The Iron Forge competition attracts many familiar faces from the afol community, but not all talented builders have an online presence. Peter is one such creator who made it to the top 8 with a mix of builds that impress with color and range. This confectionery treat from round 2 uses the eggshell seed part as a springboard for sweet LEGO delights. If you’re more in the mood for savory, Peter has you covered with this sushi assembly station where a multitude of minifig chairs act as fish scales, bones, and nori wrappers. For round 3, Peter finds an elegant tessellated pattern in the engine block seed part. As we previously featured in our Round 2 coverage, Peter turned the eggshell seed part into a chess set that is classic and clean. Cowabunga? This turtle, featuring many a minifig chair, is trying his best to be a radical dude, but I’m...

During the month of February, LEGO Space fans celebrate by building rovers – wheeled vehicles for exploring alien worlds. It’s a great excuse to dig out those old Classic Space elements for a retro look, or your chance to reinvent the wheel with bold new designs. You can share your builds on Flickr, or use the #febrovery2026 hashtag on Instagram. Check out our roundups from last year for inspiration (part 1, part 2). We ring in this year’s event with the first build from Ids de Jong, a Febrovery legend who builds a new rover every day, with a side helping of story and charming paper landscapes. Ids gets things started with Spaceman Alan and this upgraded version of the Strata Scooter, a mini classic from 1987. But what is that spider-drone watching them, and where will their adventure lead next? We’ll be back in two weeks with a mid-month round-up...

In my opinion, LEGO never feels more like a warm hug than when you’re viewing a Neo Fabuland construction. The blend of modern techniques with the limited, but bright color palette and those old animal figures makes everything feel like a Richard Scarry drawing. And I think that point is perfectly illustrated in this fire station creation by Dale Harris. The scene looks simple at first, but notice how the fire station is tilted on the baseplate. Zoom in on those doors, and see how many plates are at work in odd angles and at various depths. It’s a super complex construction of a simple scene that makes us tip our hats. The post In Fabuland, the stakes are higher when a cat is up a tree appeared first on The Brothers Brick. Original linkOriginal author: Norm Harper

Every year, the Iron Forge lets LEGO builders join in a tournament to see whose techniques and creativity will reign supreme, with the winner getting the chance to battle an Iron Builder 1-on-1. The final round just wrapped, during which participants were tasked with making creations featuring the air scoop engine element over two weeks. While the judges evaluate entries and select this year’s champion, we’re giving each of the eight final builders a spotlight, starting with Xiheng Xu (@little_monk_mocs). The builder only joined the afol community a few months ago, but in that short time has made an incredible impression with builds spanning a range of themes and styles. And in the Iron Forge, Xiheng demonstrated both incredible speed and nimbleness, presenting 18 builds, many of which are in dialogue with other participants. Let’s have a look at them all! Xiheng brings out the emotive quality of the intake engines,...

Take another look, because this is no ordinary angler fish. Piotr Przytuła has encased a microscale world inside of it. The small structure in the fish’s lure is easy to spot, but take a peak past all those ravenous teeth and you’ll spot a bubble encasing a larger structure. I don’t know who lives there, but I hope they’re not expecting company. The fish itself would be a build worth talking about. The fins constructed from the trans-clear rods are a masterstroke. And the glow-in-the-dark elements used for the eyes pay perfect tribute to this creature’s real-life habitat deep beneath the sea, where light can barely penetrate. The post A city hidden in the jaws of the deep appeared first on The Brothers Brick. Original linkOriginal author: Norm Harper

We’re just a couple weeks away from the start of the Year of the Fire Horse, and Jin Chen is ringing it in with this festive build. We’re in love with the way he’s sculpted such a lively animal bust from parts that might traditionally be considered for tech-style builds. And the excellent use of mini doll hair gives the front of the mane the perfect shaping. Plus, it’s all propped up beautifully on a small pedestal that pops with violet hues. Happy new year, one and all! The post Here’s to good fortune in the new year appeared first on The Brothers Brick. Original linkOriginal author: Norm Harper

Like a LEGO Victor Frankenstein, artist_davs is a mad scientist of bricks who takes apart minifigures and splices in other elements to amazing effect. This time, an Intellect Devourer from the D&D minifig line becomes an exposed brain in a mass of wires and dark metal. As the artist explains it, “Its structure suggests a fusion of organism and machine, but there are no seams, no points of assembly—only growth.” An intelligence with no apparent purpose but to observe. The frame of bars and tubes, reinforced with a few and Technic plates, evokes a skeleton, while the tripod legs and clear tanks on the back push into uncanny territory. The Watcher might be harmless, but it’s still the stuff of nightmares!   It was discovered standing where no signals reached. No tracks. No heat signature. No aggression. Its structure suggests a fusion of organism and machine, but there are no seams, no...

Ninjago playsets have a track record of introducing some of the wildest and best minifig accessories around, and this January’s crop was no different. One of the coolest accessories is the Earth Monster claw, which can serve as either headpiece or hand to the latest elemental villains. Builder CapyMOCs immediately clocked the similarity to horns of Scarabaeidae Dynastinae, aka Rhinoceros beetles, and set to building one in LEGO. We couldn’t agree more – it’s the role that part was born to play! The post Working the bugs out of the latest Ninjago monster appeared first on The Brothers Brick. Original linkOriginal author: Jake Forbes (TBB Managing Editor)

Reading patterns into LEGO’s release schedule is normally a fool’s errand. The minute you think you can guess what set is coming next based on what’s been before, the pattern changes. That said, after previous years saw releases of the McLaren MP4/4 and Williams FW14B – two of the most famous Formula One cars ever – the next car in this fledgling series should be a surprise to no one. The Ferrari F2004 dominated the, well, 2004 season, and propelled Michael Schumacher to a record 7th drivers’ title. From March 1, you’ll be able to build your own thanks to LEGO Icons 11375 Ferrari F2004 & Michael Schumacher. It has an RRP of USD/CAD/GBP, with 735 pieces. Will it dominate the competition like its real-life counterpart? Only one way to find out! The LEGO Group provided The Brothers Brick with an early copy of this set for review. Providing TBB with...

As you no doubt recall (and for shame if you don’t), Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home sees the crew of the original Star Trek series travel to 1980s San Francisco because a probe from space is speaking humpback whale. Trust me, it makes sense in context. Anyway, the film never gives us a glimpse at the other worldly creatures that want to speak with the humpbacks (my wife calls them whaliens), but I imagine they’d look something like this celestial cetacean by Jesse Gros. Jesse has captured the beauty and majesty of those gentle giants in a craft that looks like it would be equally at home gliding through the cosmos as through the waves. The post Captain, there be whales here! appeared first on The Brothers Brick. Original linkOriginal author: Norm Harper