An image of what appears to be the next Architecture set has shown up in the Christmas toy catalogue of the Parisian department store Le Bon Marché. La Tour Eiffel, with an official release date of January 2014, has a piece count of 321 and is available for pre-order from Le Bon Marché as of November 1 (pre-release early December) at a price of €45.

Discuss this new Architecture set in the Special Themes forum. News via neoape.

Eurobricks Forum member, LEGO customiser and BrickWarriors founder Thrash shares nwes on the latest released items: Jester Hat, Jester Plumes, Jester Collar, Jester Staff, Death in the Box, and Juggling Pin!

(Click on the images above to join the discussions, or browse the Minifig Customisation Workshop to learn more about the LEGO customisers' world)

With the help of a true wooden ship model builder, Eurobricks member maydayartist has made this beautiful recreation of a galleon on which Sir Francis Drake fought against the Spanish Armada, thereby bringing LEGO ship building to the next level!

Have a look and see the crazy amount of detail for yourself in the Pirate MOCs Forum.

The first picture of the 2014 Technic Container Truck (42024) has surfaced!

Head over to the Technic 2014 Discussion and Speculation topic and discuss this new set!

And the next CUUSOO set is...

Congratulations Peter Reid!

Discussion is here.

Not only do we have the new images of the Hobbit 2013 sets, but the ever so popular Guilds of Historica Book II has launched its first challenge!

Head over to the Guilds of Historica sub-forum for details on getting in on Book II: Challenge 1, the Battle for Nocturnus!

If you aren't into contests but still want to build in Historica, you can always freebuild for the glory of your guild. Check out this sweet freebuild of Petraea University's Grand Lecture Hall submitted by Eurobricks Fellow Gabe!

Check out history forum for the new Hobbit sets!

Head on over to the History Forum for more pictures and discussion.

EB member and MOC expert Nannan has launched the highly successful Creations for Charity yet again, this being the 5th year it´s up&running. If you like the idea of helping out less fortunate kids receive LEGO sets donated for the holiday season then head on over to the topic here that EB member and fellow CfC coordinator Donut posted.

To learn how you can purchase an amazing number of unique creations built and donated by the AFOL community before they are gone, then get cracking, great builds disappear fast!

The teachers have prepared 4 reviews in celebration of the Academy's 5 years:

6036: Skeleton Surprise by dj2005

850425: Business Card Holder by LuxorV

850839: Pirate minifigure pack by WhiteFang

79103: Turtle Lair Attack by Oky

In addition to this, over the course of this last year the teachers have given 20 early, exclusive reviews of some highly anticipated sets:

10233: Horizon Express by mostlytechnic

10937: Batman: Arkham Asylum Breakout by Clone O'Patra

21017: Imperial Hotel by Masked Builder

41015: Dolphin Cruiser by Oky

41005: Heartlake High by Pandora

41999: 4X4 Crawler Exclusive Edition by Masked Builder

70706: Crater Creeper by Pandora

21050: Create Your Own Architecture by JimButcher

21018: United Nations Headquarters by Clone O'Patra

21103: Back To The Future Time Machine by Rufus

70003: Eris Eagle Interceptor reviewed by WhiteFang

70004: Wakz' Pack Tracker reviewed by I Scream Clone

70100: Ring of Fire reviewed by WhiteFang

70102: CHI Waterfall reviewed by I Scream Clone

71001: LEGO Collectable Minifigures Series 10 reviewed by WhiteFang

10240: Red Five X-Wing Starfighter reviewed by Rufus

70708: Hive Crawler reviewed by LuxorV

70709: Galactic Titan reviewed by WhiteFang

21015: Leaning Tower of Pisa reviewed by Rufus

71002: LEGO Collectable Minifigures Series 11 reviewed by WhiteFang

Read here to view more information in this discussion topic for the Reviewers Academy Fifth Anniversary Celebration.

Sincerely,

The Reviewers Academy Teachers

It's the most creepy time of the year and the Monster Fighters are getting into the spirit of things. Come and visit Spook Central in Action themes... if you dare!

Head over to the Town Forum to check out this modular creation by kevin8:

Come to the Town Forum, we have cookies!

We also have some pictures of the new 2014 wave of LEGO Friends sets - which include printed cookies!

Head on over to the Town Forum for more pictures and discussion.

Pimp My Camper Voting has opened! Click the picture to check out the 177 fantastic entries in the Special Themes Forum!

It's been a while since the last contest, so we are very happy to announce our Technic Triple Build Contest.

For more information, visit the Technic Triple Build Contest Topic.

Good luck to you all

TLG has unveiled the latest of the modular buildings, 10243 Parisian Restaurant!

Read all about the set and discuss in the Town forum.