Although not directly LEGO-related, Amazon has a limited time deal on the Akro-Mils 24 Cabinet 10724 for 18% off. We haven’t advertised them in a while so the regular price seem to have been bumped up due to inflation but you can save about $10 on one. The price of it hasn’t been this low since late November of last year. These storage cabinets are great for storing your LEGO parts whether you piece out your sets or if you’re a MOC builder and they’re very durable. Updated with a more cheaper version of the same cabinet. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. The post Akro-Mils 24 Cabinet 10724 Amazon Sale – April 2024 appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

The Stinger Mantis is the iconic hero ship and base of Cal Kestis and his NPC companions during his adventures in the Jedi: Survivor and Fallen Order games. This fantastic piece of Star Wars design is recreated in high LEGO detail in this model by Tim Goddard. Tim has spared no expense, and pushed LEGO’s clutch power to achieve the outstanding greebling (or scientific texturing, if you will) on the ship’s vertical fin. I love the details on the outboard engine; the front of the engine is a white life preserver, while the rear nozzle features a ring of clip-and-tube-holders. Speaking of rocket nozzles, it’s worth taking a look at the rear of the ship. You can see more clearly that the outboard motor is mounted on a three-plate-high wing, where the outer two layers have studs pointed in opposite directions. That’s proof of Jedi tricks, I dare say! Finally, you...

Purist. It almost sounds like a dirty word, like elitist or other words that end in -ist. Yet whenever I come up with an idea for a new build I always think about how I can accomplish that with bricks that LEGO has produced themselves without altering the bricks in any shape or form. To me, that is the essence of being a purist. It’s the love for the unaltered LEGO brick. Even when the company has encouraged altering LEGO bricks, like flex tube for example, it just hurts to cut it. It feels wrong to purposefully break something that is perfectly fine as it is. I’m probably more purist than most builders who label themselves as such (especially considering all the barely legal “purist” techniques out there). Illegal building techniques are things that give me an itch and I steer clear away from them as much as I can. So...

A few days ago, California Highway Patrol serving search warrants in Los Angeles and Orange counties discovered $300,000 worth of stolen LEGO sets. Investigators states that the sets were stolen from retail stores like Target and resold to unsuspecting buyers. Four people were arrested and charged with retail theft, grand theft, and conspiracy. **Via KTLA** The post $300,000 Worth of Stolen LEGO Sets Found in Southern California appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

My favorite LEGO set of last year (and possibly of all time) is the LEGO Lord of the Rings 10316 Rivendell set. I could wax verbose about that set, but I don’t have to — because everything I loved about Rivendell is back here in this piece, which builder Martin Gebert calls “Rivendell-inspired.” You can certainly see the official set’s influence — the organic blending of nature and masonry, the pastel greens and whites, the otherworldly architecture. And yet this build manages to take the fantasy even further — look at that lovely hanging fountain and the perfectly irregular smoothness of that outcropping. Best of all, this model (entitled “The Arrival of an Old Friend”) is just chapter 1 in a series, so be sure to follow Martin and keep exploring this incredible slice of a fantasy world. The post A fantastic build in more ways than one appeared first on...