Author: Tom Alphin Tom is the Editor-in-Chief at Brick Architect. He founded the website in 2015 just before releasing his bestselling book The LEGO Architect (which teaches 7 architectural styles using LEGO bricks). In addition to reviewing new LEGO Architecture sets, he likes to write articles exploring technical aspects of the LEGO hobby including LEGO storage, and the LEGO color palette.
Tom has written 232 stories for Brick Architect.
Lots of great LEGO Fan Media content this month, plus an overview of the new sets released in May (including several new Star Wars sets).
Let’s explore the many different ways that AFOLs ‘go big’ to make LEGO Conventions a great experience for everyone.
March has been pretty quiet in the world of LEGO. There haven’t been any earth-shattering product announcements or other major announcements from The LEGO Group. It’s also been pretty quiet in the fan media...
In addition to a large diorama aimed at older builders (which we will review soon), The LEGO Group produced two smaller sets with younger builders in mind. That’s why I recruited my son to help build them!
This wildly overpriced set looks cool, but good luck completing a double loop with the cool flywheel motorcycles. Let’s find out about the major flaws in the design of these new loop elements.
February might be a short month, but it was packed with great LEGO Articles from around the web.
Let’s revisit one of the less popular recent sets in the series to see how it compares to the four sets that came out after it…
An interesting “baby architecture” set containing four popular landmarks was released today.
I am not happy with the increasing purchase requirements for gift-with-purchase sets, and I’m not a fan of the awkward system that allows LEGO VIP Members to spend VIP Points on exclusive ‘free’ sets either. They aren’t really free anyways since you need to make another purchase. (You will probably want to spend enough to receive free shipping, too – $35 in United States).
Nonetheless, since Brick Architect was created to celebrate LEGO Architecture, I wanted to make sure readers are aware that #40585 World of Wonders is available for a limited time on the VIP Rewards Center. It costs 2700 points, which works out to $20.77 USD for 382 pieces – an equivalent of $0.054 per piece. (A $20 dicount at LEGO.com costs 2600 points.)
#40585 World of Wonders is available now as a ‘featured reward’ for VIPs.
As noted in my January 2023 Roundup, I noticed that the set uses stickers instead of printed tiles which is unfortunate. As you can see in the photos below, even The LEGO Group can’t apply stickers without a little bit of dust sticking to the edge.
Disappointed to see stickers instead of printed tiles with this set.
#21041 The Great Wall of China and #21056 Taj Mahal have already been captured in LEGO Architecture sets — I would not be surprised to see a larger LEGO Architecture set based on Al-Khazneh (Petra) or The Parthenon later this year.
A ton of new LEGO Brick Labels, LEGO moves North America HQ to Boston, Tiny LEGO Architecture models, and some cool new sets coming out in February.
For the second year in a row, I had an opportunity to interview the team responsible for the latest addition to the Modular Building Series.
Find out which parts and colors are the cheapest and most expensive on BrickLink and learn more about the LUGBULK program.
One of our most popular articles explains what LUGBULK is and how to use the opportunity to improve your LEGO parts library (while saving money). I’ve updated the part availability and pricing data in the article for January 2023 — just in time to finalize your own LUGBULK order!
Updated table showing current BrickLink cost & availability for some of the most common LEGO Parts.
Other improvements:
This update adds 117 new labels to the LEGO Brick Labels collection!
Version 39 adds 74 new LEGO Labels and 43 new DUPLO Labels for a total of 1685 unique labels!
What’s new in this update?
This update uses ‘Ø’ symbol instead of ‘Diameter’ or ‘Dia.’ to make labels for rounded parts more concise.
How did I pick the Most Common DUPLO parts?
While much less popular than my article highlighting the Most Common LEGO Parts, I also created a similar list of the Most Common DUPLO Parts which was updated recently.
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