If you’ve been to past LEGO events and conventions and there are LEGO employees attending, there’s times where they could hand out minifigures representing their business cards. The minifigure would resemble the employee in some ways and would also have their names on it. Since these are fairly rare, and do fetch a premium on the secondary market. Today LEGO has announced that they will be discontinuing this tradition and will only be for the owner family and their Executive Leadership Team. There’s no official reasoning given in the statement but there’s a chance that LEGO could bring it back for other LEGO employees and departments, although there’s no guarantees yet at this point. I was fortunate to get one from a former employee many years ago and I’ll keep it stashed away in my vault. We recognize the culture of trading amongst fans and trading minifigures with employees. We recently...

A Thailand Certified LEGO Store has revealed a couple of upcoming promotions for late October which includes a LEGO Creator Scary Pirate Island (40597) and the LEGO Disney 100 Mini Steamboat Willie (40659). The Pirate Island runs from October 13-22 with a general purchase while the Steamboat Willie runs from October 23-31 with Disney, Star Wars, or Marvel purchases. Of course, the purchase requirements and dates could change for the rest of the world but do expect these two promotions to be coming soon. The post Two LEGO October 2023 Promotions Revealed appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Spectators, welcome back to the kitchen where our food detectives demonstrate their talents at both cooking and criminalistics! As you saw in our first episode of Food Detectives, our contestants had to investigate the kitchen for culinary clues about what mystery dish Moriarty cooked up and today they will have to replicate it. So tighten your apron and get comfy because we’re in for a ride through the kitchen with some unexpected twists and turns! We Pick Up The Action… Equipped with Sherlock Holmes' quick wit, our two teams have already made their guesses to solve the "culinary crime" by looking for the evidence left by our famous chef… but are their conclusions correct? Now they have to recreate the delicious riddle, using all the ingredients they found during the investigation. Sam and Fred are cooking Risotto. If only they could remember more recipes that include the eggs that they found...

The product page for the upcoming LEGO Houses of the World 4 (40599) gift with purchase set is now live and we have the official images of the set. The 318 piece set features a traditional Chinese home with the roof tiles and Chinese lanterns. There’s no word on when it will be available but you can expect to make a $250 purchase to complete the set. Pay tribute to the architectural design of China as you build the fourth in a collection of LEGO® Houses of the World. Packed with authentic details, this set (40599) is inspired by the traditional homes of China. Features include distinctive roof tiles, Chinese lanterns and floral displays. The theme continues with Chinese interior decor. The modular design means this house can be combined with others from the collection (40583, 40590 and 40594) – each sold separately. The post LEGO Houses of the World 4...

As a San Antonian born and bred, I can say with absolute certainty that some Texans would absolutely make their state pride their identity, even in deep space. And Umbra-Manis has brilliantly captured that sense of pride with this SHIPtember digital creation, the RTSS Chiltepin. This ship would be worthy of our attention even without the Texas flags. Look at all the interesting textures, from the use of Artoo legs and hinge-less hinge bricks along the upper portion of the hull to the use of the underside of jumper plates on the cargo containers. And those recessed circular portions along the top are fantastic. But the inclusion of the flags, and the space-based Republic of Texas backstory, does so much storytelling that makes this a next-level creation. It’s easy to imagine a crew mess stocked with Big Red, Blue Bell ice cream, and Whataburger. I wonder how it refuels, though. Are...