Although made of bricks, the Ultimate Collector Series (UCS) sets rarely look like ordinary toys, more like huge display pieces. The most famous one these days is the large UCS Millennium Falcon (75192), which until the recent release of the LEGO Colosseum (10276) was the largest set ever released. Now, you guessed I am a…
Creating a stronger silhouette
For this month’s tips, I’m going to show you how to use silhouettes to help your audience easily identify the subject and action of your photo. The use of a distinctive silhouette has been a staple of character designers to make easily recognizable characters. This advice comes from my college instructors in design and animation,…
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,…
2021 Lego Marvel sets review
In This post I will be reviewing 6 Lego Marvel sets due to hit shelves early 2021. I’m a big fan of mech’s. I really liked shooting the Iron Man mech Lego released in 2020 because of the pose-ability. So when I heard that there were more coming, and that they were Avengers, I was…
Collectible Minifigure Series 21 71029 Review
All right, here we are at Series 21, LEGO fans, and the big news is there are only 12 minifigures to collect. Since Series 1, there have been at least 16 minifigs in every box, with Series 10 and Series 18 having an extra one to celebrate an anniversary of some sort. (To be clear,…
Artist Feature: Hey.light
Each month, we pick a LEGO photographer from our community and share some of their work and a little bit about themselves. This month’s artist is Hey.light! Hi, my name is Astrid, I’m 58 years old and live in northern Germany. I am a florist and have been teaching young people at a vocational school for many,…
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…