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  1. Archive LEGO Forums (2020-2022) The LEGO Forums can be accessed at a different site at Toysnbricksforum.com. It was launched in April 2020 and was primarily meant for hosting community Toys N Bricks LEGO building contests. As of February 19, 2022, we have discontinued service to this forum platform. New forum member registrations will no longer be accepted. Existing members will no longer be able to post new topics or replies. Thank you for participating in our LEGO Forum discussions in the past. The forums are no longer our main focus. We will put more resources and work more on the LEGO News front page. This is where we provide regular updates on LEGO News, LEGO Sales, LEGO Reviews and LEGO Creations. Make sure to subscribe to our email subscription to get regular LEGO news updates in your inbox. 🙂
  2. We just applied a security patch (IPS Community Suite 4.5.4.2) that was released on April 22, 2021 to the forum. It fixed up some of the vulnerabilities of the forum. Security Fixes an XSS vulnerability when quoting posts and comments. Fixes an XSS vulnerability when lightbox images are built. This release also contains the patch from 4.5.4 that resolves a security issue with the Downloads REST API Core Fixed an issue moving Icons & Logos to a new storage handler when one or more of the images is broken. Fixed an issue when logging in with LinkedIn. Toysnbricks.com (LEGO News and LEGO Sales Updates) is our main focus for now. You can get the latest LEGO news updates over there. This forum will still continue to be accessible. Thank you for your continued support in Toys N Bricks. 🙂
  3. Hi Truck730, thanks for your message. Due to the low number of entries from the last tournament, we have decided not to host the other micro build contests. However, we appreciate your interest and your continued support in Toys N Bricks. Make sure to follow our main site at www.toysnbricks.com. 🙂
  4. Hi Miscellanabuilds, we will make a post about it to everyone. Hopefully, we'll be able to reveal the winners in a few days.
  5. Introduction 2021 LEGO 40417 Year of the Ox is a Lunar Chinese New Year 2021 gift set. It is a gift available at LEGO Brand Retail Stores and LEGO Shop at Home (USA | Canada | UK | Australia) with LEGO purchases over $85 USD / $85 CAD / £85 GBP / $169 AUD. Offer is valid from February 1-14, 2021 or while supplies last. Free shipping on orders above $35 USD / $35 CAD / £50 GBP / $149 AUD. LEGO 40417 Year of the Ox contains 168 pieces and is recommended for those aged 7+. This set is not available for purchase by itself. This set was released on February 1, 2021 at LEGO Shop at Home and LEGO Brand Retail Stores. Toys R Us Canada was also offering a promotion for this set as well from January 27 to February 3, 2021. Sponsored LEGO Set Thank you to LEGO for providing LEGO 40417 Year of the Ox for Toys N Bricks to review. Official LEGO Product Description Welcome in the Lunar New Year in 2021 with this cute buildable ox. This FREE Year of the Ox LEGO® set features big eyes and movable arms and ears, and it rests on a display podium of grass and flowers. Bring home your FREE gift with purchases over $85 USD / $85 CAD / £85 GBP / $169 AUD. 01/02-14/02, while stocks last. Box Here is the front of the box for LEGO 40417 Year of the Ox. There is a section where you can put the names you want to send it to as well as who it is from. The back of the box shows some of the functions and features of the LEGO Year of the Ox 2021 set. The top of the box shows the actual size of the eyes for the LEGO Year of the Ox. Contents & The Build Dumping out the contents, you get three bags of LEGO pieces. There is a small instructions booklet. What's interesting is that you also get a Chinese Red Packet / Red Pocket / Red Envelope showing the 2021 LEGO Year of the Ox 40417 set. Here's a closer look at the LEGO Year of the Ox Red Packet / Red Envelope / Red Pocket. The back of the Lunar New Year LEGO Red Pocket / Red Packet. I like how some of the colors of the Red Packet / Red Pocket is golden yellow instead of the traditional red color. The box is also the ones where you open it up like this. Here are the LEGO pieces separated. You get two really cute and eyes for the LEGO Year of the Ox. Complete Built Set The build for LEGO 40417 Year of the Ox consists of three sections. You first build the body. After which, you build the head. The final component is the base. Here is the complete built set from the front. The head can be turned. You can also move the ears and arms as well. Here is the back of the set. The tail can be adjusted as well. Here are the extra LEGO pieces. They are mainly tiny LEGO pieces. Finally, here's the instructions page showing the parts used in the LEGO set. Set Ratings Design: 8.5/10 Build: 8/10 Minifigures: N/A Playability: 8/10 Parts: 9/10 Price: N/A Overall rating: 8.5/10 Overall Thoughts This set took me about 25 minutes to build (includes sorting the pieces). It is a nice promo gift set from LEGO which is just in time for the 2021 Lunar New Year and 2021 Chinese New Year. This LEGO Year of the Ox set would look great if its put on display. The LEGO 40417 Year of the Ox Lunar Chinese New Year is currently a gift with purchase available at LEGO Brand Retail Stores and LEGO Shop at Home (USA | Canada | UK | Australia) with LEGO purchases over $85 USD / $85 CAD / £85 GBP / $169 AUD. Offer is valid from February 1-14, 2021 or while supplies last.
