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Earlier today, fellow Administrator Tufi Piyufi announced Official BBC Contest #80: Death and Rebirth! After missing a couple of years thanks to a pandemic or something, final voting for this contest will take place at BrickFair Virginia, which runs from August 3rd through 7th. If you can't attend in person, you can send your MOC on the BZPower Convention Circuit, where you'll be guaranteed a free set as a thank-you for shipping your creation. If you'll be there, you have until that Friday to enter your MOC, allowing for ultimate procrastination. We'll have more details for the entry form and prizes soon, but for now, you can get building!View the full article

http://www.bzpower.info/Imaging/stories/2022/06/06-22-2022-Skeleton.jpg Our coverage of the Bio-Cup 2022 Preliminary Round continues, with a handful of other cool MOCs to feature. All based off the simple theme of Nature, these are some of the many fine builds that got entered into the contest.View the full article

After our surprise stream of LEGO Brawls for last week's Twitch Tuesday, it's time to get back to LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Sage. OR IS IT? In the lead up to last weekend's LEGO CON, the developers at ClockStone and Thunderful Publishing released a demo of LEGO Bricktales on Steam, which is only going to be around for a limited time. So that means at 7:30 PM Eastern tonight we'll be playing it over on the BZPower Twitch channel to check out yet another upcoming brick game. I'm excited to do some building and puzzle solving!View the full article

http://www.bzpower.info/Imaging/stories/2022/06/06-21-2022-Cat.jpg Bio-Cup 2022 may be close to the end of the first round, but there are still a lot of MOCs to cover from the Preliminary Round. As such, we'll continue with ten more cool MOCs; read on to see the cool things people built.View the full article

If you're at Brickworld Chicago this week or this weekend, make sure you keep your eyes peeled for the Bionicle: Masks of Power fan game! As they shared on Twitter yesterday, they're set up at the convention allowing people to play the current build of the game. They're planning to release it on Steam later this year, but who wouldn't want an early look at this awesome tribute to our favorite LEGO theme?View the full article

We're going to be taking a break from LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga tonight in our weekly Twitch stream. Recently Red Games released a demo for LEGO Brawls, which is coming to Steam later this year, so we're going to give that a spin! Come by the BZPower Twitch channel starting around 7:30 PM Eastern to see what it's like. I have no idea how much content is in the demo, so it may be a shorter or longer stream than usual - we'll all be in for a surprise!View the full article

Here's some interesting news from the making of 2014's The LEGO Movie. Although it was a big hit, apparently there were some major budget concerns while it was being made. According to Dan Lin, the film's producer, they almost cut the live action sequences with Will Ferrell and Jadon Sand, turning it into a purely animated movie, all because the live action sequences would've been costly to film. Of course, that didn't happen and the reveal was one of the more moving parts of the narrative, but we didn't realize how close that it came to being cut. It is an interesting bit of movie trivia.View the full article

News on LEGO Bricktales has been quiet since it's announcement back in March, but recently developer ClockStone Studios sponsored a YouTube video with content creator Drae to give us a closer look at the game. Go watch Becoming the Greatest LEGO Engineer in LEGO Bricktales to get a glimpse at some of the early puzzles, which definitely seem to leverage the studio's experience from their Bridge Constructor series. I'm definitely excited for when this comes out and can't wait to stream it during future Twitch Tuesdays!View the full article

It's Tuesday, which means it's time for another LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga stream on the BZPower Twitch channel! It'll be a shorter stream tonight as I'm feeling a bit under the weather, but we'll still be going live around 7:30 PM Eastern and going for around half an hour. See you tonight!View the full article

Recently The LEGO Group has shared two videos for recently-released sets over on their YouTube channel. Go watch the LEGO Technic Ferrari Daytona SP3 Designer Video to hear from LEGO Senior Designer Aurelien Rouffiange, LEGO Senior Designer Uwe Wabra, and Design Manager - Element Lead Daniel Sri Sudarsono on how they created a model of the supercar before it was even released. Then check out the LEGO Vincent van Gogh - The Starry Night Designer Video where LEGO Design Master Soren Dyrhoj, LEGO Ideas Team Mmeber Hasan Jensen, LEGO Graphic Designer Niken Ayumurti Hartomo, and MoMA Associate Curator- Paiting and Sculpture Cara Manes discuss bringing the iconic painting to life with bricks!View the full article

A new month means it's time for a new raffle open to all BZPower members! Run-don't-walk over to the 2022 Member Raffle #6 and enter for a chance to win Star Wars Buildable Figure set 75530 Chewbacca. Who knows, you might get lucky like HahliNuva, who won our May raffle!View the full article

http://www.bzpower.infohttps://www.bzpower.info/Imaging/stories/2022/06/06-01-2022-WoodenMan.jpg Bio-Cup 2022 has begun, and people are currently entering their MOCs into the Preliminary Round with the theme of Nature. Many builders like to wait until the last minute to enter, to give them more time to perfect their model and to also keep each other in suspense. But luckily for us, a good number of people have already submitted their models, so it's time for us to take a first look at the contest entries. Read on to see a selection of some of the MOCs, and let us know which ones are your favorites. View the full article

http://www.bzpower.info/Imaging/stories/lego-shop-at-home.jpg It's the first day of June, and that means all the LEGO Summer sets are now available... in Europe and the rest of the world. North America, of course, has to wait until August for a lot of those sets, per usual. Still, on this side of the Atlantic, there are some products available like 75325 The Mandalorian's N-1 Starfighter, 10302 Optimus Prime and 42143 Ferrari Daytona SP3, in addition to Friends, Minecraft, Marvel, and more. Meanwhile, Europe and beyond get to buy all the new Creator, Monkie Kid, Disney, and Ninjago sets, plus bigger sets like 21058 The Great Pyramid of Giza and 31206 The Rolling Stones. Lucky them. It's your first chance to get some of the cool new stuff coming out. And remember, you can help support BZPower when you use this link to order from LEGO. Happy building!View the full article

