Category Archives: LEGO

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A brilliant Claas Xerion is here just in time for the start of the new growing season [Instructions]

Cole Blaq hasn’t treated us with his new wonderful designs since the middle of the last year. Finally, he is back starting the new building season with an awesome Town-themed model of Claas Xerion. The tractor has a lot in common with the new LEGO City 60181 Forest Tractor set, but unlike the official model it has a rotating cabin. Make sure to check out the instructions for this cool creation; it won’t take you many pieces to build one for your own LEGO farm!

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LEGO 75928 Pteranodon Chase from Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom [Review]

When the original 2015 wave of Jurassic World sets retired, some people thought the theme wouldn’t return. But with the new Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom movie coming out in June, this popular line has been brought back to life. As The Brothers Brick has already reported, there will be 8 regular sets releasing next week. In addition, there will be related sets under the Brickheadz, Juniors, and Duplo themes. For this review we will focus on one of the smaller sets under the main theme: 75928 Pteranodon Chase. This set contains 126 pieces, including two minifigures and a Pteranodon dinosaur, and will retail for $19.99 USD.

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A terrific tower of Amsterdam

Located in Amsterdam, the A’DAM Tower is more than just a simple office block. Sitting atop of the office block is the A’DAM LOOKOUT, an observation deck featuring a restaurant and an “over the edge swing” among other attractions. Originally opened in 1971 as the headquarters of Royal Dutch Shell, the tower’s observation deck and other new features opened in 2016.

According to the builder, Flickr user Erwin te Kortschot, this LEGO model was constructed as the result of a commission by Dutch company Kawneer Netherlands. As in real life, this LEGO model places the central mass of the structure at an angle when compared to both the base and the observation deck. As any LEGO builder knows, building at angles with rectangular bricks can be a challenge. This model serves as an example of what is possible though.

Judgment Day starts with a Technic Arm

Just like the scene from the Terminator movies, the missing link to the end of our world and beginnings of Skynet all began with a robotic arm, and we have Adam Wołkowycki to thank for. It all begins with innocent simple tasks like these. Grabbing an object, and performing routine tasks. All built with LEGO parts including pneumatic and electronic components. Containing 6 motors, 2 IR receivers, 7 pneumatic cylinders and 4 linear actuators.

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LEGO Star Wars 5005376 Darth Vader Pod [Review]

The highly anticipated Darth Vader Pod has finally been released. LEGO fans were quite disappointed after it was initially canceled last year for the Christmas period due to manufacturing issues. Since then, we’ve known that the pod’s unique feature is its metallic/chrome-based finish, which drove up the hype when LEGO announced that it was back again for this month’s promotional giveaway. Was it worth the wait? Let’s take a closer look at this sought after polybag.

Read the full review of the Darth Vader Pod

A LEGO Beholder for your next D&D campaign

The great thing about the Beholder from Dungeons & Dragons is how much it can vary from artist to artist despite its basic description of an eyeball with teeth and tentacles. alanboar’s LEGO interpretation of the monster is suitably creepy with dripping blood doubling as a stand for the floating menace.

The use of the grass pieces as smaller tentacles (or some stray hair) adds a lot of character to the build, and there’s even an adventurer to fight against it in another shot.

The happiest place on Earth, built with LEGO

Disney’s Magic Kingdom, and particularly Sleeping Beauty’s castle, has been a popular subject for LEGO builders. However, many of the attempts to recreate the magic “in the brick” have been in microscale. It’s not often we see someone take on a major re-creation of the park at minifigure-scale. Etel Enzos does just that, with a wonderful diorama of Orlando’s main attraction, complete with central castle and some of the surrounding themed “lands”.

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LEGO Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom & new Jurassic Park sets now available [News]

The full range of LEGO sets for Jurassic World is now available in the US LEGO online store. If you’ve been waiting for these, now’s the time to get your hands on them. We’ve highlighted a few fan favourites below that we’d think you’d want to grab early.

Indoraptor Rampage at Lockwood Estate 129.99 USD 1019 Pieces

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LEGO Star Wars 75212 Kessel Run Millennium Falcon from Solo: A Star Wars Story [Review]

The largest set in the first wave of LEGO Star Wars sets from Solo: A Star Wars Story is 75212 Kessel Run Millennium Falcon at 1,414 pieces for $169.99. The set depicts an earlier incarnation of Han Solo’s iconic freighter, long before he made extensive modifications and upgrades to it in the years leading up to its appearance in A New Hope.

