LEGO Community in the Time of COVID
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The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed the lives of LEGO fans in the past year. We take a look at the various ways the AFOL Community has adapted to life in quarantine.
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From AFOL to Designer: A Recap of LEGO’s Online Fan Event
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LEGO recently hosted an online event where three LEGO employees shared their stories about how they went from fans to official designers. If you weren’t able to attend the event, here is a recap of some of the most interesting parts.
Read MoreGoing on an Adventure with Only 101 LEGO Bricks
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The RogueOlympics takes us on a journey with the building inspiration of “Adventure” in 101 LEGO bricks or less.
Read MoreArt, Hope and LEGO: A Personal Journal
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How do you go about building a LEGO model with a deeper meaning? It is all about the symbols and the stories that connect us.
Read More2020 in LEGO: The Year of Eli
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We chat with LEGO builder Eli Willsea and learn about his incredible 2020—a year chock full of amazing builds, hilarious hijinks, awards and more.
Read MoreBuilder Amida Na: Back and Even Better than Before
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The LEGO builds in Amida’s new galleries are striking in their economy. They employ only a small number of elements, but each piece earns its keep, especially in the human characters.
Read MoreThe Only Thing Missing is a Pencil
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LEGO builder Jerac has created a Sony Walkman for a contest on zbudujmy.to that you can actually open and close—and it plays music too!
Read MoreWelcoming Spring with a Burst of Beautiful Butterflies
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The first day of spring can feel like a breath of fresh air, a chance to begin again, and an excuse to spread your wings—the same three feelings I get from looking at Kelly Bartlett’s stunning LEGO butterfly artwork.
Read MoreFalse Hopes 20 Years Later: Voriki Reinvented
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When LEGO teased the release of a seventh Bionicle hero in 2003, a fake leak gave birth to the legend of Voriki. To celebrate the fake set, builder Alex Mertens has put his personal spin on the character, depicting him as a monstrous cyborg electric generator.
Read MoreBuilding Brilliance with 101 Bricks or Less
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Each of these MOCs is built with 101 bricks or less for the RogueOlympics contest, showing that you don’t need a huge LEGO collection to build amazing custom creations.
Read MoreThis 9,000-Piece LEGO Technic Trebuchet Can Launch Projectiles 260 Feet Away
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Trebuchet meme alert! TFOL Justin Fossum has built a LEGO Technic trebuchet capable of chucking ballistics at a speed of 75 mph and up to 260 feet away.
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Building the Blue Cottage
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Andrea Lattanzio (Norton74) is known for his realistic LEGO scenes with organic landscaping and realistic vehicles. His newest country creation is a small and cozy blue cottage, and he shared his work-in-progress photos with us for a behind-the-scenes look at this idyllic forest scene.
Read MorePlaying in Space: Travelling the Cosmos Through Forced Perspective
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Ever wondered why anyone would want to travel to outer space? Well, if these LEGO builders’ brick-built travel posters are anything like reality, outer space is an awfully cool place!
Read MoreControl Transferred to Pilot: Gerry Burrows' Life-size LEGO T-5 Affliction Mech
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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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These Budding Bonsai Blossoms Signal the Start of Spring
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With its vibrant pink and red blossoms, builder ZiO Chao’s Plum Bonsai stands out from the crowd. And there’s a lot to enjoy on a closer look too like the use of large constraction fists on the table legs!
Read MorePegasus Racing Team Takes LEGO Teamwork to a New Level
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We’d watch these LEGO space rally races compete in an instant! Get the inside story of how this team came together and created such a cohesive group of racers.
Read MoreLEGO Contest Round-Up for March 2021
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Sometimes a spark of imagination, a group theme, prizes or even a deadline is all you need to get building! Here are all the LEGO community contests for the month of March!
Read MoreLet’s Get NERDIER About LEGO Pianos - Part 2
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In our first installment, I looked at pianos from LEGO Friends sets. In this installment, I analyze EVERYTHING else, from minifigures to keytars to Ideas and beyond. And after building some seventy LEGO pianos, I had to try my hand at creating my own…
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