As any series of toys increases in popularity and becomes scarcer on store shelves, it’s inevitable that their value increases. In many ways this is a bit of a shame, as the children who would enjoy them the most are often priced out of the market. Most recently I’ve seen this ...
There’s a bit of an unwritten law among Lego geeks that gluing a kit together is taboo —unless you’re creating something for use in Legoland, where presumably, large scale models that could be pulled apart would pose a danger to visitors, not to mention a lot of maintenance work and ...
With three kids in their prime Lego years, we have amassed a considerable collection of bricks. However, while we do have some motorized components, we don’t have any illuminated gear. I know Lego does sell an LED kit, but we haven’t invested in one and, at least from what I ...
You may have already heard this story, but an innovative young geek named Greyson Maclean has developed reusable LEGO decals. Only 11 years-old and with the help of his family he has created a product and company called Brixstix and they have become a hit. In recent times, I’ve been playing ...
There has been much written about the little plastic brick that hails from Billund. Some books talk about the history of LEGO … and you could fill a library with the how-to manuals and blueprints that cover everything from simple creations to the MINDSTORMS line. There’s even a healthy dose ...
I’m always amazed by how many different sorts of people enjoy video games, and how many different ways they play them. The most unusual of these I’ve had the pleasure to come across recently was the Sealed Video Game Collecting community. Rather than buy games to play, they look to build ...
According to the National Post, a Toronto man who happens to be a big LEGO fan, was working in a downtown office on Friday when the replica gun made from LEGO that he’d ordered from online retailer BrickGun arrived. He assembled the model and later closed his office door for a ...