I saw this set on LEGO.com and I thought the front didn’t look quite right, especially using the white bricks. It’s also less functional since it’s only 1 brick deep. Here’s my modified version with instructions – http://joshuadhall.com/lego/Building%20Instructions%20%5Bheartshapedbox%5D.html those 72 parts will run you less than $3 on bricklink.com. Here’s an inventory file if you’d […]
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Tags: box, gift, heart, LEGO, shaped, valentine, Valentine's day
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When I was kid, we had an uncle that would give us a $100 bill if he were in town during our birthday. He was in twice for my birthday, and both of my $100 bills got spent at the fine establishment of Toys R US. In 1 trip each. The first time, it was […]
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Tags: bricks, cars, LEGO, micro machines, mom, money, saving, toys, toys micro machines, toys r us, uncle lenny, waste
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I’m a part of Steel City LUG, and we’re displaying at LEGO KidsFest this weekend, so I wanted to put together something special for it. I was imbued by the Batman/Joker of Arthur Gugick, who was inspired by Christopher Doyle’s Dorian Bley. I originally had a different idea, but it was my wife that came up […]
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Tags: art, harry potter, hp, kids, kidsfest, LEGO, lenticular, lug, mosaic, pittsburgh, steel city lug, voldemort
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This was an award for MAN Growth at a gathering of friends to give each other man awards. The event focused on all of our unique talents; mine being LEGO creations. At first, I wanted to do a bonsai tree, but after seeing that a bunch have been done already, I lost some steam. I […]
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Tags: award, coaster, gift, LEGO, Man
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Here’s the best part about those yellowed Legos: You’re able to turn them back to their original color cheaply and easily! I had just googled for a solution (pun intended) on getting all my discolored bricks back to normal. All that playing in the sun really did a number on them. As it turns out, […]
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Tags: aged, brick, catalyst, chemical, chemistry, dirty, discolor, discolored, h2o2, hydrogen, LEGO, old, oxyclean, peroxide, plastic, solution, sun, sunlight, white, whitening, yellow, yellowed
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This probably the most impressive LEGO build I’ve ever seen. Forget the Lord of the Rings tower. This is just so awesome on so many levels. I actually think it might be my favorite build I’ve ever seen. Seriously.
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Tags: art, book, box, chinese, creation, fold out, LEGO, moc, pop up, set
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