With Halloween coming up, it’s time to build some LEGO Halloween creations! I recently came across a very talented LEGO builder on Facebook named Chad Parker. Last year, Chad built a series of gingerbread houses for the holiday season, and this year he decided to build a series of pumpkin houses for Halloween. Below, I […] Read more
LEGO News & Updates
(Written by Geneva – gid617) If you read my previous articles in this series, you know that I have been working on several LEGO amusement park mash-up projects by combining sets from different themes (see links at the end of this post). So far, we discussed mixing sets from LEGO Friends and LEGO Ninjago, LEGO […] Read more
You might remember that at the beginning of last year, LEGO Ideas ran a contest called Moments in Space. The challenge was to build a small to mid-size space model that was going to be used as an exclusive LEGO gift-with-purchase set in the future. The contest was very successful with almost a thousand entries, […] Read more
There is a new contest on LEGO Ideas for LEGO Harry Potter fans. The LEGO Ideas team is looking for recreations of iconic Harry Potter winter scenes, across any of the films. The contest is fun, the prizes are amazing, so if you are a Harry Potter fan, this is your chance to have a […] Read more
(Written by Mark H. Avery) Reading and re-reading all the model train magazines I own (mainly Model Railroader and Classic Toy Trains) is almost a hobby onto itself. Doing so is supposed to teach model railroaders (and by extension, LEGO City train builders) many lessons. Some are lessons that I’ve absorbed; there are others that […] Read more
Today, The LEGO Group announced the launch of LEGO Replay, a pilot program that will accept any and all previously used LEGO bricks and donate them to children’s non-profits in the United States. The effort is a collaboration with Give Back Box, Teach For America, and Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston. Below are the […] Read more
(Written by Geneva – gid617) If you read my previous articles you know that I have been working on a series of LEGO amusement park projects by combining sets from different themes (see links at the end of this post). So far, we discussed combining a LEGO Friends set with one from LEGO Ninjago, and […] Read more
The month of October is getting us closer to the year-end holiday season, which means that LEGO fans can look forward to holiday sets, new sets in various themes, freebies, and more. In addition, Triple Force Friday is coming up this weekend with a whole range of new LEGO Star Wars sets, sales, and promotions […] Read more
A couple of days ago, the LEGO MINDSTORMS and Amazon Alexa announced their collaboration for the LEGO MINDSTORMS Voice Challenge: Powered by Alexa competition. It’s an opportunity for Alexa developers, LEGO MINDSTORMS enthusiasts, and creators around the world to explore and build the future of voice-based experiences through construction and robotics play. There will be hundreds […] Read more
The LEGO Ideas team released some exciting information yesterday! Over the past four months, the LEGO Ideas review board has been evaluating nine projects that reached 10,000 supporters between January and May this year. In addition, they’ve also continued their evaluation of the Playable LEGO Piano from a previous review period, as it required more […] Read more
