S5E7 - Extra Pieces: Book Nooks, Nike, One Piece and More

We are back: both life and LEGO have intervened, and there is a lot going on!

Richard Jones (Ramblingbrick.com) and Jay Ong (Jaysbrickblog.com) discuss recent LEGO releases, upcoming conventions, and dive deep into several new sets, including Nike collaborations, One Piece anime sets, and Book Nooks.

Its event season: Richard is off to Japan Brick Fest, while Jay will be heading to the new Chinese AFOL Networking event in August

A lot has happened since our last episode, including:

Details of the Nike collaboration have been revealed, including Brick-built Nike Dunk set releasing in July https://ramblingbrick.com/2025/05/29/first-lego-x-nike-products-revealed/ https://jaysbrickblog.com/news/lego-nike-43008-dunk-products-revealed/

The reveal of sets related to the series ‘One Piece ’- ostensibly the Netflix version, but also closely related to the Manga and Anime. https://jaysbrickblog.com/news/seven-new-lego-one-piece-sets-revealed-for-august-2025-with-pre-orders-open-now/ https://ramblingbrick.com/2025/06/05/eight-one-piece-sets-revealed-preorder-now/

And a discussion of the newly released Book Nooks. https://jaysbrickblog.com/reviews/review-lego-10367-balrog-book-nook-lotr/ https://ramblingbrick.com/2025/05/29/10367-lego-the-lord-of-the-rings-balrog-book-nook-set-review-and-lighting-experiments/