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Next year, the Chinese Zodiac will be celebrating the Year of the Horse and LEGO has officially revealed two new Spring Festival sets for the event. Both of the sets will be available starting on January 1 but you can pre-order both sets starting today in the links below. Fortune Firecracker (80118) – 1,039 pieces/$89.99/Pre-order today Inspire fun family activities for kids and adults during Spring Festival and create playful LEGO® wall art with this Fortune Firecracker building set (80118). This firework decoration is an ideal toy gift for boys and girls aged 9 years and over. It features ornate firecrackers with LEGO bricks inside to make a ‘crackling’ noise when moved. Press the button to reveal either a Spring Festival firework display or scene with people welcoming the God of Fortune. While one of the celebration scenes is displayed inside the firecracker model, the other can be played with separately....

LEGO has officially revealed a new LEGO Ninjago 2026 set with the Four Weapons Blacksmith 15th Anniversary (71858). Releasing on January 1, the set has 1,259 pieces and will retail for $99.99. The set recreates the blacksmith’s workshop which was the location from the pilot episode of LEGO Ninjago. The set includes minifigures from the history of Ninjago including Maya, Ray, Nya, Blacksmith Kai, Master Wu, and a limited edition Master of Earth. Celebrate the LEGO® NINJAGO® TV show with this Four Weapons Blacksmith 15th Anniversary (71858) building set. Boys, girls and nostalgic fans aged 14 and over will be thrilled that, for the first time, they can build, display and recreate action with the iconic blacksmith’s workshop – the first-ever location in the pilot episode of the LEGO NINJAGO TV show. Open the ninja toy at the back to reveal a bedroom and a forge packed with details and accessories...

November has arrived which means BrickNerd is celebrating Nerdvember! It is a month where we get EXCEPTIONALLY nerdy and dive even deeper into LEGO topics, techniques, themes, history, lore, MOCs and more. But it also means we host our annual contest where you can reimagine our mascot Nerdly to win some amazing prizes! So what’s the contest theme this year? We’ve done high fantasy, survival and animation themes. We know life is busy right now, so you all deserve a vacation! Welcome to Nerdvember 2025: Vacation Edition! Pack Your Bags Whether it’s a weekend getaway or a once-in-a-lifetime adventure, Nerdvember is your ticket to unwind, recharge, and do something fun! And there are TWO ways to win this year: 1 - Take A Photo of Nerdly on Vacation Take a photograph of our unaltered red mascot Nerdly on vacation! (Here are basic instructions as a PDF download.) Put Nerdly in an...

A few more projects have reached the LEGO Ideas Third 2025 Review Stage in the past couple of days. In this update, we have a few more movie themed projects as well as another one from a perennial fan designer. The Grinch: Whoville – papoy2T Road Trip – terauma CESSNA 185 Skywagon – Bryan92609 Universal Monsters – SpectralBricks The post LEGO Ideas November 5 Update appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran