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LEGO reveals two new NIKE sets, further blurring the line between play and advertising [Editorial]

The line between toy and advertisement has long been blurry. From Howdy Doody to He-Man to Paw Patrol, children’s programming is often a thinly veiled commercial for products. Over the past few decades, fandom has morphed from a community-driven passion into corporate cultivation and exploitation of IP. Now fandom has evolved from selling products to selling a “lifestyle,” something you can see in LEGO’s growing focus on display over play.

There are few brands that understand how to sell a lifestyle as well as Nike, which makes LEGO’s partnership with the athletic company a perfect match for this moment. With one product on their shelf, a young person can express both their creative spirit and their drive for athletic performance. It’s a no-compromise explosion of excellence for ages 10+.

Click to read our full thoughts on the new NIKE set reveals

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TBB Weekly Brick Report: LEGO news roundup for August 9, 2025 [News]

In addition to the amazing LEGO models created by builders worldwide, The Brothers Brick brings you the best LEGO news and reviews. This is our weekly Brick Report for the 1st week of August 2025.

TBB NEWS AND REVIEWS While the week was a bit light on news and reviews, we did feature a review of the One Piece minifigures available now, and the latest LEGO Ideas set, Italian Riviera, which was announced in late July, is available now for LEGO insiders to satisfy your LEGO modular cravings until later this year. You can keep the review magic alive with last week’s Brick Report.

[REVIEW] Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate fig look-see! A custom minifig creator reviews the new One Piece Minifigs — Our TBB Guest Reviewer breaks down a collection of One Piece minifigures from the new wave of sets announced earlier this year.

TBB FEATURES & INTERVIEWS Hey TBB readers… if you plan to attend BrickCon Seattle this September, and you want to join us in our Steampunk Collaborative display, be sure to check out our announcement post. We’re putting together a steampunk world’s fair, we’re calling Royal Exposition 1898. We posted some standards in the announcement post, along with a link to the Discord server for more information.

[FEATURE] Learn how to master Brick-Built Water with this free LEGO ebook from Exe Sandbox — This free water-building guide is full of great ideas for your next custom LEGO creation.
[FEATURE] Now this is Pod Racing! The most wizard LEGO Pod Racers in the galaxy — It may not be Boonta Eve yet, but any time of year is a good time for podracing.
[FEATURE] Minifig Monday: These golden K-Pop Demon Hunter LEGO creations are sweet as soda pop — The hit Netflix movie K-Pop Demon Hunters was full of colorful characters, many of which have been re-created in LEGO and featured in a unique look.

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Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate fig look-see! A custom minifig creator reviews the new One Piece Minifigs [Review]

In Japan, One Piece popularity is as big as it gets, with the best-selling manga of all time and box office revenue equal to the entire run of MCU films. The Netflix live action series bucked the trend of awful anime adaptations with a faithful retelling that embraced everything that makes the series wonderful, no matter how weird it might sound on paper. Now LEGO continues the streak of expanding One Piece’s global domination with a line of sets that show that the vibrant pirate fantasy is an ideal fit for bricks. Today we’re joined by a special guest reviewer, a legendary scoundrel from the custom minifig scene with a penchant for peglegs and all things pirate: Captain Dark Shark. So hop aboard for reviews of the figs from One Piece 7536 Windmill Village Hut, 7537 Buggy the Clown’s Circus Tent, and 7538 Battle at Arlong Park, as well as custom creations from the Cap’n using the new elements.

Next stop, the Grand Line and our review of the new One Piece minifigs

TBB Weekly Brick Report: LEGO news roundup for August 2, 2025 [News]

In addition to the amazing LEGO models created by builders worldwide, The Brothers Brick brings you the best LEGO news and reviews. This is our weekly Brick Report for the 4th week of July 2025.

TBB NEWS AND REVIEWS This week, we had a few reviews from the Creator line, including a neat new version of the Kingdom Joust set. A new excavator from the Technic theme, and an update to the 2014 MTT with Separatist colors. We also announced our TBB-sponsored collaborative display at Brickcon 2025, a steampunk-style world’s fair. Keep reading for more news and reviews in week’s Brick Report.

[NEWS] August LEGO Star Wars sets and Soundwave now available — Catch up on August’s additions to the Star Wars and Transformers lines, in a busy month of releases.
[REVIEW] LEGO Creator 3-in-1 31167 Haunted Mansion: Ghosts, graveyards, and ghoulish monsters — Three ghastly, ghoulish builds in one set.
[REVIEW] LEGO Creator 3-in-1 31168 Medieval Horse Knight Castle: A kingdom of versatility — A new castle set featuring what may be a new faction, Horse Knights.
[REVIEW] LEGO Technic 42215 Volvo EC500 Hybrid Excavator – Worth its weight? — A stocky new excavator with plenty of features.
[NEWS] Announcing TBB’s Steampunk collaborative display at BrickCon 2025 — We’re hosting a collaborative display at Brickcon 2025 in September in TBB’s home territory. Check out our announcement post, and the new channel on discord
[REVIEW] LEGO Star Wars 74535 Battle of Felucia Separatist MTT — We got a good look at the new MTT, and compared it to the previous version in our full review.

