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Square Enix has announced that they are doing a LEGO contest to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Final Fantasy VII. They are asking what Final Fantasy VII setting do you want to see build in LEGO and there are four choices which include Aerith’s House, Honeybee Inn, Sector 5 Slums Church, and Water Tower Nibelheim.

FF7 is my favorite RPG of all time and I would like to see the slums church in LEGO form but my hearts goes to Aerith’s house. If I’m guessing, the build will most likely be created by a LEGO Certified Professional. It doesn’t look like there will be any official sets based on the game but as a fanatic, it’ll be cool to see anything FF7 in LEGO.

To round off Final Fantasy VII’s 25th anniversary year we want you to vote for one of four classic scenes, that we’ll remake with Lego.

We’ll then give away the final piece as a prize in a contest later this year.

Cast your vote in the next VII days: https://t.co/yzbgimguB4 pic.twitter.com/tseJT39a5s

— FINAL FANTASY VII (@finalfantasyvii) January 31, 2023

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The open submission for BrickLink Designer Program Series 1 is now live and you can submit your models to be considered one of the sets that BrickLink will make. The deadline with submit your build is February 28 and the Crowd Support will begin on March 7. There will be five designs chosen for Series 1 and crowdfunding for it will start in 2024.

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The LEGO brick was patented in Denmark 65 years ago as LEGO celebrates LEGO Brick Patent Day. Without the patent, we wouldn’t be able to enjoy the hobby we have today. The Danish patent was the first one filed and the applications for subsequent countries followed in the months after. There are still limited edition patent prints available in the LEGO Rewards Center which cost 650 points each. I’m surprised that they didn’t drop them to 150 like they did last year.

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Earlier today, LEGO announced that they will be moving their North America headquarters at Enfield, Connecticut to Boston, Massachusetts in 2026. LEGO has been at this location since 1975 but will soon be going northeast in a few years. The actual location hasn’t been found yet but they will be phasing the move in mid-2025 and be completed by the end of 2026.

All Enfield employees will have a position at the new Boston office and will get relocation assistance if they wish to move. Those who don’t want to relocate will receive financial support and job placement assistance to transition to new opportunities outside the company.

The LEGO Group to Move Americas Office to Boston, MA in 2026

ENFIELD, Conn., January 24, 2023: The LEGO Group today announced it has selected Boston for its future head office in the Americas and will move its current office from Enfield, Connecticut by the end of 2026.

President of the LEGO Group in the Americas, Skip Kodak said the move would support the business’s long-term growth ambitions to bring LEGO® play to even more children in the US and the Americas region.

Kodak said: “Boston is ranked one of the best cities in the world to attract and retain talent. This, along with its world-class academic institutions, skilled workforce and great quality of life makes it an ideal location for our US head office. We have exciting plans for the next phase of growth and hope we can retain many of our current team, as well as attract

Like we previous years, we are back with a recap for The Brick Fan on what happened in 2022. I know some of you don’t read this but this is just for posterity.

Our post count went down to 912 from a previous 1,095 from 2021, however, 2022 was our highest traffic year with 32,039,740 page views. It’s not a huge increase from 2021 as it was only about 1% but we averaged more views per post which concludes that we didn’t need to post more to get the same amount of traffic. Makes me think of what traffic would be like if we had 100 posts a week, IYKYK.

The highest traffic day was on my birthday which coincidentally was also the same day as LEGO Con 2022 where LEGO revealed a lot of new sets that day. That was the previous record of the highest total ever on the site but that has since been broken a few days ago.

We had less returning visits but we did have more first time visits, possibly because of new fans that have joined the hobby in recent years. We crossed the 150 million page view mark and we should be hitting 200 million by the end of the year.

Our social media accounts have been growing slowly and I’m content on how they are growing. They could be better but I don’t advertise them too much or try to get people to follow.

Facebook – 25,979 followers (11% increase)
Twitter – 14,331 followers (19% increase)
Instagram… Continue

The LEGO Group has revealed revised plans for the new Innovation Campus in Billund. This building will be the home for people working in the Product Marketing & Development and will also support the Engineering & Quality teams. Construction of the Innovation Campus will start in 2024 and is slated for a 2027 opening.

The LEGO Group reveals new plans for cutting-edge Innovation Campus in Billund

Billund, Denmark – December 20, 2022: The LEGO Group has today unveiled revised plans for a brand-new cutting-edge Innovation Campus in Billund, Denmark. The new campus will provide a home for thousands of talented colleagues working within Product Marketing & Development functions and supporting Engineering & Quality functions in an inspiring and creative workplace environment.

Construction of this state-of-the-art building will commence in 2024. Innovation Campus will be located at Kløvermarken in Billund, making it the company’s third grand campus in Billund and forming part of its plans to significantly expand and upgrade its global headquarters. The original plan to build an office building in the centre of Billund was changed to accommodate the anticipated growth in number of employees.

Julia Goldin, Chief Product & Marketing Officer says: “With Innovation Campus we want to create a truly inspiring workspace that allows us to continue to deliver irresistible LEGO® Building and Play Experiences to all fans of LEGO – adults and kids around the world. This is an investment in our people and our brand, and I am excited by the prospect of creating an environment that fuels passion and fosters