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TBB Weekly Brick Report: LEGO news roundup for June 26, 2021

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 fourth week of June 2021.

TBB NEWS AND REVIEWS We reviewed the Star Wars Bad Batch set, learned about LEGO’s sustainability efforts with the first recycled plastic prototype brick, and kicked back with the Adidas gift with purchase! The latest Ideas set for development was announced, and a big new wave of LEGO Super Mario expansion sets was revealed!

75134 LEGO Star Wars Bad Batch Attack Shuttle review — An in-depth look at the first (and so far only) set from the current Disney+ Star Wars animated series.
Recycled plastic prototype bricks revealed! — Recycle, reduce, reuse…rebuild! LEGO reveals the results of their sustainability experimentation.
Motorized Lighthouse announced as next LEGO Ideas set — The lighthouse made the cut from 25 finalists from the 3rd quarter 2020 review
Player 2 has entered the game! LEGO Super Mario expansion sets revealed! — 2-player action broadens the possibilities for play as the LEGO Super Mario theme expands

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LEGO Store on 5th Avenue New York City offers a brand-new feature: Brick Lab [News]

On June 24 2021, LEGO opened a new flagship store on 5^th Avenue New York City. With 7,175 square feet (about 660 square meters) over two floors, the store offers a brand-new feature called Brick Lab, which turns physical LEGO builds into digital ones to become part of the interactive story. The experience is 20 minutes long, and fills the walls, floors and ceilings with animated interactive content which then the visitors can play in, using both physical and virtual builds. The LEGO Group aims to have this feature in 100 other flagship stores in the coming year.

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LEGO Star Wars 75314 The Bad Batch Attack Shuttle [Review]

During the final season of The Clone Wars that aired on Disney+ last year, one episode featured Clone Force 99, also known as the “Bad Batch.” Through that backdoor pilot, this group of misfit clone troopers got their own Disney+ series, with inevitable LEGO Star Wars tie-ins. The first (and so far only) LEGO set based on the TV show is 75314 The Bad Batch Attack Shuttle, which includes 969 pieces with five minifigures for US $99.99 | CAN $139.99 | UK £89.99. The set is available for pre-order now, and will be released 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 our hands-on review of LEGO Star Wars 75314 The Bad Batch Attack Shuttle

LEGO Gift with Purchase 40486 Mini Adidas Originals Superstar [Review]

You may have seen our 10282 Adidas Originals Superstar set review a short time ago. We’ve also had the chance to review its mini counterpart, 40486 Adidas Originals Superstar, which will be available July 1 and is free with qualifying purchases of US $85 | CAN $85 | UK £85 in LEGO stores and on the LEGO website. Let’s take a look and see if this set measures up to its bigger counterpart or if it falls a bit flat…footed?

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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LEGO prototype brick made from recycled plastic is a leap towards sustainable goals [News]

Today LEGO announced a new type of brick: One made from recycled plastic. It has been made out of discarded PET (polyethylene terephthalate) plastic bottles, and it’s a product of three years’ work from over 150 materials scientists and engineers, resulting in more than 250 variations.

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The next wave of LEGO Super Mario sets revealed with new 2-player interactive play [News]

LEGO just revealed the next wave of Expansion Sets for the Super Mario theme. The sets include Bowser’s Airship, Boss Sumo Bro Topple Tower, Lakitu Sky World, Reznor Knockdown Expansion Sets along with the Frog Mario and Bee Mario Power-Up Packs. The Super Mario Series 3 Character Packs were revealed recently, and today we get close-up images of all the characters included.

Find out more about the newest LEGO Super Mario sets!

LEGO Builder’s Journey is now available for PC and Nintendo Switch systems [News]

LEGO Builder’s Journey, a game that was only available in Apple Arcade, has arrived on PC and Nintendo Switch platforms. You can purchase the game through Steam, the Epic Games Store or the Nintendo eShop for $19.99.

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Winner of the LEGO Ideas third 2020 review is revealed to be the Motorized Lighthouse [News]

The third 2020 review for LEGO Ideas has just been announced. Taking into account the first and the second reviews for 2020, the total number of projects reviewed was 86. For the third 2020 review, there were 25 projects who gathered the 10,000 supporters needed to be eligible, and only one made the final cut: Motorized Lighthouse by Sandro Quattrini (Roses Must Build).

The images showcased here is a model and rendering made by the designer and not the final design of the Ideas product

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LEGO sets exceeding 40% discounts and more on Amazon Prime Day [News]

We spotted more Prime Day deals on Amazon (US) that is going for deep discounts starting from 40% and above. Although these are not recent sets, they’d be a good buy just to add them to your collection if you’ve missed them during their initial release. We also covered some sets that appeared earlier in the day that’s still a good bargain if still available.

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Leaving LEGO Masters S2: We sit down with the second team to leave [Feature]

The third episode of LEGO Masters Season 2 has aired. A new episode means another winning build and unfortunately, another team elimination. Each week, we’ll be meeting these teams as they continue on their LEGO journey with the show behind them.

We sat down for a talk with the second team to leave this season along with our friends from Brickset, BZPower and True North Bricks. We chatted about cheese slopes, strategies, building on memories and which other team they bonded with.

Read on, but beware… Spoilers lie ahead!

Amazon Prime Day 2021 Deals include selected LEGO sets at more than 30% discount [News]

Amazon Prime day will be ongoing for the next 48 hours (21st and 22nd June) and we’ll bring you updates as and when we spot deals that are on deep discounts.
Update 8:25 am Monday PST: in addition to the sets listed here, there are more LEGO sets on discounts at 40% and above listed for sale on Amazon Prime Day.

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TBB Weekly Brick Report: LEGO news roundup for June 19, 2021 [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 third week of June 2021.

TBB NEWS AND REVIEWS – This past week we reviewed the LEGO Ideas Typewriter, the adidas Originals Superstar, a Minions Accessory Pack and the largest set in the Monkie Kid lineup for this season, the Bone Demon. We get also get an early look at the new LEGO City sub-theme, Stuntz and the 3rd wave of Character Packs for Super Mario.

Florian Müller talks about the design process and challenges of LEGO 10282 Adidas Originals Superstar – LEGO 10282 Adidas Originals Superstar Designer Video hints a possible GWP, a mini-Adidas Originals set and a minifigure wearing a shoebox.
Get a bird’s-eye view of the LEGO House with Microsoft Flight Simulator’s latest update – Can’t travel to Billund, Denmark to visit the LEGO House? The next best thing just happened – Microsoft’s latest update to the Flight Simulator gets you a chance to get close.
LEGO Minions: The Rise of Gru 40511 Kung Fu Training – Coming soon way before you see it in theaters: the new Minions: The Rise of Gru “Kung Fu Training” accessory pack!
Andy Grubb and Ioana Popescu talk about the LEGO 10292 Friends: The Apartments – LEGO 10292 Friends The Apartments Designer Video reveals the time and effort on getting the details just right.
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