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...

Brickvention 2024, an AFOL Networking Event, was recently held at the World Heritage-listed Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne, Australia. It’s now in its 18th year and continues to attract some of the best builders and most enthusiastic AFOLs from around Australia and other countries. This year, around 280 exhibitors displayed their creations, with an additional 250 non-exhibitors attending the convention day. Around 15,000 members of the public visited the exhibit over the weekend of January 20th and 21st. So let’s take a tour of Brickvention 2024! Brickvention 2024 exhibitors State library of victoria by Brickman Even though the public event is held over two days, Brickvention is really a four-day convention. Everything starts on Thursday morning as the exhibit is set up and the AFOLs greet their new, old, and soon-to-be friends. Friday is the convention day. The day is devoted to guest speakers, games, and workshops and with the added...