Rebuilding My Childhood One Brick At A Time
As a kid of the 80s I grew up in a glorious time for pop culture legends. From amazing Saturday morning cartoons to iconic movies, I had the great fortune to grow up around a number of iconic characters, theme songs and all the related toys and merchandise that come with it. Now 35 years on I own more toys than I ever did as a kid, hey no one said just because you grow old you have to grow up. As many of you will know there are always...
Christmas Gift Guide: Great Reads
Christmas Day is just over a week away, but there is still plenty of time to grab a great gift for the LEGO® fan in your life. Buying sets can be tricky for some, the person you’re buying for may just about every LEGO going. So your best bet could be to skip actual LEGO altogether and try something a little different. There are a number of publishers who have created plenty of great LEGO books, which would make the perfect...
Click & Snap: Snowflake Village 2018
After a break last year, Christmas has exploded here at BricksFanz HQ with Snowflake Village back on display for the festive period. My LEGO® Christmas display definitely is one of the most impressive to be seen, but it’s still fun to watch people come in and have a look at it all. Of course it contains many of the Winter Village sets, released over the last few years, including this years Winter Village Fire Station....
Christmas Gift Guide: Ultimate Builds
For many people Christmas is a time to take a few days to relax and take it easy. Making it the perfect time to grab a LEGO® set and get building. So why not tackle a set that will take a few hours or even days to complete. For our next Festive Gift Guide, we take a look at some of the ultimate LEGO sets available. These large-scale sets may not be cheap but they do offer an extensive and highly detailed build. Filled with expert...
LEGO Christmas Ornaments Book In Time For The Holidays
No Starch Press are back with another festive themed book for Christmas. Once again joining forces with builder extraordinaire Chris McVeigh, The LEGO® Christmas Ornaments Book Vol 2, showcases even more brick-built creations to adorn your trees. I took a look a the book a few weeks ago and it’s filled with great ideas as well as being extremely well presented. Use it to create a new Christmas tradition, as you and the family...
Win A Huge LEGO Book Bundle With DK Books
DK Books are currently one lucky winner a chance to win an impressive LEGO® book bundle, featuring most their 2018 line-up of LEGO books. It’s really simple to enter as well just pop over to the DK Books website, fill in a few details and subscribe to the DK Books newsletter and that’s it. You have until Tuesday 18th to get your entries in. Five runners-up will also win a LEGO Winter Wonderland sticker book. To enter and...
Christmas Gift Guide: Stocking Fillers
We continue with our Christmas Gift Guides by taking a look at LEGO® related goodies perfect for stocking fillers or secret Santa gift. These ideas are great little trinkets for any LEGO fan and they won’t cost you the earth. There are plenty of fun LEGO themes goodies to be found. LEGO Stores are the perfect place to find many of them but if you don’t live close to one, you can order online and find some of the products...
LEGO MASTERS At Christmas Airs Tonight
You can get one last fix of LEGO® MASTERS in 2018 as the Christmas special airs tonight on Channel 4. The shows had been moved from the usual 8pm slot to 9pm, due to a debate on Brexit, but since that has now been canned, the show has reverted back to its 8pm slot. It will also be shown again on Boxing Day. In LEGO MASTERS At Christmas, a number of young fan builders join forces with a host of celebrity builders. From Series 1 we...
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