Other than the color, what’s unique about this LEGO version, and how is it different from 75105 Millennium Falcon from The Force Awakens released barely two and a half years ago? Let’s dig in and find out…

Read our complete review of 75212 Kessel Run Millennium Falcon from Solo: A Star Wars Story

TBB Weekly Brick Report: LEGO news roundup for April 15, 2018 [News]

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 third week of April 2018.

TBB NEWS, FEATURES & INSTRUCTIONS: Read about what sets you can now buy, what sets are coming up, and check out two of our feature articles about Toys ‘R’ Us and how to build big.

LEGO unveils 41611 Marty McFly and Doc Brown BrickHeadz – Back to the Future has returned in LEGO form with new BrickHeadz based on the iconic film.
Final LEGO Jurassic World set unveiled as 75933 T. Rex Transport – The last dinosaur has ben revealed as the iconic T. rex, available starting April 16.
Last Solo: A Star Wars Story LEGO set photos just in time for the latest trailer – Get a close up look at the last few sets announced for the upcoming Star Wars movie.
Solo: A Star Wars Story LEGO sets available now – The first wave of sets are available now from Solo: A Star Wars Story an entire month before the movie comes out.
LEGO to open its second flagship store in Shanghai, China – LEGO announced its second store is Shanghai will open in the Shanghai ShiMao Festival City in People’s Square.
Instructions to build your very own working Nerf dart gun – Astonishing Studios built a fully working and operational Nerf Dart gun, and we have the instructions here just for you.
Feature: How I built a 20,000-piece LEGO rice plantation inspired by The LEGO Ninjago Movie – Anu Pehrson shares her process of how a large LEGO creation goes from idea to completion over 3 months.
Feature: Toys ‘R’ Us, looking back and moving forward for LEGO fans – The iconic toy store is closing, but what affect will it have on LEGO fans worldwide?

TBB REVIEWS: We went a little review crazy this week, with a brand new wave of sets about to hit shelves from Star Wars, Incredibles 2, Jurassic World and more.

Review of LEGO Star Wars 75209 Han Solo’s Landspeeder from Solo: A Star Wars Story – One of the smallest sets to include Han Solo, this set retails for $29.99 with 345 pieces.
Review of LEGO BrickHeadz 41613 Mr. Incredible & Frozone – This BrickHeadz two-pack retails for $19.99 and includes 160 pieces, based on the upcoming Incredible 2 film.
Review of LEGO Juniors 10760 Underminer Bank Heist – This set retails for $24.99 with 149 pieces, and three unique minifigs: Elastigirl, Mr. Incredible, and Underminer.
Review of LEGO 10759 Elastigirl’s Rooftop Pursuit – This set retails for $19.99 with 95 pieces and two unique minifigs: long-armed Elastigirl and Screenslaver.
Review of LEGO Jurassic Park 25th anniversary set 75932 Jurassic Park Velociraptor Chase – Come back to Isla Nublar with this set with 360 pieces for $39.99.
Review of LEGO BrickHeadz 41614 Owen and Blue – The Jurassic World two-pack retails for $19.99, includes 234 pieces and features the first non-humanoid BrickHeadz.
Review of LEGO Technic 42076 Hovercraft – This set retails for $89.99 and includes 1,020 pieces, but does it actually float?
Review of LEGO 5005358 Minifigure Factory – If you don’t want to open your collectible box, we’ve done it for you to take a look at some detailed micro-figures.

OTHER NEWS: There were a few other LEGO news articles from varying places around the web this week. Here are the best of the rest:
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LEGO Jurassic Park 25th anniversary set 75932 Jurassic Park Velociraptor Chase [Review]

Despite what your 12-year-old neighbor thinks, movies about theme parks set in artificial dinosaur habitats didn’t start in 2015 with Jurassic World starring Chris Pratt. They started back in 1993 with the Steven Spielberg classic Jurassic Park, based on the Michael Crichton novel of the same name. And as part of this year’s wave of LEGO sets tying into the latest sequel Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, LEGO isn’t missing the opportunity to celebrate Jurassic Park’s 25th anniversary by taking us back to Isla Nublar. 75932 Jurassic Park Velociraptor Chase includes 360 pieces, and is available beginning April 16 for $39.99 USD from the LEGO Shop Online.

Read our full review of 75932 Jurassic Park Velociraptor Chase

Bad guy versus good cop with these LEGO characters and their cool cars

The embodiment of a mobster character is captured perfectly by Martin Redfern. Cigar, check. Tommy Gun, check. Gangster pose, check. To top it all off, the elements used for the suit for shaping makes it look like it was tailored by a master — although I suspect that may be a Sharpie-branded tie.

The accompanying cruiser is screaming out ‘mobster vehicle’ all over too! Styled in black with red highlights and chrome headlights.

And of course, when there is bad, there must be good to balance it all out.

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