We haven’t gotten a good medieval windmill since the release of the #7189 LEGO Castle Mill Village Raid in 2011 (pictured below), so I thought to share some of my favorite custom LEGO windmills built by LEGO fans. Windmills were (and in some places still are) an important part of daily life. They make it […] Read more
LEGO News & Updates
As we discussed previously (see links at the end of this post), LEGO has been working on restructuring the LEGO VIP program by adding more ways to earn and redeem points. The new LEGO VIP Rewards Center is now live so we have a chance to check out all the changes and additions to the […] Read more
The LEGO Christmas in July Sale is now live! This is basically LEGO’s way of clearing out items before the next big batch of summer and fall sets arrive. Please note that this event is only this weekend, July 12-14. You can also earn Double VIP Points on a couple of sets. Details below. :arrow: […] Read more
The third season of the American science fiction-horror web television series Stranger Things premiered on Netflix a few days ago, which means new interest in the recently released #75810 LEGO Stranger Things: The Upside Down set (for more info and full review check the links at the end of this post). To celebrate the event, […] Read more
One of the most impressive projects at the recent 2019 BrickWorld Chicago event was built by the online LEGO User Group, RebelLUG. Unlike traditional LEGO User Groups whose members are from the same geographical area, RebelLUG members are from many different countries, including Gemany, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, Denmark, France, England, Croatia, the U.S, and […] Read more
There are a couple of pieces of news from the LEGO Ideas platform that’s relevant to teen and adult LEGO fans. First, here is a new contest, inspired by the new LEGO Ideas Space Exploration sets, and second, the LEGO Ideas Activities feature we talked about previously (see: LEGO Ideas Activities – A New Way […] Read more
There are a couple of LEGOLAND Park and Discovery Center related news that came out a few days ago that are relevant to LEGO fans. The most significant one is that Merlin Entertainments (the current owners of LEGOLAND Parks and Discovery Centers) was purchased by a group of private investment companies, including KIRKBI, the Kirk […] Read more
As we discussed at the beginning of last month, LEGO has been releasing the 2019 summer sets gradually, with some regions getting certain themes earlier than others. In North America, the #75810 LEGO Stranger Things: The Upside Down set, the #10266 LEGO Creator NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander, the LEGO City Space Exploration sets, and […] Read more
A complaint about the recently released #75936 LEGO Jurassic Park: T. Rex Rampage set has been that it does not include any of the iconic Jurassic Park vehicles. LEGO designer Mark Stafford explained that this would have required a separate license from the car manufacturer, so LEGO decided against it. However, this does not have […] Read more
(Written by Mark H. Avery) Train shows tend to be a fall/winter event. Someone commented to me recently that the type of people who go to train shows are into NASCAR come spring. Many are certainly enjoying the outdoors at some point. A recent (March, 2019) visit to the Greenberg Train Show at the New […] Read more
