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As you know, LEGO has made 2024 the year of space; incorporating the ‘space’ banner across many established themes. If successful, this will hopefully bring in a new wave of space fans and satisfy some older fans of space and classic space. Is this something LEGO may attempt for other classic themes; specifically, Castle? It could be wishful thinking but I don’t think its impossible that 2025 or 2026 could be the year of Castle. Depending on the success of “Space 2024”, it could allow LEGO to be more flexible with its Castle banner and help satisfy multiple groups of LEGO fans while introducing a new generation to Castle. Spreading the banner of Castle across many themes would allow us to get more variety of pieces and prints. Themes such as CMF, ICONS, Creator, Friends, Duplo, City, Technic, Ninjago and maybe even introducing a new theme in the castle wave. I’m not sure how it would be executed but we can definitely take some cues from “Space 2024” for a theoretical “Castle 2025” What are your thoughts and do you think LEGO might go down this route in 2025 or 2026?
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With the possibility of at least three Trains-related sets through the BL Designer Program, I figured it deserved its own discussion thread! 2024 is shaping up to be a good year for ever-patient Trains fans. LEGO Bricklink Designer Program | Old Train Engine Shed Set number: NA Designation: Old Engine Train Shed Theme: Bricklink Designer Program - Series 1 Number of parts: 2,331 Minifigures: 6 Crowd Funding Start Date: February 7th, 2024 RRP: $229.99 US Fan-designer: Mind the Brick/Maria Kalaoglou 3,000 pre-orders required, 30,000 maximum produced. Limit of two per household. Update: FUNDED! Image: Official LEGO render Bricklink page: https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-1/224/Old-Train-Engine-Shed --- LEGO Bricklink Designer Program | Logging Railway Set number: NA Designation: Logging Railway Theme: Bricklink Designer Program - Series 2 Number of parts: 2,706 Minifigures: 3 Crowd Funding Start Date: June 2024 RRP: $209.99 Fan-designer: ties25 Note: Designed with motorization in mind 3,000 pre-orders required, 20,000 maximum produced. Limit of two per household. Image: Official LEGO Render Bricklink page: https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-2/642/Logging-Railway --- LEGO Bricklink Designer Program | Brick Cross Train Station Set number: NA Designation: Brick Cross Train Station Theme: Bricklink Designer Program - Series 2 Number of parts: 3,034 Minifigures: 8 Crowd Funding Start Date: June 2024 RRP: $279.99 Fan-designer: brickster 3,000 pre-orders required, 20,000 maximum produced. Limit of two per household. Image: Official LEGO Render Bricklink page: https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-2/728/Brick-Cross-Train-Station --- LEGO Bricklink Designer Program | Wild West Train Set number: 910044 Designation: Wild West Train Theme: Bricklink Designer Program - Series 4 Number of parts: 3,192 (was 2,760) Minifigures: 12 (was 6) Crowd Funding Start Date: February 4th 2025 RRP: $279.99 Fan-designer: llucky 3,000 pre-orders required, 30,000 maximum produced. Limit of two per household. Bricklink page: https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-4/1184/Wild-West-Train --- Series 5, Series 6 and Series 7 contain no accepted Trains-related sets. --- Series 8 will include "Brick Railroad Locomotive" an ATSF style locomotive. Bricklink page: https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-8/2739/Brick-Railroad-Locomotive Series 9 will include the "Woodbrick Freight Depot" a design from returning Trains designer Mind the Brick/Maria Kalaoglou. Bricklink page: https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-9/3131/WOODBRICK-FREIGHT-DEPOT Series 10 will include the "Wild West Train Station" from returning Trains designer llucky who brought us the Wild West Train. Bricklink page: https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-10/3681/Wild-West-Train-Station
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Fate(ful) has smiled on us today, and we now have a list of names, prices, and part-counts for Ninjago’s January 2025 wave! 71823: Kai’s Dragon Spinjitzu / 54 pieces / $10 71824: Sora’s Dragon Spinjitzu / 56 pieces / $10 71826: Dragon Spinjitzu Double Pack / 186 pieces / $20 71827: Zane’s Battle Mech / 92 pieces / $20 71828: Lloyd’s Race Car / 181 pieces / $30 71829: Lloyd’s Forest Dragon / 128 pieces / $20 71830: Kai’s Storm Rider Mech / 333 pieces / $40 71831: Ninja Spinjitzu Temple (4+) / 158 pieces / $40 71833: Ras’ Storm Jet / 510 pieces / $50 71834: Zane’s Ultra Combo Mech / 1187 pieces / $100 71841: Dragonian Storm Village / 305 pieces / $40 It looks like “Dragon Spinjitzu” will be the new gimmick, and possibly a new technique that the Ninja learn in Season 3; Lord Ras survives and continues to be an antagonist (not a surprise, but still a bit of a spoiler), and the villains are storm-themed. Considering that Nokt has blue markings (possibly storm elemental?) and physically resembles the Island Keepers, maybe their species is called “Dragonians” and they (or at least some of them) will return as the villain army in DR S3. 🤔 -
Well, well... It's almost half of the 2025! This year's Speed Champions was amazing! All F1 cars, F&F and also amazing summer's release! Just whoa! Let's start discussion about 2026 cars!
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Well 2024 LEGO Speed Champions released 2 last cars (F40 & NASCAR) so came time to discuss about 2025. Somewhere in internet I read LEGO go all in F1 cars in 2025. What's your thoughts?
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Hello everyone, now in 2025, Chevrolet expands the iconic Corvette C8 family with the brand-new ZR1 including the most powerful V8 for a street-legal series car ever produced by a car-manufacturer. I decided to bring those 1064 raw American Horsepower in a new 1:8 scale Supercar to you. This ZR1 is made with 3646 pieces only from the inventory of the set 42172 McLaren P1 as a pure B-model. Additional parts outside the set are not required to build and play. Let's see it from all angles: Summary of Functions & Features included independent suspension in front and back steering with working custom-built steering wheel openable doors with locking system openable engine-cover removeable rear-section openable trunk with overnight-bag V8-Engine with moving pistons sequential 7+N speed transmission gearbox new stepper-mechanism for switching gears implemented limiter for gear positions in the stepper open windows in bottom to view gears and stepper detailed interior and design modular building with separate premium PDF-files fits all Supercars in 1:8 scale measures (all parts closed) 57.8cm x 26.5cm x 15cm Impressions from the Renderfarm Impressions from Somewhere V8-Engine & Gearbox With the ZR1, Chevrolet brings back the iconic splitted rear-window that is fairly replicated in the model. The rear covers the V8-Engine with moving pistons and a sequential transmission gearbox with shifter-drums that can be watched working through the window. The replica of the V8 is connected through the gearbox directly to the rear differential. The ZR1 also implements a transmission gearbox with 7 different speeds and a neutral position. The higher a gear is selected, the lower and smoother the pistons of the V8 are running. Different speeds of the gearbox are noticeable when driving the car around. The engine-cover with the splitted rear-window is openable to catch a better view to the V8 and the sequential 7+N speed transmission gearbox. Once the cover has been opened, the rear-section is completely removeable to allow a clean view inside the back of the model to marvel at all of the technical aspects. Gear-Shifter & Limiter With respect to the given inventory I developed a new stepper mechanism for shifting gears using the new 8T stepper gears. This mechanism is placed inside the middle console of the car and can be activated with just a tap of your finger. The stepper is able to sequential shift through 7 different speeds (+neutral) in the gearbox. Moving the stepper upwards shifts the gears down (from 7 over 1 to N). Moving the stepper downwards shifts the gears up (from N over 1 to 7). The stepper mechanism implements a built-in limiter above the 7th gear and below the neutral position. Those limiter prevents the gears from overfloating and stops the movement of the shifter-drums in the gearbox. With this limitations the different gear positions are countable to always know which gear is actually selected in the model. It's a bit hard to explain though, let's see this stepper mechanism in action: Openable Doors Both doors of the model can be opened to get access inside the cockpit. For both doors there is a locking-system with rubber-bands implemented that let the doors snaps-in automatically and hold them in closed position. More Model Details As for a worth 1:8 scale car, the model has smooth independent suspension in front and back and front-axle steering with a working steering wheel. Some printed parts from the P1 donor set are reused in the build. The underbody of the car is very clean with open windows to see the gears spinning and the stepper-mechanism working. The overnight-bag is back! It's not only available in the P1, but comes in the ZR1 as well. The model features an openable trunk with a large space to fit the bag inside. Let's see all the cool functions of the Corvette ZR1 shortly in motion: Instructions & building process For those who wants to build a own version, here are some insights into the building process. Carefully tested digital premium instructions for this model comes with three separate PDF-files with high quality images and building steps. Uncommon building techniques and geometry tricks are used to ensure an unforgettable and satisfying building experience. Building the ZR1 starts with the sequential gearbox and parts of the stepper mechanism, which was the most complex part of the model to design. It is very important to align the universal-joints and the shifter-drums properly during the build. Please follow the instructions carefully. The first PDF with 290 pages continues building the rear-suspension and then attached to the model. Frames and structural elements are added to make the model solid. The working V8 becomes attached and connected to the rear differential through the gearbox. After adding seats and parts of the interior, the second instruction file with 332 pages takes over. The handsome bright-light orange color joins the build to assemble the characteristic 'hips' with air-intakes. The second file continues building the complete front-suspension with steering and then attached to the model. The roof becomes attached and the entire front with the headlights will be finished soon. More parts are added to form characteristic lines, getting closer to a worth looking Corvette ZR1 model. The third and last PDF let you build the removeable rear-section, the doors and the engine-cover separately on 250 pages before they are added to the final model. After 872 total pages of joyful building, your Corvette ZR1 is finished and ready to drive onto your shelf. The ZR1 in 2025 Actually this car exists and is now available by Chevrolet. According to the online configurator, the used color is called "Competition Yellow". It was a huge challenge to design this car only with pre-images. Final Note The ZR1 is my 20th B-model so far and it comes as the biggest and most complex one I've ever done. Thanks to all fans and people around me making such a big project possible again. Thanks to the LDraw community for providing parts in no time. I totally felt in love with the bright-light orange color that is so freaky close to the original ZR1's skin. From the first unboxing of the P1 up to the final images, it was a great pleasure to work with this kind of plastic and for me personally one of the best LEGO Technic experiences I've ever had. Let's see finally all 3 alternate models in 1:8 scale I made in one pic: Thanks for the attention. The ones who are interested in building their own model can follow the link to the instructions: Link to instructions -
According to @exabricksleogo_ on Instagram, Bionicle will return in 2025. No details have been provided as to the extent of the return, what the story will be and if it will connect to G1 and/or G2, nor what the sets will be like (though system over CCBS is a safe bet). Thoughts?
