LEGO has revealed a new LEGO Harry Potter gift with purchase set with the Borgin and Burkes: Floo Network (40695). The set has 190 pieces and will complement the not-yet-revealed The Burrow – Collectors’ Edition (76437) which I assume will be included when you buy the set. Join Lucius Malfoy at Borgin and Burkes and play out magical stories with this LEGO® Harry Potter Diagon Alley toy (40695) for kids aged 8 and up. It features a Lucius Malfoy minifigure and a brick-built interior section of Borgin & Burkes, including a fireplace with a Floo Network function – turn the handle to make the minifigure ’disappear’! This model complements 76437 The Burrow – Collectors’ Edition and other LEGO Harry Potter Diagon Alley sets, sold separately. The post LEGO Harry Potter Borgin and Burkes: Floo Network (40695) GWP Revealed appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

The finalists for the BrickLink Designer Program Series 5 have been announced today. Some interesting topics here, there was a huge number of Castle/Medieval builds but none made the final list. The Adventure in Transylvania was the highest voted set ever for the BDP. The builders have from September 2 – May 1 to refine the final designs before locking them for pre-production. Which one(s) from this series are you looking to pick up? Adventure In Transylvania Antique Shop Mushroom Village Popcorn Wagon Thieves of Tortuga The post BrickLink Designer Program Series 5 Finalists Announced appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Downton Abbey: Highclere Castle by BRO3 is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The build features the castle from the highly popular television series that has 5 main rooms and 6 smaller rooms. The project joins Claw Machine Wallace & Gromit – A Grand Day Out, Pioneer CDJ 2000 Nexus Multi Player, Impression Sunrise – Monet, The Loneliness of the Voyager – NASA’s Voyager Mission, Humpback Whale Breach, Tintin – Space Rocket, The Iron Giant in the Forest, Tetris Solid, Working Image Projector “Magic Lantern”, Popcorn Machine, Arsenal F.C. – The Invincibles, Sony Walkman, Sony Walkman, Hydroelectric Power Plant, Floating Sea Otter, Avatar: The Last Airbender!, Blacksmith – Wild West, Bluey!!, New Holland CR Combine, Wednesday The Room and The Balcony, Lisbon Tram (Electrico 28), Market Village, Modular Post Office in Neoclassical Style, Working River Rapids Ride – Fairground Rafting Coaster, Italian Riviera, Vintage Radio – Listen...

LEGO has started two new promotions on the LEGO Shop which include the LEGO Creator 3-in-1 Mythical Pegasus (40691) as well as the Flowerpot (40588). The Mythical Pegasus is available until August 24 with purchases of $100, while supplies last. The Flowerpot requires a $150 purchase. As a Rakuten/LinkShare Affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases. The post LEGO Creator 3-in-1 Mythical Pegasus (40691) Promotion Live on LEGO Shop appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

LEGO has recently released the new LEGO Play App which replaces the LEGO Life App. LEGO Play is more of a rebranded app that has more things to offer such as minigames, a creative canvas, a LEGO avatar creator, and more. It is a separate app than LEGO Life so you’ll have to download the new one and delete the old one since it is no longer supported, however, you can still use your current LEGO Insiders login and any content that was previously created can be migrated over. Introducing: LEGO® PLAY – A New App To Help Children Unleash Their Creative Superpowers The LEGO Group has recently launched LEGO® Play, a new kid-safe, creative app for all brick lovers, builders, and creators! The new app will allow kids to bring to life their own creations and share with friends, watch videos and play games, along with a whole host of...

Today is the last day to get your orders in for three LEGO promotions that are currently going on the LEGO Shop. First is the LEGO Trophy Award (40688) which you can get with purchases of $85. To help you get there, LEGO is doing Double Insider Points for all LEGO DREAMZzz sets. If you’re not into DREAMZzz, there’s also double points on select LEGO Icons, Ideas, and Star Wars sets. • LEGO Icons Bumblebee (10338)• LEGO Icons NASA Artemis Space Launch System (10341)• LEGO Ideas Disney Hocus Pocus – The Sanderson Sisters’ Cottage (21341)• LEGO Star Wars The Razor Crest (75331)• LEGO Star Wars Coruscant Guard Gunship (75354)• LEGO Star Wars Chewbacca (75371) As a Rakuten/Linkshare Affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases. The post Last Day for LEGO Trophy Award GWP, Double Insider Points on Select Sets appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Tokens. Like Tolkein’s One Ring, these precious little LEGO things can change the trajectory of a little hobbit and can hold great untold value when forged correctly.  Yesterday’s article discussed the Token of Brickworld: the Gugick, which is built and distributed by the Brickworld Master which has its own set of rules. Today, I’m going to talk about Tokens of Appreciation given from builder to build at LEGO conventions—and my personal rules for them. Tom - frequent Febrovery builder - and his rover Tokens The Origin of Tokens While I'm squarely to blame for the Gugicks, you can’t blame me as much for tokens. Tokens of Appreciation (or whatever name you want to call them) started long before Arthur invaded our displays with Scorpions, so it’s not something that he or I can be blamed for. KC Ross’s signature snails - Magic Card for scale I believe KC Ross has been...

Donkey Kong by If You Build It is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The 800 piece build is based on the original 1981 video game and features the stage with a brick-built Donkey Kong and a minifigure of Pauline. The project joins Claw Machine Wallace & Gromit – A Grand Day Out, Pioneer CDJ 2000 Nexus Multi Player, Impression Sunrise – Monet, The Loneliness of the Voyager – NASA’s Voyager Mission, Humpback Whale Breach, Tintin – Space Rocket, The Iron Giant in the Forest, Tetris Solid, Working Image Projector “Magic Lantern”, Popcorn Machine, Arsenal F.C. – The Invincibles, Sony Walkman, Sony Walkman, Hydroelectric Power Plant, Floating Sea Otter, Avatar: The Last Airbender!, Blacksmith – Wild West, Bluey!!, New Holland CR Combine, Wednesday The Room and The Balcony, Lisbon Tram (Electrico 28), Market Village, Modular Post Office in Neoclassical Style, Working River Rapids Ride – Fairground Rafting...

LEGO hasn’t released a larger scale Bat-Pod set in a long time but this summer, there is a new one in the Batman Construction Figure and the Bat-Pod Bike (76273). The original one was back in 2015 when there was a competition for LEGO VIP members and subsequently was in the Rewards Center for 15,000 points and a sweepstakes after that. This new 713 piece set is much easier to get for $64.99. Build The Batman figure is the larger scale ones that were re-introduced a few years ago, however, this one is based on the suit from The Dark Knight. The build is fairly similar to its predecessor, give or take a few changes here and there. You do start with the torso which has ball joints for the arms and the head. The armor on the shoulders are on hinges and they attach to the top of the shoulder....

Today I’m going to dive into “Gugicks.” Arthur Gugick Source: Flickr What’s a “Gugick” you might ask? It’s simply a token of appreciation, a little LEGO mini-build given out at a fan convention. Tokens are often mislabelled as a Gugick. However, the genuine Gugick is actually a very specific token made by a very specific individual at a very specific convention. Why do I know this? Because I started it—sort of. This is why the BrickNerd editors have been encouraging me to write about this topic and tomorrow’s article on the non-Gugick tokens of appreciation. Why the name difference? What makes a Gugick special? What are the rules behind Gugick tokens? Let’s begin. Deep Dish Dive While nice that it’s somewhat common in parts of the US to call LEGO tokens of appreciation “Gugicks,” there is technically only one Gugick given out a year—and only at Brickworld Chicago. And this is...