The next cycle of LEGO Ambassadors has been announced and includes 45 fans spanning 27 nationalities and 50 different groups, which is impressive in its diversity and serves as a testimonial to the worldwide interest in the hobby. The following lists the Ambassadors that were chosen from the 86 nominees, including the group(s) they represent Continue reading →
As many LEGO fan communities discovered last year, convincing community members to step up and say something nice about each of the nominees proved to be harder than anticipated. Some communities were even unable to submit their nominees due to lack of testimonials. Unfortunately, this part of the process is proving no less challenging this Continue reading →
Technical difficulties prevent us from using the poll feature we used last year, so we’ll use the approach that seems to work reasonably well for LEGO fan communities on sites like Flickr. Learn more about the nominees You see their posts here on The Brothers Brick, but who are the people behind the names? Read Continue reading →
With apologies for the delay — I’ve given up on trying to get the poll to work again — we now bring you brief biographies and “platforms” from the three people nominated to serve as LEGO Ambassadors for you, the readership community of The Brothers Brick. This is the first of three posts. About Dan Continue reading →
This is the second of three posts about the LEGO Ambassadors nominated to represent you, the readership community of The Brothers Brick. About Nannan Nannan became involved with the online LEGO community in late 2004. He is now 20 and has been a builder for as long as he can remember. Nannan builds in a Continue reading →
This is our third and last post about the potential LEGO Ambassadors nominated to represent you, the readership community of The Brothers Brick. About Tim Tim Gould has a relatively long and fairly varied history playing with LEGO bricks. As an adult he began his serious model building with virtual bricks (an interest he hopes Continue reading →
We’re not the only ones nominating LEGO Ambassadors for Cycle 7 of the program. Classic-Castle.com Classic-Space.com BrickLink BZPower Flickr Eurobricks MOCpages FBTB HispaLUG LUGNuts PLUG RoLUG SandLUG Turk LUG We’ll add to this list as we encounter more nomination processes as we learn about them. Feel free to suggest links in the comments.
UPDATE: Voting is now underway for this cycle. ——– As LEGO announced earlier today, nominations are now open for the 2009/2010 or “Cycle 7″ of the LEGO Ambassadors Program. To keep things manageable, I’m posting the process we’ll be using here on The Brothers Brick separately from LEGO’s announcement. First, some of you may be Continue reading →
First, the complete announcement from The LEGO Group: Hello LEGO Enthusiasts, We’re happy to announce that the nomination process for LEGO Ambassador Cycle 7 is now open. The LEGO Ambassador Program is designed to give the AFOL Community a direct line into the LEGO Company. The Program is essentially a gathering of community representatives that Continue reading →
The LEGO Group would like to hear from LEGO fans like readers of The Brothers Brick in a new online survey. Read on for more information, including results from the December 2008 survey. Note: For our American readers, note that commas and apostrophes are reversed in numbers. For example, 2,4=2.4 and 1.000=1,000. I’ve also added Continue reading →
Keith Goldman‘s latest diorama is a true community effort. He has recruited help from twenty other builders in the LEGO community to help him populate his massive highway scene. Moreover, he recruited each contributor in secret, giving each contributor a code name ala Reservoir Dogs. Keith has called it a star-studded affair, and given me Continue reading →
LEGO have just passed on a series of images promoting the new series of award-winning board games, including Ramses’ Pyramid by Reiner Knizia. The microfigures are utterly adorable and the tile with stud in center should be a great piece for all builders.
In surprising post-Toy Fair news, 10194 Emerald Night just showed up on the LEGO Shop website. The set appears to include several new parts, including large wheels (drivers? Tim?) unavailable to LEGO Train fans for many years except in the form of custom elements from Big Ben Bricks. It’s unclear (to my untrained eyes, at Continue reading →
FINAL UPDATE: Thanks for all the suggestions, readers! We’ve passed on your ideas to LEGO. Look for other opportunities to submit ideas to The LEGO Group through The Brothers Brick’s LEGO Ambassadors in the future. IMPORTANT UPDATE: LEGO tells us that they didn’t intend for this discussion to take place in public, since that enables Continue reading →
UPDATE (9/26/08): You can order your copy of the set by following the directions in How to get your 7979 Castle Advent Calendar, currently at the top of the front page. A couple weeks ago we found out that 7979 Castle Advent Calendar would likely not be available in some of the markets where LEGO Continue reading →