As we discussed already, the latest in the LEGO Winter Village series is the #10275 LEGO Creator Elf Club House. I just finished building the set last night, so I thought to talk about it in more detail than we have done so already in previous articles. An interesting change that was introduced with this […]Original linkOriginal author: Thita (admin)

One of the new LEGO Friends summer sets that I have been eyeing for some time and it finally became available in North America is the #41428 LEGO Friends Beach House. It’s a medium-size set with 444 pieces, retailing for $49.99, and features a lovely two-story beach house with beautiful colors, nice accessories, and even […]Original linkOriginal author: Thita (admin)

As we mentioned at the beginning of the month, the BYGGLEK collection that was developed in partnership between the LEGO Group and IKEA is now available. These new play and storage boxes have been enthusiastically embraced by the LEGO fan community. So much so that even LEGO and IKEA designers who worked on the product […]Original linkOriginal author: Thita (admin)

We rarely focus on the piece count when discussing digital builds. Well, it’s not surprising since accumulating a palette of real-life bricks is a lot more challenging than copy-pasting some from a digital library. Nevertheless, designing something mind-blowing always requires a lot of skill and an artistic eye — whether you work digitally or not. I was totally taken aback by a diorama Finn Roberts revealed the other day. Being a result of thorough planning and an enormous amount of designing, this digital masterpiece brings back one of my childhood hobbies — spending hours spying insanely detailed posters from LEGO promo catalogs. The composition, the focal length, the depth, even the angle — everything seems to be just perfect in this photo. Finn shares that it took him seven months to finish the designs of the facades. And these are just a part of the whole diorama, which weighs in at...

Spooky builds don’t have to be all black to get their point across. Anthony Wilson has created a LEGO-based human-tree hybrid called the Aortis Bloom that instead leans into the crimson side of the spectrum. The medically-inclined among us might not even find it creepy – the heart is just a biological necessity, after all. The twisting veins and arteries made from dinosaur tail elements may be a little disquieting, but they’re also very vital to good health. And the blood-red and dark-blue leaves suggest the flowing of oxygen through the system. I’m not sure what those little bits of “fruit” are supposed to represent, though. And just what is the tree sitting in? Dirt? Dried blood? And while really elegant looking, I think that table is actually evil, too. (Just trust me on that.) If you’d like your October to be a bit more direct with the disquieting images, just...