LEGO has been releasing smaller sets based on various Disney locations and the newest one has been revealed on the LEGO Shop with the Mini Disney Palace of Agrabah (40613). Releasing on October 1, the set has 506 pieces and retails for $39.99. The set features a miniature Palace of Agrabah from Aladdin which I believe is the third mini Disney set to be released. Celebrate one of the world’s most popular animated musical fantasy films with the LEGO® ǀ Disney Mini Disney Palace of Agrabah (40613) building set. This miniature build-and-display model captures the look of the colossal palace with white towers and golden domes and includes a buildable flying carpet and a genie lamp. Treat your favorite Disney fan with this great gift that will add a magical touch to any room. The post LEGO Disney Mini Disney Palace of Agrabah (40613) Revealed appeared first on The Brick Fan....

LEGO has revealed a new LEGO Star Wars Christmas set with the Millennium Falcon Holiday Diorama (40658). Releasing on October 1, the set has 282 pieces and retails for $29.99. It features a little Christmas scene inside the Millennium Falcon with a feast in the middle. Let young fans relive the Christmas party from the LEGO® Star Wars: Holiday Special with this Millennium Falcon Holiday Diorama. A great gift idea for ages 8 and up, it features an instantly recognizable brick-built version of the lounge area and sleeping quarters inside the iconic Millennium Falcon. A buildable Christmas tree, string of colorful Christmas light elements, mistletoe and a plate of turkey and carrot elements on the table recreate the festive atmosphere. Build, play and mix The set also features 5 LEGO Star Wars characters, including new-for-October-2023 Rey and Finn LEGO minifigures in holiday sweaters, plus accessories such as Rey’s Jedi book, to...

For each issue of BrickJournal Magazine, the BrickNerd team creates instructions for a LEGO mini-model to go with the theme of the cover story. For their recent issue all exploring LEGO City, we decided to make our own yellow convertible car. A Car You Can Collect Recently, I completed the design of a narrow modular building with a working garage door, and something important was missing--a car for the garage! I suppose I knew I would need a car all along, but I waited until the end because, honestly, I had never designed a car MOC before. To get started, I did what I figured anyone else might do and looked at sets to give me a good base model. In this case, I chose Tony Stark’s convertible from set 76216 Iron Man Armory. It had the general look I was going for and included the specific mudguards I hoped to...

September is now here and there are brand new sets that are now available for purchase on the LEGO Shop. The headliner sets are from Harry Potter which include the Gringotts Wizarding Bank – Collectors’ Edition (76417) and the Hogwarts Castle and Grounds. Coincidentally, LEGO is also doing a LEGO Harry Potter: Back to Hogwarts event where you can get the Gringotts Vault (40598) and Quidditch Practice (30651) polybag with a $130 LEGO Harry Potter purchase. This event will run until September 13, while supplies last. The LEGO Star Wars theme also has a decent sized release with the new Ahsoka sets based on the new Disney+ series. BrickHeadz • Sonic the Hedgehog (40627) – $9.99• Miles “Tails” Prower (40628) – $9.99 City • Passenger Airplane (60367) – $119.99• LEGO City Advent Calendar 2023 (60381) – $34.99 Disney • Walt Disney Tribute Camera (43230) – $99.99• Peter Pan & Wendy’s Flight...

Summer’s in full swing and August is already over – time to relax in the evening sun and enjoy this month’s smorgasbord of great features, insightful articles and deep dives from all across the LEGO community! We are lucky to have this many outlets and channels that keep creating incredible content, and these are the best of the month. Here at BrickNerd, we delved into the stuff of dreams and nightmares with the new LEGO Dreamzzz sets and covered San Diego Comic-Con from an AFOL perspective. We visited Korea Brick Party and an incredible LEGO Train Event in Germany, moved a LEGO collection, and covered disability representation in LEGO, autistic AFOLs and highlighted the highs and lows of neurodivergent builders. We talked Bio-Cup 2023 finals and LEGO animal NPU, LEGO waterfall techniques and LEGO Rock Raiders. We even published instructions for a LEGO chess set and chronicled the illustrious career of...

Following my first article for BrickNerd discussing my Autism diagnosis and how this relates to me being an AFOL—especially how LEGO has been a strategy with supporting this—I wanted to gain the perspectives of other Autistic AFOLs. I sought out other AFOLs who felt safe enough to share their experiences. Rather than summarize what they said, I’ve opted to include their own words because I think they are more powerful coming from the source. Here are the interviews I conducted. Molly Belfield: Speaking LEGO As A Common Language Kate: When did you get your diagnosis, and can you summarise, if you’re comfortable, how it affects your daily life? Image by Chris Christian. Molly: I was diagnosed with Autism when I was 21. At the time, I was at university studying to become a paediatric nurse. Although I don't often tell people that I'm Autistic, I now feel so much happier because...

Since the release of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace in 1999, The LEGO Group has produced many sets using the Intellectual Property (IP) of other companies. Harry Potter followed Star Wars in 2001, and over the next two decades, there was a surge of new licenses making it the most important factor in The LEGO Group’s stunning growth. In turn, LEGO fans have benefited from the expanded range which offers a broader array of themes, sets, and minifigures. This has provided expanded play options for kids and a resounding hit of nostalgia for adults. Images © The LEGO Group. Gabby’s Dollhouse 10787 Kitty Fairy's Garden Party But of course, all of this comes at a cost. Using the IP of other another organisation incurs a fee, and a portion of that fee must be passed onto the customer to make the product viable. Still, the increased prices can cause some contention...

Today, we dive into the most beloved part by LEGO GBC (Great Ball Contraption) builders: the chrome cup. This rare and elusive part typically sells for 6 euros ($6.50 USD) on BrickLink and is being hoarded by some of the greatest builders—and it isn’t because it is shiny. Animated gif by Frederik hareide. Where did the part originate from, and why has it only ever been produced in one color? Why is the chrome cup being hoarded by GBC builders? And are there any alternatives? Read on to learn about the legend of the chome cup. History of The Legendary Chrome Cup The chrome cup was released long before the first LEGO GBC ball existed in 1993. It was featured in sets 9701-1 and 9702-1 as part of the Educational & Dacta Control Lab sets. As the BrickLink name suggests, the part’s primary function is to reflect the light in a...

NASA’s Space Launch System – To the Moon and Mars by NASA RocketBuilder is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. Consisting on 1,745 pieces, the build features the complete Space Launch System and is built around its Core Stage. The project joins “Big Boy” Locomotive, Retro Arcade, Spartan Helmet of Leonidas, Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider, The Muppet Show, Red Bull Racing F1 Team RB18 1:12, Scooby Doo Mystery Machine, Western River Steamboat, Dreamwork’s Shrek Swamp, Asterix & Obelix, Venice, Stilt House, Red Bull RB18, Trojan Horse, Red Dwarf: Sleeping Quarters, TaleSpin Seaduck Meeting Seagull, Stud Lane Book Nook, Minifigure Gumball Machine, Greenhouse, Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Box: Dark Magician vs Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Phineas and Ferb Doofenshmirtz Evil Inc., Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, Taylor Swift “Lover House”, The Motograph, Taylor Swift’s Lover House, Disney’s Phineas and Ferb: Perry the Platypus/Agent P, Flying Scotsman – LNER Class A3 4472 4-6-2 Pacific...

Best of BrickNerd - Article originally published August 23, 2021. Wait, is that smaller than I remember?? We’ve featured Wayne Tyler’s updated and gigantic “micro” build of the United States National Mall (actually it was a second update from our original post in 2018). He has built like mad and expanded the already impressive layout greatly. But now there’s a new twist to his journey—building a micro version… of his micro build! The New MOC in all its glory - And look, he labelled all the buildings! We saw the build and knew we needed to get the inside scoop, so read on to find out more: Doug: So how big is the new “small” version of the National Mall compared to your prior MOC, and were you able to cover the same subject material? Wayne: The microscale version of the National Mall is about 16 feet long and uses a...