TBB FEATURES & INTERVIEWS

[INTERVIEW] Zen and the art of building LEGO Castles with Cathedral of Bricks — We sat down for a chat with Luke, a builder who came to LEGO later in life and is making waves with impressive castle builds.
[INTERVIEW] Bricks of questionable character: We chat with internet phenom, Iain Heath — TBB talked with alum and internet-famous meme-builder Iain Heath about his creations and the state of the LEGO landscape.

August LEGO Star Wars sets and Soundwave now available [News]

May the Fourth may be behind us, but that doesn’t mean we’re done for big LEGO Star Wars set drops! Several LEGO themes are getting set releses this month, including Creator and Wicked, but the big draw for many fans will be the next line of Star Wars sets hitting shelves. We’ve been gradually reviewing them over the last few weeks, and if our reviews whetted your appetite, now you can get your hands on these new sets from a galaxy far, far away. It’s not all Star Wars, though – the third large-scale Transformer set, 10358 Transformers: Soundwave, will also be available in just a few days’ time.

There are plenty of others newly available – be sure to head over to LEGO.com (US | CAN | UK) to see what else is new!

Take a look at the galaxy far, far away’s latest offerings here!

LEGO Technic 42215 Volvo EC500 Hybrid Excavator – Worth its weight? [Review]

For anyone fascinated with mechanisms and moving parts, watching heavy machinery work can be mesmerizing. The modern marvels of industry surely showcase some of the greatest advancements in human history, and one of the big players in heavy equipment today is Volvo. The Swedish neighbor shares similar values with LEGO, and that’s why it makes perfect sense that they would pair together to bring some of Volvo’s latest hybrid earth-movers to the Technic line. We’ve already covered the LEGO Technic 42209 Wheel Loader , but the other sets in the series all seem to be the lead-up for the biggest yet. Enter the LEGO Technic 42215 Volvo EC500 Hybrid Excavator. This 2359-piece motorized model will be available starting August 1st, retailing for US $429.99 | CAN $499.99 | UK £349.99. Join us as we unearth whether it’s worth its price tag.

The LEGO Group provided The Brothers Brick with an early copy of this set for review. Providing TBB with products for review guarantees neither coverage nor positive reviews.

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Announcing TBB’s Steampunk collaborative display at BrickCon 2025 [News]

Summer is here, and that means another Brickcon is right around the corner. We had a great time hosting our collaborative display last year, featuring botanical scenes of all shapes, sizes, and scales — there were some truly amazing builds. This year, we want to showcase something a little more ambitious! We hope our community of builders and convention-goers is equally excited to join us in a steampunk world’s fair that we’re calling the Royal Exposition 1898!

Think of a version of a world’s fair like the famous 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, but with a steampunk twist. Monowheel vehicles, airships, pavilion booths, Victorian architecture, walking platforms — the only limit is your imagination. We’ll set up a channel on our Discord and provide some building standards after the jump, and in that channel.

Read on for more details

TBB Weekly Brick Report: LEGO news roundup for July 26, 2025 [News]

In addition to the amazing LEGO models created by builders worldwide, The Brothers Brick brings you the best LEGO news and reviews. This is our weekly Brick Report for the 4th week of July 2025.

TBB NEWS AND REVIEWS From musicals to gaming to comic books, what a wild and wacky week we’ve had. DC fans have a lot to get excited about with the latest modular featuring Gotham City’s famous prison for the criminally insane. Netflix celebrates the return to Hawkins, Indiana, and the Upside Down with a new 5-pack of BrickHeadz. Oz and the Emerald City return to LEGO with a new mixed-scale diorama, and retro gamers get ready for nostalgia with a 1:1 scale model of the Game Boy handheld game console. Still here? then check out last week’s Brick Report for even mkore news and revews from TBB.

