In recent years, LEGO has been releasing an unusually large number of beautiful decorative pieces, as well as pieces in new colors. The LEGO Elves, LEGO Disney, and LEGO Ninjago collections are particularly excellent sources of ornate elements, jewels, flowers, and other interesting pieces. These pieces are perfect for building mosaics and other projects where the formation […] Read more
LEGO News & Updates
Around the world, there are different types of LEGO stores with the goal of providing an inspiring, interactive, creative, and fun experience for kids and adults alike. Now, the LEGO Retail Design Team would like to hear from adult LEGO fans about their shopping experiences and expectations, and how the LEGO Retail Design Team can […] Read more
As you may remember from our previous discussions, the LEGO Group and BrickLink.com is currently running a joint venture called the AFOL (ADULT-FANS-OF-LEGO) Designer Program. LEGO fans could submit their own custom designed models (there were over 400 entries!), judges selected what they felt were the best models for the program, which you can now […] Read more
Last summer, we discussed a custom LEGO Modular Building by British LEGO fan Bricked1980, featuring a late 1950s post office, a fish & chip shop, a mail sorting room, a café, and a business office. (You can read more about the project and see lots of pictures here and here.) There has been a great […] Read more
The #71043 LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle is a seriously impressive set with over 6,000 pieces, and an overall size of over 22” (58cm) high, 27” (69cm) wide and 16” (43cm) deep. This massive set features the Great Hall, the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, the Chessboard Chamber, the Room of Requirement, the Chamber […] Read more
The New York Toy Fair is taking place February 16-19, and for LEGO fans, this is an exciting event. Although the two earlier events – the London Toy Fair and the German Toy Fair – revealed some upcoming set names, numbers, and prices, pictures were not allowed (see: New LEGO Sets at the 2019 Toy […] Read more
The tiny-house movement is an architectural and social movement that advocates living simply in small homes. It’s a return to simplicity from the ever-increasing size of family homes. Although the movement has been around since at least the 1970s, it got a lot of traction after the 2008 recession. There were even TV shows dedicated […] Read more
For LEGO fans, any holiday or event is a great excuse/opportunity to be creative. To celebrate Valentine’s Day, LEGO fan Jason Allemann built a custom Valentine’s Day pop-up book based on the #21315 LEGO Ideas Pop-Up Book, originally submitted to LEGO Ideas by Jason and fellow LEGO fan, Grant Davis. Check out this sweet red […] Read more
(Written by Mark H. Avery) In this series, I have been sharing my own personal story in the LEGO hobby, including slowly building up a collection of sets from the 1970s to the 1990s, and constructing a LEGO city. If you like, you can read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 […] Read more
To celebrate the release of The LEGO Movie 2 this weekend, LEGO is giving us some nice little surprises. First of all, this weekend only, LEGO is offering Double VIP Points on all sets related to The LEGO Movie 2! We haven’t had a wider Double VIP Points offer like this for a while, so […] Read more
