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Sariel, best know for his Technic-focused YouTube channel, is also a talented Android developer who's created some useful LEGO-related apps. His latest one, Brickset Offline Catalog is a very fast and lightweight app that leverages our API to provide offline access to the information in our (...)
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- mercredi 3 juin 2020
Brickset offline catalog for Android Picturing LEGO: Using LEGO bricks to tell a story through photography [Feature] We feature Jonah Schultz, a guest writer with a unique viewpoint and analysis of the art of LEGO and Photography. The post Picturing LEGO: Using LEGO bricks to tell a story through photography [Feature] appeared first on The Brothers (...)Review: 42115 Lamborghini Sián FKP 37 box We don't normally waste time dwelling on boxes, and we certainly don't bother with 'unboxing videos'. However, the packaging of the just-released 42115 Lamborghini Sián FKP 37 is a major aspect of the product, so I think it's worthwhile taking a closer look in this case, particularly as it's a (...)Visit the LEGO House basement museum from the comfort of your own home Here's news of an excellent initiative: The LEGO House is offering virtual tours around the museum in the basement which, for many, is the highlight of a visit to the building. Over the next 4 months there will be five 1-hour sessions, each covering a different time period in the company's (...)Storage solutions: Legobusfan Sarah, aka Legobusfan, shows what happens when everyone in the house is an AFOL: In our home, we are all LEGO fans: husband, wife and 16-year-old son. Therefore, pretty much every room has Lego in it! We mainly build sets for display. All the shelving in our house is from shelfstore.co.uk. (...)George Floyd was human, just like us Pedro Sequeira (@sir_pierres) has built a bust of George Floyd as a fitting reminder that he was human, just like all of us. The post George Floyd was human, just like us appeared first on The Brothers Brick.Random set of the day: Portal of Atlantis Today's random set is 8078 Portal of Atlantis, released in 2010. It's one of 19 Atlantis sets produced that year. It contains 1007 pieces and 7 minifigs, and its retail price was US$99.99/£81.99. It's owned by 2801 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you might find it for (...)- mardi 2 juin 2020
LEGO 71703 Ninjago Legacy: Storm Fighter Battle [Review] The Ninjago "Legacy" sets are a fun way to revisit and re-issue older sets. But then LEGO went and got recursive. We already have a Legacy set of Jay's Storm Fighter, making this a Legacy of a Legacy. And it's also for the 4+ age set. So even though it's technically "the third" it's also (...)Blocks Magazine issue 68 out now Here's the press release for the latest issue of Blocks magazine: Blocks magazine Issue 68 is available to buy now at blocksmag.com and will arrive in UK shops on Thursday. In these unprecedented times, it is more convenient than ever to set up a subscription to get each issue delivered early (...)The iconic Wooden Duck is the next LEGO House exclusive set [News] The new LEGO House exclusive is coming, the iconic Wooden Duck! But you can build one today using the building guide available online. The post The iconic Wooden Duck is the next LEGO House exclusive set [News] appeared first on The Brothers (...)Storage solutions: Jadblz After a run of practical solutions for small spaces in our series of storage articles, we're back in dream LEGO room territory today as Joel, aka Jadblz, shows us around his collection: Growing up in the 80's has afforded me what is essentially 40+ years of collecting LEGO, while I did have a (...)Next LEGO House exclusive set revealed A while ago LEGO advised us that 4000026 LEGO House Tree of Creativity was being retired to make way for a new LEGO House exclusive set, to be launched at the end of May. The company has now revealed it to be 40501 The Wooden Duck by publishing its instructions at Customer Services. The set is (...)How many LEGO studs can you spot? The perfect kind of build is one that makes your eyes gloss all over again and again, enjoy this piece of LEGO creation by Roman. The post How many LEGO studs can you spot? appeared first on The Brothers Brick.Black lives matter, even among privileged LEGO builders [Editorial] Dave Kaleta (@davekaleta) refuses to remain silent. So we want to know, how has your privilege or heritage affected your participation in the LEGO hobby? And what are you doing to make our hobby a more open and inclusive space for people of all backgrounds? The post Black lives matter, even (...)LEGO provides instructions for your daily life activities [Feature] LEGO expands into creating instructions beyond the brick and guiding you in your daily life. If you've missed this across the social media channels, jump right in as you won't want to miss these! The post LEGO provides instructions for your daily life activities [Feature] appeared first on The (...)Random set of the day: Armada Flagship Today's random set is 6280 Armada Flagship, released in 1996. It's one of 8 Pirates sets produced that year. It contains 284 pieces and 3 minifigs, and its retail price was US$50. It's owned by 2112 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you might find it for sale at (...)- lundi 1er juin 2020
What does it take to be human? A humanoid is in search of an answer through meditation. What if it does find the answer that it seeks? Through provoking questions by Grant Davis (@grantdvs1) The post What does it take to be human? appeared first on The Brothers (...)Review: 60264 Ocean Exploration Submarine LEGO minifigures have conducted considerable underwater exploration, recovering abandoned treasure or mystical remains. However, the new collection encompasses animal conservation so provides multiple exclusive creatures alongside updated ocean animals! 60264 Ocean Exploration Submarine (...)Behind the scenes of Brick Sketches: An interview with LEGO designer Chris McVeigh [Feature] The Brothers Brick interviewed new LEGO designer Chris McVeigh about Brick Sketches. He shared the challenges of moving from Canada to Denmark and told us how he managed to turn his designs into official LEGO sets. The post Behind the scenes of Brick Sketches: An interview with LEGO designer (...)Designing a modular dive shop Designing buildings that conform to the Creator Expert modular building standard defined by 10182 Cafe Corner 13 years ago has become very popular. In today's article by guest author Alex D, he explains how he went about designing a modular dive shop: Since seeing Cafe Corner in a catalogue in (...)Our polybag design competition is closed Thanks to everyone who entered. We've had hundreds of entries submitted on Flickr and Instagram and about 150 by email. The judges will deliberate over the next week or so, and we'll announce the winners as soon as we can. Thanks to everyone who entered! (c) 2020 Brickset.com. Republication (...)Storage solutions: marcushenningsen Marcus Henningsen shows us his neat, compact solution, ideal for his kids to play and build: After having read all the interesting submissions to this series I wanted to contribute with my storage solution. Not that it is particularly inspirational - in fact it is very basic and unimpressive - (...)TBB cover photo for June 2020: The General Store with Everything This month’s cover photo, from Andrea Lattanzio, brings us this blast from the past with an incredibly detailed LEGO general store. The diorama is littered with items you might find at a remote general store, and luckily Andrea provides a close up look at the details (see below). Candy machines, (...)Your guide to the 130 new LEGO sets now available for June 2020 including the Technic Lamborghini and more [News] We have your complete guide to the 125+ new LEGO sets now available for June. Happy summer! The post Your guide to the 130 new LEGO sets now available for June 2020 including the Technic Lamborghini and more [News] appeared first on The Brothers (...)[UK/EU] Summer releases now available at LEGO.com Dozens of new sets are now available at LEGO.com, including the stunning Technic 42115 Lamborghini Sián FKP 37, Creator, City, Ninjago, Dots, Friends, Jurassic World, Harry Potter, Minecraft, Hidden Side and much more. Plus, for three weeks, or while stocks last, this cool 40409 Hot Rod is the (...)A cozy cabin where you can play through the winter Cuddle up by LittleJohn's fire in this well-appointed LEGO cabin The post A cozy cabin where you can play through the winter appeared first on The Brothers Brick.Random set of the day: Buggy Today's random set is 8048 Buggy, released in 2010. It's one of 11 Technic sets produced that year. It contains 314 pieces, and its retail price was US$39.99/£25.99. It's owned by 2005 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you might find it for sale at BrickLink or eBay. (...)40409 offert sur le shop Bonjour, Pour les amoureux de l'ancienne gamme Model Team ou des Hot Rod, LEGO offre en ce moment le 40409, reproduction à l'échelle minifig du Hot Rod du modèle 5541 de 1995 (à partir de 85€ d'achat tout de même...) https://brickset.com/sets/40409-1/Hot-Rod https://brickset.com/sets/5541-1/Blue-Fury (...)- dimanche 31 mai 2020
Nothing fishy about this sushi ship This LEGO sushi serving by Anakin Skywalker 2012 is good enough to eat The post Nothing fishy about this sushi ship appeared first on The Brothers Brick.Review: 10273 Haunted House LEGO has produced some excellent Fairground models, encompassing various traditional rides and stalls. 10273 Haunted House combines two ubiquitous attractions since an impressive drop tower is constructed within Baron von Barron's infamous haunted mansion! This model appears appropriately (...)Stalking through the night with the MH-47 Chinook TBB's Ralph Savelsberg bring us a mean looking model of a MH-47E Chinook helicopter, as flown by US Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. The post Stalking through the night with the MH-47 Chinook appeared first on The Brothers (...)Review: Friends Series 2 Play Cubes The Friends Play Cubes are LEGO's latest foray into small portable sets, ideal for taking small scenes on the go. Huw reviewed one of the first series late last year, when he went into the design of the new cubes in depth. The first series of cubes alluded to a second set of cubes, and sure (...)This week's top news articles These are the most read articles that we've posted over the last couple of weeks:ArticleDate postedViewsLikesCommentsNew minifigure packs to be released in June18 May4121614369Review: 31109 Pirate Ship18 