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December 25, 2025

More Than a Christmas Tree: The Build Together Experience

December 25, 2025/ Dave Schefcik
More Than a Christmas Tree: The Build Together Experience

I went into this ready to say “bah humbug” to a $330 LEGO Christmas tree. I ended up with a holiday build experience that reshaped how I think about LEGO, value, and what really matters when you’re building together.

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December 25, 2025/ Dave Schefcik/ 1 Comment
Review, Stories
Build Together, Christmas, Christmas Tree, Winter village, Thanksgiving, family
January 30, 2025

Our Family’s First GBC Module

January 30, 2025/ Brian Hickey
Our Family’s First GBC Module

Ever wanted to build a Great Ball Contraption? Here’s how we tackled our family’s first GBC module—from choosing a design to keeping it running at a LEGO convention.

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January 30, 2025/ Brian Hickey/ Comment
Community, Conventions, MOC Spotlight
GBC, AFOLs with Kids, family, BrickCon, Planet GBC
January 29, 2025

Building Tradition: A LEGO Lunar New Year Celebration

January 29, 2025/ Dave Schefcik
Building Tradition: A LEGO Lunar New Year Celebration

What is the meaning behind a simple LEGO set? For guest contributor Lia Chan and her mother, the new 80117 Good Fortune set is all about bonding, telling stories, and creating new traditions for Lunar New Year.

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January 29, 2025/ Dave Schefcik/ Comment
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chinese new year, Chinese Festivals, Spring Festival, Lunar New Year, family, Tradition
December 06, 2023

Pilgrim's Progress: A Family's Journey of Collaboration

December 06, 2023/ Geneva D
Pilgrim's Progress: A Family's Journey of Collaboration

There are some things that only happen once in a lifetime, and five siblings attending a LEGO convention together is one of them! So when that happened at Brickworld Chicago, we had to go all out with a collaboration.

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December 06, 2023/ Geneva D/ 1 Comment
Conventions, Stories, MOC Spotlight
family, Collaboration, Brickworld Chicago, Pilgrim's Progress, Pilgrim

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