The LEGO Ideas Third 2025 Review Stage is now set and we have now moved on to the First 2026 Review Stage with two projects already qualifying for it. Although I didn’t vote for it, the minifigure scale airplane turbine that actually works looks really neat. The other project features the Halliwell Manor from the late 90s to mid-2000s show with a trio of witch sisters. CHARMED – Halliwell Manor and the Book of Shadows – Santheg Aircraft Engine Workshop. Mini Fig. Scale & Working – Stephanix The post LEGO Ideas January 5 Update – First 2026 Review Stage Begins appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

BrickLink has revealed the final designs of the five BrickLink Designer Program Series 7 sets. Crowdfunding for the sets will start on February 16 at 8am PST. A minimum of 3,000 sets have to be sold before they actually produce them. There is now a real-time production system that dynamically change depending how popular a set is so the total number of available sets varies based on the number of orders and production capacity. Privateer Frigate Fortuna – BrickPerfection – 4,087 pieces/$349.99 W.A.L.T. The Little Robot – Leewan – 654 pieces/$39.99 Sushi Restaurant (寿司屋) – Brickproject – 3,604 pieces/$279.99 Alchemist’s Shop – Shram – 2,319 pieces/$199.99 Antique Collection – terauma – 1,504 pieces/$199.99 The post BrickLink Designer Program Series 7 Final Designs Revealed appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

LEGO has released the press release for the newly announced LEGO SMART Brick and the LEGO SMART Play system. You can read more about it the functionality of it below. In addition, three new LEGO Star Wars sets have been announced with pre-orders going live on January 9 and releasing on March 1. SMART Play: Darth Vader’s TIE Fighter (75241) – 473 pieces/$69.99 – 1x LEGO SMART Brick– 1x LEGO SMART MINIFIGURE featuring Darth Vader– 1x SMART TAG featuring the TIE Fighter SMART Play: Luke’s Red Five X-wing (75423) – 584 pieces/$99.99 – 1x LEGO SMART Brick– 2x LEGO SMART MINIFIGURES featuring Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia– 5x SMART TAGS featuring the X-wing, Imperial turret, transporter, command center and R2-D2 accessories SMART Play: Throne Room Duel & A-wing (75427) – 962 pieces/$159.99 – 2x LEGO SMART Bricks– 3x LEGO® SMART MINIFIGURES featuring Luke Skywalker, Emperor Palpatine, Darth Vader– 5x SMART TAGS...

LEGO has officially announced the LEGO SMART Brick at their first-ever CES event. LEGO’s Chief Product & Marketing Officer, Julia Goldin, was on hand to reveal the SMART Brick which is the size of a 2×4 LEGO brick. The system consists of the brick, the tag, and the minifigure. There’s a chip inside the brick that is smaller than the LEGO stud. The platform that the SMART Bricks is used on is called Smart Play. #LEGO announced #SMART Brick at #CES. Kids are digital natives. Wanted to bring tech into physical play. Stay true to the system open ended. Truly intuitive. Silicon chip smaller than one brick stud. pic.twitter.com/y29lAyOh3a — Jeff (@mediawhiz) January 5, 2026 The SMART tag and minifigure has codes inside that defines the behaviors. The SMART Brick has a tiny speaker as well lights and sounds and can also sense a SMART minifigure. The bricks can form a...

The LEGO Ideas Third 2025 Review Stage doesn’t seem to want to end as there are seven more projects that have reached the 10,000 supporter goal. As of this point, I’m not sure when it’ll end as we are well into 2026 and there are a few more projects getting close to hitting the goal as well. With this update, we’ve ballooned to 75 projects that are in the running to become an official LEGO Ideas set. Modern Family – Jay and Gloria’s House – Countdraynor Squirrel – Dockan The Princess Bride 40th Anniversary Set – Frogtopia Cactus Terrariums – 44th_brick America’s National Parks: Iconic Postcards – Space and Time LEGO Settlers of Catan – Master_Brickz Bob’s Burgers – BlizzardBlazer The post LEGO Ideas January 4 Update – Total Up to 75 appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran