It’s that time of year, BrickNerd fans! Time to ditch the scarves and mittens and dig out the flip-flops and Panama hats! It’s also a great time to review some summertime-themed MOCs because the temperatures outside are going up, up, up and the kids are heading out on summer break! Yes, we are going back in time to look at some of the hottest MOCs of the season. To set the mood, enjoy a DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince classic while you peruse this article. And if you look really close in the video, you might even be able to see yours truly in the background. No joke! Beach House 2 We start with Beach House 2… (I must have missed the first movie). One option for summer fun is to rent a house by the ocean, especially if you’ve got a big crew: family, friends, or all of the...

Impression Sunrise – Monet by HunshuiMOYU is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The 1,5000 piece build is a recreation of Monet’s painting which inspired the Impressionist movement. The project joins Claw Machine Wallace & Gromit – A Grand Day Out, and Pioneer CDJ 2000 Nexus Multi Player as the ones to reach the Second 2024 Review Stage. The post LEGO Ideas Impression Sunrise – Monet Achieves 10,000 Supporters appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

LEGO has just announced LEGO Smoothie Odyssey, a new intergalactic space experience expanding the series of LEGO Islands within Fortnite. The game mode is part of LEGO’s Space-themed year and you have to search for fruit-like Shock Berries and Butter Berries and then set up a smoothie bar to serve local aliens. LEGO Smoothie Odyssey joins LEGO Wing Walkers, LEGO Prop Hunt, and LEGO Obby Fun as some of the latest additions of LEGO Islands in Fortnite. More LEGO Islands will be revealed for Fortnite throughout 2024 and beyond so there’s a lot more content coming to the game in the future. New LEGO® Islands Launched to Take Fortnite Players Out-of-this-world on New Adventures • The LEGO Group launches a new intergalactic space experience to expand its kid and family-friendly series of LEGO Islands within Fortnite.• Space-themed ‘LEGO® Smoothie Odyssey’ joins sky-high group challenge ‘LEGO® Wing Walkers’ to offer dynamic and...

Hello friends, today I bring you a tale of frustration turned upside down and defeated. I shall regale you with the means to make meaningful improvements to your LEGO life by beating that pesky problem of dust accumulation. What follows is a cheap DIY solution to clean up your dusty, grubby LEGO display cabinets! Doors My friends, Doors Dust and Doors Do you live somewhere a tad dusty, be it post-apocalyptic or maybe a backwater desert world? Luke’s LEGO collection must have been as Dusty as it gets! (image via Starwars.com) Or perhaps you have particularly dirty or dusty creatures prowling around your LEGO lair? These are actually my dogs Or maybe you’ve got one of the small human variety? this guy travels with his own dust cloud! (image via therealwil.com) Whatever the cause… you’re dealing with the same frustrating consequence that I am—DUSTY LEGO! Yes, (you may gasp dramatically), the horrors! Because...

The LEGO Wicked theme was announced earlier today and the splash page for the theme is also live on the LEGO Shop. Here you can see a very detailed page with microbuilds of things we could be seeing larger versions of in the four sets but towards the bottom, we can also see a silhouette of the Elphaba and Glinda minidolls. There have always been a fan divide between those who prefer getting sets with minifigures or sets with minidolls. We’ll just have to see what the sets look like before judgement should be made just because the sets have minidolls. Maybe the sets will wow everyone and fans will overlook the inclusion of them. The post LEGO Wicked Elphaba and Glinda Minidoll Teaser appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

LEGO has officially announced there will be four new LEGO Wicked sets coming this October. The sets will be based on the upcoming November musical film and will feature mini-doll characters of at least Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) and Glinda (Ariana Grande). The full reveal of the LEGO Wicked sets will be coming later this year, perhaps in July during San Diego Comic Con 2024? We shall see but in the meantime, check out the teaser video below. Can you put the pieces together? pic.twitter.com/7NACcqqqzl — LEGO (@LEGO_Group) May 20, 2024 Something Wicked Is Coming… New LEGO® Wicked Sets to Launch This Fall Billund, Denmark, 20 May 2024: The LEGO Group and Universal Products & Experiences are bringing to life 4 new LEGO® Wicked sets featuring mini-dolls, launching 1st October 2024! The ‘popular’ musical phenomenon, Wicked, becomes a two-part gravity-defying cinematic event with the first film arriving in theatres on November 27th...

LEGO Ideas has launched the second fan vote for the If We Can Turn Back Time building contest in which you can vote for another retro set to be produced in the future. Voting will run until May 27 so get your votes in early and check back later to see if your choice will become an official LEGO Ideas set. Gizmo – by terauma E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial by Jimmi-DK Golden Girls – Martin_Studio Beetlejuice (1988): The Sandworm House by Jupe71345 Big by Julientheclownofthebrick The post LEGO Ideas If We Can Turn Back Time Fan Vote 2 Live appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

In my earlier articles, I have covered some basic and advanced methods for building with a LEGO technique called Studs Not On Top (SNOT), otherwise known as sideways building. This time, I’m going to talk about a more personal and subtle aspect of SNOT: how to avoid grooves and gaps. And (perhaps a little bit ironic) I will also talk about LEGO Braille Bricks and how they can be used to achieve smooth SNOT surfaces—despite being purposely designed to be able to be recognized by touch. Groovy Elements Many LEGO elements have small grooves as a design feature to make them easier to remove from other elements. You are most likely to have seen these on tiles and other elements where it would be hard to separate the pieces. Grooves are a more modern LEGO invention to help fingernails and separators remove them. Though jumpers and grilles began without grooves, they...

LEGO conventions often offer play-based fun for younger attendees. From Duplo pits to mosaic walls, from free play to building challenges, there’s lots to do for kids. But at a recent visit to Bricks Cascade, the clear winner in our family was the Brick Derby. What’s A Brick Derby? Glad you asked! Similar to a Pinewood Derby, a Brick Derby is a chance for kids to build cars from their own imagination using a standard chassis. They’re then raced down a slope powered entirely by gravity. Beyond having a blast racing, and trying to come in first, it was a great opportunity to teach them about concepts like aerodynamics, drag, and weight.  a happy and engaged three year old Participants were greeted by a huge table of pieces with a decent variety of shapes and colors. Then, they were given an 8x16 plate and two LEGO-compatible metal axles. You could only...

If you have Amazon Prime, Prime Gaming is giving away LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars for free. After you redeem the code, you can go over to GOG.com to enter the code to get the game. The game was originally released in 2011 and it features missions and characters from the 2008 animated film Star Wars: The Clone Wars and also the television series. The post LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars Free on Prime Gaming appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran