Tag: LEGO
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Breakdown of LEGO’s 3D printed pieces
With the annoucement of the 10361 Holiday Express Train came a lot of hullabaloo surrounding the new toy train element. Notably because it would be the first commercially sold 3D printed LEGO piece to be available to the market. I know a thing or two about 3D printing so I wanted to talk about it…
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The Hunt for LEGO Classic Space Astronauts
I’ve recently finally gotten around to collecting the LEGO classic Spaceman minifigures, also known as classic space astronauts. They’re very iconic and endearing, something I think the LEGO Group has caught onto. Hence why in recent years they’ve been steadily releasing the minifigures in more color variants. But a lot of them aren’t as straight forward to…
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The Scale Issue with Some LEGO Sets
The LEGO Group just revealed their latest Ideas set, the Red London Telephone Box. But it seems like public reception isn’t too great. Granted every newly revealed LEGO set will have all sorts of criticism, but I feel like this set has made me realize a somewhat prevalent problem that has plagued many sets that…
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I made some custom LEGO bricks
A while back I was looking through the LEGO brick catalogue and noticed there’s a lot of bricks I think should exist, but currently do not yet exist. So I decided to make some myself. Here’s a couple bricks I designed that in my opinion could have some great usage in building sets and models.…
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2023 LEGO Ideas Review
Note: I started writing this a while back when the 2022 LEGO Ideas review results first came out. I was initially planning on reviewing all 71 submissions and posting it all in one go. I’m now realizing that would take a long time so instead I’m just going to update this page as I go.…
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Reviewing LEGO IDEAS Staff Picks
If you don’t know, LEGO IDEAS (formerly known as LEGO Cuuso) is a fan submission website where people can upload their MOC (my own creations) for other people to see and vote on. Submissions that reach 10 thousand votes will be eligible for a chance to be made into an official LEGO set that the company…
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Should Plates Between Studs be an Illegal LEGO Building Technique?
So I’m a bit of a LEGO enthusiast. This has led me to become very fascinating by cool building techniques. And like every other LEGO enthusiast, I’m well acquainted with the SNOT building system (Stud Not On Top). But there is one particular SNOT technique that has a bit of debate associated with it. Specifically,…
Binder Clip Scorpion 