When I think of LEGO builders in the 6 to 8 stud-wide “Speed Champions” scale, one always immediately comes to mind: Jonathan Elliott. He’s an extremely talented builder whose vehicles make constant appearances on various community blogs such as The LEGO Car Blog and The Brothers Brick. A great many LEGO car builders, myself included, cite his work as an inspiration. Jon Elliott’s “2022 Highlights.” I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to speak with Jon on behalf of BrickNerd and pick his brain about real cars, his building style, his earlier work, and his constant drive to push the envelope of what a LEGO car can be. Tom: Why don’t you start by telling me just a little bit about yourself? Jon: Ha! The classic opener. Yeah, wow, that’s a difficult way to start, I suppose. I’ve been around quite a long time, so there’s quite a lot to...

LEGO has given a free Insiders Reward for a digital download of the 20th Anniversary LEGO Modular Buildings Poster. The poster features all of the modular buildings that have released in the past 20 years. The download provides a ZIP file that contains various sizes of the poster. Now we just need LEGO to release a physical version of the poster on heavy stock that we can redeem with points and I would be all over it. The post LEGO 20th Anniversary LEGO Modular Buildings Poster Free Download appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Series 27 of the LEGO Collectible Minifigure (CMF) line has delivered some very cool new prints and molds that will most assuredly appear in future sets and other products down the line. Included in this series is a redesign of a minifigure familiar to AFOLs who grew up with the Classic Castle theme in the late 80s and early 90s: The Wolfpack Beastmaster. The Wolfpack Beastmaster is just one of many minifigures in the last several years to revive classic themes and designs of what many consider to be the golden age of LEGO—and as such it is already demanding top prices on the secondary market. The M-Tron powerloader is definitely a contender for one of the best minifigure remakes This trend of revamps and redesigns is not reserved for just the CMF line. While Basil the Batlord, the Falconer, and M-Tron spaceman are just a few examples of classic minifigures...

LEGO has officially revealed a new LEGO Star Wars Helmet set with the AT-AT Driver (75429). Releasing on March 1, the set has 730 pieces and will retail for $69.99. The set features the helmet worn by the AT-AT Driver in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. Memories of the thrilling Battle of Hoth scenes come flooding back with this LEGO® Star Wars AT-AT Driver Helmet buildable model kit for adults (75429). Take time out to enjoy a complex, hands-on creative project, using LEGO bricks to recreate the iconic contours of the helmet worn by drivers of AT-AT walkers in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. This buildable helmet comes with step-by-step instructions, or you can download the LEGO Builder app, which lets you zoom, rotate and visualize a 3D digital version of this construction model as you build. Once it’s complete, place your creation on the buildable stand with a...

Yesterday, LEGO announced a new Restaurants of the World subtheme for the LEGO Icons line with the first set being the French Cafe (10362). This new line of sets have a smaller form factor and the main focus is at the front of the shop. Unfortunately, this comes at the expense of the interior and mainly, the back of the set. Although it is hard to see in the official images, there is a very small interior, just enough to get some details in. On the backside, it’s pretty bad. Of course the images don’t show you the back but LEGO does provide a 360 degree shopper video of the set and you can see the emptiness when it spins around. There are some modified 1×1 bricks with holes so it makes me think that you’ll be able to connect future sets with bars so you won’t get the flat backside....