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LEGO Chinese New Year Modular Restaurant

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We recently discussed the newly released #80113 LEGO Chinese New Year Family Reunion Celebration set featuring a traditional Chinese-style restaurant with a detailed kitchen, reception area, dining room, bathroom, rooftop dining, and more. As we mentioned in the previous article, the size, and level of detail is similar to the LEGO Modular Buildings. And although […] Read more

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How to Motorize the LEGO Orient Express Train

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The much-talked-about #21344 LEGO Ideas Orient Express became available at the beginning of December. It’s a beautiful set bringing back one of the world’s most legendary trains. The original Orient Express was the world’s first international luxury train that carried thousands of passengers across Europe to Istanbul from 1883 to 1977. Released to celebrate the […] Read more

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Count Down to Christmas LEGO Advent Calendar Style!

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Many LEGO fans are now counting down the days to Christmas with the LEGO Advent Calendar sets. As you probably know already, these sets have little windows for each day of December with pieces for a small build inside. This year, we got five LEGO Advent Calendar sets from various LEGO themes: the #60381 LEGO […] Read more

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Updated List of LEGO Build Together Sets

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A few years ago LEGO launched a new experience available through the LEGO Building Instruction app, called Build Together. This innovative feature opened a new dimension of interactive building, designed to multiply play value while turning LEGO building into a social, cooperative activity that both families and friends could enjoy together (see: LEGO Building Instruction […] Read more

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More Sets Added to LEGO Build Together App

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Back in December of last year, we discussed a new experience available through the LEGO Building Instruction app, called Build Together. This innovative feature opened a new dimension of interactive building, designed to multiply play value while turning LEGO building into a social, cooperative activity that both families and friends could enjoy together (see: LEGO […] Read more

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New LEGO Page with Mini-Builds for Every Week!

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There is a new section of the LEGO website that I thought some of our readers might like. You can find it at LEGO.com/Creativity. As the name of the link implies, the focus of this page is free-building and creative play. It features articles with arts and crafts ideas and LEGO home decor projects. And […] Read more

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LEGO Art Mosaics Alternate Building Instructions

The LEGO Art collection was introduced back in 2020 with four sets; the #31197 LEGO Art Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe mosaic, the #31198 LEGO Art The Beatles mosaic, the #31199 LEGO Art Marvel Studios Iron Man mosaic, and the #31200 LEGO Art Star Wars The Sith mosaic. In 2021, an additional four sets were added […] Read more

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Creating Angled Designs with LEGO Bricks

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(Written by William) LEGO elements, especially bricks and plates, are often viewed as being incredibly square. They create great straight lines, but when it comes to angles, you often need to hunt down a specialized facet brick or wedge plate for the job. Well, what if I told you there are ways to angle your […] Read more

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Second Look at the LEGO Townhouse Pet Shop & Café

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LEGO fans often talk about the most exciting new sets, but from time to time, it’s worth looking at older sets that have become fan favorites. Some of these sets are popular because they are fun to build, or because they look great on display, or they may offer a great selection of useful parts, […] Read more

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LEGO VIDIYO BeatBoxes Review

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As you may remember from our previous discussions, the new LEGO VIDIYO theme is all about combining physical LEGO elements with augmented reality to make music videos. You download the free app, choose from the app’s music library, scan your Bandmate and BeatBits (printed 2×2 tiles) from the LEGO VIDIYO sets, and you can record […] Read more

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