After a short break, we’re back to our reviews of the LEGO DREAMZzzz sets and the next one we’ll check out is the Crocodile Car (71458). The set has 494 pieces and retails for $59.99. Minifigures The set includes minifigures of Cooper, Jayden, and the Night Hunter, Snivel, and Logan. Cooper is in his red racing outfit that has some nice detailing on both sides of the torso. The legs continue with the same details and also has printing for the shoes. He wears a helmet that has a blue screen. He has a double-sided head showing a determined look on one side and a sleeping expression on the other. His accessory is a brick-built hammer. Cooper does have a separate hairpieces as well. Jayden is in the same purple unicorn pajamas that is the same as in a few other sets. Like with the other ones, his head shows him...

Best of BrickNerd - Article originally published September 29, 2021. How do you build round things out of square LEGO bricks, what math tricks are involved, and how does Minecraft play into it all? To help answer those questions, we are pleased to feature a guest article from Deep Shen discussing building LEGO spheres. Deep’s amazing portfolio of work can be found at Towering Brick Creations, on his Flickr page and on Instagram. Round Shapes Out of Square Bricks LEGO is not a medium that is inherently suited to building round shapes. After all, the basic building block – a 1×1 brick has a square footprint and a LEGO baseplate has studs placed in a regular square grid. And yet, there are many wonderful LEGO creations out there that include round shapes – all kinds of cylinders and even spheres. I did not have much experience building these shapes out of...

LEGO really isn’t advertising it on the LEGO Shop but you can get the LEGO DOTS Pencil Holder (40561) with general purchases of $65. The promo will only last a week and will end on September 22. It was originally part of a promotion last year but it had theme requirements at the same price but now, it’s a free for all. As a Rakuten/Linkshare Affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases. The post LEGO DOTS Pencil Holder (40561) Promotion Returns to LEGO Shop appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

BrickNerd Patron and guest contributor Karyn Murphy talks about the history of LEGO’s architectural sibling, Modulex, and shares her experience going to their 60th-anniversary event in Billund, Denmark. M For Modulex Sixty years ago while he was the managing director of The LEGO Group, Godtfred Kirk Christiansen came up with a new idea. He thought the LEGO bricks currently in production could be used by adults (specifically architects) to communicate and visualize building projects. However the existing bricks did not have the right proportions for building projects, so he decided there might be a market for a new product. And, the Modulex company was born. From the MODULEX manual showing the size of bricks. The new size bricks were scaled to represent building materials. A 1 x 1 is a perfect cube: 5 mm x 5 mm x 5mm with a stud on top.  A 2 x 4 is thus 5...

Fans have been asking for it for a long time now but LEGO Masters has finally announced that there will be a LEGO Masters Junior. for the US. Other countries have already had a kids version of the show but it has taken the US almost four seasons to get their own. This was one of the topics during the LEGO Masters panel at SDCC 2023. You can now register your kids to participate as contestants by submitting the form in the link above. Kids must be between ages 9-17 by October 1, 2023. A parent or legal guardian ust be available during filming which lasts about two weeks from October 30-November 22. The form has 82 questions so prepare to take some time to fill it out for each child you want to enter. The post LEGO Masters Junior Announced – Registration Now Live appeared first on The Brick Fan....

FOX has announced that there will be a LEGO Masters Celebrity Holiday Bricktacular coming this December. This was talked about briefly during the LEGO Masters panel at San Diego Comic Con 2023 and it will be a 2-night special event. It will be airing on Monday, December 18. The post LEGO Masters Celebrity Holiday Bricktacular 2023 Announced for December appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

LEGO has updated their Retiring Soon part of the LEGO Shop with a vast number of sets that will be going away soon. Some of the sets on the list have already been discounted which means that LEGO was having a hard time trying get rid of them as they were flops. Avatar • Neytiri & Thanator vs. AMP Suit Quaritch (75571) – $44.99• Floating Mountains: Site 26 & RDA Samson (75573) – $99.99 City • Fire Rescue Police Chase (60319) – $39.99• Fire Brigade (60321) – $99.99• Smashing Chimpanzee Stunt Loop (60338) – $69.99• Double Loop Stunt Arena (60339) – $149.99• The Knockdown Stunt Challenge (60341) – $34.99• The Shark Attack Stunt Challenge (60342) – $34.99• Wild Animal Rescue Missions (60353) – $39.99• Water Police Detective Missions (60355) – $39.99• Stunt Truck & Ring of Fire Challenge (60357) – $59.99• Dunk Stunt Ramp Challenge (60359) – $29.99• Spinning Stunt Challenge...

In October last year, LEGO announced a contest celebrating 50 years of Dungeons & Dragons. Although I am a fan of board games like Dixit, Mysterium, Gloom, Exploding Kittens and many more, I have never had the chance to play D&D. Of course, I've heard about it mostly from TV shows and people online, and I wanted to do something for that contest myself. Building Character First, I opened Google and searched for Dungeons & Dragons. I read the Wikipedia article on it and discovered that there is something called classes—character classes, to be exact—which got my attention. After that, I started searching for art based on those classes and characters; this is how the initial idea of building characters was born. The whole search took me about an hour, but one can easily get lost in the vast universe of amazing heroes and mighty monsters. I made an initial list...

Season 4 doesn’t begin for another two weeks but FOX has announced that LEGO Masters has already been renewed for Season 5. It looks like Will Arnett is also back to host the show as well. We won’t know the contestants who are vying to be named LEGO Masters for a while but it may seem that the show is still pretty popular here as FOX has already wanted the show back for another season. The post LEGO Masters Renewed for Season 5 appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Moon Palace by legotruman is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The build is based on the story of Chang’e, the goddess of the moon and it shows a scene of a palace built inside a floating crescent moon. The project joins Modular Heritage Museum, Great Temple of Abu Simbel – With Secret Treasure, and Rolls-Royce Phantom 1 “Phantom of Love” as the ones to reach the Third 2023 Review Stage. The post LEGO Ideas Moon Palace Achieves 10,000 Supporters appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran