Today’s guest article comes from Juan Rodriguez Lopez, a builder living in the Seattle area who has mixed his passion for architecture with his love of LEGO bricks. He shares a follow-up article about designing custom castles, this time focusing on the Emerald City from the film, Wicked. My Most Ambitious LEGO Castle Yet My love for castles is still going strong, and designing LEGO castle models has pretty much become my number one hobby… and obsession. (Read all about my former castles in my first guest article.) I’m always thinking about what the next build could be and how to make it feel special—something uniquely its own, something that adds a new spark to the collection. So when it came time to choose my next MOC, I landed on the Emerald City from the film Wicked for a few reasons. First, I’ll admit it: I was disappointed with the official...

The LEGO Black Friday 2025 shopping event is now underway on the LEGO Shop. The flagship set for this year is the LEGO Icons Star Trek: U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D (10356). The set has 3,600 pieces and will retail for $399.99 and when you purchase the set from November 28 – December 1, you can also get the Type-15 Shuttlepod (40768) gift with purchase set. If you were saving to get the Enterprise, LEGO has brought back some of the promo sets from the LEGO Insiders Weekend including the Mini Knight’s Castle (40775) and the Hot Chocolate Stand (40776). The price requirements for both are the same, $250 and $170, respectively. There is also a LEGO Card Game Set (5010018) with a purchase of $65 in LEGO Creator 3-in-1, LEGO DUPLO, Fortnite, and/or LEGO Speed Champions. It will only be available during Black Friday, November 28. Like with Insiders Weekend, there are...

The annual Creations for Charity livestream with Beyond the Brick will be happening this weekend. It’ll be held on Saturday, November 29 at 12pm-12am EST. They’ll be hosting an awesome giveaway where you have the opportunity to win the new LEGO Star Wars UCS Death Star (75419). For every $5 you donate to the campaign, you’ll get one entry. Entries will be accepted until November 30 at 11:59pm EST. If you’re new to the LEGO community, Creations for Charity is an all-volunteer nonprofit organization that hosts a year fundraising event that runs from October-November where builders all over the world can donate custom build to sell and raise money to buy LEGO sets for underprivileged children during the holidays. The post Beyond the Brick Creations for Charity Livestream – November 29 appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

The ISS in all it’s glory! Ok, I’ll come clean: I didn’t build the International Space Station (ISS) out of LEGO to get my barber to come to BrickCon. Sorry all, clickbait totally debunked. But the fact is, he did come to the con to see the build, and I think it’s fantastic that my MOC engaged people outside my typical LEGO circle! Jeff is one example of many awesome friends and family who came by to support me. Jeff the barber - Shows up to support his client, what a Stand up fella! So, what this article is really about is sharing the process to get from a mere twinkle of an idea in my eye to a real-life motorized and lit-up 8.5-foot-wide minifigure scale model of the International Space Station, in an… ahem… “crisp” 1.5 years. I’ll walk you through the major elements of the build and my process in this article,...

It’s been a minute since we’ve last given an update for LEGO Ideas projects that have reached the Third 2025 Review Stage. Surprisingly, there were only four projects that have hit the 10,000 supporter goal since our last update two weeks ago. This means that things have settled down a lot as there are only 40 projects to reach the review stage so far. Edward Scissorhands Castle – Delusion Brick Stand Together Earth Matters – Dr.SeTfano Hollow Knight: A Journey to Hallownest – PingouinRainbowDash Modular Medieval Corner Inn – Brick_Scribe The post LEGO Ideas November 25 Update appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran