Instead of buying more and more new LEGO sets to keep children building and engaged with their LEGO collection, you can encourage them to explore the possibilities with what they already have. The LEGO Ideas book series and the LEGO Adventure Book series are particularly excellent for older kids and teens (we have reviewed both […] Read more
LEGO Books & Other Publications
One of the fun activities of the Christmas holiday season is building your own LEGO Christmas decorations. Of course, LEGO releases various Christmas-themed sets every year, like the LEGO Winter Village collection, and small decorative sets and holiday ornaments. And, you can also build your own decorations with the help of LEGO customizers like Chris […] Read more
Last year DK Publishing released two interesting books; LEGO Ninjago: Build Your Own Adventure, and LEGO Friends: Build Your Own Adventure. And recently they added two more books to the line; LEGO Star Wars: Build Your Own Adventure, and LEGO City: Build Your Own Adventure. The books are similar to the discontinued LEGO BrickMaster line, […] Read more
The latest issue of Bricks magazine is now available, and the focus is on LEGO Technic. Bricks and Bricks Culture are very high quality LEGO magazines published by LEGO fans in the UK. Bricks is a monthly magazine with reviews, tutorials and other interesting topics, while Bricks Culture comes out four times a year and […] Read more
Micro-building with LEGO has always been one of my favorite hobbies. You can create some very impressive models with just a handful of LEGO elements without taking up too much time, space, and financial resources. Another aspect of micro-building I really like is that building in such a small scale really highlights the shapes of […] Read more
One of the nicest LEGO Ideas sets released so far is definitely the #21301 LEGO Ideas Birds collection, designed by British LEGO fan and birdwatcher Thomas Poulsom. We did a full review of the set last year that you can read here: LEGO Ideas Birds Review & More! LEGO Ideas Birds included three beautiful bird […] Read more
A couple of years ago I showed you a series of LEGO books by Warren Elsmore (see: LEGO Brick City, Brick Wonders, Brick Flicks). The first book we discussed that time was Brick City: Global Icons to Make from LEGO, the second Brick Wonders: Ancient, Modern, and Natural Wonders Made from LEGO, and the third […] Read more
There is a new book for LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes fans published by DK Publishing, titled the LEGO DC Comics Character Encyclopedia. It is similar to the previous books released in this series, featuring LEGO Star Wars, LEGO Ninjago, LEGO Legends of Chima, LEGO Friends and LEGO Collectible Minifigures characters. And as usual, this […] Read more
If you have been a LEGO fan for a while, you will sooner or later realize how expensive the hobby is. There will always be new sets that you really like and want to add to your collection, and you also need a good amount of loose elements to build your own creations. If you […] Read more
Some of the most challenging LEGO models to build are LEGO constructions vehicles, working LEGO robots, and functional LEGO guns. LEGO themselves release construction vehicles and other mechanical models within their LEGO Technic line. These sets provide an excellent opportunity to learn advanced building techniques. For LEGO robots there is the LEGO Mindstorms kit to […] Read more
