I love it when an entire LEGO theme gets reduced to a float, an attraction, or, in this case, a funfair attraction. Bricksized used the western part of the Toy Story theme for a funfair shooting range. Which is an excellent theme for a shooting range. Even though this creation only uses the Woody hat from the Toy Story theme, this part is so iconic that the entire creation reeds Toy Story. A lot of quarter round tiles and half round tiles have been used to make 2D shooting targets like hills, cacti and clouds. Have you also spotted the Mid-Length hair with Part over Right Shoulder got used as cotton candy, which to me screams pure win!
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TBB Weekly Brick Report: LEGO news roundup for January 17, 2021
In addition to the amazing LEGO models created by builders all over the world, The Brothers Brick brings you the best of LEGO news and reviews. This is our weekly Brick Report for the second week of January 2021.
LEGO reveals the stunning Ninjago City Gardens coming in at 5,685 pieces. Keep reading our Brick Report to get all the details.
TBB NEWS: This week we celebrated 10 years of Ninjago with art, a JustHype.com clothing line, new sets and more! Plus, we attend Potions Class with Professor Snape and review the latest additions to the burgeoning LEGO Bouquet!
- A visual journey: 10 Years of LEGO Ninjago – We take an inside visual tour of Ninjago over the past decade with never before seen sketches, artwork and more.
- LEGO collaborates with Hype to release streetwear inspired by the Ninjago theme – Streetwear brand JustHype.com and LEGO release Ninjago themed apparel with availability on January 14 on LEGO.com
- LEGO reveals new wave of Ninjago sets for 10th anniversary with TV tie-in – Ninjago is going to the islands! Season 14 of the Ninjago TV show brings a whole new setting, and here are the tie-in sets for it with dragons, catamarans, and more.
- LEGO 71741 Ninjago City Gardens revealed as biggest-ever Ninjago set with 5,685 pieces – Get your first look at LEGO Ninjago’s biggest ever set, Ninjago City Gardens.
- Tiny details and great insights revealed in the LEGO 71741 Ninjago City Gardens Designer Video – Check out snippets and behind the scenes details of the LEGO 71741 Ninjago City Gardens celebrating the 10th year anniversary since the beloved theme was introduced in 2011.
- Get a closer look at 71741 Ninjago City Gardens with more official images [News] – Ninjago City just got a whole lot bigger with the addition of 71741 Ninjago City Gardens
- LEGO 71741 Ninjago City Gardens is now available on sale for LEGO VIP members – The 5685 piece Ninjago City Garden will be available all LEGO VIP members for purchase on 14th Jan.
- LEGO Designers reveals secrets and inspiration behind the 31111 Cyber Drone 3-in-1 Creator set [Feature & Interview] – Discover the inspiration behind the 3 in 1 Creator Cyber Drone and we learn more about the backgrounds of designers George Gilliatt and Matthew James Parsons and their personal LEGO journey.
- LEGO Lunar New Year themed 80106 Story of Nian and 80107 Spring Lantern Festival sets now available on sale – If you’ve been eyeing these two Lunar New Year-themed splendid sets, now’s the time to get them in LEGO Stores.
- LEGO sets for Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon revealed – Get your first look at these new LEGO sets from Disney’s next big animated movie, Raya and the Last Dragon!
- LEGO teases the next Ideas set with a short video of a queue to the blacksmith – A stop-motion animation puts us right in the middle of a long queue of knights with their weapons and armor bent and severely damaged in battles.
TBB REVIEWS & INSTRUCTIONS:
- LEGO Harry Potter 76383 Hogwarts Moment: Potion Class – Do not miss the next Professor Snape’s class with our review of the new Harry Potter 76383 Hogwarts Moment: Potion Class set!
- LEGO 40462 Valentine’s Brown Bear – Valentine’s Day seems like a long way off, but love can happen at any time.
- LEGO DOTS 41921 Extra DOTS – Series 3 – LEGO DOTS returns with a new booster pack.
- Botanical Boosters – Roses and Tulips join the LEGO flower arrangement – LEGO definitely has us looking forward to spring. Joining 10280 Flower Bouquet are two new sets: 40460 Roses and 40461 Tulips.
OTHER NEWS: There were quite a few other interesting LEGO news articles from around the web this week. Here are the best of the rest:
- NINJAGO City Gardens – LEGO Designer Video, LEGO YouTube – To celebrate ten years of LEGO NINJAGO, explore the NINJAGO City Gardens with LEGO Designers Markus and Michael.
- LEGO Acquires First Fan-Made World For Development From LEGO World Builder, Tongal.com – This week, Holiday Heroes became the FIRST fan-made world on LEGO World Builder to be purchased and placed into development by the LEGO Group!
LEGO Ideas holds fan vote to revive a classic theme for the LEGO 90th Anniversary Set [News]
Next year the LEGO Group will celebrate its 90th anniversary, and to mark the occasion LEGO is planning bring back a classic theme with the help of fans. The company has assembled a list of 30 iconic themes and is holding a fan vote to select the best one. The winning theme will be turned into a single new set that will launch next year as part of the company’s lineup aimed at adult fans.
The voting process will be split into two parts. Starting today, fans can vote for their favorites among all 30 themes, and each fan will get to choose up to three themes to move forward. This first round of voting will be open for one week until Jan. 25. Then LEGO will compile the top three themes and hold a run-off vote starting Feb. 3, where each fan will get to select their single favorite. LEGO won’t announce the final winning theme right away as they intend to keep it secret for a while, presumably until they’re ready to reveal the finalized set based on the theme. The new set will be dubbed LEGO’s 90th Anniversary Set.
The queen will never win the game, for Rumpelstiltskin is my name
My uncle, who also happens to be an adult fan of LEGO, always says: ‘You don’t have to have a lot of different parts to build something amazing. You have to have a lot of the same parts to build something amazing.’ John Snyder proves my uncle is right. This creation consists of mainly two parts. The leaves in bright light orange to represent the straw. The 1×2 rounded plates are used to create 1×2 rounded bricks which make it easier to build round shapes. Out of these bricks which support the roof are made. The sheer size of this creation is about as impressive as the excellent lighting.
Not all bounty hunters are Mandalorians
I’m one of those annoying Star Wars fanboys who liked Boba Fett for no good reason. What did he do to deserve the adulation poured down upon him? Nothing. Ok, he had some menacing lines, and cool looking gear, and an awesome spaceship that flew the wrong way (or maybe landed the wrong way), but beyond that all he did was get embarrassingly knocked into a Sarlacc mouth by a blind guy with a spear. But as we all know by now, bounty hunting is a complicated profession, and the popular love for Mandalorians and their ilk has only grown, getting featured in The Attack of the Clones, The Clone Wars, Rebels, and even getting their own eponymous show. My love has grown correspondingly, too. So when one of the categories for this year’s Space Jam was to build a LEGO bounty hunting ship, I was all about that, and started making something inspired by the Razor Crest.
TBB Cover Photo for January 2021: A Successful Scrapyard
This month’s and this year’s first cover photo comes from Faber Mandragore. “Joe’s Scrapyard” is a fun little diorama, and as a fan of all the different types of LEGO wheels and tires, I’m very excited to hunt through to examine all the different tires.
I’ve said this before, but my favorite builds for cover photos are those that tell a story and let you dig in, creating a scene that’s playing out. Here, I imagine Joe uses parts from these old busted cars (especially love the variety and variation of destruction to each vehicle) to upgrade his yellow hot rod. I imagine he’ll find enough new parts over time to build a new car. Thanks for taking care of the scrapyard Joe, someone’s gotta find use for all these old vehicles.
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LEGO teases the next Ideas set with a short video of a queue to the blacksmith [News]
Today, LEGO has shared a short funny video teasing the setting for its next Ideas set. A stop-motion animation puts us right in the middle of a long queue of knights with their weapons and armor bent and severely damaged in battles. Although the video doesn’t show the set itself, we already know that it’s all about the Medieval Blacksmith that should be announced very soon.
Sugar and Seeds for all your needs
Isaac Snyder shows us a LEGO castle creation can be vibrant and colorful too. He used colors I normally wouldn’t consider using. The grass is not just greener on the other side, and it is lime green. The trees are in full autumn colors. The little bakery has lovely dark turquoise details combined with a dark blue roof. The use of the curved windscreen for the roof over the entrance is absolutely stunning. But the absolute best-used part has to be the pentagonal wedge and a wand used as a store sign.
Tiny details and great insights revealed in the LEGO 71741 Ninjago City Gardens Designer Video [News]
Designer videos provide insights that you may miss during the build and shares background information that you’ll never get anywhere else. Check out snippets and behind the scenes details of the LEGO 71741 Ninjago City Gardens celebrating the 10th year anniversary since the beloved theme was introduced in 2011.
Tweet tweet tweet! Goes the robin
Life size (or near life size) birds have long been a popular subject matter for LEGO creations. While many previous birds have featured some pretty cool parts usage, KitKat1414 uses a pretty innovative technique for this Robin’s face. It’s just one piece, but a red minifigure torso managed to accomplish so many different things.
The first thing that jumps out at you is the arm holes as eyes. The size is just perfect. Second, you’ll see the neck as the bird’s beak. Sure it’s round where a real beak should be conical, but it very clearly represents and communicates that piece of the bird’s anatomy. Finally, the not to be overlooked, subtle design feature the torso lends to this bird is the angle it gives the face. I can’t think of any other single LEGO piece, or even pair of pieces that could accomplish as much as this one, incredibly common, often overlooked element does.
Is this Maleficent again or one of her cousins?
Making LEGO brick built animals is something I always struggle with. Especially when they have to be minifig scale. Louis of Nutwood has no problem with brick built animals. His creation features an amazing brick built dragon. Which has been done before quite a couple of times before. Louis used bricks to build the wings, which I’ve never seen before. Builders quite often make the skin between the fingers of the wings out of a different parts. Fabric, cloth, or plastic with a pattern. The wings look great and are quite poseable. The face looks absolutely divine and the action posing was done exceptionally well. The fire effect looks better than most tv-show CGI fire bursts which makes the water near the dragon ripple.
LEGO Harry Potter 76383 Hogwarts Moment: Potion Class [Review]
As we continue a tour around the Hogwarts school, right after a quick lecture on transfiguration as given by Professor McGonagall in 76382 Hogwarts Moment: Transfiguration Class, it’s time to take a seat by a pot full of a boiling potion. LEGO Harry Potter 76383 Hogwarts Moment: Potion Class is the second set in the mini-series of mid-sized buildable books depicting a classroom of Professor Snape. The set consists of 271 pieces and comes with three minifigures. The set is available today for US $29.99 | CAN $39.99 | UK £27.99.
The LEGO Group provided The Brothers Brick with a copy of this set for review. Providing TBB with products for review guarantees neither coverage nor positive reviews.