Suitcase Express! by UsualBuilder is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The 2,988 piece build features a a train ride in a city inside a suitcase. There’s a crank to scroll the scenery landscape. 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, Cherry Blossom Ikebana, Roman Forum, Interstellar, Metallica M72 World Tour as the ones to reach the First 2024 Review Stage. The post LEGO Ideas Suitcase Express! Achieves 10,000 Supporters appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Pre-orders for the BrickLink Designer Program Series 1 sets are now live and you can purchase them through the LEGO Shop checkout process. The links below will add the sets directly to your cart. Remember that there needs to be a 3,000 pre-order minimum for the sets to be made with a maximum of 30,000 produced for each one. The sets will ship by July 1. • Mountain Fortress by SleeplessNight – $379.99• Parisian Street by NicolasCarlier – $319.99• The Old Train Engine Shed by Mind_the_Brick – $229.99• General Store – Wild West by llucky – $159.99• The Snack Shack by Skeletuhr – $49.99 As a Rakuten/Linkshare Affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases. The post BrickLink Designer Program Series 1 Pre-orders Now Live appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Today, The LEGO Movie celebrates the 10th anniversary of its theater premiere. It was a global phenomenon that earned $468 million during its theatrical run. As a result of its success, it spawned a direct sequel and a couple of spinoff movies including The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part, The LEGO Batman Movie, and The LEGO Ninjago Movie. It also introduced new fans to LEGO who weren’t really fans before the movie came out which wasn’t a bad thing for LEGO. A decade later, we’re still getting LEGO movies with the next one coming called Piece by Piece, a biopic featuring Pharrell Williams. The post The LEGO Movie Celebrates 10th Anniversary appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Outside of enjoying LEGO with my kids, my main area of focus is my amusement park. For the most part, I buy existing LEGO sets and install them in the park instead of making MOCs. I feel blocked when I try to envision a MOC, I’m not sure if it’s a lack of vision or confidence but it’s not where I put my attention. Over the last six years, I’ve built up a decent-sized park that takes up about half of my limited office space. Occasionally, I have to modify a set to make it work. I’m not a total stranger to using BrickLink Stud.io and my imagination. For example, set 10244 Fairground Mixer was designed as a ride that could be packed up and driven away, whereas the rest of my rides are obviously permanent structures. I modified it to the below so it makes more sense as a permanent...

Metallica M72 World Tour by MetalliBrick is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The 2,972 piece build features the stage layout of the band’s current concert world tour and also proposes the band members of Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, and Robert Trujillo. 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, Cherry Blossom Ikebana, Roman Forum, Interstellar, and First 2024 Review Stage. The post LEGO Ideas Metallica M72 World Tour Achieves 10,000 Supporters appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Working Suspension Railway by Baron von Barron is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The 2,999 piece build features a suspension railway that can be powered up and remotely controlled. 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, Cherry Blossom Ikebana, Roman Forum, Interstellar as the ones to reach the First 2024 Review Stage. The post LEGO Ideas Working Suspension Railway Achieves 10,000 Supporters appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Today’s guest article comes from Blake Foster (Instagram/Flickr), a sci-fi builder from Brooklyn. Primarily a spacecraft builder, he took a look back at some of his earlier ships to see what he could learn… My first piece of advice, when asked by a new MOC builder, has long been to keep your old MOCs around until you can’t stand the sight of them—and then keep them around longer. The reason behind this seemingly masochistic practice is if a MOC goes in the scrap bin the moment the sight of it ceases to stimulate dopamine production, I would miss the opportunity to understand what specific shortcomings got under my skin. Knowing that I disliked an old MOC versus why I disliked it makes all the difference in not making the same mistakes again. My self-scrutiny is not all negative. As my list of nitpicks about a MOC grows, I will take note...

Just like that, the BrickLink Designer Program Series 4 crowd vote is now live to pick the sets that you want to see produced. As of this post, there are 237 projects in the running for your support and the top five will go on to be reviewed and the finalists will be announced on March 18. The fan vote itself will run until February 16. The post BrickLink Designer Program Series 4 Fan Vote Live appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

If you were interested in purchasing the BrickLink Designer Program Series 1 sets, this is a reminder that pre-orders will start in two days, February 7. At 8am PT/11am ET, the sets can be pre-ordered with 30,000 of each set being produced in the total run. Checkout should be through the LEGO Shop and there is a maximum of two copies of each set per household. Below are the sets that will be available along with their pricing. • Mountain Fortress by SleeplessNight – $379.99• Parisian Street by NicolasCarlier – $319.99• The Old Trainn Engine Shed by Mind_the_Brick – $229.99• General Store – Wild West by llucky – $159.99• The Snack Shack by Skeletuhr – $49.99 The post BrickLink Designer Program Series 1 Pre-Orders Open Soon appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Interstellar by Minibrick Productions is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The 532 piece build features the Ranger spaceship that has a decorated interior and can fit the two minifigures of Cooper and Dr. Brand. 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, Cherry Blossom Ikebana, Roman Forum, First 2024 Review Stage. The post LEGO Ideas Interstellar Achieves 10,000 Supporters appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran