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 January 2018.

TBB NEWS & INSTRUCTIONS: There was only a little news this week, but we still have some interesting reads and instruction guides for you.

• Hong Kong welcomes the Lunar New Year with a LEGO showcase event – A five-foot tall Chinese lion dance costume made of 150,000 bricks stands guard over this event.
• Save 20% on selected Star Wars 2018 sets at Amazon.com – Saving a little on Star Wars sets is always a great way to start out the week!
• Instructions to build your own cute shiba puppers for the new year – Celebrate the year of dog with these instructions from CK HO to build a cute pup.
• Instructions to build a tiny T-47 snowspeeder – Builder Jme Wheeler shares his guide to build a micro snowspeeder from Star Wars.

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:

• Hugging LEGO Sculptures to Descend Upon Los Angeles to Benefit Arts Education, Action Figure Insider – Keep an eye out for more than 100 hugging sculptures made of LEGO popping up around Los Angeles today, made by artists Nathan Sawaya.
• LEGO partners with Tencent to make online games for China, The Verge – Chinese tech giant Tencent have formed a partnership with LEGO to develop licensed games, videos, and other content for children in China, including Boost, LEGO Life and mini-movies.
• Why LEGO Has Stood the Test of Time, How Stuff Works – For anyone coming of age in the last 60 years, Lego has been a constant companion. How was that made possible?
• Everything Wrong With The LEGO Ninjago Movie, CinemaSins – No movie is without sin, LEGO included. What did we find hilariously wrong with their latest animated ninja romp?

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 second week of January 2018.

TBB REVIEWS: The beginning of the year means new sets to review, and boy do we have some reviews! Which ones are you looking forward to?

• Review of the second LEGO Batman Movie Collectible Minifigure Series  – Super friends are family, and we have our thoughts on the whole series, good and bad.
• Review of LEGO Star Wars 75200 Ahch-To Island Training from The Last Jedi – With Luke Skywalker and Rey, plus an adorable Porg all for $29.99, this set is a must-have.
• Review of LEGO Star Wars 75201 First Order AT-ST from The Last Jedi – See why we thought this set just didn’t stack up, especially compared to the other Last Jedi sets.
• Review of The LEGO NINJAGO Movie 70632 Quake Mech– This foot-tall mech is rocking with over 1,200 pieces and some nifty building techniques.

TBB NEWS & INSTRUCTIONS: LEGO Ideas made a splash this week and we have some instructions for a slightly sleeker type of ship.

• LEGO Ideas 21313 Ship in a Bottle unveiled, available Feb 1 – Designed by LEGO fan Jacob Sadovich, the set will include 962 pieces and retail for $69.99 USD.
• Final seven new projects from 2017 qualify for LEGO Ideas Review – From a seaside town to Ru Paul, or reading a Christmas story from a pop-up book, here are your Ideas finalists!
• Interview with Matthew Hocker. a LEGO ephemera collector – Matthew hangs onto all the LEGO brochures, postcards and more, and we got a chance to look at it all.
• Instructions to build a microscale Naboo Starfighter – Thanks to Justin Chua, you can build your own microscale Naboo Starfighter, resplendent in its classic yellow and grey colors.

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