It is a pleasant surprise to know that the upcoming LEGO Ideas #008, 21110: Research Institute has been finalised by TLG. The original creator of this LEGO Ideas project by Alatariel Elensar is the first to receive a mint copy of this very new LEGO set. She have also shared some insightful thoughts in her review which can be found in her blog. Special thanks to Eurobricks Member, EZNetwork for sharing this news with us.

Click here to view the topic discussion.

Three times is a charm! That's what EB member Sariel must have thought when he started building his latest and greatest, and presumably last, version of the iconic Hummer. More information can be found in the Technic Forum.

The EB Architecture Competition 2014 was held during this year's Eurobricks 10th Anniversary Event. See some of the fantastic entries in detail!

Here are the entries for Cecilie, DFenz, Pandora and Rufus, Aredhel, L@go, Rolli, and Redhead1982 (shown in no particular order). Click each entry for to see the MOC in the Special LEGO Themes Forum!

And do let me know if I've missed any!

Although the highly anticipated 10242: Mini Cooper Mk VII is not officially released, but our Eurobricks Member, Dirk1313 has somehow acquired it and successfully modified his version into a Mini Cooper Convertible. Check out his modification accompanied with some nice detailed comparison pictures right here in the Eurobricks Special LEGO Themes.

Click here to view the 10242 Mini Cooper Convertible modification MOC.

In the LDD Official Sets topic, member Vean today posted a LDD model of the 40109 MINI mini set.

Eurobricks Fellow ACPin took part in a meeting where Lego has announced a new theme called LEGO® FUSION

LEGO Systems, Inc., makers of the world’s leading construction toys, today introduced LEGO® FUSION, a play experience that combines traditional LEGO brick play with familiar app-based game themes. LEGO FUSION leverages new technologies—and children’s fascination with them—to create an entirely new way to engage in LEGO brick building and app game play for children ages 7 and up. Available later this summer, the LEGO FUSION collection will include four distinct titles: LEGO FUSION Town Master, LEGO FUSION Battle Towers, LEGO FUSION Create & Race and LEGO FUSION Resort Designer.

Each LEGO FUSION experience consists of a distinct set of LEGO bricks, a corresponding free downloadable app and the new FUSION capture plate, a small brick building plate with a printed design that enables a smart phone or tablet’s camera to identify the size and colors of the LEGO bricks built onto it. In response to game prompts, children build vertically in 2-D on the FUSION capture plate, enabling the app to ‘see,’ import and transform the creation into 3-D in the digital world.

Read the full press release and see more images here

Modular creations don't always have to be tall as this petrol station in art deco style by Righty proves.

Leave your comments in the Town forum.

Bat-Vignette Expert, Captain Nemo, has shared with us his largest MOC to date, Arkham Asylum: Relative Insanity. This was displayed at Brickworld Chicago this past weekend and deservedly took the prize in the Batman category. It's well worth your time to check out.

Eurobricks Action Figure Moderator and Reviewer's Academy Teacher VBBN has completed reviews of the 2HY Hero Factory Invasion From Below sets.

Visit the following links to see each set in more detail:

| 44023 Rocka Crawler | 44024 Tunneler Beast vs Surge | 44025 Bulk Drill Machine |

| 44026 Crystal Beast vs Bulk | 44027 Breez Flea Machine | 44028 Surge & Rocka Combat Machine |

| 44029 Queen Beast vs. Furno, Evo & Stormer |

Famous Dutch ship builder Edwin Korstanje (VFracingteam) has been building smaller scale ships (than we are used to) on commission lately. That got him inspired to make a smaller version of the Smit Cheetah for himself....and for us to enjoy! Dock your ship in the Technic Harbor and prepare to be amazed!

Holodoc recently posted a very nice promo video for Benny's Spaceship:

Discuss it here in our review of this pretty cool set.

Don't mess with this elegant beauty build by Bob De Quatre! Go check out the details in Sci-Fi forum, he even shows us how he managed to make those wonderful curves.

And for those who didn't notice it yet, Bob is also our new Sci-Fi moderator. You can give him a warm welcome here!

A new contest with fantastic prizes has been started in the Technic Forum! Build a LEGO Technic model with no more than 200 LEGO parts.

Click on the image below to find out what it's all about and how you can join.

LEGO Star Wars MOC - ISD Chimaera

Eurobricks member Jerac has just posted his mind-blowing recreation of the Chimaera, an excellent example of an Imperial Star Destroyer Mark II. The pictures speak for themselves, but be sure to visit the thread for some very interesting information about the intricacies of the building process.

Check out all of the pictures and info in the LEGO Star Wars forum!

LEGO did a press release this morning for a new product: (10242) MINI Cooper

Discuss here.