If you’d asked me three weeks ago what a G12 was I would have thought you were playing Battleship. And as for the Royal Württemberg colours… those could have been pink and lime green for anything I knew. But now, even if I were in a game of battleship, G12 would instantly bring this beautiful train model by Pieter Post to mind. Not only is the train itself loaded with accurate detail, it’s also perfectly presented in a snowy landscape! Building the setting for the train really makes it stand out rather than being a photo of the steam engine alone. I’m far from crazy about trains, but I do love a good LEGO model, so I wanted to hear more about this one. I reached out to Pieter with a few questions. Geneva: First, why this particular locomotive and why the Royal Württemberg colors? What's special to you about them?...

LEGO Castle is back! Maybe not in the way we Castle fans like to see it—as a whole theme resurgence—but we do have another castle available to build. That means there are three official classic LEGO castle sets on the market right now. What a time to be a LEGO fan! Creator 31120 Medieval Castle is still available in some areas, though retiring soon, the fantastic Icons 10305 Lion Castle is still around, and now we have Creator 31168 Medieval Horse Knight Castle. This doesn’t even count the BrickLink Designer Program sets catering to Castle fans, the new medieval minifigures from the Prize Machine, or even fantasy-based castles like the Dungeons & Dragons Guarded Inn, the Unicorn Castle, or other IP and Architecture castles. With so many turrets, towers, and taverns to choose from, it almost feels like we’ve time-traveled back to the golden age of LEGO Castle—only with better printing...

Our guest article today is by Michael Bushong. He recently discovered the crafty world of vinyl cutting and has applied it to his LEGO hobby. This is an adaptation of an excellent presentation he gave at Brick Days this summer. While at Brick Days, he won “Best Large Creation” for his Bookshelf MOC that featured several vinyl stickers! Michael Bushong’s Award winning bookshelf featureing many vinyl decals Vinyl Decals 101: How to Make Your Own Decals Many of us love to create LEGO designs in all sorts of shapes and sizes, but as we all know, the standard building block of LEGO itself—the brick—is relatively small. This makes it easy to scale up a design to allow for more brick-built intricacies. But what about when your MOC can’t be blown up to massive proportions? Oftentimes, there simply aren’t small enough LEGO parts in existence to complete your fabulous design. Take letters...

Today is the last day to get your orders in for the LEGO Double Insiders Points shopping event on the LEGO Shop as well as for the latest GWP set. The LEGO Northern Lights Diorama (40785) gift with purchase set is also ending today which you can still get with purchases of $150. If it doesn’t sell out, we could see it again in the future. Since there is still some time left for double points, now is the perfect time to get any of the Retiring Soon sets or get a ton of points with the new UCS Death Star (75419). As a Rakuten/Linkshare Affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases. The post Last Day for LEGO Double Insiders Points and GWP Set – October 2025 appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Two more LEGO Ideas projects in the past couple of days have reached the Third 2025 Review Stage. We’ve seen these two subject matters many times in the past and they’re still popular enough to get the required 10,000 supporters. The Era’s House: The Deluxe Edition (From the Vault) – GHOSTFACE93 The Hunger Games: 5 Arenas – TobyTheBuilder64 The post LEGO Ideas October 18 Update appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran