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Be a LEGO Creator – LEGO building contest

by on August 12, 2017
in Community News

We recently discussed the new LEGO Creator 3-in-1 houses, which use a new modular system to offer more options for customization (see: LEGO Creator Summer Sets Review). And now, LEGO is challenging fans to create their own modules that are compatible with the houses via a new contest at ReBrick. As all contests run by LEGO, this contest is interesting and fun, and the prizes are awesome! Details below. 🙂

➡ LEGO CREATOR CONTEST – OVERVIEW: Be a LEGO creator and add a unique module to one of these three LEGO Creator sets: #31067 LEGO Creator Modular Poolside Holiday, #31068 LEGO Creator Modular Modern Home, and #31069 LEGO Creator Modular Family Villa. With these sets, LEGO Creator branched out to a new modular system, with a focus on mixing and combining the different parts and modules. What else would you add to them? Maybe an additional room? A dock? Or even another story? Enter your own special module to any of the three sets for a chance to win!

➡ LEGO CREATOR CONTEST – HOW TO ENTER: Build a module which measures 8×8 or 8×16 studs for the #31067 LEGO Creator Modular Poolside Holiday, the #31068 LEGO Creator Modular Modern Home, or the #31069 LEGO Creator Modular Family Villa. Take up to five photos of your creation and submit them to the contest, making sure to show off all angles of your creation. Use the description field to specify which of the three sets your module belongs to. When you receive a “Success!” pop-up notification after clicking “submit” on the entry submission page, your entry has been submitted successfully. The ReBrick moderation team will review it within 1-3 working days to make sure it fits all the contest rules.

➡ LEGO CREATOR CONTEST – RULES: In this contest, a module is defined as being an 8×8 or 8×16 stud structure. Your module should measure 8×8 or 8×16 studs in size, as these are the only entries accepted in the contest. In addition, your module should include and attached to other modules in one or all of the three sets by 1×4 plates with 2 studs connection. Modules can be placed on top of each other, side-by-side and underneath. You can build any additional room, or even an outdoor space with no frame (see pictures below for examples). You don’t need to show your module with the set it’s built for, just show how it would fit with the model. Although you can enter as many modules as you like, only show one module per entry, and keep in mind that only one entry per person will be considered when winners are selected. Use of LEGO Digital Designer is not allowed in this contest. 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 CREATOR CONTEST – DEADLINE: You must submit your entry by September 15th, 2017 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 CREATOR CONTEST – JUDGES: A panel of judges from the LEGO Creator team will select one grand prize winner and two runner ups. They will judge entries upon: overall coolness and originality – 25%, most inspired details on the module – 25%, attention to contest theme – 25%, best use of LEGO elements – 25%.

➡ LEGO CREATOR CONTEST – PRIZES: There will be one grand prize winner who will receive the full 2017 second half LEGO Creator 3-in-1 assortment, including: #31067 LEGO Creator Modular Poolside Holiday, #31068 LEGO Creator Modular Modern Home, #31069 LEGO Creator Modular Family Villa, #31066 LEGO Creator Space Shuttle Explorer, and #31070 LEGO Creator Turbo Track Racer, along with some extra special LEGO Creator 3-in-1 swag! The two runner ups will receive the same six sets, but no special swag.

➡ LEGO CREATOR CONTEST – ANNOUNCING WINNERS: Winners will be contacted on the email address associated with their LEGO ID account after September 22nd, 2017 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 of receiving it will be disqualified, and a new winner will be selected.

Whether you have the LEGO Creator 3-in-1 houses already, or you just like the concept of modular houses, here is your chance to show your creativity and design your own unique module! If you don’t have the sets, you can find detailed images of all three under the LEGO Creator section of the Online LEGO Shop.

What do you think? How do you like this LEGO Creator contest? Are you planning to enter? Do you have some ideas already? And do you have any of the new LEGO Creator 3-in-1 houses? Feel free to share your thoughts and discuss in the comment section below!

