LEGO has been building minifig-scale snowmen with varying levels of success for decades. I’ve seen some people speculate in online communities that perhaps LEGO has never seen an actual snowman before (even though it has been snowing in Billund, Denmark this last week!). I certainly won’t go that far, but I will say that some of their designs align with what I would consider to be the ideal of a snowman far more closely than others. This thought process led me to wonder: is there a “best” LEGO snowman? If so, how would I find it? Well, this is BrickNerd, so the answer to me was clear: by spending way too much time looking for and judging every minifig-scale snowman LEGO has yet made. Do You Want to Build a Snowman? (I promised myself I wasn’t going to use that song title in this article and already I failed… sigh.) Let’s...

LEGO has just announced two new sets being produced for LEGO Ideas so now is a good time as ever to update the list of projects that are currently in the works. The list is still pretty long but LEGO is slowly catching up with their releases. The next set that will be available is the Polaroid OneStep SX-70 Camera (21345) on January 1 but you can actually pre-order it right now on the LEGO Shop. Your Family Tree by Bulldoozer Approved December 7, 2022 from LEGO Ideas x Target – What Does Family Mean to You? building contest. Dragon’s Keep: Journey’s End by BoltBuilds Approved January 5, 2023 from LEGO Ideas 50 Years of Dungeons & Dragons building contest. Red London Telephone Box by Bricked1980 Approved February 8, 2023 from Second 2022 Review Stage. The Nightmare Before Christmas by Tvrulesmylife Approved February 8, 2023 from Second 2022 Review Stage. Jaws...

The Series 25 LEGO Collectible Minifigures (71045) releases in a few days and we’ve gotten a box of them to check out. Unlike the previous series where we’ve gotten the two row boxes, we now have these 12 pack hanger boxes as well. The front shows all the characters that you’re able to get while the sides have the Vampire Knight and the E-Sports Gamer and each hanger box contains 12 mystery boxes. Film Noir Detective The Film Noir Detective has the grayscale color scheme and he wears a trench coat with black boots. The coat also has a fabric collar that goes around the neck. The head is all white and he has a gray mustache. His accessories include a magnifying glass and a red herring. E-Sports Gamer The E-Sports Gamer has a really nice jersey with the Black Falcons logo as well as the sports mountain logo on the...

Nutcrackers and Toy Soldiers are two Christmas icons steeped in holiday tradition. With their distinctive uniforms and classic designs, they have long been a staple of holiday decor in homes around the world—and have each been reimagined in LEGO form several times. Join BrickNerd as we stroll down memory lane to explore the many LEGO interpretations of Nutcrackers and Toy Soldiers. Nutcrackers: The Tall and the Small For those who are unaware, Nutcrackers are traditional wooden carvings, often resembling soldiers or royalty, equipped with a lever-operated mouth to crack nuts. Their association with the holiday season primarily stems from the popularity of the “Nutcracker” ballet, a festive story in which a nutcracker figurine comes to life. In LEGO form, Nutcrackers are a bit more challenging due to the moving function of the mouth. As you will see, most iterations include this play feature while others don’t. Technically the Best Let’s start...

Pirate Treasure Chest by Sparkos is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The 2,500 piece build features a treasure chest that can open up to reveal a map inside that has various detailed locations. The project joins Modular Heritage Museum, Great Temple of Abu Simbel – With Secret Treasure, Rolls-Royce Phantom 1 “Phantom of Love”, Moon Palace, NASA’s SLS Block 1 & 1B Rockets – Artemis Missions, LEGO Anatomy, WTC Twin Towers & Vista International Hotel 1979, Coraline: The Pink Palace, Good Ogel’s Garden, Happier Than Ever, City Burger, Phineas and Ferb!, JWST, Harry Styles Love on Tour 2023, LEGO Microscope, Sequoia Tree, Tesla Center, Working Canal Lock, Christmas Theater, Wreck-It Ralph 10th Anniversary, Stray Kids “Oddinary Maniac”, Rainforest Frogs, Steve Irwin & Majestic Crocodile, Kaamelott The Knights of the Round Table, Classic Tractor, Forest Base, The Vintage Service Station, Sea Turtle, and No Man’s Sky |...

