New LEGO Friends Line for Girls and AFOL

The Brothers Brick did a fairly nice write up of a few of the new girl-oriented LEGO sets called LEGO Friends.  Some have protested that LEGOs are inherently gender neutral by design, and therefore don’t need a pink and purple themed girl-line.  While I fundamentally agree, I and many other AFOL welcomed the new [...]

Lego Hero Recon Team – The Next Bionicle?

Lego has a lot to offer kids and grown-ups in the put-stuff-together genre of toys. Kits, models, playsets, and even interchangeable minifig parts have wide appeal. For kids who like playing with things like action figures, however, there is a relatively new toy available: The Lego Hero Recon Team.

The Lego Hero Recon Team [...]

Review of LEGO Winter Village Post Office 10222

For the past couple of years, LEGO has released an exclusive set around the holidays as part of a Holiday Village collection (though the sets do not appear to be officially part of some grander plan).  The first two sets were pure holiday magic with the Winter Toy Shop (10199) and Holiday Bakery (10216).

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How to Sort LEGO Bricks

Organizing LEGO Bricks

I stumbled across this article the other day and feel that it needs a breath of fresh air.  It was written back in 2001 and is probably still very relevant (to a LEGO collector) today.  It was written by Remy Evard.

By the way, I’m currently at Stage 16.

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LEGO Changes BrickMaster Subscription – No Legoland Ticket!

For as long as I can remember, the LEGO BrickMaster subscription package came with a complimentary ticket to Legoland California.  And for as long as I remember, that ticket has been completely worthless to me, considering I live on the East Coast.  It never even dawned on me to sell it on eBay.  I [...]

Auto-Loading LEGO Dice Tower – Version 1

This is my first realization of an idea that I’ve had for a while now. It is an auto-loading dice tower made out of LEGO bricks.

Watch how the mechanism works below…

The hardest part was figuring out how to drive the trap door at the top of the tower with the lever. [...]