Salaries Vary, But The Value Of Self Actualization Does Not Imagine this: You sit down at your desk, pull yourself in, open your emails to the duty of creating a new massive LEGO® Iron Man, the task of presenting a model to a team of experts, or you spend your day...
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This Is Why LEGO® Is Obsessed With Frogs
This wonderful, 1x1 piece has made its way into LEGO® sets, meme culture, and the hearts of AFOLs. It first appeared in 2000 in set 5826 The Queen's Room as a translucent LEGO® piece at the turn of the century. Then, the little frog appeared in 2001 in a multitude of...
Where Is The LEGO® Factory?
Have you ever wondered where LEGO® has its manufacturing plants that bring you the billions of bricks you love? The company brings at atmosphere of Willy Wonka-esque joy to the experience of being inside one of these commercial buildings. LEGO® has a distinguished,...
What Is The Biggest LEGO® Set?
Let's Dive Into the Top 3 Biggest LEGO® Sets...Don't Worry, I Won't Keep You Waiting And I am Starting With The Biggest! These are the top three biggest LEGO® sets ranked in the order of the most pieces: LEGO® Art 31203 World Map – 11,695 pieces (Released 2021) 2....
Here Are All The LEGO® Droidekas You Should Add To Your Collection
These Rolly Bois Were Feared By The Jedi Themselves And The LEGO® Builds Do Them Justice! Droidekas were designed with one purpose: To absolutely destroy anything in their path. Anytime you saw these guys roll on screen, you knew it was about to go down. Unless, you...
What Does LEGO® Stand For?
The Colorful Bricks Are a Masterful Creation For Creativity, But Its True Meaning Spans Beyond A Simple Definition LEGO® is a danish company that has perfect its brand, image, and messaging. Put simply, "LEGO®" comes from the combination of the danish words "leg...
Should You Buy Knock Off Or Fake LEGO®?
In short, no, you should not buy knockoff LEGO®. Why Should You Not Buy Fake LEGO®? LEGO® maintains a strict production line and quality control toy manufacturing process. With knockoffs, especially Chinese knockoffs, these fakes are made under questionable...
Crafting the Creative Universe of LEGO® Sets: The Design Process
Imagine standing out at Kennedy Space Center and feeling the Saturn V Rocket launch boom. Now imagine capturing that iconic moment by designing your own LEGO® replica. When LEGO® designers work to create a piece based on history, architecture, or franchises we love,...
Do You Want To Know How To Score Some Free LEGO®?
You have asked the million-dollar question. Can you handle the truth? LEGO® is expensive because of the process, the pieces, the quality, and the design. It isn't easy, and there is a fine print, but there could be a method to getting LEGO® for the low. There is no...
How Much Are LEGO® VIP Points Worth?
Do you have what it takes to spend like a Mr. Gold minifigure and rack up some serious cash? A LEGO® VIP point, now known as a LEGO® Insider point, is your currency for LEGO® greatness. For every $1 spent, you get 6.5 points. For every $100 you get 650 points. That...
Laid Off After Building Your Career? Who Cares, Build Something You Love With LEGO®.
For the second time in 12 months, I watched another email come through the corporate channels discussing a wide range of layoffs for another round of journalists. Not just any journalists, excellent journalists. These were journalists who sacrificed their nights,...
An Experimental Set With Outstanding Results For Women’s Day: LEGO® 21110: Research Institute
LEGO® Ideas 2014 Set Is Making A Resurgence On The Internet The LEGO® Research Institute collectible set is seeing a big boost across the internet due to it being Women's Day. Dr. Ellen Kooijman, a scientist and LEGO® community member, designed this set to increase...
What Was The First LEGO® Star Wars Set?
The First LEGO® Star Wars Set: A Pioneering Legacy With The 7140 X-Wing Fighter In 1999, LEGO®, the world-renowned Danish toy company, released the first-ever LEGO® Star Wars set in collaboration with Lucasfilm Ltd. This groundbreaking...
Does JK Rowling Make Money From LEGO®?
Without a doubt. As to how much money? It is really hard to say for sure... JK Rowling makes royalties from the Harry Potter franchise every time it is mentioned. She is the individual who has created the intellectual property. Her licensing, trademarks, copyrights,...
