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Tel Aviv, Israel Builds World’s Tallest LEGO Tower in Memory of Departed LEGO Fan.

We’ve covered some really monumental constructions done by The LEGO Group or groups of avid collectors serving as public attractions in places where they have been erected. One example was the commemorative wind turbine LEGO statue built by the company itself, on display in the UK since November last year.

Now, another LEGO construction project has been revealed to be finished at the start of 2018. It’s in the shape of a cross-shaped tower of bricks going up in the city of Tel Aviv in Israel. And it’s in the running with Guinness for being the world’s tallest LEGO tower.

The project is a joint effort by residents of Tel Aviv, using more than half a million LEGO bricks to build the structure, 36 meters high. Towards the end of the work, a construction crane from the rooftop of a multi-story building behind the LEGO tower was being used to add the last few bricks.

Now standing proudly in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square, the LEGO tower was celebrated by thousands of local residents who took part in its construction. The monument is also a memorial, in honor of Israeli LEGO fan Omer Sayag, who died of cancer back in 2014. It’s fitting then that the brick-built edifice will be named Omer Tower in his memory.

Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai lauded the people of his city who participated in the LEGO building endeavor, saying that it was successful in “bringing together all parts of {their} community.” All that remains now is for officials from the Guinness Book of World Records to make its inspection and ratify the LEGO tower as the tallest in brick structure in the world.

LEGO Star Wars DJ Minifigure Polybag (40298) Now Available at Toys ‘R’ US, with Possible Promo Coming.

Viewers who saw the Star Wars: The Last Jedi on cinemas last December will likely remember the brief appearance of Benicio Del Toro as a bit character in the narrative. He played the character DJ, a gambler and code-breaker hired by the Resistance to help them evade the evil First Order.

At first he appeared not up to reputation, then later on proved his resourcefulness to finish the job. While apparently helping Rey and Rose, he alternatively showed greed and compassion. When the deed was finally done, he succeeded in his assignment only to sell out the Resistance to buy his own freedom from imprisonment.

Such a minor, yet game-changing character was ultimately captured by LEGO to be immortalized in minifigure form in the LEGO Star Wars DJ Collectible Minifigure (40298) polybag. First announced as a promotional item in LEGO Brand Stores to celebrate the premiere of The Last Jedi, it has been reported that the now going to branch out to Toys R Us.

So far, the only information about the LEGO Star Wars DJ minifigure polybag (40298) was that it will be coming to TRU and that it’s priced at the expected $4.99; there’s the possibility that the retail giant might have their own promotional, but no word has been given.

The DJ polybag (40298) is similar to the minifigure polybags of R3-M2 (40268) and Scarif Stormtrooper (40176), in that all three comprise of the minifigs themselves, connectible stands and background cards. If Toys R Us are planning any special promos involving DJ, we’ll find out and keep our readers informed so I hope you keep tabs with us.

LEGO Collectible Minifigure Series 18 Rumors.

😀 Update: We have the names for all 17 of the Series 18 minifigures.

Earlier last year, we reported on a rumor via Eurobricks that the next LEGO Collectible Minifigure Series, Series 18 in particular, will be celebrating the 40th Year Anniversary of the LEGO minifigure. What better way to celebrate it is to have a costume-themed party! Everything has been speculations regarding the actual figures that will be included – until now.

Just recently, Brick Show has obtained information about how the LEGO CMF Series 18 will be like, and as it seems, early rumors and predictions were correct. According to our sources, Series 18 consists of a blind bag that clearly shows LEGO’s 40th Minifigure Anniversary. Furthermore, the bag itself has a party theme vibe, and since this is a celebration of the iconic minifig’s anniversary, what is interesting is the reported inclusion of LEGO’s 40th Minifigure Anniversary logo. As mentioned in previous reports, Series 18 is expected to have a total of 17 minifigures and the blind bag highlights 9 of the characters included in the series. What we heard so far ties up with was discussed in fan forums so far. Here’s what we know based on our sources.

Blue Brick Costume Girl

Red Brick Costume Guy

Cactus Girl

Spider Monster Costume Guy

Rocket Guy

Classic Sailor (minifigure head is based on the classic, generic LEGO minifigures)

Cowboy Costume Guy

Party Girl With Balloon

Party Host/Cake Guy

Obviously, there are still other minifigure characters that were not included in the said blind bag packaging, and since this is a minifigure costume party, we can surely expect a lot of costume donned minifigs. Some candidates are animals and additional food costumes to liven up the anniversary party.

Overall, this looks like to be an exciting CMF Series with plenty of costumes to go around. Again, these are reports from our sources and should be best treated as rumors and taken with a pinch of salt. Nevertheless, the prospect of seeing a costume party-themed CMF is a nice one.

So what do you think brick fans, can you imagine how these Series 18 minifigs will look like? Which one do you think will be your favorite? Let us know in the comments below.

Image credit: VW Bricks

LEGO Offers Seasonal Chinese New Year Set in the US with Year of the Dog (40235).

Hey, we’re now two days into the year 2018 – at least in the Western or Gregorian calendar sense. To those who observe or at least join in with the celebration of the Chinese New Year, it won’t be until February 16 next month for the Year of the Earth Dog.

Leave it to LEGO to prove itself as a truly international brand by including a seasonal brick set to celebrate the new Dog Year. The 2018 Seasonal Year of the Dog (40235) depicts a smiling brown and white dog sitting at attention with its red tongue visible and tail wagging.

This seasonal consideration was started by LEGO back in 2013, when they announced building its first factory in China, geared to their Asian market. That had been the Year of the Snake (10250). Since then, Sheep (40148), Monkey (40207) and Rooster (40234) have gotten Seasonal sets of their own, and Dog (40235) won’t be long coming.

Originally available in Asian LEGO Stores, Seasonal Year of the Dog (40235) is going to be the first to be offered internationally, with one free for every minimum LEGO purchase of $88. The number 88 represents fortune and good luck in Chinese culture. It’s an appropriately symbolic promo price limit.

If you or anybody you know was born in the Year of the Dog (2006, 1994, 1982, 1970) then the LEGO Seasonal Year of the Dog (40235) will make for a wonderful Chinese New Year gift. The set is available from February 16 – Chinese New Year – to the 28^th.

LEGO Releases Building Instructions for 60 Years of the LEGO Brick (40290) Commemorative Set.

2018 marks the 60th anniversary of the LEGO brick patent and one of the nicer promotional, gift with purchase sets that we can expect to celebrate the occasion is the aptly named 60 Years of the LEGO Brick (40290) Commemorative Set. Since its official announcement last December, true-to-heart LEGO fans are now eagerly waiting for this set to be available for from January 28 until February 14, that comes free for a minimum purchase of LEGO sets and items worth $125 and above.

As a commemorative set, LEGO makes sure that it is a very special one by including some of the most classic LEGO sets ever made during the last 60 years and rendering it in microscale form. Furthermore, the inclusion of the special 2×4 printed tile indicating the 60th anniversary logo is also a beautiful piece to behold.

It is expected that this set will stay on top of the must-have list of promotional items for most dedicated LEGO fans, and with a limited run, we can expect that this set might run out pretty fast. As such, LEGO was kind enough to upload via its customer service page, a copy of set 40290’s building instructions and parts inventory. Check out the parts inventory below and see if you have the necessary LEGO pieces to build this set. Other than the unique commemorative 2×4 tile, most of the parts are readily available, so building this set will be a relatively enjoyable experience.

Thanks to Promobricks for the tip.

First Details from 2018 February LEGO Store Calendar Revealed.

It’s never been too early to plan for tomorrow, or the next month. Just as LEGO kicked off their 2018 Store Calendar last December of the recently-concluded year of 2017, so now in January of 2018 their schedule of LEGO store activities for February has just been put up online.

The Brick Fan has gotten the first images of the February page for the 2018 LEGO Store Calendar, and given us this rundown of what to expect in terms of special promos and seasonal treats. Some of the listed freebies and events also carry over from their beginnings last January.

January 19 – February 13: LEGO City Mining Play Event, still ongoing at LEGO Stores until the day before Valentine’s.

January 28 – February 14: Free 60 Years of the LEGO Brick (40290) with a purchase of $125 or more. The giveaway ends this month, or while supplies still last.

February 6 – 7: LEGO VIP Monthly Mini Model Build – Car and Gas Pump, available to LEGO VIP members.
February 14: Free LEGO Friends Sunflower with a product purchase of $20 or more. Like the 60 Years of the LEGO Brick (40290), this is only for while supplies last.
February 14 – March 4: Our next LEGO City Event at LEGO Stores, the Mountain Police Building.

February 15: For grownup LEGO enthusiasts, there’s an Adults-Only Valentine Themed Building Night at LEGO Stores on this date. All interested participants need to register for the event.
February 16 – 28: Celebrate the Chinese Zodiac’s Year of the Earth Dog LEGO-style by getting a free LEGO Seasonal Year of the Dog (40235) with a purchase of $88 or more. This too has limited supplies so act fast. However, you may also opt to build one of your own since the building instructions for this set has already been released.

February 17 & 24: LEGO Life Meeting

LEGO will follow up their image uploads of the February 2018 Store Calendar with a PDF version soon. We will bring you any additional details about this update as soon as it’s made available.

More 2018 LEGO Harry Potter News: Set Numbers and Release Date Confirmed.

There has been much speculation and rumors that have appeared recently regarding the much talked about 2018 LEGO Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts 2 sets, and last week, we reported on five, still yet to be confirmed sets. Three of which were said to showcase three ‘general’ Harry Potter sets while 2 are tie-ins for the upcoming Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. These are, at its best, rumors and should be considered as purely speculative – until now.

Brick Show has received intel from a reliable source that these rumored LEGO Harry Potter sets are indeed part of the summer wave of releases that LEGO has in store, few months before the release of the Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald in November. For reference, here are the set numbers with no official set names yet as of this writing. I also included the size of the set so you can have a better idea on their relative sizes.

2018 LEGO Harry Potter Sets

75950 – Confidential LEGO Harry Potter (19.1 x 14.1 x 4.6 cm)
75953 – Confidential LEGO Harry Potter (48 x 28.2 x 7.4 cm)
75954 – Confidential LEGO Harry Potter (48 x 37.8 x 7.1 cm)

2018 LEGO Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

75951 – Confidential LEGO Fantastic Beasts (26.2 x 14.1 x 4.8 cm)
75952 – Confidential LEGO Fantastic Beasts (38.2 x 26.2 x 5.7 cm)

Again, these are expected to be released in August which also corresponds to release dates that we saw earlier regarding the Summer LEGO Star Wars and Technic sets. What is interesting to note is the size of set 75954 being the largest among these. It should be noted that such dimensions are somehow similar to the Death Star (75159) and Taj Mahal (10256) in terms of their height. If this is indeed the rumored Hogwarts Great Hall, then it is not difficult to imagine the possibility of a D2C set in such a scale.

So I guess this is the sort of ‘unofficial’ confirmation that everyone is raring to hear. It’s just a matter of time before we can finally have their complete set names and hopefully some images once the New York Toy Fair 2018 kicks in.

The image above is from the LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle (5378) set from 2007.

New LEGO Batman Movie The Mini Ultimate Batmobile (30526) Polybag Spotted!

This one came out of nowhere, really. Just when you think that LEGO is now getting ready to put TLBM sets inside the vault, now comes a new polybag that I strongly feel will be highly sought after. Just before New Year’s Day, Hoth Bricks managed to acquire an image of the latest TLBM polybag that will be released anytime soon.

The LEGO Batman Movie The Mini Ultimate Batmobile (30526) polybag, as the name suggests, is a smaller replica of the larger Ultimate Batmobile (70917) set released last year. The cool thing about this polybag version is that it managed to replicate not just the Ultimate Batmobile itself, but also three out of four vehicles that made it up: the Batmobile itself, Bat-Tank, and Bat-Wing. Unfortunately, there is no provision for the Bat-Cycle.

Another difference with this polybag version as compared to its larger sibling is that it only allows you to make each of the vehicle at a time, unlike the larger set which divides into four separate vehicles including the Bat-Cycle. This is somehow expected from a polybag at this scale since it is only slightly larger from The Mini Batmobile (30521) polybag.

What I also find particularly interesting is the use of the striking red rims (Front Wheel Casing 3x4x1 2/3 #8 6186110) on this build which can only be found in Lightning McQueen as is seen in the latest LEGO Juniors Cars 3 sets. There is no word yet on when and where this latest TLBM polybag will be released, but I’m sure it will be a popular hit among TLBM fans.

A hat tip once more to Hoth Bricks for sharing this info.

LEGO Creator Downtown Diner (10260) and 120+ New 2018 Sets Now Available at shop.LEGO.com!

