(Written by Geneva – gid617) The Summer Joust was born in 2016 as a multi-category LEGO community contest challenging builders to bring their best skills to the medieval theme. With 130 entries in the first Joust, the contest was a decided success and it has continued to be an annual summer highlight for castle builders. […] Read more
LEGO News & Updates
The LEGO Ideas team recently ran a contest for creative LEGO photography, with the winning entry becoming featured on the front of a new 1,000-piece puzzle produced and distributed by Chronicle Books. There were several categories to enter; Space & Astronomy, Nature Scenes, Retro, and Architecture. LEGO Ideas judges selected 10 of what they felt […] Read more
I was reading an interesting piece of news this past weekend on Brickset. Apparently, several sets that were released within the past few years will be available in revised versions. The selection seems rather random, and I’m not really sure what to think, but I have included the information below so we can discuss. The […] Read more
The first round of crowdfunding for the BrickLink Designer Program took place last month. In case you’re not yet familiar with the program, you can read about it via the links at the end of this post, but in summary, LEGO Ideas projects that achieved 10,000 votes but weren’t chosen to become official LEGO sets, […] Read more
A lot of new LEGO sets are getting released this month, so let’s take a look. Please note that some of these sets have already been available outside of North America, and others are brand new in all regions. So, let’s take a look at all the new sets and promotions this month has to […] Read more
You might remember that last year, during the Comic Con at Home event, LEGO was running an online custom LEGO Comic Creator. This is a fun little activity to create your own custom minifig and place them in a story, then have the finished comic sent to you. Below are the details. Create an adventure […] Read more
During the recent LEGO CON – which was the first such event organized by LEGO – LEGO Minecraft fans were asked to vote for a new Minecraft skin that will be included in a future LEGO Minecraft set scheduled for next year. There were three choices presented; Ninja, Warrior, and Ranger. Recently, LEGO announced on […] Read more
Just a quick reminder that today and tomorrow are the last days to earn Double VIP Points at the Online LEGO Shop. This is the perfect time to pick up some of sets that you have been on your wanted list. The Double VIP Points period is especially great for picking up exclusive sets that […] Read more
LEGO is well aware that their adult fans are passionate about the hobby, and they would like to better understand the habits and likes of the AFOL (Adult fan of LEGO) community. Thus, they are running a couple of surveys to find out how adults engage with the LEGO Group, the LEGO fan community, and […] Read more
As we discussed recently, the first round of the BrickLink Designer Program took place on July 1st. You can read more about the program in the original announcement here: BrickLink Designer Program Details Revealed and the update here: BrickLink Designer Program – First Round Funding. To recap, the BrickLink Designer Program gave a second chance […] Read more
