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Santa’s got a brand new ride – Christmas cars go cruising

From holiday habits to Santoa Claus, LEGO fans find ways to celebrate the holidays in so many creative ways. For the gearhead afols, that means building slick new rides for Santa ranging from hot rods to heavy haulers. Here are a few of our favorite holiday car builds from the community.

Santa is ready to race in this souped-up Ford Model T hot rod from Calin Bors. No dout the jolly man will turn plenty of heads with all that chrome.

One of Santa’s elves takes the Ford hot rod sleigh out for a joyride. 1saacBricks packs in many ingenious techniques in this little build, from the window screen grille to the rubber band keeping the glass in place to the white fern element as kicked up snow behind the rear tires.

The parade of Christmas cars continues after the break!

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The majestic white reindeer in LEGO

One night of the year, reindeer have been spotted on rooftops around the globe, but for the Sami people of northern Scandinavia and Russia, Reindeer are integral to daily life, and the rare white reindeer holds special significance. Mitsuru Nikaido creates a white reindeer as the latest of his mechanical creatures series, adding to the builder’s impressive menagerie of monochrome beasts. Perhaps it is a coincidence that this reindeer is all white, as that is the builder’s signature aesthetic, but it still captures the haunting beauty of the legend-steeped animal. Mitsuru-san has had an incredible 2025 with his LEGO creations chosen to join the Masterpiece Gallery in Billund earlier this year. With three books collecting his works, Mitsuru-san shows no signs of slowing down. What animals and prehistoric beasts will the builder create next, I wonder?

Toa of the Holy Nights wishes you a Bionicle Christmas

Twas the night of Mask Gifting, and all across Mata Nui, not a Matoan was stirring, not even Krakua, for all were anticipating the arrival of the Toa of Holy Nights. Armed with the staffs of Naugt and Nys, this Toa would render judgment on all young Matoans on this Holy Night, and not even an offering of bula berry cookies and warm liquid energy could sway his verdict. Craniac17 pays tribute to this holiest of Toas based on the scant sightings from Matoans who saw him manifest in the ashes of fire and ruin with his sack full of masks. If you celebrate Mask Gifting, may the Toa of Holy Nights spare the staff of Naught in your household this blessed morn.

2025 LEGO Advent Calendar Spoilers: Day 24 [Feature]

All good things must come to an end. Today brings us to the end of our Advent Calendar adventure. Thanks for coming along with us for 24 days of surprise gifts. We hope you enjoyed the bonus builds and banter.

We have an all-star cast of custom minifig creators leading our Advent adventure this year. Fool’s Figures is wizarding his way through Harry Potter and Frozen calendars. ExpansionBricks is launching Star Wars and Friends. And beyondb0nes is digging into Minecraft and City. Now let’s open some doors and see what gifts are in store for today!

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Yippee kay yay! Holiday Habitats stack up the joy

Our good friends at Habit Challenge run events throughout the year where adult and kid builders can create minifig habitats with the community and maybe even win prizes. The Holiday Habitat Challenge brings is one of the biggest draws of the year. Here are a few of our favorite habitat stacks from this year’s participants. Be sure to check out #letsbuildholidayhabitats25 on Instragram to see all of the entries. Happy Holidays, one and all!

candy.bricks plays with traditional colors for this sweet gingerbread and candy stack. Candy is a true habitat artist, with clean lines and detailed scenes that effortlessly blend tradition and innovation.

Malcolm Brown celebrates the one of the greatest Christmas movie of all with a stack showcasing carnage at Nakatomi Tower. Yippie kay yay, mothers and fathers!

Jingle all the way to see more merry holiday habitats

General Grievous, you’re taller than I expected

The buildable Technic Star Wars figures from a decade ago received generally mixed feedback, but several of the molded and printed parts were a big hit. This topic reappeared with the release of 75434 K-2SO Security Droid this year, with many builders and collectors discussing the possibility of using the molded head from the buildable K2SO instead. Builder nobu_tary takes a similar approach here with an expert build of General Grievous, using the head from the buildable figure in set 75112. This is a sizable build with a ton of great details all over. The most impressive aspect of the build is that it captures Grievous’ especially tricky shape and proportions very well, and when compared to the Technic buildable this version feels so much more like the Separatist leader that we’ve all grown to love.

Upscaled Gingerbread Vader finds your lack of frosting disturbing

2025 was a rocky stretch for LEGO Star Wars fans, but the year ended on a high note with Gingerbread Vader spreading joy across the galaxy. Pascal Hetzel upscales the sweetest Sith lord and his peppermint saber just in time for Christmas. Vader comes bearing not just gifts but a Death Star grey tree to place them under. The upscaled classic tree design is the best present of all.

2025 LEGO Advent Calendar Spoilers: Day 23 [Feature]

Our favorite holiday tradition is opening all six LEGO Advent Calendars, one day at a time, with you, our readers! Along with spoiler pics of the daily gifts, we include commentary and alternate builds to celebrate the season and creativity.

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Reaching for the sky with a Sennebogen

You may wonder, what is a Sennebogen? Well, I did not know what it was either, until I started searching for a suitable new model to add to my collection of minifigure-scale Lego trucks. All I wanted was to rebuild my Mercedes Actros tractor in a new livery, when I found that Kuiphuis, a Dutch crane rental company, one of whose cranes I built a few years ago, uses one to pull trailers carrying telescopic handlers. This would make for a neat combination.

A telescopic handler (or telehandler) is a multifunctional construction vehicle. It has a telescopic arm and combines the functions of a forklift, crane or cherry picker, depending on the attachment mounted on the end. Sennebogen is the German manufacturer of one of the types that Kuiphuis operates. It is an odd-looking contraption, but perfect for minifigures who need to work in high places.

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Warm up with this miniature cup of cocoa

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and nothing feels better during this chilly season than a warm cup of hot chocolate. LEGO Masters Season 5 winner Ian Summers built this wonderful little mug of cocoa (appropriately accompanied by copious amounts of marshmallows and treats). All of the little details are fantastic, and the way he was able to represent a Santa-themed mug at this scale is very impressive. Our favorite detail is the NPU of the fan-favorite Candy Cane piece to represent a festive straw – it works so well and adds such a nice visual element to the build. This is just the drink I was looking for, and I think I’ll have another.

Shimmering Moroccan palace is a LEGO jewel fit for a sultan

In previous builds, Luke (cathedralofbricks) has taken us to fairy tale castles, swashbuckling seas, and even Middle-earth. The builder’s latest wonder transports us to Marrakech at the height of the Saadian Sultanate. As he hinted at in our last interview, Luke has at last applied his gift for archways and grandeur to Moroccan architecture. It’s an incredible diorama that impresses in both scale and detail.

Most striking is the color, as Luke moves from his usual greys into brick yellow, white, and azure. Classic tiling and SNOT techniques form intricate mosaics on both the walls and the courtyard floor.

Join us for a closer look at Luke’s Moroccan palace

2025 LEGO Advent Calendar Spoilers: Day 22 [Feature]

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