One of the most prestigious contests in the LEGO community, the Iron Builder challenge, is once again underway. Grant Davis kicks off this round with a serene scene featuring a cute little bee and a lotus flower. The leaves are near perfect, but the flower looks more like Leontopodium alpinum than a lotus. Grant has apropriately titled his creation The Calm Before The Storm, and I can not wait to see said storm bringing us more amazing creations to see. The post A bloom opens, as the storm begins appeared first on The Brothers Brick. Original linkOriginal author: Luka

The LEGO Minecraft world just got a whole lot bigger. Today LEGO has announced the largest set yet for the minifigure-scale theme, 21137 The Mountain Cave. Coming in at a staggering 2,863 pieces and a retail price of $249.99 when it arrives July 1, young Minecraft fans had better hope Grandma has deep pockets if they put this on the wishlist (though the set does also hit the highest age target in the Minecraft theme at 12+). This is the second large exclusive for the Minecraft theme, following last year’s 21128 The Village. As the name implies, the set features a sizable stone mountain (12in, or 31cm, high at the peak) that’s riddled with caves. The mountain’s footprint is 20x11in (53x29cm), and has minecart tracks, a small home, and a light brick that can be positioned to light a jack o’ lantern, lava, or several other features. The set features lots...

Alien: Covenant hits theaters in the U.S. this week, which is the only thing me and my wife have talked about for weeks (we’d be a tad more excited if Ridley Scott had nothing to do with it, but that’s a whole other discussion). It’s been a long, long time since we’ve had a decent Alien movie. Over here at TBB headquarters we were stoked to see all the recent Alien-themed builds as the release date grew nearer, but absolutely no one could have anticipated this perfectly timed creation by Manufactura Jarema. This is the Alien franchise presented in all its face-hugging, chest-bursting and hole-punching glory, but with the delightfully adorable twist that can only come from a Brickheadz character. Could the violent implantation of a parasitic alien and its gruesome exit from a human body be any cuter? We certainly think not. The post Brickheadz face-hugger is chest-burstingly cute appeared...

Happy Flashback Friday or belated Throwback Thursday :)  One insignificant piece in this set is a bit too new and a few are a bit too old (all direct & close substitutions), but overall it's a pretty faithfully preserved piece of history from before the dawn of the minifig era.Video: LEGO Rocket Base from 1973 reviewed ? set 358Original linkOriginal author: theJANG

It begins.  I don't live in the UK, so I wasn't able to get all of the first summer wave sets starting the week before last.  I also don't live on the southeast seaboard of the US, so I wasn't able to start loading up on them last weekend.  Where I live, things are often slow to appear on shelves, but I get what I can, when I can, to bring you timely new content as quickly as I can.  The big, big release hasn't hit yet for me, but the very tip of the iceberg is upon us.Videos:Time lapse ⏩ LEGO Star Wars Republic Fighter Tank 75182LEGO Star Wars 2017 Republic Fighter Tank review! 75182Original linkOriginal author: theJANG