Thinking with portals
Nate Mac, (aka qthering) has created an amazingly accurate vignette of the video game Portal. I had the same idea of using fire pieces to create the portals, but I was beaten to it!
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News: Can you help save the Building Instructions Portal?
Several years ago, Jake McKee, the former “community guy” for The LEGO Company, created the Building Instructions Portal (currently unavailable). Due to real-life priorities, Jake announced over the weekend on LUGNET that he’s looking for someone to whom he can hand over the reigns of the site. Read all about it on LUGNET, but in Continue reading →
Top 10 most popular LEGO models of 2011
We’ve taken a look at the top LEGO news stories of 2011, but The Brothers Brick is really about the great LEGO creations built by LEGO fans all over the world. Let’s take a look back at the ones that proved most popular over the course of the year. Plum B’s LEGO Gears of War Continue reading →
A Vic Viper in aeroskimmer form
LEGO Vic Vipers are to November like sharp angles are to geometry, and this build by pyrefyre holds both.
2025 LEGO Advent Calendar Spoilers: Day 13 [Feature]
It’s time to open six more doors and reveal today’s LEGO gifts, along with alt-builds and commentary, in our annual Advent Calendar celebration!
Close Encounters of the Holiday Kind
@mr_frost_art_n_bricks is wishing us peace on Earth and beyond with these extraterrestrial holiday builds.
Behold 24 days of Galidor! You’re welcome?
Will Hafner (@rowia.builds) finds 24 ways to upset our good sensibilities with these hilarious Galidor mishaps
2025 LEGO Advent Calendar Spoilers: Day 12 [Feature]
It’s time to open six more doors and reveal today’s LEGO gifts, along with alt-builds and commentary, in our annual Advent Calendar celebration!
Exo-Force Mobile Defense Tank redux brings the nostalgia big guns
@werded_out returns to Sentai Mountain and builds an incredible upgrade to the iconic Mobile Defense Tank, applying his knack for military hardware to the machikoma-inspired mech. It’s hard to believe Exo-Squad is turning 20 and the set cost just $30 when it first came out!
Year of the Horse comes galloping along
Sakiya Watanabe (@n.a.b.e_mocs) and DeRa (@dera_0503) win the Chinese New Year derby with this stunning equestrian pair
LEGO Star Wars 75452 BB-8: aren’t you a little small for a droid? [Review]
It’s a question that’s been on my mind ever since I saw Star Wars: the Force Awakens. Not who Rey’s parents were, or why the Death Star is the size of a planet now. I still wonder: when BB-8 flicks his little flame in response to Finn’s thumbs-up, is he giving a thumbs-up back? Or Continue reading →
2025 LEGO Advent Calendar Spoilers: Day 11 [Feature]
It’s time to open six more doors and reveal today’s LEGO gifts, along with alt-builds and commentary, in our annual Advent Calendar celebration!