One night of the year, reindeer have been spotted on rooftops around the globe, but for the Sami people of northern Scandinavia and Russia, Reindeer are integral to daily life, and the rare white reindeer holds special significance. Mitsuru Nikaido creates a white reindeer as the latest of his mechanical creatures series, adding to the builder’s impressive menagerie of monochrome beasts. Perhaps it is a coincidence that this reindeer is all white, as that is the builder’s signature aesthetic, but it still captures the haunting beauty of the legend-steeped animal. Mitsuru-san has had an incredible 2025 with his LEGO creations chosen to join the Masterpiece Gallery in Billund earlier this year. With three books collecting his works, Mitsuru-san shows no signs of slowing down. What animals and prehistoric beasts will the builder create next, I wonder? The post The majestic white reindeer in LEGO appeared first on The Brothers Brick. Original...

Twas the night of Mask Gifting, and all across Mata Nui, not a Matoan was stirring, not even Krakua, for all were anticipating the arrival of the Toa of Holy Nights. Armed with the staffs of Naugt and Nys, this Toa would render judgment on all young Matoans on this Holy Night, and not even an offering of bula berry cookies and warm liquid energy could sway his verdict. Craniac17 pays tribute to this holiest of Toas based on the scant sightings from Matoans who saw him manifest in the ashes of fire and ruin with his sack full of masks. If you celebrate Mask Gifting, may the Toa of Holy Nights spare the staff of Naught in your household this blessed morn. The post Toa of the Holy Nights wishes you a Bionicle Christmas appeared first on The Brothers Brick. Original linkOriginal author: Jake Forbes (TBB Managing Editor)

All good things must come to an end. Today brings us to the end of our Advent Calendar adventure. Thanks for coming along with us for 24 days of surprise gifts. We hope you enjoyed the bonus builds and banter. We have an all-star cast of custom minifig creators leading our Advent adventure this year. Fool’s Figures is wizarding his way through Harry Potter and Frozen calendars. ExpansionBricks is launching Star Wars and Friends. And beyondb0nes is digging into Minecraft and City. Now let’s open some doors and see what gifts are in store for today! Fools: Harry’s (Or his dad’s, James) Patronus is our last wizardly gift this holiday season. I think it’s a suitably whimsical build, but looking back over the calendar as a whole it certainly feels lacking this year, especially compared to other themes. Bones: Like yesterday’s Disney gift, trans-light blue is a win. Somehow it looks...

Our good friends at Habit Challenge run events throughout the year where adult and kid builders can create minifig habitats with the community and maybe even win prizes. The Holiday Habitat Challenge brings is one of the biggest draws of the year. Here are a few of our favorite habitat stacks from this year’s participants. Be sure to check out #letsbuildholidayhabitats25  on Instragram to see all of the entries. Happy Holidays, one and all! candy.bricks plays with traditional colors for this sweet gingerbread and candy stack. Candy is a true habitat artist, with clean lines and detailed scenes that effortlessly blend tradition and innovation. Malcolm Brown celebrates the one of the greatest Christmas movie of all with a stack showcasing carnage at Nakatomi Tower. Yippie kay yay, mothers and fathers! femmefromtheblock honors the other best Christmas movie with this dense with detail stack based on The Nightmare Before Christmas. Llana’s brick-built...

The buildable Technic Star Wars figures from a decade ago received generally mixed feedback, but several of the molded and printed parts were a big hit. This topic reappeared with the release of 75434 K-2SO Security Droid this year, with many builders and collectors discussing the possibility of using the molded head from the buildable K2SO instead. Builder nobu_tary takes a similar approach here with an expert build of General Grievous, using the head from the buildable figure in set 75112. This is a sizable build with a ton of great details all over. The most impressive aspect of the build is that it captures Grievous’ especially tricky shape and proportions very well, and when compared to the Technic buildable this version feels so much more like the Separatist leader that we’ve all grown to love. The post General Grievous, you’re taller than I expected appeared first on The Brothers Brick....