Sometimes you stumble across a LEGO fan creation that you’d just love to see in the brick. This creation by Barthezz Brick is a good example of that. Each and every building in this creation could be featured on TBB. We generally wait until a builder has finished their work in progress before highlighting the finished build, but at some point I couldn’t control myself and wrote an article about a couple of detail shots that Barthezz posted. But finally, it’s done! It took Barthezz about 3000 hours over the last 3 years. You are looking at a creation containing roughly 250,000 bricks. Barthezz drew inspiration from a trip to Venice and was dared by their partner to actually build the city with everyone’s favourite construction toy. One thing that is lacking from this Venice are the tourists and their trolley cases. Barthezz imagined what the city would have looked like...

In addition to the amazing LEGO models created by builders all over the world, The Brothers Brick brings you the best LEGO news and reviews. This is our weekly Brick Report for the third full week of December 2022. TBB NEWS AND REVIEWS Did you catch last week’s Brick Report? This week we’ve got a bevy of reviews including Collectible Minifigures, the latest Creator Expert Modular, and a trio of Star Wars sets! Plus, another week of 5 different advent calendars to build and comment on! [REVIEW] LEGO Icons 10312 Modular Buildings Collection – Jazz Club : A great night out on the town modular — Chris D reviews the 2023 modular building and decides whether it’s music to his ears or hits a sour note.[REVIEW] LEGO Collectible Minifigures 71037 Series 24 – Nostalgia included — Chris M reviews the latest in LEGO’s long-lived and -loved blind bag series[REVIEW] LEGO 75344...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Yes, it’s the holiday season, but it’s also the return of our annual LEGO advent calendar extravaganza. We’ll be opening our calendar windows  every day in the run-up to Christmas. Our team will also share their thoughts, comments, observations and jokes about each day’s builds! We have five advent calendars this year, across the City, Friends, Star Wars, Marvel (specifically Guardians of the Galaxy) and Harry Potter themes. It’s Christmas Eve, which means we’ve reached the last of our daily builds! Read on to see what our team makes of this last hurrah, and the calendars as a whole… The Friends and City calendars have sometimes been guilty of copying each other’s homework this year, but since it’s Christmas, the fact we get a pair of Santa Clauses today should come as no surprise. It’s a full house of figs, with minifigures appearing...

While I’m certainly not familiar with Louis Vuitton’s line of products, I adore the life-size recreation of household objects in LEGO. And qian yj once again hits it out of the park with this highly-detailed makeup case. Each piece in this kit is expertly crafted to match the original, be it an eyeliner pencil or palette of blush. And the case itself is a work of art, checkered in white and light gray bricks with medium nougat along the edges. The use of the 1×2 jumper plate to add some texture to the leather trim is a pro move. And the detailing on the clasps, both for the main case and the interior tan box, is unbelievably impressive! If I squint, it’s hard to tell that this isn’t the real thing. And if all of the above wasn’t impressive enough, the fully-detailed interior of the case is designed to hold all...

Chances are you immediately recognize this ship built by Rubblemaker. Odds are equally good you don’t know its name. “EF76 Nebulon-B Escort Frigate” doesn’t stick in the mind like “X-Wing” or “Death Star,” but it has appeared in tons of Star Wars media over the years. It even served as the headquarters of the Rebel Alliance for a time. Rubblemaker’s midi-scale recreation of the ship is a fitting tribute to this often-overlooked piece of sci-fi history. Clocking in at 81cm long, 42cm high, and made from over 2500 pieces, this is actually Rubblemaker’s second attempt at the ship, and possibly the most accurate version ever built. Beautifully greebled and full of clever angles and elegant slopes, the ship looks amazing photoshopped against the cosmos, but you might want to take in an unedited view to really appreciate all the work that went into the build. Note the in-scale Millennium Falcon docked...