Me and a friend of mine were talking about this guy at lunch a couple days ago. He’s reading The Making of Alien book (still need to get my copy) and the story of how Ridley Scott came to direct and how HR Giger landed the job of designer is interesting. It’s just one of those series of events in life that seem pretty uneventful in time, but when looking back, it was fate. And the result is one of the most iconic creatures ever to grace the screen, and make us scream. The version by Build Better Bricks will get your heart pumping too, and what’s even better is you can buy instructions for him and build your own!   The Making of Alien By J.W. Rinzler  Original linkOriginal author: Tommy

As this summer comes to a close for some of us more unfortunate people (I’m looking at you students), I think now is a good time to think about all the warm summer days we experienced in preparation for the season to drift by. This scene by Norton74 is perfect for this and it takes me on a journey to a place of fine sand wedged in toes and nice cold beverages chilling at our side. And I know all the purist out there are thinking something along the lines of “EEEEEK SAND!”, but let me tell you you’ve just gotta chill out dudes, hang ten, and all that jazz. Original linkOriginal author: Andrew E

Starting in September visitors to The LEGO House in Billund are in for a visual treat. That’s when this creation by the great Brickbaron will be on display. It’s positively bursting with colorful appeal and just the right amount of story telling to draw you in. Everywhere you look there’s activity, and if I know Paul, there’s more surprises in store. Original linkOriginal author: Tommy

I’ve never been to Iowa, so naturally I’ve never been to Albia. But I can tell you that in Albia they have a charming courthouse, stately standing on a lovely lawn. It’s surrounded by trees, statues and there’s even a gazebo. I can tell you this thanks to builder Chris Maddison, who has built this amazing little micro scale version of it. Original linkOriginal author: Tommy

One of my guilty pleasures is Beavis and Butthead. Yes, there’s a load of sophomoric humor (ok, it’s mostly sophomoric humor) but there’s also so exceptionally clever writing and subtle humor going on. And I don’t think I’ve ever laughed as hard at any episode as I did “The Great Cornholio” where we see what happens when Beavis gets just a bit too much caffeine. A simple but very effective build by Pascal. Original linkOriginal author: Tommy

The past few days, more official images of the 2019 LEGO Advent Calendars have popped up at online shops. There are four themes that have them which includes LEGO Harry Potter, Star Wars, Friends, and City. For those who don’t want to be spoiled, I’ve added some spoiler tags so that those images won’t show unless you click it or have java disabled. Thanks to everyone who emailed in about it. I’ve been just a tad busy the past five days. LEGO Harry Potter (75964) Spoilers LEGO Star Wars (75245) Spoilers LEGO Friends (41382) Spoilers LEGO City (60235) Spoilers The post LEGO 2019 Advent Calendar Official Images appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

LEGO has kicked off a new promotion on LEGO Shop@Home for the Back to School Pack (5005969). You can get it for free with purchases of $50 or more. You’ll also need to enter the code FUN1 during checkout to add it to the cart. The LEGO Back to School Pack (5005969) includes a pencil pouch, a notebook, ruler, pencil, eraser, and some stickers. The promotion runs from now until 7/28, while supplies last. The post LEGO Back to School Pack (5005969) Promotion Now Live appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

There was a lot of news to catch up on since I’ve been gone for the past few days to SDCC. I’ll do a recap of the event shortly but first some news that I missed. TT Games has announced that LEGO Worlds will be coming to an end in the near future but didn’t give a date of when. As a result, they have released their last DLC for free which includes all the showcased models from last year as well as sets, minifigures, and props. It’s sad to see the game go but at least you get to experience everything for free. The final collection of LEGO Worlds content is finally here for you to download and it’s absolutely FREE! As a thank you to all our Master Builders we’ve amassed a humongous bundle of minifigures, brick builds, props and more for you to craft even more lavish LEGO...

LEGO has released the first teaser for the upcoming LEGO Ideas Treehouse (21318). If you’ve been online for the past few weeks, you may already have seen images of the set including it being sold for a short time at San Diego Comic Con before being pulled from the shelves. The minute clip shows fan designer Kevin Feeser “planting” some seeds and we watch the tree grow through slides. The official announcement for the set will be coming soon. The post LEGO Ideas Treehouse (21318) Teaser appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Yesterday was the last day for the LEGO minifigure giveaways at San Diego Comic Con 2019 and it was for the LEGO DC Zebra Batman. The card on the front shows the Batman 80th anniversary logo on the top right and the SDCC 50 logo. The back of it has an advertisement for the LEGO DC Super Villains video game. As for Zebra Batman himself, both sides of the torso have black stripes all over it. The front has the bat symbol and the belt is printed gold. The front of the legs and feet also have the stripes. This will be a common theme with this minifigure. The head is plain white with black lines to show the detailing for it like with the headband and his face. He does have a double-sided head and they are the usual grumpy and angry expressions. The cowl also has some stripes on...