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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.

“You will always be my greatest adventure”

I don’t know who needs to see this today, but if you need your spirits lifted, Xiheng Xu, a new LEGO builder on Instagram, has turned the lovable Children’s Teddy Bear set into the equally lovable Grandpa from UP. Carl Fredricksen is his name and he’s responsible for probably the most emotional movie intro since Saving Private Ryan. You’d think I wouldn’t correlate the two movies together but yet here we are.

You can’t help but loving Carl, and by extension the work of Xiheng. Modding official sets seems to totally be his jam. Hare’s an example from earlier last month featuring Baobaolong, a creature who hates carrots built from a creature that positively loves carrots.

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LEGO goes Back to the Future with sleek and affordable Speed Champions set [News]

Great Scott! LEGO is bringing Doc Brown’s DeLorean, and not only is it an awesome-looking set, but it’s also priced like sets from the ’80s? This is heavy. Arriving on January 1, 2026, LEGO Speed Champions 77256 Time Machine from Back to the Future has everything going for it except for that clunker name. 357 pieces for $27? Yes please. New minifigs for Doc and Marty? Don’t mind if I do. Excellent shaping and details on the DeLorean on two alternate builds? If my calculations are correct, this set delivers. The only things not included are roads, but where this car’s going, you don’t need ’em. Coming off an onslaught of massive and expensive IP-based sets, it’s refreshing to have an affordable way to indulge in nostalgia or share a classic with a new generation. More of this please, LEGO! What do you think? Will you be picking up the new DeLorean when it flies in next year?

LEGO Speed Champions 77256 Time Machine from Back to the Future | 357 Pieces | Available January 1, 2026 | US $27.99 | CAN $34.99 | UK £22.99

If you don’t click to see more of this heavy set, Darth Vader will come down from Planet Vulcan to melt your brain.

LEGO goes re-colour crazy with new Icons set 10366 Tropical Aquarium [News]

NPU: Nice Parts Use. Often used to denote a cool or unusual use of a LEGO piece. LEGO themselves have been no stranger to this concept, and themes like the Botanical line have taken that maxim even further. And although we’re only now getting a first glance at the latest LECO Icons set, 10366 Tropical Aquarium, that first glance is full of parts in new colours! We can see what appear to be two fresh colourways of hat and some new transparent leaf pieces among its 4,154 pieces. The price of admission seems accordingly high – US $479.99 | CAN $599.99 | UK £399.99 – but you’ll have to wait for our review to find out if there’s treasure in that sunken chest or just a soggy old boot! This colourful coral tank with its fishy inhabitants is slated for release November 13th.

Dive in for more pictures of LEGO’s latest underwater exploration

Minifigs of spooky season – the first omen [Minifig Monday]

Throughout October, spooky builds take over LEGO feeds like a Spirit Halloween store. With so many eerily good costumes and creepy characters this month, we thought it would be a treat to summon the specters early for a month of monstrous madness!

ASortaOkayBuilder kicks things off with Manny, the skeletal bard. Equipped with Héctor’s guitar from Coco and a trans neon green ectoplasmic flourish, this swashbuckling is the perfect minifig to lead us to the lands of the dead.

Captain Dark Shark captures footage of paranormal activity in medieval times. Created for the newly launched Graymane Guild Role-Play community, this haunting is sure to kick of an epic quest when the villager enlists magical help to solve the Ahsenhollow curse.

Anotherlegoaccount has been going through the decades capturing obscure horror films you’ve probably never heard of, like the obscure 1979 Soviet sci-fi thriller “In Space” with its hideous Extroform. The scene with the mandroid was terrifying. I’m just glad the dog survives.

Trick or treat? Spooky Halloween and horror minifigs continue after the fold

Ooo-lah! Melt all your LEGO bricks with this Martian tripod’s heat ray

You know when you can hear a picture? Well I can hear this LEGO tripod built by Ivan Martynov. The sound I can hear is ‘ooo-laah’. If you’re confused, go and listen to Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of the War of the Worlds. In fact, even if you’re not, you should do that anyway – it’s a brilliant album. But back to Ivan’s build – which is based on art by one Henrique Alvim Corrêa. It’s full of spindly, biomechanical bits that don’t look like they should hold even this LEGO build’s weight, let alone a deadly heat ray. But that’s the wonders of Martian tech for you!

It’s Wolfpack vs Lion Knights in this incredible LEGO Castle collab

German AFOLs Andreas Pettau (Feanor) and Larsvader have each created impressive medieval builds on their own, but past builds could hardly prepare you for the epic collaboration they debuted at Berlin SteineWAHN! event last month. Spread across 24 32×32 baseplates, “The Wolfhunt” pits two Classic Castle factions against each other in a detailed landscape enhanced by lights and motion. Andreas built the fantastic Wolfpack Tower and the surrounding swamps, while Larsvader constructed a castle, palisades, and forest for the noble Lion Knights. The collab won the popular vote for best-in-show as well as the judges’ vote for best collab.

A collaboration like this is best enjoyed in video, and thankfully, Feanor documents the build for those who couldn’t see it in person. Watch till the end to see the incredible dark mode.

Brace yourself for more pics of this epic castle collab

Glorious LEGO-lution celebrates Arcane’s end in bricks

Over two seasons, the Netflix series Arcane brought the fantasy world of League of Legends to life in gorgeous animation. Like many, builder craftingcorrine wasn’t ready to let go after the final episode aired, so she turned to LEGO to recreate Viktor’s Glorious Evolution. The colors are gorgeous, matching the rich, painterly tones of the animated series with layers achieved by the use of transparent elements. I love the blend of mosaic and character model rising from the tiles and the clever parts usage, like a baby Friends turtle on the god-form’s chest. As a multi-media artist, Corrine painted a custom Jayce minifig to match the scene.

As a bonus, Corrine discovered that the mosaic glows under blacklight.

Corrine’s “Glorious LEGO-lution” was displayed at Brickworld Chicago where it was nominated for best 2D artwork. Congratulations, Corrine – we can’t wait to see where your building takes you next!

Far from home – How my MOCs found their way to LEGO House [Feature]

Sometimes the first step in a journey starts long before it has a direction. Give a child LEGO, and who knows where it will take them?

Since I got my first set, LEGO has been an activity that puts me into a creative zone where I lose track of time and forget to eat. Four decades later, it found me at Brickcon 2022. I didn’t know it then, but I was on a road that would lead me to The LEGO House Masterpiece Gallery, a destination I never could have dreamed possible when that first set was placed in my hands so many years ago.

Read on to learn how building for local events led me to Billund

How did the jaguar get its spots? For this incredible LEGO model, from tires and more

Automaker Jaguar’s mottos are “delete ordinary” and “copy nothing,” and those mottos could just as well apply to builder Sakiya Watanabe, who, over just one year of building characters and creatures, has constantly pushed boundaries with LEGO parts use. Take a close look at the builder’s latest model and you’ll find surprises throughout. The face is dense with clever solutions, like a turkey nose, fabric tongue, and minifig arms. The rock base hides a Scout Trooper helmet, Power Miners monster mold, and what I think is a DUPLO baby hippo.

But the most exciting technique is the Jaguar’s spots, created by inverting tires and using minifig hair or brick configurations inside to create organic shapes. Perhaps there’s a bit of homage with Sakiya’s jaguar to DeRa’s incredible tiger, current on display in the Masterpiece Gallery in Billund.

Click to learn more about how the model was created

TBB Weekly Brick Report: LEGO news roundup for October 12, 2025 [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 2nd week of October 2025.

TBB NEWS AND REVIEWS This year marks the 20th anniversary of LEGO Batman, and Merch will see the release of a bunch of LEGO sets to celebrate, including a pretty cool Batman logo covered in black and sometimes very, very dark gray greebles. Be sure to check out last week’s Brick Report for more news and features you may have missed.

[NEWS] LEGO celebrates 20 years of Batman with new Batmobiles and a Bat logo releasing March 2026 — Batmobiles from three movies, and one big logo for your own Bat-signal mark the first wave of sets celebrating 20 years of LEGO Batman.
[REVIEW] LEGO Bricklink Designer Program Series 6 – Sequoia Tree Trail: Towering beauty — we explored this tribute to some of the most magestic trees on the planet.

TBB FEATURES & INTERVIEWS

[FEATURE] These Friendshiptember builds are out of this world — The heavy hitters of SHIPtember are forming their armada for the poster, leaving the defence of the galaxy to FriendSHIPs.
[FEATURE] A symphony of Silksong tributes in LEGO — Some games are so distinct they make perfect subjects for LEGO, like the critically aclaimed sequel to Hollow Knight, Silksong.
[INTERVIEW] One does not simply make LEGO models of Barad-Dûr this big — A larger collection of black rocks you will not find this side of the Anduin.
[FEATURE] LEGO pirates make a scene as Umbasa LUG x Brothers Brick contest sails to an end — Ahoy me hearties, pour out some rum for this collection of coarse corsairs.
[FEATURE] Looks like meat’s back on the menu: 19 custom LEGO orcs — A showcase of slobbering brutes, and other colorful characters inspired by Middle Earth’s most notorious henchmen.

This medieval ballista will make your head roll

When battle calls for a massive medieval missile, your army should definitely have a ballista on hand. And Metro[pcs] has crafted one for all your LEGO castle siege needs. We love the use of gears and paint rollers to craft a machine that looks functional at such a small scale. But mostly we’re head over heals for those helmets as wheels.

We’re ecstatic about this Phantom-X mech

Although it sprang from Marco De Bon’s imagination, this masterfully built mech looks like it taken straight from a yesteryear toy aisle. The mostly black body is perfectly highlighted with bits of red and silver, and the range of posing possibilities outshines a lot of comparable LEGO builds. But Marco has had plenty of practice perfecting these bots. Check out our interview with Marco about his 1o years of building LEGO mecha!