LEGO® Investment Of September 2024: Marvel Minifigures Series 2
Due To The Incredible Printing And Design Of These Minifigs, There Are A Must-Have For Collectors And LEGO® Investors LEGO® released an awesome new line of Marvel minifigures that are a must-have for investors. Why? Well, most of the time, collectible minifigure set...
How LEGO® Perfected Its Process For Printing Minifigures
Let's Look Into How LEGO® Has Worked To Print Some Of The Finest Minifigures In The Toy Universe More important than the brick itself, LEGO® has reached international acclaim with the help of its tiny friend: The LEGO® minifigure. When these LEGO® minifigures were...
How Much Is LEGO® Darth Revan Worth?
It is worth a Darth Vader arm and a leg. Well, I am not going to drag you along. Truth be told, the Darth Revan minifigure is worth an astonishing $283.00 new in the polybag, with an average price of $290.00 on most third-party platforms. One of these can help you...
Does Disney Own LEGO®?
LEGO® Is A Privately Held Company So Disney Definitely Does Not Own Them LEGO® is a completely separate, privately held toy manufacturing company. Diseny does not sell, own, or operate in any capacity for the LEGO® Group. However, due to there being multiple sets,...
When Exactly Did The First LEGO® Minifigure Come Out?
LEGO® fans say it is a toss-up between 1975 and 1978! The first, little minifigs that ever came out were brought into production in 1975 but did not look like the minifigures we know today — they consisted of 4-5 parts and were nowhere near as poseable. In 1978, we...
The Towering Titans of LEGO®: How Tall Are LEGO® Big Figures
Let's turn our gaze upwards at one of our favorite minifigure inventions of LEGO® Group to answer a question about Big Fig design: Just how tall are these ludicrously expensive not-so-minifigs? A Stroll Down Memory Brick-Lane: The Origins of Big Figs In 1999, the...
Doot Doot Gangsters, Spook Up Your October With These High Calcium Minifigures
These LEGO® Minifigures Are High In Calcium And Spookiness (Extra Bones) Support Mr. Skeltal And Buy Spooky Figs Off My Links (please) Who is Mr. Skeltal? He spooks in the middle of the night giving fright and high calcium deposits to all...
A Review Of The LEGO® Classic Creative Monkey Fun 11031
Reject Humanity And Become Monkë Every man wants to become monkey. Embrace your shadow self with the joy of four small, creative, and silly monkey figures created out of classic LEGO® bricks! Each of these four brick monkeys has a distinct...
LEGO® Icons Rivendell 10316: Retrace the Fellowship’s Quest With My Review
I Have Never Met A Set With Too Much Detail. It Looks Like Eru Ilúvatar made it. This Set Is Just Way Too Good! I spit out my water like Blastoise when I saw LEGO® unveiling this set. When this set came out in March 2023, almost a year from today, it was the first...
S-Foils To Attack Position: A Review Of LEGO® UCS X-Wing Starfighter 75355
I'm Bricked Up Over This 75355 Review LEGO® has released a boat-load (maybe, cargo-load) of LEGO® Star Wars X-Wings. To date, there are roughly 25 sets pertaining to the make and model of the famous X-Wing. As for LEGO® UCS sets, this is the...
Build Your LEGO® Zombie Horde With These Minifigures
Zombies Rise From Amazon's Graveyard Webpages To Your Minifigure Collection I think all of us have, at some point, wanted to build a Walking Dead MOC or a World War Z apocalyptic build. I have found that not only are LEGO® minifigures are...
Why Are LEGO® Bionicle Sets And Figures So Expensive?
Some sets and minifigs have cemented themselves in the culture of plastic brick fans across the globe — LEGO® Bionicle is no exception. LEGO® action figures? Sign me up. Now. This discontinued theme from LEGO® saw the first creation of the ball and socket joint,...
How Much Are LEGO® Battle Droids?
Some Of Our Favorite Droids That Mutter "Roger-Roger" Are Some Of Our Favorite LEGO® Minifigures To Collect LEGO® battle droids are perfect, bite-sized replicas of our favorite tin-head masterpieces that make their way onto the movie screen. The droids you are looking...
LEGO® Christmas Tree 40573: Review Of The Tallest LEGO® Christmas Tree
Currently, the biggest LEGO® brick tree on the market... This is such an awesome centerpiece for your LEGO® Christmas display. Made with 784 pieces, the LEGO® Christmas Tree 40573 can be crafted in two hours into one 11 inch tall decorated...
LEGO® Will Never Go Out Of Business — Here’s Why
LEGO® will never go out of business because the toy manufacturer has done something most companies spend decades trying to achieve: An immortal product. Few companies can create a product that either 1) dynamically changes on the spot for the user (think Google...
Build A Simple, DIY LEGO® Christmas Display To Add Decorative Cheer On A Budget
Check out this unique LEGO® DIY Christmas decoration With Christmas right around the corner, everyone is scrambling for decoration ideas. Using LEGO® to bond with family and build something festive and fun to display is a no-brainer. This...
Employee Benefit Of The Year: Do LEGO® Employees Get Free LEGO®?
Why yes they do! LEGO® offers a wide range of benefits for employees, which include PTO, robust health insurance, discounts, 401K match, and electronic meal vouchers. But, there is also a hidden benefit of the LEGO® set discount for employees that does come with a...
Incredible Sets Slotted For August 2024 Summer Release
We Have Two Beautiful Sets With LEGO® Fan Requested Scenes And Highly Collectible Minifigures LEGO® Group is finally catching on to how much the brick community adores minifigures and Star Wars—but let's be real, they have always known. Two sets have been revealed for...
What Is The Scale For LEGO® Minifigures?
Let's Do Some Math And Have Some Fun With Reference Points The typical height of a LEGO® minifigure is 4 centimeters or 1.57 inches. How do we get a scale from this number? Well, the average height of all the men on the planet is roughly 5'9" or 175 centimeters (cm),...
What Is The Plural Of LEGO®?
The Mistake We Often See In Grammar Is Largely North American LEGO® as used by the majority of the world and the company is to be used as an adjective or mass noun. You will see this spelling across its own website and by individuals well-versed in the art of the...
When Is The LEGO® AT-TE Coming Out?
It Already Got Released And You Can Buy It Right Now! The AT-TE, or the All Terrain Tactical Enforcer, was a walking tank from The Clone Wars. Nicknamed "six legs" this crawling fortress provided outstanding support to The Republic. In the...
How To Build your LEGO® Mandalorian Army
The Star Wars Mandalorian Minifigures Are Expensive, But With A Budget, You Can Retake Mandalore yourself! Who Are The Mandalorians? Mandalorians originate from a beautiful planet on the Outer Rim called "Mandalore." These humans adorned bear armor (a laser and...
Build Your LEGO® Star Wars Rebel Fleet
Do You Have The Credits To Build Your Own Rebel Fleet? In the Star Wars universe, the Rebel Alliance's fleet is a captivating blend of diversity, ingenuity, and resilience. And Po, there are more of us! Formed from a hodgepodge of ships, the Rebel fleet symbolizes the...
LEGO® 2550c01 Minifigure: The Yellow-Handed Pirate Monkey
The Pirate Monkey Is Trending...What Do We Know About The Silly Minifigure?For starters, the yellow-handed and yellow-footed brown Monkey was primarily apart of the LEGO® pirates theme. This iconic, but tumultuous LEGO® theme began in 1989, released sets until 1996,...
A Roundup Of The Best LEGO® Sith Minifigures On Amazon
The Path To The Dark Side Can Be Unnatural And Collectible With the introduction of Baylan Skoll and Shin Hati into the Star Wars universe in the electric LEGO® Star Wars: Ahsoka New Republic E-Wing vs. Shin Hati’s Starfighter 75364 set, one might ask, "where can I...
How Many LEGO® Star Wars Helmets Are There?
These Eleven Masterfully Created Sets Make For Incredible Displays Remember when LEGO® dropped the first wave of Star Wars helmets back in 2020? Yeah, the epic Boba Fett, Storm Trooper, and TIE Fighter Pilot helmets that we all fell in love with? Sadly, those cosmic...
































