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Today's selection has been made by whaleyland: LEGO in the mid- to late 1990s was in a strange transitional period, and the UFO subtheme of Space was certainly no exception. I purchased 6979 Interstellar Starfighter in July 1997 using a combination of birthday money and allowance. It was only (...)
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- mardi 31 mars 2020
Featured set of the day: Interstellar Starfighter Review: DOTS Bracelets It's been an interesting trajectory for the DOTS theme. When first announced as a wearable line for LEGO, it received much derision in the AFOL world. Part of that was due to the lack of pictures of what the product actually looked like; many feared it would be this generation's version of (...)As rare as a blue lobster Need to move some crates on the cheap around space? Then look no further than Blake Foster's Neo-Classic Space cargo shuttle. The post As rare as a blue lobster appeared first on The Brothers Brick.Quarantine building: Bionicle MOCers' response to lockdown Today's guest editorial has been contributed by Jackson Reid in Australia: With the growing quarantine restrictions and lock-downs happening all over the world, many people have found themselves confined to their homes, away from work and their studies. For me personally, my Uni has gone on a (...)Free LEGO instructions from Warren Elsmore LEGO artist and prolific author Warren Elsmore has just made the instructions for the models in his first book Brick City available for free download from his website. He writes "Today I’m publishing all of the instructions from my first book, Brick City, here on my website. That’s over 60 (...)COVID19: demande aide Visières protection Bonjour, je ne fais pas beaucoup de message et encore moins hors sujet je pense mais celui-là si. Un élan de solidarité envers le personnel soignant a été lancé grace aux possesseurs d'imprimantes 3D, nous produisons énorment de visières de protection qui sont offert gratuitement. Mais cela n'est pas (...)This month's offers at IWOOT IWOOT has a number of tempting offers running at the moment: Three sets for £22, with free shipping, including the Marvel mechs, Friends cubes, new City sets and more. 20% off a range of Technic, City and Hidden Side sets to celebrate the company's 20th birthday. Pre-order the Star Wars busts (...)Meet a member: jackiebritton Today we are talking to Jackie Britton who is photographed here wearing a fish on her head at a party after too much wine, apparently... How long have you been visiting Brickset? Been a member? I’ve been a member since late 2017 but I’m not sure how long I’ve been visiting. It’s one of the first (...)The strength of family From a distance this LEGO mob of meerkats built by Felix Jaensch look like they could be the real thing. The post The strength of family appeared first on The Brothers Brick.The classic side-eye There's always that friend that has to go and ruin the moment. Come take a closer look at these LEGO role-players, built by Gregory Coquelz. The post The classic side-eye appeared first on The Brothers Brick.Random set of the day: Raid VPR Today's random set is 5981 Raid VPR, released in 2010. It's one of 5 Space sets produced that year. It contains 69 pieces and 2 minifigs, and its retail price was US$9.99/£7.99. It's owned by 3209 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you might find it for sale at BrickLink (...)- lundi 30 mars 2020
A bust-y composition Check out this beautiful LEGO bust of one of the greatest composers of all time, rendered by Steven Howard. The post A bust-y composition appeared first on The Brothers Brick.Featured set of the day: Hook and Ladder MrJackson takes us back to mid-1990s Town for today's featured set: I've been into Lego since my first set was given to me by a good friend of my father's back when I was around 5 years old. I’m not 100% sure, but I believe it was set 6604 Formula 1 Racer. I distinctly remember the slope with (...)First Fast & Furious set revealed! The first product resulting from LEGO's relationship with the Fast and Furious franchise has been revealed today. Vin Diesel's pimped-up ride has been given the LEGO Technic treatment. Here's the press release: 42111 Dom's Dodge Charger, 1077 pieces USA $99.99 / DE €99.99 / UK £89.99 Available (...)LEGO goes Fast & Furious with Technic 42111 Dom’s Dodge Charger [News] This 1,000+ piece model of the iconic Dodge Charger from Fast & Furious is speeding our way with pre-orders available now. The post LEGO goes Fast & Furious with Technic 42111 Dom’s Dodge Charger [News] appeared first on The Brothers (...)Hispabrick issue 34 out now The latest issue of HispaBrick Magazine is now available for download. Editor Lluís writes: "With a bit of a delay... HispaBrick Magazine 034 is here! It took longer than usual because we have a new member on the team. She is a BFOD (Baby Fan Of Duplo) who prefers her father plays with her (...)Meet a member: bekuehn Our interviewee today is Brandon Kuehn aka bekuehn, an estimator for a manufacturing company, in Missouri, USA. What is your first LEGO memory? My first memory of being excited to receive and build a set was 6075 Wolfpack Tower. I was about 7-8 years old and our babysitter took my brother and (...)Be wise like the owl, read a book Mihai Marius Mihu's Wise Owl has a suggestion for you The post Be wise like the owl, read a book appeared first on The Brothers Brick.The rules of the race The future of racing lies about a foot off the ground with Rod Gillies' LEGO hover cars The post The rules of the race appeared first on The Brothers Brick.Random set of the day: Tanker Truck Today's random set is 6695 Tanker Truck, released in 1984. It's one of 17 Town sets produced that year. It contains 106 pieces and 1 minifig. It's owned by 1714 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you might find it for sale at BrickLink or eBay. Continue reading » (c) 2020 (...)- dimanche 29 mars 2020
Life on the road Take to the open roads with Andrea Lattanzio's brightly-coloured wagons The post Life on the road appeared first on The Brothers Brick.Featured set of the day: Ruler of the Jungle Today, BionicleJedi has selected a classic Adventurers set: What makes 5906 Ruler of the Jungle special? Well, for me, it was the first set I ever picked up that had a minifigure who was designed to be *a specific character*. I'd had a few small Lego sets before that point, plus a couple of (...)Hands up ready for the boom Siege engines are smashing it in Joseph Zamara's explosive LEGO castle model The post Hands up ready for the boom appeared first on The Brothers Brick.Tutorial: How to indicate you have minifigs missing When you add a set to your collection, Brickset automatically adds the figures it contains to your minifig collection. But what should you do if you sell the minifigs, or if you've bought a used copy of the set that has some or all of them missing? And what if you have two copies of the set, (...)This week's top news articles These are the most read articles that we've posted over the last couple of weeks:ArticleDate postedViewsLikesCommentsLEGO Ideas Pirates of Barracuda Bay revealed!24 Mar49951394279Collectable Minifigures Series 20 official images!16 Mar32513194130What new licensed theme should LEGO produce (...)Meet a member: iv_lego Today's featured Brickset member is Inez, aka iv_lego, a lawyer from Manila, Philippines. She celebrated her birthday a couple of days ago, and has the coolest name for a cat I've seen in a while. What is your first LEGO memory? My sister’s then-boyfriend gave her a Lego pirate ship but she (...)All quiet on the Western Front Fly over enemy territory with confidence in this RAF SE5a biplane built by Wesley. The post All quiet on the Western Front appeared first on The Brothers Brick.Présentation Bonjour moi c'est geoff 37ans de Bordeaux j'ai repris le lego avec la gamme sw et maintenant je fait un peu de tout game of Thrones dbz manga jeu vidéo culture geek .Je suis ravi de vous rejoindre _______________________________________________ Freelug-general mailing list [hidden email] (...)Random set of the day: Blacksmith Shop Today's random set is 3739 Blacksmith Shop, released in 2002. It's one of 2 Castle sets produced that year. It contains 619 pieces and 2 minifigs, and its retail price was US$40/£29.99. It's owned by 931 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you might find it for sale at (...)Discover the secrets of 21322 Pirates of Barracuda Bay from the LEGO designers who created it [News] LEGO Designers Sam Johnson and Austin Carlson show off the hidden details in the newest Ideas set, Pirates of Barracuda Bay. The post Discover the secrets of 21322 Pirates of Barracuda Bay from the LEGO designers who created it [News] appeared first on The Brothers (...)What's hot this week These are the sets that have been viewed the most this week:TWLWSetViews121322 Pirates of Barracuda Bay1815126285 Black Seas Barracuda634932↓75292 The Razor Crest3035440371 Easter Egg2815510210 Imperial Flagship259361↓40370 Steam Engine1920775153 AT-ST Walker1847830550 Easter (...)- samedi 28 mars 2020
Relive the Star Wars Trench Run with a LEGO custom build kit [Instructions] Stuck at home during the lockdown? See if you can gather enough parts to build this splendid animated Trench Run scene from Star Wars designed by Jason Allemann The post Relive the Star Wars Trench Run with a LEGO custom build kit [Instructions] appeared first on The Brothers (...)Featured set of the day: Deep Freeze Defender Today's selection comes courtesy of Riverwind: Hello LEGO Fans! When I saw the Featured set articles, I was very excited, and started to look through the sets I own to find something unique to tell you about. And I couldn't pick a set! Each and every one of my sets have some special memory (...)Review: 41393 Baking Competition The five main protagonists in the Friends line are clearly talented girls; they each seem to have many different occupations, and clearly live an exciting life of luxury filled with fancy hotels, restaurants and exotic holidays. In 41393 Baking Competition, Stephanie is once again (...)TBB Weekly Brick Report: LEGO news roundup for March 28, 2020 In this week’s Brick Report we review the upcoming pirate themed Barracuda Bay Ideas set, the Technic Crane, the newest series of Collectable Minifigures and more! The post TBB Weekly Brick Report: LEGO news roundup for March 28, 2020 appeared first on The Brothers (...)The Curse of Collectable Minifigures Today's guest author is James, aka Dangerplug_MK2, a TFOL in the UK: If you’re as big a Harry Potter fan as I am, I'm sure you’ll have seen the rumours about the upcoming HP collectable minifigure series 2. Personally, I absolutely loved the last series, and as soon as my brother and I saw them (...)Meet a member: Alrighty Today we are talking to Michael, aka Alrighty, who's a Senior Healthcare Consultant in Georgia, USA: What is your first LEGO Memory? I was six years old, playing with Hot Wheels in our musty basement. My dad comes down the wooden stairs; he had just returned from one of his frequent business (...)Emerge: Object 5-D Mitsuru Nikaido builds what he calls Object 5-D and we can only assume it has an unknown, malevolent purpose. The post Emerge: Object 5-D appeared first on The Brothers Brick.Random set of the day: Dolphin Show Today's random set is 5845 Dolphin Show, released in 1998. It's one of 7 Belville sets produced that year. It contains 50 pieces and 1 minifig, and its retail price was US$11. It's owned by 129 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you might find it for sale at BrickLink (...)Shrine on you crazy diamond Cool colors, curves, and innovative part usage makes Takoizukame by LEGO builder BobDeQuatre stand out in the crowded field of Ninjago mechs. The post Shrine on you crazy diamond appeared first on The Brothers Brick.- vendredi 27 mars 2020
Frogzilla for the win This microscale LEGO city is in for a bit of mayhem when alego alego's giant Frogger enters the scene! The post Frogzilla for the win appeared first on The Brothers Brick.Featured set of the day: Wolfpack Renegades Today's selection is brought to you by redbeardlegoman: 6038 Wolfpack Renegades was one of the first sets I ever bought. My friend had it, and I thought it was brilliant. I was especially enamoured with the hide-away feature for the minifigures in the bottom of the cart. I was so excited about (...)Doodle a key worker minifigure competition Minifigs.me, purveyor of fine custom printed minifigures, is running a series of competitions over the next few weeks: With key workers going out and taking risks on a daily basis in order to keep vital services running and with the rest of us in lock-down, minifigs.me wanted to think of a fun (...)LEGO mobile radar base on an alien world What could be better than a high-powered radar base for colonizing alien worlds? One with treads, according to Douglas Hughes. The post LEGO mobile radar base on an alien world appeared first on The Brothers Brick.MOCing minifigures like a pro Have you ever wondered how to create the perfect customised minifigure? This article by guest author Zander will show you how: On the face of it, there’s nothing to MOCing minifigures. Attach a head and some legs to a torso and voila! a minifigure. But creating great minifigures is not, for the (...)Meet a member: Vasko In the second of our meet a member series we talk to Vasko, aka Vasil Trifonov, who's a university student in Sofia, Bulgaria: What is your first LEGO memory? The first moment of my life that is related to LEGO that I can remember was in 2003, when I was three years old. My cousins had just (...)LEGO Technic 42108 Mobile Crane [Review] We are building and testing the new LEGO Technic mobile crane. Is it really better than all the previous models? The post LEGO Technic 42108 Mobile Crane [Review] appeared first on The Brothers Brick.Random set of the day: Fire Chief's Car Today's random set is 4914 Fire Chief's Car, released in 2005. It's one of 46 City sets produced that year. It contains 31 pieces. It's owned by 1103 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you might find it for sale at BrickLink or eBay. Continue reading » (c) 2020 (...)Two birds in hand is worth twenty bricks in total Tiny creations with maximum effect by Marco Gan The post Two birds in hand is worth twenty bricks in total appeared first on The Brothers Brick.New version of Brickset API now available We've offered an application programming interface (API) to Brickset's database for some time and a number of excellent apps for mobile platforms have been developed as a result. The current version is based on XML, so is a bit clunky and hard to use, but this week I finally found the time to (...)