For April Fools’ Day this year, LEGO posted a photo of a “revolutionary brick sorting vacuum”, called VacuSort. This handsome little machine supposed to be able to sort LEGO pieces by shape and color, and even separate out dust. The VacuSort was meant to be a funny joke in response to parents always complaining about […] Read more
LEGO News & Updates
This April is super fun because Easter and April Fools’ Day falls on the same day. I can’t wait to see and hear about all the pranks people (including LEGO fans) come up with! And, the fun doesn’t stop there! LEGO is offering some really sweet freebies this month, and there are also new sets […] Read more
With all the LEGO news and new sets coming out at the beginning of the year, I neglected to mention one important piece of news for LEGO fans; LEGO Digital Designer has been updated at the beginning of February with over four hundred new parts! :) As we discussed previously, LEGO is planning to retire LEGO Digital […] Read more
Pacific Rim Uprising, the sequel to the 2013 film, Pacific Rim, was released just a few days ago. While it doesn’t have the originality, artistry, and sheer awesomeness of the first film, it does provide good follow-up entertainment for fans. Pacific Rim is particularly interesting for LEGO fans, because the LEGO building system lends itself […] Read more
Back in 2010, there was a viral video titled The Fastest and Funniest LEGO Star Wars Story Ever Told, summarizing the tale of the original Star Wars trilogy. It was narrated by a fast-talking kid over a really good LEGO Star Wars stop-motion animation. The video got over 11 million views, and is still popular […] Read more
One of my favorite LEGO book series is The LEGO Built-It Book: Amazing Vehicles by Nathanael Kuipers and Mattia Zamboni. There are two books in the collection (see here and here), both taking the #5867 LEGO Creator Super Speedster 3-in-1 set released in 2010, and offering ten alternate instructions in each book for other type of […] Read more
There is some miscellaneous news from the LEGO Ideas platform that is pretty exciting and worth talking about. First of all, the winners of the LEGO Ideas Moments in Space contest have been announced. There were over 1,000 entries, and the judges were blown away by the creativity and enthusiasm of the participants. The grand […] Read more
Just a quick update on our previous discussion about the demise of Toys’R’Us (see Troubles in the Toy World & at Toys’R’Us) and some related shopping opportunities. When Toys’R’Us was still talking about bankruptcy, they scheduled to close a number of stores around the U.S. These stores have been running 10-40% off sales for a […] Read more
The LEGO Ninjago Movie Ninjago City is one big set. Measuring over 24” (63cm) high, 12” (31cm) wide and 16” (42cm) deep, it towers over the already large LEGO Modular Buildings, and not to speak of the regular LEGO City, and LEGO Creator houses. If you do collect the LEGO Modular Buildings, with some modifications, […] Read more
Jason Allemann is well known for his very interesting and engaging LEGO models, particularly his kinetic and motorized creations. Jason also freely and happily shares instructions for most of his models, so other LEGO fans can build them, display them, and learn from the techniques used. :) One of Jason’s most popular LEGO sculptures depicts […] Read more
