We here at The Brothers Brick have poured through the list of LEGO builders we’ve featured on the site for 2023. With so many excellent creations blogged by us in those 365 days, it’s always tough to find the singular builder who went above and beyond in that time – who not only rose above their peers, but also improved upon their work from past years. And when we specifically looked for someone who seriously stepped up their game in the year 2023, it was clear who fit the bill. The Brothers Brick is thrilled to announce that Dicken Liu is our TBB LEGO Builder of the Year for 2023. We featured Dicken Liu’s work on the site a whopping nine times over the course of the last year, each one an absolute banger of a creation. And we still didn’t cover all the blog-worthy creations he came up with! His...

As a whole, the LEGO community’s original works of 2023 were absolutely astounding! Over those 52 weeks, we covered so many beautiful works of art, trying to highlight the very best created by builders all over the world. And with our shortlist in hand, we’re ready to identify our favorite of the bunch. The days of 2023 were marked with massive collaborative work, giant themes and creations that brought us together after pandemic isolation over the prior two years. And in that vein, we selected the excellent collaboration between Joshua Morris, Rod Fiford, Gavin Rich, and Handoko Setyawan. The Brothers Brick LEGO Creation of the Year 2023 is Cerulean Straits. When trying to take account of all the great builds of the past year, it can be difficult comparing the work of one individual against the work of a group. While some collaborators can absolutely bring it with an exceptional contribution...

In addition to the amazing LEGO models created by builders all over the world, The Brothers Brick brings you the best LEGO news and reviews. This is our weekly Brick Report for the first week of 2024! TBB NEWS AND REVIEWS Happy new year, dear readers! Get caught up last week’s final Brick Report of 2023 then read along here as we fill you in on new set availability, set reviews, and recap some of our favorite featured MOCs and Articles of yesteryear! [NEWS] New LEGO sets for January 2024 now available for purchase — What will you buy first?[REVIEW] LEGO Marvel 76281 X-Men X-Jet; is it too X-Pensive? — Norm enrolls at Xavier’s Institute for Gifted Youth. Will you be joining him?[REVIEW] LEGO Creator 3-in-1 31150 Wild Safari Animals — The new year brings a new round of Creator creatures! Chuck helps you decide if the adventure is worth taking![FEATURE]...

While he’s certainly no Radagast the Brown, this nature-loving LEGO wizard by greenarj is clearly best friends with all the birds and beasts of the land. I adore all the plant pieces integrated into the enchanter’s cloak and hat, sporting nearly every color of green in the brick palette. His gnarled dark gray staff is an exceptional conglomeration of tubing, bars, clips, and minifig utensils. But let’s not forget all the effort put into this verdant vagabond’s entourage. The owl, bird, squirrel, fox, and bunny are all wonderful pieces on their own. The sheer number of ingenious connections and part uses among these five tiny beasties is astounding, but my favorite has got to be the tuft of fur on the fox’s chest made from Master Wu’s beard. The post Meet the emerald enchanter that’s a defender of all LEGO fauna appeared first on The Brothers Brick. Original linkOriginal author: Kyle...

Ah, the Well of Souls. A location so synonymous with Indiana Jones, it’s one of the few that has been represented more than once in an official LEGO set. OK, it’ only been twice so far, but still, they were both neat. Unfortunately, they’ve both been outdone somewhat by Cube Brick‘s brilliant cross-sectional diorama! They’ve raided their collection of snakes to immortalise one of the most iconic scenes in the franchise. The two statues of Anubis are a real highlight of this build. What’s the plural of Anubis? Anubises? Anubae? Whatever it is, the swords for a reed skirt look great. The wheels and tyres on the limbs, the windscreen pieces for shoulders and pecs, and the gold highlights all combine for a very convincing carved stone look. But this build’s real party trick only becomes apparent in the dark. In the film, everyone’s favourite archaeologist uses fire to disperse the...