Today's random part is 22483, 'Windscreen 4X5 1/2X1 1/3', which is a System part, category Windscreens And Cockpits.

Our members collectively own a total of 21,339 of them. If you'd like to buy some you should find them for sale at BrickLink.

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Donkey Kong’s tree house is usually the setting at the beginning of your journey in the video game series. The plot often consists of some baddies stealing all of DK’s bananas, therefore you must go on a journey to retrieve them.

However, this tree house is part of the LEGO Super Mario theme and these two champions have a challenging past. Will Mario continue to be a friend as he has been to the other Kongs in this subtheme, or is he the real banana thief?!

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Many LEGO set designers use our BrickLists feature to maintain a list of the sets they've worked on and often provide interesting insights about their involvement.

Once a week we publish an entry from one of their lists on the home page to increase awareness of this information and to encourage more designers to create them.

Rok Zgalin Kobe wrote this about their work on 21021 Marina Bay Sands:

The LEGO reproduction of Marina Bay Sands’ complex forms - a design with hardly any straight lines - required a solution beyond the single perpendicular grid floor plan usually favored in LEGO building, with two additional rotated grids on the sides. While it is challenging to create architecture of such enormous size, the opposite is true when designing in LEGO elements - the smaller the scale the bigger the challenge.
And I wish I had an extra box for everytime somebody asks me if I have an extra box to spare!

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The annual China International Import Expo is going on now, and LEGO is in attendance. We were expecting some new sets to be officially revealed to coincide, and now there is an early peek on the LEGO Builder app and at the event!

Images of these sets, from the BrickHeadz, Chinese Traditional Festival, Monkie Kid and Friends lines, can be found after the break...

Thanks to Jay's Brick Blog for the news.

Update: Four sets have been added to LEGO.com, confirming their release on the 1st of January. Images and details have been added to the database.

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The highly anticipated 71426 Piranha Plant is now available to purchase on LEGO.com. This 540-piece rendition of the Super Mario enemy retails for £57.99 / $59.99 / €64.99.

Look forward to our review coming very soon!

Additionally, the following gifts-with-purchase are still available through November 16th:

• 40595 Tribute to Galileo Galilei free with purchases of £115 / $130 / €130 or more
• 40609 Christmas Fun VIP Add-On Pack free for LEGO Insiders members with purchases of £45 / $50 / €50 or more

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Today's random set is 9493 X-wing Starfighter, released during 2012. It's one of 38 Star Wars sets produced that year. It contains 560 pieces and 4 minifigs, and its retail price was US$59.99/£49.99.

It's owned by 17,618 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you should find it for sale at BrickLink, where new ones sell for around $99.60, or eBay.

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Today's random minifigure is twn269 Baker (Chef), a Town figure that came in one set, 10255 Assembly Square, released during 2017.

Our members collectively own a total of 30,967 of them. If you'd like to buy one you should find it for sale at BrickLink, where new ones sell for around $2.60.

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Here's a list of the reviews that we've published recently:

	60367 Passenger Airplane A good-sized plane with loads of accessories to play with
	10326 Natural History Museum An impressive and imposing building with an equally impressive interior
	71421 Dixie Kong's Jungle Jam A cute idea for the included characters, but the price makes it less desirable
	41752 Sea Rescue Plane A high level of play set for a low price
	60377 Explorer Diving Boat The titular boat is very disappointing, but the sea creatures included are exceptional
	71420 Rambi the Rhino This is the smallest set in the Donkey Kong subtheme, however, at this price, it packs a punch

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Clone Trooper minifigures are extremely popular and therefore draw particular scrutiny when new designs are produced. The revised Phase II Clone Trooper helmet has certainly proven divisive.

The updated helmet incorporates holes on either side, accommodating the accessories developed for Phase I helmets in 2008. While this improves the range of possible characters, some of whom need helmet accessories, the helmet's shape has also been affected.

This article discusses the problems with the helmet and how LEGO could potentially improve Clone Trooper minifigures in the future.

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One of the most interesting but overlooked features of Brickset is our library, where you'll find scans of catalogues from the 20th century, ideas books and various other documents.

Among them are the Bricks and Pieces newsletters sent out to LEGO Club members in the UK during the 1970s and 80s. We have just been able to add the first three issues, published between 1974-1976, thanks to Brickset member LizR1710, who discovered them at home recently.

They are really fascinating, and clearly from a different time. Unlike today's LEGO Life magazine, they are not filled with cartoons and adverts, and actually have articles worth reading in them including, in the first issue, one about an 81-year-old AFOL.

Anyway, have a browse and, if you're of a certain age, reminisce about your childhood.

These are the most read articles that we've posted during the last fortnight:

The total number of news article views this week is 194,478, which is 13,640 more than last week.

These are the sets that have been viewed the most this week:

The total number of set detail pages viewed this week is 1,489,534, which is 190,095 more than last week.

Here are a few photos showing the new 10326 Natural History Museum sandwiched between other recent modular buildings.

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This review has been written in its entirety by William, aged 8, who's the son of one of my cycling friends. He has previously reviewed Minecraft sets for us but his real passion is building runways and airports in his living room, so he was the natural choice to ask to review the new City plane, 60367 Passenger Airplane.

I was very excited to build and review the airplane, I love airplanes. My first impression when I looked at the box was that it looks so cool. I thought the tail looked a bit funny, but I couldn’t wait to build it. I was really excited that there was a pushback truck as part of the kit. I’ve tried to make one of these before myself, but the one in the kit looks much better than mine.

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