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Posing LEGO minifigs in unconventional ways

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(Written by legogeek) Today I would like to talk a bit about posing your LEGO minifigures. While LEGO minifigures have some range of motion (arms and legs moving back and forth, wrists and head turning) they do miss a lot of the natural movement of the human body. Therefore it can be challenging to put […] Read more

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Reversing studs on LEGO bricks & plates

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One of the issues LEGO fans run into while building their own LEGO creations is needing LEGO elements with studs on both tops and bottoms. As you probably know, there are no such standard LEGO elements. LEGO bricks and plates have a top with studs, and holes at the bottom. However there are legitimate reasons […] Read more

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LEGO Ultra Agents set – thoughts & tweaks

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(Written by Geneva – gid617) As you probably know, LEGO has launched a new LEGO Ultra Agents theme early this year, similar to the old LEGO Agents and LEGO Agents 2.0, but with a new set of heroes and villains, and an even better color scheme (black/trans-light-blue, instead of dark-blue/silver). I picked up one of […] Read more

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Building LEGO spaceships – the basics

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(Written by ninja5) I’ve been thinking that since I wrote an article on LEGO mecha (see: Building LEGO Mechs – The Basics), I should write one on LEGO spaceships too, as they are a very popular hobby. I hope you find it helpful! :) Building a basic LEGO spaceships is not that difficult, and in […] Read more

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Building LEGO Mechs – The Basics

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(Written by ninja5) One of my favorite things to build out of LEGO bricks is mecha, or mechs. Mechs are very popular with LEGO builders, and there are many official LEGO sets with mechs as well. In case you aren’t familiar with what a mech is, it’s basically a big robot with a cockpit that […] Read more

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Building with LEGO – shapes & mosaics

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(Written by Geneva – gid617) In this series we are going over a few basic LEGO techniques and ideas for building a good LEGO MOC (My-Own-Creation). I’ll be taking examples from several LEGO builders to give you a good idea of different styles and possibilities of the techniques covered, though unless otherwise specified, the examples […] Read more

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Building with LEGO – micro-scale building

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(Written by Geneva – gid617) In this series we are going over a few basic LEGO techniques and ideas for building a good LEGO MOC (My-Own-Creation). I’ll be taking examples from several LEGO builders to give you a good idea of different styles and possibilities of the techniques covered, though unless otherwise specified, the examples […] Read more

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Brick Breakdown: LEGO greenhouse

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(Written by William) Today I wanted to do something a little different from the regular Brick Breakdown sessions. Instead of an official LEGO set, I would like to talk about a couple of techniques I used in one of my own LEGO models; the Weedy Z Greenhouse Nursery. This model was built as a display […] Read more

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Happy LEGO filled Halloween!

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Just wanted to wish you a happy and fun-filled Halloween! Although Halloween is not really about LEGO, you can certainly use your LEGO collection to make Halloween even more fun. :) The LEGO Company itself releases at least one Halloween themed set every year. These are usually small, easy-to-build sets to make a pumpkin, ghost, etc. Also, […] Read more

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Building with LEGO – picture perfect scenes

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(Written by Geneva – gid617) In this series we are going over a few basic LEGO techniques and ideas for building a good LEGO MOC (My-Own-Creation). I’ll be taking examples from several LEGO builders to give you a good idea of different styles and possibilities of the techniques covered, though unless otherwise specified, the examples […] Read more

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