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TBB Weekly Brick Report: LEGO news roundup for November 5, 2022 [News]

In addition to the amazing LEGO models created by builders all over the world, The Brothers Brick brings you the best LEGO news and reviews. This is our weekly Brick Report for the first week of November 2022.

TBB NEWS AND REVIEWS Did you miss our last Brick Report? Check it out here, then get caught up on the latest roundup of LEGO news from the week!

[REVIEW] Will you get a kick out of LEGO Ideas 21337 Table Football — Chuck takes a few spins around the minifigure-heavy table football field to help you decide if this set is worth a purchase.
[NEWS] A quintet of new Avatar sets from The Way of Water revealed on LEGO.com — Ahead of its upcoming December theatrical release, the long-awaited Avatar sequel gets its own line of LEGO sets
Football scarf VIP reward revealed – Brickset.com — Our friends at Brickset spotted a new VIP reward, available now!
The LEGO Group breaks ground on new USD 1 billion Vietnam factory – LEGO — The previously-announced facility broke ground and began construction for a planned 2024 opening.

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Will you get a kick out of LEGO Ideas 21337 Table Football [REVIEW]

LEGO Ideas has produced an increasing number of sets based on contests, in addition to the regular get-10,000-votes method. Most of these have been smaller gift-with-purchase items, but LEGO Ideas 21337 Table Football joins 21329 Fender Stratocaster as a full-size retail set. This was the winning submission in the We Love Sports LEGO Ideas contest, and let’s get right to the main question: the winning submission was a full-size, 11-on-11 table football setup (usually referred to as foosball in the U.S.). When the contest results were announced, lots of fans were excited to get a near full-size playable game. That swiftly turned to disappointment when the official pictures were released. The set has been scaled down to 5-a-side, less than half the size of the original! While there are very clear reasons for that choice, does it still leave us with a desirable set? LEGO Ideas 21337 Table Football, with 2,339 pieces and a whopping 22* minifigures (* and even more hair and heads), is available now for US $249.99 | CAN $309.99 | UK £214.99.

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 our hands-on review of LEGO Ideas 21337 Table Football

A quintet of new Avatar sets from The Way of Water revealed on LEGO.com [News]

With the second installment in this newly-revitalized franchise set to hit theaters at the end of the year, LEGO has debuted five new sets from Avatar: The Way of Water. These sets continue common tropes from those already available in the theme, whether it’s militaristic vehicles like the 75577 Mako Submarine, or the creatures of Pandora featured in 75579 Payakan the Tulkun & Crabsuit. Once again, we see the taller minifigures featured in these sets, adding a new dark aqua version of Pandora’s denizens to the mix. And true to the heavily-hydrated movie title, these LEGO sets prominently feature aquatic settings. With loads of coral constructions and undersea rock formations, there’s an especially diverse array of parts available in this lineup. All five of these sets will be available from LEGO stores and their website on January 1st, with 75576 Skimwing Adventure and 75578 Metkayina Reef Home available for pre-order right now through LEGO.com.

Prices and pictures for all these great new offerings below

TBB Weekly Brick Report: LEGO news roundup for October 30, 2022 [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 October 2022.

TBB NEWS AND REVIEWS LEGO Friends announced new sets for 2023, including a dog in a wheelchair. We learned that LEGO Mindstorms is discontinuing the robot inventor theme, LEGO Ideas approved 4 projects to be made into sets, and we also got a brand new hulkbuster set that is simply incredible.

[NEWS] LEGO Friends reveals 5 sets for 2023 with diverse characters to better represent children — LEGO Friends is bringing a more diverse cast of characters to the theme, including children.
[NEWS] LEGO discontinuing Mindstorms brand, sunsetting 51515 Robot Inventor at end of 2022 — If these are the droids you’re looking for, act fast before they are gone for good.
[NEWS] LEGO Ideas first 2022 review results — A surprising 4 projects approved to become actual LEGO sets, which one is your favorite?
[NEWS] LEGO Marvel reveals 4,000-piece 76210 Iron Man Hulkbuster from the Avengers Infinity Saga — The already impressive Hulkbuster armor which first appeared in Avengers: Age of Ultron just got even more impressive with this latest version which is more that twice as big as the next biggest version.

First set to include paper bags for the parts. – [Twitter.com] –The LEGO Creator 3-in-1 Cyber FDrone, by George Gilliatt, will now come with recyclable paper bags for the sets pieces.

LEGO Friends reveals 5 sets for 2023 with diverse characters to better represent children [News]

Today LEGO has revealed the first wave of Friends sets for 2023, bringing in a new cast of characters and an update to the branding with a new logo. A new LEGO Friends television series will also accompany the new sets.

LEGO’s annual Play Well study revealed that 3 out of 4 children felt there were not enough toys with characters that represent them, so LEGO is aiming to bring more diverse representation to Heartlake City that’s inclusive of not just various ethnicities and genders, but also disabilities and neurodivergence. LEGO says the 2023 sets and series will feature characters with limb difference, Downs Syndrome, anxiety, vitiligo, and even pets with disabilities, including a blind dog and a dog with a wheelchair.

Five new Friends sets will be available starting Jan. 1, 2023, and the new TV show will kick off with a special in February.

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LEGO discontinuing Mindstorms brand, sunsetting 51515 Robot Inventor at end of 2022 [News]

Today LEGO announced that they are retiring the Mindstorms brand and sets, instead choosing to focus on robotics products like 45678 SPIKE Prime, which we reviewed in 2020. The current Mindstorms product, 51515 Robot Inventor will be discontinued at the end of 2022, along with Powered Up elements 88016 Large Hub and 88018 Medium Angular Motor. In a clear signal that the company is shifting away from Mindstorms rather than preparing to launch a new generation, LEGO has said that the current Mindstorms team will be reassigned to other departments. The company has promised the current Mindstorms Robot Inventor app will be available through 2024. The 51515 Robot Inventor set (US $359.99 | CAN $459.99 | UK £314.99) is currently out of stock from LEGO in the United States and Canada, and it’s not clear whether it will be available again before it is removed from sale.

Here’s the full press release from LEGO:

Since its launch in September 1998, LEGO MINDSTORMS has been one of the core ‘Build & Code’ experiences in the company’s portfolio, carrying with it significant brand equity and becoming a stand-out experience for the early days of consumer robotics and leading to current Build & Code experiences such as SPIKE Prime, from LEGO Education’s LEGO Learning System.

However, now having a number of priorities in LEGO Education and other Build & Code experiences, we have decided to focus our resources and future plans by redirecting our MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor team and their expertise into different areas of the business.

This means the physical MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor product (51515) and its related elements (88016 and 88018) are to exit our portfolio from the end of 2022, whilst digital platforms – such as the LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor App – will remain live until at least the end of 2024.

We still have strong belief in the Build & Code proposition and will continue to support it through platforms such as SPIKE Prime, and we are continuing to hold on to the trademark for the MINDSTORMS brand and assessing our future plans together with LEGO Education.

LEGO Ideas first 2022 review results [News]

Today, LEGO Ideas revealed the results of the first review of 2022. Not one, not two, but four projects got approved, promising a stunning lineup of sets later in 2023 and 2024.

LEGO Marvel reveals 4,000-piece 76210 Iron Man Hulkbuster from the Avengers Infinity Saga [News]

Today LEGO has revealed the latest top-tier set from the Marvel Infinity Saga theme with 76210 Iron Man Hulkbuster. This massive model of Tony Stark’s indestructible mech stands 20.5 in. ( 52 cm) tall and contains 4,049 pieces. 76105 The Hulkbuster: Ultron Edition came out in 2019 as a near-minifigure scale model, but this version is a significantly larger scale, though in the vein of many large display models from themes like Marvel and Star Wars, it includes a minifigure of Tony Stark that can be displayed along with the info placard. Tony can also be slotted into the gigantic mech. The Hulkbuster will retail for US $549.99 | CAN $699.99 | UK £474.99 when it’s available starting Nov. 4 for LEGO VIP members. General availability will follow on Nov. 9.

