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Yesterday was the start of a new month, which also means a new raffle kicked off! Head over to enter the 2022 Member Raffle #4 for a chance to win 75113 Rey from the LEGO Star Wars Buildable Figure collection. Best of luck to everyone who enters - you might be lucky like Goldensheep0 and CZQ who won our last two raffles!View the full article

We're heading back to the grind tonight for our last stream in LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean for a while. If you'd like to watch us play as Jack Sparrow and crew, then come on by the BZPower Twitch channel starting at 7:30 PM Eastern as we try to unlock a few more bricks and minikits before we switch over to a new game next month! See you there, mateys!View the full article

How is March almost over already? How many times have I made a bad joke like that in one of these stories? Attempts at humor aside, there's only a few days left to enter the 2022 Member Raffle #2 and 2022 Member Raffle #3, thanks to the forum downtime last month. You could win either LEGO Star Wars Buildable Figure set 75523 Scarif Stormtrooper or 75537 Darth Maul to add to your CCBS collection. Best of luck to everyone who enters!View the full article

Due to the forum maintenance and downtime we've had lately, the decision was made to extend the entry deadline for the Official BBC Contest #79: >enter building contest! You now have until Thursday, March 31st at 11:59 PM Eastern to complete and submit your best videogame-themed build. There have been some very cool and ingenious entries so far, and I can't wait to see what else you all come up with!View the full article

Tomorrow, March 27th, we'll be continuing our live build of the LEGO Star Wars Ultimate Collectors Series set 75309 Republic Gunship! Stop by the BZPower Twitch channel starting at 1 PM Eastern as the fun begins again. See you all there!View the full article

http://www.bzpower.info/Imaging/stories/2022/03/3-25-2022-MiniTahu.jpg The fan community is abuzz because a new LEGO set has been revealed with a Bionicle character in it... although perhaps not in the way many of us were expecting. The French retailer La Grande Récré recently published images for a new LEGO Classic set to celebrate the company's 90th anniversary. The set includes mini builds of various popular models from the company's past, including a small, brick build Toa of Fire. It's a cute homage to our favorite theme, and has some other fun mini builds included in it, making it one of the more interesting Classic sets IMO.View the full article

A new LEGO game was announced earlier this week, coming from publisher Thunderful Games. LEGO Bricktales looks like it will encourage building with bricks to solve unique problems and challenges as you journey between differently themed areas like Pirates, Castle, City, Adventurers, and more! The game is being developed by ClockStone Studios, makers of the popular Bridge Constructor series, so you know they're going to be putting an emphasis on physics simulation. You can see that for yourself in the LEGO Bricktales Announcement Trailer over on YouTube, as the player tries several times to build a successful flying machine. I'll definitely be checking this out when it releases later this year during our Twitch Tuesday streams!View the full article

Several LEGO Ideas to reach 10,000 votes bring life to the quaint city streets and fresh outdoor markets, and the farms where such produce might come from. Hoping to expand on the ever-popular city street scene--a classic among builders most notably with the Green Grocer modular building--Lepralego presents a scene from Notting Hill, a portion of town with bustling boutiques, homes, and shops, in The Notting Hill Market. But how did such a variety of foods and flowers make their way to town? Perhaps through benlouisa's Farm Life, complete with barn and interior, vehicles, and family, perfect for the edge of any city scene. Congrats to these two! Now they just await the review process.View the full article

You may remember Darkflame Universe from when we mentioned its appearance on the Bits N' Bricks podcast last year, and the fan-made recreation of LEGO Universe has been continuing to mature. By the end of last year, they made their MMO server open source, which prompted BZPower member BULiK to set up the Unofficial BZPower Darkflame Lego Universe Server, allowing people to play the MMO once again! If you're interested, head over to the topic to see what you need to do to join. A bit of technical know-how is required, so make sure you follow the instructions carefully and double-check things before you start asking BULiK for help, as he's doing this for fun. This is a cool opportunity to experience (or revisit) a dead game that's been given new life!View the full article

After a two week break, we're back and ready to play some videogames again! We'll be picking up where we left off in LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean as we work our way towards 100% completion. We have to work fast though, with LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga looming on the horizon. Stop on by the BZPower Twitch channel starting at 7:30 PM Eastern tonight to watch and see how much progress we make!View the full article

Earlier today Mike Nelson from Xbox Wire shared 5 Things They're Most Excited for in LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, highlighting five of the key aspects of the upcoming game. There's also a five minute video interviewing several of the developers behind the game explaining some of the new features and things you have to look forward to. The game is just over two weeks away, and I'm pumped to check it out for myself and play it in our Twitch Tuesday streams!View the full article

Tomorrow we'll be starting the process of assembling the LEGO Star Wars 75309 Republic Gunship, one of the few Ultimate Collector Series sets based on the prequel trilogy and a true behemoth of a build. Come on by the BZPower Twitch channel starting at 1 PM Eastern on March 20th as we begin! We definitely won't finish tomorrow, so if you miss it you'll get a chance to see some more in the coming weeks. We're looking forward to chatting, giving away some sets, and watching the LAAT/i come to life!View the full article

