In news that should surprise nobody, Arkansas-based warehouse store Sam’s Club (Walmart’s version of Costco) has pulled copies of Brendan Powell Smith‘s new book The Brick Bible from its shelves, citing the book’s “mature content.” Walmart and Sam’s Club have a long history of corporate censorship (yes, that link is from 1997!), but it’s sad Continue reading →
LEGO is running a charity toy drive this year at LEGOSantaYoda.com. All you have to do is send an e-greeting and LEGO will donate a toy to Toys for Tots. You can send as many e-cards as you want, and LEGO donate a toy for every message you send. To make things less annoying for Continue reading →
Steampunk impresario Guy Himber is hosting the “Steampunk Rock and Roll” contest, with categories for floating rocks and steampunk trains. There are lots of prizes to be won: The contest is already underway, and runs through January 8 — plenty of time to build with all that holiday LEGO loot! Check out the announcement thread Continue reading →
The LEGO Group created the LUGBULK program a couple of years ago to enable LEGO clubs and LUGs to purchase LEGO for use in collaborative displays. It’s a great opportunity to purchase large quantities of LEGO at much lower cost than Pick-a-Brick or BrickLink. Here are the basic rules: The LUG need min. 10 members Continue reading →
LEGO Certified Professional Duncan Titmarsh of Bright Bricks (who was also involved in building James May’s LEGO house) recently led a project to create what is likely the world’s tallest LEGO Christmas tree at London’s St. Pancras train station. Standing 38 feet (12 m) tall and built from 600,000 bricks, you can see the tree Continue reading →
The latest issue of Hispabrick Magazine makes a neat dozen. And it’s an excellent read covering many aspects of the LEGO hobby. The 12th issue of HispaBrick Magazine is available now In this issue you will have the opportunity to learn more about Mike Doyle and his abandoned houses, trains created by Anthony Sava, the Continue reading →
The LEGO Shop online continues its Black Friday deals through Cyber-Monday, enabling all you procrastinators out there (or those of you who were traveling, like me) to get in on the shopping action. Although the special holiday set has run out, here’s what you get through midnight EST today: Free shipping on all orders of Continue reading →
Black Friday 2011 is here, which means the LEGO Shop online is having a bunch of deals to get your holiday shopping started. Here’s what you get, November 25-28: Free shipping on all orders of $49 or more Free Limited Edition Holiday set featuring Santa Minifigure with orders of $99 or more 10% off all Continue reading →
Registration for Brickvention 2012 and tickets for the public days are now open. The 2012 event will be held in the same place as the 2011 event (Melbourne Town Hall) with public days on the 21st-22nd January 2012 and a registered attendees only day on the 20th (with setup on the 19th). As ever I Continue reading →
The LEGO Shop online continues its pre-holiday series of sales & deals with a special offer for LEGO VIP program members. Get free shipping on orders over $49, get the second holiday set for free with orders over $99, get that plus 10% off your whole purchase for orders over $149. Look for more sales Continue reading →
Just a reminder that there’s only a fortnight to go in the 7777 Redux contest. Enter and you could become the proud new owner of a 10219 Maersk train, 7937 Train Station or 7936 Level Crossing. All entries must be in by midnight 30th November on the east side of the date line. If your Continue reading →
The LEGO Shop online is continuing free shipping for all orders over $99.00 through mid-December, ending December 12. A fair proportion of the 2012 LEGO sets are also online now. And don’t forget that you can pick up a free LEGO Star Wars ARF Trooper with the code 4TBB (US) or TBBO (CA). UPDATE 1: Continue reading →
It’s two weeks in, and the entries so far for Classic-Castle‘s annual contest are just superb. I do not envy the judges. This particular one by Stefan (busboy489) caught my eye, and I just had to share it. The details in each scene are exquisite. I invite you to check each one out!
LEGO was kind enough to send us a pair of the LEGO Super Hero minifigs distributed exclusively at Comic-Con in San Diego earlier this year, and we’re going to give them away to two TBB readers. One reader gets Superman Batman, and another gets Green Lantern! To enter this raffle, just leave a comment on Continue reading →
The end of October has once again brought us Classic-Castle‘s annual building event of epic proportions! Now in its ninth year, I invite you to check out the past years winners, this year’s categories, and get your build on. The contest runs from November 1 to December 31, with twelve categories designed to fit everyone’s Continue reading →