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October 03, 2025

It's a Smokeshow! Ten LEGO Smoke Techniques

October 03, 2025/ Markus Rollbühler
It's a Smokeshow! Ten LEGO Smoke Techniques

Smoke might just be the hardest thing to capture when building with LEGO. But maybe it’s really just smoke and mirrors? Here are ten LEGO smoke techniques from around the AFOL community.

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October 03, 2025/ Markus Rollbühler/ 1 Comment
MOC Round-up, Techniques
Technique Tuesday, Techniques, Smoke, Clouds, Grant Davis, Tom Loftus, Brian Williams, Mike Doyle, eero okkonen, npu
May 04, 2024

Definitely Not Winging It: The Evolution of LEGO X-Wings

May 04, 2024/ Markus Rollbühler
Definitely Not Winging It: The Evolution of LEGO X-Wings

Who better to talk to about LEGO X-wings than Tom Loftus? The space builder extraordinaire responsible for four mind-blowing X-wing MOCs over the years runs us through his design process and the history of X-wing MOCs at the same time.

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May 04, 2024/ Markus Rollbühler/ Comment
MOC Round-up, Interviews
Star Wars, Star Wars Day, X-wing, Tom Loftus, Mike Psiaki

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