All year-round, we here at The Brothers Brick spend our time featuring amazing builds made by the LEGO fan community. But we figured, for the holiday season, it would be great to build something together. For each day from December 1st through the 24th, we’ll be posting instructions to a custom TBB advent calendar build, one part each day. Want to participate? You can find all the parts you’ll need for the TBB Advent Event from our announcement in November. Read on to see what we’re building today! It’s Christmas, so of course we need a tree. This is probably the most difficult step in the whole build. Don’t grab the model by the leaves if you can help it. Here’s what it looks like in the real world: The post 2024 TBB custom LEGO advent calendar – Day 15 [Feature] appeared first on The Brothers Brick. Original linkOriginal author: Kyle...

You know Star Wars and Harry Potter and City and Friends . . . but do you recall the most festive advent calendar of them all? Deborah Higdon‘s LEGO hearts calendar, a response to LEGO’s #BuildToGive campaign, yielded this adorable little wooden reindeer on day 7. The sweet little guy (or gal) looks ready to guide Santa’s sleigh tonight—or just hang on your tree. Take a look at the builder’s Flickr page to follow along as the merry advent calendar continues till Christmas. The post This cute reindeer really shines (you could even say it glows) appeared first on The Brothers Brick. Original linkOriginal author: Ryan Kunz

After a phenomenal Dungeons and Dragons Collectible Minifigure Series, it’s hard to imagine another CMF series following it with as much grandeur. However, we’re on to next either way! LEGO Collectible Minifigures 71048 Series 27 may not be a licensed series, but the folks at LEGO are still swinging for the fences. Join us as we give each one a close inspection! Series 27 consists of 12 characters and will be available beginning January 1st. Individually, they’ll retail for US $4.99 | CAN $5.99 | UK £3.49. The LEGO Group sent The Brothers Brick an early copy of this set for review. Providing TBB with products for review guarantees neither coverage nor positive reviews. Unboxing the case and packaging Like the D&D minifigure series, we received this collection in 2 tall cases, each with 12 individual cartons stacked inside. Also like the last series, each case has a complete set of 12...

Do you hear what I hear? No, there’s no one on the rooftop… yet. It’s tiny bags crinkling inside their boxes just waiting to be unwrapped and built! Put an extra log and the fire before we continue opening all six LEGO advent calendars: Friends, Disney, City, Harry Potter, Star Wars, and Spider-man! As ever, our intrepid TBB team is on hand with witty comments, insightful observations, and bad jokes for each day’s builds. And of course, you can add your own thoughts in the comments section each day! So without further ado, let’s crack open the build for day 15… Yesterday’s frog from Disney gains a princess pal. It’s Tiana, still glowing from the debut of her  E-ticket ride revamp at the Magic Kingdom. Friends presents a sewing station, stool, and Santa cap. Did young Olly get his sewing start this Christmas? Harry Potter brings another table with goblets and...

All year-round, we here at The Brothers Brick spend our time featuring amazing builds made by the LEGO fan community. But we figured, for the holiday season, it would be great to build something together. For each day from December 1st through the 24th, we’ll be posting instructions to a custom TBB advent calendar build, one part each day. Want to participate? You can find all the parts you’ll need for the TBB Advent Event from our announcement in November. Read on to see what we’re building today! Time to finish this fireplace. Before anyone asks, a wrench is about as close as I could get in shape to a minifig-sized fire poker. Here’s what it looks like in the real world: The post 2024 TBB custom LEGO advent calendar – Day 14 [Feature] appeared first on The Brothers Brick. Original linkOriginal author: Kyle Keller (TBB Managing Editor)

December 13th! Here in Sweden, today is Lucia, a celebration of songs and lights to mark the darkest day of winter. Today we feast on “lussekatter” saffron-flavored buns and listen to the youth dressed as white-robed Lucia, star boys, Santas, and gingerbread men as they sing carols. Thanks to our Danish neighbors, it’s also the day when we open the 13th door of our LEGO advent calendars: Friends, Disney, City, Harry Potter, Star Wars, and Spider-man await! As ever, our intrepid TBB team is on hand with witty comments, insightful observations, and bad jokes for each day’s builds. And of course, you can add your own thoughts in the comments section each day! So without further ado, let’s crack open the build for lucky day 13… Today in the Disney calendar we have a small sled for Elsa. Friends follows City’s lead with a baby and a bottle, only this tot...

All year-round, we here at The Brothers Brick spend our time featuring amazing builds made by the LEGO fan community. But we figured, for the holiday season, it would be great to build something together. For each day from December 1st through the 24th, we’ll be posting instructions to a custom TBB advent calendar build, one part each day. Want to participate? You can find all the parts you’ll need for the TBB Advent Event from our announcement in November. Read on to see what we’re building today! This cozy room needs a fireplace, for sure! Here’s what it looks like in the real world: The post 2024 TBB custom LEGO advent calendar – Day 12 [Feature] appeared first on The Brothers Brick. Original linkOriginal author: Kyle Keller (TBB Managing Editor)

There’s a lot to love in this LEGO Parisian subway built by Renaud Petit. The “Miniland” and “LEGO Shop” signs tell me this is my stop and I should get out and explore a bit. I particularly like the extremely Parisian man with his typical French striped shirt, French neckerchief, French bread, French beret, and French bulldog. He’s looking disparagingly at a sleeping French hobo, which I believe is a clochard in French. I don’t know if this is a cultural thing or not but everyone in this composition seems a bit upset. Perhaps everyone needs a good French press coffee and a croissant to take the edge off? The post All aboard the Parisian subway! appeared first on The Brothers Brick. Original linkOriginal author: Lino

There’s a chill guy who’s been making waves on our internet feeds lately. That, of course, is LEGO builder Maxx Davidson (I haven’t met him personally, but he seems pretty swell). Oh, I guess there’s that meme doing the rounds too – and funnily enough, that’s just what we have here in Maxx’s latest creation. The translation from 2D cartoon to 3D LEGO build is admirably done – everything is perfectly placed. He’s got some black sausage eyebrows and mouth, giving him a laid-back demeanour; and that grey sweater and blue jeans combination looks perfect for relaxing in. He makes it look so easy. What more is there to say? It’s literally just a chill guy. The post When you want to get excited about LEGO builds on the internet but you’re just a chill guy appeared first on The Brothers Brick. Original linkOriginal author: Theo Spencer

The 12th Day of Christmas… Per the classic carol, that’s the day for drummers drumming, but seeing as we’ve already had drums come up the calendars, I’m guessing LEGO has other gifts in-store for today. Between Friends, Disney, City, Harry Potter, Star Wars, and Spider-man, you’d think at least one of them could include a turtledove or two. As ever, our intrepid TBB team is on hand with witty comments, insightful observations, and bad jokes for each day’s builds. And of course, you can add your own thoughts in the comments section each day! So without further ado, let’s crack open the build for day 12… No drummers drumming, but a mother strumming! Friends brings a character with a surprisingly emotional resonance. This is Paisley’s mom, Rose, who passed away by the time we get to meet Paisley in the mainline Friends sets. Meanwhile, Disney gives us a chibi version of...