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TBB Weekly Brick Report: LEGO news roundup for April 4, 2020

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 January 2020.

We’ve got details on all the new LEGO sets coming for April! Keep reading our Brick Report to get all the details.

TBB NEWS AND REVIEWS: This week we saw the reveal of the new Fast & Furious Dodge Charger and the new LEGO Star Wars 501st Legion Clone Troopers battle Pack, got our free download of the most recent issue of Hispabrick, PLUS we take a look at all the new sets coming out for April 2020!

LEGO goes Fast & Furious with Technic 42111 Dom’s Dodge Charger – This 1,000+ piece model of the iconic Dodge Charger from Fast & Furious is speeding our way with pre-orders available now.
Hispabrick Magazine March 2020, Issue 34 now available for free download – The latest issue of Hispabrick is out and filled with great content. Download your copy today if you haven’t done so!
New LEGO Star Wars 501st Legion Clone Troopers Battle Pack to hit stores August 2020 – Here is the first look at the new LEGO Star Wars 501st Legion Clone Troopers Battle Pack which will be available this August.
Leaving LEGO Masters: An interview with the seventh team to leave [Feature] – We sat down with the team of LEGO Masters contestants eliminated last week during the Good vs. Evil challenge.
Your guide to the 19 new LEGO sets for April 2020, including Pirates of Barracuda Bay [News] – We are building from home to pass the time, so here are the new LEGO sets for April including the Pirates of Barracuda Bay.

TBB INSTRUCTIONS:

How to build the baby-est of baby grand pianos [Instructions] – Expert LEGO artist Tiago Catarino will show you how to build an adorable baby grand piano!
Relive the Star Wars Trench Run with a LEGO custom build kit [Instructions] – Stuck at home during the lockdown? See if you can gather enough parts to build this splendid animated Trench Run scene from Star Wars designed by Jason Allemann.

TBB April Fools

Hands-on with the new LEGO SPOTS for boys [April Fools] – We managed to get an early look at the upcoming LEGO SPOTS for boys. Are they totally dope or totally dank? Our reviewer certainly has some opinions on the matter.
LEGO SPOTS for boys revealed as new extension of LEGO DOTS [April Fools] – LEGO SPOTS have arrived with new tile-based crafting kits for boys.

OTHER NEWS: There were quite a few other interesting LEGO news articles from around the web this week. Here are the best of the rest:

Top Gear’s Top 9: the best LEGO cars to build right now, Top Gear – Time on your hands? Waste it in most excellent fashion with these LEGO kits
The LEGO Group and the LEGO Foundation support children and families impacted by COVID-19, LEGO – With many families staying at home and millions more facing job, food, and medical insecurity, the LEGO Foundation and the LEGO Group have joined forces to address the critical needs of children in these unprecedented times.
LEGOLAND New York Openeing postponed, LEGOLAND New York Facebook – LEGOLAND New York postpones its grand opening.

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Hispabrick Magazine March 2020, Issue 34 now available for free download [News]

Hispabrick is a LEGO magazine that’s published both in English and Spanish and available for free in digital format and also in print (at cost) for the past 12 years. The first issue for 2020 is now available after a short delay as Lluís Gibert from the editorial board had a new addition to his family! Congrats and we welcome a BFOD (Baby Fan Of Duplo) to the community.

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New LEGO Star Wars 501st Legion Clone Troopers Battle Pack to hit stores August 2020 [News]

StarWars.com has just shared an early look at the newest LEGO Star Wars battle pack. The long-awaited 501st Legion Clone Troopers battle pack featuring an AT-RT walker, a BARC speeder, as well as six minifigures is slated to be in stores starting August 1st. The set will retail for US US $29.99 | CAN $39.99 | UK £24.99.

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Leaving LEGO Masters: An interview with the seventh team to leave [Feature]

LEGO Masters aired its seventh episode last week where contestants teamed up to build a Good vs Evil lair and battle. The Brothers Brick had the opportunity to sit down with the eliminated team and talk about their experience, what happened when the cameras were off, and how to handle both good and bad twists.

In our interview, the team talks about how they met and became friends, what skills are needed to do well on the show and what it is like building for long periods of time under bright lights. If you haven’t yet watched the episode, be warned that there will be spoilers!

