New LEGO Swiss Crocodile? - not quite. LEGO Train fan Hoexbroe has been busy starting 2011 out right with his latest addition to the LEGO Train community, an 8-stud wide

Austrian Class 1020. With a SNOT cabin and the ability to navigate curved LEGO Train track, his locomotive has everything it needs to steer you into Train Tech. Stop by to see more pictures and even a video of his LEGO Train.

New LDD MOC Index

KielDaMan is doing a bit of a side job over at the LDD forum, where he's maintaining the new LDD MOC index. If you are into LDD, need inspiration or just want to have a look at some cool MOCs, head on over there pronto.

I am pleased to announce the new improved

Eurobricks Special LEGO Themes Forum is now officially complete with better well organised indexes and news for our Eurobricks Community members to view and enjoy.

Come in here to view these improvements and tell me what you think about it.

In case you haven't been following the Pirate Forum lately there's a big promotion leading to the Seven Seas Contest.

The promotion alone has 18 prizes! 13 have already been won but 5 remain, including a 6242 Soldier's Fort!

But to win you must solve the mysteries of the talking Skull...

www.Classic-Pirates.com/Mystery

And to help you along are Teaser Images with hints. Here is the third Teaser Image:

DARE you match wits with the Talking Skull? www.Classic-Pirates.com/Mystery

Be sure to follow Classic-Pirates.com on Facebook, Twitter and the RSS Feed or subscribe to the Mailing List for more clues!

Eurobricks' LEGO Pirate fans have been discussing the new Pirates of the Caribbean theme for some time now, but

Brickset.com brings the LEGO community news and pictures of the new sets. NOTE: images are from a Dutch Toy Shop. Descriptions in English and images can also be found on A Modular Life. (not sure the original source but we certainly thank all the sources for sharing the news).

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Discuss the new theme here.

Sirens-of-Titan brings us a scene of mayhem! Would you like to see more, click the link to go directly to this great MOC.

Train Passage of Jun-Chi

Jun-Chi - what does Jun-Chi have to do with LEGO Trains? LEGO Train fan Andybear@hk shares his amazing JR Tokaido Main Line-211, a LEGO version of the famous Japanese railway. Pictured in the background of his custom train is the splendid display from Brick Adventure 2011 in Hong Kong. To see more pictures of his LEGO Train creation or the display, make sure to visit Train Tech. You may want to be on the lookout for Jun-Chi.

7 books and only 1 month? Harry Potter month should last for 2 months! Let's keep going:

Harry Potter Original Wizard Contest!

Create an original character for the Harry Potter universe. This means an original custom character created by you, not appearing in the books or movies.

Read the official rules here

The Winners!

kost u grlu

Train Station

Dix

Tram Station

brickcitydepot

Train Depot

But there's more!

What prizes did they win?

What special tags have been received?

Will there be another contest next year?

Take a look at all the entries, if you somehow missed the contest altogether!

And who received the first ever Eurobricks Sportsmanship Medal?

Find out here

Rook build an amazing MOC.

(click the picture to see more and comment)

Eurobricks staff member TheBrickster brings us this fantastic fusion of new and old with his NinjaGo Training Hideout

Head on over to Action Themes to take a closer look.

Discuss it here

Read it on the blog here

Found on jedinews.co.uk by Darth Sion - read their blog here

LDD MOCs available for download

Eurobricks member, and now also TLG Designer, Marcos Bessa have made a few of his MOCs available as downloadable LDD files. In other words; an excellent opportunity to have an in-depth look at these models and maybe pick up a new technique or two.

Read about it and comment here

Eurobricks Reviewers Academy Teacher, Z06 has brought us an amazing detailed Classic Castle, Dragon Master series review. Discover this 6082 Fire Breathing Fortress once more together with us back in time to the year, 1993 to enjoy the magical fiery experience.

Click here to view this review.

LEGO City bank robbery has never been so exciting after seeing LEGO Town fan Mifody's new review of the 2011 LEGO City set,

3661 Bank & Money Transfer. Wielding a new red crowbar and loot sack, the Brickster is on the loose and he plans to crack open the bank safe and steal the treasury of EB's Town. Make sure you visit the Town Forum if you'd like to help thwart Brickster's plan. Lego City 2011 - packed with action and excitement!