LEGO has officially announced the next LEGO Icons set with the Land Rover Classic Defender 90 (10317). Releasing on April 1, the set has 2,336 pieces and will retail for $239.99. LEGO® ICONS 2023 Land Rover Defender 90 – PRESS RELEASE GO ANYWHERE, BUILD AND REBUILD THE NEW LEGO ICONS CLASSIC LAND ROVER DEFENDER 90 16th March, 2023: Ignite the spirit of adventure with the new LEGO® Icons Classic Land Rover Defender 90. Launched as Land Rover celebrates its 75th anniversary, the 2,336 piece set is based on the classic design of the Land Rover Defender from 1983 to 2016 and comes complete with all the accessories needed for an off-road adventure. To celebrate the launch of the set, the LEGO Group placed a bright yellow classic Land Rover Defender in the Scottish Highlands and transformed it into the hardest to reach LEGO Store in the world. In fact, it could...

Today’s guest article comes from Kelly Bartlett who shares how creating multiple drafts of a LEGO MOC can help with problem-solving and the creative process. Recently, I built a LEGO MOC for someone who wanted a 1:1 scale model of a laptop. It seemed like a fairly straightforward commissioned project, but I ended up going through several drafts before I deemed it “complete.” Whether builders design their MOCs digitally or build them with bricks like I do, we inevitably go through various drafts, making changes along the way before arriving at a final product. So let me take you through my process of designing the “BrickBook Pro” and how problem-solving over the course of multiple drafts made the end result a better creation. First Draft: Shape and Color The first draft of any MOC I build is to explore the basic shape and look of the build. It is quick and...

The promotion for the LEGO Seasonal Easter Basket (40587) is now live on the LEGO Shop. You can get for free with purchases of $70 or more until April 9, while supplies last. The 368 piece set has a little rabbit sitting inside a basket along with some flowers. Remember to use Rakuten to earn some cash back on your purchases. As a Rakuten/Linkshare Affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases. The post LEGO Seasonal Easter Basket (40587) Promotion Live on LEGO Shop appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

When it comes to collecting LEGO, do you build and then keep sets together or do you part them out into pieces? Or do you fall somewhere in between? Let me tell you a story of my personal journey finding out where I belong on that spectrum… a story that starts… in SPACE! Sets as a Whole Images via BrickLink As a kid in 1978, I was fascinated with space. I was also a maker—I loved Lincoln Logs, Erector sets and the “newest” sets (to me anyway) of the “Highly Sophisticated Interlocking Plastic Brick System” called LEGO. They were Space sets 462 Mobile Rocket Launcher and 483 Alpha-1 Rocket Base. I loved these sets and still do. I looked at these two different products as one complete “set” when combined back then. I kept them together for years. After branching out into a few Town sets, I started to intermix and try to...

Whether you love or hate math, any excuse to eat pie is a good one—especially on Pi Day (3.14)! I hope you have some real pie at home, or at least something yummy to eat, because today’s pantry raid on LEGO kitchens is sure to make you hungry! Can you find the four pies hidden in these MOCs? Like every good pantry raid, we’ll start back in the days of knights and castles. Henjin_Quilones’ castle folk are evidently well fed, to judge by this huge, bustling kitchen! Despite all the vegetables in this kitchen by Jonah Schultz, I’m not sure I would eat whatever this chef is preparing… If green goo isn’t your thing, maybe you’ll find this lobster more appetizing. (This one was built by me.) -Brixe brings us a little closer to today’s kitchens with this plant-filled scene, though don’t ask me what spilled on the floor… As we...