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Last day of LEGO Double VIP Points deal!

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Just a quick reminder that today is the last day of the Double VIP Points period at LEGO stores and the Online LEGO Shop. Double VIP Points only come up a few times a year, so if you wanted to take advantage of this special offer, make sure you put in your order before the […] Read more

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LEGO apartment life & small living spaces

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Whether you are decorating the interior of the LEGO Modular Buildings, or you are building your own LEGO houses from scratch, working on minifig-scale living-spaces is always fun and challenging. Today I wanted to show you a series of small vignettes by LEGO fan César Soares dedicated to apartment life. :) César shares that while […] Read more

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The LEGO Batman Movie soundtrack & more!

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The LEGO Batman Movie had some great songs, but my favorite is “Friends Are Family” by Oh, Hush! It has a similarly catchy tune as “Everything is Awesome” from The LEGO Movie. Plus, it comes with great animation in the official music video. In case you haven’t see it yet, I thought to include it […] Read more

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LEGO Easter raffle for springtime fun!

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LEGO is running a fun little campaign for Easter, including a raffle, where participants will have a chance to win a goodie-bag with LEGO related Easter awesomeness and a medium-sized LEGO set. Details on how to enter are enclosed below. :) To participate in this raffle, take an Easter-themed LEGO picture. Your image could be […] Read more

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LEGO minifig packs, mugs, plushies & more!

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Besides the large wave of new LEGO sets that were just released (see: March 2017 – New LEGO Sets & Promotions), there are some interesting and unusual smaller items that you might have not noticed. Most LEGO fans will get their favorite new sets during the current Double VIP Points period (valid March 6-16th). So […] Read more

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The expanding color-palette of LEGO trees

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The two different sizes of LEGO leaf pieces were introduced back in 1987, and came in one color; standard green. It was not until the year 2000 when bright-green was added, and a few years later dark-green, and white. The four colors gave LEGO fans a decent palette to build a good variety of green […] Read more

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Mixing LEGO Exo-Force & LEGO Friends

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I always enjoy seeing when LEGO fans do something interesting and unusual with LEGO Friends. In addition, one of my favorite LEGO themes is the now retired LEGO Exo-Force line. So, I was thrilled to see Tyler Sky combine the two themes and create Exo-Friends. Tyler released one new Exo-Friends mech each day for a […] Read more

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March 2017 – new LEGO sets & promotions

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While most of the March LEGO sets were released a couple of weeks early (see: Second Wave of 2017 Sets Available Now!), there are other new sets coming as well. Also, this month we get the first Double VIP Points special of the year, so this is a perfect time to make those purchases you […] Read more

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Survey: what do you think of LEGO boxes?

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LEGO is running a survey to get feedback on their packaging, and asked us to share it with our readers. This is a great opportunity to let LEGO know what you think about their box designs, and other packaging materials. Please note that the focus of this survey is on the packaging of the larger, […] Read more

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Building with the LEGO Nexo Knights shields

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One of the most interesting new elements LEGO gave us in the last couple of years is the LEGO Nexo Knights shield piece (also referred to as 2×3 Modified Pentagonal Tile on BrickLink, and as 2×3 Flat Tile with Angle on Brickset). The most common application of this element is as a printed shield representing various […] Read more

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