Model Building Secrets

For the holiday season, LEGO builder and BrickJournal contributor Mariann Asanuma designed a gingerbread house for a desktop or shelf. She has worked at LEGOLand California and now blogs at www.modelbuildingsecrets.com and has written manuals on LEGO buildings.

Toys’R’Us retail and online are having 2-day doorbuster sale tomorrow, Friday, and Saturday. This week’s flyer has a coupon on the back good for 33% off 7754 Home One. You can download the coupon ...

“In June 2010, Lego will launch a new collectors series with only minifigs. The figures will be of various types, but is reportedly not being those from current themes. They could be anything from cowboys to ninjas or adventurers, etc. ...

Add a touch of Christmas flair to any outfit with this LEGO wreath pin. Decked out with a red ribbon and antique gold ornaments this brooch will be

For all of you who remember last year I posted the daily set of the Castle Advent Calendar so that those who didn’t get a chance to get it themselves might at least see what each door held. Also ...

If you weren’t able to visit your local LEGO Store this month (like me) I thought I’d show you what it was — a mini turkey. By looking at the picture and what pieces were used, you should be able to figure the model out.

Sorry about the late mention of this guys and gals. For all of you that live across the pond in the UK you have the chance to become a LEGO Master Model Builder working at the new LEGOLAND Discovery Centre that is opening up in March of 2010.

FBTB is getting into the holiday spirit! This site, the community, and especially you, the readers, is what I am thankful for this holiday season. And it’s time to channel some of that good will towards a charitable cause.

Have you ever wanted to make a life-sized LEGO car? Europe seems to be the land of giant LEGO models what with James May’s full scale house and the Giant LEGO Man that washed ashore in the Netherlands, it just seems to happen.

Find unofficial LEGO® instruction books, keychains and custom LEGO models designed by a former LEGO Master Model Builder from LEGOLAND California. Her books are a must have for any LEGO enthusiast or AFOL (Adult Fan of LEGO).

Creating a realistic LEGO face is one of the harder aspects of building sculpture. When I was working at LEGOLAND this was unfortunately one type of sculpture that I didn’t get a chance to do much of. So last week I decided to brush up on my skills by creating this.

The set may be for 2010, but I found it at my local Toys R Us just yesterday and since no one else has done it yet I decided to do a review. Let's start with the box art. Above you can see what the front of the box looks like, if you haven't seen it.Top of boxBack of the box. ...

Lego, the old favorite toymaker, is offering new movie- and video-game-based products to help boost sales.