Yesterday a whopping 35 LEGO Ideas projects were announced for qualification review. Earlier this year, 26 sets were shortlisted for also achieving the 10,000 votes required for a submission to be reviewed. Achieving 10,000 votes is no easy feat as we’ve seen in the past, but with the recent support of projects skyrocketing, there has been chatter amongst the community if the rules should be tweaked or changed to bring it back down to more palatable numbers. This has prompted Hasan Jansen, Engagement Manager from the LEGO Ideas Team to share the official insights on what the decision point may be. The short answer is that things will remain status quo, and the sudden increase in the number of submissions and votes was assumed to be largely due to the current pandemic, which kept builders and audiences indoors, giving the opportunity to focus on creations and a wider reach for those...

According to legend, Wan Hu was the first man in space. How? By strapping dozens of rockets to his chair and then going for the ride of a lifetime. Well, he made it to space in some versions of the legend, anyway. In a lot of them, the chair (and presumably Wan Hu) just explode on the ground. But no matter which retelling sounds the most likely to you, you have to admire this brilliant LEGO recreation by Bert Van Raemdonck. I particularly like the way that the curved bricks in the robe create a sense of rushing wind. On the explosive edge, the billowing smoke formed by 4×4 domes in white work really well, as do the 1×1 cone bricks in red as the tips of the rockets. Wan Hu himself is just as expressive, with quarter-circle tile and curved slope brick creating the perfect expression of “maybe I didn’t...

Autumn doesn’t really start until later in the month, but that doesn’t mean we can’t get hyped up now for fall festivities. (After months of quarantine, I’m pretty sure time is meaningless, anyway. ) So who’s up for a haunted hayride? Oh. Right. COVID. Staying indoors is still the better part of valor, so maybe not. But wait! LEGO has come to the rescue! 40423 Halloween Hayride is available in North America from the LEGO Shop Online for US $12.99 | CAN $16.99.  But is this set a trick or a treat? Read on and see! The box and contents It’s been a couple of years since we’ve seen a Halloween Seasonal set. (The last one was 40260 Haunted Haunt back in 2017) This year’s offering recreates a popular North American tradition, the haunted hayride. We get a tractor towing a trailer full of hay, a spooky entrance gate, a jack-o-lantern, two...

LEGO store is practically giving away a total of 150 free VIP store points for simply answering a Harry Potter online quiz. All you need is 6 out of 9 answers right and you’re set to receive them almost instantaneously. Log in to the VIP Center to take the quiz. If you’re signing up a new VIP account, you can accumulate  an additional 50 points totalling 200 points if you pass the quiz. If you’re already signed into your VIP account, click here to go directly to the quiz. We do want to help you pass the quiz with flying colours, so here’s a refresher course on all things Harry Potter. Remember, all you need is 6 out of 9 questions answered correctly to grab the 150 VIP points. If you’ve been paying attention in class, use your wand to make the invisible appear! 1. What store in Diagon Alley has...

LEGO released the new Harry Potter Collectible Minifigures recently and Dishbrick placed the Weasley twins in the perfect setting: Brewing potions for their own practical joke shop. I like the use of the 5 point crystal and the power blast to show that the potions in the cauldrons are either exploding or steaming hot. Also the use of the back of the hidden side ghost faces as a bottled substance is very nice. But the best thing about this creation is the clever use of the lantern for the bunsun burner set up. The post Mischief Managed appeared first on The Brothers Brick. Original linkOriginal author: Bart Willen