production pieces to whomever can get online and grab them the quickest. The first batch of new stuff goes online at 9:00 AM CST, with more pieces available every two hours until 3:00 PM CST. Protip: Submit each order as you find a cool item, and the CB team will consolidate all your orders at the end of the day.

Full disclosure: Citizen Brick is an advertising partner of The Brothers Brick. However, our advertisers have no influence over The Brothers Brick’s news coverage.

LEGO unveils Marvel Ant-Man and The Wasp set 76109 Quantum Realm Explorers [News]

LEGO has unveiled a new set based on Marvel’s upcoming film Ant-Man and The Wasp named 76109 Quantum Realm Explorers. The set contains 200 pieces, three minifigures, and will be available for purchase June 1 for $19.99 USD.

Click to get a closer look at the new set from Ant-Man and the Wasp

LEGO Star Wars set designers discuss 75181 UCS Y-wing Starfighter [Video]

The new LEGO Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series 75181 Y-wing Starfighter launches on May the Fourth this Friday, and we’ll be bringing you our hands-on review at midnight GMT on May 4th, so check back later this week for our own review. In the meantime, LEGO has released a really great video in which model designer Jordan David Scott and graphic designer Madison O’Neil discuss how they approached the design process, their own background as LEGO Star Wars fans, and more.

The video provides great insights into the LEGO set designer role, rather than just focusing on the set’s play features. We’ll be covering the play features (and more) in our review, so the video provides a wonderful view into the interesting people behind our favorite LEGO sets.

Announcing TBB’s “Ninjago City” collaborative display at BrickCon 2018 [News]

Last year’s LEGO Ninjago Movie (the third installment of the LEGO Movie franchise) has led to the release of the largest modular city set in the entire expert line, 70620 Ninjago City, and the announced 70657 Ninjago City Docks. The modular nature of these sets is the inspiration for our latest collaborative display at BrickCon 2018 this October in Seattle. We were even able to do a test display recently at Emerald City Comic Con (ECCC) in March.

This year’s collaboration will be open to any of our TBB readers who are planning to attend the BrickCon private convention (unfortunately, we can’t accept drop-offs during the public hours). The display at ECCC was well-received by both builders and the general public, and there was a lot of discussions during the event about how to make the display even bigger and better for BrickCon.