Jens Nygaard Knudsen passed away. You may not recognize his name, but if you’re reading this blog you know his work. Jens was initially a designer at LEGO and quickly became Chief Designer from 1968 until 2000.  He designed early town sets and was Mr. Space having his hand in the Space lines from the Classic era up to M-Tron and what started as Sea-Tron which later became Aquanauts. Also he is credited with inventing the Minifigure! Mark Stafford posted his article (Brick Journal #6 2009) we he talks to Jens and Designer Niels Milan Pedersen on his flickr stream in memory (page 1, page 2, & page 3). The article has many pictures of concept models that Jens and Niels created. Mark will be forwarding comments on the flickr pages to Jens family and has started #NygaardMemorialFleet for anyone who wants to build a memorial spaceship. Image from Mark Stafford’s...

The wildly popular Mouse Guard from Crazybricks is making a return thanks to a successfully funded Kickstarter. The good news is there’s plenty of time left to get your own awesome Mouse Guard figs, and several stretch goals have already been unlocked. Head on over to this link and get in on this! Original linkOriginal author: Tommy

There are now official images of the upcoming LEGO Ninjago Golden Zane Accessory Set (40374) which now has a product listing on LEGO Shop@Home. Retailing for $2.99, the set contains 73 pieces and it features minifigures of Golden Zane and three Nindroids. This version of Zane is currently exclusive to this set and it is the only way to get him. The Golden Zane Accessory Set will be available on March 1. Dedicated NINJAGO® fans will love to recreate thrilling action scenes from season 3 of the TV series with this cool LEGO® Golden Zane Minifigure Accessory Set (40374). An exclusive minifigure to this set, Golden Zane can be used by kids to role-play battles against a dangerous army of Nindroids and a unique crawler vehicle in the digital world of Digiverse. Kids are guaranteed to be entertained for hours as they escape into this exciting fantasy realm. -Young builders with...

There are official images of the upcoming LEGO Fairground Minifigure Accessory Set (40373) which is set to be released on March 1. The set has 51 pieces and retails for $12.99. It includes minifigures of a dad and a girl along with two fairground employees. This set will go decently with the LEGO Creator Fairground sets. Roll up, roll up for family fun with this LEGO® Iconic Fairground Minifigure Accessory Set (40373)! This colorful playset for kids features a buildable mini shooting range with a stud shooter – knock down the gold-colored can to win 1 of the cute teddy bear figures. It also includes a girl, dad and 2 fairground employee minifigures with fun accessories to inspire creative play. This accessory set is an ideal gift for ages 6+ to add to their LEGO collections and open up even more play options. -Kids can recreate the fun of the fair...

Okay, so this was supposed to be a reveal during the 2020 New York Toy Fair next week but its seems that Amazon Canada has already revealed it early which is the LEGO BrickHeadz Star Wars The Mandalorian & The Child (75317). The set has 295 pieces and it features the extremely popular Mandalorian and The Child (Baby Yoda) as LEGO BrickHeadz. The listing states that it will cost $24.99 CAD and will be available on August 1 and if you’re living somewhere where Canada ships to, you can go ahead and pre-order it as well. **Via Promobricks** The post LEGO BrickHeadz Star Wars The Mandalorian & The Child (75317) Revealed appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Alright, Gang- It’s not too late to get out there to your local Kwik-E-Mart and grab the last batch of flowers. Or better yet, get out your flower/plant LEGO bin and do what Emmet did. Lucy looks thrilled! Nicely done, Leot! (Hope you fare better tonight) Happy Valentines Day, everybody! Original linkOriginal author: El Barto

In April, DK Books will be releasing the LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: New Edition which includes an exclusive Darth Maul minifigure. The final images of the book cover and Darth Maul have been released and we can now see what they look like. This version of Maul has him showing part of his chest while wearing a black tunic. The head appears to be slightly updated from the 2011 version which has a similar expression. Also included is his double lightsaber. As for the Character Encyclopedia itself, it will be available on April 7 and you can pre-order it now on Amazon for $17.99 which is 10% off the list price. Meet more than 200 minifigures from the LEGO® Star Wars galaxy! DK’s LEGO® Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: New Edition is updated to include all the latest and new LEGO Star Wars minifigures! Meet amazing minifigures from all the Star...

There are now official images of the LEGO Marvel Spider-Man Venom Crawler (76163) set. It has 413 pieces and will retail for only $29.99 which is a little surprising. The set features a Venom spider mech and a small buggy but the main attraction are the minifigures which includes Spider-Man, Carnage, and Iron Venom which is a Venomized version of the character. If you’re not familiar with the Venomized comic series, the symbiotes have chosen various heroes and villains to bond with and it’s actually a pretty good series. Hopefully LEGO continues with the Venomized line as we can get newer version of the characters. The Venom Crawler will be available on March 1. With LEGO® Marvel Avengers Venom Crawler (76163) young superheroes can team up with Spider-Man to take on both Carnage and archenemy Venom, who is at the controls of his monstrous Venom Crawler! Cool action vehicles and minifigures...

From the moment I learned about the products from Brickstuff I was intrigued. From the moment I used the products they graciously sent I was a fan. And from the moment I met the founder Rob, I had a friend. Brickstuff lighting products have been our go-to here at the animation studio and have played a critical role in our scale lighting needs. I’ve reviewed several of their kits and have never been less than totally impressed. Just watch either of these videos and you’ll see the care, quality and creativity that went into them. Today I learned that LEGO was partnering with Light My Bricks, the company that outright pirated Brickstuff’s designs, for their exploration of LEGO branded lighting products. You can read more about it in this article by Brickstuff. I don’t want to don the hat of social justice warrior, but I feel this is just way out...

What do you do when you’ve trekked hundreds of miles and you stumble upon an abandoned bus in the Alaskan wilderness? Well you move into it of course. This is the way over simplified version of the fascinating tale of Chris McCandless, and his ill fated quest to reject society and live off the land. Builder Norton74 has crafted this awesome recreation of the “Magic Bus” as Chris dubbed it. Original linkOriginal author: Tommy