Brickworld is one of the largest and oldest LEGO conventions held each year at different cities around the U.S. While many LEGO conventions around the world have been canceled due to the current social distancing rules and lockdowns, Brickworld decided to try something new and different by holding a virtual convention, and the event is […] Read more
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A couple of days ago, John Goodwin, CEO of the LEGO Foundation, and Niels B. Christiansen, CEO of the LEGO Group, announced a series of important initiatives that launched to help support families through these unprecedented times, whatever circumstances they may be in. Below is the full press-release with all the relevant information, links, etc. […] Read more
You have been probably following the news about the development of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, and also get regular updates from local government and health authorities. Your community may be practicing self-isolation already, and your family, employment, hobbies, and other activities may be affected as well. Please stay safe! On the positive side, LEGO is […] Read more
LEGO Ideas is running an interesting new contest, related to music! How would you show off your love of music using LEGO bricks? Note that this contest Note that this contest is different from previous LEGO Ideas contests in several ways, so make sure you read the information below and on the LEGO Ideas contest […] Read more
The LEGO Group’s Annual Reports and Financial Results are always an interesting read. As you probably know, LEGO is a privately held, family-owned company, so they don’t have to publish annual reports for stakeholders. However, they do it anyway, and it’s worth going through the reports just to see what’s happening with our favorite company, […] Read more
To celebrate the global release of the LEGO Legacy: Heroes Unboxed role-playing game, the LEGO Ideas team is running a new challenge, titled; Replicate Your Heroic Minifigures in Battle! So, gather your favorite minifigures and prepare them for action-packed battles. In this contest, the LEGO Ideas team wants to see you create epic and or […] Read more
Last week, former Chief Designer at LEGO, and creator of the LEGO minifigure, Jens Nygaard Knudsen passed away. He is the father of the LEGO minifigure, and many of the classic LEGO themes. LEGO Designers Niels Milan Pedersen and Mark Stafford remembers Jens and share some of their fond memories, which you can read below. […] Read more
As we discussed a few days ago, LEGO recently ran a questions and answers session with the LEGO Group’s Chief Marketing Officer, Julia Goldin, to address the concerns of the LEGO fan community about the LEGO Group’s recent acquisition of BrickLink (see: LEGO is Running an AMA on BrickLink). BrickLink is the largest online LEGO […] Read more
The updated LEGO VIP program with its voucher system hasn’t be received with much enthusiasm by the LEGO fan community. The system is perceived to be not user-friendly, and there were also lots of glitches at the introduction of the program. The LEGO VIP program team has been working on updates and improvements, and they […] Read more
As we discussed previously, the LEGO Masters TV show will premier on Fox on February 5th. We talked about this event already (see links at the end of this post), but to recap, teams of LEGO enthusiasts will go head-to-head to face all kinds of building challenges with infinite possibilities and an unlimited supply of […] Read more
