TBB Weekly Brick Report: LEGO news roundup for August 16, 2025 [News]
Catch up on the week’s news and reviews from TBB and around the world.
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Life is a LEGO highway as Vignweek day 4 goes road tripping [Feature]
Vignweek 2025 crosses the halfway point with the fourth daily challenge prompt: “Road trip!” Once again, incredible builders heeded the call and quickly assembled LEGO vignettes interpreting the theme in a myriad of ways. Let’s have a look at some of our favorite builds of the day. Fresh off judging the Summer Joust, LEGO legend Continue reading →
Tickets to the Gun Show
@acghow has me thinking it’s time to binge Mobile Suit Gundam after laying eyes on this most impressive mech.
Huzzah, LEGO Castle fans! Your Summer Joust 2025 winners have been crowned [Feature]
For fans of LEGO castles and medieval life, the Summer Joust is one of the biggest events of the year as dozens of incredible builders construct incredible models on the year’s themes. The judges have made their decisions, and this year’s Summer Joust champions have been named. We’re excited to present the list of winners. Continue reading →
Fishing up some amazing nautical LEGO scenes from Vignweek Day 3 [Feature]
Day 3 of Vignweek has closed, bringing with it a bounty of brick-build vignettes with the theme of “nautical.” Participants had plenty of leeway to interpret the theme and offer up watercraft ranging from ancient to futuristic, structures both cozy and apocalyptic, and sea creatures big and small. And every build here was constructed in Continue reading →
This LEGO Fantastic Four scene has me on cloud nine
This LEGO Fantastic Four scene by @flambo_14 has me on cloud nine! Smart use of textures and a limited and contrasting color palette make this mini metropolis marvelous.
Returning to Medina Al Musawrah – the massive Middle Eastern city collab from LEGO legends
Last year, 10 builders came together to build a fictional city inspired by cities of the Middle East and North Africa called “Medina Al Musawrah.” It was one of TBB’s favorite LEGO projects of last year, and you can read our interview with the organizers of this remarkable collaboration here. At last month’s BrickFair NoVa, Continue reading →
Vignweek Day 2: Color us impressed with these monochrome creations [Feature]
Vignweek continues! Day 2’s theme is “Monochrome,” challenging builders to make a vignette using just one LEGO color. Here’s just a sampling of the amazing creativity born from this challenging constraint. Thanks to @rebellug for hosting the event and congratulations to all of the incredible builders on turning around these inspiring models in under 24 hours. Color us impressed!
Did you know it is currently Frogust?
Maxx Davidson (@mrmaxxwell) declares Frogust a thing and invites you to hop to the frog side.
Traders on the sea of bricks
LEGO islands trade by sea.
An inconceivably good LEGO tribute to The Princess Bride
The Princess Bride has it all: Fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles… It’s a wonder we don’t see more tributes in LEGO. Thankfully, FS Leinad (@princessbridelego) has stepped up with a fabulous build of Westley and Buttercup fleeing through the Fire Swamps. There’s a lot to love in this compact model, from the dense forest of dark grey tree trunks full of odd parts like Bionicle joints and jackhammers, to the evocative flames made of carefully twisted trans-orange chains to the spot-on minifigs. Having escaped the Lightning Sands and figured out how to avoid the Fire Spurts, the only other hazard these true lovers need worry about is the R.O.U.S.es. But the Rodents of Unusual Size? I don’t think they exist.
Digging up some awesome LEGO vignettes as Vignweek 2025 kicks off [Feature]
Vignweek is an annual competition hosted by RebelLUG that challenges builders to assemble a vignette around a daily theme. 5 weekday builds and a weekend build, for a total of 6 builds in 7 days. It’s a marathon and a spring for some incredibly talented LEGO creators! The contest kicked off on Monday with “Archaeology” as the theme. Here are some of our favorite creations from day 1.