Category Archives: News

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 at SXSW

I love music. I love LEGO. For at least the last couple of years, the “Interactive Playpen” at the SXSW music festival in Austin, Texas has featured LEGO.

Here’s a cool shot from last year by Flickr user alykat:

And the Flickr new user icon, built and photographed by naelyn:

The festival this year started yesterday and runs through Sunday. So far, the interactive playpen has yielded the Digg logo, as photographed by narisa:

If you’re in Austin this week, be sure to check out some great music, and stop by the Interactive Playpen and build something cool!

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Peter Griffin: Adult Fan of LEGO

Whaddaya know, the world’s best Family Guy is a true LEGO fan!

EDIT: Dang it, for some reason the video is refusing to embed. Here’s a link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=KDdyF1ihThY

News: Brick Journal 7 is out!

And it chock full of great articles and important news!

Go to the Lugnet announcement in order to download it. It’s well worth the read!

LEGO MMOG (!!!!!!)

Everyone’s favorite plastic LEGO brick has already been incarnated in digital form through thrid-party software (Ldraw), computer games (LEGO Island, etc) and other software (LEGO Factory), but coming to 2008, The LEGO Company, in parnership with NetDevil, is launching a Massively Multiplater Online Game. Excited? Check out the website and press release!

(Thanks to Brickfilms.com member Dan and Classic-Castle member Jake_Snicket for the heads–up)

EDIT (AB): Added three more exclamation points to the post title. Just because this is the most awesomest ever.

News: LEGO Ambassadors Announced for Cycle 5

The LEGO Ambassadors program serves as a point of contact between The LEGO Company and the adult hobbyist and fan communities. The program started out a couple years ago with just a handful of participants, nearly all from the United States. With each new “cycle” of the program, LEGO has expanded community involvement both in number and geographically.

The latest LEGO Ambassadors have been announced on LUGNET, and I’m pleased to inform readers of The Brothers Brick that I’ve been selected as a new ambassador. With 30 ambassadors from 13 countries, it’s a much bigger, more diverse group than ever before, and will be representing the fan community for the next year (instead of six months).

I’m very excited about this, and will do my best to represent you, our readers, with the same loyalty and enthusiasm you’ve shown toward our favorite little plastic bricks.

News: Hi-Res pics of 2007 Castle sets + a contest to win them!

High-resolution pictures of the box art for the new Castle sets have been posted on LUGNET.

Check out the new face on one of the soldiers in this set (click for full-size pic):

To celebrate the release of these sets, LEGO and Classic-Castle.com have teamed up for a contest in which you can win each of the new sets. Simply titled “The Castle Contest,” read more about it on Classic-Castle.com.

Server ninjas, debug!

Our regular readers may have noticed a couple times in the last week or two when The Brothers Brick has been unavailable. Our crack team of server ninjas is hard at work, though, so we should be back to normal shortly.

MONACLE Interview with LEGO CEO Jørgen Vig Knudstorp

Check out this 20-minute interview with LEGO CEO Jørgen Vig Knudstorp by MONACLE magazine editor Tyler Brûlé

Thanks to the magic of Google Video, you can watch it right here on The Brothers Brick:

News: Can you help save the Building Instructions Portal?

Several years ago, Jake McKee, the former “community guy” for The LEGO Company, created the Building Instructions Portal (currently unavailable).

Due to real-life priorities, Jake announced over the weekend on LUGNET that he’s looking for someone to whom he can hand over the reigns of the site.

Read all about it on LUGNET, but in particular Jake is looking for someone familar with Adobe ColdFusion. (I miss Allaire…)

EDIT: Jake clarifies:

I’m looking for someone interested in a solution, which may or may not be based on ColdFusion. Since the site AND the database need to be recreated from the ground up (because both were done by a foolish young code noob…me), language doesn’t really matter.

News: Brick Journal Issue 6 Now Available

Check out the full announcement on LUGNET, with links to downloads. I’m off to read!

New Advanced Building Techniques Guide by Didier Enjary

If you’ve ever wanted to improve your building skills by incorporating advanced techniques such as SNIR (studs not in a row), curved walls, or lettering, Didier Enjary has created The Unofficial LEGO Advanced Building Techniques Guide.

Read Didier’s announcement on LUGNET, and download the 37-page PDF today!

News: Ultimate Collector’s Millenium Falcon

Now available to preorder from LEGO Shop@Home:

Yup, $500. Pretty darn cool, though.