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LEGO 40702 Christmas Picture Frame Gift with Purchase [Review]

The holiday season is all about gifts, right? Well no, it’s probably got more to do with family, friends and a great big roast dinner. But gifts have become an inescapable part of Christmas. And if you’re doing some LEGO gift shopping from December 13 until December 31, you might get a little gift of your own! There are two Gifts with Purchase (GWPs) being offered in that timeframe, the smallest of which is 40702 Christmas Picture Frame. This set will be available with purchases exceeding… Well, we don’t have that information yet, so the prices are US $TBD | CAN $TBD | UK £TBD! We’ll update that when it’s available, of course – you might also find it from third-party sellers like eBay or Amazon. In the meantime let’s take a closer look at this festive frame.

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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The LEGO Group announces initiative for those with non-visible disabilities and sensory needs [News]

With the announcement of the newest LEGO modular building, LEGO Icons 10350 Tudor Corner, the LEGO Group is also debuting a new initiative to support those with non-visible disabilities, conditions, and sensory needs. And while there was an announcement earlier this year about TLG’s partnership with KultureCity to improve store experiences for neurodivergent shoppers, this new program adds to that work, recognizing those with sensory needs in LEGO set form. This will debut with the first ever inclusion of the sunflower lanyard in a children’s toy, beginning in 2025. Starting via a program for London’s Gatwick Airport in 2016, the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower has become a worldwide self-identifier of those with an unseen disability, who may be in need of extra assistance when out in public. LEGO will bring awareness to this budding international symbol with references in the aforementioned LEGO Icons 10350 Tudor Corner (the bike-riding minifigure wearing a sunflower jumper), LEGO Friends Heartlake City Airport and Airplane, and LEGO DUPLO First Time at the Airport, all releasing in 2025.

Read on for the press release from LEGO, and how you can find out more about this program

LEGO Icons 10350 Tudor Corner revealed as the next LEGO modular building [News]

As we come to the close of each year, those of us in the LEGO fan community feel the collective excitement for the announcement of the next LEGO modular building. And that proclamation is finally here! Branching out into a new style of architecture, LEGO Icons 10350 Tudor Corner brings a taste of merry olde England to your LEGO city layout. With 8 minifigures (including a mannequin), the set is packed with stores, including a tavern, clockmaker, and haberdashery (more on that in our review tomorrow morning). There’s also a small attic apartment in the upper story of the set. Clocking in at 3,266 pieces, this new corner modular also comes with a unique gift-with-purchase for those buying in the first week of sales: LEGO Icons 40757 Corner Kiosk GWP. LEGO Icons 10350 Tudor Corner will be available on January 1, 2025 for LEGO Insiders (January 4th for everyone else), and will retail for US $229.99 | CAN $TBD | UK £229.

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LEGO Jurassic World 76967 Little Eatie: T. Rex – Little Eatie? More like Little Cutie! [Review]

With a name derived from the Latin for ‘king of the tyrant lizards’, you’d be forgiven for thinking there was no way a Tyrannosaurus Rex could ever be described as cute. Well, the latest LEGO Jurassic World set – 76967 Little Eatie: T. Rex – is here to challenge that view! With 317 pieces, this little gal depicts the dinosaur of the same name from the Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous animated series. This successor to this year’s 76962 Baby Bumpy: Ankylosaur – from the same show – will hit shelves from January 1, and you can pre-order it now for US $24.99 | CAN $29.99 | UK £19.99. You might also be able to find it on sites like eBay or Amazon after the full release date.

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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LEGO Jurassic World 76969 Dinosaur Fossils: Triceratops Skull – Tricera-top notch? [Review]

Around this time last year, I reviewed a slightly unusual LEGO Jurassic World set: a fossilised T-Rex skull. I concluded a glowing review by hoping that the fossils line would continue; ideally, in my mind, with my favourite dinosaur – the Triceratops – to come next. Clearly someone at LEGO was reading, as LEGO Jurassic World 76969 Dinosaur Fossils: Triceratops will grant both wishes at once when it releases next January 1! You can pre-order it now for US $44.99 | CAN $59.99 | UK £39.99 (you might also find it on eBay or Amazon once it does release), and although it has fewer pieces (468) than its predecessor, it does include a whole extra minifigure. Does that make it a good prospect? Grab your fossil-hunting tools, and let’s find out!

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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LEGO Star Wars 2025 sets revealed, including buildable Grogu and Clone Wars starfighters [News]

Thanks to German retailer JB Spielwaren, we’ve been given a look at some new LEGO Star Wars sets slated to come out in the new year. The headline set is 75403 Grogu with Hover Pram, with just over 1,000 pieces making up the Child, his pushchair and a blue frog. For fans of the Clone Wars, there is a new ARC-170 starfighter alongside Ahsoka’s Jedi Interceptor, plus a midi-scale Acclamator Assault Class ship. The Original Trilogy’s Home One starcruiser also gets the midi-scale treatment. A version of Mando’s N1 Starfighter for young builders rounds out the wave.  All sets are will be released on January 1, 2025. Be sure to let us know if the comments if you think the Force is strong with the January lineup!

Check out more pictures of all six sets after the jump!

