Advanced Guides for LEGO Fans

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

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

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

(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

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

You have seen those fun LEGO stop-motion videos from the BrotherhoodWorkshop, right? We have featured several of them here (see links at the bottom of this post). They are always funny and the animation so smooth – just a real pleasure to watch and enjoy! :)  Today I would like to show you another video from the brothers, this time […] 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

If you own the #10228 LEGO Haunted House, the #9468 LEGO Monsters Fighters Vampyre Castle, or any of the other LEGO Monster Fighters sets, you know they are perfect for Halloween! They are spooky enough already with lots of scary details and minifigs, but if you can add some lights, you would increase the effect by […] Read more