(Written by Mark H. Avery) The holiday season is upon us. Black Friday (and Cyber Monday) have come and gone. It’s time to look for presents. And what better present for the young (and young-at-heart) than LEGO. As I did in this space about five years ago (see: Building a LEGO City on a Budget), […] Read more
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(Written by Mark H. Avery) Maybe I’ve been watching way too many LEGO City YouTube videos lately. It’s become a bad habit. Apparently, an awful lot of city builders/collectors have amusement parks or fairgrounds of some type. I’ve been planning one in my city for a while as well, and I thought it was time […] Read more
(Written by William) Over the last year or so, we’ve been introduced to a whole new world of LEGO. Many sets now come with the label of 18+ to show they are being marketed towards adults. In order to get the word out, LEGO has launched a substantial campaign to reach the target audience. Seeing […] Read more
(Written by Geneva – gid617) Nine years ago, I built a micro pizza shop, uploaded it to Flickr, and posted it on Eurobricks. Since then, I’ve regularly built and posted between fifty and a hundred LEGO creations a year, and not only that, but three of my siblings have followed my lead and started posting […] Read more
I was browsing through all the LEGO sets that were released in 2020 and noticed that this year had a particularly good selection of city-type buildings. Adult LEGO fans are usually drawn to the LEGO Modular Building series because of the realistic details and intricate building techniques, but there are buildings in other LEGO themes […] Read more
Brickset recently ran a fun competition, asking members to vote and advocate for the best LEGO set in the past 20 years. It was a process that took several days and much discussion, but ultimately four LEGO sets made it to the top; the #70620 LEGO Ninjago City, the #21309 LEGO Ideas NASA Apollo Saturn […] Read more
(Written by Mark H. Avery) This is a continuation from my previous twoo articles, Learning from Model Train Magazines – Part 1 and Learning from Model Train Magazines – Part 2. If you read those essays, you know that I enjoy getting ideas for my LEGO city layout and buildings from hobby train magazines and […] Read more
(Written by the Brick Creator) We all love LEGO. We played with LEGO as kids and we continue to play with them as adults. LEGO has licensed sets based on movies and a list of characters, but more surprising, LEGO has movies based on LEGO characters. There were pauses between the words at the end […] Read more
(Written by Mark H. Avery) This is a continuation from my previous article, Learning from Model Train Magazines – Part 1. If you read that essay, you know that I enjoy getting ideas for my LEGO city layout and buildings from hobby train magazines and catalogs. Today, we will discuss the topic further, especially the […] Read more
(Written by William) If you’re like me, every now and then, I’ll see a set from a company other than LEGO and think it looks pretty sweet. However, the thing that stops me from buying it is that it’s not LEGO. For me, this decision has always been one based around the quality of the […] Read more
