LEGO’s event today in New York City has unveiled more of the LEGO Star Wars sets that the company had held back from Toy Fair in February. Although much of the event is focused on the current product assortment, including sets like 75208 Yoda’s Hut and all of the Solo: A Star Wars Story LEGO sets, the event has given us a look at some exciting new sets being released over the next few months. 75214 Anakin’s Jedi Starfighter | 247 pieces | $19.99 | Available August 1 No matter what you think of the Prequel Trilogy, you can probably agree that Obi-wan’s Jedi starfighter with its enormous hyperdrive ring looks pretty cool, as seen in the current 75191 Jedi Starfighter with Hyperdrive. The Delta-7 Aethersprite-class light interceptor is a frequent subject of LEGO sets, with and without the hyperdrive ring. Nevertheless, it’s been 10 years since LEGO released an update...

Live from the LEGO Fall Preview 2018 event, we’re bringing you our hands on experience with the newly revealed Harry Potter line, scheduled for release on August 1st. From first glance, it looks like the Wizarding World is being given the star treatment, so let’s dive in. 75953 Hogwarts Great Hall | 878 pieces | $99.99 | Available Aug. 1 The flagship set of Hogwarts, the Great Hall comes with ten minifigures including Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Draco Malfoy, Susan Bones, Albus Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall, Professor Quirrell (with reversible Lord Voldemort face), Hagrid, and Nearly Headless Nick, along with Hedwig, Scabbers and the Sorting Hat. For the first time we are seeing the entire brick-built Basilisk snake and Mirror of Erised, and it looks like the model has been simplified slightly from the prototype we saw at the New York Toy Fair, resting on a flat base rather than...

We announced the new Boost-powered App-Controlled Batmobile earlier today, but that wasn’t the only new Batman set in the works. LEGO’s got three new sets planned for August, including some all-new characters. 76111 Batman: Brother Eye Takedown 269 pieces | Age 6+ 29.99 (USD) 34.99 (CAD) Available in August Featuring Batman, Brother Eye, and Batwoman, this set includes the full lineup of new Bat accessories and Brother Eye’s creepy floating eyeball satellite facing off against a very pointy Bat-Jet. 76110 Batman: The Attack of the Talons 155 pieces | Age 7+ 19.99 (USD) 24.99 (CAD) Available in August Up next is the Bat-Trike, with a pair of Talons ready to go toe-to-toe with Batman and Ace the Bat-Hound. We got a hands-on look at this one at LEGO’s Fall 2018 Preview event today. 76112 App-Controlled Batmobile 321 pieces | Age 8+ 99.99 (USD) 119.99 (CAD) Available in August And finally, the...

Earlier we brought you a first look at four new LEGO Star Wars sets, including the super cool Snoke’s Throne Room. But today LEGO is revealing their whole lineup for this fall, so we’ll be going through each theme and bringing you all the latest news, including hands-on photos of many of these sets from LEGO’s special Fall 2018 Preview event. Let’s start off with 3 more LEGO Star Wars sets. 75203 Hoth Medical Chamber, 255 pieces | Age 7+ 29.99 (USD) 39.99 (CAD) Available in August 75221 Imperial Landing Craft 636 pieces | Age 9+ 89.99 (USD) 109.99 (CAD) Available in August 75213 LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar 307 pieces | Age 6+ 39.99 (USD) 49.99 (CAD) Available in September Don’t miss the rest of our news coverage, including more Summer 2018 Star Wars sets that weren’t on display at the preview: LEGO Harry Potter setsLEGO Harry Potter sets hands-on...

LEGO has just revealed four new Star Wars sets, available starting August 1. They include a new Sandcrawler, X-Wing, and Anakin’s Jedi Starfighter, along with a playset of Snoke’s Throne Room from The Last Jedi. Check out the images below, and check back later today as we’ll be bringing you a hands-on look at these sets (and much more!) from LEGO’s Fall 2018 Preview event this afternoon. [Update: Don’t miss our in-person coverage of these sets] And don’t miss the rest of the new Star Wars sets, including the Hoth Medical Chamber. 75216 Snoke’s Throne Room, 492 pieces 75214 Anakin’s Jedi Starfighter, 247 pcs 75218 X-wing Starfighter, 731 pcs 75220 Sandcrawler, 1,239 pcs Don’t miss the rest of our news coverage, including more Summer 2018 Star Wars sets that weren’t on display at the preview: LEGO Harry Potter setsLEGO Harry Potter sets hands-on coverage from the Fall 2018 Preview eventLEGO Harry...

