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You’d probably expect a lot of the posts on a LEGO website like The Brothers Brick to be about LEGO, and you’d be right. If you’re browsing this page, you might want to consider narrowing what you’re looking for by checking out categories like “Space” and “Castle.” We’re sure there’s something here that’ll fascinate and amaze you.

Massive dragon and tiger pagodas stand over 2 1/2 feet tall!

Lee Nuo has graced us with a pair of pretty pagodas modeled entirely in LEGO! These very real (and very visit-able) pagodas in Kaohsiung, Taiwan are equal parts elegant and exciting with mythical animal-shaped tunnel entrances into each building. The animal theming continues up to the first roof of each tower, with miniature versions of their respective creatures decorating the railing. The big dragon – eating some tourists – has a perfectly modeled fringe made of blue flames and Hero Factory lightning bolts. If you like pagodas, there’s more in our archives, as well as more great tigers and dragons (including a certain recent Build-of-the-Year!) I’ve certainly found Lee’s build inspiring and I’d love to go visit some day. If you went, which animal would you prefer to be eaten by?

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How to feather a LEGO eagle [Building Technique]

We’ve marveled in the past at the strong LEGO work of Sakiya Watanabe. But this close up of a WIP they’re working on allows us some better insight into the parts that can create a biological texture like feathers. A cacophany of bars, clips, and claws, it all comes together to form quite the eagle head.

LEGO Wolfpack on patrol

Wolfpack Beastmaster is the unambiguous favorite of Collectible Minifigures Series 27, bringing back a fan-favorite Castle faction and a new wolf mold. As appealing as the figure is out of the box, minifig modder Kamil Karpiński always finds ways to take minifigs to the next level. The Beastmaster gets a wickedly clever brick-built crossbow while his sword goes to the captain, an incredible figbash foe who leads the pack atop a fearsome dire wolf. Seeing Kamil’s trio has me craving a new Wolf Pack building set. If LEGO releases a Classic Castle update in 2025, would you want the Wolfpack, or is there another theme you’d rather revisit?

Slithering into a prosperous new year with DeRa

According to the Chinese horoscope, 2025, Year of the Wood Snake, promises to be a year of prosperity and financial success, thanks to the snake’s charisma and cunning. In that spirit, builder DeRa offers a New Years’ greeting featuring the zodiac snake in a traditional motif atop a bag of gold coins. The coiled snake is definitely a charmer, but it’s the bag that has me in knots with its incredible shaping. DeRa certainly has a knack for zodiac animals. The builder’s majestic tiger made our short list for best creations of 2024.

Transformer, roll out!

Having grown up in the eighties, the first thing that comes to my mind when I think of a Transformer is a vehicle that changes into a giant robot. In the real world, though, a transformer is less exciting. It is a device that changes the voltage of an electric current. Transformers can range from small enough to fit on printed circuit boards to massive industrial units weighing hundreds of tons. My latest LEGO model represents a mid-size example, of about 50 tons.

I’ve been building minifigure-scale vehicles lately, and a transformer seemed to be a suitable load for a nice heavy-haulage truck. The Mercedes Arocs truck is a model that I have been planning (and buying parts for) for quite a while. It should pair nicely with a Goldhofer modular trailer.

Let’s shift gears and see how this truck came together!

Bionicle’s Mata Nui finally appears in LEGO form in stunning fan model

For Bionicle Fans, the Great Spirit Mata Nui is more than a robot and not quite a god and is pretty much the most important figure in the complex cosmology of LEGO’s beloved franchise being a creator, protector, and the land itself. But as important as he was, Mata Nui never appeared in his true form in any official sets (only as a Glatorian Legend). Bionicle fan GiiKei remedies this omission with a brick-built version that features incredible articulation and custom lighting. Even if you know nothing about Bionicle lore, it’s easy to appreciate this square-jawed gentle giant.

To give a fuller picture of Mata Nui’s epic majesty and functionality, GiiKei shares a video:

Bionicle fans, would you want to see LEGO release an official version of Great Spirit Mata Nui?

Which of these 54 submissions could become the next LEGO Ideas set? [News]

Today the LEGO Ideas team announced the next 54 submissions to join the 10K Club and be considered for future LEGO sets as part of the third and final review of 2024. Recent sets to come from the Ideas program include The Botanical Garden and Jaws. Will one or more of these proposed projects make it past design review? We’ll find out later this year (around August if tradition holds).

This batch includes an eclectic mix of which roughly half is based on popular culture, with the others a mix of science, nature, and minifig life. Books and literature make an especially strong showing this round. Which of these sets would you most like to see turned into an official Ideas set? Let us know in the comments.

Click to browse the latest 54 LEGO Ideas submissions up for design review

And you will know us (this LEGO build) by the trail of dust

Take it from me: there are few things as epic in life as seeing a rally car going full pelt over a jump. Mike Sinclair has added a LEGO freeze-frame to the gallery of big sends! Mike says he studied a variety of rallies to come up with the layout, and I’m reminded of the famous Fafe jump at Rally de Portugal. And as jumps go, that’s probably the best of the lot! The highlight of the scene is the trail of dust that this particular car is leaving in its wake, but the details are just as realistic. The banner across the apex of the jump, the many cameras ready to capture the moment, and the distance markers for those crews looking for bragging rights. In fact, the only thing missing is… Er, the co-driver?! That’s some drive if it’s all been done without pacenotes!

A LEGO R-Type spaceship that warms my Metal Heart

Nick Trotta might not be the most prolific builder, but every one of his works is a masterpiece of color, geometry, and innovative use of LEGO elements. For style and technique, Nick sets the gold standard for LEGO spaceship design. Nick’s latest craft is the R-104 Metal Heart, a ship inspired by the classic R-Type shoot-em-up video games, characterized by the massive wave cannon and many fins for maneuverability. Clocking in at 4,021 pieces, the ship is one of Nick’s most elaborate builds to date.

The best LEGO ships take advantage of slopes and SNOT (short for “studs not on top”) parts to create shapes and angles that are plausible as aerospace engineering while keeping that “swooshable” fun form factor of a kid’s favorite toy. In Nick’s build, every seam enhances the ship’s smooth lines. Modules connect in ways that defy logic. To see how Nick pulled off this slick exterior, you really have to see the ship from the inside. Thankfully the builder provides a detailed video of the build process.

Click to see Nick’s build process on this amazing ship!

Since we’re revisiting Blacktron, why not a Battrax, too?

The talk online has been fairly mixed regarding the return of LEGO Blacktron with LEGO Icons 10355 Blacktron Renegade. I don’t know about you, dear reader, but I’m definitely excited. And so, it appears, is builder 1corn, coming in hot with an excellent modern take on 6941 Battrax. With big chunky tires, a large sensor array, and what appear to be custom decals, this dark rover is quite the ode to the 1987 model.

And like the model from back in the 80’s, this one also transforms into a flying ship. Really putting the “Bat” in Battrax, am I right?

A minimalist LEGO camper packs some nostalgia

True minifigure scale in a detailed LEGO vehicle can be hard to pull off, but this Volkswagon camper by Nick Kleinfelder comes close. At just 6 studs wide, with some clever use of brackets to shape the wheel wells and studs not on top side panels, this camper packs a lot of unusual building techniques into a small package. One of my favorite parts used is the black roller skate element for the door handle.

For some insight into how this compact camper came together, check out this view of the interior construction!

LEGO Shinto shrine offers solace in the snow

I’ve never visited Japan in winter, but it sure looks lovely in LEGO in this scene from BrickiboT. The Shinto shrine is entered via a gate in the rōmon style, which BrickiboT achieved in LEGO using 10 nets sandwiched between 1×1 red tiles on the bottom and 1×1 curves on top. (that’s over 3000 pieces just for the curved roof sections alone!) Inside the gate stand brick-built statues of Fuijin and Raijin, the gods of wind and storms.

A look at the full complex reveals more details of Shinto tradition, like the wooden ema tablets where wishes are written, strung up, and later burned.

BrickiboT created this scene as part of the Roguebricks LUG 2024 Rogue Ronin collaboration at Bricking Bavaria. We also loved these entries from Mark van der Maarel and felix-workshop.

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