Our next modular building – the LEGO Creator Downtown Diner (10260) – together with more than 120 news sets are now available at LEGO shop@Home. For those of you who are patiently waiting for the Diner to go live both online and in LEGO brand stores since it was announced last November, then your patience has definitely been rewarded.

Consisting of 2,480 pieces, the LEGO Creator Downtown Diner (10260) is the 13^th advanced modular building set that comes in the series since 2007. It features a 1950s diner with a pink and teal ‘Streamline Moderne’ styling, together with a gym, recording studio and a pink convertible car. It has six minifigures and retails exclusively at all LEGO stores and at shop.LEGO.com for $169.99. Now that leaves us with only a hotel which is still yet to be included in the modular series. Is set designer Mike Psiaki hinting at what’s next as he drops the question in the Downtown Diner Designer Video? That is really something to look forward to.

Other notable 2018 sets that you might be interested to look at is the latest series of LEGO Star Wars and DC BrickHeadz including Rey (41602) and Kylo Ren (41603), Flash (41598), Wonder Woman (41599), Aquaman (41600) and Cyborg (41601). Each of this collectible retails for $9.99 each, and are part of the first wave of LEGO BrickHeadz for 2018, with a second wave to be released sometime in April.

Also probably included in your list of must-haves is the LEGO Batman Movie Collectible Minifigures Series 2, mostly highlighting some of the DC superheroes and baddies in the film. Each blind bag retails for $3.99, and I’m hoping to land on my personal favorites – Tropical Joker and Swimming Pool Batman.

Another one that you might be interested in is the LEGO City Mining Experts Site (60188) set which comes in at 883 pieces and featuring the latest train track element first used in the LEGO Batman Movie Joker Manor (70922). The Mining Experts Site (60188) retails for $99.99 and comes with 6 minifigures and a new bear element. This and the rest of the 2018 LEGO City Mining sets are now available across all LEGO stores and online.

Finally, LEGO Technic fans will be glad to hear that the exquisitely beautiful Mack Anthem (42078) is now up and listed at shop.LEGO.com. Retailing at $179.99, this huge 2-in-1 set comes in at 2,595 pieces, and also features a unique Mack bulldog hood ornament for that detailed replica of the iconic Mack LR garbage truck.

These and a lot more are now available at all LEGO stores, so be sure to drop by your nearest LEGO store and see what you can find, especially if you still have some holiday cash to spend. I know Brian is looking forward to building his LEGO Downtown Diner so perhaps a review is in the works. Stay tuned!

Happy New Year Everyone! What Awesome Stuff Do You Expect from Brick Show This 2018?

Each New Year, it has been customary for most media outlets and sites to look back for the year that was and have a year ender wrap-up. I am tempted to do that right now, but to be frank, I am more excited for the prospect of things to come this 2018. For sure, we have an all-new, super cool Brick Show Team that is all dedicated in redefining our love and passion for the LEGO brick, the creation of Build Better Bricks, and more content made available here in the Brick Show blogsite thanks to the efforts of our new writer and contributor, Morgan. Because of your support, we also made it to Feedspot’s Top LEGO blogs coming only behind Brickset, Brothers Brick, and LEGO itself. These and so much more pretty well summed up 2017 for us. We’re very glad, or more accurately, ecstatic for all of these accomplishments, and looking forward to the future with you in mind is even more exciting.

Needless to say, all of you of who have been constantly following us here in the blogsite and on YouTube made all of these efforts possible. All of your comments, emails, and messages in our social media channels were very much appreciated as they serve like markers and light posts for the things that we do and the direction that we will be taking in the future. Simply put, all of these things will not be possible without your faithful support and belief in our work.

So we would like to hear more from you guys as we start the new year. Whether it is more custom builds and MOCs, brick films, brick lists, reviews, news and other updates, let us know. We have tons of new content that we would like to share and our minds are racing with all the exciting things that we can do this 2018, and through of all this, we definitely appreciate your feedback. You can drop us a comment below, or head over at our Facebook and Twitter pages to share a thought or two on what you want to see from Brick Show this 2018. We will look forward hearing from you as we plot our next adventure ahead.

So on behalf of Jason, Stephen, Brian, Tyler, Sean, Morgan, and everyone here in the Brick Show – Happy New Year!