LEGO Community News

The LEGO Ideas platform has been buzzing with activity this year. Back in May, a record-breaking 26 projects managed to hit the 10,000 supporter milestone and qualified to go under review. The LEGO Ideas team wrote that they were “utterly flabbergasted”, especially considering that they tend to see between 9-12 product ideas in a review […] Read more

It’s been a while since we have seen a LEGO Ideas contest, but now the LEGO Ideas team is back, challenging the fan community with another fun building contest! The new school year is here, and it’s time to head back to Hogwarts. The question is, what is your favorite return-through-the-school-gates scene from Harry Potter? […] Read more

There has been an ongoing conversation about an important topic (that branched out into several topics) at the LEGO Ambassador Network that I thought to share here as well. Maybe you have some ideas and insights that will help with finding solutions or at least gaining further clarity. The subject started out when some of […] Read more

Earlier this year, I participated as a beta tester for an exciting new platform that was developed by the LEGO Group in partnership with Tongal. Tongal is a platform for content creation that gives networks, studios, and brands access to a global community of creators to simplify and scale content development. It’s basically a virtual […] Read more

As you probably noticed, the LEGO Group started to specifically address adults with new products and communication. This is evidenced by the significant number of adult-oriented sets they have been releasing this year, including the #10272 LEGO Creator Old Trafford – Manchester United Stadium, the #71374 LEGO Nintendo Entertainment System, the #21323 LEGO Ideas Grand […] Read more

Many of our readers and subscribers pointed out that the sets they were expecting to see released in August are still not available at the Online LEGO Shop. In addition, most of these upcoming sets have a vague “Coming Soon” message posted on their page, instead of a specific release date. LEGO fans are disappointed […] Read more

There are a couple of updates from BrickLink, the Online LEGO Marketplace that I thought would be good to discuss. As you probably know already, BrickLink is now owned by the LEGO Group, and they are gradually making changes to bring the marketplace in line with their policies and procedures. As any changes they make […] Read more

You might remember from previous announcements that LEGO convention Brickworld went virtual this year due to the current social distancing rules, and they already held a couple of very successful online events (you can find their schedule for the rest of the year here). Following their example, BrickCon also announced that they are going to […] Read more

With kids spending more and more time online (especially with the lockdown), it is a good idea to talk with children about digital safety and wellbeing. But where to start? To help with the process, the LEGO Group launched a new initiative to help parents talk to their kids about online safety and digital citizenship. […] Read more