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Scooby-Doo LEGO Friends & LEGO Star Wars

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When we recently talked about the newly released 2018 LEGO Friends sets, several of our readers pointed out that the #41339 LEGO Friends Mia’s Camper Van looks very much like a LEGO Scooby-Doo vehicle due to the very similar color-scheme. :) Indeed, the #75902 LEGO Scooby-Doo Mystery Machine  (and also the #75901 LEGO Scooby-Do Mystery Plane Adventures) […] Read more

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First LEGO Ideas contest winners!

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Back in November of last year, LEGO Ideas introduced building contests as a new feature to their platform. The very first contest challenged LEGO fans to design their own version of the LEGO Ideas logo for a chance to win some very generous prizes (you can read more about the contest here: LEGO Ideas Build […] Read more

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The Great LEGO City Mountain Chase contest

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To celebrate the release of the new LEGO City Mountain Police set, LEGO put together another great contest to challenge teen and adult LEGO fans. The contest is titled The Great LEGO City Mountain Chase, and it is a mixture of a LEGO building and LEGO photography challenge. :) :arrow: LEGO CITY MOUNTAIN CHASE CONTEST […] Read more

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LEGO steampunk city – Paris 1889

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Steampunk is such an interesting and unique subgenre of science fiction, inspired by 19th-century industrial steam-powered machinery. Steampunk imagines a world where steam power remains in mainstream usage, along with retro-futuristic technologies, and Victorian era lifestyle and fashion. While steampunk-inspired LEGO creations are not as common as models based on other forms of sci-fi, when […] Read more

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Little LEGO goldfish with building instructions

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At the core of the LEGO building system are basic elements like bricks, plates, tiles, slopes and wheels, but there are also many interesting parts with unusual shapes and connection points. Spending time with these special pieces is always a rewarding experience. As you examine the pieces, turn them and connect them in various ways, […] Read more

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January 2018 – new LEGO sets & promotions

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Happy New Year! 2017 was a great year for LEGO fans to be alive. We got some great sets, like the #70922 LEGO Batman Movie The Joker’s Manor, the #10256 LEGO Creator Taj Mahal, the #70620 LEGO Ninjago Movie Ninjago City, the #10255 LEGO Creator Assembly Square, the #21309 LEGO Ideas NASA Saturn V, the […] Read more

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From LEGO to reality: building a climbing wall

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Today, I thought to write about a little something different. It is not totally LEGO-related, but it started with LEGO, so I figured it would qualify for the topic of this blog. I was introduced to LEGO as a child by my dad. He is an architect, and he sometimes uses LEGO for modeling new […] Read more

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After Christmas LEGO clearance sales

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Hope you had a wonderful Christmas, and that you may have even gotten some new LEGO sets to build! If Santa didn’t bring you any LEGO this year, or you would just like to bulk up on discounted and retiring sets before the end of the year, remember that most retailers will be clearing out […] Read more

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LEGO flower mosaics & other pretty patterns

Because of the carefully designed shapes, precisely fitting connections, and beautiful colors of LEGO pieces, they are perfect for building mosaics and other symmetrical patterns. One LEGO fan who has been creating some very sweet three-dimensional mosaics goes by the name Azurekingfisher. I have been following their flickr gallery for some time now, and am […] Read more

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Beautiful LEGO micro-cities by Jeff Friesen

Sometimes those new to the LEGO hobby and people with a smaller LEGO collection get a little discouraged when they see the impressive large displays and dioramas of other LEGO fans. This is one of the reasons I like to regularly feature examples of micro-building with LEGO. Micro-building doesn’t require having a lot of parts, […] Read more

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