Today’s guest article comes from Rylie Howerter, one of the LEGO fan community’s foremost color and materials enthusiasts. Her color guide is one of our go-to LEGO references here at BrickNerd, and you can follow her on Flickr, Instagram and Patreon. A Wall of Parts and Colors Two copies of this set were provided to me by The LEGO Group. All opinions are my own. January 2026 brought us several new LEGO Botanicals sets, and here’s yet another one! 11503 Flower Wall, releasing February 1st, feels like a real flagship model for the theme this season, with a great variety of flowers and display potential. Although it’s not the first set to include the two new colors for 2026 (430 Warm Pink and 431 Blue Violet), it does feature them heavily, with several new recolored parts. As a MOC builder myself, I tend to look at sets primarily as parts packs,...

LEGO has released a short video on social media teasing a LEGO Mario Kart Luigi set. After the release of the Mario Kart – Mario & Standard Kart (72037) last year, we were wondering if LEGO would make Luigi and it looks like he’s coming soon. In the teaser, Luigi is seen pulling up next to Mario in his Mach 8 Kart. You can clearly see part of the blue and yellow kart with the red rims. Hopefully the set can recreate the famous Luigi death start meme. Last year, the Mario & Standard Kart was announced on MAR10 Day so we can guess that LEGO will be revealing the set that day too. The post LEGO Mario Kart Luigi Set Teaser appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

LEGO has officially revealed a new LEGO Botanicals set with the Flower Wall (11503). Releasing on February 1, the set has 879 pieces and will retail for $89.99. The set features a variety of flowers that you can put on the wall frame including 2 big camellias, 3 small camellias, 2 clematis, 3 ranunculus, 2 faux red roses, 1 hydrangea, 3 cornflowers, 2 mimosa branches, 2 waxflower branches, and 2 big leaves. Set your inner gardener free as you create a flower trellis with this LEGO Botanicals Flower Wall (11503) building set for adults. Flex your green fingers as you create the wall frame and build the colourful artificial flowers. The set includes 2 big camellias, 3 small camellias, 2 clematis, 3 ranunculus, 2 faux red roses, 1 hydrangea, 3 cornflowers, 2 mimosa branches, 2 waxflower branches and 2 big leaves that you can arrange on the wall in any combination...

We’re in the middle of the darkest time of the year here in the Nordics. What could be a better way to liven up your day than building some colorful flowers? I have been given the opportunity to look at four of the latest sets from the LEGO Botanical theme: 11508 Daisies, 133 pieces 11509 Flowering Cactus, 482 pieces 11504 Peace Lily, 474 pieces 11501 Tulip Bouquet, 576 pieces My relationship with the botanical sets before this review is quite positive. I have built 10311 Orchid and 10309 Succulents before, and I was very pleased with those. I like how the Botanical sets use regular LEGO to resemble somewhat common house plants.  I decided to revisit the format of classic reviews here on BrickNerd from the before times with Nerdly scores out of five. So let’s take a look at the new sets, starting with the smallest. 11508 Daisies, 9+, 133...

Some builders bring MOCs to Skaerbaek Fan Weekend. Others arrive with swaps, badges, or small gifts tucked into their bags for trading with friends. And then, every so often, someone brings an experience that becomes part of the shared memory of the weekend. Jason Briscoe, known to many as Skaerbaek’s unofficial “King of Merch,” has spent years contributing to that side of the event’s culture. This year, his contribution didn’t come in a custom kit or a display case, but inside a glowing capsule prize machine that drew crowds, lovers of chance, and more than a few raised eyebrows. This is the story of how it came to be, as told by Jason… “These are the capsules you’re looking for…” In the dusty corner of a bustling intergalactic bazaar, a peculiar creature stood out among the gleaming stalls of exotic wares. It was a creature of stoic beauty, with fur that...

At an exhibition in France near Bordeaux (organized by Brick Team Aquitaine), I was impressed by a diorama using the properties of some LEGO colors that react to a UV blacklight. I thought that this strangely fluorescent approach to LEGO colors could be the subject of a great interview so I reached out to Cyrille Bouquinet who built this glowing Galaxy Squad diorama. Sam: Hello Cyrille, could you introduce yourself? Cyrille: I am 46 years old, and I am from Rochefort in France. I've been playing with LEGO since I was three years old, and I can't tell you which set I got first. It must have been a Fabuland set but I was quickly attracted by Classic Space. I also got hooked on the Castle range in 1984 and since then I’ve remained faithful to these two ranges. The Middle Ages and science fiction are my two main areas of...

LEGO has officially revealed a new LEGO Speed Champions F1 set with the Audi Revolut F1 Team R26 Race Car (77259). Releasing on March 1, the set has 215 pieces and will retail for $27.99. The Audi Revolut is a brand new car in the F1 2026 grid and the real life car was revealed yesterday. Boys and girls aged 10 and up can collect, build, display and race this LEGO® Speed Champions Audi Revolut F1® Team R26 Race Car (77259). An authentic display model of the brand new team joining the Formula 1® grid in 2026, this model also includes design details that comply with the updated F1® car regulations for the new season. This Audi Revolut F1® Team R26 Race Car toy features a cockpit, rear wing, authentic sponsor logos, front wheel suspension and tires imprinted with “Pirelli.” The toy vehicle also comes with a minifigure in an Audi...

Strolling the aisles of Brickworld Chicago is always an experience. Rows and rows of tables, each with LEGO MOCs more impressive than the next, invite the public to lose themselves in a sea of bricks that is hard to stand out from. Yet every year there is an individual that manages to do just so, and so it came as no surprise that I found myself returning to Chris Rozek’s display again and again. No stranger to Brickworld—he is featured on their website, rocking a life-size brick-built guitar, and has been nominated for the coveted Brickworld Master award before—Chris is what I’d consider an anomaly in the AFOL community. He refers to himself as an AFOOL, an Adult Fan Of Old LEGO, and as such, is a respected collector of some of the oldest and most obscure LEGO items out there. His basement’s display cases are filled to the brim with...

LEGO has officially revealed a new line of LEGO Education sets called Learning at Home which should be available tomorrow. The sets are designed for kids to learn at home by doing various science experiments. One thing to note is that the Space sets have some new printing for the astronaut minifigures. Moon Mission Science Kit (45200) – 519 pieces/$49.99 Ignite a love of science and lunar travel in kids aged 8 plus with this Moon Mission Science Kit (45200), part of the LEGO® Education building-set collection. Target their passion for space with an educational toy they can build and play with repeatedly. Launch kids’ critical thinking skills with a spaceship toy, Earth-to-moon launchpad, habitat, greenhouses, 2 astronaut minifigures and more. Inspire STEM learning, exploration and independent play with the included physical science experiments for kids, which encourage them to find solutions and invent new ways of achieving their goals through...

LEGO has officially revealed a new LEGO Icons set with the Golden Retriever Puppy (11384). Releasing on February 1 (pre-order today), the set has 2,102 pieces and will retail for $139.99. The set features a brick-built Golden Retriever that you can have its mouth open to reveal some teeth or switch it out for its tongue. Enjoy a heartwarming project with the LEGO® Icons Golden Retriever Puppy (11384) model building kit for adults. This posable animal figure captures the charm of the much-loved dog breed, making it a must-have for animal lovers and golden retriever enthusiasts. Pose the puppy figure’s head, ears and tail, and lift its front paw to create a variety of endearing expressions. Open its mouth to reveal rows of small white teeth and insert the pink tongue to add even more character. Finished with a colourful collar and medallion, this cute LEGO dog makes an adorable display...