Lego Star Wars expert @Powerofthebrick featured on BBC Television. Fanatical Lego addict and acclaimed Lego expert plus renowned collector of Star Wars minifigures @Powerofthebrick was featured on BBC Television October 2017 discussing his collection and the evolution of Pop Culture collectables into … Read More

@Powerofthebrick reviews the Minifigs from LEGO Star Wars set 75183 Darth Vader Transformation

Review of Leia LEGO Minifig from set 8038 The Battle of Endor

My Collection – Lego Minifig Collection Tracker Check out Lego’s own minifigure collection tool here Lego.com My Collection. If you obsessively hoard minifigs from the Lego movies or the super popular polybag series this is the only tool you need … Read More

In my alternate ‘real’ life I run a Digital Agency so loved this graphic shared by The Website Group showing how a Lego agency might look. However I am not sure I would put Batman in charge…! Courtesy of: The … Read More

@Powerofthebrick advance review of LEGO Apollo Saturn V Rocket Set 21309

Palpatine LEGO Minifig from set 10188 Death Star

@Powerofthebrick reviews the Minifigs from LEGO Star Wars set 75139 Battle on Takodana

Jek Porkins LEGO Minifig from set 9493 X-Wing Starfighter

Logray LEGO Minifig from set 7956 Ewok Attack Watch the video for detailed collector info. This LEGO Star Wars minifigure is the first version of this Medicine Man Ewok and comes from LEGO set 7956 released in 2011. A great … Read More

LEGO Star Wars Minifig Collector Series Rebel Alliance Mechanic

LEGO Star Wars Minifig Collector Series Death Star Imperial Trooper

LEGO Star Wars Minifigure Collector Series Collectable LEGO Star Wars Minifigure – Princess Leia 7190 Watch the video for detailed info. This LEGO Star Wars 2000 minifig is unique to set 7190 Millennium Falcon.

Power of the Brick LEGO Star Wars Minifigure Collector Series Collectable LEGO Star Wars Minifigure – Luke Jedi Master

Power of the Brick LEGO Star Wars Minifigure Collector Series Collectable LEGO Star Wars Minifigure – Stormtrooper Watch the

Power of the Brick LEGO Star Wars Minifigure Collector Series Collectable LEGO Star Wars Minifigure – Han Solo Watch the video for detailed info. This LEGO Star Wars 2003 minifig is unique to set 10123, Han Solo flies one of … Read More

Power of the Brick LEGO Star Wars Minifigure Collector Series Collectable LEGO Star Wars Minifigure – Yoda Watch the video for detailed info. This LEGO Star Wars 2002 minifig is unique to set 7103. This first edition of Yoda is … Read More

Put it down to a love of building things, or maybe of controlling every aspect of micro worlds, but there’s a definite crossover between tech and Lego. Few people epitomize that crossover more than 33-year-old engineer Mike Schropp. A racing … Read More

Power of the Brick LEGO Star Wars Minifigure Collector Series Collectable LEGO Star Wars Minifigure – Imperial Pilot Watch the video for detailed info. This LEGO Star Wars 2010 minifig is unique to set 10212 but one rare variant exists. This … Read More

Power of the Brick LEGO Star Wars Minifigure Collector Series Collectable LEGO Star Wars Minifigure – Captain Antilles Watch the video for detailed info. This LEGO Star Wars 2009 minifig is unique with no variants. Captain Raymus Antilles from set … Read More

Anyone already excited about the Lego Dimensions game needs to get ready to crank that emotion up to eleven. That’s because Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has just released its story trailer for the game, and it looks excellent — depicting … Read More

Power of the Brick LEGO Star Wars Minifigure Collector Series Collectable LEGO Star Wars Minifigure – Gamorrean Guard Watch the video above for detailed info. This LEGO Star Wars 2013 variant of our favourite snouty, green, pig creature only boasts … Read More

There’s being attached to your Lego collection, and then there’s this! In what must rank up there with the coolest real world applications of Lego we’ve ever seen, Chicago-based Colombian designer Carlos Arturo Torre has created a modular system which allows … Read More

