We are back: both life and LEGO have intervened, and there is a lot going on!

Richard Jones (Ramblingbrick.com) and Jay Ong (Jaysbrickblog.com) discuss recent LEGO releases, upcoming conventions, and dive deep into several new sets, including Nike collaborations, One Piece anime sets, and Book Nooks.

Its event season: Richard is off to Japan Brick Fest, while Jay will be heading to the new Chinese AFOL Networking event in August

A lot has happened since our last episode, including:

Details of the Nike collaboration have been revealed, including Brick-built Nike Dunk set releasing in July https://ramblingbrick.com/2025/05/29/first-lego-x-nike-products-revealed/ https://jaysbrickblog.com/news/lego-nike-43008-dunk-products-revealed/

The reveal of sets related to the series ‘One Piece ’- ostensibly the Netflix version, but also closely related to the Manga and Anime. https://jaysbrickblog.com/news/seven-new-lego-one-piece-sets-revealed-for-august-2025-with-pre-orders-open-now/ https://ramblingbrick.com/2025/06/05/eight-one-piece-sets-revealed-preorder-now/

And a discussion of the newly released Book Nooks. https://jaysbrickblog.com/reviews/review-lego-10367-balrog-book-nook-lotr/ https://ramblingbrick.com/2025/05/29/10367-lego-the-lord-of-the-rings-balrog-book-nook-set-review-and-lighting-experiments/

While Jay is away in Japan attending Star Wars Celebration, the time has come to catch up with interviews we held on the convention floor at Brickvention 2025, here in Melbourne, Australia back in January. We had visitors from all over Australia and all round the world attending Australia’s Premier LEGO Fan Event. Here are conversations with a few of them.… We hope you enjoy this episode. If you do, please leave a 5-star review on your chosen podcast player: it helps get the word out. We love your feedback - you can send an email to extrapiecespod@gmail.com We look forward to catching up again soon.

And we are back. We’d like to thank you for your your ongoing support, but if you are a first time listener - Welcome. After a chat about Jay’s upcoming trip to Star Wars Celebration, we launch headlong into a discussion about 10354 The Lord of the Rings: The Shire. The latest LEGO® ICONs set to depict a location from The Lord of the Rings was released this week, and we both had the chance to put it together and gather some thoughts. Richard’s initial thought (as well as the tale of how he discovered The Lord of the Rings) can be read here: https://ramblingbrick.com/2025/03/26/a-long-awaited-party-10354-the-shire-revealed/ If you are on the fence about purchasing the set, you can listen to our thoughts about its strengths and weaknesses. We had the chance to catch up with Model designer Kenyon Brady and Graphic Designer Ashwin Visser, a small part of the overall team that designed this set, at the Fan Media days in Billund last year. It was great to hear their insights into the set, and understand some of the thinking that went into the final design of the set. You can read our reviews on our blogs at Jay’s Review: https://jaysbrickblog.com/reviews/review-lego-10354-the-shire-bag-end/ Richard’‘s Two part review: https://ramblingbrick.com/2025/03/28/10354-the-shire-minifigures/ https://ramblingbrick.com/2025/04/02/10354-the-shire-part-2-the-build/

Of Course, there is a gift with purchase: possibly the darkest scene depicted in a LEGO set - 40761 Sméagol and Déagol. You can read our reviews here: https://ramblingbrick.com/2025/04/03/40761-the-lord-of-the-rings-smeagol-and-deagol-hands-on-review/ https://jaysbrickblog.com/reviews/review-lego-40761-smeagol-and-deagol-gwp/

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Welcome back. We'd like to start by apologizing for the long time between episodes: Life gets in the way sometimes. Jay is really excited about the LEGO Group's announcement of their ongoing partnership with Pokémon Company International from next year. He's been collecting the cards and playing the games since the first generation was released in 1996. https://jaysbrickblog.com/news/lego-pokemon-sets-officially-announced-coming-2026/

Richard is possibly a little too old to have cared when they first arrived, but his kids played Diamond/Pearl on their Nintendo DS despite his insistence in this episode that they played a different version.

Today, we discuss how Pokémon have evolved over the years, preexisting brick building sets, and their cross-generational appeal. We also speculate how the LEGO Group might put its unique spin on the world's largest franchise when they launch info the Pokemon 30th anniversary. https://jaysbrickblog.com/news/what-lego-pokemon-sets-could-we-see-in-2026-and-beyond/

Will Pokémon be the greatest thing to happen to LEGO® bricks, since the arrival of LEGO Star Wars?

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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!

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!

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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!

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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

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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.