2025 is turning out to be the best year for LEGO pirates since Barracuda Bay opened for business. Fun One Piece playsets, a gorgeous new Black Pearl, collectible minifigs, and let’s not forget that One-Eyed Willy’s pirate ship is currently in design. September is also a big month for pirate minifigs with two contests running Continue reading →
A long time ago, in the galaxy of Denmark, LEGO created a Christmas-themed X-Wing fighter as an employee-exclusive gift set. This year, LEGO is letting everyone get in on the holiday fun with LEGO Star Wars 40806 Gingerbread AT-AT, an irresistible set we never saw coming. Over the summer, Star Wars LEGO sets rankled many Continue reading →
SHIPtember is an annual AFOL tradition where space builders challenge themselves to create a spacecraft that’s at least 100 studs long, built entirely during September. “SHIP” refers both to spaceship but is also an acronym for “Seriously Huge Investment in Parts.” Simon Liu helped start the trend 12 years ago, and for LEGO space fans, Continue reading →
Summer’s over, September is here, and you know what that means: businesses around the world will start marketing their Christmas wares inexplicably early. LEGO is no different, with their selection of advent calendars is among the many sets hitting shelves this month. There’s a bit of a different flavour to some of them though! Minecraft Continue reading →
We round up the best Frogust entries in what is sure to be a froggy fun yearly event.
Phillippe Moisan constructs a friendly clown but trickery of light reveal darker intentions
Lego Masters China winner Jin Chen @jnce_13 captured the revolutionary spirit of La Marseillaise in LEGO for one last glorious showing at the China AFOL Festival.
Catch up on the week’s LEGO news and reviews from TBB and around the world.
What do you see in Jarek Książczyk (@jerac.lego)’s beautiful LEGO paintings?
The latest immersive scene from master Star Wars builder @simulterious1 depicts some illicit dealings in Port Steergard, a location only briefly seen in Season 2 of Andor. Created for the @downfallrpg, the scene shows a Falleen lord menacing some Imperials while guards in Tantel armor look on. What’s most impressive about the build is the grimy authenticity of the port. The discoloration in the brickwork and the blend of geometric shapes and wild greebles that Simulterious employs is peak Star Wars.
LEGO Botanicals 10349 Happy Plants is a truly delightful set, and one that invites creative builders to remix in their own way. Our reviewer swapped out the shrubs with custom bonsai, for example. But why stop there? Why not replace your plants with toast? Or… tentacles? For the #happyplantmadness collab some AFOL friends decided to Continue reading →
LEGO has been on something of an 80s nostalgia kick lately. We’ve had sets from Transformers, Jaws, and now, we have a throwback to a comedy-horror classic from that decade. It’s thanks to the Ideas line this time – specifically, the ‘If We Could Turn Back Time’ building challenge. fan designer @terauma_lego took the grand prize with their model of Gizmo from iconic ’80s flick Gremlins. As a reward, it got turned into an official set! 21361 Gizmo contains 1,125 pieces and launches on October 1.