When LEGO goth queen Pernilla Johansson (legonillan) shows up with her sigfig, you know things are about to get spooky! The Swedish builder found a lot to love about the recent Beauty and the Beast Castle, but the lilac and gold simply would not do for Pernilla’s coterie of vampires and ghouls. In Extreme Makeover: LEGO Home Edition fashion, Pernilla strips the castle down to the studs and paints it black. Of course, a project like this is too big for one minifig, so legonillan invites a few sigfig friends to help out with the remodel. Even some hitchhiking ghosts get into the spirit of things. Pernilla matches the original castle nearly brick-for-brick, while adding additional flourishes like bats and spooky foliage. It’s a great example of the joy that comes from treating official sets as a jumping off point for creativity. The post LEGO goth queen reimagines Beauty and the...

Greebles are famously the extraneous bits added to the outside of a model to add texture. Builder Aidan Webb dares to ask, what if a model were nothing but greebles? The Wasteland Strider is inspired by the mechanical wildlife of the Horizon games, with Aidan exploring what a creature might look like if its rider was constantly scavenging for parts to keep the mount functional. A work-in-progress look at the build process reveals how precariously assembled the Strider is – a barely contained skeleton of clips and minifig arms. As fragile as the beast appears, Aidan managed to wrangle it into a rideable state for a desert nomad and their supplies. It’s an incredible amount of detail for such a compact creature. The post Scavenging the wastelands for greebles appeared first on The Brothers Brick. Original linkOriginal author: Jake Forbes (TBB Managing Editor)

I’ve been waiting 60 years (literally!) for the LEGO Group to produce this set! 21360 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is available now, and I got the chance to take a look at it on behalf of BrickNerd. The book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory holds a special place in my heart. I still remember my first-grade teacher, Miss Gorman, reading the book to the class. She would read one chapter a day—if we were well-behaved. While I had grown up with many illustrated books, this was the first time I remember a book painting such vivid pictures using only words. via lego ideas This new set is based on the LEGO Ideas submission by two Italian AFOLs, Roberto Ceruti (BRICKUP) and Jody Padulano (JodyPad). Rather than a simple clinical type set review, we decided to look at design aspects of the set compared to the Ideas submission, the movies,...

With the most release of the latest LEGO Ideas set, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (21360), we can now update our list of projects that are currently under development. Since our last update, we have taken six projects off the list and added a few on with the winner announcements since late June. The next LEGO Ideas set to hit shelves will be Gizmo (21361) which you can pre-order today. We’re also waiting for LEGO to announce the winner(s) of the First 2025 Review Stage which should be some time this month. The Goonies (1985) by Delusionn Brick Approved August 14, 2024 from If We Can Turn Back Time building contest. Love Birds by ModularManiac Approved February 10, 2025 from Build from the Heart building contest. Floating Sea Otter by HisBrickMaterials Approved March 21, 2025 from Second 2024 Review Stage. Snoopy – Campfire by bossofdos64 Approved March 21, 2025 from...

Previously, Simon Liu wrote a fantastic article about photography with tips and tricks on how to take better shots of your LEGO creations. As a non-professional photographer myself, I was intrigued to learn new ways of fine-tuning my photos, so I started to read and got to the first lesson – Know Your Camera. Here's the thing – I don't own a dedicated camera, because I never actually needed one. What I do have is my phone, which is a Samsung model from 2016 (if not 2015). My camera, but check that wallpaper! I’ve had it since I bought the phone! :D These are my photo tips from a non-professional photographer not owning a dedicated camera. I would strongly suggest if you do have a camera, to read Simon's article first, I did it and learned new words like ISO, shutter speed and aperture! I'm still not sure what these words...