The Loneliness of the Voyager – NASA’s Voyager Mission by CuteHackler036 is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The build features a miniature model of the Solar System along with the Voyager 1 space probe as well as The Golden Record that is onboard. The project joins Claw Machine Wallace & Gromit – A Grand Day Out, Pioneer CDJ 2000 Nexus Multi Player, and Impression Sunrise – Monet as the ones to reach the Second 2024 Review Stage. The post LEGO Ideas The Loneliness of the Voyager – NASA’s Voyager Mission Achieves 10,000 Supporters appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Later this summer, LEGO releases a new wave of Batman sets and the first one I want to check out is my most anticipated set which is Batman with the Batmobile vs. Harley Quinn and Mr. Freeze (76274). It is the second set based on Batman: The Animated Series and it has 425 pieces while retailing for $59.99. Minifigures There are three minifigures in the set, Batman, Mr. Freeze, and Harley Quinn. Batman is mostly the same one as in the LEGO Art Batman: The Animated Series Gotham City (76271) but with one difference. The cape used is the black rubber one rather than the cloth one from the other set. Mr. Freeze has his gray armored suit with some blue rings around the neck and shoulders although he does not have any on the arms. His head is plain white and has his red goggles going around. His weapon is...

The annual Bionicle building competition, Bio-Cup 2024, is back! This year’s preliminary theme is “Space” so head over to their Flickr or Discord group to join all the fun. But what if you don’t know how to build with Bionicle? Well this is the article for you! LEGO is known for its grid of studs with perfect right angles and straight sides. But more and more, builders are pushing what the LEGO System is capable of by using a few special pieces to fine-tune those angles. Today we will take a look at some of the techniques to achieve that more organic look by combining Bionicle and System elements. Terminology Before we get started in this article, I thought it would be useful to go over a bit of the key terminology I mention. Knowing these terms will really help as you start merging Bionicle and System builds. Constraction: A combination...

Growing up Catholic and Irish American in the central United States tends to make one aware of the University of Notre Dame. More than a few of my family members are fans of the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame! (Where the nickname of Fighting Irish came from when the school was founded by French Missionaries is a story for another time.). In February, a coworker who is an alumnus of Notre Dame sent me a text with a link to an admissions article with beautiful pictures of a LEGO build of McKenna Hall—the University of Notre Dame’s “Main Building.” The MOC was a commission piece by University alumni Father Bob Simon. Over the next few weeks, Fr. Simon and I shared some delightful emails about this build and his previous MOC of the Vatican (St Peter’s Square and Basilica). Fr. Simon and McKenna Hall: Photo by Mr. Rooney of ND Development office...

Nerd Alert! The following article is about a niche within a niche within a niche, so normal people who might happen to read this will wonder, “Why even bother?” Well, I wasn’t going to write it, but then I remembered this website’s name, so here we go… I’m a LEGO 2x4 brick collector. I collect them all and their infinite variations. It’s not hyperbole—they really are infinite if you consider tests, prototypes, mold/position combinations, and marbled bricks. Among these infinite variations, there’s one brick made with a specific mold, that I find really interesting, and that’s what I’m going to talk about today. Why are these bricks special? Read on! Where It All Began I’ll begin at the end to make things more intriguing. In summary, LEGOLAND master builders have access to parts not typically available in regular LEGO sets. These parts are generally known as “Q elements”. They tend to...