  6. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of our LEGO Micro Build Tournament, we are anticipating two more additional LEGO building contests/competitions coming up this year for 2021. All upcoming future contests are anticipated and are dependent on various circumstances (i.e our budget, how many people participate in it and whether people like these contests). We may not host these contests. All prizes are sponsored and paid for 100% by Toys N Bricks. Thank you for supporting our hobby fan site and continuing to follow us. We strive to provide you with the latest and hottest LEGO News, Sales, Creations and Reviews. Subscribe for free by Email and Follow Us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Flickr. Should LEGO release more sets in the categories below, we may add more onto the list. Let us know if we missed any. These sets are currently available at retail prices and have not been discontinued yet. 🙂 LEGO Micro Build Tournament - Non-Licensed Sets We are anticipating a future LEGO Contest to be the Toysnbricks LEGO Micro Build Tournament Contest for non-licensed sets. 1st place will receive a $100 USD LEGO Gift Card and 2nd place will receive a $25 USD LEGO Gift Card. Non-Licensed Collection 18+ LEGO Creator Collection 10258 Creator London Bus 10261 Creator Roller Coaster 10263 Creator Winter Village Fire Station 10267 Creator Gingebread House 10268 Creator Vestas Wind Turbine 10273 Creator Haunted House 10275 Creator Elf Club House 10277 Creator Crocodile Locomotive 18+ LEGO Botanical Collection 10280 Creator Flower Bouquet 10281 Creator Bonsai Tree 18+ LEGO Modular Building Collection 10255 Creator Modular Building Assembly Square 10260 Creator Modular Building Downtown Diner 10264 Creator Modular Building Corner Garage 10270 Creator Modular Building Bookshop 10278 Creator Modular Building Police Station 18+ LEGO Technic Collection 42082 Technic Rough Terrain Crane 42095 Remote-Controlled Stunt Racer 42097 Technic Compact Crawler Crane 42098 Technic Car Transporter 42099 Technic 4x4 X-treme Off-Roader LEGO Micro Build Tournament - LEGO IDEAS & LEGO Star Wars We are anticipating a future LEGO Contest to be the Toysnbricks LEGO Micro Build Tournament Contest for LEGO IDEAS sets. 1st place will receive a $100 USD LEGO Gift Card and 2nd place will receive a $25 USD LEGO Gift Card. Star Wars & IDEAS Collection 18+ LEGO IDEAS Collection 21315 Pop-Up Book 21316 The Flintstones 21317 Steamboat Willie 21318 Tree House 21319 Central Perk 21320 Dinosaur Fossils 21321 International Space Station 21322 Pirates of Barracuda Bay 21323 Grand Piano 21324 123 Sesame Street 92176 NASA Apollo Saturn V 92177 Ship in a Bottle 18+ LEGO Star Wars Collection 75159 Star Wars Death Star 75192 Millennium Falcon 75244 Star Wars Tantive IV 75252 Star Wars Imperial Star Destroyer 75253 Star Wars Droid Commander 75275 Star Wars A-Wing Starfighter 75278 Star Wars D-O Droid 75290 Star Wars Mos Eisley Cantina
  7. Introduction LEGO Architecture 21028 New York City is a set released back in 2016. You get to build 5 famous New York City landmarks. The set is recommended for those aged 12+. Contains 598 pieces. Price for the set is $59.99 USD / $74.99 CAD / £44.99 GBP / $69.99 AUD. It is currently temporarily out of stock due to the holiday season at LEGO Shop at Home (USA | Canada | UK | Australia). However, it may come back in-stock at a later time. Search 21028 at the LEGO Shop site to check on availability. Official LEGO Product Description Celebrate the architectural diversity of New York City with this detailed LEGO® brick model. The LEGO Architecture Skyline Collection offers models suitable for display in the home and office, and has been developed for all with an interest in travel, architectural culture, history and design. Each set is scaled to give an accurate representation of the comparative size of each structure, with true-to-life color depiction. This set features the Flatiron Building, Chrysler Building™, Empire State Building, One World Trade Center and the Statue of Liberty, and is finished with a decorative “New York City” nameplate. LEGO® interpretation of the New York City skyline. Features the Flatiron Building, Chrysler Building™, Empire State Building, One World Trade Center and the Statue of Liberty. The included booklet contains information about the designer, architecture and history of each building, as well as historical facts about New York City and its architectural heritage (English language only. Other languages available for download at LEGO.com/architecture. Ask your parents' or guardians' permission before going online). Includes a 4x32 tiled base with decorative “New York City” nameplate. Recreate the world's most beautiful cities with the LEGO® Architecture Skyline Collection. LEGO® Architecture