Reviews

Lego Disney Castle 71040 stop motion

Hi evereyone, Just made a stop motion build of Cinderella's castle/ disney's castle. This thing is tremendous. It's huge! Really liked the detailing. What do you guys think of it?

Building the 75059 Sandcrawler

Mom is working today so the kids took me (ha) to buy the new Sandcrawler.This thread will be like my previous 2 building ones (sets 10179 and 10181).We will walk through the building process, take pics, discuss various topics like elements used / how, and finally compare this ver

Lego for the blind

Hi BrickPickers, I am a blind Lego fan. My sighted friend and I have invented a system that lets blind people build Lego sets independently! You can see it in action at    (If the forum messed up the link, type Lego for the blind, into Youtube and click on the first search result

Building 10237 Tower of Orthanc

I finally picked up the Tower of Orthanc. Here is the build. First, the box: The contents. 17 numbered bags 1-15 (two 3s and two 5s), the eagle bag and the manuals/stickers: Bag #1 contains an Orc and Treebeard's lower half: Bag #2 finishes off TreeBeard: Bag #3 builds the base/d

60119 Ferry Build

I am ecstatic about this set.  It's not the scale of the set released in 2008 that contained over 1200 pieces, but with the price of 29.99, I'm happy.  This one will make any kid happy.  The base of the ship is made from pieces that you can only get by purchasing sets that are ov

Xmas Gift - LEGO 79111 Lone Ranger Constitution Train Build and motorize

I got the Lone Ranger for Xmas and a set of power function to motorize it. Looks great with the high speed train under the tree. A really fun build and amazing detail.  Enjoy the video. edit: skip to about 8:15 to see it under the xmas tree.

Built Doctor Who 21304 over the weekend with my son

It was more difficult that i thought. I should have payed attention to the 10+ age on the box. But my son enjoyed it. Let me know what you all think.

Nintendo Entertainment System - Designer Chris McVeigh

Did something a little different.  I purchased one of the kits designed by Chris McVeigh.  I asked if I could do a video of one of his sets and he graciously accepted.  Enjoy.

60062 Arctic Icebreaker Build

Lots of cool features in this set.  The ship even includes a sleeping quarters.  I love that the captain comes with a cup of coffee.  Take a look.

Building the 10179 UCS Millennium Falcon.

After 2 years of waiting, I finally used some of my profits toward a 10179. It's an open box non-special edition set with a very good to excellent conditioned manual. Was able to pay under Brickpicker and Bricklink values.Honestly, I wasn't ready for the 27 pound box that FedEx d

Lego Kinder Surprise

Building 10225 : UCS R2-D2

This thread will be like my previous builds (links below).Intro : While waiting for the missing 10173 elements to arrive, i decided to build 10125. It was recently picked up on eBay for $109 shipped (used, no box). The $179.99 set was introduced in May 2012 and consists of 2,127

Building Star Wars 75073, 75076, 75077 & 75052

For the next two weeks, my son and I are going to build 4 Star Wars models together. Trying out a camera with 2k and 4k images. Any input is appreciated. Here are the first two we did on this rainy Saturday, will build 75052 and video him playing next week.

Building 10194: Emerald Night

10194 was released in April 2009 for $99.99. It remained available on lego.com and amazon until Oct / Nov 2011. The nearly 1,100 element set consists of 3 minifigures, an A3 Pacific inspired steam locomotive, a tender and a dining car.  It was also released with Power Functions a

Building 10123: Star Wars Cloud City

Set Name: Cloud CitySet Number: 10123Theme: Star Wars (conflicting reports whether it's an UCS set)Year Released: 2003Retailed Price: $99.99# of Elements: 698 (box), 675 (Bricklink)# of Minifigs: 7 plus 1 Han Solo carbinate brick       Introduction :       10123 is often consider

LEGO 41062 Disney Frozen Princess Elsa's Sparkling Ice Castle

Hello, New to this forum. My son is 3 years old and introducing him to LEGO Bricks. Just want to share our brick building journey. Enjoy:

Building 10196 Grand Carousel

Set Name: Grand CarouselSet Number: 10196Theme: Creator, Expert, Exclusive, SculpturesYears Available at Retail : 2009 to 2011Retaile Price: $249.99# of Elements: 3,263# of Minifigs: 9     Introduction : Based on 2009 threads I've read, the set was released to mixed reviews. Howe