LEGO designer Mark Stafford shared some very sad news on his flickr page a few days ago. Daniel August Krentz, designer of the famed #375 LEGO Classic Yellow Castle and many other iconic LEGO sets recently passed away. Daniel was the first LEGO designer recruited from the LEGO fan community, and the first LEGO designer […] Read more
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There is a new contest on ReBrick, this time focusing on LEGO Ninjago. As you may remember from our previous discussions (see links at the end of this post), LEGO’s ReBrick website was recently re-launched to focus on LEGO contests for teen and adult LEGO fans, and there has been several interesting contests with great […] Read more
As you probably know already, the LEGO VIP Program is a shopper loyalty program for LEGO fans. It allows you to earn various perks for shopping at official LEGO stores and the Online LEGO Shop. Once you are a member (membership is free, but you have to be at least 18 to join), you get […] Read more
As you may remember from our previous discussions (see links at the end of this post), LEGO’s ReBrick website was recently re-launched to focus on LEGO contests for teen and adult LEGO fans. The LEGO Speed Champions Dream Race Stop-Motion Contest and the LEGO Dimensions Build Your Own Gateway Contest are still going on, and […] Read more
We have discussed recently that LEGO’s ReBrick.com website was re-launched with a new purpose; focusing on LEGO contest for older LEGO enthusiasts (see: ReBrick Contests for Teen and Adult LEGO Fans). ReBrick had a couple of contests already, and a few days ago they announced a new one, focusing on LEGO Dimensions. Below are the […] Read more
You might remember that after the success of The LEGO Movie, it was announced that other LEGO movies will be coming in the future, including the second part of The LEGO Movie scheduled for 2018, a movie based on LEGO Ninjago, and a LEGO Batman movie – both scheduled for 2017. :) Warner Bros. confirmed […] Read more
Back in January LEGO made an announcement that the company will no longer support LEGO Digital Designer. This resulted in a major outcry from the LEGO fan community, and later LEGO released another statement saying that they will continue to support the current functionality of LDD, but will no longer update it, and will only […] Read more
A few days ago LEGO announced the next LEGO Ideas sets from the selection of fan created models that got 10,000 public votes. It is always interesting to see the candidates and what LEGO eventually chooses based on their criteria. Below are the details and video of the announcement. :) Over the past several months, […] Read more
LEGO’s social sharing platform for teen and adult LEGO fans was launched back in late 2011 under the name ReBrick.com. It was originally a bookmarking site like Pinterest, where you don’t upload content directly, but pin it from other sites. While the idea was good, the site never really caught on. This largely had to do with […] Read more
The January-February issue of the LEGO Club Magazine has a few pages dedicated to introducing LEGO Nexo Knights, a brand new theme from LEGO for 2016. We have discussed the sets and the story previously (see links at the end of this post), but what I wanted to bring to your attention today is that […] Read more