I recently ran across a sweet series by LEGO fan Tom Gerardin. If you’re from the UK, you might remember that Tom was one of the contestants in the 2018 season of LEGO Masters. Tom’s brick-built characters are particularly expressive, capturing both movement and emotion in an effective and attractive way. Tom calls his new […] Read more
LEGO News & Updates
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
Brickset recently ran a fun competition, asking members to vote and advocate for the best LEGO set in the past 20 years. It was a process that took several days and much discussion, but ultimately four LEGO sets made it to the top; the #70620 LEGO Ninjago City, the #21309 LEGO Ideas NASA Apollo Saturn […] 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
If you have been a reader here for a while, you might remember that some years back we regularly featured LEGO stop-motion animation videos by Kevin Ulrich, who runs the YouTube channel, the BrotherhoodWorkshop. Kevin’s videos are funny and creative, using many innovative brickfilming techniques. Kevin hasn’t been posting as much on his channel as […] 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
August is bringing us new LEGO sets and promotions! In fact, we’re getting so many new (and big!) sets and entire new themes, it might even feel overwhelming! Which, I guess is a good thing when it comes to LEGO! Check out the details below. :arrow: FREE LEGO SUPER MARIO SETS: There are two Super […] Read more
(Written by Mark H. Avery) This is a continuation from my previous twoo articles, Learning from Model Train Magazines – Part 1 and Learning from Model Train Magazines – Part 2. If you read those essays, you know that I enjoy getting ideas for my LEGO city layout and buildings from hobby train magazines and […] 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
