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August 30, 2025

Ghost Peppers Are Hot, Pepper’s Ghost Is Cool!

August 30, 2025/ Michael J
Ghost Peppers Are Hot, Pepper’s Ghost Is Cool!

With Halloween fast approaching and to celebrate Disney’s Haunted Mansion ride (and film), let’s reflect on how to create Pepper’s Ghost effect in LEGO.

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August 30, 2025/ Michael J/ 1 Comment
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Pepper's Ghost, Star Wars, technique, Visual Effects, Reflection
July 15, 2025

Hero or Villain? A Mirrored Look into Minifigure Photography

July 15, 2025/ Marco den Besten
Hero or Villain? A Mirrored Look into Minifigure Photography

What if your LEGO minifig wasn’t a hero or a villain, but somehow both? VangelisBricks reflects on crafting a mirrored shot that blurs the line between up and down, day and night, and good and evil.

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photography, Minifigure, Reflection, Mirror, VangelisBricks
July 12, 2024

Rinse and Recycle: The AFOL and LEGO Life Cycle

July 12, 2024/ Geneva D
Rinse and Recycle: The AFOL and LEGO Life Cycle

Just as LEGO bricks get reused again and again, the AFOL experience can be a cycle, too. BrickNerd contributor Geneva D explores the life cycle of an AFOL as told through an aging MOC in desperate need of cleaning.

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July 12, 2024/ Geneva D/ 1 Comment
Collecting, Stories, Random Babbling
AFOL Community, Reflection, Cleaning, Cycle

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