LEGO is expanding on its hit line of Boost programmable motorized kits. While the initial set was called Boost, the system it’s inspired will be called Powered Up. We got our first look at one of these back in February at Toy Fair with the Ninjago dragon Stormbringer, but today LEGO has announced that your favorite black-caped crusader, Batman, is getting some upgrades to his ride in the form of a programmable Batmobile. All of the Powered Up sets can be controlled via a smartphone or tablet app (on both iOS and Android), and some — like the Batmobile — will include motors while others need to be paired with the Boost set for full functionality. The LEGO Batman 76112 App-Controlled Batmobile will be available August 1 for $99.99. It includes 321 pieces. Also check out our hands-on demo of the App-Controlled Batmobile. 76112 App-Controlled Batmobile LEGO® Powered Up Platform Empowers...

While we got a look at the box art for the six sets a few weeks ago, today LEGO’s given us full images of all the sets, including the Unikitty Collectible character line. Like the Powerpuff Girls that LEGO also announced today, these sets will be available beginning August 1. As befits Unikitty and her zany band, the sets are filled with bright colors and play features. Because they’re primarily targeted at the young demographic of fans of the Unikitty television show, the sets themselves may not be the most exciting for adult fans, but look closely and you’ll spot some new elements that will certainly be useful. 41451 – Unikitty Cloud Car 41451 – Unikitty Cloud Car126 pieces | Ages 5+9.99 USD, 12.99 CADRelive favorite moments from the happiest, most sparkly and colorful TV series around with the LEGO® Unikitty! 41451 Cloud Car, featuring a spinning propeller and 2 stud...

After teasing the minifigures way back in February, LEGO has finally revealed two sets from the Powerpuff Girls theme. Both are small playsets, and the highlights for fans will definitely be the minifigures. They will be available August 1. 41287 – Bubbles’ Playground Showdown 41287 – Bubbles’ Playground Showdown 144 pieces | Ages 6+ 19.99 (USD) 24.99 (CAD)Help the Powerpuff Girls defend the Townsville playground from Princess Morbucks in this fun LEGO® The Powerpuff Girls 41287 Bubbles’ Playground Showdown! Climb the ladder and zoom down the rainbow slide before you race to the lunch bench and load up the catapult. Take a spin on the merry-go-round with Bubbles and then tuck Octi into one of the lockers for safety. Put a cell phone into the boombox for some music while you play, but be careful; Princess Morbucks has climbed into her flexible mech suit and is bending down to take aim at...

One of the things I enjoyed about the last season of Star Wars Rebels was the incorporation of the new canon material introduced in Star Wars: Rogue One, with mentions of Director Krennic, appearances by the Death Troopers, and Ryder’s U-Wing, constructed here in LEGO form. Inthert has done an excellent job depicting the beat up, minimalistic, utilitarian look Ryder’s U-Wing was known for. A top-down shot allows us to see the greebling on the interior of the front nacelles, giving the ship an exposed look similar to that of the Y-Wing. Close inspection reveals the neat usage of minifigure walkie-talkie elements and old vehicle exhaust pieces as hoses of some sort. The post Ryder’s U-Wing from Star Wars Rebels built with LEGO appeared first on The Brothers Brick. Original linkOriginal author: Peter

Logey Bear has quite the talent in capturing expressive characters with unusual parts. His latest, Mario’s classic nemesis Donkey Kong, is excellent, making clever use of tan bananas and Bionicle masks to bring his iconic grin to life in LEGO. The post LEGO Donkey Kong is bigger, faster, and stronger too appeared first on The Brothers Brick. Original linkOriginal author: Nick