The last couple of years, LEGO has released some smaller LEGO Disney sets based on iconic locations in their history such as the Mini Disney Castle (40478) and the Mini Disney The Haunted Mansion (40521). That theme will be continuing this year as yesterday they revealed the Mini Disney Palace of Agrabah (40613) which will be releasing in October. It’s a similar style to the previous two sets but it will not include a minifigure which is the most glaring omission. Nevertheless, it’s another location from a Disney IP and that makes me wonder what we could be seeing in the future if they do decide to continue this line. There’s almost an unlimited number of locales that LEGO could use from their vast range of IPs. Even just at the Disney parks, there’s a bunch of rides that could be made like Space Mountain, the Monorail, and the Dumbo Flying...

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The Great Ball Contraption Showcase by jazlecraz is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The build features a working Great Ball Contraption that works by either using the crank in the front or using a motor connected in the back. 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...

LEGO has announced the winner of the LEGO Ideas Disney 100 Years of Fairytales contest in which one of the builds will become an official set. The winner of the contest is Disney Magic by 2A2A which features Sorcerer Mickey as the centerpiece which smaller surrounding builds of other Disney IPs. The project will now go under development and will become LEGO’s newest collaboration with Target and will become an exclusive at the retailer as well as being available on the LEGO Shop. The details for the set will be announced in the future. The post LEGO Ideas Disney 100 Years of Fairytales Contest Winner Announced – Newest Collaboration with Target appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

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...