Polish retailer Bonito has posted a product page for the new LEGO Art Macaw Parrots (31211). The set has 644 pieces and is labeled as part of The Fauna Collection which I expect to have more sets in this subtheme in the future. The parrots are listed as a January 1 release. The post LEGO Art Macaw Parrots (31211) Revealed appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

LEGO has announced the winners of the LEGO Ideas First 2023 Review Stages and there are two winners. There were 71 projects that qualified for the running and the first one is Twilight: Cullen House by Nick Micheels, aka, LobsterThermidor. Next is The Botanical Garden by Valentina Bima, aka, Goannas. The final details of the sets will be announced in the future as they are set to be released. The post LEGO Ideas First 2023 Review Winners Announced appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

All aboard the Polar Express (or should that be Orient Express!?) to see some creatures we might discover on a journey to the North Pole! So get your hot chocolate and binoculars ready because we’re about to see all the LEGO animals of the Arctic. Polar Bears Naturally we have to start with the biggest, baddest predator on the ice, the Polar Bear. They are also the LEGO creature in today’s article with the largest number of versions. First up, the Duplo family. Three each of adults and cubs at least; the earliest adult and cub arrived in 1990 and the latest started life in 2009 but has most recently shown up in the 2022 Wild Animals of the World set (10975-1). The range, unsurprisingly, exhibits lots of characteristics that are typical for many Duplo creatures that have appeared across an extended timeline—we have the ‘change-in-eye-decoration-without-change-in-mould’; the ‘cub-on-a-2x2-coloured-tile’; the ‘moveable-head’ and...

The new LEGO Marvel Avengers Tower (76269) is now officially the largest set in the long-running theme coming in at 5,201 pieces while also retailing for $499.99. Let’s take a look at it to see if the price is justified with what you get. Minifigures As with a set this big, it also comes with a whopping 31 minifigures which include Tony Stark, Iron Man MK7, Iron Man MK6, two Captain America, Thor, Black Widow, The Wasp, Hawkeye, Wanda Maximoff, Falcon, Vision, War Machine, Pepper Potts, Wong, Nick Fury, Dr. Cho, Erik Selvig, Tony Stark SHIELD Agent, two SHIELD Agent, Alexander Pierce, four Chitauri, Loki, Ultron, Kevin Feige, a bigfig of Hulk, a nanofigure of Ant-Man, and a buildable Dum-E. Tony Stark is shown wearing the Black Sabbath shirt with the logo reprinted as a helmet from the LEGO Exploriens theme. He does have a clear neck bracket for one of...

No Man’s Sky | Radiant Pillar BC1 by nasa105 is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The 989 piece build features the starter ship for explorers in the game that has a fully retractable landing gear. The project joins Modular Heritage Museum, Great Temple of Abu Simbel – With Secret Treasure, Rolls-Royce Phantom 1 “Phantom of Love”, Moon Palace, NASA’s SLS Block 1 & 1B Rockets – Artemis Missions, LEGO Anatomy, WTC Twin Towers & Vista International Hotel 1979, Coraline: The Pink Palace, Good Ogel’s Garden, Happier Than Ever, City Burger, Phineas and Ferb!, JWST, Harry Styles Love on Tour 2023, LEGO Microscope, Sequoia Tree, Tesla Center, Working Canal Lock, Christmas Theater, Wreck-It Ralph 10th Anniversary, Stray Kids “Oddinary Maniac”, Rainforest Frogs, Steve Irwin & Majestic Crocodile, Kaamelott The Knights of the Round Table, Classic Tractor, Forest Base, The Vintage Service Station, and Sea Turtle as the...