When tackling a subject as large as a city in LEGO, it’s best to bring things down to microscale. While you’re not able to capture every inhabitant, many of the metropolitan details can be preserved with clever part choices. That’s exactly what builder Toltomeja has done with the city of Kraków. Let’s take a tour of their tiny city, and explore all the sights within. We see the main square of Kraków above, centered on Cloth Hall. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, this central feature of the city dates back to the Renaissance. Brilliantly captured here using vertical grille tiles to represent its many arches, the structure really stands out in the middle of the paved square. From a different angle below, we can see St. Mary’s Basilica, clad in brown and black. Its Gothic towers, sitting at uneven heights at the front of the church, are capped here with a...

According to their most recent press release, the LEGO Group’s revenue for the first half of 2023 is up only 1% over the same period in 2022. Similarly, consumer sales grew by 3% compared to that same period last year. And while a positive number is definitely better than a negative one, this rate of expansion pales in comparison to the stats thrown up over the last three years by TLG (revenue was up 17% for the first half of 2022, for example). However, amid a shrinking toy market, these numbers are outstanding when compared to their peers. And in that hostile environment, TLG managed to further grow its market share over this period. CEO Niels B Christiansen remains undeterred by the slowdown: “Our strong financial position allows us to invest for the long term, particularly in areas such as digital, sustainability and manufacturing. Overall, our performance is in line with...

NASA’s Space Launch System – To the Moon and Mars by NASA RocketBuilder is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. Consisting on 1,745 pieces, the build features the complete Space Launch System and is built around its Core Stage. The project joins “Big Boy” Locomotive, Retro Arcade, Spartan Helmet of Leonidas, Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider, The Muppet Show, Red Bull Racing F1 Team RB18 1:12, Scooby Doo Mystery Machine, Western River Steamboat, Dreamwork’s Shrek Swamp, Asterix & Obelix, Venice, Stilt House, Red Bull RB18, Trojan Horse, Red Dwarf: Sleeping Quarters, TaleSpin Seaduck Meeting Seagull, Stud Lane Book Nook, Minifigure Gumball Machine, Greenhouse, Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Box: Dark Magician vs Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Phineas and Ferb Doofenshmirtz Evil Inc., Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, Taylor Swift “Lover House”, The Motograph, Taylor Swift’s Lover House, Disney’s Phineas and Ferb: Perry the Platypus/Agent P, Flying Scotsman – LNER Class A3 4472 4-6-2 Pacific...

September is almost here and here’s a quick guide on some of the new LEGO releases for the month on the LEGO Shop. The wave isn’t as big as from the previous few months but there are some really nice ones that you can expect to see. As far as promotions are concerned, we don’t know of anything yet as of this post. BrickHeadz • Sonic the Hedgehog (40627) – $9.99• Miles “Tails” Prower (40628) – $9.99 City • Passenger Airplane (60367) – $119.99• LEGO City Advent Calendar 2023 (60381) – $34.99 Disney • Walt Disney Tribute Camera (43230) – $99.99• Peter Pan & Wendy’s Flight over London (43232) – $59.99 Friends • Holiday Ski Slope and Cafe (41756) – $79.99• LEGO Friends Advent Calendar 2023 (41758) – $34.99• Igloo Holiday Adventure (41760) – $49.99 Harry Potter • Gringotts Wizarding Bank – Collectors’ Edition (76417) – $429.99 – September 4• LEGO...

The set has been out for a few months now but LEGO has released the designer video for the LEGO Ninjago City Markets (71799). LEGO Designers Markus and Angel talk about some of the many details that went into this 6,163 piece set. It features building that are four floors high filled with various shops as well as the first flushable LEGO toilet which took the LEGO team weeks to get it working correctly. There’s also a cable car that goes between two buildings. The post LEGO Ninjago City Markets (71799) Designer Video appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran