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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.

Take part in the new LEGO Ideas logo contest to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the project [News]

Next year, the LEGO Ideas project, which was originally launched in Japan as LEGO CUUSOO, will be celebrating its 10th anniversary. To mark the milestone, the team has invited builders to take part in a contest to build your own version of the LEGO Ideas logo. You can either base your new version on the official one below, or completely re-imagine it. The best entries will be featured on the LEGO Ideas Facebook page to celebrate the anniversary, and the best of the best could win some very cool prizes.

Learn more about this LEGO building contest

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The next wave of LEGO Batman Movie sets revealed [News]

If you ever worried your favourite LEGO Batman Movie villain wasn’t chosen to become an official plastic minifigure included in a set, have a look at the newly revealed 2018 Batman Movie wave. Four news sets bring us five more of Batman enemies along with some mind-blowing Batman vehicles like an adorable Bat-Kayak. Sets will hit store shelves in January 2018, however the piece count and the prices are yet to be announced.

70923 The Bat-Space Shuttle

See more of the 2018 LEGO Batman Movie sets!

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 video game released [News]

Warner Bros Games and LEGO have united once more to create an all-new, epic adventure and sequel to the smash hit, LEGO Marvel Super Heroes with their new game, LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2. The game follows an original branching storyline, co-written by comic book veteran Kurt Busiek, that follows on directly where LEGO Marvel Super Heroes left off. Players are transported into 18 different Marvel locations that have been “ripped from time and space into the incredible open hub world of Chronopolis”.

You can see a bit of the gameplay in the official trailer:

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LEGO Star Wars BrickHeadz 41489 Rey & Kylo Ren officially unveiled [News]

Adding to the LEGO Star Wars BrickHeadz line, following Finn and Captain Phasma (and the limited-run Boba Fett & Han Solo in Carbonite), LEGO today officially unveiled a two-pack set that includes Rey and Kylo Ren.

The 41489 Rey & Kylo Ren two-pack will go on sale on December 1st. LEGO’s tweet didn’t include pricing, but our guess is that the set will be consistent with other BrickHeadz prices and retail for around $20.

21037 LEGO House [Review]

Every child knows how easy it is to build a house with LEGO bricks. It’s almost impossible to build a bad-looking one. And the concept of “house” is pretty universal: 4 walls, a door, a window, and a roof — any form, any type and any materials you want. But what happens when you build a house based on an actual building that was originally designed to look like it was built with LEGO bricks? This mind-boggling concept hides behind the most unique LEGO Architecture set to date — 21097 LEGO House. Like other Architecture sets, this model is based on a real building, but this time it’s the LEGO House in Billund, Denmark that opened in September 2017. The set is only available at the LEGO House gift shop for 449 DKK (~$70 USD).

The box art shows off the model and its wonderful colours. The back displays the main feature — a removable second floor revealing the House’s spacious interior. This is a rare play feature amongst the relatively small Architecture models.

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Powering the rollercoaster with LEGO 70922 The Joker Manor [Review]

LEGO has introduced an all new roller-coaster play system in 70922 The Joker Manor. We discussed it briefly in our review of the full set, but we felt the new roller-coaster rails were important enough to merit a post of their own. As one of TBB’s least Technic-centred members of staff, I found it was great fun attempting to add Power Functions to the rollercoaster and—health and safety aspects aside—it turns out it’s also rather simple.

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LEGO introduces new rollercoaster system with LEGO Batman 70922 The Joker Manor [Review]

It’s fairly rare and always noteworthy when LEGO introduces a completely new set of elements that work together as a sort of sub-system to the overall LEGO “System of Play.” With 70922 The Joker Manor, LEGO has introduced a new rollercoaster system. We’ll be taking a much closer look at the rollercoaster system and the parts in this new set with a second, parts-focused review, but first we’re taking a look at the new set on its own merits.

Joker Manor includes 3,444 pieces with 10 minifigs, making it the fifth largest LEGO set released in 2017 (after 75192 Millennium Falcon, 10256 Taj Mahal, 70620 Ninjago City, and 10255 Assembly Square). The set will retail for $269.99 and launches on Black Friday, November 24.

Read our full review of the LEGO Batman Movie’s 70922 The Joker Manor

TBB Weekly Brick Report: LEGO news roundup for November 12, 2017 [News]

In addition to the amazing LEGO models created by builders all over the world, The Brothers Brick also brings you the best of LEGO news and reviews. This is our weekly Brick Report for the second week of November 2017.

TBB NEWS: What a slow news week for LEGO! We’ve opted to link to a few newsworthy posts that created a buzz.

World of Warcraft’s Theramore rebuilt in LEGO — Mark Erickson created a real-life replica of one of the most famous fictional castles in gaming history.
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first Soyuz flight with a minifig-scale version of the legendary spacecraft — Japanese builder KEI ABE isn’t just an expert on the history of early space exploration, but also nails the construction of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft.
Instructions to build your own little air compressor — TBB Senior Contributor Elspeth De Montes was totally pumped up to create this comic using the instructions we posted earlier.

OTHER LEGO NEWS: Here are a few other LEGO-related news articles that caught our eye.

‘The LEGO Ninjago Movie’ available on DVD December 19th, TheHDRoom — Warner Home Video has announced release dates and comprehensive extras for all home video versions of “The LEGO Ninjago Movie,” coming sooner than you expected.
LEGO’s 11 Largest Sets Ever Will All Be Available by the End of 2017, IGN, — According to The Brothers Brick, the biggest LEGO sets of all time will be available for sale by the end of November.

TBB Weekly Brick Report: LEGO news roundup for November 5, 2017 [News]

In addition to the best LEGO models created by builders all over the world, The Brothers Brick also brings you the best of LEGO news and reviews. This is our weekly Brick Report for the first week of November 2017.

TBB NEWS: Want to own one of LEGO’s most iconic sets? The vault is opening, but sadly not every set will be available to the public. Read on to see which set made the cut.

LEGO to re-release 5,923-piece Taj Mahal on Cyber Monday 2017 — The second-largest set of all time with 5,923 pieces will be available starting on Nov. 27 for $369.99.
Review of New York Comi-Con exclusive 41498 Boba Fett & Han Solo in Carbonite BrickHeadz — Check out our review and editorial thoughts about the best little set you are never going to get. C’mon LEGO, you are better than this.
LEGO Ideas 21312 Women of NASA available now — The set retails for $24.99 and includes 4 minifigures with 231 pieces. We hope that LEGO makes sufficient quantities for everyone to have this lovely little space set packed full of history.
Star Wars BrickHeadz now available, including Finn and Captain Phasma — The first ever Star Wars BrickHeadz have become available for purchase including 41485 Finn and 41486 Captain Phasma. How do the BrickHeadz from a galaxy far, far away stack up?
Interview with Moonbase builder Jason Briscoe — The collaborative model is enormous, measuring 2.5m square and built with more than 50,000 bricks.
Instructions to build The Ghost from Star Wars Rebels — If you missed out on buying LEGO’s 75053 The Ghost before it retired, then this beautifully designed microscale version by Inthert is well worth building.

OTHER LEGO NEWS: This week had quite a few other interesting LEGO-related news articles. Here are the best of the rest.

Airbnb Unveils Its Geekiest Rental Yet: A Night at the LEGO House, AdWeek — Airbnb is offering a night at the LEGO House in Billund but only if you put your imagination to work.
LEGO Fans Celebrate Release of Women of NASA Set, Space.com, — “Do you know what’s so important about this Lego set?” a woman asked her grandson. “A woman designed it, about women. It shows that women can be anything they want, and they always have been.”
The LEGO trademark recognized as a well-known trademark in China, LEGO.com— The Beijing Higher Court passed a ruling recognizing the LEGO logo and name as ’well-known’ trademarks in China, a milestone in getting broader protection for LEGO trademarks in China.
LEGO RC Motorized AT-M6 First Order Heavy Assault Gorilla Walker, YouTube — YouTuber Alternate Bricks adds a few modifications to this walker and stomps into our hearts.

New York Comi-Con exclusive 41498 Boba Fett & Han Solo in Carbonite BrickHeadz [Review & Editorial]

Over the last few years, LEGO has released a number of limited-run sets and sold them at non-LEGO events like San Diego Comic-Con. Invariably, the sets reflect highly collectable subject matter like Star Wars and Marvel super heroes. We reviewed Detention Block Rescue (the set LEGO sold at Star Wars Celebration earlier this year), and we recently purchased the New York Comic-Con exclusive 41498 Boba Fett & Han Solo in Carbonite BrickHeadz on eBay for $105 so we could bring our readers another review of a set you may not be able to get yourselves.

41498 Boba Fett & Han Solo in Carbonite includes 329 pieces, and while it was sold at the event for an already inflated $40, its original price during NYCC frankly doesn’t matter — it’s currently available ranging from $110 to $300 for Buy It Now listings on eBay and $112 to $145 for Amazon.com marketplace listings. This review, in addition to providing a vicarious build experience for those not privileged enough to attend NYCC or able to purchase the set on the secondary market, will discuss LEGO’s business practice of releasing limited-run products in ways that prevent most actual builders and LEGO fans from ever getting their hands on the set.

Click through to read our hands-on review of 41498 Boba Fett & Han Solo in Carbonite BrickHeadz

Star Wars BrickHeadz now available, including Finn and Captain Phasma [News]

In addition to 21312 Women of NASA, the first ever Star Wars BrickHeadz have also become available for purchase including 41485 Finn and 41486 Captain Phasma.

These two characters represent the first of many Star Wars BrickHeadz on the way (not including the exclusive for New York Comic Con). 41485 Finn and 41486 Captain Phasma retail for $9.99 each with 91 and 127 pieces, respectively, including several new prints.

LEGO Ideas 21312 Women of NASA available now [News]

We reviewed 21312 Women of NASA last week, and the set is now available from the LEGO Shop starting right now (midnight Eastern time, November 1st).

The set retails for $24.99 and includes 4 minifigures with 231 pieces. We hope that LEGO makes sufficient quantities for everyone to have this lovely little set, but based on the frustratingly limited availability of highly anticipated sets like 21110 Research Institute, 21309 Apollo Saturn V, and 75192 UCS Millennium Falcon, we’re forced to expect limited availability ahead of the holiday season.