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Czech out this Art Nouveau modular of a Prague landmark

Few cities can compete with Prague in architectural beauty, where medieval apothecaries stand alongside gothic towers and modernist marvels. Czech builder poMOCník & dirigent found inspiration in the Prague Municipal Insurance Company building, turning it into a lovely LEGO modular. The building was constructed between 1899-1910 as part of the Art Nouveau and Neo-Baroque movements and features ornate arches, statues, and a colorful mosaic, all of which are captured here in brick. Bionicle and Robo Rider elements in “brick yellow” (better known as tan) are a clever solution for the organic curves of Art Nouveau. I especially like the gold and green used to create the patinaed gate on the ground floor.

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It takes two to build a LEGO masterpiece

And by two, we mean the LEGO builder and their community. Describing his latest project, Kit Nugent pays tribute to the Builder Improvement Initiative group, which seems to be a fantastic place for creative feedback and enhancing your building skills. His newly finished Tudor-style creation speaks for itself. It might be the camera angle, but oh boy, how much I love the composition! The thin sand-green tower peeking from behind the fortress-like structure is just stunning. And take a look at the two-tone upper floor! The way the bridge extends beyond the edge of the diorama adds both a sense of story and dynamic movement to the scene. Now I can’t help but wonder—will those two make it out safely?

Fly as fast as a... duck?

Yes, you read that title right: there is an outright world speed record held by a mallard, and one that’s unlikely to ever be beaten. Now that’s not quite what LEGO train master Joe Bloomfield has built here – but it’s very close. This is an A4 Pacific class steam engine, built by the London and North Eastern Railway in the 1930s (and now Joe in the 2020s). It’s a fine model, albeit not one for the purists! The vast majority is of course made from our favourite plastic bricks, but a handful of third-party elements add some crucial details. So too do the custom decals, which identify this engine as 60009 Union of South Africa. Coming back to that speed record, the A4s were – and are – the fastest steam locomotives ever built. And the holder of that 126mph record? Not Union of South Africa, but its class-mate, 4468 Mallard!

Devastatingly good G2 Constructicons merge for the thrill

As an 80s kid ~~brainwashed~~ enriched by cartoons and Toys R Us commercials, of course I went through a Transformers obsession, and there was no toy I craved more than Devastator. The OG Combiner, he was like evil Voltron. LegoGuy31 is also a fan of Megatron’s metal muscle, having created an impressive LEGO Devastator sporting his G2 yellow colors. This scale strikes a perfect balance between detail and play functions without requiring a massive investment in parts.

LegoGuy31’s model can unmerge into the full crew of Scavenger, Scrapper, Longhaul, Hook, Mixmaster, and Bonecrusher. While the Constructicons of my childhood will always be fluorescent green, there’s no denying that they look great in yellow, especially in vehicle form. LegoGuy31 shared a video showing how each part combines to form Devastator.

If you miss Devastator in classic G1 colors, legendary builder Alex Jones has you covered with perhaps the greatest LEGO x Transformers project ever assembled.

TBB Weekly Brick Report: LEGO news roundup for September 29, 2024 [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 September, 2024.

TBB NEWS AND REVIEWS Fall is here, and that means (besides the onslaught of pumpkin spice) big reveals from LEGO, like the winter village sets, a new botanical wreath, and the Star Wars UCS set with its accompanying gift with purchase. We also took a look at one of the sets from the Netflix hit series Wednesday, that was due to release a second season this fall (it has been delayed until 2025) and a set from the upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog 3 movie set to hit theaters this December.

[REVIEW] LEGO BrickHeadz Fortnite 40728 Brite Bomber gift with purchase – A hint of things to come? — Bre breaks down the latest BrickHeadz character from Fortnite.
[REVIEW] LEGO Winter Village Collection 40746 Santa’s Delivery Truck — Chuck checks out the perfect companion to Santa’s Post Office.
[REVIEW] LEGO Icons 10339 Santa’s Post Office – Santa would like a word — Express delivery or dead letter office… Chuck has the answer.
[NEWS] LEGO unveils 2024’s Winter Village Collection set as LEGO Icons 10339 Santa’s Post Office — LEGO announces this year’s winter village addition.
[REVIEW] LEGO Sonic the Hedgehog 77000 Shadow the Hedgehog – A shadow of the Helmet Series? — Kyle unpacks this odd choice for the first Sonic character bust.
[REVIEW] LEGO Star Wars 40755 Imperial Dropship vs Rebel Scout Speeder: the battle packs are back! — Theo checks out the latest Star Wars battle pack, which includes QT-KT, the pink astromech with a big heart.
[REVIEW] LEGO Wednesday 76780 Wednesday Addams Figure – Spooky or Spectacular? — Daniel reviewed this quirky new style of LEGO display set.
[REVIEW] LEGO Icons Botanical Collection 10340 Wreath – deck the halls with boughs of plastic — Looking for a holiday decoration that won’t leave endless needles on the floor? Theo dives in to this botanical set just in time for the holidays.
[REVIEW] LEGO Star Wars 40730 Luke Skywalker’s Lightsaber: Return of the GWP — Theo breaks down this delightful replica of Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber.
[REVIEW] LEGO Star Wars 75397 UCS Jabba’s Sail Barge: Time to set sail, or wait for set sale? — Theo digs into this massive display/play set to see if it is as annoying as sand, or as shiny as a krayt pearl.
[NEWS] LEGO Star Wars 75397 Jabba’s Sail Barge announced as next UCS set — LEGO unveils the latest UCS set from their Star Wars theme.

When all you have is a hammer...

If you need to nail down how much great building you can fit into a little vignette, look no further than this fantasy LEGO scene by Cora! Lets start with the real main character of this build: hammers. Cora has created an deeply authentic piece of brickwork out of enough hammers to make Thor drool! As for character design, Cora has kit-bashed a great minifigure out of parts from a bunch of different action lines. And with all that heavy equipment, I do wonder whether the crocodile has delved deep to find this treasure, or if it’s the reason it’s lying there in the first place?

The Great Grape Chapel Showcase

Medieval marketplaces are a popular theme with LEGO castle builders, but you’ve never seen one with colors and creative lore like this! Tabaya‘s bustling scene introduces the Fellowship of the Wine, a sacred order dedicated to the fermentation of the sacred grape. The monastery is built from a distinctive mix of flame yellowish orange, medium lilac, sand green, and brick yellow. It’s a color combination I’ve never encountered before but really sings, especially paired with fall foliage. Tabaya’s model is filled with playful architectural choices, influenced, no doubt, by limited parts in the chosen colors. But the builder also celebrates the playful connections possible in LEGO without the constraints of historical accuracy or realism.

Tabaya excels at fantasy minifigs and has created the perfect ensemble to bring the scene to life: The Fellowship of the Grape. I like to think that consuming the magical wine grown by the order turns the hair purple. The six statues, each holding a different sacred object, give the fictional church specificity. This is great world-building.

LEGO BrickHeadz Fortnite 40728 Brite Bomber gift with purchase – A hint of things to come? [Review]

It’s been nearly a year since LEGO announced its partnership with Epic Games, and their dive into the world of Fortnite — Epic’s most popular video game. While we’ve had access to the LEGO version of the game for a while, fans are just now getting physical sets for the theme. We’ve recently covered reviews of both Fortnite 77072 Peely Bones and the epic Fortnite 77073 Battle Bus. At the same time these are being released, we’re getting a brand new gift with purchase based on a staple character skin from the game. LEGO BrickHeadz Fortnite 40728 Brite Bomber is a 151-piece set exclusively released as a giveaway. The freebie will be available for Insider Early Access October 1st-3rd and everyone else October 4th-7th with the LEGO Store or LEGO Shop Online purchase of US $90 | CAN $TBD | UK £TBD or more. Join us as we take a closer look!

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 BrickHeadz Fortnite 40728 Brite Bomber

A fun guy with a passion for woodland adventure

Sometimes those bright red toadstools appear out of nowhere and you’re like, what otherworldly thing is this? Maybe LEGO creature builder extraordinaire Joss Ivanwood feels the same way when he discovers a toadstool. He’s been building a dragon a month for a long while now and September’s offering is called Draconis Amanita and is inspired by the fly agaric mushroom (Amanita muscaria). He tells us he’s always been fascinated by the way so many mushrooms grow from fallen trees, giving them new life. So, he fathomed it would be a cool idea to make the whole dragon as a group of mushrooms growing out of the same log. I bet this dragon’s mycelium network is off the hook! It’s probably the root of all awesomeness! I’ll just let myself out and go spore some bad jokes somewhere else.

The Harley-Davidson Road King proves to be King of the Road

LEGO vehicle phenom Isaac Wilder says it’s been a while since he had last built a bike but you wouldn’t know it by the display of talent here. Relearning an old skill like building a bike is like- um -riding a bike; you never forget how to do it, even after a hiatus. He tells us the front fender is a wand sprue that he had bent a little, while the white tires are stretched Scala wheels. The result is -I mean- just look at that stance! I don’t know about y’all, but one thing I notice here, but also with any good build, is Isaac’s choice of colored paper; in other words, everything in the composition that’s not LEGO. The burnt orange is a great Autumn choice and contrasts nicely against all that black-and-white badassery. I can just smell the motor oil, gasoline, and maybe even a quick whiff of fallen leaves.

Fire Breathing Fortress reforged in epic collab from LEGO pros

In their professional capacity as LEGO designers, Chris Perron and Wes Talbott have collaborated on some of the best fantasy sets ever released, including Rivendell and the Red Dragon’s Tale. So what do these friends get up to when they’re off the clock? How about an epic reimaging of a beloved ’90s castle with modern building techniques and design aesthetics? The massive build debuts at the upcoming Skærbæk Fan Weekend event, but for those who can’t make it to rural Denmark, the builders graciously offer a detailed tour of this house of the Dragon Masters.

Click to explore the reforged Fire Breathing Fortress!

Get ready to paint the town red

What’s gray and white and red all over? This build by Mark van Der Maarel. The dramatic simplicity of its colors is striking enough, but the red house nevertheless also contains a variety of textures that keep it interesting: flippers mounted on walls for little architectural flourishes, Technic pins protruding from walls, and 1×2 ribbed bricks stacked atop each other, to name a few. The bright color and details of the building contrast starkly with the blank gray figure painting it. It begs the question: what happens when the creation is more vivid than its creator? Ponder on that the next time you build.