With 2020 firmly behind us, I thought we would take a moment to reflect on some of the highlights of the year. It certainly was one for books. However, despite pandemics, politics, and environmental disasters, it was not all bad. For LEGO® collectors, there were many great moments. For my look back, I decided to reflect on my top 10
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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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Séance (Minifigure Monday) is part of a weekly series celebrating LEGO® characters through art. This week, we delve into the supernatural realm of communicating with the dead. Incidentally, the inspiration for this rhyme came from my latest MOC project. I am building a sorcery boutique for my LEGO® city. Additionally, I designed a light-up fortune teller’s table for the shop.
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Minifigure Monday is a weekly celebration of LEGO® characters through art. My recent review of the Haunted House (10273) inspired this week’s post. Consequently, Wandering This Mortal Plane explores the concept of lost souls. Additionally, rather than write a simple rhyme, I opted for a specific form of poetry this week. It has been a while since I last wrote a
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Minifigure Monday is a weekly celebration of LEGO® characters through art. This week, we contemplate taking the time to smell the roses. This poem was inspired by the rose bushes in the Chinese New Year Temple Fair set that I recently built. With everything going on in the world, and rush of day-to-day life, it is important to take the
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Minifigure Monday is a weekly celebration of LEGO® characters through art. This week we explore dreams out of reach that are experienced through others. The Speed Champions Lamborghini set inspired Live Vicarious. Lamborghinis were my dream car as a kid. However, spending that kind of money on a car is not feasible though. Therefore, I will life vicariously through my
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Minifigure Monday is a weekly celebration of LEGO® characters through poetry and photography. Each week, I take inspiration from a different Minifigure and write a little rhyme to go with it. This week, I found a use for Bear Costume Guy from Minifigures series 19. He was not my favorite character, but with COVID-19 raging, he is appropriate for the
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Minifigure Monday is a weekly celebration of Minifigures through art. This week’s post inspiration came from the MOC (my own creation) LEGO® project I have been working on. I have teased the build a little on Instagram over the last couple of weeks, and tomorrow I will reveal the whole thing here at True North Bricks. In the meantime, here’s
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Minifigure Monday is a weekly celebration of LEGO® characters through art. This week’s post asks: will the world still be the same in months to come? It was inspired by current world events and the isolation imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Lately, I question how long this will last. Additionally, what will the long term effects of this situation be?
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Minifigure Monday is a weekly celebration of LEGO® characters. Two weeks ago, I reviewed the amazing Pirates of Barracuda Bay set (click here to read about it). Since then, it continues to inspire my photography and story-telling. This week, the set prompted an exploration of relics built by forgotten hands. It features a nod to the LEGO® Pirates sub-theme, Islanders.
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