Brixpo was held on the weekend of the 5th and 6th of July in Adelaide, South Australia. This year, 157 LEGO fans attended from all over the country, making it the largest LEGO fan event in South Australia. It’s a fun weekend with exciting builds to view, a great selection of vendors, and many old and new friends to meet. Brixpo 2025 exhibitors It’s always difficult to know what to write about a LEGO Fan event without it sounding just like any other show. Sure, I could write about the “winning builds” or the “highlights,” but that’s the same sort of thing you’ll read anywhere else. Instead, I’ve chosen to examine a few of the more unusual mosaics found at Brixpo 2025. Skeletor Full of colour and a heavy dose of nostalgia, the Skeletor mosaic drew a constant crowd throughout the event. The creator, Steve Gasson, took his inspiration from his...

A few days ago, LEGO revealed the LEGO Ideas Italian Riviera (21359) and they said that there was a Mediterranean Scene gift with purchase set to go along with it. It was thought that it would be an actual scene build but it is actually the Italian Market Van (5009422) which has just been revealed on the LEGO Shop. The 142 piece set features a blue Piaggio Ape carrying a lemon tree along with a toolbox, broom, shovel, flowerpot, and a box with a fish and starfish. It’s a neat little set to go along with the Italian Riviera but the press release was kind of misleading. Boys and girls ages 10 plus can play out fun stories with this Italian Market Van building toy, a fun gift for kids with a passion for Italy and cool vehicles. Inspired by the classic Piaggio Ape model seen on the streets of Italy,...

A late night LEGO Amazon deal has popped up with the LEGO Icons Boutique Hotel (10287) being discounted by 26%. This drops the price of the set down to $170.94 which is very close to its lowest price. That was set back last September when it was discounted by 27% so it’s pretty close. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. The post LEGO Icons Boutique Hotel (10287) Deal – July 2025 appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

A few weeks ago we got a first look at the extremely rare LEGO Peter Jackson minifigure we now know the buyer and how much they paid for it. We can now confirm that Samuel Burkhardt aka rarest_lego_minifigures on Instagram is the buyer which isn’t too surprising. The more shocking part is that the final price of it was $38,028 and if you account for import taxes, it’s value is probably worth over $40,000. When you check out Samuel’s account, you can see thousands and thousands of dollars of rare LEGO items that he has obtained throughout the years and the Peter Jackson minifigure may be one of the most rare ones in his collection. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Samuel “Rarest_LEGO” (@rarest_lego_minifigures) … Continue The post LEGO Peter Jackson Minifigure Buyer Revealed appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

For each issue of BrickJournal Magazine, the BrickNerd team creates instructions for a LEGO mini-model to go with the theme of the cover story. With their issue celebrating the diversity within the AFOL community a few years ago, we decided to create a puzzle! We chose this model for this specific issue because a single puzzle piece is a fun and instantly recognizable build, but if you make many and combine them, they become even more beautiful together. The instructions are for a single puzzle piece, but you can use them to make four puzzle pieces in almost any color. The elements you will likely have to swap due to color availability are the 1x2 bricks with the curved top and the SNOT bricks (instead of the BrickHeadz SNOT brick or two of the half-version, you can use two 1x1 SNOT bricks or a single 1x2 SNOT brick). But there are...