Bonsai Tree 10281 Review

The Bonsai Tree 10281 is a perfect display set for LEGO fans who don’t have a dedicated LEGO room and want to integrate a beautiful brick model into other areas of their home. The completed Bonsai Tree measures over 7 in. (18 cm) high, 8.5 in. (21 cm) long and 7.5 in. (20 cm) wide,…

40416 December 2020 Gift With Purchase Review

The upcoming gift with purchase for December is a small outdoor ice skating rink. This gift with purchase, a promotional limited time set available from Lego stores and the Lego online store, will be included for free with a purchase of $150. The Set The most prominent feature of this set is the gears that…

40410 Charles Dickens Tribute Review

LEGO often has a Christmas themed GWP (Gift With Purchase) set available to customers buying from them in the run up to the festive period and this year is no exception. Set 40410 Charles Dickens Tribute is one of this year’s offerings and Brickcentral were kind enough to send me one to review in advance…

Artist Feature: Hanasansiro & Tantelane80

Each month, we’ll pick an artist from our LEGO photography community and share a little bit about them and their work. We’re happy to present @hanasansiro and @tantelane80! “Hello, my name is Lina. I’m a 39 year old mother of two amazing boys who really love to play with LEGO. I started to do LEGO…

A Creative Journey

Hello community! For this month’s tip I would like to bring all of you on my journey along the picture-making road. I would like to describe my creative process so maybe you can steal some ideas for yourself. If you do it, please tell me how it will work for you! IDEA GENERATION Like most…

Artist Feature: Invadergrim619

Each month, we’ll pick an artist from our LEGO photography community and share a little bit about them and their work. We’re happy to present @invadergrim619 “Hello! My name is Josh, I’m 30 years old, a married father of 3, 8 year Navy vet and Graphic Designer I started doing toy photography in 2016 and…

Artist Feature: sara.bian123

Each month, we’ll pick an artist from our LEGO photography community and share a little bit about them and their work. We’re happy to present @sara.bian123! “I’m an artist and mom living near Seattle. Inspired by cartoons growing up, I got a degree in commercial art and worked as a 2D video game animator after…

Photography Collab: Skull Sorcerer’s Dungeons

Brickcentral were kind enough to offer LegoDwarves and myself (Freethegeekman) the chance to collaborate on a project together. They generously supplied us with the LEGO Ninjago Skull Sorcerers Dungeons set to use in a joint photography assignment.  In this blog post we just wanted to take the opportunity to share a little of the collaborative…

How to Create an Underwater Bubbling Effect

Underwater toy photography can be fun but making the scene come alive can be a challenge. Often, the scene can look a bit too sterile with zero movement. In this video, I’m going to show you how to add a stream of bubbles to divers and underwater objects. The secret ingredient is an effervescent tablet….