ITV’s This Morning Features LEGOLAND AFOL Event
It’s always fun to see mainstream media feature LEGO® and especially LEGO fandom. Last week the LEGOLAND Discovery Centre in Birmingham hosted a very special AFOL night event, which was covered by popular ITV show, This Morning and shown on TV earlier today. Some chap from Love Island was at the event, where he chatted to adult LEGO fans and judged a This Morning-themed build contest. If you missed it going out on TV, you can...
Last Week To Get The Bricklink AFOL Designer Sets
Last year Bricklink began a special program which celebrated the 60th Anniversary of the LEGO® brick and the creative world of AFOL builders. From all the entries, 13 were chosen by a team of designers from the LEGO Group. These sets have been on sale for a while now, but this is the last week left to get any of the remaining sets. The elements included in each set are brand new, they also come in proper boxes complete with...
BricksChatz – Bricks McGee
Last year I partook in an AFOL interview for Bricks McGee aka Richard Carter, who has returned the favour by being the subject of the latest BricksChatz interview. Richard has in hands in many different LEGO® related projects from commission builds to community get togethers, not to mention are passion for LEGO trains. All of which he speaks about below. Q1. What is your earliest memory of LEGO? Getting 6396 LEGO Town Airport. I...
LEGO Helping Revive Memories In Elderly
I think we can all agree LEGO® bricks are pretty cool. Although a popular toy with kids, there is also a vast fandom in adults, but it seem it can even go beyond that as well. The BBC have posted an intersting story about a Manchester Elderly Care Home who have started to hold LEGO play sessions for their older residents. A hours ‘play’ with LEGO is helping people to rediscover communication skills, encourage them to...
Behind The Scenes Of Bricklink’s AFOL Designer Program
Back in September 2017, Bricklink began a special program which celebrated the 60th Anniversary of the LEGO® brick and the creative world of AFOL builders. From all the designs submitted to the program 16 are currently available to pre-order, with half the sets already way beyond their funding goals. The AFOL Designer Program was created with the support of the LEGO Group, who are providing the new elements needed to create each set,...
Bricklink 60th Anniversary AFOL Sets Ordering Open
Back in September 2017, Bricklink began a special program which celebrated the 60th Anniversary of the LEGO® brick and the creative world of AFOL builders. From all the entries 16 have been chosen by a team of designers from the LEGO Group. You can now pledge your support from the various sets. Only those that become fully funded will become an official LEGO Bricklink set. The elements included will be brand new, with sets also coming...
AFOL Nights At LEGOLAND Discovery Centres
This February both LEGOLAND® Discovery Centres at Manchester and Birmingham will be hosting AFOL Night events on the same day. Both ventures have been running AFOL Nights for a while, but they often fall on different days. So On February 13th, AFOLs will have to the chance to visit either of the LEGOLAND Discovery Centres, without the need to bring a kid. The Birmingham event take place between 5pm – 8pm with tickets costing £15...
LEGO Launch AFOL Focused Build Campaign
For a toy focused company, the LEGO Group has a pretty unique spread of customers. Although children are the main recipients of LEGO sets, there is an ever growing community of older LEGO fans. LEGO have been aware of this unique set of customers for a number of years, and in recently there have been a growing number of sets released, tailored towards the AFOL market. Now a new AFOL-focused campaign has begun dubbed – Build Your...
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