Like a great many Star Wars fans, I ravenously devoured The Mandalorian, and it’s been so refreshing to have the feels of Star Wars back. There’s a certain intangibility to what makes something feel like Star Wars, but no small part of it is the roots on which it’s built, the inspiration that fueled it. It’s clear in the first minute of episode one that The Mandalorian is heavily inspired by the classic westerns, which were in turn heavily inspired by the classic samurai movies, and A New Hope drew much of inspiration from those as well. By the end of the first scene I was hooked, and so was everyone else. Builder Marcus19840432 is clearly a fan, having skillfully crafted one of the key early moments in season one, the showdown in the outpost on Arvala. For spoilers sake I will say no more and if you haven’t seen the...

Last year, LEGO did a teaser for Minions: The Rise of Gru in which they suggested sets will be coming out this for the movie. The new LEGO 1HY catalogs are now available and one of the pages show that there will be five new LEGO Minions sets coming in May. LEGO may either reveal the sets themselves though other news outlets or show them off during one of the upcoming Toy Fairs. **Via Candidbricks** The post Five LEGO Minions: The Rise of Gru Sets Coming in May appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

John C. Lamarck , aircraft builder extraordinaire has once again found his way into our Nerdy hearts. He has built an excellent rendition of Lockheed’s F-104 . For those uninitiated into the world of aircraft geekery let me give you the quick tour. The F-104 was designed by Kelly Johnson’s design team in the 1950’s (Johnson is most known for working on the P-38 Lightning, U-2, and SR-71 Blackbird). Known as the “Missile with a Man in it” the 104 was design as a supersonic interceptor design to intercept and destroy soviet fighters and bombers. Starfighters were in service in the USAF, allied air forces and NASA from 1958 until late 2004 (USAF retirement was significantly early). The 104 set several aviation records mostly in climb to altitude speed. Seen here is an excellent rendition of the CF-104 built under license by Canadair for the Royal Canadian Air Force. John captures...

I’m still waiting for the comet, radioactive, lightning strike or chemical bath that will grant me super powers, but when it happens I just hope I can find someone like Edna here to help with my costume creation. Builder city son brings one of my favorite Pixar characters to brick form, and I dig her. Original linkOriginal author: Tommy

Semi-embarrassing Idiosyncrasy time. Whenever I speak the word “Pegasus” I am overwhelmingly compelled to do it in the theatrically heroic voice of Hercules. And not from the inexplicably spirally Disney movie, more like the terrible Trans Lux cartoon from the 60’s. And yes, I did it the first time I saw this magnificent sculpture by Grantmasters (and no, I’m not ashamed). Original linkOriginal author: Tommy

Monkey bread is in the oven, brunch is in the crock pot, Christmas carols are playing in the background and a cheery fire is burning. We’re going to start opening presents in a few minutes but I thought I’d take a quick moment to wish you all a very Merry Christmas! Santa (brilliantly built here by MinifigNick) came to our house last night, we’re very happy. Original linkOriginal author: Tommy

There will be a new LEGO Birthday Set (40382) releasing next week that will make a neat party gift. The set is an updated version of the LEGO Iconic Birthday Table Decoration (40153) with some slight differences. The minifigure included does not pop up from the inside and the numbers are stickers instead of being brick-built. The Birthday Set will have 141 pieces and retail for $12.99. Wish the LEGO® fan in your life a very happy birthday with this LEGO Iconic Birthday Set (40382)! This colorful construction toy features a brick-built cake with a top tier you can spin round, plus decorations including buildable candles and a balloon animal element. There’s also a top-hatted minifigure to stand on top of the cake holding flags with the birthday boy or girl’s age on it from a sticker sheet. Great for solo or group building, it’s a fun way to celebrate a...

Fox has officially announced that contestants, paired in teams of two, that will be competing on LEGO Masters. Some of the contestants, you may know from the LEGO community whether you’ve seen them featured on other blogs or know them personally. Who do you think will win the crown of LEGO Masters? THE BEARDED BUILDERS Names: Boone & MarkAge: 35 / 36Home Towns: Troutdale, OR / Oregon City, OROccupations: Pre-K Teacher / HVAC InstallerStrengths: Technical builds / Apocalyptic worlds EAST COAST BRICKSTERS Names: Mel & JermaineAge: 39 / 37Home Towns: Glen Burnie, MD / Bronx, NYOccupations: Law Enforcement / Technical Cell Phone ConsultantStrengths: Great storytellers / Tall skyscraper buildings THE UNICORNS Names: Krystle & AmieAge: 30 / 34Home Towns: Dallas, TX / Dallas, TXOccupations: Gaming Designer / Software EngineerStrengths: Great storytelling / Character assembly FATHER & SON BFFS Names: Manny & NestorAge: 35 / 65Home Towns: Bethlehem, PA | Bethlehem, PAOccupations:...

I’m still mentally sorting through Rise of Skywalker, I enjoyed it, but it’s a lot to unpack (and I mean a lot). In the mean time I sit on the solid foundation of my fandom, thanks to being the perfect age to have experienced this little movie, Star Wars (maybe you’ve heard of it?) Builder NS Brick Designs has crafted one of the classic posters to my favorite movie of all time, and this edit incorporating aspects of the poster makes it pretty much perfect. Original linkOriginal author: Tommy

Releasing in a few short weeks is one of the new 2020 LEGO BrickHeadz sets with the Wedding Bride (40383). It has 306 pieces and retails for $12.99. The contents of the box include four unnumbered bags and the instructions. The build of the Bride is very straightforward going bottom up like with other BrickHeadz. What’s neat about this set is that LEGO gives you enough parts to customize the Bride into various skin colors similar to the retired Go Brick Me (41597) set. Although the set is small, there are quite a few details with it. First is the printed 1×4 brick with the wedding dress printing. She also has a bouquet of flowers that is also able to switch out colors. The other hand is able to hold a gold ring. There’s also a white veil that goes from the top of the head and goes down the back....