(Written by William) I must admit, when the #17101 LEGO BOOST Creative Toolbox was released last year, it went completely under my radar. It was out for months before I even knew it existed. However, once I found out about it, I couldn’t help but drool over the idea of playing with it. Up to […]Original linkOriginal author: admin

As we discussed last week, two new exclusive LEGO sets are now available for LEGO VIP members, ahead of the official release data on October 1st. The sets are the #75222 LEGO Star Wars Betrayal at Cloud City, and the #10263 LEGO Winter Village Fire Station. For many LEGO fans, one or both of these […]Original linkOriginal author: admin

Do you ever get the feeling we are living in a simulation? One of the greatest cinema moments of the nineties has been brought to life in LEGO by Douglas Hughes in this scene from The Matrix where Neo asks, puzzled, “I know Kung Fu?” Morpheus looks at him quizzically and challenges, “Show me.” Douglas has captured the simple complexity of the dojo beautifully, adding special lighting for the sword racks. With its stark lines and contrasting colours, Neo deftly dodges one of Morpheus’s relentless attacks. The post Come on, stop trying to hit me and hit me! appeared first on The Brothers Brick. Original linkOriginal author: Jonathan

There are a bunch of classy LEGO microscale building techniques on display in this island castle put together by Henjin_Quilones. The island’s rockwork and sparse greenery are neatly-done, but don’t miss the sandwiched grille tiles creating tiny windows in the rock face, the Technic “weapon barrel” wheels to give texture to the larger round towers, and the clever use of half-plate gaps to create arrow slit style openings. The highlight for me is the use of angled grille bricks to provide the steps up from the little jetty — it’s a microscale technique we’ve seen before, but placing it front and centre adds a touch of detail at a scale which makes the whole creation feel much bigger than it really is. The post The castle is small, but it’s perfectly formed appeared first on The Brothers Brick. Original linkOriginal author: Rod

LEGO has announced it is going green with the re-release of an old fan-favorite set currently owned by very few: the 10268 Vestas Wind Turbine. The original set (numbered 4999) was released a decade ago as a limited production run for Vestas, a sustainable energy company, and never saw wider availability. That changes on Black Friday. Following in the path of the last year’s re-released 10256 Taj Mahal, LEGO is “opening the vault” once again with a slightly updated rendition of the Creator Expert Vestas Wind Turbine. The set comes with 826 pieces (11 more than the first version), three minifigures, a dog, and Power Functions motor and lights, as well as the first spruce tree element made from plants available in a retail set. https://www.brothers-brick.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/10168-Vestas-Wind-Turbine-Spin.mp4 The set is slightly more than three feet tall (one meter) and will retail at $199.99 USD from LEGO (coming in at $249.99 CA and...