The Third Age Collaboration has been making its way around Flickr, bringing many talented online builders together with a common love of bricks and Tolkien. This incredible recreation of Edoras by norlego completely blew me away. This model is just beautiful in its enormous size, with so much excellent detailing. No detail was skipped, and no shortcuts were made in this design. Make sure to check out the other models featured in this online collaboration!  Original linkOriginal author: Nathaniel Stoner

Builder Jerac confirms something I've been saying for years, that the X-Wing is not a simple ship. Despite the twenty or so iteration from LEGO itself, they're still struggling to get this ship right. It has compound curves, gentle slopes, thin wings and other aspects that make it a challenge to build. Despite these hurdles, Jerac has succeeded to a level, especially at this scale, that I haven't seen before. Now cut the chatter Red 2, accelerate to attack speed... Original linkOriginal author: Tommy

Here’s something very interesting that has surfaced recently regarding LEGO video games. If you remember from a few days ago, I reported that there’s a rumor of a LEGO The Legend of Zelda video game that was supposedly planned for a Nintendo Direct announcement. People have been saying that it could be a fake rumor and I’ll leave it at that. However yesterday, Yicai Global tweeted out some cryptic images of a brick-built yellow brick, a brick-built sword, and a knight minifigure and the tweet says Tencent and LEGO are teaming up to launch a game on September 19. With the help of my mom, the translations for the images are as follows. The yellow brick one says something to “You’ve gone through many maps. You haven’t went into this gaming world.” The image with the sword says, “You’ve had a lot of equipment. You have never used this LEGO one....

There are two new direct-to-consumer LEGO sets that are now available for purchase for VIP members. One of the sets that you can now get is the LEGO Star Wars Betrayal at Cloud City (75222) which retails for $349.99 and has 2,812 pieces. The other set that is available is the LEGO Creator Winter Village Fire Station (10263). This particular set goes for $99.99 and has 1,166 pieces. Please use our links to make your purchase as it does help support the site. Betrayal at Cloud City (75222): USA | Canada | UK | Germany | France Winter Village Fire Station (10263): USA | Canada | UK | Germany | France The post LEGO Betrayal at Cloud City and Winter Village Fire Station Now Available appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

There’s a new Target exclusive LEGO set that has surfaced online called LEGO Bean There, Donut That (40358). It has 146 pieces and retails for $19.99. It’s a cute little set that features a small donut and coffee stand and includes five minifigures. The DPCI number for the set is 204-00-0606 but it is brand new so it might not show up yet on Brickseek near your location. Hopefully we’ll be able to purchase it online as well. **Via Brick Project and Reddit** The post LEGO Bean There, Donut That (40358) Target Exclusive appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran