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TBB Weekly Brick Report: LEGO news roundup for March 27, 2021

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 fourth week of March 2021.

We get up close and personal with Darth Vader himself with the new Star Wars bust! Keep reading our Brick Report to get all the details.

TBB NEWS & REVIEWS: This week we blasted off to space with reviews of three new Star Wars sets and the NASA Space Shuttle Discovery, got a look at the new Batman Cowl bust, saw the winner of LEGO’s space themed contest and more!

LEGO Star Wars 75306 Imperial Probe Droid [Review] – Rebel scum beware, the new Imperial Probe Droid is here! Check out our in-depth review of this menacing, many-armed monstrosity.
LEGO Star Wars Helmets Collection: 75304 Darth Vader and 75305 Scout Trooper [Review] – The latest wave of collectible Star Wars Helmets has arrived. We’re taking a close look at the newest helmets, the Scout Trooper and the long awaited Darth Vader.
LEGO officially unveils 75304 Darth Vader, 75305 Scout Trooper, and 75306 Imperial Probe Droid – See more official photos and an interview with the designers of the new spring 2021 LEGO Star Wars sets revealed earlier this week.

LEGO Creator Expert 10283 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery launches with Hubble Telescope [Review] – We’ve got our hands on LEGO’s newest Creator Expert set, the massive NASA Space Shuttle Discovery and Hubble Space Telescope. Also, be sure to check out the official reveal and designer video.
First look at official pictures of the upcoming LEGO Super Heroes 76182 Batman Cowl – The first official pictures of the new LEGO Super Heroes 76182 Batman Cowl are here.
LEGO Ideas space-themed contest results announced – LEGO Ideas blog has just published the results of the most recent building competition.
Builder spotlight: Orion Pax and his pop culture extravaganza – Alex Jones has spent years churning out brilliant LEGO creations from various movies and TV series.

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:

Architectural Lessons of LEGO, ArchDaily – Architecture professor finds lessons in LEGO
11 Secrets of LEGO Designers, Mental Floss – “It’s unfair how cool this job is,” LEGO designer Mike Psiaki confirms to Mental Floss.

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First look at official pictures of the upcoming LEGO Super Heroes 76182 Batman Cowl [News]

Thanks to the US retailer Barnes and Noble, the official pictures of the newest LEGO Super Heroes set, 76182 Batman Cowl, are finally here. A 410-piece set, designed in the style and format similar to the recently announced 76199 Carnage bust, will retail for US $60. Regional prices and precise availability dates are yet to be confirmed, but we expect the set to go on sale as soon as late April.

LEGO Ideas space-themed contest results announced [News]

LEGO Ideas blog has just published the results of the most recent building competition. The Out of this World Space Builds contest was all about spaceships and space exploration, with entries between 150 and 250-piece large. First, the panel of judges evaluated all the entries based on their originality, use of elements, and other criteria. The 15 entries selected by the judges proceeded to the fan vote stage. The winning entry will be turned into the next LEGO Ideas gift-with-purchase set, so today, we learned what to expect in LEGO stores next.

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LEGO Star Wars Helmets Collection: 75304 Darth Vader and 75305 Scout Trooper [Review]

When LEGO announced the first wave of Star Wars helmets many of our readers may have been scratching their heads over the 18+ age rating and the fancy black packaging as LEGO had only recently begun building their adult portfolio. Also notably absent from this line of iconic helmets was perhaps the most iconic helmet of all, the Dark Lord of the Sith himself, Darth Vader. Well, LEGO has corrected this with wave 2 of the Helmets Collection. It includes the ominous visage of 75304 Darth Vader, along with 75305 Scout Trooper, the Stormtrooper variant first seen on the forest moon of Endor, the lightly armored Scout Trooper. The new helmets include 834 and 471 piece respectively, and have price tags of US $69.99 | CAN $99.99 | UK £59.99 (Darth Vader) and US $49.99 | CAN $69.99 | UK £44.99 (Scout Trooper). Both sets will be available for pre-order from March 25th, 2021 from LEGO.com and other retailers, and on general sale globally from April 26th.

Don’t miss our review of 75306 Imperial Probe Droid as well!

The LEGO Group sent The Brothers Brick an early copy of this set for review. Providing TBB with products for review guarantees neither coverage nor positive reviews.

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LEGO officially unveils 75304 Darth Vader, 75305 Scout Trooper, and 75306 Imperial Probe Droid [News]

Following the early view of the spring 2021 LEGO Star Wars sets published on Walmart.com this week, LEGO has now officially unveiled these three new sets targeted at adult builders and collectors. In addition to continuing the Star Wars Helmets series with new 75304 Darth Vader Helmet and 75305 Scout Trooper Helmet sets, LEGO will also be releasing a completely new, large-scale 75306 Imperial Probe Droid sculpture.

Last week, we spoke with the LEGO Star Wars design team about all three of these sets, as well as some upcoming sets that have not yet been fully revealed. Read on for some extra info we heard straight from the design team!

Read all the available details about these new LEGO Star Wars sets

LEGO Star Wars 75306 Imperial Probe Droid [Review]

In the Star Wars universe, the bad guys often have the coolest toys. In A New Hope, it was Star Destroyers and the Death Star, and with the release of The Empire Strikes Back it was the AT-AT. But one of the first new characters appears in the movie as the Empire searches the galaxy for signs of the Rebel scum that destroyed the Death Star. I am, of course, talking about the Viper Probe droid, launched from the Imperial fleet and scattered across the stars in their pods. From the moment we first saw the technological terror rising out of the snowbank, turning its multi-eyed head and unfolding its arms like some kind of evil jellyfish, it was clear that the Empire would stop at nothing to find the rebels. Joining the collectible helmets in the new 18+ line of LEGO sets, the Imperial Probe Droid is finally available at a scale that does the source material justice. 75306 Imperial Probe Droid includes 683 pieces and will retail for US $59.99 | CAN $79.99 | UK £59.99. It is available for pre-order now, and will be available starting April 26.

The LEGO Group sent The Brothers Brick an early copy of this set for review. Providing TBB with products for review guarantees neither coverage nor positive reviews.

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LEGO Creator Expert 10283 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery launches with Hubble Telescope [Review]

LEGO Space Shuttles are a mainstay of the brand’s space themes, with the company having produced well more than a dozen models across a variety of scales, themes, and degrees of accuracy. But there’s something about the iconic design of NASA’s black-and-white reusable space plane that captures our imaginations and keeps drawing us back. The latest set from LEGO is the largest and most detailed yet. 10283 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery has 2,354 pieces and includes both the Discovery orbiter and the Hubble Space Telescope that Discovery launched on the STS-31 mission in April 1990 (the same year as LEGO’s first Space Shuttle set, 1682 Space Shuttle Launch). LEGO is also celebrating 2021 being the 40th anniversary of the first shuttle flight. The new shuttle set is part of the Creator Expert lineup and will be available starting April 1, retailing for US $199.99 | CAN $269.99 | UK £169.99. Today we’re going to dive in with a full, hands-on review of this massive spaceplane.

The LEGO Group sent The Brothers Brick an early copy of this set for review. Providing TBB with products for review guarantees neither coverage nor positive reviews.

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LEGO Star Wars adds 75304 Darth Vader, 75305 Scout Trooper, and 750306 Imperial Probe Droid for spring 2021 [News]

Thanks to retail giant Walmart, we’re getting a first look at three new Star Wars construction sets for adults. LEGO will continue their line of Star Wars Helmets with Darth Vader and the Scout Trooper. The Helmets Collection started last year with Boba Fett, the Stormtrooper, and the TIE Fighter Pilot.

Next to the two helmets, the Imperial Probe Droid will get the LEGO treatment once more. The droid has been made in minifigure scale quite a few times before, but this time it consists of a lot more than 25 pieces and will be in a much larger scale, making it a UCS-style droid similar to 75187 BB-8.

There’s no word yet on precisely when the sets will be released or the prices. These sets vary a bit in size from the previous wave, so we’re not sure if LEGO will price them at the same $59.99 USD.

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Go on a space mission aboard of 10283 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery together with the LEGO design team [Video]

It takes a lot to design a great LEGO spaceship and even more to build a swooshable one. Now, once the new 10283 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery is revealed, let’s look into the eyes of brave LEGO designers behind the latest exclusive set. Meet Milan Madge, Mani Zamani, and Nico Vas, three courageous designers telling us more about how the LEGO version of the Discovery space shuttle was created.

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Super fast speeder zips on by

Do you feel a need for speed? Are your competitors feeling hungry? Fix that speed craving and make your rivals eat your dust as you speed along in Oscar Cederwall‘s LEGO skitter vig.

Look at this speeder zip through the desert! It’s always great to see what sort of science fiction vehicles can be created, and this is no different. Using large blue pieces from buildable action figures was a clever idea, as was the decision to do an open cockpit. We’re able to see the figure, giving us a sense of scale with the dust clouds. Which, by the way, is probably my favorite part of this whole creation. I’m seeing how fast the driver is going and what kind of environment he’s in. This definitely shows Oscar’s talent!

TBB Weekly Brick Report: LEGO news roundup for March 20, 2021

We dig in deep with the Technic Heavy-Duty Excavator! Keep reading our Brick Report to get all the details.

TBB NEWS & REVIEWS: This week we saw the kickoff of the new 2021 BrickLink AFOL Designer Program, built some cute DOTS tags for our luggage and reviewed the Technic Heavy Duty excavator!

2021 BrickLink AFOL Designer Program to give new legs to 31 LEGO Ideas 10k-club designs – Today BrickLink is kicking off the 2021 round of the AFOL Designer Program, featuring 31 LEGO Ideas sets that won 10,000 votes but didn’t pass the review stage.
LEGO DOTS 41930 Bag Tag Panda – The latest wave of DOTS branches out from bracelets to include “bag tags” – cute, cubic animals that can be clipped onto a backpack or other things to add a bit of LEGO flair.
LEGO Technic 42121 Heavy-Duty Excavator [Review] – Today we build and play with the new LEGO Technic 42121 Heavy-Duty Excavator to see if its great design can outweigh the flawed play features.

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:

Get ready for the LEGO Star Wars Minifigure Madness tournament!, StarWars.com – Vote for your favorite heroes and villains of a galaxy far, far away
LEGO to launch three LEGO VIDIYO ad spots during ITV’s The Voice UK final, Toy News – The three 20 second spots – all of which will air during the first advertisement break of the final on Saturday, March 20th – will feature L.L.A.M.A, the first live action human version of a LEGO Minifigure
Lego Brand Group hires ex-Spotify exec Cecilia Qvist to run venture arm, VentureBeat – As head of Lego Ventures, Qvist will help broaden the impact of the mission of learning through play.

LEGO DOTS 41930 Bag Tag Panda [Review]

The latest wave of DOTS branches out from bracelets to include “bag tags” – cute, cubic animals that can be clipped onto a backpack (or other things) to add a bit of LEGO flair. DOTS 41930 Bag Tag Panda is available now from the LEGO Shop Online for US $6.99 | CAN $8.99 | UK £5.99, so we picked one up to take a closer look…and found some interesting new parts for our troubles! Come along as we take a 84 piece trip into the realms of adorableness.

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