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February 22, 2025

LEGO Treasure Chests and How to Build Them

February 22, 2025/ Sean Mayo
LEGO Treasure Chests and How to Build Them

How many different LEGO chests have been produced and how could you build one yourself? Read on to learn about these tricky trunks and get instructions to build an awesome upscaled LEGO treasure chest!

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February 22, 2025/ Sean Mayo/ 1 Comment
Deep Dive, Instructions
Upscale, Treasure, Treasure Chest, Pirates, Castle, Instructions
June 29, 2024

Playing With Scale: Upgrading the Up-Scaled LEGO Minifigure

June 29, 2024/ Sean Mayo
Playing With Scale: Upgrading the Up-Scaled LEGO Minifigure

What do you do with an Up-Scaled Minifig? Customize it, obviously! Sean Mayo takes us through his process of transforming the new Up-Scaled LEGO Minifigure set into a classic knight complete with an axe, helmet, and even a cape.

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June 29, 2024/ Sean Mayo/ 3 Comments
Review, Customizing
LEGO, Minifigs, Scaled-up minifig, Customization, Custom Minifigs
April 14, 2024

The Case Against LEGO Purism

April 14, 2024/ Sean Mayo
The Case Against LEGO Purism

Sometimes breaking the rules of LEGO leads to amazing creations. Join us as we look at the case against LEGO purism and how customizing, cutting and coloring bricks can provide an amazing “illegal” spark to your MOCs.

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April 14, 2024/ Sean Mayo/ 3 Comments
Community
Purist, Purism, Customization, Chrome, Glue, Cutting
February 28, 2024

The Side Quests of LEGO’s Medieval Town Square

February 28, 2024/ Sean Mayo
The Side Quests of LEGO’s Medieval Town Square

The newest LEGO castle set has arrived, but what other non-goat-related side quests will it take us on? Read on to find out about the winding Wolfpack journey through the Medieval Town Square.

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February 28, 2024/ Sean Mayo/ 1 Comment
Review
Side Quest, Medieval, Medieval Town Square, Town Square, No Goats Today, Cheese, Wolfpack, Bees
December 17, 2023

Making Christmas: Carving Upscaled Wooden LEGO Trees

December 17, 2023/ Sean Mayo
Making Christmas: Carving Upscaled Wooden LEGO Trees

Join us on a Christmas journey as we use woodworking to upscale and carve the classic LEGO tree element into a centerpiece that will be the talk of the dinner table.

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December 17, 2023/ Sean Mayo/ 4 Comments
Customizing
Trees, Christmas Tree, Christmas, Upscale, 3D Printing, Woodwork
September 25, 2023

Instructions to Expand Your LEGO Succulents

September 25, 2023/ Sean Mayo
Instructions to Expand Your LEGO Succulents

The LEGO Succulent set is a beautiful introduction to the Botanical collection, but we think it should be a little bit bigger! Here are instructions for three more plants to add to the collection.

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September 25, 2023/ Sean Mayo/ 5 Comments
Instructions
Instructions, Succulents, LEGO Botanical Collection, Flower, Flowers, LEGO Flowers, NPU
August 21, 2023

The Queen's Gambit: Instructions to Build a LEGO Chess Set

August 21, 2023/ Sean Mayo
The Queen's Gambit: Instructions to Build a LEGO Chess Set

Build all the pieces for a standard tournament-sized LEGO chess set with these simple instructions. But have patience. Sometimes waiting for the right piece is the best move.

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August 21, 2023/ Sean Mayo/ Comment
Instructions
Instructions, Chess, Chess Set, The Queen's Gambit, Pawn

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