Not as well know as the X-Wing, the A-Wing – or the RZ-1 A-Wing Interceptor to give it its full name – is a formidable ship. The fastest and most agile fighter in the Alliance’s armada, this ship could match … Read More

Every boy’s childhood fantasy, well mine anyway, Princess Leia in her slave outfit worn in Return of the Jedi when she is being held by the infamous Jabba the Hutt on Tatooine. In my eyes this is the best of … Read More

It’s Comic-Con International and this gorgeous recreation of the memorable Hulkbuster vs. Hulk battle from Avengers: Age of Ultron is turning heads in San Diego. Two words. Awe. Some. Via: io9

With a bit of trepidation, I’m excited about Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which arrives in theaters March 25 next year. But while we’ve still got close to nine months to wait until we get to see Henry Cavill … Read More

Lego bricks have been plastic for as long as they’ve been around, but that’s going to change at some point in the near(ish) future. That’s because the Danish company has announced that over the next 15 years it will shell … Read More

I may not be afraid of no ghosts (does that mean I am afraid of ghosts?), but I’m certainly excited about the forthcoming Lego Dimensions toys-to-life game — which we recently got our best glimpse of yet, thanks to the festivities at … Read More

Sorry for radio silence, Brick fans! A much-needed holiday means I haven’t been updating as much as I should — although, rest assured, I’ve got some good building done in my absence! Anyway, if there’s one thing that’s sure to … Read More

There are some great custom minifig companies out there, but until recently brick fans have had to rely on the standard accessories which come with Lego sets. However, that’s now changed thanks to Firestar Toys, which last year launched a … Read More

I love the way that Lego has triggered a resurgence in stop-motion: one of my favorite mediums for movies, which has been all but wiped out by CGI. If you’re also a fan of imaginative Lego-based films, you owe it … Read More

With the exception of the most recent Star Wars trailer, I struggle to think of too many times in the last few years that an ad has made me sit up and cheer. But that’s exactly what happened when I … Read More

Here’s a pretty quirky Lego Store exclusive set for you: a birthday cake complete with customizable numbers and, err, court jester minifigure bursting out of it. Expected to arrive in the U.S. sometime between June and July, this 120-piece set … Read More

Like just about every Batman fan out there, I’m a huge fan of the game Batman: Arkham Origins, which follows a younger, less experienced Batman through the early days of his career. Well, it seems that someone at custom minifig company … Read More

One of the best-selling books ever published, The Little Prince tells the delightful story of a pilot stranded in the desert, who meets a young prince who has fallen to Earth from an asteroid. Over its 72-year history, author Antoine … Read More

Characters from The Simpsons, Portal 2, and Doctor Who will all be joining the upcoming toys-to-life game Lego Dimensions, according to a new announcement concerning what is shaping up to be one of Lego’s most exciting new projects of 2015. They’ll be … Read More

Rarer than a sighting of everyone’s favorite Star Wars bounty hunter without his helmet, this ultra-rare 2003 Boba Fett variant came exclusively with the Cloud City (10123) set. While he appears similar to the original Boba Fett minifig, he boasts … Read More

Samuel Hatmaker is an ambitious guy. Having recently racked up 10,000 supporters for his Golden Girls Lego Ideas project, the New York-based toy developer is back with another brick-based pitch based on the acclaimed Avatar – The Last Airbender animated series. Combing … Read More

Do you have your heart set on a mid-transformation Incredible Hulk minifigure? How about a Thriller-era Michael Jackson, the cast of The Big Bang Theory, or Breaking Bad‘s Walter White complete with meth lab accessories? Until Lego offers these sets, customers have … Read More

Thanks to The Lego Movie, we’re used to seeing Lego in front of the camera. A camera built out of Lego, however? That’s certainly something new — which Alabama-based photographer Cary Norton was more than happy to bring to life. Best thing … Read More

Who would have thought that watching a 3,000-piece Lego set shattering to pieces could be so cinematic? Celebrating yesterday’s May 4 Star Wars celebration (get it? May the Fourth… oh, never mind!), the good folks at Wired dropped a completed … Read More

At 17, I was barely figuring out how to talk to girls, and deciding what I wanted to study at college. At the same age, Bjarne Panduro Tveskov had already secured a full-time job as a builder at Lego. “I saw … Read More

When it comes to gold protocol droids with clipped British accents, there can only be one choice for people’s favorite: C-3PO. One of only four characters to appear in all six Star Wars movies (along with partner R2-D2, Obi-Wan Kenobi, … Read More

It’s Friday, and what better way could there be to celebrate the weekend than with a new entry in our Minifig Galaxy series — this time focusing on the most famous Sith Lord of them all, Darth Vader.

Fans of The Simpsons Lego are in for a treat today, with the official release of the theme’s Series 2 minifigures. Including (deep breath!) Bartman, Comic Book Guy, Dr. Hibbert, Edna Krabappel, Groundskeeper Willy, Hans Moleman, Homer in shirt and tie, … Read More

Jake Meier didn’t think he was going to make it. The 27-year-old New York-based graphic designer was hours away from time elapsing on his Lego Ideas project, and things weren’t looking good. Meier had created a set based on the … Read More

Anyone fancy a royal baby Lego set? With no news yet concerning a younger sibling for the U.K.’s Prince George, some quick-thinking builders at Manchester’s Legoland Discovery Centre took it upon themselves to give us a sneak peak of a scene we can … Read More

If you happen to visit Stockholm, Sweden’s trendy Södermalm district, a hipster hangout described as Europe’s coolest neighborhood, be sure to check out the backstreets. Among the trendy bars and cool clothing boutiques is one store you might not immediately expect: an independent Lego … Read More

Ahoy, ye scurvy bilge rats! Ever since I started collecting Lego at the age of five, I’ve always liked the ‘Pirates’ theme — first introduced in 1989, and running intermittently from that point on. It may not have always had the … Read More

In last year’s Captain America sequel, encountering the Winter Soldier was a painful proposition. This June, it just requires you to shell out on Lego.

A few weeks ago an advert appeared on Gumtree, searching for a person ideally with an art, design or engineering background. It was posted by a company called Bright Bricks, based in the British town of Bordon, East Hampshire. It … Read More

Will Smith once rapped that summer was time to sit back and unwind. For Lego fans, however, summer is time to scoop up the hottest new sets — and, boy, has this summer got some of those! From new top-secret … Read More

It’s Saturday, and that means another instalment in Power of the Bricks’ guide to all things minifig. Today, we’re examining the Imperial Officer minifig which came with 2002’s ‘Classic Star Wars‘ 7201 ‘Final Duel 2’ set. An otherwise anonymous character he might … Read More

Here at Power of the Brick HQ we love minifigs! Sure, building massive sets is ultimately what Lego’s all about, but there’s a whole other type of satisfaction that comes with tracking down a rare minifigure, and adding it to … Read More

The Hulk hurls a car at Iron Man, who is equipped with his mech-style “Hulkbuster” armor. Things blow up. Ultron tells Earth’s Mightiest Heroes that they’re puppets on strings. So goes the trailer for Marvel’s latest blockbuster, Avengers: Age of … Read More

Lego Ideas is the big equalizer. A platform with its roots tracing back to 2008, the central concept is simple: Let users submit their own ideas for Lego products which can be turned into commercial sets, with the designer then … Read More

You know how they say you wait hours for a bus, and then three come along at once? Well, apparently it’s the same with Lego movies. Having been eagerly awaiting new cinematic outings for our favorite brick-based characters since we … Read More

Recently I wrote about the fact that Lego and Disney had teamed up to recreate legendary Hollywood artist Drew Struzan’s classic Star Wars posters in Lego. But what did Struzan himself make of the new versions? After all, as much … Read More

To paraphrase Zoolander, interest in Lego is so hot right now, and nothing demonstrates that more than the fact that there’s not one, but two (!) new Lego print magazines — Bricks and Bricks Culture — hitting shelves. To mark the … Read More

Earlier this week, I mentioned the Tatooine Mini-Build: available exclusively for attendees of Celebration, the annual Star Wars fan festival, which just so happens to be going on right now. Well, we finally have a picture to put to the description. … Read More

From getting kids interested in building things, to injecting joy into the lives of grown-up collectors, Lego does a lot of really great things. Saving lives isn’t usually one of them. Try telling that to Kevin Paterson, a 31-year-old Lego fan, who just … Read More

