My local toy store wasn’t interested in buying the rare LEGO set that was just gathering dust in a corner of my bedroom. They were, however, willing to offer me a store credit in exchange for it. A $1200 store credit! This is not the note in question, but seemed so very appropriate as an illustration! Photo credit: Little Big Art/Andy Morris For me to properly tell you the story of how I became famous—or, rather, infamous—within the shop franchise across the country, I have to give you a little bit of background first. When I got back into LEGO around 2009, the first-ever modular 10182 Café Corner was the culprit. I assume many of you have similar stories: The realisation that LEGO was making great sets for adults made me take the plunge and order a set to see whether that good old feeling of opening a new box full...

The Iron Giant in the Forest by hachiroku24 is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The build is based on the earlier scene from The Iron Giant where Hogarth finds the robot along with the S symbol and the red car. The project joins Claw Machine Wallace & Gromit – A Grand Day Out, Pioneer CDJ 2000 Nexus Multi Player, Impression Sunrise – Monet, The Loneliness of the Voyager – NASA’s Voyager Mission, Artists Cafe – The University House, Humpback Whale Breach, and Tintin – Space Rocket as the ones to reach the Second 2024 Review Stage. The post LEGO Ideas The Iron Giant in the Forest Achieves 10,000 Supporters appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Once upon a time, nestled close to the porch of an A-Frame cabin surrounded by a lush garden, there stood a mushroom. And not any mushroom, but a huge fly agaric. Its red cap was peeking out behind blades of grass and flowers towering like forests. And there, two Forest Elves built their home. They carved the mushroom just enough to keep it alive, with two small, cozy rooms inside… This is how we start our story, for today we celebrate one of the most versatile LEGO builders out there—Jonas Kramm. His Mushroom House will be available for pre-order on June 6th from the BrickLink Designer Program (BDP). This set (provided by BrickLink) was the perfect opportunity to ask Jonas a few questions about himself and his builds. But first, I’ll give you some history about him and his amazing creations. How It All Started Jonas’ passion for the brick was...

The LEGO Group has announced that they have opened a new distribution center in Belgium to help its supply and distribution network for market growth. The new location will help service the company’s omnichannel customers in Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Great Britain, Ireland and northern France, as well as LEGO Brand Retail Stores. The LEGO Group announces opening of new distribution centre in Belgium • The newest regional distribution centre brings greater flexibility and resilience to the LEGO Group’s supply chain network.• Customers in scope will benefit from a lead time reduction of up to two working days, on average.• On-site wind turbines and solar panels will directly supply significant renewable energy to the site.• Kuehne+Nagel to operate the site, extending the long-term partnership between the two companies. TESSENDERLO, BELGIUM, June 4, 2024: The LEGO Group today officially opened its newest regional distribution centre (RDC) in Tessenderlo, Belgium. The opening marks...

Crowd support for the Series 5 BrickLink Designer Program is now live and you can now choose the sets you want to see produced. From now until June 14, you can vote for your favorite submissions which as of this post consist of 307 different designs. Like before, you will vote using the emojis on whether you like the projects or not. The Review Stage will run right after and the final five designs will be announced on August 19. The post BrickLink Designer Program Series 5 Crowd Support Now Live appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran