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January 26, 2025

Giving a Clue: Offering Feedback to New LEGO Builders

January 26, 2025/ Michael J
Giving a Clue: Offering Feedback to New LEGO Builders

Offering feedback to budding LEGO builders can be a challenge, so how do you help them learn new techniques without overwhelming them? Michael J. gives a few clues from a board game collaboration with his son to help solve this mystery!

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January 26, 2025/ Michael J/ 4 Comments
Tips and Tricks, MOC Spotlight
Teaching, Personal Growth, Clue, TFOL
August 26, 2023

From TFOL to AFOL: An Unexpected Journey

August 26, 2023/ Dave Schefcik
From TFOL to AFOL: An Unexpected Journey

How do you transition from being a TFOL to an AFOL? Ben Bartlett shares his journey through the LEGO community from military to iron builders and beyond.

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August 26, 2023/ Dave Schefcik/ 2 Comments
Community, Stories
TFOL, AFOL, Brickmania, World War Brick, Brickworld, Guest Article, Ben Bartlett
October 18, 2022

The Brick Train Awards 2022: A Rail Renaissance

October 18, 2022/ Michael Gale
The Brick Train Awards 2022: A Rail Renaissance

The BTA (Brick Train Awards) are effectively the "Oscars" of the LEGO train world. They showcase the very best of our hobby and are a source of inspiration to keep building amazing LEGO train models and layouts of all shapes and sizes.

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October 18, 2022/ Michael Gale/ Comment
Contest, Community
Brick Train Awards, LEGO Trains, Trains, TFOL, Locomotive
July 06, 2022

AFOLs and TFOLs and KFOLs at Bricks by the Bay

July 06, 2022/ Gwyneth Kozbial
AFOLs and TFOLs and KFOLs at Bricks by the Bay

Bricks by the Bay is unique among LEGO conventions for its support and inclusion of the KFOL and TFOL community (Kids and Teen Fans of LEGO). We take a look at that impact and how it played out at 2022’s convention in California.

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July 06, 2022/ Gwyneth Kozbial/ Comment
Conventions
Convention, Conventions, Bricks by the Bay, KFOL, TFOL
March 15, 2021

This 9,000-Piece LEGO Technic Trebuchet Can Launch Projectiles 260 Feet Away

March 15, 2021/ Will F
This 9,000-Piece LEGO Technic Trebuchet Can Launch Projectiles 260 Feet Away

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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March 15, 2021/ Will F/ Comment
MOC Spotlight
Trebuchet, TFOL, Trebuchet Memes, Justin Fossum, NASAW, Pudding

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