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Favorite landmark with LEGO building contest

Do you have a favorite building, structure, or landmark? Even if it’s no longer standing or you’ve moved away, architecture marvels can still be meaningful. In this new contest for teen and adult LEGO fans, you are invited to build your most beloved place, city, or building using LEGO bricks. This contest is run by LEGO directly, so the contest is fun and the prizes generous. Check out the details below. 🙂

LEGO ARCHITECTURE CONTEST – OVERVIEW: What’s your favorite place in the world? What structures, landmarks, or building define it? Whether it’s a well-known location or a beloved childhood haunt, LEGO invites you to build it using LEGO pieces. As long as it’s a real place that means something to you, they want to see it! You are welcome to also take a picture of your model next to its real life counterpart, or include a photo of the real life location for reference.

LEGO ARCHITECTURE CONTEST – HOW TO ENTER: Build your favorite place, structure or building using LEGO pieces. Take up to five photos (you are welcome to include a picture of your entry with the real life location, or a picture of the real life location for reference) and submit them to the contest. Use the description field to share details about your entry to – then hit “submit”. When you receive a “Success!” pop-up notification after clicking “submit” on the entry submission page, your entry has successfully been submitted. the Rebrick moderation team will review it within 1-3 days (excluding weekends and holidays) to make sure it fits all the contest rules.

LEGO ARCHITECTURE CONTEST – RULES: Your entry should be a real life location, not a fantasy location. Please do not include LEGO minifigures in your entry. LEGO encourages you to build in the LEGO Architecture style and scale – although this is not a requirement for entry. You can also take a photo of your model with the real life location – just please don’t include yourself in the photo. You can also just include a photo of the location for reference so long as it’s a photo you took yourself. You are still welcome to submit your entry even if the original structure or location is no longer standing. Entries with military or religious themes will not be eligible for the contest. Entries containing defamatory or degrading elements will not be eligible for the contest. Entries consisting of or containing copies of any existing third party work or creation or infringements of any third party intellectual property right will not be eligible for the contest. Entries can be previously built, but cannot be submitted previously in any contest of any kind competing for a prize. Each entry must have been made by the user submitting it, submitting entries you did not make yourself could result in your account being removed and all entries being disqualified. Use of LEGO Digital Designer to create your entry is allowed, along with photo editing software or adding effects to your entry. Entries must not contain LEGO elements which have been modified from their original form, including painted or cut elements. Entrants must be at least 13 years of age at the time of entry. You can read the rest of the entry guidelines and rules here.

LEGO ARCHITECTURE CONTEST – DEADLINE: You must submit your entry by August 2nd, 2018 at 10:00 AM EST. If you are not sure what time zone you are in, you can use an online time-zone converter to make sure you don’t miss the deadline.

LEGO ARCHITECTURE CONTEST – JUDGES: A panel of judges from the LEGO Architecture team will select one grand prize winner and two runner up winners. They will judge entries upon: overall coolness and originality – 25%, most inspired details – 25%, relevance to contest theme – 25%, best use of LEGO elements – 25%.

LEGO ARCHITECTURE CONTEST – PRIZES: There will be one grand prize winner, who will receive the following: #21019 LEGO Architecture The Eiffel Tower, #21028 LEGO Architecture New York City, #21029 LEGO Architecture Buckingham Palace, #21030 LEGO Architecture United States Capitol Building, #21032 LEGO Architecture Sydney, #21033 LEGO Architecture Chicago, #21034 LEGO Architecture London, #21035 LEGO Architecture Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, #21036 LEGO Architecture Arc de Triomphe, #21037 LEGO Architecture LEGO House, #21039 LEGO Architecture Shanghai, #21041 LEGO Architecture Great Wall of China, #21042 LEGO Architecture Statue of Liberty, an upcoming 2018 LEGO Architecture product not yet revealed, plus a $200 shopping spree at the Online LEGO Shop, and a Winner’s Certificate. There will be two runner up winners, who will receive the following: #21032 LEGO Architecture Sydney, #21033 LEGO Architecture Chicago, #21034 LEGO Architecture London, #21035 LEGO Architecture Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, #21036 LEGO Architecture Arc de Triomphe, #21039 LEGO Architecture Shanghai, #21041 LEGO Architecture Great Wall of China, #21042 LEGO Architecture Statue of Liberty, an upcoming 2018 LEGO Architecture product not yet revealed, and a Winner’s Certificate.

LEGO CONTEST – WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT: Winners will be contacted on the email address associated with their LEGO ID account after August 7th, 2018 and announced on Rebrick when the winners returned the signed Winner’s Certification Documents. A winner who does not return their Winner’s Certification Document within one week (5 days) of receiving it will be disqualified, and a new winner will be selected.

This is another fantastic contest by LEGO, and I’m very curious to see the entries and the stories that come with it. It’s a little strange that LEGO allows both LEGO Architecture scale and other scale buildings in the same contest, but hopefully it won’t be too confusing to the participants and the judges. Even if you are not planning to enter the contest, I recommend checking out the entries for some ideas and inspirations for your own future projects. And you can also take a look at the currently available LEGO Architecture sets at the Online LEGO Shop.

