LEGO has put up the product page for the upcoming LEGO Harry Potter Talking Sorting Hat (76429) and you can now pre-order it today. The 561 piece set is confirmed to be released on March 1 with a retail price of $99.99. The set includes a sound brick which allows the Sorting Hat to have 31 randomized sounds and also to find out which Hogwarts house you are sorted to. As a Rakuten/Linkshare Affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Immerse yourself in a spellbinding build with this Hogwarts Talking Sorting Hat (76429), the first-ever LEGO® Harry Potter set with a sound brick to bring this display model to life. Tip the top of the hat or place it on your head to activate the voice of the Sorting Hat and find out which Hogwarts house it selects for you. Listen out for the Sorting Hat Song every now and then, too....

LEGO has revealed a new LEGO Harry Potter BrickHeadz set with the Prisoner of Azkaban Figures (40677). The set has 697 pieces and will retail for $49.99. The set features characters from the third movie including Harry, Hermione, Sirius Black, a Dementor, and the Stag Patronus. The set will be released in March along with the other Harry Potter sets in the wave. The post LEGO Harry Potter BrickHeadz Prisoner of Azkaban Figures (40677) Revealed appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

German retailer Lucky Bricks has put up a product page for the upcoming LEGO Creator 3-in-1 Sea Animals (31158). The set has 421 pieces and it features a number of animals of the sea such as a turtle, crab, a fish, seahorse, and jellyfish. The alternate builds include an octopus, squid, and some more fish along with some coral. The set will be released in March. The post LEGO Creator 3-in-1 Sea Animals (31158) Revealed appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Throughout the years, LEGO has released a flock of different bird-related sets. With the release of the latest of these, 10331 Kingfisher Bird, we are going to get a birdseye view and take a flight of fancy into the history of LEGO brick-built birds. The Kingfisher Since this set is the inspiration for this article, it’s worth starting with. LEGO provided BrickNerd with this set, just so we’re not robin you of the facts. When it arrived, I swooped right into it and built it quickly. I was pheasantly surprised! I can say that the Kingfisher is a great display piece and includes some wonderful recolored elements (trans clear pagoda plate anyone?). The build itself is fun and utilizes some very interesting techniques—and as a MOC builder myself, I’m very excited by some of the rare elements included! However, the Kingfisher (along with all those great parts) has already been stolen...

And with that the first month of the year is over! A flurry of reviews and set announcement is behind us – time to take a look at what else this lovely community had to offer! We have a smorgasbord of insightful articles, interesting features and deep dives from all across the LEGO community on offer – care to join us? We are lucky to have this many outlets and channels that keep creating incredible content, and these are the best of the month. Here at BrickNerd, we visited Brickvention, went back to Vic Viper school, topped by Gringotts and broke into its vaults. We put our winter village back into storage, sent the new DreamZzz sets to talented French builders while we also remixed a Friends mansion. And we learned all about forced perspective (in two parts, no less!), unleashed Orctober and glinched with Galidor. We even published instructions for a broody...