These pieces of LEGO news came out yesterday but it was a packed with LEGO reveals so I didn’t want to overshadow it. I rarely do any political content but it is LEGO related and relevant to the US. Yesterday, President Donald Trump imposed tariffs for Canada, Mexico, and China. This involves a 25% duty on all imports from from our neighbors. As we know, LEGO manufactures a majority of the sets for the North America market at the Monterrey, Mexico factory. We’ll have to see if LEGO raises their prices on the LEGO Shop and in stores in response to these tariffs. The LEGO Group does have a factory in Virginia that is set to open in the second half of 2025 but it won’t go into full production mode until 2027. Time will tell if LEGO moves up their scheduling to try to offset these tariffs. In other news,...

If you still haven’t picked up the LEGO Icons Ghostbusters ECTO-1 (10274), this may be your last time to get it as Amazon has some available. It is at retail price of $239.99 and it is currently sold out on the LEGO Shop and has most likely retired as it hasn’t been available since November 2024. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. The post LEGO Icons Ghostbusters ECTO-1 (10274) Available on Amazon appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

LEGO has revealed a new LEGO Marvel April 2025 set called The Hulk Truck vs. Thanos (76312). The set consists of 229 pieces and retails for $34.99. The set features the Hulk fighting Thanos with a monster truck that has shock-absorbing suspension. I’m not sure that the Hulk needs a truck to fight Thanos but we have another super hero set that uses a vehicle. The Hulk Truck vs. Thanos (76312) is a buildable LEGO® ǀ Marvel playset featuring Hulk’s heavy-duty truck and 2 Super Hero minifigures. This high-quality gift for boys and girls aged 7 and up is great for kids who are fans of the Marvel Avengers movies, big trucks and build-and-play LEGO set adventures. This buildable LEGO ǀ Marvel heavy-duty truck features a Hulk minifigure with a removable helmet and a Thanos minifigure with a Tesseract and Infinity Gauntlet. The Super Hero truck features a lift-off cab, providing...

It’s hard to believe that one twelfth of 2025 is already in the history books. Most of those New Year resolutions are broken or completely forgotten by now. But here at BrickNerd we won’t forget our continuing resolution to bring you quality, Nerdy LEGO news! Here at BrickNerd, we brought Da Vinci’s ornithopter to life, shared ideas for dealing with builder’s block, and gave some good guidance on how to win an award. We explored the challenge of constrained building with CMF habitats (and what characters should be rebooted for the next CMF) and a completely different challenge of building with elements from LEGO DreamZzz sets without knowing what the original set design was! We looked at the delightfully Nerdy GOATLUG, explored minifugre NPU, and played “what if” by combining Creator 3-in-1 sets. We explored construction techniques for models of the past, watery past and unique challenges building models of the...

Among the many amazing, fantastical things common to LEGO conventions, the Great Ball Contraption is a standout. It is essentially a Rube-Goldberg-esque machine that exists solely to justify its own existence. We’ve written about the Great Ball Contraption (GBC) a few times here, and most recently Ronald wrote a great walkthrough of how to get started building your own module. Ever since my first LEGO convention, I knew I wanted to build a GBC module. When our kids were old enough to attend a convention, they were similarly bitten by the GBC bug. Last year, for Christmas, I told my son that if he worked with me to build a GBC module, I’d pay for the parts to build it and a trip up to Seattle so we could enter it into BrickCon’s 2024 Great Ball Contraption. He was on board so we got to work. Design or Borrow a GBC? First,...

To bring people more together, the LEGO Botanicals theme will be doing a global Valentine’s Tour featuring the Le Florist Flower Truck. Select cities around the world will be able to experience floral window displays and take part in free workshops to make their own LEGO Botanicals stems. Head over to LEGO.com/botanicals-truck-tour to see if there’s an event near your. The ones in the US are listed below. If you can’t attend, there will be a free workshop online as well. • New York, US | Madison Square Park – January 31 – February 2, 2025• Atlanta, US | Piedmont Park – January 31 – February 2, 2025• Nashville, US | Broadway – January 31 – February 2, 2025 Time to Reconnect: This Valentine’s Day, LEGO® Botanicals Sets off on Global Valentine’s Tour to Rebuild Wilted Connections, as Data Shows People Interacting More Online than in Person • The LEGO Botanicals...

LEGO has started a new promotion for the LEGO Botanicals Field Flowers (30701) polybag on the LEGO Shop. From now until February 7, you can get it with purchases of $40, excluding pre-orders, while supplies last. This promo also stacks with the Celebration Series: Valentine’s Day Box (40759) with purchases of $75. In addition, there are some new bundles that allow you to save 15% on various sets. Both sets in the bundle have to be in the cart to get the discounts. These promos also run until February 7. Wildflower Bouquet (10313) & Flower Bouquet (10280) – Save $18 Tiny Plants (10329) & Succulents (10309) – Save $15 Retro Camera (31147), New York Postcard (40519), London Postcard (40569) – Save $7.50 Wild Safari Animals (31150) & Forest Animals: Red Fox (31154) – Save $17.25 Passenger Airplane (60367) & Yellow Delivery Truck (60440) – Save $33 The post LEGO Botanicals Field...

Today’s guest article comes from Lia Chan, a LEGO builder and space nerd who is taking a look at the new LEGO Chinese Festivals sets for the Lunar New Year, which begins today. A New Year Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year, is one of the most beloved and joy-filled holidays in Chinese culture. It’s akin to the American Thanksgiving or Christmas in the sense that it’s a time for families to come together, reflect on the past year, and look forward to the future with hope and good fortune. A significant part of the holiday revolves around food, with family meetings centered around a reunion dinner, which is a symbol of unity and love. This year, however, I found a different way to bond with my mother and celebrate our heritage—by building the LEGO Chinese New Year set 80117 Good Fortune together. This article shares the experience...

LEGO has revealed two new LEGO Minecraft sets that will be based on the upcoming A Minecraft Movie. Both sets will be released in March and feature all the main characters including Steve, Natalie, Dawn, Garrett, and Henry. Woodland Mansion Fighting Ring (21272) – 491 pieces/$49.99 The Woodland Mansion Fighting Ring (21272) set is a high-quality building toy for kids. It makes a great Minecraft® gaming gift for boys and girls and fans of the Minecraft movie aged 10 and up. The LEGO® Minecraft building set features toy figures from the movie – Steve, Garrett, Henry, a baby zombie, a chicken jockey and a posable great hog – plus weapons and potions that kids can use as they recreate battle scenes and explore adventures of their own. The set features a functional fighting ring with score-keepers and handles kids can attach to the fighters. There’s also a mansion facade with a...

Congratulations, fellow LEGO fans—it’s International LEGO Day! (…in Australia! Yes, we are a little early for the rest of the world for a few hours, but we’re emphasizing the international part of the day this year.) On January 28, 1958, LEGO submitted the patent application for the bricks we know today. We’ve already seen all the places in the world where BrickNerd contributors have obtained LEGO, so join us as we celebrate LEGO Day with some of our best stories of shopping for these coveted plastic toys! Just before the “store unboxing” of the flagship store at Leicester Square, London in November 2016 I’ll start us off by telling a couple of stories of my own (I would, wouldn’t I? I like telling stories). I live in Norway where we, for some reason, still don’t have and never have had a LEGO Brand Store. The silver lining, if you could call...