The Fantastic Adventures of Fred the Frog

The Fantastic Adventures of Fred the Frog

A few weeks ago, a little LEGO frog started popping up all over some amazing builders’ creations in quite some fantastic locations! I had to know more about Fred the Frog, how the collab came to be, and how they each created individual builds that looked perfect together as a group.

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The Life Aquatic with Ken Ito 暁工房

The Life Aquatic with Ken Ito 暁工房

While many of us around the world are sweltering in the summer heat, we thought it would be a perfect time to dive back into the deep end of the photo pool to cool off with some killer aquatic LEGO builds from Ken Ito / 暁工房.

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LEGO Jerusalem: A Port City on the Shore of Eternity

LEGO Jerusalem: A Port City on the Shore of Eternity

We chat with LEGO builder extraordinaire Rocco Buttliere about his newest 114,000-part masterpiece, First Century Jerusalem, to find out how he planned and built this impressive model, why he extensively researches the locations he builds, and how he chooses the perfect parts.

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Control Transferred to Pilot: Gerry Burrows' Life-size LEGO T-5 Affliction Mech

Control Transferred to Pilot: Gerry Burrows' Life-size LEGO T-5 Affliction Mech

We interview builder Gerry Burrows and get a close-up look at his life-size LEGO mech that he can sit in and move himself, find out all the work that goes into making large-scale LEGO models, and discover his favorite milkshake flavor.

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Bionicle Reborn on the Island of Doom

Bionicle Reborn on the Island of Doom

From concept to recruiting, building to editing, Island of Doom is a collab of revitalization worth your time. It brought together ambitious LEGO fans from all around the world who shared their passion, talent and artistic skills to showcase the best the Bionicle community has to offer.

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A Tribute To Trebek

A Tribute To Trebek

With the tragic loss of Alex Trebek last year, I wanted to build a meaningful tribute to the man and his legacy of knowledge. So I built a moving kinetic sculpture of the “Greatest of All Time” tournament and discovered that building LEGO is not too dissimilar to Jeopardy. I knew the answer of where I wanted to go, I just needed to figure out the right questions that would get me there.

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National Mall Project

National Mall Project

I would say that most of us in the LEGO community, at one time or another, have experienced the overwhelming compulsion to build something; from spaceships, to castles, to superhero figures, and of course, spaceships.  Or, if you're like WTyler, the National Mall in Washington, D.C.  Since his retirement from the video game industry several years ago, he's occupied his new-found free time with LEGO.  Crossword puzzles and golf just weren't doing it for him. 

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