There are many ways to build LEGO trees using standard LEGO bricks and plates, and you can also take advantage of special LEGO leaf and flower elements. Today I wanted to show you a flowering tree design that is simple and doesn’t require a lot of pieces, but could really brighten up your LEGO cities, […] Read more
LEGO Building Techniques
Recently we discussed expanding the LEGO Modular Buildings by increasing their size in various ways. This is a great way to make your LEGO Modular layout unique. You can read the article here: How to Expand the LEGO Modular Buildings. Today we will look at another way of making your LEGO Modular Buildings special by […] Read more
For some holiday fun, LEGO created a series of short how-to videos on building various winter and Christmas decorations. They are all small enough that most people with a reasonable size LEGO collection should be able to build them. Remember that if you don’t have the right colors, you can always use another one. After […] Read more
Most LEGO fans display the LEGO Modular Buildings as they are. They may connect the buildings in a different order to create a slightly varying layout, but other than that LEGO Modular Building streets tend to look the same. However LEGO Modular Buildings actually lend themselves for expansion both upwards and sideways, and by this […] Read more
(Written by William) In this Brick Breakdown series I review official LEGO sets, from the perspective of looking at interesting building techniques we can all learn from. Today we will be looking at the #10249 LEGO Winter Toy Shop. You can also check out the previously discussed LEGO techniques found in official LEGO sets at the […] Read more
Just wanted to show you this cute LEGO elephant designed by LEGO fan and flickr member Bangoo H. The new printed eye pieces opened up a lot of opportunities to create very expressive brick-built creatures, and this elephant is just one of them. Bangoo also designed other adorable LEGO animals including dogs, cats, koalas, and […] Read more
(Written by Linus Bohman) Greeble, greeb or greebling are words not recognized by most dictionaries. According to Wikipedia (see link), the earliest recorded use of the term greeble found to date was by those working on the special effects for Star Wars – the group who would later become Industrial Light and Magic. They also described this design method […] Read more
LEGO Creator designer Jamie Berard regularly shares building tips on how to improve your building skills by using more advanced techniques and create some impressive masterpieces. Today we will look at how to build LEGO street-light using a few basic parts and some clever techniques. :) You will notice that many of the LEGO Creator […] Read more
If you are looking for some unique gifts for Christmas, or would like to include LEGO in your own holiday decorations, check out these wonderful LEGO Christmas tree ornaments by LEGO fan Chris McVeigh. We have featured Chris’ projects here before (see links at the end of this post), however this year he added a […] Read more
LEGO Creator designer Jamie Berard regularly shares building tips on how to improve your building skills by using more advanced techniques and create some impressive masterpieces. Today we will look at how to build LEGO columns using simple and advanced techniques. :) Building columns is actually really easy with LEGO: you just stack LEGO bricks […] Read more
