Earlier this year, I visited the medieval fair that goes through our town once a year. The event is set up like a medieval village and marketplace, with all the vendors, performers, and even the visitors dressed up in medieval garb. This allows you to fully immerse yourself in the atmosphere of medieval times. One […] Read more
LEGO News & Updates

A few days ago, Jens Kronvold Frederiksen, Creative Director for LEGO Star Wars and the leader of the awesome LEGO Star Wars design team took the time to answer questions from LEGO Star Wars fans via a Reddit AMA (Ask-Me-Anything). I thought this was a really interesting session, so below I reproduced the questions and […] Read more

With Easter coming up on April 21st, manufacturers and retailers are all trying to catch our attention with special promotions and little items to fill Easter baskets. In the case of LEGO, they are offering the #853958 LEGO Chicken Skater Pod with purchases of $35 or more at official LEGO stores and the Online LEGO […] Read more

A couple of days ago, I got a friendly reminder from the BrickLink team that the crowdfunding stage of the AFOL Designer Program is ending today, April 15th, so I thought to remind our readers as well. As you may remember from our previous discussions (see links at the end of this post) the LEGO […] Read more
A couple of weeks ago, when I was checking Facebook, I happened to see the following announcement about the life-size Bugatti Chiron coming to Orlando. It was two days before the actual event, and Orlando is a three-hour drive away from us, but I knew I had to go. I have been following the journey […] Read more
To celebrate the upcoming 20th anniversary of LEGO Star Wars, the LEGO Ideas team is launching a new contest that’s all about the epic battles from the Star Wars universe. To do this, the LEGO Ideas team wants to see your favorite battle scenes from the movies. You can even add your own fun or […] Read more
The month of April is starting out with lots of new sets, including LEGO Star Wars, LEGO Marvel Super Heroes, LEGO Ideas sets and more. Also, we have Easter coming up with new sets, and there are also new promotional items, and Double VIP Points on select sets. Let’s take a look. :) :arrow: LEGO […] Read more
If you are a LEGO VIP member, you should have gotten an email by now with some preliminary information about the changes coming to the LEGO VIP program. If you haven’t received the email, I have included the information below for your reference. :) We’re super excited to let you know we’re making improvements to the LEGO VIP […] Read more
Last week, we discussed the upcoming LEGO Tower game, based on the classic mobile game called Tiny Tower by NimbleBit (see: LEGO Tower Mobile Game Coming Soon!). To celebrate the release of the game and to get LEGO fans excited about its potential, the LEGO Ideas team and the LEGO Games team collaborated to run […] Read more
We have talked about the popular custom LEGO instructions by Build Better Bricks, including the awesome Iron Giant, an upgraded version of the Guardians of the Galaxy Milano spaceship, a cute brick-built baby Groot, various Star Wars, Super Heroes, and Ninjago characters, character busts, beautifully designed Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean and […] Read more