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...

LEGO has announced that the results of the LEGO Ideas First 2023 Review Stage will be revealed tomorrow at 6am PT. There were 71 out of 73 projects that qualified to have a chance to become the next LEGO Ideas set. Below are the 71 sets that are in contention. Which one(s) do you think will be chosen? • Dr. Seuss and LEGO• Sweet Honey• The Botanical Garden• The Crown – A Piece of History• Stargate SG1: Embarkation Room• Roscosmos Soyuz MS Spacecraft• Motorized Howl’s Moving Castle• The Stargate• Medieval Seaside Market• Brick Boulevard• Retro Comic Store• Shrek’s Swamp – 20th Anniversary• Baby Green Sea Turtle – Kinetic• Humpback Whale• Shrek’s Swamp• Brooklyn Nine-Nine: 99th Precinct• LED Lamp• Bricks Coffee• Ogel Creek Saw Mill• Hollow Knight: Forgotten Crossroad• LEGO Godzilla• Claus Toys• Twilight: Cullen House• Where’s Wally/Waldo?• V.&T.R.R. #12, Genoa• River Side Lodge• Catan – The Game• Daft Punk – The...

With the holidays rapidly approaching, I thought we´d take a look at one of the more recognizable characters from the holiday season, the big guy himself, Santa. My wife loves collecting different types of Santas, so this year I decided to build her one. Now, there are of course, a lot of different ways you can build old Saint Nick; you can go for something classy, or perhaps a beautiful scene with him sitting by the fireplace. I decided on… something else… Usually, before I start building, I like to do some research to see what else is out there on the great big interweb. While searching for “LEGO Santa“ on Flickr, I realized there are a ton of fantastic Santas out there, and a lot of them both brilliant and hilarious. So I figured, why not share this with you guys? After all, the holidays are nearly here so if...

When the LEGO Animal Crossing sets were announced a few months ago, we only had the product images but there are now box arts for the sets coming out of Smyths Toys. Not surprisingly, they’re very coordinated with the bright colors and the leaf background. The sets won’t be available until March 1, 2024 but we can look forward to some of the more iconic characters from the series in minifigure form. Julian’s Birthday Party (77046) – 170 pieces/$14.99 Bunnie’s Outdoor Activities (77047) – 164 pieces/$19.99 Kapp’n’s Island Boat Tour (77048) – 233 pieces/$29.99 Isabelle’s House Visit (77049) – 389 pieces/$39.99 Nook’s Cranny & Rosie´s House (77050) – 535 pieces/$74.99 The post LEGO Animal Crossing Official Box Arts Revealed appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Best of BrickNerd - Article originally published December 25, 2022. Happy Holidays everyone! Today I’m going to take you on a mini Christmas adventure making large classic LEGO pine trees. For starters I want our readers to know that this article is not a comprehensive DIY guide. Walking through CNC manuals for machining tools, router settings, and listing out a bunch of decimal numbers would be a tedious read. However, I do hope that this is a fun summary and inspires the maker in many of us. You may even be inspired to do it better! So, whether you are in a woodshop (like this project), dialing in your own 3D plastic printer, or simply want to live vicariously… let’s take a look! Slicing and Dicing As with many large element fabrications that don’t rely on a computer rendering, I started with digital calipers. I sacrificed one actual LEGO tree and...

Best of BrickNerd - Article originally published February 6, 2023. I occasionally get asked how to start building MOCs by budding AFOLs. One of my go-to responses is to get two copies of a LEGO set that they enjoy and try combining them and expanding the model into something new. That way, they are already familiar with the building style, techniques and colors and have an easier way to ease into building their own original creations. Another way to get your feet wet is to modify an existing set to customize it to your liking. Go ahead, build an extra floor of the modular, swap the colors of that car to your favorite, or add a feature or two that push the set from good to great in your mind. This practice is commonly known as “modding” or modifying a set to make it even better than ever. With the release...