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LEGO City Design Team Explains New Road Plates (60304) Implementation

January 7, 2021 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

The new LEGO City Road Plates (60304) are now available and fans have been getting their first-hand look at them but not without some reluctance to switching from the traditional road plates. The LEGO City Design Team has released a statement on the LAN of why they went with this new road system in which the roads are brick-built. Since the rumors and eventual reveal of the set, there have been a lot of differing opinions on the pros and cons for both the old road plates and the new ones. Which LEGO road system do you prefer?

There are several benefits from the new LEGO® City road plates being introduced in 2021. The new road plates play an integral role in the LEGO City products where it, due to the modular nature of the builds, allows you to be creative and create the LEGO City of your liking. This is the reason we actually believe the new road plate provides a more authentic building experience and also because it can be reconfigured in many ways and it allows you to connect your LEGO City buildings in a better way. Going forward we will also be able to include one or more road plates in relevant products across the LEGO City portfolio. This was something we were not able to with the old version. We believe this will be a big advantage for the kids as they don’t need to buy a separate road plate product to get started building their LEGO City. We also

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LEGO Story of Nian (80106) Available at Walmart

January 7, 2021 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

For those who can’t wait until January 10, Walmart currently has the LEGO Story of Nian (80106) available for purchase. It’s priced at $79.99 which is the retail price and it’s not really a LEGO exclusive anymore since it has been found here and at Amazon. The only downside is that you won’t get any VIP points for it but you do get to have a bit earlier than if you bought from the LEGO Shop. Thanks to Jason for the heads up.

LEGO Ninjago City Gardens (71741) US Pricing Revealed

January 7, 2021 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

The US LEGO January 2021 Catalogs have started to hit mailboxes here and I’ve just received my copy. Inside shows pretty much all of the news 2021 sets including some that will be releasing in the near distant future.

The set that I’m highlighting here is the LEGO Ninjago City Gardens (71741). We now have the US price for it which is $299.99 which is the same as the original Ninjago City (70620) from 2017. It has 5,685 pieces and it will be available starting on January 14 for VIPs and February 1 for the general release.

Relieve all the excitement and thrills of 10 years of Ninjago City with this amazing three-tiered model and garden. Packed with 20 minifigures, you can team up again with the ninjas and their allies to play out favorite action scenes from the Ninjago TV series, or proudly display this eye-catching model. An awesome building toy to captivate both older and younger Ninjago fans.

LEGO Colosseum (10276) on Backorder Status with Roman Chariot Promo

January 5, 2021 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

The LEGO Colosseum (10276) is now listed as backorder status but you are now able to put your orders in for it. In addition for VIPs, you can also get the Roman Chariot (5006293) with the purchase. This promotion was for Black Friday last year but the set sold out quickly and not many people were able to get their orders in for it. I guess LEGO still has stock of this exclusive set as the secondary market on it has been hovering between $45-$80. Orders of the Colosseum will ship by January 17.

LEGO Education BricQ Motion Sets Announced

January 4, 2021 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

It’s been a while but LEGO has officially announced some new LEGO Education sets dedicated to teaching students STEAM while removing digital barriers and teaching physical science through fun and engaging lessons. There will be two sets called BricQ Motion that includes a number of building activities to allow kids to learn about motion. BricQ Motion Essential (45401) will be for ages 6+ and BricQ Motion Prime (45400) will be a bit more advanced for ages 10+. Teachers will also get online lesson plans along with 6-10 hours of education content and resources with the sets. Check out the press release below.

LEGO Star Wars SDCC 2020 Nebulon-B Frigate Giveaway Winner Announced

January 3, 2021 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

On Christmas, we ran a contest for the SDCC 2020 exclusive LEGO Star Wars Nebulon-B Frigate (77904) and we finally have a winner for it. There were a total of 8,909 entries for it and the lucky winner is:

Nick B.

I’ve already contacted Nick and he has 3 days to reply with his shipping address or else I have to choose another winner. Thank you to everyone who entered. Hopefully we’ll have more giveaway later this year.

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The Brick Fan 2020 Recap

January 1, 2021 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

2020 was a challenging year for everyone around the world but we’ve managed to continue grinding it out here on The Brick Fan. Today is one of my favorite times of the year as we can take a look at some of the stats for the site and how it compares to the previous years.

Since a majority of the world was under lockdown for a few months, people had a lot of time to go online. This means more time to read LEGO fan sites for news and updates as well as reviews and such. We ended the year at 25,803,380 pageviews which is up 13.5% from 2019. This also resulted in an increase of unique views and first time visitors as well.

There were 1,025 posts which was the most number of posts in a year for the site. The highest traffic day was on November 23 in which a combination of posts contributed to it including the reveal of the the LEGO Botanical Collection, and LEGO Star Wars sets as well as the December Store Calendar.

On social media, our counts are still slowly going up which you can see below:

Facebook – 18,672 likes/21,603 followers (16.4% increase)
Twitter – 10,824 followers (12.9% increase)
Instagram – 16.420 (7.3% increase)
Reddit – 538 readers (28.5% increase)

Overall, 2020 was a very successful year on the site and I truly appreciate everyone who comes to read it. I know it’s pretty hard doing normal stuff right now with the pandemic still going on. … Continue