2025 LEGO Advent Calendar Spoilers: Day 14 [Feature]

Our favorite holiday tradition is opening all six LEGO Advent Calendars, one day at a time, with you, our readers! Along with spoiler pics of the daily gifts, we include commentary and alternate builds to celebrate the season and creativity.

We have an all-star cast of custom minifig creators leading our Advent adventure this year. Fool’s Figures is wizarding his way through Harry Potter and Frozen calendars. ExpansionBricks is launching Star Wars and Friends. And beyondb0nes is digging into Minecraft and City. Now let’s open some doors and see what gifts are in store for today!

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Chibi-Tokyo is about to explode as Kaneda gets the LEGO baby treatment

Pop culture is full of memorable vehicular stunts; from the repeating tropes like KITT’s Turbo Boost to Steve McQueen’s classic high-speed chase in Bullitt. But the most beloved of them all has got to be the motorcycle slide from Akira. And Dan Ko shows us you’re never too young to homage a classic, with this infant bike slide built as a part of a Secret Santa project. Which is perfect, because this vignette looks small enough to hang on a tree branch.

A Vic Viper in aeroskimmer form

When I first glanced at this Vic Viper from pyrefyre I thought it was a great micro-scale build…but there is a minifig hiding behind that transparent-black windscreen. Then came the rush of part recognition. Amidst the sharp angles of slopes, tiles and wedge plates, I saw the ball joints as the base of the struts connecting the engines. This design could stand in any scale, but it is particularly enjoyable holding its minifig.

2025 LEGO Advent Calendar Spoilers: Day 13 [Feature]

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Close Encounters of the Holiday Kind

You think it’s hard getting home for the holidays? Try having to traverse the galaxy. After all, it’s Christmas time in space, too. And Santa Claus is busy enough trying to hit all the houses on Earth. Which means it’s up to this dedicated gray alien to deliver presents on their planet. Thankfully, Frost has constructed them a vehicle suitable to the task. We’re assuming Earth reindeer can’t breathe the atmosphere, so a heavy-duty pair of treads and skis will have to do instead. And no need to check the list again, because I’m certain that radar dish is able to detect the naughty/nice levels of the local population.

See more of Frost’s out of this world holiday scenes

Behold 24 days of Galidor! You’re welcome?

Back in 2002, Pluto Nash flopped hard in theaters and The Segway was supposed to change our lives as we knew it. LEGO also had a major misstep with the short-lived Galador line with most folks citing it as a departure from what the LEGO experience should be. This makes it all the more hilarious as Will Hafner has an advent calendar of sorts sure to squig you out big time. He promises 24 days of Galidor (or Glinchmas) and I’m here for it. Some entries of note so far include this meat-head-alien sure to have you questioning your life choices.

Next on the slab is the unsettling Spider-Man playing a violin. Or Man-Spider? Why is his spider half flesh-colored? Does this mean he’s only wearing a suit top? Does the spider web come out where you’d think it would? This creation proposes questions that are probably best left unanswered.

I’d be remiss if I didn’t upset your good sensibilities once more with this -um- reptilian abomination in a onesie. Is it just learning to crawl? Is it cold-blooded like a prosthetic leg? Does it want to eat your face? I’m going to wager that the answers to all three questions and more are a resounding yes. It’s still early in December yet. There’s plenty more days before Christmas to vomit in our mouths just a little, so be sure to check in with Will every day for more Galidor shenanigans!

2025 LEGO Advent Calendar Spoilers: Day 12 [Feature]

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Exo-Force Mobile Defense Tank redux brings the nostalgia big guns

Exo-Force, LEGO’s anime-inspired precursor to Ninjago, is turning 20 and nostalgia for the mech-centric theme has never been higher. Andrew Somers is the latest builder to return to Sentai Mountain. Taking a break from his usual grounded military builds, Andrew reimagines the bright orange Mobile Defense Tank, LEGO’s tachikoma-esque with quad treads and heavy armament to take on enemy drones. Andrew reuses the classic printed orange elements while rebuilding the legs with Technic treads and applies his skill with modern weaponry in redoing the tank’s cannons. The accompanying decor and fleeing drones bring the setting to life. It’s a very modern build that stays very true to its classic inspiration.

Andrew also contributed to the Medina Al Musawrah collab earlier this year.

Year of the Horse comes galloping along

We’re coming up on The Year of the Horse according to the Chinese New Year and LEGO builders around the globe are celebrating with their own equestrian creations. Sakiya Watanabe AKA N.A.B.E_mocs graces us with this majestic horse reared up on hind legs.

As if on a similar stride, DeRa gallops in with a fully posable horse; it even has the same coloration and similar build techniques. I like how it is delicately balanced on a stand only two studs wide. Both have me looking forward to a confidence-building 2026. And also Chinese New Year 2026 sets, which should be whinnying in soon.

LEGO Star Wars 75452 BB-8: aren’t you a little small for a droid? [Review]

It’s a question that’s been on my mind ever since I saw Star Wars: the Force Awakens. Not who Rey’s parents were, or why the Death Star is the size of a planet now. I still wonder: when BB-8 flicks his little flame in response to Finn’s thumbs-up, is he giving a thumbs-up back? Or is he giving a slightly ruder gesture? We may never know. What we can figure out is which response a LEGO version of the droid will elicit. 75452 BB-8 Astromech Droid marks the second LEGO iteration of this roundest of droids, and is considerably smaller than the 2017 model with a part count of 569. Pre-orders can be made now for US $89.99 | CAN $119.99 | UK £79.99, with a general release date of January 1. Other sellers across the galaxy may have it too, such as Amazon or eBay. Let’s get the ball rolling on this review!

LEGO Star Wars 75452 BB-8 Astromech Droid | 569 Pieces | Available January 1, 2026; pre-orders open now | US $89.99 | CAN $119.99 | UK £79.99

The LEGO Group provided The Brothers Brick with an early copy of this set for review. Providing TBB with products for review guarantees neither coverage nor positive reviews.

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2025 LEGO Advent Calendar Spoilers: Day 11 [Feature]

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Creating cozy Christmas memories in LEGO

Lucy1021lego is a Japanese builder who reconnected with the hobby, like so many adults, during the pandemic, when lockdown had us nostalgic for cozier times. Since then, Lucy has been photographing scenes of everyday life filled with amazing brick-built decor and the occasional non-brick detail, most starring her freckled Paradisa sigfig. Christmas scenes have been a staple of every year’s creations, so with the holidays approaching, what better time to cozy up with Lucy’s many holiday memories?

The weather outside is frightful. Come on in, won’t you?

See all of Lucy’s holiday memories after the jump