LEGO Building Techniques

It is a dream of LEGO Super Heroes fans to collect all the different versions of LEGO Iron Man suits. Five different LEGO Iron Man suits have been released by LEGO already (plus one Toy Fair exclusive), and there is at least one more on the way. You can check out these great instructions from Flickr member CK […] 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. Here we are continuing to look at the  #10937 LEGO Super Heroes Arkham Asylum Breakout set in detail. In the first part we reviewed the architectural elements and the […] Read more

(Written by William) In this Brick Breakdown series I’m reviewing official LEGO sets but with a bit of a twist. Instead of just writing a general review I focus on unusual and clever building-techniques LEGO designers used in the set. This way we can all learn new building ideas to use in our own LEGO creations, […] Read more

We have talked about making circles and other rounded shapes out of LEGO bricks before (see: Round Shapes with Square Bricks!), and today I would like to introduce you to a LEGO artist who takes Brick Bending (as he calls it) to a whole new level. :) Jeff Sanders bends square LEGO bricks in all […] Read more

LEGO microscale building is quite fun and addictive. It also has several benefits; you can create an extensive LEGO diorama with much less LEGO elements, bringing down significantly the cost and the display-space needed. And smaller doesn’t mean less detailed or complex; LEGO micro-building can be just as intricate and extensive as building in minifig-scale. LEGO […] Read more

Would you like make your Christmas tree really unique and decorate it with LEGO ornaments? Or how about just a little LEGO Santa above the fireplace or hiding in someone’s stocking? :P  Peter Johnston from the UK created a whole line of simple and sweet LEGO Christmas decorations and ornaments and he offered to share them with our readers. (Thanks, Peter!) […] Read more

LEGO started a trend of featuring one LEGO mini-model every month back in 2009. The monthly LEGO mini-model build has been a popular hands-on event at official LEGO stores, but even if you don’t live near a LEGO store you can build them as the instructions are available online. I would suggest you bookmark this page […] Read more

Here is a fun LEGO Halloween project that you might want to try! A LEGO Halloween pumpkin! The LEGO pumpkin only requires basic bricks and slopes, so if you have a decent LEGO collection you should have no problem building one. Mine turned out to be a bit rainbow colored as I didn’t have that […] Read more

There is a LEGO project on CUUSOO that is really worth checking out; realistic LEGO trees by Paul Toxopeus (a.k.a. Paultox). The few and far between trees included in LEGO sets are tiny and often so fragile that if you just look at them wrong they will fall apart (think of the LEGO tree in #10193 […] Read more