The 2019 Toy of the Year award winners will be announced ahead of the New York Toy Fair in February and you can now vote for your favorite nominees. As usual, LEGO has been nominated for a few categories so head on over to the links below to vote for them. Collectible of the Year LEGO Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts Collectible Minifigures (71022) Construction Toy of the Year LEGO Star Wars Kessel Run Millennium Falcon (75212) LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts Great Hall (75954) License of the Year LEGO Jurassic World Playset of the Year LEGO Creator Roller Coaster (10261) LEGO Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Indoraptor Rampage at Lockwood Estate (75930) Preschool Toy of the Year LEGO DUPLO Steam Train (10874) Specialty Toy of the Year LEGO Star Wars Betrayal at Cloud City (75222) LEGO Wizarding World Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle (71043) Vehicle of the Year LEGO Technic Bugatti Chiron (42083)...

Being a maker and a craftsman I can really get into this piece by builder qi_tah. It combines some of my favorite things, LEGO, sculpture and the artistic drive to make something from nothing. I’ve never had a try at marble sculpture (or any stone for that matter) but it’s always interested me. Original linkOriginal author: Tommy

You better hind your valuables, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald opens this weekend and Niffler loves a bit of shiny shiny. This little platypus-like magical creature has an absolute weakness for treasure, and is cute enough to get away with it. And this brick version by builder Cha Mi captures that cuteness perfectly. Original linkOriginal author: Tommy

LEGO has released the designer video for the LEGO Creator Vestas Wind Turbine (10268) which is set to be released next Friday at LEGO Stores and on Shop@Home. If you didn’t know, the set was originally only available to Vestas employees but now as LEGO designer Carl Merriam says, there’s a Vestas for the rest of us. The new Vestas Wind Turbine has 826 pieces and retails for $199.99. I’ll have my review for the set up sometime next week. The post LEGO Creator Vestas Wind Turbine (10268) Designer Video appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

The LEGO Early Black Friday 2018 shopping event is now live on LEGO Shop@Home. From now until the end of Sunday, VIPs can earn double points on every purchase. If your purchases are $99 or more, you can get the LEGO Seasonal Christmas Gift Box (40292) for free. The offers also stack with the LEGO Harry Potter Diagon Alley (40289) so that’s good because LEGO usually doesn’t stack three good offers at the same time. As usual, please use our links to make your purchases as it does help support the site. USA | Canada | UK | France | Germany The post LEGO Early Black Friday 2018 Offers Now Live on Shop@Home appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Barnes & Noble has released details on how to get the LEGO Harry Potter Bricktober 2018 (5005254) set if you aren’t able to attend the Harry Potter Explore the Magic event tomorrow. The promotion will be available online with purchases of $75 or more on LEGO products from November 22, 12:01am to December 26, 2:25am EST and at Barnes & Noble stores from November 23 to 25, while supplies last. This promotion will be especially good for people who are not able to attend the event tomorrow starting at 2:00 local time. Thanks to Brittany for the heads up! The post LEGO Harry Potter Bricktober 2018 (5005254) Barnes & Noble Promotion Extended appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Amazon has put another LEGO set on a decent discount with the LEGO Creator Big Ben (10253). They have lowered the price to $199.99 which is 20% off the normal retail price of $249.99. You may opt to go with the early Brick Friday 2018 promotions which start in a few hours on LEGO Shop@Home but if you’re not a VIP member, this is the best deal you can get on this set at this time. The post LEGO Creator Big Ben (10253) Amazon Sale appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Keeping up with the memes of the internet is exhausting, every time I turn around there’s a new one, and half the time I don’t get it (get off my lawn!). But builder Ochre Jelly not only keeps up, he expands on them and has pretty much woven himself into the memesphere (is that a thing? I just made it up). Take for instance the meme of the year “distracted boyfriend”, now we have a LEGO version thanks to Iain (which, by the way, is brilliant), now go forth and meme away, or go meme yourself, or memeify (I’m terrible at this). Original linkOriginal author: Tommy

Next year marks the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 and the moon landing. Yes, it’s been five decades since Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Micheal Collins ventured to the Sea of Tranquility. The Museum Of Science Fiction in Washington DC is kicking off the celebration of this landmark of humankind by giving away a LEGO Saturn V, and winning could not be simpler. Just visit this site, enter your name and email address and start wishing upon the morning star. Original linkOriginal author: Tommy

It’s just a logical extrapolation, the coelacanth has been around for millions of years, it seems inevitable that it will be around in the distant future, and prowling the sea bottom in mecha form. And honestly, I don’t know what’s more terrifying, the present (and ancient) version, or the mechanical version depicted here by builder ToyForce 120. Original linkOriginal author: Tommy