The announcement of Lego Dimensions — the upcoming toys-to-life game that will video games and real Lego sets — is some of the most exciting news I’ve heard in ages. But one question was concerning to fans: Would it be possible to remove the … Read More

When you’re talking about truly iconic locations in The Simpsons, Apu’s Kwik-E-Mart is up there with 742 Evergreen Terrace, the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, and Moe’s Tavern. Now, a quarter-century after it first appeared on our screens, the Nahasapeemapetilon-owned convenience store is finally … Read More

General Grievous’ battle with Obi-Wan Kenobi was one of the best things about Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. Thanks to this year’s Star Wars Celebration fan festival — stocked to the midi-chlorians with Lego goodness — you’ll now be able … Read More

Any Power of the Brick readers planning to hit Celebration, the ultimate Star Wars fan gathering, later this week in Anaheim, California? If so, you may be interested to check out the brick-related schedule to find out exactly how to … Read More

During the Industrial Revolution, Sheffield was one of the U.K.’s leading centers of manufacturing. Today, the steelworks are largely gone, but on the city’s outskirts a smaller scale revolution has transformed a quiet 1960s terraced house into a mini-manufacturing empire. This is … Read More

Feast your eyes on this gorgeous 1969 Chevrolet Corvette, the latest Lego Ideas project to rack up an impressive 10,000 supporters. “Ever since I can remember I’ve always wanted a ’69 ‘Vette,” says creator Brickdater. “So I built one.” Boy, … Read More

Last week, my wife Alice and I took a train ride into London to check out world-renowned Lego artist Nathan Sawaya’s “Art of the Brick” exhibition. Days later, I’m still reeling from the experience. Check out my photos and review below.

While fans of Legends of Chima Online have only got until June 1 to bid their fond farewells to Lego’s “Chima” MMORPG, “Legends of Chima” devotees can at least look forward to the final sets (for now!) from Lego’s animal warrior tribe theme, … Read More

With the fantastic news about the now-eagerly-anticipated Lego Dimensions, it’s been a great week for video-game-loving Lego fans. Sadly there’s also some bad news if you happen to be a fan of Lego’s free-to-play MMORPG Legends of Chima Online: in approximately … Read More

The Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales animated series is coming to Disney XD this July, and we’ve had our first glimpse of the promotional poster.

Custom Apollo 13 minifigs to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the historic mission? Yes please. Created by the U.K.-based customizers extraordinaires over at Minifigs.me, the set recreates the entire real-life Apollo 13 crew — James Lovell, Fred Haise, Jack Swigert and Gene … Read More

What’s better than a bit of Lego Star Wars fan service on a Friday? How about six pieces of fan service? That’s right: to commemorate the fact that today marks the release of all six Star Wars movies on Digital HD format, Lego and … Read More

A zoo in Louisville, Kentucky has decided to augment its collection of live animals with 23 fantastic Lego sculptures created by renowned Lego builder and children’s author, Sean Kenney. Using more than a quarter of a million bricks (464,770, to … Read More

Earlier today we revealed that details of Lego’s new toys-to-life game Lego Dimensions had been leaked online, ahead of the title’s official release announcement. Well, no sooner had we hit “publish” on our story than Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment felt … Read More

Details of Lego Dimensions, an upcoming toys-to-life game have leaked ahead of the official announcement. Much like the Skylanders and Disney Infinity, Lego Dimensions is set to allow players to use their actual toys to beam characters into the game. … Read More

Here’s an application you may have never thought of for Lego: helping the police to fight crime. That’s exactly what’s happening in Scotland, however, where the local Edinburgh Police Division has created a quirky series of bricked-up tableaux for their … Read More

Update: Samuel Haymaker’s project has successfully hit the 10k votes necessary to earn it official consideration from Lego. Who would have thought a long-since-finished 1980s sitcom about four older ladies sharing a house could have the makings of the next … Read More

Any PC owners who were getting their game on in the early 1990s must, at some point, have played Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge. Following the continuing adventures of would-be pirate Guybrush Threepwood, the lengthy adventure game (it came on 11 … Read More