LEGO customization options have come a long way from the days of tedious hand painting and decal application. In just the past decade, several custom LEGO design shops have popped up in part due to digital UV printing technology that can produce very high quality prints in shorter time, with more colors, higher accuracy and…
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Living Photos for Instagram with Vimage: App Review
Vimage is an app for Android and iOS that allows you to overlay pre-made looped animation effects on your still photos to create a “living photo” — a hybrid of photo and video. Living photos get some of the same benefit as short videos on social media such as higher engagement and longer viewing, but…
BrickWarriors: Custom accessories for LEGO minifigures
One of the reasons why I love shooting LEGO minifigs so much is that their modular design makes it very easy to create new characters and tell different stories with them. I don’t need to bust out the X-Acto knife and “kitbash” a minifig; I can simply swap out body parts as desired. But as…
Pumpkin Spice Latte: Modified Bean There, Donut That 40358
When news first hit Reddit about a new LEGO set that was exclusive to US megastore Target, I scratched my head and wondered why anyone would drop $20 for “Bean There, Donut That”, a simple build with rather dull minifigures and unremarkable accessories. I also wondered why the set had a barista since clearly, it’s…
NINJAGO Accessory Set: Minifigs Review
I may be late to the party with this review but since I was eager to try out Tony Tulloch’s acrylic spike tip and make use of the rest of the uneaten edamame bundles I bought from last Sunday’s farmers market, I thought I would kill two birds with one stone and do a photo…
Party Banana Juice Bar: Exclusive Promo Minifig Review
I don’t typically collect whole minifigs, rather, I mine them for parts to use in my own character creations and this guy from the Party Banana Juice Bar 5005250 yielded big time. The little box set that came free with a $35 USD or more purchase in mid-July shows the costumed minifig on the packaging…
MiniMan Studio: Create Your Own Minifigure Review
The lifeless beach babe above is definitely not a LEGO minifigure. Apart from the dead giveaway (I’m sorry, I had to), your second clue should have been her stylish swimsuit top. LEGO doesn’t make nice bikinis for the ladies (see Exhibit A: Fun at the Beach people pack). Nope, this moribund minifigure was all my…
Outdoor Adventures: LEGO People Pack Review
The third set of minifigures dubbed People Pack – Outdoor Adventures from LEGO just dropped and I rushed over to the LEGO Store in Rockefeller Center in New York to buy one yesterday morning. There’s another LEGO Store in the Flatiron District that’s a little closer to me but they opened a full hour later on…
Ofbrick: Custom Minifigure Review
It’s June and what better way to kick off the month and launch my new reviews area than with a look at June herself. I mean, Offred. I mean, Ofbrick. One of my favorite things about collecting minifigures as an AFOL is the amazing range of LEGO-quality customization out there. If you’re not the purest…