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Ahoy, me hearties! It be Talk Like A Pirate Day! Are you ready to set sail on an adventure through the history of classic LEGO Pirates? Where did it begin, what was it all about, and where has the theme showed up since? Join us on a treasure hunt through history!

This week's vintage set is 163 Cargo Wagon, released during 1977. It's one of 3 Trains sets produced that year. It contains 128 pieces. It's owned by 288 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you might find it for sale at Brick Owl, BrickLink or eBay.

Today's random figure is hp491 Seamus Finnigan - Gryffindor Robe Clasped, Black Short Legs, a Harry Potter figure that came in one set, 76431 Hogwarts Castle: Potions Class, released during 2024. Our members collectively own a total of 4,589 of them. If you'd like to buy one you should find it for…

Snoopy probably needs no introduction. He is one of the most iconic and popular cartoon characters in the world. He even is the official NASA mascot, and the spacecraft of the mission Apollo 10 was named after him.

A new gift-with-purchase has appeared at LEGO.com this week. The 218-piece 40900 Scary Haunted Tree looks fantastic and will be a definite pickup for our house. Timing, thresholds, and any set/theme restrictions are not yet known but I'm sure we'll find out soon enough. You can view images and the…

For the first time ever Classic Pirates is celebrating the infamous day... Join us!

Typically, the steampunk aesthetic borrows a lot from the dominant global power of the 19th century: the British Empire. It is where the steam engine was invented, after all. But in an alternate steam-powered sci-fi universe, that doesn’t need to be the case! In Andreas Lenander‘s LEGO world, steam…

What’s blue and white and flat? Well according to a particularly niche group of society, the observably spherical planet which we call home. Because conspiracy, ice-walls, domes etc. Well TLCB is jumping on the flat bandwagon today because we’re got this lovely early-’70s blue and white Ford F-250…

All fire trucks are cool. But FDNY’s are particularly so, what with them having to reach the skyscrapers of Manhattan making them, well… massive. Cue Mirco Hussmann of Eurobricks, who has created three enormous trucks from FDNY, each of which is astonishingly lifelike in both looks and motion via a…