As the newest LEGO Icons release, I have no doubt that 10332 Medieval Town Square has been popping up quite a bit on your social feeds. Even now, you can likely summon up a dozen different written reviews and a myriad of videos. This presents me with a pickling quandary since I do not wish to be redundant. Then, at the same time, if you’ve clicked on this article, perhaps you ARE looking for a one-stop shop of basic information. 10332 Medieval Town Square So I’ve decided I am going to do a super blitz one-sentence review, followed by a single picture. Then I will dub myself free and will continue to ramble on in a LEGO set daydream, going on as many side quests as I can muster. Here goes! “Set good, Fun build, Figs nice, 3.3k pcs, $230, Haz goat, Can buy March 1.” And the best set overview...

Walmart will be holding their Collector Con event next month and it looks like LEGO will be part of the offerings. On March 14 & 15, Walmart will be dropping collectibles from various companies with sneak peeks starting on March 7. LEGO has been doing Collector Con for a few years with all the reveals being LEGO Star Wars sets so I wouldn’t be too surprised if it’ll be the same this year. I don’t think there will be any exclusives as all the previous sets have been available on the LEGO Shop. The post LEGO Part of Walmart Collector Con 2024 appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

LEGO itself is a treasure for many of us! So ironically, the iconic 2x4 brown treasure chest is one of LEGO’s most symbolic pieces. It’s playable in many of our realms, from classic Pirates fighting over a booty of doubloons to Castle Forestmen stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. Today we’ll nerd out a little bit over some fun LEGO treasure chests, AND include instructions to build the two chests pictured below at the end of the article! 2x Custom instructions (medium 6X10 and Mini 4x7) LEGO Treasure Chests Let’s start our journey with a glimpse at some of the treasure chest pieces LEGO has made over time. This is by no means a comprehensive list, but it shows some variety from simply the classic 2x4, which itself comes in more than ten different colors! And if you look at the lid piece and base as separate parts,...

LEGO has announced two new gameplay experiences in LEGO Fortnite called LEGO Islands which include LEGO Raft Survival and LEGO Obby Fun modes. LEGO Raft Survival is a multiplayer problem solving mode that uses the classic LEGO Pirates theme where you have to stay afloat on the raft. LEGO Obby Fun is an obstacle course that is a problem solving mode where players are spawned randomly on a LEGO themed course which includes Friends, City, Ninjago, and DREAMZzz. Check out the screenshots of the game modes below. INTRODUCING: LEGO® ISLANDS – NEW EXPERIENCES FOR PLAYERS OF ALL AGES TO DISCOVER WITHIN FORTNITE The LEGO Group launches two new kid and family-friendly experiences within Fortnite, published by the brand, for players to continue their LEGO gaming journey! ‘LEGO Raft Survival’ and ‘LEGO Obby Fun’ are available now within Fortnite, offering action-packed challenges for players, centered around classic LEGO themes and play. The...

Welcome back to All Types, a look at the typography of LEGO. This time around, we’ll travel back through time from the beginning of the 90s all the way to the 60s. This round of typefaces seems to have some commonality—but stick around ‘til the end where I look at a very funky personal favourite! For readers who haven’t seen the previous entry in this mini-typographic deep dive, go and check it out! For those of you who have, this time around I’ve attempted to credit the designers responsible for the typefaces shown. They all have their own equally rich history that should be remembered. Futura - 1992 Basic Range Futura, my guilty love, showed itself in box art. It had been used previously in this same Basic range but I chose to focus on the first sets with the System graphic, an iconic feature of this age. Futura is the...

Amazon has put the LEGO Indiana Jones Temple of the Golden Idol (77015) on sale for 15% off the regular price. The set is now listed at $126.99 which saves you $23 on it. the set features a build of the opening scenes from Raiders of the Lost Ark and has minifigures of Indiana Jones, Satipo, Belloq, and a Hovitos Warrior. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. The post LEGO Indiana Jones Temple of the Golden Idol (77015) Amazon Sale – February 2024 appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

There are only a few days left to get your pre-orders in for the BrickLink Designer Program Series 1 sets. As of right now, there are just a little bit over three days left and there are only two sets that haven’t sold out yet, the General Store (910031) and Parisian Street (910032). The General Store looks to be about 75% sold out while the Parisian Street is around 55%. If they don’t sell out by Wednesday, February 28, they’ll be more limited than the 30,000 allotted sets which may attract collectors as there are less made than the ones that sold out. As a Rakuten/Linkshare Affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases. The post Few Days Left for BrickLink Designer Program Series 1 Pre-Orders appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

This week is Engineers’ Week, and as part of that celebration, today we are going to dive into planetary gear trains! Ring and Planets in a pencil sharpener These gear trains have some unique features that may make interesting additions to your builds. Planetary Gear Trains (from now on PGTs) are used in lots of things: cars, helicopters, airplanes, wind turbines, electric drills, and manual pencil sharpeners to make a shortlist. A big advantages is that they have coaxial input/output shafts, can often take up less space than other transmissions, have less torque loss, and better distributes the load among the gears. In our LEGO PGTs, we likely won’t see much space-saving, but we should get the rest of those advantages. So let’s get nerdy and explore planetary gear trains in LEGO! The Basics [If math scares you, skip to the next section where we start talking about LEGO!] PGTs have...

Tower Chess by Ferbrick1 is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The build features a chess board that can be folded around the tower with the pieces stored inside. The project joins Spirited Away, Appa the Sky Bison, from Avatar the Last Airbender, Venus Flytrap, Minerals Display, Dreamworks’ Shrek’s Swamp 2, Hello Kitty and Friends – 50 Years, Dr. Seuss’s The Grinch, Medieval Tournament, Among Us: The Skeld, Cherry Blossom Ikebana, Roman Forum, The Wizard of Oz 85th Film Anniversary, Interstellar, Working Suspension Railway, Metallica M72 World Tour, Suitcase Express!, Outer Wilds, Medieval inn by the Gatehouse, Clockwork Solar System, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and My Neighbor Totoro as the ones to reach the First 2024 Review Stage. The post LEGO Ideas Tower Chess Achieves 10,000 Supporters appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Introduction One of the best attributes of LEGO trains is the fact that they move! The laws of physics tell us that in order to move, we need energy; in particular, electrical energy. However, before we get into the obvious use of electrical energy to move our trains, it should be mentioned that many of us likely started our LEGO train journey with “push-along” energy from our arms. I remember receiving my first LEGO train set at age three. It was not battery-powered, but self-powered! For most children, this is how we start our play experiences. We are not burdened with having to know how electrical circuits work, how things like motors and switches, etc. need to be connected, or the basics of operation. We simply put our trains on the track and pushed them along (also making sound effects of course!) Eventually, we recognize that having our trains move themselves...