Pop stars in Fortnite, design secrets in Blocks, and a new campus in Billund

LEGO The Lord of the Rings Minas Tirith 11377 — lifestyle build shot 01, finished model in scene

Blocks Issue 141 Goes Inside Minas Tirith's Design

Blocks issue 141 leads with an exclusive look at 11377 Minas Tirith's design process, featuring insights from designers François Zapf and Nicola Belfiore. The issue also covers 77984 Jurassic Park Jeep Wrangler with its design manager, and Hero Factory with Christian Faber. Available at blocksmag.com now; in UK stores July 3.

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Brickset Huw

Blocks issue 141 press release

Blocks Magazine Tom Saunders

New LEGO magazine explores 11377 The Lord of the Rings: Minas Tirith

Minty Take

Blocks doing a design deep-dive on a set of this scale is exactly what the magazine is for. Minas Tirith is one of the more technically ambitious sets in the LOTR revival, and getting Zapf and Belfiore to walk through the decisions is access a standard review rarely offers.

Kornmarken Campus exterior — LEGO's first global manufacturing innovation centre in Billund, Denmark

LEGO Opens First Manufacturing Innovation Centre in Billund

LEGO opened Kornmarken Campus in Billund this week, its first dedicated global manufacturing innovation centre. The facility focuses on manufacturing technologies that underpin product development and production, joining LEGO Campus, Idea House, and LEGO House in Billund's expanding constellation of LEGO infrastructure. Investment scale and capacity details haven't been disclosed.

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Bricks Fanz Adam White

LEGO Manufacturing Innovation Centre Opens In Billund

Minty Take

Kornmarken Campus adds something new to Billund's LEGO footprint. The city's other facilities serve visitors or house design work; this one is built around manufacturing process R&D. That's a quiet signal. LEGO's long-term edge depends as much on how bricks are made as on what they become, and this campus is where that investment lands.

Large collection of LEGO minifigures displayed on shelves

Olivia Rodrigo Is Now a LEGO Minifig in Fortnite

Two Olivia Rodrigo LEGO Styles are live in LEGO Fortnite: SOUR and Lover Girl outfits, each at 1,500 V-Bucks, with a bundle option that includes both plus additional items. She joins a growing musician roster in the game, as LEGO Fortnite continues expanding its pop culture digital catalog.

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Bricks Fanz Adam White

Olivia Rodrigo Becomes Latest Musical LEGO Minifigure

Minty Take

Brick Clicker's rumor roundup today lists physical Olivia Rodrigo sets for 2027 alongside this digital drop, suggesting a coordinated rollout rather than a one-off. LEGO has run this playbook before: digital presence in Fortnite seeds the audience, then physical sets follow. If the leaks hold, the bigger Rodrigo LEGO moment is still ahead.

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Kornmarken Campus joins LEGO Campus, Idea House, and LEGO House in a growing cluster of institutional infrastructure in a single Danish city. Billund now houses LEGO's headquarters, its manufacturing R&D, its design history, and its public-facing storytelling. For a company with global production and sales, that concentration in one town is a deliberate bet on geography as identity.

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MandRproductions reports the January 2027 Star Wars wave includes George Lucas and a Concept Art Darth Vader, two characters with serious collector pull. 2027 marks 50 years since the original Star Wars, and LEGO's apparent approach is giving anniversary waves characters only the milestone can justify. A George Lucas minifig has never existed in official LEGO form. If the leaks hold, that alone will drive the wave.

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