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The ultimate LEGO Castle contest

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One of the oldest and most prestigious LEGO contests is the annual Colossal Castle Contest (also referred to as CCC amongst LEGO fans) run by Classic-Castle.com. Each year hundreds of competitors from around the globe build entries in a variety of LEGO Castle related building challenges that sets the bar high and change from year to year. Read on […] Read more

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New LEGO sale section: Items Retiring Soon

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LEGO added a new section to the Online LEGO Shop that is currently available on the USA and Canadian site: LEGO Sets Retiring Soon. The company is trying to cut back on calls from disappointed shoppers who are upset that a set they wanted got retired. To eliminate this problem LEGO added the Retiring Soon […] Read more

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CUUSOO project: Avatar Scorpion Gunship

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Remember the 2009 blockbuster called Avatar? With the blue people on a far-away planet called Pandora? I recall how right after the movie, there were several wonderful attempts to create scenes from the film using LEGO. Today I would like to show you a current CUUSOO project that features the famous Scorpion Gunship from the movie in […] Read more

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LEGO Botanical Gardens – take a stroll!

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(Written by Geneva – gid617) Long ago, my Grandpa made me a table that we always called “the LEGO table”. It has a removable top, so when there were no babies crawling around we could put the whole thing on the floor. The surface of the table is covered with eight 32×32 stud LEGO plates to build on. Over […] Read more

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LEGO cars of the apocalypse…

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Today I would like to show you the incredibly creative and beautiful work of Nathan Proudlove; LEGO cars of the apocalypse. Based on the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the four vehicles are white, red, black and pale. Here is an overall shot of all four of the LEGO cars. :) The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are described […] Read more

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LEGO Star Wars Death Star II stop-motion

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A few months back I shared with you a LEGO Star Wars stop-motion video by Francisco Prieto featuring the #10179 LEGO Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series Millennium Falcon (see: LEGO Star Wars Millennium Falcon Stop-Motion). Since the Francisco made another stop-motion rendering of another Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series set, the #10143 LEGO Star Wars Death […] Read more

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A LEGO Halloween prank by the Hobbits…

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Happy Halloween! Here is a special LEGO Halloween video for you from the land of the Hobbits by the BrotherhoodWorkshop. The brothers and their team are known for their witty and funny LEGO stop-motion videos featuring characters from the LEGO Lord of the Rings and LEGO The Hobbit sets. This one is one of my favorites…  Pippin and Merry need to learn a […] Read more

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Ninjago costumes, hoodies, T-shirts are fun!

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LEGO Ninjago has a huge fan-base, especially amongst pre-teens and young teens; an age-group where role-play is still serious business. After all who doesn’t want to be an awesome ninja like Kai, Jay, Cole and Zane? Or even the legendary Green Ninja? I know I do, and I’m a grown-up! :P Having Halloween in mind I […] Read more

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LEGO Creations for Charity 2012!

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Make children happy during the Christmas holidays and get awesome LEGO creations at the same time! This is the 4th year for LEGO Creations for Charity founded by Nannan Zhang and supported by many LEGO fans from around the world. You can have some fun, and also know you are participating in a great cause […] Read more

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LEGO colors + computer settings = real magic!

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We have featured several wonderful LEGO creations and experiments by Sean and Steph Mayo (a.k.a. Siercon and Coral), and today I would like to show you one of their latest ideas using the LEGO color-palette and your computer’s ability to invert colors. :) The LEGO diorama above is called Invert Island, and for a good reason. […] Read more

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