Ahh, Paris, the city of lights and love. In this wonderful depiction by Markus Rollbühler you can almost hear the sound of the cafes and see the Eiffel Tower rising above the buildings in the distance. The smell of fresh bread and coffee fills your nose as you walk past a bakery and as you walk over a bridge you can hear and smell the Seine, which is not a pleasant as the bread but is almost as beautiful. You walk past a restaurant and… wait, is that a rat cooking? It must have been your imagination. After all, Paris is a magical place. Original linkOriginal author: Andrew E

What is the biggest problem LEGO builders face? No, not the price of LEGO. Not the illegal building techniques either. It’s not even the time waiting for the next BrickNerd blog. It’s of course finding the right darn piece! Now if only we could all have this perfect little companion built by Sven Franic to help us find those pesky parts life would be so much simpler. I highly recommend checking out the article that explores the new Ninjago turntable piece used for the hands which you can find here. Original linkOriginal author: Andrew E

Those mad geniuses at Brickstuff have done it again. As if LEGO 71043 Hogwarts wasn't impressive enough, now you can trick it out with another stunning lighting and sound kit from Brickstuff. And this isn’t your typical “stuff it with way too bright LEDs” kit we see so much of these days, it’s seriously high tech and incredibly well thought out. Brickstuff took over six months developing it, including the development of a whole new controller board. It’s the most advanced kit they’ve ever offered, surpassing even the stunning Millennium Falcon kit. And it’s not just a bunch of lights that turn on and off, it’s storytelling. The whole kit is designed from the ground up to bring the castle to life, not just make it visible in the dark. And once you add your own sounds to it, you will swear school is in session. The kit is so innovative...

When I was little, growing up to be an astronaut was all the rage. With our head in the stars, we dreamed about distant galaxies and meting aliens along the way. But this moc by Ralf Langer is nothing like that. This is not the colorful domaine of cute and friendly aliens from cartoons, and judging by the state of this facility the last thing these aliens are thinking about is having a good time. As this astronaut ventures deep into the alien compound, he might just send out one last message into the stars: “This is Brickley last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off”. Original linkOriginal author: Andrew E

Once again I’m showcasing a MOC from a video game I’ve never played. Does this mean there are way too many games out there, or does it mean I don’t play many games? Probably both, but I’m cool with that, I’d rather be making something than playing with someone else’s creation. Or better yet, like builder LEGO 7 here, building something inspired by someone else’s creation, like the colorful and charismatic crew from Splatoon. Original linkOriginal author: Tommy

LEGO has kicked off a new building contest to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the LEGO Star Wars theme. All you have to do is to build your favorite battle scene from the whole Star Wars saga. The Grand Prize winner will get a slew of some awesome including: – The super exclusive 4521221 Chrome Gold C-3PO LEGO Star Wars Minifigure produced in 2007 for the 30th Anniversary of Star Wars. Just 10,000 of these were ever produced!– 10198 Tantive IV from the 2009 Anniversary collection– Anakin’s Podracer (75258) from the 2019 Anniversary collection– Snowspeeder (75259) from the 2019 Anniversary collection– Slave I (75243) from the 2019 Anniversary collectionLEGO Star Wars merchandise Two Runner Up winners will win: 10225 LEGO R2-D2 from the 2012 collection75060 Slave 1 from the 2015 collection (UCS)Anakin’s Podracer (75258) from the 2019 Anniversary collectionSnowspeeder (75259) from the 2019 Anniversary collectionSlave I (75243) from the 2019 Anniversary...

If you’re heading to Star Wars Celebration 2019 in April and want to get in on the exclusives they have there, the lottery is now live for you to enter and you have until Wednesday April 3 to get your entry in. If you didn’t know, LEGO will have an exclusive there with the LEGO Star Wars Darth Vader Bust (75227) which will go for $39.99. If you will not be attending Star Wars Celebration, Target will be selling a limited quantity of them on April 11 through the Target REDcard. The post Star Wars Celebration 2019 Exclusives Lottery Now Live appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

If you’re a LEGO VIP member, you may have received an email this morning regarding some new changes coming to the VIP program in a few months. As I reported on earlier in the month, LEGO will be implementing the digitial VIP card very soon but for those who want the physical card can still get one. I suggest doing that in case they do away with it in the future. VIP accounts has to be registered online with an email address. As a VIP member, we already have a lot of benefits including various promotional gifts, double point events, and early access to product launches that we get throughout the year and it looks like we’ll be getting even more on top of that. In the email, they said there will be an online rewards center that will be launching to introduce a new way to spend your VIP points....

It was only last week that LEGO announced the LEGO Disney Collectible Minifigures Series 2 (71024) and they will be available starting on May 1. Some of our fellow European RLFM outlets have started receiving their review copies and we now have some new details of the set. As far as the distribution of the minifigures, there are reported to be two complete sets per box and there will be some rarity in some of the minifigures. Three of them (Huey, Dewie, Louie) will only have two per box which is somewhat disappointing but at least there aren’t any that only one per box like with the Harry Potter series. The breakdown of the Series 2 Disney Collectible Minifigures are as below. 4 per box Mickey MouseMinnie MouseScrooge McDuckChipDaleAnnaElsaHadesFrozone 3 per box JafarJasmineHerculesSallyJack SkellingtonEdna Mode 2 per box HueyDewieLouie We’ll be receiving our review box this Friday so our review of...

Digging holes sucks, just ask anyone who digs holes. And wherever there’s a job that sucks there’s a need for a robot to do that job for us. Luckily there’s DB-Y3, or “Drillbilly” by builder roΙΙi. Drillbilly can not only take care of those needed holes in the ground, he can do so with a wide range of emotions, and anyone who has dug holes will confirm, there’s a spectrum. It goes from quiet resignation to bitter regret and questioning of life choices. Original linkOriginal author: Tommy