How do you build your LEGO set?
When you open that cardboard box of plastic possibilities, how do you build? Do you rip open the bags, carefully snip open the top, follow each instruction step by step? Or do you check, double check?…
The LEGO Christmas Catalog Your Minifigures Have Been Waiting For
You know that feeling when you suddenly remember something you should have done but forgot? Well, that was the feeling I had this morning. I was sipping my tea as usual, surfing around for some news…
Best LEGO Star Wars Sets a Collector Should Have
LEGO Star Wars made its debut in 1999 and over 20 years later it’s still going strong. With the last film in this series, The Rise of Skywalker signalling the end of the tale, it is…
Compatibility of LEGO: Does it “Play Well” with others?
So, here’s a confession; I don’t just have LEGO in my toy box. I suspect that a very large percentage of the target audience (i.e. children) aren’t tied to the single brand either. My collection includes…
LEGO Central Perk: The One where It’s Finally Here!
The One with All the Excitement Halloween has come and passed. We all wore our costumes and ate our candies. As we take on the new month, we have already started to think about the wonderful…
The LEGO Zombie Apocalypse Is Nigh
It’s Halloween season in LEGO City – and you know what that usually means. Brickbucks are selling their world-famous pumpkin-spice Blokacchinos, and the minifigures of LEGO City are donning their favourite costumes as they head out…
Exploring the Great Western Brick Show in Swindon
I’m still quite new to this expo malarkey. My first experience was when I displayed my LEGO Ideas project in Newcastle, at the Discovery Brick expo earlier this year, which I covered in a previous article.…
The LEGO Book, A Review
"Only the best..." The LEGO Book, first published in 2009 by DK, written by Daniel Lipkowitz, is a massive, 200 page exploration of all things LEGO. LEGO began in 1932 with the founding of a wooden toy…
Shouldering the responsibility – how do you wear your LEGO cape?
In the classic vampire horror films, Count Dracula always appears with a cape. Similarly, Superman and Batman would be nothing without that shield of cloth that hangs from their shoulders. I was creating the Halloween figure…
Building LEGO Harley Davidson Fat Boy with a non-AFOL
Recently I’ve been hanging around with this cool biker gang. Don’t let the word “gang” fool you, they’re all decent kids. After learning what a daredevil I used to be when I was young(er), they…