Recently, I decided to update my social media banners to reflect the coming of winter. Additionally, I had an arctic explorer Minifigure already drawn and colored. I added a simple background, and presto: new banners. Given that I was working on the image anyway, I decided to offer the same Minifigure as a coloring page this week. Therefore, I present
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It has been a long while since the last Minifigure Monday. Truth be told, these posts take a lot of time to produce. They are among the most time consuming aspects of running True North Bricks. Since this blog remains a hobby, when actual life gets busy, I tend to let coloring pages fall by the wayside. However, I know
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This is set to be a very different Halloween. With Canada in the grips of the second wave of COVID-19, many families will miss out on the time honored tradition of trick-or-treating. With that in mind, True North Bricks hopes to make Halloween a little spookier with a free pumpkin coloring page. Despite all that is going on in the
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Minifigure Monday is a weekly celebration of LEGO® characters through art. This week, I am offering an Aquaman Movie coloring page free for download. The picture I drew is based on the Minifigure seen in the Battle of Atlantis set (76085). In turn, the set and Minifigure were inspired by the Justice League movie and Jason Momoa’s portrayal of Aquaman.
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Every week, I select a different Minifigure to celebrate through art. This week, I am looking at one of my favorite themes with a Pirate Minifigure Monday. I loved Pirates growing up. Additionally, 2020 has brought back all those swashbuckling memories through two new sets. Earlier in the year we got Pirates of Barracuda Bay. This summer, the LEGO® Group
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Chadwick Boseman’s passing on August 28, 2020 saddened me. I greatly enjoyed his portrayal of Black Panther in the Marvel films. He was King T’Challa. Marvel Studios will be hard pressed to find another actor to fill those shoes. I am not even sure if they should. As many of you know, Boseman passed due to complications arising from colon
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Minifigure Monday is a weekly celebration of LEGO® characters through art. This coming week is a special week. The LEGO® Group sent me a pre-release copy of the new Main Square (60271) set to review. It is the biggest City set released this year. Consequently, I decided to celebrate with a themed week: City Week! To kick things off, today
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Minifigure Monday is a weekly celebration of LEGO® characters through art. This week, I have been coloring again. My subject was a classic Aquaman coloring page I created years ago. It features a simple front view of the Minifigure from LEGO® Dimensions. However, the character also appeared in two sets. The first was Arctic Batman VS Mr. Freeze: Aquaman on Ice
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Minifigure Monday is a weekly celebration of Minifigures through art… well it is mostly weekly… Recently, I have been thinking about tweaking the way that I run Minfigure Monday and coloring pages. I have been grappling with people stealing and selling my art. Therefore, I have already made changes to how I issue coloring pages. Additionally, I have been experiencing
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Earlier this week, I posted a review of the Jurassic Park Velociraptor Chase set. I was not crazy about the actual build, but I had a lot of fun photographing it. I recreated several scenes from the movie. Consequently, the experience put me into a Jurassic mood. I re-watched all the movies. To celebrate further, I dug up one of
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