Category Archives: LEGO

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.

Built for the fearless adventurer

Spaceship! I will always react that way to any swooshable model starcraft. Builders love to show off their knowledge of the LEGO system by the way they mold and craft the shapes of their starships. In addition, the eye-catching detail, or greeble, they add shows off some of their brick collection as well as their ingenuity in representing the elements of a spaceship. In this wonderful model, Starfighter Intrepid, builder seb71 shows off some of their skill.

Having a history of well-crafted spaceships, seb71 has brought us an eye-catching, sand-green design highlighted with white plates and tiles built cleverly into the wings and body. If you look at the structure of the Intrepid closely, you can see the various orientations the builder used to achieve their desired design. The stickers seb71 used add just the right amount of extra detail. I love the large white slopes in the wings, often used in the Imperial Shuttle sets. They work perfectly with the structure as well as the color-blocking.

Read on to see more views of this fantastic spaceship

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Who’s that guy with the big, big head?

M.O.D.O.K. — Mechanized Organism Designed Only for Killing. Easily one of the most distinctive Marvel villains out there. And boy is he out there. Anyway, this uniquely shaped baddie is given his just due in LEGO thanks to Big Easy Bricks. I’m particularly fond of the nested arch/curved slopes to form his signature grimace, as well as the range of motion provided by those Mixel ball joints in the arms. The clouds of jet exhaust are also smartly rendered, with some nice use of 1×1 dome tile to create interesting texture.

M.O.D.O.K. also looks great “in the round”. The rear-facing engine and the ridges of his chair are both very nice, and the use of Hero Factory armor for the shoulder pads scales up perfectly.

One of the best things about the popularity of Marvel characters is all the great LEGO creations that are inspired by them. Check out our archives for more stellar builds!

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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“Deploy the sentinels!” in this Matrix LEGO build

This Matrix-themed LEGO build from Claudio Tavella is a solid, energetic build. The sentinel (aka “Squiddy”) is feared in The Matrix, and it comes across here in the flexible tenticles and red eyes in the center of the body. With the way it’s built, you can pose the tenticles however you want.

“A Sentinel for every man, woman, and child in Zion. That sounds *exactly* like the thinking of a machine to me.” – Morpheus

I appreciate a good display stand, and Claudio knocks it out of the park. The black base is sleek, features a custom sticker, and has a transparent pillar to connect the model. The atypical top of the base is a nice touch, giving it some more visual interest without drawing too much attention.

Bag Tag Dice Lad

The LEGO Dots line has introduced some fun printed studs and colorful pieces to play around with. This year they introduced bag tag sets with a new cube element. In the past, they’ve had 2×2 stud cubes used in games as the dice, but this newer cube is 3×3 studs, allowing for more detail. Though the beveled, angular edges of the element can provide some challenges to integrating it into a model, builder nobu_tary shows us the character it can lend to a brick-built figure.

This little guy’s colorful head is detailed with tiles and modified studs while the body is built upside down, attaching to the studs on the bottom of the bag tag cube. Simple use of a slope and a curved top stud attached to bricks with studs on the side help give the impression of an arm. The same side-studded bricks are used to attach the Macaroni Technic tubes and 1×2 plates that make up the cute little legs. The angle nobu_tary shot this photo at helps conceal the attachment for the bag tag ring clip, which could either make or break a model because of the asymmetry it adds to the cube element. Nonetheless, creative positioning, as well as color blocking between the figure and the seat help nobu_tary, build an adorable little character that reminds me of the Wood Man from Netflix’s Hilda. Something about the character’s expression just reminds me of the Wood Man bursting in unannounced to peoples’ homes. Maybe this is Dice Lad, a relative of sorts, that appears to moderate board games, whether you like it or not.

Find more of nobu_tary’s builds on Flickr or Instagram (@nobu_tary) or check out some more characters by other builders!

This tree is deer to me.

Have you seen the film Annihilation? It’s one of my favorites; a great mix of storytelling and really gorgeous (if disquieting) visuals. alex-mocs has perfectly captured the eerie beauty of biologic mutation seen there with their creation The Shimmer. There’s some very creative work in the base, with animal-oriented LEGO elements melded seamlessly into the greenery. The star of the show, though, is the central tree/deer creature. My favorite touch is the Bionicle ball-joint connector that forms the mouth. You can almost hear the sound this being is making, but is it a cry of pain or celebration? Like most things in the Shimmer, it’s really hard to say for sure.

The biologic themes of this creation are very apt, considering this was an entry to the Bio-Cup challenge. Check out our archives for more featured builds inspired by that contest!

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!

Taking LEGO Great Ball Contraptions to the 5th level [Video]

Great Ball Contraptions (GBCs) are one of the most fascinating and mesmerizing pieces of LEGO art out there. GBC layouts at any convention will always enjoy an onslaught of wonderstruck fans. But what those fans may not know is that many LEGO GBC modules were inspired by one person. Of course, not all of them – there’s tons of originality in the hobby. That said, a household name amongst GBC enthusiasts is Akiyuki. His incredible designs have been the inspiration for hundreds of builds. Now he’s back with an incredible new creation, his “Five Tilted Rings” module.

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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.

Click to see the LEGO offers on Amazon