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Brick Breakdown: Lone Ranger Stagecoach

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(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 one of the nicest LEGO Lone Ranger sets, the #79108 LEGO Lone Ranger Stagecoach Escape. You can also check out the previously […] Read more

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How to make your own Iron Man minifigures

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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

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Brick Breakdown: Arkham Asylum – Part 2

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(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

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Brick Breakdown: Arkham Asylum – Part 1

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(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

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Brick Bending – making LEGO circles & more

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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

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LEGO micro-building tutorials by Micro Square

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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

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LEGO Contest to Awe & Inspire: Iron Builder

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One of the best way to get inspired in the LEGO hobby, learn new techniques, and sharpen your LEGO-building skills, is to follow LEGO contests. Even if you don’t participate in the LEGO contest yourself you can learn a lot and keep your hobby fresh and interesting as you watch contestants stretch their creativity and […] Read more

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More LEGO brickfilms behind-the-scenes

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Here is another great behind-the-scenes LEGO video from LEGO brickfilms creator the BrotherhoodWorkshop. In this video Kevin Ulrich invites his brother David Ulrich to share some of his secrets. ;) In today’s video David talks about how he built that great looking LEGO Treebeard in their Christmas special video. (You can see the original video here: LEGO Christmas the Orcs Way…) As […] Read more

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The best Christmas LEGO ornaments!

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(Written by Chris of Yoda Archives) Christmas is in the air and many of us have LEGO on our Christmas wish list or shopping lists.  But how about using LEGO to decorate our trees?  There are a few places you can find LEGO related ornaments and you can also make your own. (See links at the end […] Read more

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Make your own LEGO Christmas ornaments!

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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

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