LEGO Black Friday deals now live, 10335 The Endurance available [News]

Black Friday has become one of the biggest LEGO events of the year with new sets and special offers available from November 29 through Cyber Monday on December 2. The biggest news is that LEGO Icons 10335 the Endurance is now available for US $269.99 | CAN $349.99 | UK £229.99. Should you choose to buy it over the weekend, you can also land its exclusive Gift with Purchase (GWP), 40729 Shackleton’s Lifeboat. That’s not the only GWP on offer though: 40700 Holiday Winter Train and 40699 Retro Record Player are included with any purchases over US $170 | CAN $220 | UK £155 and US $250 | CAN $325 | UK £225 respectively, with two more polybags available on Cyber Monday with purchases exceeding US $50 | CAN $65 | UK £45.

The deals from the LEGO Insider Weekend – which started last week – will stay live until December 2, including exclusives available through the Rewards Centre (US | CAN | UK) and discounts on selected sets. There will be some price reductions available for non-Insiders too, but at the time of writing, there’s no information on what those discounts would be. Be sure to check the LEGO website (US | CAN | UK) throughout the weekend to see what deals you can pick up!

Check out all of the Black Friday deals below!

LEGO pays tribute to Leonardo da Vinci with newly-announced 10363 Leonardo da Vinci’s Flying Machine [News]

After paying homage to Galileo Galilei in a Gift with Purchase set last year, LEGO has turned to another great Renaissance mind for their latest set in the Icons line. 10363 Leonardo da Vinci’s Flying Machine was shown off at the Recognised LEGO Fan Media (RLFM) days back in September, and today has been unveiled to the wider world. With its 493 pieces, this kit recreates one of the Italian polymath’s more outlandish creations, some 300 years before the first crewed flight even took place. The flying machine never actually flew, of course – but regardless, you can still recreate it for US $49.99 | CAN $64.99 | UK £54.99 when it becomes available starting January 1, 2025.

 

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LEGO Icons GWP 40729 Shackleton’s Lifeboat – Really feeling the FOMO! [Review]

With the monster LEGO Icons 10335 The Endurance coming in with over 3,000 pieces, it’s hard to think there’s more that could be added on. And yet, LEGO still drums up some extras with a special gift-with-purchase, LEGO Icons GWP 40729 Shackleton’s Lifeboat, available from November 29th through December 2nd with the purchase of the big ship (US | CAN | UK). So let’s dig into this 232-piece GWP and see if it’s worth prioritizing a buy of LEGO Icons 10335 The Endurance over Black Friday weekend. If you miss the GWP during this window, it may be available from some 3rd party resellers like Amazon or eBay.

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.

Check out the review of this new GWP below!

LEGO and F1 announce the upcoming suite of 2025 racing sets [News]

Debuting at the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix 2024, LEGO has treated us to a wealth of new racing sets ready to speed onto store shelves in 2025. The array of F1 sets operates almost like a subtheme, similar to 2024’s LEGO Space sets, showing up in LEGO City, Speed Champions, collectible blind boxes, and even a Duplo set. With 17 sets in total releasing in the first quarter of 2025 (and collectible blind box cars coming later on in May), it’s a good time to be a racing and building fan. We’ll cover the highlights of this massive set announcement below, but be sure to check the dedicated LEGO Formula 1 webpage for all the new cars and supporting sets coming out next year.

Read on for tons of images and the press release from LEGO

LEGO Icons 10335 The Endurance: worth enduring, or a polarising proposition? [Review]

Whenever we’ve had LEGO sets representing old sailing ships, they have more often than not been connected to pirates or their adversaries. In that respect, the newest entry in the Icons line is rather unique: a vessel designed purely for exploration. Polar exploration, that is! This is 10335 The Endurance, a model of the ship which took Ernest Shackleton and his crew to the Antarctic, only to get stuck and then crushed in the ice of the Weddell Sea. The Endurance has since become one of the great undiscovered shipwrecks until it was found in 2022, 100 years to the day after Shackleton’s death. Two years on, and you can now recreate this legendary ship from 3,011 LEGO pieces for US $269.99 | CAN $349.99 | UK £229.99. Availability starts from November 29, while it may also be available from third-party sellers like Amazon or eBay.

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.

Set sail on the Endurance and read the rest of our review here!

New machines and a new ally for Aloy! LEGO reveals new Horizon Adventures set [News]

Hot on the heels of the LEGO Horizon Adventures video game, LEGO has announced a new playset in the Horizon universe: HORIZON ADVENTURES ALOY & VARL VS. SHELL-WALKER & SAWTOOTH  (77037 ). The set follows 2022’s LEGO Horizon 76989 Tallneck and lets fans assemble new machine beasts with added play features. While the Tallneck set was designed for builders aged 18+, the new set is rated for ages 9+ and, like the new video game, should be accessible to younger fans while still looking great alongside the older model. Containing 768 pieces, it offers one of the highest piece-to-price ratios from a licensed set. ALOY & VARL VS. SHELL-WALKER & SAWTOOTH is available on March 1, 2025 and can be pre-ordered now for US $44.99 | CAN $59.99 | UK £39.99.

Steady your bow and read on for more details on the machine beasts from the Horizon world!