LEGO Stop Motion: Lights, Camera, Action!
If you’ve spent any time playing with LEGO (or indeed any toys) then it is quite likely that in your head you’ve enacted some form of story with your figures. And if you have a camera…
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.…
Rebuild the World: The LEGO Group’s New Global Campaign
As most of you have probably seen, LEGO recently launched a new campaign called “Rebuild the World”. You know, the one where a cute little rabbit runs away in a flying car from a hunter with…
Exploring the Discovery Brick Show
Hello! Captain Mutant here!
I’m the latest addition to the FireStar Toys bloggers’ team, and I’m delighted to be here! You might find it a little odd that a small green LEGO minifig is talking to you, but don’t worry, you’ll get used to it 🙂
For my first post, I thought I’d tell you about something I did last week which I’d never done before: I attended a LEGO Expo: the Discovery Brick Show, all the way up in Newcastle, and coming from Wales, that’s a heck of a trip to get there. (more…)
5 LEGO Websites That Will Change the Way You Look at LEGO
When you type "LEGO websites” into Google and hit search, you get a number of results. It starts with the LEGO Group's official page, and continues with a number of various sites from around the world.…
Steamboat Willie, oh boy! A little bit of history on the famous animation!
The new wave of LEGO Ideas sets have been announced and the next sets will be Steamboat Willie and I was surprised by the 90s TV sitcom Friends set. Being surprised by the Friends set personally…
Re-visiting the Prison Architect Minifigure – and My Photography
There was challenge on Brickcentral in February. Re-creating a picture you've taken a while back, using the skills you've learned along the way. Right, sorry, not everyone reading this blog may know what Brickcentral is. So,…