Today’s guest article comes from Kelly Bartlett who shares how creating multiple drafts of a LEGO MOC can help with problem-solving and the creative process. Recently, I built a LEGO MOC for someone who wanted a 1:1 scale model of a laptop. It seemed like a fairly straightforward commissioned project, but I ended up going through several drafts before I deemed it “complete.” Whether builders design their MOCs digitally or build them with bricks like I do, we inevitably go through various drafts, making changes along the way before arriving at a final product. So let me take you through my process of designing the “BrickBook Pro” and how problem-solving over the course of multiple drafts made the end result a better creation. First Draft: Shape and Color The first draft of any MOC I build is to explore the basic shape and look of the build. It is quick and...

The promotion for the LEGO Seasonal Easter Basket (40587) is now live on the LEGO Shop. You can get for free with purchases of $70 or more until April 9, while supplies last. The 368 piece set has a little rabbit sitting inside a basket along with some flowers. Remember to use Rakuten to earn some cash back on your purchases. As a Rakuten/Linkshare Affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases. The post LEGO Seasonal Easter Basket (40587) Promotion Live on LEGO Shop appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

When it comes to collecting LEGO, do you build and then keep sets together or do you part them out into pieces? Or do you fall somewhere in between? Let me tell you a story of my personal journey finding out where I belong on that spectrum… a story that starts… in SPACE! Sets as a Whole Images via BrickLink As a kid in 1978, I was fascinated with space. I was also a maker—I loved Lincoln Logs, Erector sets and the “newest” sets (to me anyway) of the “Highly Sophisticated Interlocking Plastic Brick System” called LEGO. They were Space sets 462 Mobile Rocket Launcher and 483 Alpha-1 Rocket Base. I loved these sets and still do. I looked at these two different products as one complete “set” when combined back then. I kept them together for years. After branching out into a few Town sets, I started to intermix and try to...

Whether you love or hate math, any excuse to eat pie is a good one—especially on Pi Day (3.14)! I hope you have some real pie at home, or at least something yummy to eat, because today’s pantry raid on LEGO kitchens is sure to make you hungry! Can you find the four pies hidden in these MOCs? Like every good pantry raid, we’ll start back in the days of knights and castles. Henjin_Quilones’ castle folk are evidently well fed, to judge by this huge, bustling kitchen! Despite all the vegetables in this kitchen by Jonah Schultz, I’m not sure I would eat whatever this chef is preparing… If green goo isn’t your thing, maybe you’ll find this lobster more appetizing. (This one was built by me.) -Brixe brings us a little closer to today’s kitchens with this plant-filled scene, though don’t ask me what spilled on the floor… As we...

DuckTales: The Money Bin by sxavalentine is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The 3,000 piece build features Scrooge McDuck’s Money Bin where he keeps all his cash. It can also double up as a real piggy bank as well. The project joins Dr. Seuss and LEGO, Sweet Honey, The Botanical Garden, The Crown – A Piece of History, Stargate SG1: Embarkation Room, Roscosmos Soyuz MS Spacecraft, Motorized Howl’s Moving Castle, The Stargate, Medieval Seaside Market, Brick Boulevard, Retro Comic Store, Shrek’s Swamp – 20th Anniversary, Baby Green Sea Turtle – Kinetic, Humpback Whale, Shrek’s Swamp, Brooklyn Nine-Nine: 99th Precinct, LED Lamp, Bricks Coffee, Ogel Creek Saw Mill, Hollow Knight: Forgotten Crossroad, LEGO Godzilla, Claus Toys, Twilight: Cullen House, Where’s Wally/Waldo?, V.&T.R.R. #12, Genoa, River Side Lodge, Catan – The Game, Daft Punk – The Robots, Monsters Inc: The Door to Monstropolis, Iljinai Family House, Multi-Tool, Portal...