The Brothers Brick isn’t just about bricks! When we’re not building with LEGO or writing about LEGO, we enjoy reading about it, too. Thankfully, there’s a plethora of page-turners ready for our perusal.
As much as I enjoyed Roald Dahl’s classic book, I was fairly traumatized as a young child by “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.” The recent, correctly titled Johnny Depp vehicle was only slightly less sinister. Craig Lyons (LegoLyons) has captured the wonder and magic of Dahl’s writing in a series of LEGO vignettes, beginning Continue reading →
LEGO Harry Potter creations are few and far between, which makes this excellent interpretation of the Weasley residence by Matti (Matn) that much more wonderful. The ramshackle upper stories look tacked on to the original muggle house, just as described in the books by J.K. Rowling. (Movies? What movies?)
Pirate and Castle fans and collectors alike will delight in knowing that a new line called “Brickmaster” (not to be confused with BrickMaster) will release two new sets in these respective themes. These sets include 140 pieces and an idea book. Click on the pictures below for more information. DK LEGO Castle Brickmaster: DK LEGO Continue reading →
A new Dorling Kindersley book called LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary is now available for pre-order from Amazon.com. Available September 21, 2009, the book will be 96 pages long, and will include an exclusive LEGO Star Wars minifig. Here’s the full description: In true DK style, LEGO® Star Wars™: The Visual Dictionary elucidates, illuminates, Continue reading →
Following the release of the LEGO® Collector’s Guide, the English-language version of the 50 Years of the LEGO Brick is also now available from the LEGO Shop. And don’t forget that shipping is free on all orders over $99.00 right now.
On August 13, LEGO and the Fantasia Verlag publisher officialy released the book called LEGO Collector (aka LEGO® Collector’s Guide), which is a collector’s guide cataloging almost all LEGO sets from 1958-2008 in celebration of the 50th anniversay of the brick. The release features a standard edition and a premium edition (limited 3333 numbered copies) Continue reading →
We have recently been contacted by John Baichtal of the Geekdad blog, on Wired. He is writing a book on our extremely addictive hobby and he wants you in it! Why you? Because you are charming, pretty, and you collect Lego. He wants to profile as many adult builders as possible. While not everyone will Continue reading →
Here’s your chance to win a copy of the new LEGO Collector’s Guide (currently not available for sale in North America). Enter the raffle hosted by the LEGO Community Development on 1000steine for a chance to win one of 10 copies of the book and 1 premium edition copy. Click on the picture below to Continue reading →
I first read George Orwell’s Animal Farm as a child, long before learning about the complex allegory of historical references (such as Snowball‘s representation of Leon Trotsky). When I read it again in college, a whole new dimension opened on the page. Harrison uses BrickForge animals to illustrate a crucial scene in the book:
Most people probably know Xueren for his amazing collection of custom minifigs, but he’s also an accomplished builder, as he demonstrates with buildings like this one. On the street level, a vendor sells roasted chestnuts: Naturally, the resident of the second floor, a certain Mr. Holmes, has a secret identity:
I recently received a LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT set for my birthday (my wife is awesome!) so naturally I was excited to get the chance to review the newest Mindstorms book from No Starch Press. The author, Fay Rhodes co-authored the The Lego Mindstorms NXT Idea Book, is a member of MCP (Mindstorms Community Partners), and Continue reading →
LEGO Community Development Manager Jan Beyer announces that a LEGO Collector catalog will be released this summer featuring almost all the LEGO sets produced since 1958. This looks like a great item for collectors or just fans who are interested in seeing the wonderful products from LEGO throughout the years. It is the 50th anniversary Continue reading →
Harrison (aka “Corran101″) submits four epic entries to the CC vig contest — vignettes inspired by Homer’s Odyssey. Our hero Odysseus has many adventures. In no particular order (go read the book!), he battles the sea monsters Scylla and Charybdis, rides a sheep out of a cave, does a bit of feasting with Circe, and Continue reading →
It’s always a pleasure when I encounter a connection between two of my great interests — LEGO and literature. Remember Norman Mailer and Douglas Coupland? Writer Heidi W. Durrow contacted the blog this morning with a link to her beautiful, touching story Ethnic Lego Girls Carry Spears. Here’s an excerpt: “You be Pocahantas,” Jimmy says. Continue reading →
Apparently, the late writer Norman Mailer was a LEGO fan of sorts. You can see him here in his New York apartment with his large LEGO sculpture in the background: Apparently, Mailer built “a vast Lego city, incorporating some 15,000 pieces, known as the city of the future, seeming to take as much pride in Continue reading →
