Chances are you immediately recognize this ship built by Rubblemaker. Odds are equally good you don’t know its name. “EF76 Nebulon-B Escort Frigate” doesn’t stick in the mind like “X-Wing” or “Death Star,” but it has appeared in tons of Star Wars media over the years. It even served as the headquarters of the Rebel Alliance for a time. Rubblemaker’s midi-scale recreation of the ship is a fitting tribute to this often-overlooked piece of sci-fi history. Clocking in at 81cm long, 42cm high, and made from over 2500 pieces, this is actually Rubblemaker’s second attempt at the ship, and possibly the most accurate version ever built. Beautifully greebled and full of clever angles and elegant slopes, the ship looks amazing photoshopped against the cosmos, but you might want to take in an unedited view to really appreciate all the work that went into the build. Note the in-scale Millennium Falcon docked...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Yes, it’s the holiday season, but it’s also the return of our annual LEGO advent calendar extravaganza. We’ll be opening our calendar windows every day in the run-up to Christmas. Our team will also share their thoughts, comments, observations, and jokes about each day’s builds! We have five advent calendars this year, across the City, Friends, Star Wars, Marvel (specifically Guardians of the Galaxy), and Harry Potter themes. This is the penultimate day, Christmas Eve’s Eve! Let’s get right into it and see what’s hiding behind the doors of day 23, shall we? Just like in the Friends calendar, we get a sleigh for our equine friend in LEGO City. However, Friends isn’t taking cues from City this time, as we get a rather ornate chair. Star Wars is also getting in the festive mood with a Santa Claus GNK droid. The penultimate...

A fair few of the Dutch builders that I occasionally hang out with are very much into building heavy-duty trucks and construction equipment, such as cranes or mining excavators. And they tend to like to build them BIG. I’ve dabbled a bit in the genre, but I’ve always been somewhat the odd one out in our little group, mainly building smaller models. And I’ve gone progressively smaller: in recent years more and more of my models are scaled for minifigures. I rarely have the time or patience to build really big things. I am also running out of space to display large models. If you take a big crane and build it to a small scale, you still end up with a fairly substantial model, though. Case in point: my Liebherr LTM-1350 mobile crane, as operated by the Dutch company Mammoet (Mammoth). Despite its relatively small scale, there is just enough...

The folks at MelGeek has launched a Kickstarter for their Pixel keyboard which is they claim is the world’s first brick compatible mechanical keyboard. As of right now, the campaign has already reached its goal but you can still pledge for some early bird deals which start at $219. We’ve received an early copy of the Pixel Canvas for review purposes. The packaging is actually quite more detailed than I expected. The cover has a slider with a clear window showing the branding. Sliding the knob on the right shows gives another window with some fun designs. It doesn’t show the real keyboard but the presentation is nice. Flipping open the magnetic cover, you get the product manual which shows the default layout of the Pixel on the front and the instructions for some of the functions on the back. The keyboard is packaged in a covering with the accessory boxes...

Last year, LEGO did a survey in the Rewards Center to gauge interest on new subscription programs that includes a number of perks. Today a new survey has gone up that is looking for feedback on names that this subscription service could be called. The names seem to be different for other countries or even VIP members as I have seen ones with totally different names. The names that my survey had are: • LEGO Central• LEGO Nogle• LEGO Imagination• LEGO Click• LEGO Play• LEGO Imagine• LEGO Together• LEGO Limitless• LEGO Unlimited• LEGO Universe The survey ends on November 20 and you can earn 50 VIP points if you complete the entire survey which takes about 10 minutes. The post LEGO Subscription Program Name Survey in Rewards Center appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran