LEGO Designer Virtual Meet With Smyths Toys
It’s been a long time since I’ve reported on an event at Smyths Toys, but there is one later today, well a virtual one. This afternoon, you’ll able to catch LEGO® MINDSTORMS Designer Dan Meehan, who will be showing on the latest iteration of LEGO MINDSTORMS during a live stream demonstration. Head to the Smyths Toys Instagram page to join in the live stream and there is also a chance to WIN a LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot...
LEGO Designer Discusses Creating Technic Sets
Yesterday a video of The Stig, Top Gear’s mysterious racer, was released. It showed the face-less figure sneaking into LEGO® HQ to gather the pieces to build the new LEGO Technic™ Top Gear App-controlled Rally Car. Then taking the car for a spin around the LEGO House, before bringing it back to the UK for a lap of the Top Gear Test Track. The press material also featured an interesting interview with the sets LEGO...
Father Of The LEGO Minifigure Passes Away
The name Jens Nygaad Knudsen may not mean much to the average LEGO® fan, but anyone who has ever built, played with or even seen a LEGO set will know his work. Jens was the creator of the Minifigure as well playing a key role in the creation of many early LEGO sets including the much-loved Classic Space line. Jens designed over 50 concepts for what we now know and love as the LEGO Minifigure. Jens and his team chose to make the LEGO...
LEGO Old Trafford Designer Signing Event
The LEGO® Store in Leicester Square will be hosting a Designer Signing Event for the new LEGO Creator Expert Old Trafford set. On February 9th, between 12pm – 3pm, Michael Psiaki, the designer of the new set will be on hold to sign copies of the set. It would of made more sense if the signing was being held at the Manchester LEGO store, but I guess it’s easy for those from Billund to arrive and depart from London. Plus...
The Real Life Johnny Thunder
Yesterday the LEGO Group revealed the latest LEGO® Ideas set and my review of the set was also published. The set features a fun little Minifigure skeleton dubbed ‘LEGO Sapiens’ which is sporting a fetching adventurer’s hat. In the sets instruction booklet is a snippet of information about its LEGO Designer Niels Milan Pedersen, who is sporting the same sort of hat. BricksFanz reader ‘RDFLEGO’ asked on...