Thanks to Eurobricks Member, Carlo S for sharing with us on the images of the upcoming 2014 LEGO Hobbit sets. These new sets include 79015 Witch King Battle, 79016 Attack on Lake Town and 79017 The Battle of Five Armies. I have only highlighted the 79016 Attack on Lake Town which appear to expand on the existing 79013 Lake Town Chase set. What do you think of these new upcoming releases?

Important update: Image removed as per TLG request

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EB member Rolli presents to you the Royal XJ-6 Steamspeeder! The colors do make it look royal, and above that there's some great parts usage in this beauty!

Go check it out in Star Wars forum!

It's time for you to cast your votes for your favourite entries in The Turtle Insanity Contest!

Click the banner to see the 268 qualifying entries and make your vote in the Special Themes Forum!

One of our latest members sm 01 has made a stellar entry by presenting his exquisite hot rod Lucky 13! Not only does this pick-up look very cool, but it has a ton of nice features. Fuzzy dice for the rear-view mirror is just the tip of the iceberg

Start your engine and drive to the Technic Forum to see more!

While we are still enjoying the great entries of the Mini Build competition, a new contest has been started in the Technic Forum.

The LEGO Group has produced a press release of the new addition to the Winter Village: 10245 Santa's Workshop!

Read all about it in the Town Forum!

The Technic Mini Build Contest has ended. Congratulations to the winners!

Check out the full results and other stats in the Technic Forum.

Menck Cable Bucket Excavator by Doc_Brown.

Retro Car by super-jaschka

Grand Prix Racer by Jeroen Ottens

It's really interesting to see a 3rd party minifig customization brand to put a really innovative product on the market. Brickforge just launched the innovative ‘RiGGED’ system allowing customizers to design and decorate their minifigs like never before.

RiGGED stands for: Rapid – Interchangeable – Guns – Gear – Equipment – Design

The RiGGED system is a type of MMA (Modular Minifigure Accessory) structure and consists of traditional 3mm & 1.5mm peg & hole combinations integrated into quality ABS minifig accessories. Armors, belts, straps & other types of pack devices contain a series of 1.5mm pegs; constructing a three-dimensional canvas to which minifig enthusiasts can attach a number of other RiGGED accessories. The mix of which spawns hundreds of color/type combinations making each minifig more unique than the previous.

Discuss here in our minifig customization forum.

Edison - fun robotics for tomorrow's inventors!

Have you ever wanted to get into robotics, but found it too difficult or expensive?

Meet Edison...in the Technic Forum.

The Heroica RPG has run for three full years this August. The game now boasts over one hundred active players who have participated in over one hundred quests. Whether you want to be a brave adventure or be the master of your own quest, Heroica RPG has a place for you!

So come in and join the celebration! There's no better time to create a new hero than now, as the annual Anniversary Lottery is in progress with incredible in-game prizes. New and old players may also like to consult the Heroica RPG Wiki which has recently been launched to store information about the game in an easily navigatable form.

Fantasy at its best: Check out Cesbrick's wonderful creation in the Guilds of Historica!

And this is just his first MOC for GoH, so imagine how awesome his future builds will be!

The last couple of weeks we have been actively promoting SBrick, a revolutionary way to control your LEGO models. So I am very happy to announce that SBrick made it to their first funding goal!

That doesn't mean we should stop supporting it! Take a look in the Technic Forum and discuss the stretch goals of this great Kickstarter project.

The Technic Mini Build Contest has come to an end. Take your time enjoying the 57 awesome entries and be so kind to cast your vote in the Contest Voting Topic.

Relax and have fun in the sunshine with a beautiful array of colours! The Rainbow Holiday Centre by Anne Mette in the Town Forum will certainly brighten up your day.

Join us in the Town Forum to add your thoughts to this huge and detailed display that's filled with wonderful colours!

Picture from Madoca 1977 edited by CopMike

WOW! Head over to the LEGO Technic, Mindstorms & Model Team forum and check out this beatiful Corvette C3 by Madoca 1977 !

Background (from BrickMap):

In early 2014, Yun Mi Antorini, the Community Strategist of Community Engagement & Events at LEGO® Systems A/S, started a volunteer project to map and better “understand the LEGO® ecosystem.

A group consisting of Rebecca Deak, Christophe Siquet, Boštjan Svetličič and Nathan Bryan were tasked to create an outline for this project. Once the framework was built 24 other LEGO® Ambassadors were asked for their input.

Go to the Embassy Forum and discuss it here!

A new issue of Hispabrick Magazine is out.

Read more about it and find download links here

GoH member Simon_S has build a stunning entry for the Mount Up challenge! But don't let the name Bambi fool you though, this deer probably isn't as cute as the Disney one!

Check out the Guilds of Historica for more awesome Mount Up entries.

With a little patience you can reach space in 7432 years! Enter this self constructing space elevator and hit the button for the top floor.

EB member jackdaw shows us that making minifig combo's and especially whole armies of them is as much fun as building. The same goes for looking at this impressive army of Napoleon!

Check out more in Pirates Forum!