If the Internet is to be believed, the most amazing LEGO set of all time was announced this morning. As you can read over in the LEGO newsroom, 10300 Back to the Future Time Machine will go on sale on April 1st for $170 in the US. The 1872-piece set contains the parts and instructions to build either of the three configurations from each film in the trilogy, although sadly you'll have to buy three copies if you want to display them all at once. While I find the movies entertaining, I don't feel overly compelled to pick this one up, but if you do, you'll want to log onto S@H as soon as it goes on sale next month, as the first batch is sure to sell out fast.View the full article

Do you like building Bionicle figures? Do you like video games? Then we have a contest for you! It's been a few months since Tufi Piyufi hosted a building contest, but now we have Official BBC Contest #79: >enter building contest! The theme is video games, and the deadline is March 27th. So you know what you have to do: get building!View the full article

BZPower has had a quite a few reviews on Instagram lately, and if you're not following us then you're missing out! Luckily these Instagram Story Reviews are available in our highlights. Check out BZPGram, where we've got two new LEGO City reviews from their space series, including ChocolateFrogs reviewing the Lunar Rover and BlackSix reviewing the Rocket Launch. Both have some clever features that we highlight in the series of photos and observations. While you're there, give us a follow!View the full article

http://www.bzpower.info/Imaging/thumbs/2022/03/tn_71739-UltraSonicRaider-Teaser.jpg And you thought we were done with 2021 Ninjago reviews?? I had one more gold Ninja to collect, and so that means one more set to push to the front page. This time, it's 71739 Ultra Sonic Raider, a remake of an early Ninjago vehicle. Read on for details or check out Instagram for more photos and clips.View the full article

http://www.bzpower.info/Imaging/stock-images/events/Cascade.png After taking a year off because of a little worldwide pandemic, BricksCascade is returning to the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon. Not only are we excited to show off all the new MOCs we've built in the last two years, but we're also celebrating our 10th year as a convention. BZPower is going to have a big presence there, so if you can stop by, the public hours are 10 AM to 4 PM on Saturday and Sunday, March 12 & 13. (There will be plenty of precautions taken for Covid-19, so you'll need proof of vaccination or a negative test to visit.) If you can make it, we'll be excited to see you there, and make sure to follow BZPower's Instagram for photos from the event!View the full article

Holy bricks, Batman! It's time for another LEGO live build! We're diving into the Batman Classic TV Series and assembling 76188 Batman Classic TV Series Batmobile and 76238 Classic TV Series Batman Cowl! Join us tomorrow, March 6th at 1 PM Eastern over on the BZPower Twitch channel as we check these sets out! We'll build, we'll chat, and we'll give away a couple of free sets - see you all there!View the full article

Since our downtime extended past the end of February, we decided to extend last month's giveaway as well as start a new one for March! Go over and enter 2022 Member Raffle #2 and 2022 Member Raffle #3 for chances to win 75523 Scarif Stormtrooper and 75537 Darth Maul, respectively. Good luck everyone!View the full article

After a couple of weeks and a variety of issues, the forums are back up and running. If you do see any odd occurrences or things that look out of place, let us know on Discord or in the Q&A Forum. We apologize for the downtime and are glad to be back!View the full article

Another Tuesday, another Twitch stream! Stop by the BZPower Twitch Channel starting at 7:30 PM Eastern as we head back to LEGO Dimensions for what will probably be the last time for a while. We were originally planning on checking out the DC Comics Team Pack, but due to a failure in properly inventorying my collection, we're calling an audible and will be opening the Doctor Who Fun Pack featuring a Cyberman and a Dalek. Come by and see what adventures we go on through time and space!View the full article

After way too much downtime, we made some solid progress today, and the forums seem to be working again on a surface level. I would advise that everyone hold off on posting for the time being though, as I have noticed some odd behavior such as posts being made multiple times and there are likely some other issues that we haven't noticed yet. We are still actively troubleshooting some other issues like the template error, and will provide another update when we have more to share.View the full article

http://www.bzpower.info/Imaging/thumbs/2022/02/tn_42134-Megalodon-Teaser.jpg We've got more reviews, and this one is Technic too! Today BZPower Reporter Xccj focuses on 42134 Monster Jam Megalodon. Is this set worth sinking your teeth into or should it get tossed out with the chum? Read on or look at Instagram and find out!View the full article

http://www.bzpower.info/Imaging/thumbs/2022/02/tn_21332-Globe-Teaser.jpg Today, BZPower Reporter Xccj is going to review the planet as he takes a closer look at 21332 The Globe. Is this worth the world or are you better just getting a folded map? Read on for a somewhat differently structure review, or jump over to Instagram to get all the pictures and less of the words!View the full article

http://www.bzpower.info/Imaging/thumbs/2022/03/fp_60350_Moonbase_2022_CF-055.jpg Is there life on the moon? That's the question the next series of LEGO City sets ask—in space! That's right, LEGO City is going to space again, this year their sights are set on the moon. Today we review the Lunar Reserach Base, one of the larger sets and available on March 1 with the rest of the collection. Does the set inspire a future of space travel, or does it fail to launch? Read, and watch, on to find out. View the full article