This months’ promotional set from the LEGO Shop is 40291 Creative Personalities, featuring the 19th-century Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen. The set takes the form of a storybook and includes 307 pieces with two minifigs and is available for free with all purchases over $99 from June 4th through the 20th (or until supplies run out). LEGO sent us a copy of the set ahead of its release, so let’s take a closer look. The box & instructions The simple box (we have more photos of the box in the full gallery at the end of the article) includes four unnumbered bags, along with four 6×8 brown plates and the instruction booklet loose in the box. The instruction booklet is noteworthy in that it includes a number of models on the first couple of pages that illustrate various stories from the work of Hans Christian Andersen, spanning his life (1805-1875). What’s...

The use of repetitive shapes and colors can work wonders in a LEGO model — case in point, this awesome starfighter by Andreas Lenander. The various wings and nacelles all share similar shapes and outlines with red and white plates, giving the starfighter a wonderfully cohesive look. Andreas has made great use of the new X-Wing canopy, and a black cauldron on the engine of the ship. The post This titan’s lookin’ tight in red and white appeared first on The Brothers Brick. Original linkOriginal author: Peter

Here’s a suitably imposing railway station, styled to fit with the LEGO modular buildings range. bricksandtiles has done an excellent job with this model, capturing a grand European feel with the broad steps and the impressively-ornate tan brickwork. The flowing curves and domes of the roof are particularly well done, capping off the impressive height of the building in style. The platform at the building’s rear is equally detailed. The use of black lamp-post parts provides an appropriately retro look to the ironwork supporting the glass roof, and the stickers employed as signs create the impression of a nineteenth-century station still in regular modern-day use… There’s a detailed interior too, with a ticket office and cafe. And don’t miss the smartly-tiled floor making effective use of the still relatively-new 1×1 diagonal tile pieces. Lovely. The post A rather grand Central Station appeared first on The Brothers Brick. Original linkOriginal author: Rod

The B series bombers are certainty some of my favorite airplanes ever created. I can’t help but think of them as battleships of the sky, with the ability to drop tons of bombs while laying down machine gun fire in all directions from a multitude of manned turrets. Nelsoma84 has brought one of these planes to life in LEGO form: the Consolidated B-24 Liberator. Although the B-17 usually steals the show, as we’ve seen before with a B-17 from PlaneBricks and a chrome Flying Fortress by Orion Pax, the B-24 was actually the most-produced bomber and American military aircraft in history. This particular model is based on one of the B-24’s based in Benghazi, Libya, which explains the tan coloring. These bombers were used in 2,400-mile round-trip bombing raids on oil refineries in Ploesti, Romania which supplied 30-50% of the Third Reich’s fuel. The model has excellent shaping all around, from...

If you find yourself driving through German farmland, you just might find one these Fendt 500 tractors working the fields. Stefan brings us a faithful looking brick-built version, complete with the iconic green and black livery. He has also gone above and beyond to build a series of implements for the tractor, such as forest blade for the front…. A winch for the rear…. And even a mulcher! The post This tiny tractor tackles any tough task appeared first on The Brothers Brick. Original linkOriginal author: Matt Hocker