The last of the initial wave of LEGO Monkie Kid sets I want to take a look at is Monkie Kid’s Team Secret HQ (80013). It is 1,959 pieces and retails for $169.99. Minifigures The set contains six minifigures, Monkie Kid, Mei, Pigsy, General Ironclad, Grunt, Roar, and Snort as well as a bigfig of Sandy. Monkie Kid is in his usual orange and red outfit. The back of the jacket shows the Monkey King with a huge grin while the legs are dual molded for his sneakers. There are some teal goggles that go around his neck. He has a double-sided head with a smirk on one side and an angry expression on the other. His accessory is his staff. Mei is in her green and white dragon outfit which has printing of the dragon going around the torso and legs. Her helmet is also printed with the dragon head...

The Metroid: Samus Aran’s Gunship by L-DI-EGO is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The build is based on the hit Nintendo game franchise and it features Samus Aran and her ship which is minifigure scale along with a brick-built Ridley. The project now joins The Shire, the Hobbithole of Frodo and Bilbo Baggins, Among Us: The Skeld Detailed Map, The Office, Castle of Lord Afol and the Black Knights, The X-Files: I Want to Believe, The House of Chocolate, The Simpsons – The Krusty Burger, Asterix and Obelix, 4½-Litre 1927-31 Bentley ‘Blower’, Scania Next Generation S730, The Karate Kid “Wax On, Wax Off”, and Hyrule Castle (The Legend of Zelda) as the ones to reach the First 2021 Review Stage. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Yesterday’s release of the designer video for the LEGO Ideas Medieval Blacksmith (21325) may have also teased a future gift with purchase item. About 1:10 into the video when LEGO designer Wes Talbott reaches up to the cabinet to get the set, the right side of it has a small castle build on top of some storage bricks. A few keen eyed readers have already suggest that this little build could be a GWP next month when the Medieval Blacksmith is released. We all know LEGO likes to do teasers for upcoming products but there hasn’t been any updates from LEGO on upcoming promotions so we’ll have to wait for the LEGO Store Calendar to be published online to see whether or not it will be a GWP. Thanks to everyone who emailed in about it. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Yesterday, LEGO announced the LEGO Ideas Medieval Blacksmith (21325) and at the same time, they also released the designer video for the set. LEGO designers Wes Talbott and Austin Carlson talk about some of the details that are in the set. The Medieval Blacksmith will be available starting on February 1. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

The Hyrule Castle (The Legend of Zelda) by Artem Biziaev is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The 2,600 piece build is based on the Hyrule Castle from the hit series and it features a playset with lots of features throughout. It also proposes eight minifigures as well. The project now joins The Shire, the Hobbithole of Frodo and Bilbo Baggins, Among Us: The Skeld Detailed Map, The Office, Castle of Lord Afol and the Black Knights, The X-Files: I Want to Believe, The House of Chocolate, The Simpsons – The Krusty Burger, Asterix and Obelix, 4½-Litre 1927-31 Bentley ‘Blower’, Scania Next Generation S730, and The Karate Kid “Wax On, Wax Off” as the ones to reach the First 2021 Review Stage. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

We’ve already gotten an early look at the LEGO Ideas Medieval Blacksmith (21325) but LEGO has officially announced the set today. Releasing on February 1, the set has 2,164 pieces and retails for $149.99. Check out the press release along with more images of the set below. LEGO IDEAS® REVEALS MEDIEVAL SET STARRING THE UNSUNG HERO OF THE MIDDLE AGES – THE HONOURABLE BLACKSMITH LEGO Ideas has taken a leaf out of the history books with the design of its latest set, a charming Medieval Blacksmith’s house. The new set is based on an original design by an avid LEGO builder, which achieved over 10,000 votes from LEGO fans worldwide – giving it the green light to go into production. LEGO superfan Clemens Fiedler originally submitted the concept to LEGO Ideas; a LEGO initiative that takes new ideas that have been imagined and voted for by fans and turns them into...

LEGO has kicked off a new LEGO City polybag gift with purchase promotion on the LEGO Shop. With a purchase of $40 or more, you can either get the Fire Helicopter (30566) polybag or Police Water Scooter (30567) polybag when you enter codes FR29 or PC29, respectively, at checkout. This promotion will run from now until January 24, while supplies last. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

It’s January 18 and that means that The Brick Fan turns nine years old today. For those who have recently found the site, it went by another name when I first started out but had to change it to The Brick Fan and January 18 was the day that domain went live. I’m even surprised that I kept up with it throughout these years which actually doesn’t seem that long. I still remember the day that I got my first LEGO set after my Dark Age and wanted to do something fun with it. And boom, here we are. FYI, it was the LEGO Star Wars Millennium Falcon (7965). Last year, it was a terrible year for the world but a lot of you had time to be online more and it marked the best year we had on the site in terms of pageviews and first time visitors. For 2021,...

It looks like there are new rewards available in the LEGO VIP Rewards Center for a LEGO Collectible Coin and Display Case. First up is the LEGO Castle Logo Collectible coin that costs 1,150 VIP points. The other item is the Collectible Coin Display Case that costs 700 points which has space for five different coins. From the looks of it, we can expect to see other coins featuring LEGO Space, LEGO Octan, LEGO Pirates, and a generic LEGO logo in the future. Once you redeem it, you’ll get a code to use at checkout on the LEGO Shop and it has to be used within 60 days. Thanks to the anonymous emailer for the heads up. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Happy New Year! Hello dear readers, it’s been a while. While I announced on Facebook that I was taking a bit of a break from BrickNerd many months ago, I never really made an official post. But it only took a few visits over those months to figure that out I suppose. The main reason why is simple, burn out. And it’s not just the blog, I’ve barely touched my bricks at the studio, or visited Flickr, or anything else really. Between getting friend-zoned by TLG, COPPA crippling the YouTube channel, negativity in the Ambassador program and general apathy in the builder community, I needed a break. Then COVID happened, and a whole new level of distraction was heaped on. I’ve been totally absent, for that I apologize. I did get a 2020 advent calendar and thoroughly enjoyed a little playtime every day of December, so there’s hope for me. But...