[NEWS] LEGO celebrates upcoming season 5 of Stranger Things with Brickheadz four-pack — After 4 seasons, and in anticipation of the 5th and final season premiering later this year, we finally get the whole gang of basement D&D playing friends.
[NEWS] LEGO Gotham City expands with 16-minifigure-strong 76300 Arkham Asylum — Batman and friends are giving the X-Mansion a run for the money in this fig-filled modular set.
[NEWS] Wizard of Oz’s Emerald City gets the LEGO treatment as part of Wicked wave of sets — With the second part of the movie adaptation of the musical adaptation of the book hitting theaters this fall, Wicked fans get an interesting scene that feels like it can’t make up it’s mind if its a playset or a display set, or both.
[NEWS] Re-live your handheld gaming days with new LEGO Game Boy — A way more affordable Nintendo console LEGO set… but no Pokemon yellow?
[REVIEW] LEGO Star Wars 75432 V-19 Torrent Starfighter: Republic repeat — A new version of one of the Clone War’s more interessting starfighters IMO. The V-19 Torrent!
[REVIEW] LEGO Star Wars 75431 – 327th Star Corps Clone Troopers Battle Pack — What may be one of the last battle packs we get, if rumors are to be believed. While most collectors have plenty of B-2 battle droide by now, this collection of Star Corp troopers is sure to be popular.

TBB FEATURES & INTERVIEWS

[INTERVIEW] Engineering for excellence – the Star Wars builds of Jürgen Wittner — TBB chatted with one of my favorite Star Wars LEGO builders, with attention to detail that is galaxies above the average.
[INTERVIEW] Building on the wild side with rising MOC star Hodgepodge Builds — TBB “sat down” with an up-and-coming MOC builder to learn more about their journey.
[INSTRUCTIONS] Build your own Star Wars AT-RT Scout Walker with these free instructions from Creativbricks — With this year being the 30th anniversay of Star Wars Episode III: Reveng of the Sith, you can build your very own AT-RT.

LEGO Star Wars 74535 Battle of Felucia Separatist MTT [REVIEW]

This year marks the 30th anniversary of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, and so it is no surprise that this summer’s wave of LEGO Star Wars sets highlights vehicles and locations featured in the 2005 film, such as the Clone Turbotank from the battle of Kashyyyk. The Separatists join the fun with a new version of the Trade Federation’s Multi-Troop Transport, or MTT, which gets an impressive if somewhat small update with LEGO Star Wars 75435 Battle of Felucia Separatist MTT, which comes with 976 pieces and will retail for US $159.99 | CAN $199.99 | UK £139.99 starting on August 1st.

The LEGO Group provided The Brothers Brick with an early copy of this set for review. Providing TBB with products for review guarantees neither coverage nor positive reviews.

Read on for our full review

LEGO celebrates upcoming season 5 of Stranger Things with Brickheadz four-pack [News]

LEGO’s BrickHeadz line has proved to be one of the most enduring ways of collecting brick-built characters from your favourite IPs, with literally hundreds having been given the treatment over the years. With the fifth and final season of smash hit Stranger Things coming to Netflix this November, it’s perhaps little surprise to see LEGO return to the theme to celebrate the occasion. A four-pack of characters from the show’s first season, 40801 Mike, Dustin, Lucas and Will Figures, will hit shelves later this year. 542 pieces make up, as the name suggests, Mike Wheeler, Dustin Henderson, Lucas Sinclair and Will Byer. Although we don’t yet have a confirmed release date, we do know that it will retail for US $39.99 | CAN $54.99 | UK £34.99.

Click here for a closer look at the latest in the BrickHeadz collection

LEGO Gotham City expands with 16-minifigure-strong 76300 Arkham Asylum [News]

It takes a special kind of crazy to be a supervillain, and a special kind of prison to keep the rest of us safe. A good thing, then, that Gotham City has the Arkham Asylum. And from September 12, you can have it too – in LEGO form! 76300 Arkham Asylum has just been unveiled, with 2,953 pieces and 16 minifigures covering both heroes (such as Batman and Robin) and villains (from Mr Freeze to Killer Croc). Interestingly, the press release – which you can read after the jump – indicates that it doubles as a 24-part advent calendar as well as a nice display piece. It’s a tad pricier than your usual LEGO advent calendar, at US $299.99 | CAN $379.99 | UK £269.99, but it can already be pre-ordered ahead of its September release.

Enter the asylum below, and see if you’ll go crazy for this big Batman set!

Wizard of Oz’s Emerald City gets the LEGO treatment as part of Wicked wave of sets [News]

Something Wicked this way comes… Yes, Wicked, with a capital W! Following the theatrical release of the Disney film last year, another wave of LEGO sets is releasing this September 1. Most interesting among these is 75685 Emerald City Wall Art, a 1,518-piece display set that you can decorate your walls with, yellow brick road and all. Stylistically similar to previous LEGO Art sets, this one does include 6 minifigures: Wicked’s protagonists Glinda and Elphaba, plus Dorothy Gale, the Cowardly Lion, Scarecrow, and Tin Man from the classic Wizard of Oz adaptation. All this will be available for US $159.99 | CAN $199.99 | UK £139.99 from September 1.

We may not in Kansas any more, Toto – but we still have more pictures after the jump!