celebrates the world of architecture through the medium of the LEGO brick, and is developed for all with an interest in design, architecture and history. Measures 10” (26cm) high, 9” (25cm) wide and 1” (4cm) deep Box Here is the front of the box. Unfortunately, the set that I bought had a bit of box damage. The back of the box shows some more details regarding each New York City building that you will get to build in the set. The top of the box shows the actual size of the LEGO microfigure. In this case, the LEGO microfigure is the Statue of Liberty. Contents & The Build Inside the box, there's the instructions booklet and a LEGO Architecture product survey leaflet. You'll be entered into a draw to win a prize if you do the survey. The instructions booklet has pages explaining each building. Here, it talks about the One World Trade Center that was built in 2013. There are 6 bags of LEGO pieces in the set. Here are the pieces sorted out. You get an orange brick separator in this set. It took me about 10 minutes to sort the pieces out. You get cool pieces in this set including the LEGO microfigure which would be used as a Statue of Liberty. You also get a printed piece for New York City. LEGO sometimes gives us a sticker instead so its definitely a plus its a printed piece this time. You first start off building the base of the set. After completing the base, you build the Statute of Liberty. This is probably the simplest build out of the 5 landmarks that you build. The next building is the Empire State Building. Chrylser building is up next. You then build the Flatiron building. This is probably the second simplest landmark to build after the Statue of Liberty. Here is the back of the Flatiron building. Finally, you build the One World Trade Center. You get some spare pieces including an extra Statue of Liberty microfigure. Complete Built Set This is the complete New York City LEGO Architecture set. The tallest building in the set is the One World Trade Center followed by the Empire State building. Both of these buildings took the longest to build out of the 5 landmarks. The landmarks are all detachable which is a nice touch. Here is the view looking at the skyscrapers from the Statue of Liberty side. Finally, here's the view from top. Set Ratings Design: 9/10 Build: 9/10 Minifigures: N/A Playability: 8/10 Parts: 8.5/10 Price: 8/10 Overall rating: 8.5/10 Overall Thoughts This set took me about 1 hour and 20 minutes to build (includes sorting the pieces). Like most of the LEGO Architecture sets, its not really a set that you play with. After you have finished building it, its used for display purposes. The instructions booklet has some nice featured pages for the landmarks which is great. Though, it is a small set despite the price that you are paying. There's 598 pieces but majority of them are quite small. However, its still an awesome set. Overall, the set shows New York City quite well and is instantly recognizable. Great for adults and for displaying!
  8. Introduction 2020 LEGO 40416 Ice Skating Rink is a Holiday Gift set. It is a gift available at LEGO Brand Retail Stores and LEGO Shop at Home (USA | Canada | UK | Australia) with LEGO purchases over $150 USD / $150 CAD / £150 GBP / $209 AUD. Offer is valid from December 1-31, 2020 or while supplies last. Unfortunately, Australia is already sold out of the item online. Free shipping on orders above $35 USD / $35 CAD / £50 GBP / $149 AUD. LEGO 40416 Ice Skating Rink contains 304 pieces and is recommended for those aged 7+. This set is not available for purchase by itself. This set was released on December 1, 2020. The LEGO Shop site has the product retail value as $19.99 USD / $26.99 CAD / £17.99 GBP / $29.99 AUD. Note that it is valued at a few dollar less than the other Holiday Black Friday 2020 Charles Dickens promo set. Sponsored LEGO Set Thank you to LEGO for providing LEGO 40416 Ice Skating Rink for Toys N Bricks to review. Official LEGO Product Description Free Exclusive LEGO® Ice Skating Rink (40416) offer is valid for orders online at LEGO Shop at Home (USA | Canada | UK | Australia), in LEGO Stores and LEGO Catalogue telephone orders from 01/12/2020 to 31/12/2020, while stocks last. Qualifying purchase must be equal to or greater than $150 USD / $150 CAD / £150 GBP / $209 AUD in LEGO merchandise only. Bricks & Pieces orders are not valid for this promotion. One set per household. Cannot be applied to previous purchases. If the qualifying LEGO purchase(s) is returned to us for a refund, the gift must also be returned to us together with the qualifying LEGO purchase(s). It cannot be purchased, exchanged or substituted for any other item or cash value. Offer is not valid at LEGOLAND® Parks, LEGOLAND Discovery Centres or LEGO Certified Stores. The LEGO Group reserves the right to cancel or modify this promotion at any time without prior notice. Box Here is the front of the box. It has a red limited edition logo on it. The back of the box shows the features of the set. The top of the box shows the actual size of the minifigure. On the side of the box, it shows another feature without the skating rink. It shows the drink stand and a tree along with the minifigures skating. Contents & The Build There are 4 bags of pieces in the box. In the of the bags, there is another smaller bag which makes the total number of bags to be 5. Here are the pieces after being sorted. Here are the minifigures. You get a female and a male minifigure. They have nice torso printing on them. They also have alternative faces as well. You first start off building the base of the set. You then build the skating rink. Complete Built Set The set is then completed with building the drink stand, the trees and the lamp post. Below is the completed set. The minifigures have one foot attached to the LEGO piece for spinning action while the other foot has the ice skates on. Here is the back view of the set. You can spin the set two ways. One is on the side with the blue piece and the minifigures would circle around the entire skating rink. Another function is the fountain which you can spin as well. The minifigures then spin in smaller circles. Though, the fountain spinning function doesn't spin as well. It has a nice drink stand with Christmas Wreath on top, cups and a money bill. The trees are decorated with snow as well. Here are the extra pieces from the set. Set Ratings Design: 9/10 Build: 9/10 Minifigures: 8/10 Playability: 9/10 Parts: 9/10 Price: N/A Overall rating: 9/10 Overall Thoughts This set took me about 45 minutes to build (includes sorting the pieces). The holiday promo sets usually this time of the year are very nice. It has lots of details and features. There are also no stickers which is a huge plus. This set is comparable to the Charles Dickens set. The LEGO 40416 Ice Skating Rink is currently a gift with purchase available at LEGO Brand Retail Stores and LEGO Shop at Home (USA | Canada | UK | Australia) with LEGO purchases over $150 USD / $150 CAD / £150 GBP / $209 AUD. Offer is valid from December 1-31, 2020 or while supplies last.
  9. That seems like LEGO Bionicle or LEGO Hero Factory. Both are discontinued themes though so you won't be able to buy it from LEGO directly.
  10. Introduction 2020 LEGO 40410 Charles Dickens Tribute A Christmas Carol is a Holiday Gift set. It is a gift available at LEGO Brand Retail Stores and LEGO Shop at Home (USA | Canada | UK | Australia) with LEGO VIP purchases over $150 USD / $150 CAD / £150 GBP / $209 AUD. Offer is valid Black Friday, November 27, 2020 to Cyber Monday, November 30, 2020. The offer was also available during LEGO VIP Weekend from November 21-22, 2020. LEGO VIP is free to join. Free shipping on orders above $35 USD / $35 CAD / £50 GBP / $149 AUD. LEGO 40410 Charles Dickens Tribute A Christmas Carol contains 333 pieces and is recommended for those aged 8+. This set is not available for purchase by itself. This set was released on LEGO VIP Weekend on November 21, 2020. The LEGO Shop site has the product retail value as $22.99 USD / $29.99 CAD / £20.99 GBP / $34.99 AUD. Sponsored LEGO Set Thank you to LEGO for providing LEGO 40410 Charles Dickens Tribute A Christmas Carol for Toys N Bricks to review. Official LEGO Product Description Free exclusive LEGO® Charles Dickens Tribute (40410) offer is valid for VIP purchases online at LEGO Shop at Home (USA | Canada | UK | Australia) and LEGO Catalogue telephone orders from 21/11/2020 to 22/11/2020, while stocks last. Qualifying purchase must be equal to or greater than $150 USD / $150 CAD / £150 GBP / $209 AUD in LEGO merchandise only. Bricks & Pieces orders are not valid for this promotion. One set per household. Cannot be applied to previous purchases. If the qualifying LEGO purchase(s) is returned to us for a refund, the gift must also be returned to us together with the qualifying LEGO purchase(s). It cannot be purchased, exchanged or substituted for any other item or cash value. Offer is not valid at LEGOLAND® Parks, LEGOLAND Discovery Centres or LEGO Certified Stores. The LEGO Group reserves the right to cancel or modify this promotion at any time without prior notice. VIP membership required. Box The front of the box shows the full set along with the storage function. The back of the box shows some scene features in the set. The top of the box shows the actual size of the minifigures. Contents & The Build Inside the box, there are 4 bags. One of the larger bags contains a smaller bag as well. This means that there are total of 5 bags of LEGO pieces. Here is the instructions booklet. There is also a stickers