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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.

LEGO BOOST 17101 Creative Toolbox [Review]

The 17101 BOOST Creative Toolbox represents the latest initiative from LEGO to introduce children to the worlds of engineering, robotics, and computer programming. LEGO recently expanded their range of supported devices, so we’re finally able to bring you a review without purchasing a brand new iPad. LEGO has targeted the 7- to 12-year-old age range for the BOOST product, one of the youngest demographics for a LEGO robotics kit. Unlike the MINDSTORMS series of products that features Technic, BOOST liberally incorporates LEGO SYSTEM brick (in addition to Technic) as the mechanical parts of the robots.

For this review, I engaged the services of an appropriate expert: my 6-year-old daughter, Artemis. Overall, she had few difficulties building the Vernie model, although she occasionally lacked the hand strength to push the Technic pins in holes (particularly when seating multiple pins at once).

Who has two thumbs, builds robots, and won’t eat broccoli? This girl!

Read our Boost review after the jump

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Full cast of LEGO Powerpuff Girls minifigures revealed [News]

In addition to the main trio of LEGO Powerpuff Girls revealed yesterday, the entire cast of minifigure characters from the popular cartoon series has now been revealed. Joining the lineup up of fan-favorites includes Princess Morbucks (with perhaps the biggest molded minifgure head of all time), Octi, Donny The Unicorn, and Mojo Jojo.

The LEGO Powerpuff Girls theme will consist of at least two sets available in August, including 41287 Bubbles Playground Showdown and 41288 Mojo Jojo Strikes. The Brothers Brick will bring you photos of the sets if available this weekend from the New York Toy Fair, so stay tuned.

Image via The Geekiary

M-Sport Ford Fiesta WRC rally car and 1968 Mustang Fastback race into LEGO line-up [News]

We announced the 2018 LEGO Speed Champions line-up last month, but Ford have shared a few more images of two Ford LEGO vehicles to get the adrenaline pumping. The new LEGO Speed Champions M-Sport Ford Fiesta WRC rally car and 1968 Mustang Fastback will be available from March 1, 2018, priced at €14.99/£12.99/

Photo: Drew Gibson

The 203 piece set includes a choice of wheel trims, two interchangeable bonnets – one featuring spotlights for night driving, authentic miniature race-graphics and a driver minifigure with helmet and racing overalls that can be placed inside the car through the removable windshield.

Photo: Drew Gibson Click to see more images of the Ford Speed Champions vehicles

LEGO officially announces Powerpuff Girls theme [News]

Today LEGO announced that a Powerpuff Girls theme will be arriving in August, consisting of at least two sets. While LEGO hasn’t disclosed any set images yet, they have released images of the characters, which include Buttercup, Bubbles, and Blossom, the same three characters that featured in the Powerpuff Girls Dimensions sets last year.

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LEGO Star Wars 75212 Kessel Run Millennium Falcon finally revealed [News]

LEGO has finally reveled first official pictures of the biggest set of the Solo: A Star Wars Story line-up – a brilliant 75212 Kessel Run Millennium Falcon. The 1,414 piece set comes with a young Han Solo, Chewbacca, Lando Calrissian, a new female character called Qi’ra and a Kessel droid, along with two additional characters that LEGO isn’t revealing to avoid spoilers. This stunning white and blue version of the fastest piece of garbage in the whole Galaxy has a price tag of $169.99 and will be available in stores on April 20.

Click here to see the rest of picture including the minifgures!

LEGO Marvel’s Avengers Infinity War sets revealed [News]

Several LEGO sets based on this summer’s upcoming mega-blockbuster Marvel’s Avengers Infinity War sets have been revealed, available sometime in March. Each set comes with it’s own unique Infinity Gem, so if you want them for Thanos’ gauntlet, you’ll have to collect them all.

The Brothers Brick will bring you pictures of the actual sets this weekend with our hands-on coverage from the New York Toy Fair, so stay tuned for more information. The pictures below contain some spoilers for the movie, so proceed with caution.

76108 Sanctum Sanctorum Showdown – $99.99 USD – 1,004 pieces

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LEGO Technic 42077 Rally Car [Review]

Cars are the very essence of the LEGO Technic philosophy. Supercars, buggies, Formula 1 cars or wild futuristic concepts — there’s no car you can’t build with LEGO Technic pieces. And it’s not just about the design, but also about the models’ functionality; any car can be equipped with a gear box or all-wheel drive. This season 42077 Rally Car hits the store shelves — an amazingly well-balanced set that can serve both as a brilliant display model or as a very clever choice for anyone who’s just getting to know the world of Technic mechanisms. The set consists of 1005 pieces and retails for $109.99 / 99.99€ / £89.99.

Click here to read our review of the set…

TBB Weekly Brick Report: LEGO news roundup for February 11, 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 second week of February 2018.

TBB NEWS & INSTRUCTIONS: It is the calm before the storm. Next weekend is the New York Toy Fair so brace yourself for a barrage of set announcements, but for now here is a contest and a few instructions for your building pleasure.

Enter Kill Teal (Volume 2) contest to win 10260 Downtown Diner – Our friends over at New Elementary are holding a contest in honor of the color teal.
Build you own Punisher’s Café Racer – BenFifteenTheChicken shares how he built the café racer owned by Marvel’s Punisher.
Instructions for a tiny helicopter – GolPlaysWithLego has built this great microscale helicopter out of just 30 parts.

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:

Life-size LEGO safari on show in Mermaid Quay, Cardiff Bay, BBC News – The 12 models, which include a 2.5m high African elephant and a 3m long crocodile, have taken LEGO artists over 4,000 hours to build, and are made up of about 600,000 bricks.
LEGO for a child with a hole in his heart, New York Times – What does a LEGO set mean to a child, or to parents who can hardly afford it? This narrative tugs on the heartstrings.
Duplo Jeopardy: Sell or keep your LEGO collection?, Judge John Hodgman Podcast – Caleb brings the case against his friend, Ryan. Caleb is ready to get rid of his LEGO collection, but Ryan thinks he should keep it in storage. Ryan says that even though Caleb thinks he’s ready to let it go, he will later regret parting with these sets. Who’s right? Who’s wrong?
A LEGO zombie horde is the most fun of zombie hordes, Nerdist – YouTuber Nixolas decided to take the zombie genre and add a bit more whimsy to it. Instead of giving a bunch of human actors some undead makeup, they made a zombie horde out of LEGO figures.

LEGO Technic Mack Anthem 42078 in stock on US Amazon [News]

This year’s 42078 Mack Anthem is the 5th largest LEGO Technic set released of all time, and it’s definitely a beauty. At the moment, it is on back order from the LEGO Shop online, so If you need to grab one (or two) they’re now available in stock on Amazon US for $179.99 (RRP). You can pick up your copy by clicking the image below!

Enter Kill Teal (Volume 2) contest to win 10260 Downtown Diner [News]

Our friends over at New Elementary are holding a contest in honour of the reintroduction of teal-coloured LEGO elements by LEGO. There are some great prizes to be won, including two Grand Prize winners receiving a copy of 10260 Downtown Diner. The competition is based on the ‘Mark Stafford Killed Teal’ story (if you do not know this story, it is explained on the competition page), and a previous build of mine that jokingly showed Mark Stafford killing Teal by sweeping it into a furnace.

Your entry should be a LEGO creation depicting the following: How might Mark Stafford kill teal again? The closing date is 22 February 2018, so there’s still time to get building and enter. All the details, rules and entry form can be found over on New Elementary’s contest page.

TBB Weekly Brick Report: LEGO news roundup for February 4, 2018 [News]

TBB NEWS & REVIEWS: From supercars to ships, we have your LEGO news for the week, including a few reviews and instructions.

Bugatti Chiron revealed as Technic supercar for 2018 – LEGO revealed that the second LEGO Technic Ultimate Series supercar will be the Bugatti Chiron with 3,599 parts.
LEGO reveals three upcoming Jurassic World sets – Ahead of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, LEGO revealed three new sets based on the upcoming dinosaur flick.
Review of LEGO Ideas 21313 Ship in a Bottle – 284 steps on one page of instructions!? They must be mad! What else does this sleek set have bottled up, ready for discovering?
LEGO IDEAS 21313 Ship in a Bottle now available with 60th Anniversary freebie – The Ship in a Bottle is now available at your local LEGO Store and the LEGO Shop online.
Review of Easter Bunny Minifigure 5005249 – The Easter minifigure will be a gift-with-purchase between March 16 and March 31 for orders of $35 or more in the US.
Registration for the Paredes de Coura Fan Weekend closes in 4 weeks – Portugal’s premier LEGO fan event is from June 8th through 10th, and the registration fee of €100 includes three nights of boarding house accommodation and three meals per day for all four days.
Instructions to build a relaxing armchair – Sarah Beyer creates some beautiful LEGO homes, and now we have some instructions on how to make a comfy seat to go in them.

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:

Lego Group adds How2Recycle Label to its packaging, Recycling Today – By the end of 2018, more than 60 percent of new Lego boxes in the U.S. will feature the label, with plans to extend the effort to all North American products by 2019.
MIT uses Lego to prototype low-cost micro pumps, Tech Crunch – Scientists at MIT are using plastic bricks to build very precise scientific systems, creating a microfluid pump and sorter by modifying and 3D printing LEGO parts.
LEGOLAND New York assembling soon, USA Today – The $350-million project is on its way, transforming 500 acres of rural land in Goshen, New York into a plastic paradise.