On January 31st, LEGO officially released the LEGO Life app in the United States. LEGO Life is an Instagram-like app targeted at children under 13 where users can post photos of creations, participate in building challenges, and browse through moderated user-generated LEGO content.
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On January 9th, a mere four days after the closure of the LEGO Batman Movie Brickfilm contest, LEGO ReBrick announced a new stop-motion contest entitled Build and Rebuild.
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Last month I got to attend the world premiere of the new LEGO direct-to-video film, “LEGO Batman: The Movie – DC Super Heroes Unite”. It’s a CG animated feature from TT Animation; an offshoot of Traveller’s Tales, creators of the LEGO video games. The “LEGO Batman” screening was held at The …
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Got some leftover Christmas gift cards that you’re looking to put to good use? Then might I recommend the recently-released second edition of the Unofficial LEGO Builders’ Guide, written by Allan Bedford and published by No Starch Press. I’ve had the first edition as an indispensable part of my library …
[Read more]Here’s a neat video wherein a minifigure waxes poetic about the potential and possibilities of LEGO bricks. While I think it could have benefited from being about 30-60 seconds shorter, it’s definitely worth checking out — it’s got lots of great animation bits, and some clever dialogue and gags. I …
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Having participated in (and hosted) my fair share of online video contests, I have strong opinions about how to best run one. I’m going to use the recent ReBrick Halloween Contest as an opportunity to discuss some of those opinions. Let me preface this by saying how great it is to …
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