With the much-anticipated release of the LEGO Ideas Orient Express (21344), LEGO train fans once again have a great deal to celebrate. Given that LEGO’s product release schedule for train theme sets is both infrequent and unpredictable, each release is that much more impactful and attracts its share of scrutiny from LEGO train fans. After building the new LEGO Orient Express, I can say it is special for a few reasons: It's a steam train! Steam trains are definitely a minority subject compared to their diesel and electric peers. Its chosen scale is 8-studs wide. For almost all of the span of LEGO train theme history, the nominal scale of locomotives and rolling stock has been 6-studs wide. The trend to bigger proportional scales started with the Disney Train (71044) in 2019 at 8-studs wide, followed by the Crocodile (10277) in 2020 at 7-studs wide. Size. At nearly 140 studs long...

To celebrate the release of the new LEGO Marvel Avengers Tower (76269), LEGO is doing a sweepstakes to win a graded New York Toy Fair 2012 Captain America minifigure in the Rewards Center. These were one of the first few LEGO minifigure exclusives for conventions at that time and only 125 were produced which makes it highly desirable for collectors. Each entry costs 50 Insiders points and you can have a maximum of 50 entries. The sweepstakes ends on December 15. The post LEGO New York Toy Fair 2012 Captain America Minifigure Sweepstakes in Rewards Center appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

In less than a day, the US is already out of stock on a few LEGO Black Friday 2023 gift with purchase sets on the LEGO Shop. The Marvel Taxi (5008076) which came with the Avengers Tower (76269) and Majisto’s Magical Workshop (40601) are already gone and it may seem that the mini Falcon Knight’s Castle is also gone from the Rewards Center. I can’t confirm that because it only shows that I redeemed the code but I’ve been told by a few readers that it already went out of stock 30 minutes after Black Friday started. If you still want the promos, your best chance is to see if a local LEGO Brand Store still has them in stock or you may have to resort to the secondary market. It seems that LEGO is doing well for Black Friday this year even if the promotions don’t seem as flashy as...

Another great LEGO deal for Amazon Black Friday 2023 has popped up as they have the LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts Express – Collectors’ Edition (76405) on sale for 30% off. For a limited time, the set is priced at only $349.99 which saves you $150 on it. As of this post, 7% have been claimed so far so it may go pretty fast. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. The post LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts Express – Collectors’ Edition (76405) Amazon Black Friday 2023 Sale appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

It’s never too late to learn a new way to connect these LEGO bricks! And Maxim Baybakov shows us how it’s done with this North Tower creation. Fully embracing the half-stud measurement (the most important unit of measure in LEGO building, in my opinion), this tower slowly converges into a tight square of 10×10 studs using a brilliant studs-out technique that I’ve never seen put into practice like this. The finished model looks clean, with the only exposed studs included for effect. There’s even room for such great details as that adorable brick-built front door! Maxim gives us a peek at the interior technique with the graphic below. Such a complex means of generating that half-plate indent while ascending up the fortification, employing SNOT (studs not on top) with bar and clip connections to bring the tower into being. I’m definitely going to give this a try on my own as...