Jay (jaysbrickblog.com) and Richard (ramblingbrick.com) are both passionate LEGO® Fans, and run their own blogs discussing their experiences, reviewing LEGO® Se...
S7E1 - Extra Pieces: Happy New Year, Tudor Corner Modular, Blacktron Renegade and More!
Happy New Year: Welcome to 2025.Episode Notes
Welcome back after the...’ break’. Well, it was a break from podcast recording, anyway. We hope you got some great LEGO®sets for Christmas.
Pardon the quality of Richard's voice. It is getting much better!
While we are getting ready to attend Brickvention in Melbourne next weekend, we look at some of the January Releases.
The new modular building, 10350 Tudor Corner
https://jaysbrickblog.com/reviews/review-lego-10350-tudor-corner-modular-building/
https://ramblingbrick.com/2024/12/12/10350-tudor-corner-rambling-review/
The revamped 10355 Blacktron Renegade set
https://ramblingbrick.com/2024/12/22/10355-blacktron-rengade-construction-criticism-and-creative-prompts/
https://jaysbrickblog.com/reviews/review-lego-10355-blacktron-renegade-2025/
Richard has taken a closer look at some of the new Mario Kart-themed LEGO sets
https://ramblingbrick.com/2025/01/01/lego-mario-kart-a-new-paradigm-with-72032-standard-kart/
https://ramblingbrick.com/2025/01/02/explore-the-interactive-features-of-72031yoshis-bike/
The new LEGO City soapbox derby vehicles and race ramp sets
We have been having so much fun playing with them that we have failed to write reviews yet!
We also consider the recently announced LEGO Nintendo Game Boy set, and just what other things 2025 might hold in store for the LEGO/Nintendo collaboration.
https://jaysbrickblog.com/news/lego-nintendo-game-boy-set-announced-for-october-2025/
Finally, this weekend (17-19 January) sees Brickvention 2025 in Melbourne. Jay and Richard will both be there. Come and tap us on the shoulder if you see us.
Who knows, there may be merch!
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S6E9 - Extra Pieces: Insider Weekend/Black Friday/Endurance/Minifigures
We're approaching the End of the Year! Amidst the LEGO Insiders Weekend and Black Friday shopping madness, Richard and Jay discuss some of the big launches coming soon, including new 2025 sets!
Sets discussed include:
10335 The Endurance
LEGO Minifigures Series 27
Lunar New Year 2025 sets
LEGO Ideas Minerals DIsplay revealed
10359 Fountain Garden
and more!
We hope you enjoy the episode. We love your feedback: please leave a review or comment on your favourite podcast platform, or get in touch with us via @extrapiecespod
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S6E8 - Extra Pieces in Denmark! Chatting with AFOLs at LEGO House, Skaerbaek Fan Weekend
Extra Pieces in Denmark for Fan Media Days 2024!
Richard and Jay are back from our pilgrimage to Denmark for Fan Media Days 2024!
We recount our experiences at Fan Media Days, however most of the juiciest things we saw can't be discussed yet for obvious reasons.
We were lucky enough to attend AFOL Day at the LEGO House, which kicks off Skaerbaek Fan Weekend. Richard was on the ground at Skaerbaek speaking and we both spoke to a bunch of lovely people that we met on the ground!
This episode contains snippets of those conversations, asking people about their experience at the LEGO House, and Skaerbaek Fan Weekend! You might hear a voice or two (or three or four!) that you might be very familiar with!
Special thanks to everyone that was happy to be featured!
If you enjoy the episode, we would be grateful if you could spare a moment to give it a quick review: those 5 stars, as well as any comments you leave, really help to make it visible to others who might enjoy it (or even just tell your friends.)
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S6E7 - Extra Pieces: The Legend of Zelda, The Nightmare before Christmas and DREAMZZz
September's Super LEGO sets!
Welcome back! This is Richard and Jay's final episode recorded in Australia before we both head off to Billund, Denmark for Fan Media Days 2025. We'll be interviewing and chatting to LEGO Designers, so let us know if there's any specific questions you'd like us to ask!
In today's episode, we cover some of the recent September 2024 releases!
Sets discussed include:
LEGO Legend of Zelda: Great Deku Tree 2-in-1
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Harry Potter: The Burrow
71486 Castle Nocturnia
71484 Coopers Robot Dinosaur C. Rex
We hope you enjoy the episode. We love your feedback: please leave a review or comment on your favourite podcast platform, or get in touch with us via @extrapiecespod
And if you are at The AFOL Day at the LEGO House, or Skaerbaek Fan Weekend next weekend, tap us on the shoulder. We might have some tiles to give away.
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S6E6 - Extra Pieces: Awesome August - Technic, Dungeons and Dragons, Jaws
Extra Pieces: Awesome August - Technic, Dungeons and Dragons, Jaws
Welcome back to the Extra Pieces, bringing you the latest views and reviews from Jay's Brick Blog and the Rambling Brick.
Today we kick off by considering the newLEGO® Technic 42174 Emirates Team New Zealand AC75 Yacht, the Team New Zealand entry in the 2024 America's Cup, due to get underway at the end of August.
Richard gets nostalgic over Australia's victory in 1983 and the declaration by our Prime Minister that it would be somewhat churlish for any employer to sack a worker for not turning up that day.
https://youtu.be/s8mdHO2_Zo8?si=8Rg7IoPpMSCfjXVk
We take a look at the latest LEGO Ideas submissions to progress to the development phase -
https://jaysbrickblog.com/news/lego-ideas-selects-charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory-and-italian-rivieria-as-your-next-sets/
We take a look at the August Technic Range
The Rambling Brick has been churning through the latest Technic Releases including
the 42172 McLaren P1, which Richard finally finished building after a few distractions
https://ramblingbrick.com/2024/07/31/42172-mclaren-p1-pt-2/
42173 Koenigsegg Jesko Absolute - in two colours
https://ramblingbrick.com/2024/07/21/technic-42173-koenigsegg-jesko-absolut/
https://ramblingbrick.com/2024/08/04/42184-white-koenigsegg-jesko-absolut-its-been-recoloured-but-how-different-is-white/
42176 Porsche GT-4 Electric Race Car with its new Powered Up Technic Move hub https://ramblingbrick.com/2024/07/28/42176-porsche/
42182 Apollo LRV lunar rover, which interestingly enough scales fairly nicely with the Creator 3in 1 Space Astronaut.
https://ramblingbrick.com/2024/07/20/42182-apollo-lrv/
https://ramblingbrick.com/2024/07/22/is-lego-creator-3in1-31152-space-astronaut-compatible-with-the-lego-technic-42182-lunar-rover/
42177 Mercedes-Benz G500 Professional Line
https://ramblingbrick.com/2024/07/26/now-i-get-it-42177-mercedes-benz-g500-professional-line/
Jay has put together the LEGO Ideas Jaws set, which brings together a well designed shark, a brillliant boat design, tying them together in a diorama befitting a 50 year tribute (which is technically next year)
https://jaysbrickblog.com/reviews/review-lego-21350-jaws/
He also previews the Dungeons and Dragons Minifigures and consider what a D&D based theme might begin to look like.
https://jaysbrickblog.com/reviews/lego-collectible-minifigures-series-dungeons-and-dragons/
If you enjoy the episode, we would be grateful if you could spare a moment to give it a quick review: those 5 stars, as well as any comments you leave, really help to make it visible to others who might enjoy it (or even just tell your friends.)
We will see you soon
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