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TBB Weekly Brick Report: LEGO news roundup for October 8, 2022 [News]

In addition to the amazing LEGO models created by builders all over the world, The Brothers Brick brings you the best LEGO news and reviews. This is our weekly Brick Report for the 1st week of October 2022.

TBB NEWS AND REVIEWS Fans of the Star Wars show The Mandalorian, on Disney’s streaming service, have a lot to be excited about this week as we revealed and then reviewed the latest LEGO UCS Star Wars set, the Razor Crest, which is the most screen accurate model since the Death Star (wink). We also covered the reveal of this year’s addition to the growing Winter Village theme. The winning submission from a LEGO Ideas sports-based contest has been announced as a new set (a bit smaller than the original but still very cool). Finally, a new gift with purchase was reviewed that would fit very well with your pirate collection.

[NEWS] LEGO Ideas reveals 21337 Table Football, a 2,300-piece playable game table — Get ready to take on your friends with this table-top football set complete with an entire team – including benchwarmers.
[REVIEW] LEGO Icons Winter Village Collection 10308: Holiday Main Street – Wintertime Retail Therapy — Your winter village is about to get bigger with 2 new buildings and an adorable streetcar.
[REVIEW] LEGO Star Wars 75331 The Razor Crest Ultimate Collector Series (UCS) from The Mandalorian — Din Djarin’s famous ship gets a serious upgrade from the original set, including a brick-built blurgg
[NEWS] LEGO Star Wars reveals 75331 The Razor Crest as next Ultimate Collector Series (UCS) set — The latest ship to join the UCS club is also the first from outside of the original trilogy.
[NEWS] LEGO Ideas 40566: Ray the Castaway – A Marooned Gift with Purchase — This castaway may be stranded on a deserted island, but he’s got plenty of accessories to help pass the time.

OTHER NEWS In other news, Adam Savage sat down with LEGO enthusiast and Pixar director Angus MacLane to do a build of a custom-designed Bladerunner blaster Angus had been working on for years as a special request from Adam.

LEGO Ideas reveals 21337 Table Football, a 2,300-piece playable game table [News]

Today LEGO Ideas has revealed the next fan-inspired set will be 21337 Table Football. LEGO builder Donát Fehérvári submitted the project to Ideas as part of the special We Love Sports contest on the platform, where it won the grand prize last summer. The finished 2,339-piece LEGO Ideas set created by LEGO Designer Antica Bracanov positions minifigures as the players inside a functional—if miniaturized—table with ball returns and score counters. Full-size table football games (frequently known by the trademarked name Foosball) typically include eight rows of players, with 11 players for each team. The LEGO version downsizes that to just 5 players on each team on the field, but the full complement of 22 minifigures are included in the set. Rather than including predetermined minifigures for the teams, the set includes more than 40 minifigure heads and hairpieces across a range of skin tones, along with an extra bit of stadium seating for the inactive players that also functions as a storage box for the spare pieces. 21337 Table Football will be available starting Nov. 1, 2022, for US $249.99 | CAN $309.99 | UK £241.99.

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TBB-sponsored collaboration MOCing Memories on display this weekend [News]

If you haven’t heard, BrickCon, the home LEGO convention for The Brothers Brick, is happening this weekend in Seattle. And, as we’ve previously posted, we’re hosting a collaborative display called MOCing Memories where builders can showcase their tributes to LEGO sets of the past, large or small. Now, while it’s too late to register to display your own builds, it’s not too late to stop by Saturday or Sunday to see what our talented bevy of builders have come up with in this ode to themes of yesteryear. If you’re in the Seattle area, and you’d like to see this marvelous TBB-sponsored display (and everything else at BrickCon) there’s more info here.

LEGO Icons Winter Village Collection 10308: Holiday Main Street – Wintertime Retail Therapy [Review]

It’s Christmas time again! Well, nearly. On October 7th (October 3rd for VIPs) you can pick up a copy of this year’s expansion to the Winter Village Collection, Icons 10308 Holiday Main Street for US $99.99 | CAN $129.99 | UK £89.99! This 1514 piece set is designed for up to four people to work on it at once – a nice way to bring folks together for the holidays. But will it be any fun for them? Read on to see what we think of this year’s retail therapy!

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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