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BrickLink Shutting Down in 35 Countries: What It Means for LEGO Fans

December 6, 2025December 5, 2025 Mrs. The Family Brick

This may be old news for you all but we are now 2 weeks out from LEGO announcing BrickLink shutting down a portion of its third-party marketplace on January 31, 2026. Buyers and sellers in 35 countries are impacted, with LEGO citing a lack of resources to support operations in those regions at the same

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Bricklink LEGO Account Integration: What You Need to Know

August 21, 2025August 21, 2025 Mrs. The Family Brick

Hey LEGO fans, we’ve got some big news on the BrickLink LEGO account integration! Starting September 18th, you’ll be able to use a single LEGO Account to sign in to both sites – no more juggling passwords or switching back and forth. If you already have a LEGO Account, merging it with your BrickLink account

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What’s On My LEGO Wishlist

August 12, 2025August 11, 2025 Mrs. The Family Brick

When I sat down to create my $999.99 LEGO wishlist, I was deliberate about choosing the sets that excite me most and would make the biggest splash in my collection. I also went well over the limit with a wishlist that topped over $2,000. For those of you like me who had a hard time

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How to Create a Needed LEGO Parts List

How To Create A Needed LEGO Parts List (Updated)

July 15, 2025August 4, 2025 Mrs. The Family Brick

[Editor’s Note: Since first publishing this guide in 2016, this LEGO parts tracking system has become one of our most referenced posts. While the core method remains incredibly effective, I’ve updated this guide with newer tools and new tips to make tracking your needed LEGO parts even easier.] As you may know, we used to

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Atlanta Brick Con 2025: The Biggest Year Yet!

Atlanta Brick Con 2025: The Biggest Year Yet!

February 24, 2025February 23, 2025 Mrs. The Family Brick

What an incredible weekend we had at Atlanta Brick Con 2025! Aside from getting the flu that weekend, we had a wonderful time! (Yes, I’m finally feeling better, but it did take me all this time to get back to the blog to post about the event.) The halls of Gas South were absolutely buzzing

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Struggling with LEGO Winter Village Storage?

January 7, 2025January 5, 2025 Mrs. The Family Brick

You’re not alone as you wouldn’t be the only one struggling with LEGO Winter Village storage. Each year, I see plenty of posts from new LEGO lovers asking how people pack away their stets. And each year, we also struggle with packing away our build with new sets we purchased throughout the year when we

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Returning to Winter Village LEGO Building

January 1, 2025January 1, 2025 Mrs. The Family Brick

Hello Winter Village LEGO enthusiasts and Happy New Year! As you read this, we’ll be standing in line at our local LEGO store waiting for them to open! And yes, it’s been a while – almost a year since my last post in February 2024. Like many of you, life took some unexpected turns, and

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The Family Brick 2023 Year In Review

January 2, 2024January 1, 2024 Mrs. The Family Brick

Happy New Year! Yesterday morning, we got up and made our way to the LEGO store, as is our custom. We picked up the LEGO Natural History Museum (10326) and several of the LEGO Minifigures Series 25 minifigures. With that, we got to walk away with the LEGO Retro Food Truck (40681) gift with purchase.

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6 Quick Delivery Non LEGO Gifts for LEGO Lovers

December 22, 2023December 21, 2023 Mrs. The Family Brick

I’m in the last days of my Christmas shopping where I start looking for non LEGO gifts for LEGO lovers. As you can imagine, I have many of those in my life… including Mr. Family Brick and The Little Brick. We also already have a ton of LEGO brick in our house. Therefore, these days

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Winter Village Time Lapse

Setting Up Winter Village Time Lapse Edition

November 30, 2023November 29, 2023 Mrs. The Family Brick

Two years ago, I decided I would record a Winter Village time lapse video while we set up for Atlanta Brick Con 2021. I’ve never done a time lapse video, so this was definitely a new thing for me. Don’t judge me that it’s taken me this long to share it with you! I wanted

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