sheet. It would have been nice if they were printed pieces instead of stickers. However, designing and producing these printed pieces for this set only would probably be too costly. The pieces organized by color. It took me about 6-10 minutes to sort this out. You first start off building the minifigures. The front of the three minifigures including Charles Dickens. The child minifigure has an alternative face. The back of the three minifigures. You start off first building the base of the set which is a book. The first stickers are applied on the book binding. Here, you can see the storage slot. The drawer has more stickers on it. This is the book with the drawer closed. After the base of the book is built, you start building the floor. More stickers are applied. The walls have stickers. Though, the detail is pretty nice. You also put a sticker for the picture frame on top of the fireplace. Complete Built Set Here is the interior view of the set. There is a fireplace with candles and Christmas Wreath on top. There is also a Christmas tree. The back of the house shows some nice details on the walls and the roof. The outside of the house has a tree and a lamp post. Finally, here is the complete set with the minifigures, box and instructions. These are the pieces used for the set. Here are the spare pieces. Set Ratings Design: 9/10 Build: 9/10 Minifigures: 8/10 Playability: 9/10 Parts: 9/10 Price: N/A Overall rating: 9/10 Overall Thoughts This set took me about 1 hour to build (including sorting the pieces). It is a really nice set with lots of details. The minifigures are pretty cool as well. You can also put some stuff in the storage area. The only issue with this set is that I would have preferred printed pieces rather than stickers. That's the only drawback. If you missed out on this set from LEGO VIP Weekend (November 21-22, 2020), don't worry as there is one final chance to get the set from Black Friday, November 27, 2020 to Cyber Monday, November 30, 2020. Available as a gift at LEGO Brand Retail Stores and LEGO Shop at Home (USA | Canada | UK | Australia) with VIP purchases over $150 USD / $150 CAD / £150 GBP / $209 AUD.
  11. Introduction LEGO 5006293 The Roman Chariot with Horses (or LEGO 6346105) is a gift set that you get when you purchase the new 18+ LEGO Creator 10276 Italian Rome Colosseum set. It is available at LEGO Brand Retail Stores and LEGO Shop at Home (USA | Canada | UK | Australia) from Black Friday November 27, 2020 to Cyber Monday November 30, 2020 (or while supplies last). Exclusive to LEGO VIPs only which is a free to join. Free shipping on orders above $35 USD / $35 CAD / £50 GBP / $149 AUD. LEGO 5006293 The Roman Chariot with Horses (or LEGO 6346105) contains 127 pieces and is recommended for those aged 6+. This set is not available for purchase by itself. This set will be released along with 18+ LEGO Creator 10276 Italian Rome Colosseum on Black Friday, November 27, 2020. The LEGO Shop site has the product retail value as $12.99 USD / $16.99 CAD. Sponsored LEGO Set Thank you to LEGO for providing VIP LEGO 6346105 The Roman Chariot with Horses (or LEGO 5006293) for Toys N Bricks to review. Official LEGO Product Description None available. Box The front of the box shows The Roman Chariot set along with the Black Friday label. It also shows that there are 127 pieces. Officially, the LEGO Shop at Home site lists the set number as LEGO 5006293. However, the front of the actual product shows set number LEGO 6346105. The back of the box shows where the components are made as well other information such as choking hazard. Contents & The Build The box packaging is similar to 2020 LEGO 5006291 Buildable 2x4 Teal Brick VIP (LEGO 6346101). There are two bags in the set and the instructions booklet acts as the cover of the box art as well. Here are the pieces after being organized into color. You first start of with building the Roman Soldier minifigure. Here is the front of the Roman Soldier minifigure. Here is the back of the Roman Soldier minifigure. The horses can be detached from the chariot. Complete Built Set The complete set shows the Roman Chariot with the Roman Soldier holding onto the reins of the horses. Here is the front of the chariot. Here is the side of the chariot. Here is the back of the chariot. Extra pieces. Set Ratings Design: 8/10 Build: 8/10 Minifigures: N/A Playability: 8/10 Parts: 8/10 Price: N/A Overall rating: 8/10 Overall Thoughts This set took me about 10-15 minutes to build. It would go well with the 18+ LEGO Creator 10276 Colosseum set and you'll get it free with purchase of the Colosseum at LEGO Brand Retail Stores and LEGO Shop at Home (USA | Canada | UK | Australia). Available beginning Black Friday, November 27, 2020. Offer ends Cyber Monday, November 20, 2020 or while supplies last.