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Fun with the LEGO elbow macaroni piece

by on August 11, 2017
in Other LEGO Sets & Themes

A very interesting LEGO piece that was introduced last year is the 1×1 90-Degree Round Elbow Brick, which looks very much like elbow macaroni… yum! There was an earlier version of this element produced between 1995 and 2008, but that piece did not have axle holders inside the end holes, and it only came in chrome-silver in twelve sets to simulate car parts (see picture below of one of the sets). While the new piece looks the same on the outside, having the added axle holes on the inside makes them a lot more versatile. In fact, in just the last two years, LEGO already released this new element in seven colors (white, light-bluish-gray, black, red orange, yellow, and pearl-dark-gray), and in fifteen sets! 🙂

The elbow brick is unique in many ways; it is completely round and smooth, it has no studs, no LEGO logo, and has an unusual curve and angle for a LEGO element. In fact, for someone who is not familiar with LEGO, it might not even look like a LEGO piece!

So how do you use the elbow brick without any obvious standard LEGO connection points? Well, it actually does have some connectors that make this piece compatible with the LEGO building system. The outside diameter is the same as a 1×1 round brick, and the inside diameter receives standard LEGO studs. So, this means that the elbow brick can be attached to pretty much any LEGO element with at least one stud. In addition, hidden inside the two end holes are small ridges to accept a LEGO Technic axle, or even standard LEGO rod/antenna piece.

The 90-degree angle and the connection points make the macaroni piece excellent for connecting elements at different angles, as it is demonstrated in the #70901 LEGO Batman Movie Mr. Freeze Ice Attack set (see above). And, if you connect several macaroni pieces, you can make some fun twisty-curvy contraptions, like the pipes in the #70900 LEGO Batman Movie The Joker Balloon Escape set (see below).

Speaking of twisty and curvy, because of the natural smoothness of the element, it can also be used to mimic organic shapes, like the neck of the beautiful swan in the #10257 LEGO Creator Carousel. This is the only set so far where the piece appears in white (two are included).

And, of course, the elbow brick can still be used as pipes on cars, as its predecessor. The #21307 LEGO Ideas Caterham Seven 620R incorporates the elbow brick both for its exhaust pipe (3 light-bluish-gray elbow bricks) and roll-bar behind the seats (2 black elbow bricks). And it is also very effectively used in other vehicles like the #60151 LEGO City Dragster Transporter, the #70589 LEGO Ninjago Rock Roader, and the #70905 LEGO Batman Movie The Batmobile.

One of the most fun ways the macaroni piece has been used in an official LEGO set is the colorful pipes on the #21306 LEGO Ideas Beatles Yellow Submarine. This is the only set so far where the part appears in orange and yellow (two of each).

Due to the unusual shape, angle, and smoothness, the elbow brick is an excellent piece for greebling LEGO machinery, factories, vehicles, and more. Take a look at this little vignette by LEGO fan Karf Oohlu, who uses the element to make pipes in what looks like some kind of industrial setting.

And Legobird3 takes building pipes to a whole other level with the abstract creation pictured below. It doesn’t even look like LEGO any more, but in a good way! As the elbow brick becomes more and more available in standard LEGO sets, I’m sure LEGO fans are going to continue having fun with this unusual and very useful piece.

If you would like to try out working with the elbow brick, and you don’t have any yet, some LEGO sets are better than others to get a good quantity. The #21307 LEGO Ideas Caterham Seven 620R has five (three light-bluish-gray and two black), three small sets from The LEGO Batman Movie have several in red (#70900, #70901, #70913), the #21306 LEGO Ideas Beatles Yellow Submarine got two in orange and two in yellow, the new #70618 LEGO Ninjago Movie Destiny’s Bounty has eight in pearl-dark-gray, the #60151 LEGO City Dragster Transporter has six in pearl-dark-gray, the #70905 LEGO Batman Movie The Batmobile also got six in pearl-dark-gray, and the brand new #17101 BOOST Creative Toolbox robotics kit includes four black ones. The piece also appears in some other sets, but in lesser quantities, so look out for them.

What do you think? How do you like the elbow brick? Have you played with it already? What other interesting uses can you think of? Feel free to share your thoughts and discuss in the comment section below! 😉

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