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Stay current on the latest news and information about LEGO, from sales & deals to new set announcements. We also cover LEGO events and conventions all over the world.

76052 Batman Classic TV Series Batcave available early to LEGO VIP members [News]

Holy haberdashery, Batman! The highly anticipated 76052 Batman Classic TV Series Batcave has just been released early for LEGO VIP Program members. If you’re not already a VIP member, signing up is free, and gives you access to sets like this early, as well as points you can redeem for future purchases from the LEGO Store (both online and in person).

The set includes 2,526 pieces with nine minifigs — Batman & Bruce Wayne, Robin & Dick Grayson, and Alfred, along with villains the Joker, Catwoman, the Riddler and the Penguin. The set retails for $269.99 in the US, $329.99 in Canada, and a variety of other prices elsewhere.

We’ll have a full review of this new set to share with you in the next couple of days.

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LEGO at Toy Fair New York 2016: Wrap-up [News]

The 2016 New York Toy Fair continues through tomorrow, but with the LEGO preview event we attended on Saturday morning, we’re ready to summarize our coverage here at The Brothers Brick. Our friends over at From Bricks to Bothans have also provided excellent coverage of all the licensed themes, so be sure to head over there and check out comprehensive coverage from them (with the event limited to just two hours, we missed a few things while trying to cover everything). Similarly, Joe Meno has also posted photos on Flickr.

The biggest news from Toy Fair was the official unveiling of 75098 Assault on Hoth.

Let’s just say that the reaction from the LEGO Star Wars fan community was … mixed, as illustrated by this useful diagram that’s been circulating on Facebook (we’re trying to dig up the original source — give him or her a shout-out in the comments if you know).

One item we haven’t covered yet is our demo video of the new Ghostbusters 3 Ecto-1.

Click through to see the rest of our Toy Fair 2016 coverage

How to get featured on The Brothers Brick, 2016 edition [Editorial]

Back in 2009, I wrote a lengthy post titled How to get featured on The Brothers Brick, in 3 easy steps. A lot has changed in 7 years, for both TBB itself and on the web more generally, and it’s time we shared how we go about finding and selecting what to highlight here on The Brothers Brick in 2016.

The “three easy steps” I outlined back then are still 100% true:

Build something cool.
Take a few decent pictures.
Put them somewhere we’ll find them.

But it’s worth revisiting what we expect in terms of presentation and “findability.” I’ll also cover what we consider newsworthy, in case you have an event you’d like us to feature or a hot tip you’d like to share.

Click through to learn how to get your MOC, event, or news item featured!

LEGO Angry Birds in action at Toy Fair 2016 in New York [News]

Although we’ve already seen official photos of the LEGO sets from the Angry Birds movie, we had a chance to see them in person and play with one of the larger sets while at Toy Fair in NYC yesterday. All of the sets are scheduled for release in April 2016.

75825 Piggy Pirate Ship includes 620 pieces and will retail for $59.99.

You can see it in action in this video:

Click through to see more photos of LEGO Angry Birds

Super Heroes: DC Universe at New York Toy Fair 2016 [News]

We’re continuing our coverage of LEGO at New York Toy Fair with the newly unveiled sets for the DC Universe, bringing more exciting sets alongside the LEGO Marvel Super Heroes line.

76045 Kryptonite Interception (306 pieces @ $29.99)

Click for more DC Super Hero Coverage!

LEGO Elves – and dragons! – from New York Toy Fair 2016 [News]

We’re excited to bring you pictures from the new line of LEGO Elves revealed at Toy Fair in New York. Stay posted this week for our upcoming reviews of 41172 The Water Dragon Adventure and 41176 The Secret Market Place!

41171 Emily Jones & the Baby Wind Dragon (80 pieces @ $9.99)

Beyond here there be dragons!

More LEGO Ninjago 2016 sets revealed at NYC Toy Fair [News]

The LEGO Ninjago theme has had an odd release cycle this year, with sets available outside the US months in advance of the largest market for LEGO, and product details only available at the last minute — LEGO only provided final details of the March 2016 Ninjago sets earlier this week. So, with the caveat that not all details are available or 100% confirmed at this time, here’s what we know about upcoming LEGO Ninjago sets, as revealed at Toy Fair in New York this morning.

70592 Salvage M.E.C. (439 pieces)

See more 2016 LEGO Ninjago sets

2016 LEGO City sets from Toy Fair New York [News]

Next in the lineup of LEGO revealed at Toy Fair in New York today is 2016’s allotment of the perennial favorite, City. These new sets will be available in August. Of particular interest is LEGO’s new big City line, featuring a volcano research team. There are five sets to the new theme, each with a brilliant helping of lime green. New for this fall is also a theme centered around the LEGO City Airport, as well as a fun people pack, featuring a new minifig wheelchair and a new minifig baby.

60124 Volcano Exploration Base ($89.99, 824 pcs)

Click through to see all the new City sets

Captain America: Civil War & other LEGO Marvel sets revealed at Toy Fair NYC 2016 [News]

Alongside the summer 2016 LEGO Star Wars sets LEGO unveiled at Toy Fair this morning in New York City, we bring you the next batch of LEGO Marvel Superheroes sets, scheduled for release in March and August.

Captain America: Civil War is scheduled for release in May, but LEGO will be releasing a number of new Captain America sets in March.

76047 Black Panther Pursuit (287 pieces at $29.99)

76050 Crossbones’ Hazard Heist (179 pieces at $19.99)

Click through to see all the 2016 LEGO Marvel sets

New LEGO Star Wars sets unveiled at Toy Fair New York 2016 [News]

Thanks to our man on the ground, Dan Rubin, we have the juicy details about a ton of new sets revealed by LEGO at the 2016 Toy Fair being held in New York today. In addition to the complete details about 75098 Assault on Hoth posted earlier today, we’ll be bringing you information on new sets in various LEGO themes over the course of the weekend. But let’s get started with the theme you all really wanna see: STAR WARS!

As well as the new battle packs and microfighters that we reviewed in detail last month, there are new sets spanning the original trilogy, prequel trilogy and Rebels animated series. We also got a close-up look at a couple of sets from the brand new Disney XD animated series LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures, which follows the exploits of a bunch of scavengers called the Freemakers, and is set in an era between Empire and Jedi.

75145 Eclipse Fighter (363 pieces at $29.99)

Click through to see more Star Wars sets!

LEGO Star Wars 75098 Assault on Hoth unveiled at Toy Fair NY [News]

LEGO has revealed the next massive Star Wars set, 75098 Assault on Hoth. It brings us to the frozen rebel Echo base during the Imperial assault. The set will have 2,144 pieces including 14 minifigures, and will go on sale April 30 for $249.99 USD.

Read the full press release and see more images

The Bricks Awaken with these life-size LEGO Star Wars figures made from 83,364 pieces [News]

If minifigs just aren’t big enough for you, LEGO has created three life-size sculptures celebrating Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Poe stands 67.3 inches tall, weighs 112 pounds, and took builders 195 hours to place all 22,736 bricks. Finn also weighs 112 pounds, but took builders 205 hours to place all 23,072 bricks in his 68.9 inch stature. And true to the movie, Captain Phasma is huge at 81.5 inches tall, and weighs 185 pounds. She took builders 275 hours and 37,556 bricks to construct.

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