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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.

Announcing the first-ever LEGO fan expo in Romania [News]

Following quickly on the heels of our post about how to get your LEGO event announced here on The Brothers Brick, Adrian Florea has just announced the first-ever LEGO fan event to be held in Romania.

Here are the details:

Name: Lego fan Expo -First ever AFOL event in Romania
Location: Palatul Copiilor Republicii str. nr 23. Cluj-Napoca , Romania
Time: December 3-7
Hours: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Contact: spacemonkey_adi@yahoo.com

And here are a few words from Adrian in Romanian:

Va invitam la prima expozitie de LEGO organizata de fanii LEGO din Romania. Evenimentul va include pe langa exponatele alcatuite din colectii si creatii personale, concursuri cu premii si activitati.

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Kockice covers KockeFest

As much as we’d like to, The Brothers Brick can’t attend every LEGO event that takes place throughout the world. That’s why it’s great to rely on all the LEGO bloggers out there who attend events in their area.

Members of a new LEGO club based in Zagreb, Croatia recently launched their own blog, Kockice, and they’ve covered KockeFest, which took place on October 18 in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Check out the full write-up and more pictures on Kockice and the Kocke Klub site.

(With additional thanks — and an apology for the belated post — to Marko.)

Upcoming Downtime for Brothers-Brick.com

With regular link love from Gizmodo, StumbleUpon, Digg, and other popular sites, The Brothers Brick is now pushing a million page views a month, so the time has come for another upgrade.

Please expect some downtime over the next day or two while we migrate from one server to another. Our apologies for the inconvenience.

In the meantime, don’t forget about all the other great LEGO blogs in the navigation bar on the right, as well as my recommendations for the 10 (other) LEGO blogs you really should be reading.

UPDATE: We’re still waiting for access to the new server, so back to our regularly scheduled LEGO programming for the moment. ;-)

New Pirate Sets Available! [News]

Joe Meno found the new Pirate sets for sale at the Imagination Center at Disney World!

They aren’t available on from Lego Shop@Home yet, but it should only be a matter of time.

Thanks to Dano for pointing this out.

50 Years of the LEGO Brick book now available from LEGO Shop [News]

Following the release of the LEGO® Collector’s Guide, the English-language version of the 50 Years of the LEGO Brick is also now available from the LEGO Shop.

And don’t forget that shipping is free on all orders over $99.00 right now.

Pirate Master Builder Event at Downtown Disney! [News]

We have received word, from Steve Witt, that there will be a Master Builder Event at the Downtown Disney LEGO Store in Orlando, Florida. The dates are November 7 – 9. What can you do? Help build a LEGO Pirate, 8 feet tall! Dan Steininger, a Lego Master Builder, will be building this new model with the help of the whatever LEGO fans are present! All participants will receive a free Certificate of Achievement (while supplies last), $5 off coupons, and special offers in the store. They will also be holding a raffle for a $50 Gift Card. Hours are 11-7 on Friday, 10-6 on Saturday, and 11-6 on Sunday. Be there or be square!

Obama elected president

America has a new president. Congratulations Barack Obama!

Photo by David

Giant minifig appears on British beach, less mysterious this time around

When we last saw the NO REAL THAN YOU ARE minifig, it appeared on a beach in The Netherlands to much fanfare and even inspired Nathan to build a real LEGO version.

A similar figure, this time with a green torso, has shown up on Brighton beach in England (click for the full story on BBC.co.uk):

A LEGO UK spokesperson told the BBC, “We understand the person behind this is a Dutch artist called Ego Leonard who will be exhibiting in London in the coming weeks.”

Let’s hope the mystery is solved.

Terror in Tabletown contest [News]

The last couple of months of the year really are the “contest season” in the LEGO fan community. Klocki is trying out a Contests page to capture many of the contests going on at the moment. We’ll try to feature as many as we can get to, but I’m not making any promises. ;-)

Andrew “Doctor Sinister” Summersgill from Tabletown.co.uk is hosting “Terror in Tabletown”, with a couple really cool categories.

With prizes from UK BrickArms reseller Minifigforlife.com, the two categories are “Best Use of LEGO Elements” and “Most Novel Use of BrickArms Weapons.”

Most of us limit our use of BrickArms to their “intended” use as minifig accessories, so that second category has my interest piqued.

2009 LEGO Star Wars box art [News]

UPDATE: Full coverage of 2009 LEGO Star Wars sets is now available from Toy Fair 2009.

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I can’t wait for the upcoming 2009 LEGO Star Wars sets after seeing these pictures. Indeed, just like in the other recent years, Star Wars LEGO keeps going strong with new releases of vehicles and minifigs. See more on Brickshelf.

7511 Ahsoka’s Starfighter and Vulture Droid looks like a great set with an all new R7-A7 astromech droid and the re-release of buzz droids:

Clone army builders are already licking their lips for 8014 Clone Walker Battle Pack:

The redesigned 8018 ATT features an all new Yoda minifig with printed features:

The 8019 Republic Attack Shuttle drops in with what looks to be a highly playable model with an all new Mace Windu minifig:

2009 LEGO City sets include a farm with cows [News]

Castle fans aching for 10193 Medieval Market Village aren’t the only LEGO fans who will be getting more civilian sets (and cows!) in 2009.

7637 has two cows, along with a big tractor, small tractor, and barn:

7635 includes a six-wide SUV with trailer and a brown horse:

8401 appears to be the first minifig and accessory pack for Town/City in many years:

See more (including all the new construction sets) on Eurobricks, Brickset, Brickshelf, or Flickr.

2009 LEGO Pirates box art [News]

UPDATE: The 2009 LEGO Pirates sets are now available from the LEGO Shop.

Possibly the most highly anticipated theme of 2009, LEGO Pirates has now shown us the booty. Check out some of the highlights below and head over to Eurobricks for more images.

6242 promises to be an instant classic:

The impulse sets will appeal to those army builders out there:

6243 will satisfy your craving for that brand new pirate ship that you’ve been wanting since the late 90’s.