TBB Weekly Brick Report: LEGO news roundup for May 17, 2025 [News]

TBB NEWS AND REVIEWS

[NEWS] Order up another Springfield institution with LEGO Icons 10352 The Simpsons: Krusty Burger — Bring your appetite and load up the car for the ultimate drive-through from the Simpsons. Bre reviews the new set here.

[NEWS] LEGO lets loose Mario Kart Blue Shell as Insiders reward, redeemable from May 15 — Insiders should act fast to redeem points and claim this hot new gift, just in time to pair with the new Mario Kart Standard Kart display set.

[NEWS] 1,941-piece LEGO City Tower brings together the best of LEGO City — LEGO celebrates the CITY theme with an enormous playset that features Space, X-treme sports, construction, and emergency vehicles, with lots of nods to the No Limits show.

TBB FEATURES AND INTERVIEWS

[FEATURE] TBB Asks: does LEGO feature in your travels? — We ask the TBB team, and the LEGO community about LEGO and travel

[FEATURE] Capturing Nolan’s Batman in Bricks: Behind the Scenes with RebelLUG’s Dark Knight collaboration — We got the inside scoop on a collab tribute to the Dark Knight.

[FEATURE] Dieselpunk Mechs and Military Hard Suits – [Minifig Monday] — This week’s Minifig Monday features a collection of steampunk and mecha suits.

[FEATURE] Building and growing together: An AFOL mother’s journey — We celebrateed Mother’s Day with an article by one of our own TBB contributers.

OTHER NEWS

The LEGO Group to open regional distribution center in Virginia, U.S. in 2027 – [LEGO] –Following the company’s expansion in Vietnam this year, LEGO announces more details on its plans to improve logistics and manufacturing in the US.

The LEGO Group officially opens new world-class Boston hub [LEGO]– The LEGO Group cuts the ribbon and officially opens its Boston office, the company’s US hub for business operations, with 800 employees.

Updated LEGO® colours: 427 Cool Yellow & 426 White [New Elementary] — Two colors make small changes in 2025, including color #1 – white! TBB Alum Elspeth De Montes details what these changes mean and how to spot them.

We’ll Fix It In Post: How to Edit Photos to Make MOCs Pop [BrickNerd] — Wayne Tyler offers editing tips for photos of big MOCs with busy backgrounds. With convention season upon us, there’s so excellent advice to help share your creativity!

When Passion Gets Stolen [Instagram] –Celebrated builder Yuan He is one of a growing number of creators to see his work cloned and sold without permission by shady LEGO imitators.

Six LEGO Star Wars sets we need from Andor Season 2 – [Brick Fanatics] — in these parts, we’re all huge fans of Andor and are still tearing up about this week’s final drop of episodes. Chris Turner-Wharfe ranks the elements from the show that LEGO should bring to bricks. I’m not holding my breath for more sets beyond the U-Wing and K-2SO, but a fan can hope!

LEGO 76316 Fantastic Four vs. Galactus Construction Figure has disappointing minifigures and expensive price tag [Jay’s Brick Blog] — LEGO stealth dropped a new Fantastic Four set into its store without fanfare, and  it’s clobberin’ time as Jay sums up why this set isn’t likely to catch fire like a human torch.

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