LEGO April Fool’s 2021 News Roundup

April 2, 2021 | 6

April Fool’s! I hope you weren’t taking yesterday’s news post about LEGO requiring ID to purchase 18+ sets seriously!

It’s been a long running tradition on this blog to drop an April Fool’s gag each year (with the exception of 2020 because of the pandemic when I thought it wasn’t appropriate) so I’m pleased to have been able to write joke post once again.

LEGO, blogs and communities also typically get in on the festivities, and here are some of my favourites from around the AFOL community:

• New Botanical Collection Leeks by Bricksfanz
• The LEGO House Is Moving To Singapore! by Brickfinder
• Introducing 18+ Duplo: Design by Brickset
• LEGO Announces feet-repellent Smartbricks by The LEGO Group
• LEGO Batman Classic TV Series Bat-Copter 2021 Spring Set Reveal by Ashnflash
• LEGO reveals 712215 Brick Stick adhesive for semi-permanent LEGO displays by The Brothers Brick
• LEGO Jack Stone 20th Anniversary Sets Announced by The Brick Fan
• New 2X4 Brick Mold Introduced As Part Of A Limited Edition Collector Bricks by Rambling Brick
• LEGO Daniel Andrews replica coming to Legoland Discovery Centre Melbourne
• Introducing Nano Bricks by Tips and Bricks
• Nerdly Debuts a New Look by Bricknerd
• LEGO and Adidas announce a new LEGO Superstar shoe by Promobricks
• LEGO announces new Bavarian specialty sets by Promobricks
• Removal of minifigures from Rebrickable database – by Rebrickable
• Has the location of Western Australia’s first LEGO store been revealed? by Bricking Around

Some really fantastic gags here, and I always look forward to April Fool’s from the LEGO Community as it’s a fun time to let the sillies out, and come up with all sorts of creative LEGO gags and headlines.

To revisit some previous Jay’s Brick Blog April Fool’s gags from previous years, check them out below!

• Review: MEGA BLOKS Warcraft Colton & RAGEROCK (2014)
• Press Release: LEGO completes acquisition of Chinese clone brand manufacturer LEPIN (2017)
• LEGO officially announces Brickcoin, its very own Cryptocurrency! (2018)
• Eon Productions announces LEGO James Bond coming in 2018 (2018) [funny story, LEGO did actually release an Aston Martin set that year!]

We’re also celebrating a big milestone – this is the 5th year of being a LEGO Ambassador which I also announced on April Fool’s 2016 disguised as a joke post. I can’t believe half a decade has gone by!

Did you spot any other LEGO April Fool’s jokes I may have missed? Let me know in the comments!