Today’s guest article comes from Richard Dryden, a builder who has competed on LEGO Masters and helped create the Awesome Black Creativity project. How Basketball Can Save the World “Dutch Sociologist Johan Huizinga published his seminal work Homo Ludens, explaining that play has always been a safe, sublime, and necessary space for us to find relief from the difficulty of the human condition. Play, as illuminated by Huizinga, delivers a free voluntary experience, disinterested in material gain and separate from the sprawling incomprehensibility of life. Play gives order to that incomprehensibility with clear rules and limits on time, locality, and duration where we can live out real human vices and virtues - teamwork, sacrifice, cooperation, selfishness, risk, courage, cowardice, grace under pressure, winning, losing - without the real-life consequences of life and death, profit and loss. Play, according to Huizinga, is freedom itself. What better human sanctuary has ever evolved than...

As of a few hours ago, the LEGO Tribute to Jane Austen’s Books (40766) has sold out on the LEGO Shop. The gift with purchase set was originally planned to run until Friday, June 27 but it only lasted for about three and a half days. You can still probably find it available at your nearest LEGO Brand Store but you should double check if they still have it. We do still have double Insiders points which will run only until tomorrow night so there isn’t that much time left for that promo. The post LEGO Tribute to Jane Austen’s Books (40766) GWP Sold Out appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Lake House by P.D.G is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The build features a little lake house with a boat garage. The other side is the land area that has room for a pickup truck. The project joins The Fortress of Bellinzona, Jumping Spiders, Planet Express Headquarters, Modular Medieval Village, Pantheon 124 AD, The Circus, Clippy, Monsters, Inc. – Boo’s Door Scream Floor, This is Fine, Ariane 6 on ELA 4 – Complete Version, GLaDOS from Portal 2, Botanical Terrariums, Samurai Castle, Working Modular Fairground, Roman Forum, Vintage Rotary Phone, The Hourglass, My Neighbor Totoro, Godzilla: Minus One, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Jumanji Game Board as the ones to reach the Second 2025 Review Stage. The post LEGO Ideas Lake House Achieves 10,000 Supporters appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Amazon has further reduced the price on the LEGO Animal Crossing K.K.’s Concert at the Plaza (77052) and it has now been discounted by 56%. Last week it was at 38% off so it seems that Amazon is trying to get rid of their inventory. The set is now priced at $34.82 which saves you $45 on it. If you purchased it last week, you can check with Amazon customer service to see if they can get you a refund of the difference since it’s been a very short time between the discounts. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. The post LEGO Animal Crossing K.K.’s Concert at the Plaza (77052) Deal – June 2025 appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

The embargo for the LEGO Inside Tour exclusive set has now passed and there are now images of the set circulating the interwebs. Promobricks was able to do one of the tours which just ended for the latest batch and they have revealed the LEGO Inside Tour Anniversary Collection (4000046). The 20th Anniversary set has 1,912 pieces and it features six mini models of some of the previous Inside Tour sets. • 2005: LECA Automobile• 2009: Ole Kirk’s House• 2011: Moulding Machines (4000001)• 2014: The LEGOLAND Train (4000014)• 2015: H.C. Andersen’s Clumsy Hans (4000020)• 2023: LEGO Fire Engine (4000040) There are still five more tours left for 2025 as LEGO expanded the number of tours for this year. • September 8-10• October 1-3• October 29-31• November 19-21• December 10-12 The post LEGO Inside Tour Anniversary Collection (4000046) Revealed appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

There’s only a few days left to get your pre-orders in for the BrickLink Designer Program Series 5 but did you know that you can also get double Insiders points as well? Since the promo is running concurrently, you can earn extra points with your pre-order, however, you won’t get the LEGO Tribute to Jane Austen’s Books (40766) GWP set. It’s a trade-off on whether you want more points later on or if you value the GWP more. As of this post, none of the Series 5 sets have sold out although there are three of them that are very close to with Adventure in Transylvania being in the lead. As we know by now, there’s been inventory changes with these sets with BrickLink upping the number of sets produced to match the popularity of pre-orders when they first dropped. Adventure in Transylvania (910049) – 4,056 pieces/$349.99 Antique Shop (910050) –...

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 about music and album covers, we created a cassette tape! Building a Microscope The cassette tape was a game-changer back in the day, making music portable and personal. To celebrate this retro classic, our design stays true to the real thing. It has curved corners, tape reels, a label, and even the little clear window that shows the tape inside. Building this set is like hitting play on nostalgia. It’ll take you back to the days of making mixtapes for your buddies and recording your favorite song from the radio. And it ever implements a sweet little stud inversion on the sides to keep things interesting. So get your pencils out because it is time to be kind and rewind! LEGO Cassette Tape...

Since the start of the month, Amazon currently has the LEGO Creator 3-in-1 Space Roller Coaster (31142) for 20% off which is the lowest price we’ve seen it at. It is now listed for $87.99 which is $20 off. The set was released back in 2023 and it was sort of a prelude to the Space sets that we got the year after. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. The post LEGO Creator 3-in-1 Space Roller Coaster (31142) Deal – June 2025 appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Jumanji Game Board by Airbricks95 is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. This is a resubmission of the same project that also hit 10k back in 2023. The piece count is still at 1,423 pieces and it is detailed to represent the details of the original box as closely as possible. The project joins The Fortress of Bellinzona, Jumping Spiders, Planet Express Headquarters, Modular Medieval Village, Pantheon 124 AD, The Circus, Clippy, Monsters, Inc. – Boo’s Door Scream Floor, This is Fine, Ariane 6 on ELA 4 – Complete Version, GLaDOS from Portal 2, Botanical Terrariums, Samurai Castle, Working Modular Fairground, Roman Forum, Vintage Rotary Phone, The Hourglass, My Neighbor Totoro, Godzilla: Minus One, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as the ones to reach the Second 2025 Review Stage. The post LEGO Ideas Jumanji Game Board Achieves 10,000 Supporters appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles by teljesnegyzet is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The 2,522 piece build features brick-built figures of Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo as they are portrayed in the 1987 cartoon series including their weapons. The project joins The Fortress of Bellinzona, Jumping Spiders, Planet Express Headquarters, Modular Medieval Village, Pantheon 124 AD, The Circus, Clippy, Monsters, Inc. – Boo’s Door Scream Floor, This is Fine, Ariane 6 on ELA 4 – Complete Version, GLaDOS from Portal 2, Botanical Terrariums, Samurai Castle, Working Modular Fairground, Roman Forum, Vintage Rotary Phone, The Hourglass, My Neighbor Totoro, and Godzilla: Minus One as the ones to reach the Second 2025 Review Stage. The post LEGO Ideas Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Achieves 10,000 Supporters appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran