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An even smaller LEGO Caterham

The microscale style has reached one of my personal favourite LEGO Ideas sets, 21307 Caterham Seven 620R. Builder Victor has managed to cram the important features of that build into a handful of pieces, complete with a simple base that uses one of the printed pieces from the official set. The rear section is where most of the interesting stuff is happening: the use of two fender pieces to make the back fenders is smart, but the minifig headphones as the roll cage is even smarter, while the batarang as the windscreen detail makes me want to invert these colours to make a proper open top batmobile.

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TBB Weekly Brick Report: LEGO news roundup for March 18, 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 March 2018.

TBB NEWS, REVIEWS & INSTRUCTIONS: There were reviews and news a plenty this week, so sit back and relax with our weekly news recap.

Review of LEGO Marvel 76105 Hulkbuster: Ultron Edition – The set includes 1,363 pieces, an exclusive Iron Man minifigure and is priced at $119.99 USD.
Review of LEGO Speed Champions 75885 Ford Fiesta M-Sport WRC – The Ford Fiesta kitted out for World Rally Championship racing sells for $14.99 with 203 pieces and a minifig.
Free LEGO Easter Bunny Hut Promo and Double VIP points – The LEGO store has Double VIP points and a free Easter Bunny minifig with purchases over $35 USD.
LEGO 2017 Financial Results – Simplified and made easy! – We’ve cut all the jargon to help translate LEGO’s current financial state into some key takeaways.
Instructions to assemble your own Fåctötum, a robot from IMEA – There is a certain Swedish style to these instructions for your own a robot from Luigi Priori.
Instructions to build a BrickHeadz leprechaun – TBB writer Daniel Fortine created this set of instructions make a leprechaun for St. Patrick’s Day, BrickHeadz style.

TBB LEGO SET NEWS: Classics are making a comeback, with sets reveals from the original Jurassic Park. The Incredibles, Star Wars, Tron and the Wizarding World.

Original Jurassic Park LEGO set revealed, along with more from Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom – A throwback set to the original Jurassic Park has been revealed that includes Dr. Grant, Ellie, Lex, and Tim in an iconic and terrifying scene with a velociraptor.
LEGO Jurassic World BrickHeadz 41614 revealed – Owen and Blue make their debut in cube form and are as cute as ever.
Disney Pixar’s Incredibles 2 LEGO Juniors sets revealed – The Incredibles are back and each have their own minifigure, including Jack-Jack!
LEGO Star Wars Han Solo, Range Trooper & Darth Maul buildable figures revealed – These buildable figures are the next in line of classic Star Wars characters.
First LEGO Fantastic Beasts set revealed as 75951 Grindelwald’s Escape – The set features a Thestral-pulled carriage and minifigs of Grindelwald and Seraphina Picquery.
LEGO Ideas Tron Legacy lightbikes revealed in teaser trailer – We have your first look at the upcoming LEGO Ideas set based on Tron Legacy.

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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A sharp-toothed frog

Did you know that most frogs do have teeth? They are very tiny and not actually used for chewing. But this frog is on a whole different level. I’m pretty sure you don’t want to make him angry! Nobu_tary, a LEGO builder we’ve featured many times, is the witty creator behind this creature. Usually he makes LEGO food like a banana as well as posable figures, but this is a refreshing new addition to his collection!

The body-shaping here is really terrific, and the use of that head piece brings it to life. You might recognize the part from the retired LEGO Chima Speedorz set, 70103 Boulder Bowling. It’s one of those pieces that are difficult to find another use for, but he’s done it perfectly here! This is one frog I wouldn’t mind dissecting… and putting back together of course!

Classic LEGO duck looks and plays just like the original [Video]

Before LEGO produced plastic bricks, the company had its humble roots in making wooden toys. The wooden duck was first produced in 1935 and is an icon of the early years of LEGO. Jason Allemann has recreated a 1:1 scale of the model, complete with moving mouth when the duck is pulled. Check out more info on the builder’s blog and get access to free instructions to build your own.

Watch the plastic wooden LEGO duck in action in a video

A Peasant’s Castle

If you were a medieval peasant, would you prefer a cozy hut in the village, or a windmill in the countryside? Though it may be a bit drafty, I think I’d pick the windmill. At least, I’d pick this one, built by Sandro Damiano! With its quaint cabin and cobblestone path, it’s a peasant’s castle!