Coming in hot off a holiday weekend, Tuesday has come early this week, and with it another videogame stream. We'll be live over on the BZPower Twitch channel starting at 7:30 PM Eastern tonight to play some more LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, as we inch forward towards finishing the prequel films before finally moving on to the sequel trilogy. See you there tonight!View the full article

http://www.bzpower.info/Imaging/stories/2022/05/2022-05-30_LEGO_ICONS_teaser.png The LEGO AFOL Engagement Team shared the following message on the LEGO Ambassador Network earlier today: From June 1st, 2022, we will be uniting many of our adult focused LEGO sets under the name LEGO Icons to help our adult consumers easily to find new, immersive builds or models that link to their interests and passions, particularly when shopping or browsing online. The name LEGO Icons will span all of our sets designed for older builders that are not already part of an existing LEGO theme such as LEGO Technic, LEGO Ideas or LEGO Architecture. It's been a while since The LEGO Group retired the 'Creator Expert' moniker, and I'm definitely glad to see these sets grouped under a new heading. What do you think of the new name? Let us know in the Talkback!View the full article

June is almost here, and I hope people are looking forward to the long Memorial Day weekend! Before you get caught up in the festivities though, make sure you're entered in our 2022 Member Raffle #5. One lucky member will win 71305 Lewa - Uniter of Jungle when the month ends - hopefully it's you!View the full article

Come watch us play some more LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga tonight over on the BZPower Twitch channel! We'll see you at 7:30 PM Eastern, or maybe a little before if I get too excited and can't keep myself from diving back in to the galaxy far, far away!View the full article

Start up your engines and get ready to build, because the Bio-Cup 2022 is almost here! The preliminary round starts tomorrow, May 23rd, and will continue until only one builder remains! This event always brings out some of the best builds in the community, and I can't wait to see all the entries this year. Everyone should consider entering, because even if you don't win, you can still participate in the Promotional Raffle for a chance to get some cool swag. Best of luck to everyone, I'm excited to see the cream of the constraction crop!View the full article

What's been going on over at LEGO Ideas? Head over to the Target x LEGO Ideas Set Vote! before May 31st to pick between Working Mini Golf Course - Fully Playable by LEGOParadise, Viking Village by BrickHammer, and Marine Life by Brick Dangerous to see which will become an actual set. You can also check out the LEGO Ideas 40533 Cosmic Cardboard Adventures Gift with purchase, which can be yours with a LEGO purchase of $160 or more. Finally, the LEGO Ideas 21333 The Starry Night set was revealed, releasing on June 1st for $170. What are you the most excited for?View the full article

If you're interested in watching us play some more LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, then you're in luck! Swing by the BZPower Twitch channel starting around 7:30 PM Eastern to watch us continue our way through the prequel trilogy, battling droids and Sith lords in a futile effort to save the Galactic Republic. We may know how the story ends, but I'm still looking forward to how the game interprets it. See you there!View the full article

If you had your eye on any of the remaining projects in the Bricklink Designer Program 2021 Invitational, make sure you set your alarms! Round 3 of the crowdfunding part of the program begins tomorrow, May 17th, at 5 PM UTC (1 PM Eastern), and the first five out of nine projects to reach three-thousand preorders will go into production. In the running are: Brickwest Stuidoes ($350), 1950s Diner ($130), Train Station Studgate ($400), Winter Chalet ($200), Working Waterfall ($230), Space Troopers ($200), Mountain View Observatory ($320), Steam Powered Science ($300), and Modular Construction Site ($320). Which do you think will make it? Let us know, along with which ones you may be supporting yourself, in the Talkback!View the full article

Tomorrow we'll be building our first Bricklink Designer Program set: 910028 Pursuit of Flight. Swing by the BZPower Twitch channel starting at 1 PM Eastern to see how this set comes together! I'm really looking forward to checking out the mechanisms and internal workings that bring the build to life!View the full article

It's Tuesday again! I'm looking forward to playing more LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga over on the BZPower Twitch channel for your heckling pleasure. We'll go live around 7:30 PM Eastern (usually a little earlier) and this week we'll be diving into the depths of Naboo to see if we can fix their little blockade problem. See you all there!View the full article

I'm playing a bit of catch-up here, but there's been some cool developments in the Bionicle Heroes modding community over the past months. BZPower member Toa_Kralich has been sharing the work that they, Hexadecimal Mantis, and others have been doing to both improve and alter the way the classic videogame can be played. Here are their recent efforts: Bionicle Heroes: Double Vision - a mod to make the PC game more similar to the Nintendo DS version Bionicle Heroes: Voriki Mode - a mod that adds the fan-invented Seventh Toa Voriki to the game Bionicle Heroes: Myths of Voya Nui 2.0 - a major update to the original mod with lots of changes View the full article

Another Tuesday, and another adventure into a galaxy far, far away! Join us at 7:30 PM Eastern on the BZPower Twitch channel as we head back into LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga and make our way through Return of the Jedi, now that Han Solo has been saved from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt. And once we blow up the second Death Star, we'll head straight into the prequel trilogy!View the full article