Less than one week left to enter the Expand the Winter Village II Contest

January 26th, 2012
Expand the Winter Village Contest II

Expand the Winter Village II

Deadline January 30!

Classic-Town.net and Eurobricks invite you to create your own addition to the popular winter village subtheme that TLG has presented during the holiday season for the past three years.

So far, TLG has provided us with three places to visit, a lovely Winter Toy Shop, an equally inviting Winter Bakery and this year’s new Post Office, but wouldn’t it be nice to have an even larger Winter Village full of festive fun?

Well, now you can, by expanding the theme with your own Winter inspired creation!

Check out this topic for the rules and discussion!

Caravanning

January 17th, 2012

With all those new Friends sets being reviewed, you’d almost forget there’s also a new wave of City sets coming out in 2012. And it’s not just police and fire sets this year, as LEGO introduces a line of five civilian-oriented vehicles sets. Reviewers Academy teacher Rufus reviews one of them, 4435 Car and Caravan.

4435 Car and Caravan

4435 Car and Caravan

Check out the review on Eurobricks.

Review: Olivia’s House

January 3rd, 2012

The Friends reviewing frenzy continues on Eurobricks with Pandora reviewing the biggest set of the first wave of Friends sets: Olivia’s House. The set is packed with details and what you see on the outside in the picture below is just the start. The house features a full interior with very clever builds. And whereas the Friends line introduces some great new accessories, most of the interior detailing in the set is achieved with familiar LEGO pieces.

3315 Olivia's House

3315 Olivia's House

Check out the full review in the Eurobricks Town forum and find out what else you can use garage roller doors for.

Review: City Park Café

January 3rd, 2012

Reviews of the first wave of the new Friends set keep rolling in. Hinckley (that’s the guy with the long blonde hair whipping cream in the picture below ;) ) reviews 3061 City Park Café.

3061 City Park Café

3061 City Park Café

Head over to the Eurobricks Town Forum for the complete review and many more pictures.

Reviews of new LEGO Friends sets

December 30th, 2011

Reviews of the new LEGO Friends sets are popping up on Eurobricks:

3065 Olivia's Tree House reviewed by SilentMode

To read SilentMode’s review of LEGO Friends set 2065 Olivia’s Tree House click here

3933 Olivia's Inventor's Workshop

3933 Olivia's Inventor's Workshop reviewed by lostcarpark

To read lostcarpark’s review of LEGO Friends set 3933 Olivia’s Inventor’s Workshop click here

French Town Royville

December 28th, 2011

Henrik Hoexbroe has created a lovely diorama of a French town – Royville – in the 1960s. It features – among others – an art-deco style petrol station, a Citroën car dealer, a hotel, and a train station. It’s very much ‘alive’ because of the many little scenes and Henrik’s brilliant car MOCs.

The French town of Royville

The French town of Royville

Go to the Eurobricks Town forum for more eye-candy.

Jet Ski Review

December 22nd, 2011

WhiteFang calls it ‘one of the nicest LEGO City polybags ever’, and I have to agree with his opinion on 30015 LEGO City Jet Ski.

Jet Ski Review

WhiteFang reviews 30015 Jet Ski

Head over to the Eurobricks Town Forum for more pictures and please leave your comments.

New LEGO Friends line controversy!!

December 17th, 2011

And from the “What? Really??!!” files, there’s controversy brewing over the new LEGO Friends line due out in early 2012.

LEGO Girls line

People are flippin cuckoo bananas over this female controversies!

What could the controversy possibly be?  Find out and weigh in on the subject in this Eurobricks topic.

Further reference links

Businessweek: (cover story) LEGO is for Girls

Ology.com: LEGO Friends are LEGOs(sic) for Girls

AfterEllen.com: Feminist Friday

Expand the Winter Village II

November 29th, 2011
Expand the Winter Village Contest II

Expand the Winter Village II

Classic-Town.net and Eurobricks invite you to create your own addition to the popular winter village subtheme that TLG has presented during the holiday season for the past three years.

As we enter the holiday season yet again, thoughts turn to fun and winter activities and where better to enjoy those than in your own Winter Village? So far, TLG has provided us with three places to visit, a lovely Winter Toy Shop, an equally inviting Winter Bakery and this year’s new Post Office, but wouldn’t it be nice to have an even larger Winter Village full of festive fun?

Well, now you can, by expanding the theme with your own Winter inspired creation!

Check out this topic for the rules and discussion!

Ellington House

November 5th, 2011

Eurobricks member Honeybee presents ‘Ellington house’, a building with a particularly attractive colour scheme. A real eye-catcher is the living room bay window.

Ellington House

Ellington House

See more pictures and leave your comments in the Eurobricks Town forum.