Read our interview with the eliminated LEGO Masters contestants

Hands-on with the new LEGO SPOTS for boys [April Fools]

Hot on the tails of their DOTS success, LEGO has revealed the SPOTS line of accessories for boys ages 6-12. In advance of the theme’s release on April 1st, The Brothers Brick obtained an advance copy to share our impressions of the boys’ extension of the creative tile theme.

Our reviewer got his grubby little hands all over these new sets. Will he deem them totally badass or do they just blow chunks? Maybe a little of both? Read on to find out.

Click to read our full review of LEGO SPOTS.

LEGO SPOTS for boys revealed as new extension of LEGO DOTS [April Fools]

LEGO has revealed SPOTS, a new extension of the DOTS product line targeted at boys. The initial wave of the 2D tile-based crafting theme features armbands, expressive emoji picture holders, a flaming skull pencil pot, and the first in a series of “Extra SPOTS” emoji booster packs surrounding space exploration. Prices vary from US $4.99 to $19.99 with availability beginning April 1st.

The creation of SPOTS is partially due to feedback on LEGO’s successful DOTS product line for exclusively targeting girls with bright colors, pastel packaging and glitter. The SPOTS theme again features building with 1×1 tiles (square, round, and quarter-circle tiles), but this time uses more black, white, red and blue colors along with unique prints of bugs, fire, road signs, grotesque emojis and space artifacts that more easily align with boys’ interests.

Take a closer look at the new LEGO SPOTS product line

Your guide to the 19 new LEGO sets for April 2020, including Pirates of Barracuda Bay [News]

Most of us are at home right now, but if you are in a position to fill your time with some LEGO building, there are 19 new sets and items to choose from for April. The biggest set launching today is the new LEGO Ideas Pirates of Barracuda Bay followed by pre-orders for the Technic Fast & Furious Dodge Charger.

LEGO is also offering two seasonal gifts-with-purchase, an exclusive Easter Egg with purchases more than US $50, and a smaller yellow Easter Bunny polybag with purchases more than US $30. Both gifts-with-purchase will be available through April 14th while supplies last, and yes, you can get both on a single order.

See the entire April 2020 wave of new LEGO sets now available

LEGO goes Fast & Furious with Technic 42111 Dom’s Dodge Charger [News]

LEGO has revealed the Technic 42111 Dom’s Dodge Charger, a 1,077-piece set depicting the iconic car driven by Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) in the Fast & Furious film franchise. The 1:13 scale model features details from its on-screen inspiration like a V8 engine, double-wishbone suspension, a wheelie bar and a few extra nitro bottles in the trunk.

The set announcement comes only a mere two months after we first reported that LEGO had entered into a partnership with the Fast & Furious film franchise. Dom’s Dodge Charger will retail for US $99.99 | CAN $139.99 | UK £89.99 with pre-orders available immediately. The sets will become globally available on April 27th.

Click to take a closer look at the new LEGO Technic Fast & Furious Dodge Charger

Discover the secrets of 21322 Pirates of Barracuda Bay from the LEGO designers who created it [News]

Ahoy, ye mateys and join the hearty crew of Barracuda Bay! The most recently revealed LEGO Ideas set, 21322 Pirates of Barracuda Bay, was officially revealed last week and we’ve already published our hands-on review and an interview with the design team. Today, LEGO designers Sam Johnson and Austin Carlson give us a tour of the massive shipwrecked island and show off some of the hidden secrets of the set.

The 2,545-piece set features a shipwreck island teeming with eight minifigures and can be re-built into a fully working pirate ship. 21322 Pirates of Barracuda Bay will retail for US $199.99 | CAN $259.99 | UK £179.99 starting April 1st.

TBB Weekly Brick Report: LEGO news roundup for March 28, 2020

Ahoy! The return of LEGO Pirates is off the port bow! Keep reading our Brick Report to get all the details.

TBB NEWS,FEATURES AND REVIEWS: This week we saw the triumphant return of LEGO Pirates, reviewed the new set of Collectable Minifigs and the Technic Mobile Crane, plus we took a quick look at the latest gift with purchase just in time for Easter.

