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!
Mark P says
Whoah, Jack Stone, that’s a name I haven’t heard in years… I just jumped on eBay, and was shocked to see how cheap they are! Just picked up the police station used (excellent condition though, includes box/internal box/instructions) for $60! 😮
Andy says
The one about Microbricks is not an April fool! There are such things as “Nanobricks”. I think they’re Japanese, and to be fair are taller (relatively speaking) than Lego, more like Megablocks. They’re actually pretty cool though. I have a Fender Stratocaster guitar one on my desk.
Jay says
Good eye, and yes they even used the same images as Nanobricks. I have a few Pokemon Nanoblocks sets I got from a holiday in Japan 🙂
Mark P says
I love my Nanoblocks! Far better value for money than Lego, and a much longer building experience. So I had a good giggle when I saw the real Nanoblocks photos.
Quentin Cookson111 says
Well you definitely got us newbies good, I’ll be looking for it next year. Thanks J for everything you do
Jay says
Haha! Just a general rule of thumb to never trust anything online on the 1st of April. Ashnflash’s Batcopter got me as well as I thought I had missed a reveal. You’re most welcome!