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Updated guidelines for LEGO Ideas projects

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Last week LEGO updated their Guidelines and House Rules and Terms of Service to clarify the range of submissions that would make good candidates for LEGO Ideas sets. This includes new limits to project size, scope, and subject matter, as well as simplified guidelines for collaborative projects. LEGO Ideas is a very innovate initiative from […] Read more

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Giant LEGO dioramas by OliveSeon

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Korean professional building team OliveSeon is well known for their amazing large LEGO dioramas. Below I will show you some of my favorite ones from their collection. Photographing such huge models is tricky, and it is hard to see all the details from just one overall image, so I recommend you check out the more […] Read more

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LEGO Dad – Build Friendships for Life

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LEGO has been one of the sponsors of an event in California called Dad 2.0 Summit. According to their website “The Dad 2.0 Summit is an annual conference where marketers, social media leaders, and blogging parents connect to discuss the changing voice and perception of modern fatherhood. More men are defying stereotypes by taking active […] Read more

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Two new contests for teen & adult LEGO fans!

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ReBrick is turning out to be a really exciting place for LEGO contests. As you may remember from our previous discussions (see links at the end of this post), LEGO’s ReBrick website was recently re-launched to focus on LEGO contests for teen and adult LEGO fans. There has been several interesting contests with great prizes, […] Read more

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In memory of LEGO designer Daniel Krentz

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LEGO designer Mark Stafford shared some very sad news on his flickr page a few days ago. Daniel August Krentz, designer of the famed #375 LEGO Classic Yellow Castle and many other iconic LEGO sets recently passed away. Daniel was the first LEGO designer recruited from the LEGO fan community, and the first LEGO designer […] Read more

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Getting interviewed by Creator magazine

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Towards the end of last year I was contacted by Dongwon Lee from the South Korean LEGO fan magazine simply titled CREATOR. They mostly cover the work of LEGO fans from Asia, but they wanted to do an interview with me, because apparently the LEGO Mini Taj Mahal I built a few years ago was […] Read more

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LEGO Big Ben available & other specials

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While we already discussed the various promotions, and new releases this month (see: June 2016 – New LEGO Sets & Promotions), there are a couple of specials that LEGO sneaked in later in the month that I wanted to bring to your attention. :) :arrow: LEGO CREATOR BIG BEN AVAILABLE: The #10253 LEGO Creator Big […] Read more

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LEGO City Airport – Wacky Vacation video

Below is a fun little video for your Saturday morning, directly from LEGO. I won’t spoil the story for you, but it’s pretty enjoyable. The film is also interesting because it features pretty much all of the new airplanes from the LEGO City Airport sets, as well as the characters from the LEGO City Fun […] Read more

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June 2016 – new LEGO sets & promotions

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LEGO released a whole bunch of new sets just a few days ago and also today, and they are topped with some new promotions as well. Today we will summarize all the new sets to make sure you don’t miss out on anything, and also mention the new specials that you can take advantage of. :) :arrow: […] Read more

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Fun with the LEGO Disney Minifigure Series

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LEGO fans have been having a lot of fun with the LEGO Disney Collectible Minifigure Series characters, so I thought to show you some of the creations I found and particularly liked. :) In the picture above you can see Donald Duck checking his mailbox. Neighbor Jones is in the garden, taking care of his roses. […] Read more

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