LEGO Collectible Minifigures 71027 Series 20 celebrates the theme’s 10th anniversary [Review] – We’ve gotten our hands on LEGO Collectible Minifigure Series 20, and we’re taking a close look at each of the 16 new characters in this detailed review!
LEGO Technic 42108 Mobile Crane [Review] – We are building and testing the new LEGO Technic mobile crane. Is it really better than all the previous models?
Behind the scenes of LEGO Ideas 21322 Pirates of Barracuda Bay with designers Milan Madge and Austin Carlson [Feature] – We got to pick the brains of the two designers behind LEGO’s newest Ideas set, 21322 Pirates of Barracuda Bay.
Leaving LEGO Masters: An interview with the sixth team to leave [Feature] – We sat down with the team of LEGO Masters contestants eliminated last week during the Storybook Challenge who shared their thoughts on the show.
LEGO 40371 Easter Egg Limited Edition Gift With Purchase [Review] – We take a quick look at the LEGO Easter Egg Exclusive set for the holiday season.
LEGO Ideas launches 21322 Pirates of Barracuda Bay marking the return of classic pirates [News] – Classic LEGO pirates are back with this massive Barracuda Bay which can transform into a complete pirate ship, available April 1st.
LEGO Ideas 21322 Pirates of Barracuda Bay is a 2,500-piece love letter to classic Pirates [Review] – The Black Seas Barracuda is back! LEGO’s newest Ideas set is 21322 Pirates of Barracuda Bay, and it’s a whopping 2,545 piece shipwreck island.

OTHER NEWS: There were quite a few other interesting LEGO news articles from around the web this week. Here are the best of the rest:

This Building Block Waffle Maker Is Like Eating Lego for Breakfast, Gizmodo – Beating Lego to the punch, a clever inventor wants to turn breakfast into not only the most important meal of the day, but the most entertaining one as well.
11 of the Coolest Builds By Bored People With a Lot of Lego Bricks, Gizmodo – Here are 11 of the best projects a person could tackle given enough Lego bricks.

LEGO Technic 42108 Mobile Crane [Review]

Did you know that the very first LEGO Technic mobile crane was released more than 40 years ago? The lovely 855 Mobile Crane became the eighth product in the Technic lineup since its start in 1977. Despite its simple design, it had every essential function of a real machine. A handful of mobile (and stationary) cranes have been released since then. The year 2020 brings yet another one, 42108 Mobile Crane. During the previous decade, the variety of LEGO Technic pieces have evolved a lot, and multiple new mechanisms have been introduced, too. The question is, how many of those new concepts are implemented in the latest set and how different is it from the previous versions of mobile cranes? Let’s build and test this 1,292-piece set, which retails at US $99.99 | CAN $139.99 | UK £89.99, and find out if it is worth a purchase.

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Behind the scenes of LEGO Ideas 21322 Pirates of Barracuda Bay with designers Milan Madge and Austin Carlson [Feature]

A few days ago LEGO took the wraps off the newest Ideas set, 21322 Pirates of Barracuda Bay, a massive shipwreck island that contains the wreckage of the infamous Black Seas Barracuda. And not only that, but the set can also be transformed to create the full, seaworthy sailing ship too, and it will be available April 1, 2020, for US $199.99 | CAN $259.99 | UK £179.99. We got our hands on an early copy to bring you a full review, but we also had a chance to sit down (virtually) with the two LEGO designers behind the set, set Designer Milan Madge and minifigure Designer Austin William Carlson, to ask them a few more things we wanted to know about the set. You’ll definitely want to read our full review first, though.

Read the TBB review of 21322 Pirates of Barracuda Bay here.

First of all, let me say that I just finished building the set, and I absolutely love it. For people like me who grew up with the original Pirates theme, this set is loaded with nostalgia and is so much fun, plus it’s a great build. Have either of you worked on any pirates sets previously? And if so, which ones?

Milan: Thanks for the kind words! I think I speak for the whole team when I say that we are so pleased you like it. We worked really hard to try and deliver something that would take you back to your childhood, just as the theme does for Pablo, the fan designer, so I’m so glad it did. I’ve never had the pleasure to work on LEGO Pirates before, so this is new ground for me, but I spent an awful lot of time making huge pirate and castle dioramas as a kid.

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