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
LEGO News & Updates
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
The LEGO Group is set to launch a new initiative called Lead User Lab. The Lead User Lab will aim to capture new-to-the-company ideas, evaluate their potential. and bring them to life in new ways. It’s kind of vague right now what this program will include, but below I have included what we know via […] Read more
The recently announced #75936 LEGO Jurassic Park: T. Rex Rampage set is now available for LEGO VIP members (general release will be on July 1st). You can read the full press-release as well as watch the designer-video here: LEGO Jurassic Park: T. Rex Rampage Coming! But that’s not all the dino news! There is also […] Read more
Last year, Newsweek Magazine released a special edition issue titled, LEGO – The Toy That Changed Our Lives, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the LEGO brick, the 40th anniversary of the minifigure, and the 50th anniversary of LEGOLAND parks. The close to 100-page publication included fifteen articles peppered with interesting facts, insights, interviews, and […] Read more
There is a new contest on LEGO Ideas for those of you who would like to flex your building muscles, and maybe even win some of the amazing prizes. This time, the contest is related to the nostalgic #21316 LEGO Ideas The Flintstones set. The LEGO Ideas team can’t wait to see the wacky things […] Read more