May2810822286Brand new theme revealed: Brick Sketches!21 May2490912288Another word on rare (...)LUGs in the time of coronavirus Gary Scheppke of Windy City LUG discusses how to keep your LEGO User Group ticking over when you can't meet in person and put on shows: The hobby/art/plaything that we all love is once again very popular now. Store shelves are bare and even LEGO is, at times, having trouble keeping up with (...)Storage solutions: unslipped Mark, aka unslipped, gives us with more ideas for inexpensive DIY solutions to storage: My post on storage is going to pale in comparison to everyone else’s since my LEGO passion is only in its early stages, but I really wanted to submit something as I look for ways to become more active in (...)A pretty pair of parakeets Come admire a pair of lovely LEGO parakeets, built by Felix Jaensch (@felixjaensch). The post A pretty pair of parakeets appeared first on The Brothers Brick.Do you even lift, bro? NS Brick Designs (@nsbrickdesigns) gets in shape with this neat little workout diorama. Sweet kettlebells, bro! The post Do you even lift, bro? appeared first on The Brothers Brick.Random set of the day: Rahkshi Today's random set is 7138 Rahkshi, released in 2010. It's one of 6 Bionicle sets produced that year. It contains 18 pieces, and its retail price was US$7.99/£6.99. It's owned by 2020 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you might find it for sale at BrickLink or eBay. (...)What's hot this week These are the sets that have been viewed the most this week:TWLWSetViews142115 Lamborghini Sián FKP 377371275021 Republic Gunship549331↓10273 Haunted House3687410560 Peekaboo Jungle2207540409 Hot Rod219662↓31109 Pirate Ship219175541 Blue Fury217985↓10228 Haunted (...)LEGO adds to Super Mario theme, revealing four new Power-Up expansion packs [News] LEGO Super Mario is coming this summer, and LEGO just revealed four new Power-Up Packs to give Mario new outfits! Come check out all the details! The post LEGO adds to Super Mario theme, revealing four new Power-Up expansion packs [News] appeared first on The Brothers (...)- samedi 30 mai 2020
When we all learned to sit thought the credits After a long, hard afternoon spent repelling an alien invasion, sometimes you just need to sit down for some shawarma. This virtual build by @lego_nuts captures this classic Avengers post-credits moment in exquisite detail. The post When we all learned to sit thought the credits appeared first (...)Three new Powered Up Technic hubs and motors will be available from LEGO in June [News] You will no longer have to buy big LEGO sets to get Powered Up motors and hubs because they will be available individually starting June 1st. The post Three new Powered Up Technic hubs and motors will be available from LEGO in June [News] appeared first on The Brothers (...)Brick Sketches: Interview with Chris McVeigh This year's virtual Fan Media days are over so we now have some great content to share with you over the coming weeks. First, here's our interview with Chris McVeigh, designer of the Brick Sketches that we revealed last week, in which he tells us which one was the most difficult to perfect, (...)TBB Weekly Brick Report: LEGO news roundup for May 30, 2020 [News] In this week’s Brick Report we see the new Technic Lamborghini, hear from LEGO CMO Julia Goldin, and feel our way through three new sets including the Haunted House. The post TBB Weekly Brick Report: LEGO news roundup for May 30, 2020 [News] appeared first on The Brothers (...)Storage solutions: Baldarek Baldarek in Russia shows how to store your LEGO on a budget: The first few submissions in this series of articles set what I consider to be a very high bar, so I'm a bit hesitant to follow them with my relatively modest collection and my, er, not exactly fancy-looking storage solution. (...)Pampered Panda If you have a soft spot for pandas, take a look at this sweet LEGO build by Ian Hou (@lego_ianhou). The post Pampered Panda appeared first on The Brothers Brick.Construct your own Connect 4 with LEGO parts [Instructions] Double your fun with building the game of Connect 4 with LEGO elements and then challenge a loved one to enjoy the actual gameplay thanks to the clever design by Tiago Catarino.(@tiagoreiscatarino) The post Construct your own Connect 4 with LEGO parts [Instructions] appeared first on The (...)Random set of the day: Johnny Thunder Today's random set is 1094 Johnny Thunder, released in 1999. It's one of 14 Adventurers sets produced that year. It contains 13 pieces and 1 minifig. It's owned by 801 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you might find it for sale at BrickLink or eBay. Continue reading » (...)Random set of the day: Johnny Thunder Today's random set is 1094 Johnny Thunder, released in 1999. It's one of 14 Adventurers sets produced that year. It contains 13 pieces and 1 minifig. It's owned by 801 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you might find it for sale at BrickLink or eBay. Continue reading » (...)- vendredi 29 mai 2020
A new dimension in wing design I'm not exactly sure what a Guardian Symbiont Ophanim is, but by golly Djokson (@djokbuilt) can sure build an awesome one. The use of the Dimension game stand disks in the wings gives this ethereal being just the right blend of "Matrix-hovercraft" and "Doctor Strange spell-casting CGI". The (...)