Sandro does a great job of capturing all the little dimensions and levels. It keeps your eyes wandering around the scene. This garden is full of tasty veggies to take to the market!

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Incredible radio controlled Maggie with Snowball II [Video]

Maggie’s loose again in this quirky creation by Andreas Weißenburg. Maggie is posable and completely radio-controlled, cleverly constructed using an SBrick and Power Functions Motors. It features four-wheel steering and tilting trucks, but don’t take our word for it—we’ve got video of Maggie action.

We’re trying something a little different at the Brothers Brick to introduce some of the amazing videos our builders are coming up with of their LEGO art, so we had Andreas send us some video and we added a bit of commentary. So check out this video of Maggie cruising around, and also let us know what you think of this style.

Enforcing the law in a single-seat escort starfighter

Details are one thing, but Jeremy Williams takes it to astronomical levels with the Krait Single-Seat Escort. There are so many intense details all around that it’s hard for me to even recognize the pieces or techniques used. It is not just about the intensity, colours help too. We’re so used to seeing gray textures on mecha and spaceships that even black, let alone blue versions of it come out as a total surprise.

I shouldn’t just emphasize the textures and details though, even if they are the build’s highlight. The colour blocking is excellent and the shape of the spacecraft is believably blocky with no redundancy. A genius addition is the microscale space station in the background, which is a solid build in its own right. The post-production on the picture is very attractive too, making it look almost like box art for an official LEGO set.

Everyone is a little Irish on St. Paddy’s Day

Harkening back to the good ol’ days, this delightful minifig presentation by Matt Oborne is a simple celebration of Saint Patrick’s Day. Showing a straightforward yet effective technique to curve LEGO elements into a beautiful rainbow, Matt has created a humble tribute to an incredibly enjoyable celebration. May you find your Pot o’ Gold this March 17th.

Build your very own BrickHeadz Leprechaun [Intructions]

Looking for a bit of Irish luck? Now you can build your very own BrickHeadz Leprechaun this St. Patrick’s Day. Sorry, no wishes granted by this LEGO fellow, but maybe a little luck will rub off on you.

Instructions to build your own BrickHeadz Leprechaun after the jump

Long live the Queen... of nightmares.

There are few monsters in the history of movies that strike more terror in audiences and fans than the Queen Xenomorph imagined by James Cameron in the movie Aliens. Here at TBB we have featured many LEGO xenomorphs in the past, but in my opinion, this Queen by Manufactura Jarema is one of the best, most detailed queen models I have ever seen.

There are so many details that are worth mentioning. For one, the use of two black clip elements used to create the tapering barbs on the flexible tail. Also, the hinge piece on the arms is the perfect part for making thin yet posable limbs. Besides the many wonderful details in the Queen herself, the stand which contains great environmental structure also features another hero of this model, the Facehugger!

Cross the bridge and find yourself

Many people use LEGO building as a form of meditation, but not quite as many use LEGO to literally build meditation. Andreas Lenander definitely uses it at least for the latter — that we can be sure of. The build is very atmospheric, but secretly, it is also quite technical in its construction.

The Journey represents an old traveler crossing a bridge amongst blooming trees. The surrounding landscape is not bad, but the bridge is really the impressive part. The railing uses Elves fence pieces with a well-known curve technique. The bridge itself is just stacked plates carefully curved to follow the railing’s curvature – a construction that seems very unstable, but Andreas says that it actually holds together quite well. The trees should be noted too, densely packed with flowers, nicely designed trunks, and lanterns hanging off the branches.

LEGO Jurassic World BrickHeadz 41614 revealed [News]

It’s looking more and more like each LEGO theme will be getting the BrickHeadz treatment, with the reveal today of the first official box art and product photos of the BrickHeadz from the next installment in the Jurassic Park franchise, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (due in theaters this June). Following the combo-pack release of two characters in a single set we first saw with 41489 Rey & Kylo Ren last year, 41614 Owen & Blue features the protagonist played by Chris Pratt alongside a brick-built CGI dinosaur. The set includes 234 pieces, and we’ll bring you an update when we have a firm release date and price.

Blue is the first non-humanoid character released as a BrickHeadz (even the seasonal BrickHeadz like the Valentine’s Day Bee and Easter Rabbit are fairly anthropomorphic), so it will be interesting to see how LEGO recreates other animals and creatures in the future.

See more photos of the upcoming Jurassic World BrickHeadz