What do you think? How do you like this LEGO Architecture contest? Are you planning to enter? What memorable building are you going to recreate in LEGO? Feel free to share in the comment section below! 😉

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2018 LEGO Friends go-kart sets overview

Most of the LEGO Friends go-kart sets became available at the beginning of the month, so I thought it would be a good idea to take a look at the whole collection. It’s always exciting when a new sub-theme of LEGO Friends gets released with unique locations, accessories, and mini-dolls that are outside of what the regular Heartlake City sets offer. This time, the girls participate in go-kart racing, spread out in five LEGO Friends sets. 🙂

The smallest of the LEGO Friends go-kart racing sets is the #41348 LEGO Friends Service & Care Truck. It includes one go-kart, a go-kart launcher (included in all of the sets), a speed bump, and a cute stubby-nosed tow truck that can transport the go-cart. The truck features a lowering ramp to easily maneuver the go-kart onto the truck’s bed. Characters include Olivia in a cool racing outfit with a new style crash helmet with moulded-in hair (yes, it fits regular minifigs), her robot Zobo, and Rumble the hamster. While this is a solid standalone set, it is also a great addition to some of the larger sets in the series, like the car wash and the tuning shop. 247 pieces. Price: $19.99 – BUY HERE

The #41349 LEGO Friends Drifting Diner features an old-style diner with a burger grill, a takeout window, stylized car-shaped table with bench, and a giant burger icon on the roof. Separately, there is also a drive-in movie theatre, which can double as a phone/tablet holder, so you can play real movies for your mini-dolls. I really like the colors and shaping of the diner, although it could definitely be expanded for a more complete building. Like in all of the sets, you get a go-kart, a go-kart launcher, and one of the girls (this time Andrea) in racing outfit with the new style crash helmet. The other mini-doll’s name is Dottie with a fancy new hairpiece, and we also get the bird Pepper. The diner measures over 4” (11cm) high, 4” (12cm) wide and 4” (12cm) deep. The drive-in movie theater measures over 3” (10cm) high, 3” (9cm) wide and 2” (6cm) deep. 345 pieces. Price: $29.99 – BUY HERE

The #41350 LEGO Friends Spinning Brushes Car Wash is not yet released in the U.S., but I believe it’s available in other countries already. It features a car wash where the friends from Heartlake City clean up their go-karts before the big race. You can drive the go-kart slowly through the car wash and turn the red knob to make the brush spin. There is also a gas pump and a small convenience shop with coffee machine, and a go-kart launcher. From all the go-karts in the series, this is my favorite. I really like the colors and that it has a solar panel attached at the back. Mia wears a sporty racing outfit and crash helmet, and she has her bunny Twister with her. The other mini-doll, Zack, works at the car wash. I think this is a nice set overall, and could be used as a general car wash in Heartlake City. Car wash measures over 3” (10cm) high, 10” (27cm) wide and 7” (20cm) deep. 325 pieces. Price: $29.99 – BUY HERE

The #41351 LEGO Friends Creative Tuning Shop features a showroom with sliding door function and revolving floor, lifting workshop platform, opening tool drawers and an upstairs office. The set also comes with two go-karts plus lots of extra pieces to create and customize them in all sorts of ways. This is a good set for learning how to customize the go-karts, but I feel the showroom is mostly dead space with not much going on. I would get any of the previoucs sets before this one, but you may have a different opinion. The two mini-dolls are Emma and Dean, and Chico the cat is also included. Tuning shop measures over 6” (16cm) high, 9” (25cm) wide and 2” (6cm) deep. 413 pieces. Price: $39.99 – BUY HERE

The largest of the LEGO Friends go-kart sets is the #41352 LEGO Friends The Big Race Day. It is the set that all the others are leading up to; featuring the big race day! The main race building features a downstairs changing room with lockers and a restroom, while upstairs there’s a winner’s podium and VIP lounge for all the Heartlake City pets to watch the race (included are Vega the cat, Dash the dog and Twister the rabbit). There’s a start line and a separate finish line with light and loudspeakers. The three mini-dolls are Stephanie, Mia, and Vicky in racing outfits with crash helmets, each driving their own go-karts (go-kart launcher is included for all three). The finish line using the new roller coaster track pieces is a nice touch. I also like that the audience consists of all the girls’ pets. Kids love to line up their stuffed animals to make up the audience of various action scenes! The race building measures over 9” (25cm) high, 4” (12cm) wide and 3” (9cm) deep. 648 pieces. Price: $59.99 – BUY HERE

So you can see the sets and their features better, I have included a few video-reviews and product animation in the player below.

This is a great assortment of LEGO Friends sets with a unique theme. I like the idea of go-kart racing, as it allows the introduction of a bunch of easily customizable colorful little cars in moderately priced sets. I also really like the outfits of the mini-dolls, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see LEGO fans using them in other settings. It’s a little unusual that there is no inexpensive introductory set to the theme, but the sets are fairly priced and none of them are too big or expensive. You can get just one of the sets, or mix and match them as you please. This is a well thought out and designed sub-theme of LEGO Friends with a fun subject that can be interesting to both boys and girls. You can find the sets at the LEGO Friends section of the Online LEGO Shop.

What do you think? How do you like the LEGO Friends go-kart sets? Are you interested in this collection? Have you gotten any of the sets already? Which one is your favorite? Feel free to share your thoughts and own reviews in the comment section below! 😉

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