LEGO has officially revealed the next LEGO Ideas set with the The Botanical Garden (21353). Releasing on November 1 for LEGO Insiders, the set has 3,792 pieces and will retail for $329.99. The garden features of 35 plant species both inside and outside the building. The set also includes 12 minifigures, which is the most ever included in a LEGO Ideas set, as well as various animals such as a dog, squirrel, bunny, four birds, and a beetle. For those who purchase the set from November 1-7, you will also get a LEGO Botanicals Entrance Gate (5009005) as a free gift. Unleash Your Inner Botanist with the New LEGO® Ideas The Botanical Garden Set 22nd October 2024: Today, the LEGO Group announces its latest addition to the LEGO® Ideas collection – the stunning LEGO Ideas The Botanical Garden set. Botanical enthusiasts and LEGO fans alike can now immerse themselves in the...

San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) has been one of the most prolific sources of exclusive LEGO sets over the past twenty years. Starting in 2004, a wide variety of exclusive LEGO sets were sold at San Diego Comic-Con (aka The Nerd Prom). Join BrickNerd as we look back at this unique assortment of sets. We hope you have fun learning about some sets you never knew existed! To keep the scope of this article manageable, we’ll focus on exclusive buildable sets. If I’m brave enough, I’ll tackle all the Comic-Con exclusive minifigures at a later date. via brickLink 2004 - Humble Beginnings The first exclusive SDCC set I know of was the Bionicle Toa Vakama from 2004. This was a repackaged version of the retail version of the 8601 set. The set was supposed to include an exclusive shooter disk with the SDCC logo. There must have been a production issue since...

Now that I have your attention, this article could actually be called, “How I lost the love of the brick…and found it again bit by bit through LEGO dragons, inspiration from a TFOL, and laughing at least 50 times a day at a LEGO fan weekend.” Let’s begin. Losing Your Love of LEGO I always used to feel bemused when I heard that people had lost their love of the brick. I felt shocked when people admitted to the fact that they had lost their love of and interest in LEGO and were making the hard decision to sell their collections. Living in a mostly neurotypical world as a neurodivergent person, it is often a confusing place for me. I have spent most of my life trying hard to fit in. The LEGO and AFOL worlds are one of very few places where I have felt at home, slotted in, without...

I have a niche. I think a lot of LEGO builders do. Sure we like to expand our array of techniques, push our boundaries, and build outside of our comfort zone. We like to experiment with different concepts, themes, and scales. But at the end of the day, a lot of us have that comfort food type of build we like to return to; that one thing that we fall back on; that one thing that we do the best, or at least have the most fun doing. For me, that’s building 6-stud-wide Speed Champions cars, and specifically muscle and sports classics. That’s so specific, right? It might at first thought feel as if there isn’t a ton of water to draw from this well. When I began working in the 6-wide scale once I made two or three cars, I thought I might have figured out the formula for this...

As a fan of classic Disney - and one who loves Sorcerer Mickey - 21352 Magic of Disney should be a shoo-in of a set for me. But, I have to admit: the set isn’t knocking it out of the park at first glance for me. But when you consider certain stand-out elements, the price point, and incredible value given how much is included in the set, are these aspects enough to change my initial impression of the Magic of Disney?  One of the stand-out features of the set is the minifigure selection. I can see the figures being a major selling point for this set amongst minifigure and Disney fans alike. I absolutely love that LEGO included some secondary characters that are much beloved by fans that complement previously released minifigures. Lilo, for example, complements either version of Stitch that was previously released. We also now have Gepetto to pair...