During that time I was MIA from the blog, LEGO began an eco-friendly initiative. (I mentioned this in my last post about the Earth Day build.) Among many things, was the phasing out of LEGO shopping bags from our local stores across all of North America. I say it this way, because California and Washington
One of the things that keeps the mania of LEGO alive is they retire their sets from active sale after a certain time period. Once you get into LEGO, you will notice they have a pattern of retiring and releasing sets. The end of the year is one of those times were they retire sets
On the 1st, we woke up with tons of excitement as we anticipated making our way to our local store for LEGO VIP Double Points days. We were originally told in the October LEGO Calendar the double points days were October 1-4, but earlier that day I received an email from LEGO directly stating double
Earlier this month, our LEGO store had a LEGO Friends building event. While it was on our anniversary, we took the girl to build the LEGO Friends Piano. Cheaper than a babysitter… I mean, it’s not like we were going anywhere special or anything… Originally, I thought the two builds (piano and drum set) would
If you read our blog, you know we’ve been waiting for this time of the year… it’s LEGO DOUBLE VIP POINTS time! Woot! Image courtesy of BricksandBloks.com These are the sets we’ve been waiting to purchase to get more bang for our buck. If you plan on purchasing them at another time, I’ve included affiliate
It’s here! It’s here! Happy Force Friday LEGO Star Wars Fans! The new LEGO Star Wars The Force Awakens sets are finally released! But before I show you pictures of the sets and how to purchase them, I wanted to give you some visual goodness with some cinematic LEGO art from the Macro LEGO Universe
Have you been waiting for your local LEGO store to swap out the Pick-a-Brick model on the wall? Ours finally has and if you are local to Atlanta, you can now go back to the store and pick up the LEGO Pick-a-Brick Mini Jeep build. We went to the store this weekend to sign the
Have you tried the new Airjitzu sets from LEGO? If you’re interested in the sets and getting a chance to play with one without making a purchase, LEGO Stores are having an Airjitzu Play event in stores from August 31 – November 1: The flyer is a little hard to read, so it states: You
When last we were at the LEGO Store, I snapped some quick photos of the new elements in the Build-A-Minifigure bar. There are tons of new pieces! Some of these may have been in there from the previous quarter and I just missed them. So your mileage may vary when checking your local store.
When we visited the LEGO Store last, we also got a quick look at the latest Pick-a-Model build on our Pick-a-Brick wall. Say “snap!” for alligators! Or crocodile… as it may be, since I can’t seem to find information on the official name of the build. We didn’t get a chance to grab the pieces