Nothing beats a good sit in your favorite chair after a long shift at work. And in this yuletide LEGO build by Koen Zwanenburg, we see the man of the hour, Saint Nicholas himself, taking a break after his most logistically-challenging night of the year. And boy, does he deliver (Koen, that is) when it comes to the use of curved slopes. They’re adeptly used to shape Santa’s beard, boots, and belly, not to mention the dark red seat he sits in. The exposed studs to represent the white fur on the outfit is truly a gift, as is the gold filigree along the edges of the armchair. But my favorite bit has got to be the cute little bows on the packages. I’ve struggled this season to create ribbon in this blocky medium for my own builds, yet Koen achieves it so easily here with wedge plates, cheese slopes, and...

The latest LEGO creation by builder Evancelt‘s depicts a wintry scene with an impressive castle towering above the nearby village. The castle, with its yellow colour scheme, is reminiscent of the classic LEGO Yellow Castle, but what impresses me with this castle is that the walls are made from a digger bucket! In micro builds like this, I’m always impressed when parts you wouldn’t expect should work really do work so well! But it’s not just a great castle on display here. Surrounding the castle is a beautiful wintry scene complete with snow-covered forests, using various horn pieces, and a small village which utilises the printed plate from the latest CMF series, but my favourite piece of detail in this scene? The snowy mounds made from white croissant pieces! Now, all this talk of winter leaves me needing to find an open fire to warm up… The post Here’s the scoop...

Sometimes you stumble across a LEGO fan creation that you’d just love to see in the brick. This creation by Barthezz Brick is a good example of that. Each and every building in this creation could be featured on TBB. We generally wait until a builder has finished their work in progress before highlighting the finished build, but at some point I couldn’t control myself and wrote an article about a couple of detail shots that Barthezz posted. But finally, it’s done! It took Barthezz about 3000 hours over the last 3 years. You are looking at a creation containing roughly 250,000 bricks. Barthezz drew inspiration from a trip to Venice and was dared by their partner to actually build the city with everyone’s favourite construction toy. One thing that is lacking from this Venice are the tourists and their trolley cases. Barthezz imagined what the city would have looked like...

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 third full week of December 2022. TBB NEWS AND REVIEWS Did you catch last week’s Brick Report? This week we’ve got a bevy of reviews including Collectible Minifigures, the latest Creator Expert Modular, and a trio of Star Wars sets! Plus, another week of 5 different advent calendars to build and comment on! [REVIEW] LEGO Icons 10312 Modular Buildings Collection – Jazz Club : A great night out on the town modular — Chris D reviews the 2023 modular building and decides whether it’s music to his ears or hits a sour note.[REVIEW] LEGO Collectible Minifigures 71037 Series 24 – Nostalgia included — Chris M reviews the latest in LEGO’s long-lived and -loved blind bag series[REVIEW] LEGO 75344...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Yes, it’s the holiday season, but it’s also the return of our annual LEGO advent calendar extravaganza. We’ll be opening our calendar windows  every day in the run-up to Christmas. Our team will also share their thoughts, comments, observations and jokes about each day’s builds! We have five advent calendars this year, across the City, Friends, Star Wars, Marvel (specifically Guardians of the Galaxy) and Harry Potter themes. It’s Christmas Eve, which means we’ve reached the last of our daily builds! Read on to see what our team makes of this last hurrah, and the calendars as a whole… The Friends and City calendars have sometimes been guilty of copying each other’s homework this year, but since it’s Christmas, the fact we get a pair of Santa Clauses today should come as no surprise. It’s a full house of figs, with minifigures appearing...