Minifigure Monday is a weekly celebration of LEGO® Minifigures. This week, we delve into the world of photography and pop-culture. Once a month, I like to recreate a movie poster or album cover using LEGO® Minifigures. This month, I actually found an old post I made years ago, but never published. It’s a little rough around the edges, but I
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I have always liked the Marvel movies and shows, but for most of my life I have been a DC Comics fan. Apart from Maximum Carnage back in the ’90s, I never read Marvel comic books. So, for budget reasons, I have mostly selected DC Comics LEGO® sets. I have made one exception in the past, and that was for
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I have a Marvel Super Heroes review coming your way later this week, so I thought I would share a hint of what’s on the horizon with this week’s coloring page. Today, I present Dr. Strange. Two sets have featured this character… Can you guess which one I am going to review? My November haul post will give you another
Read moreFor Day 3 of the April A-to-Z Blogging Challenge, I have chosen Captain America to represent the letter C. For those of you who regularly follow my blog, you know that I am pretty solidly a DC Comics fan. So, why then am I choosing a Marvel character for my post? I never read the Captain America comic books, but
Read moreI have had this set for some time. It has been sitting, sealed, in the original box for months now. I got this set on sale, and in all honesty, I bought it for the parts. It has lots of grey, and lots of windows, which are both always in need for the construction of my LEGO city. I am
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It’s a Marvel themed week here at True North Bricks. I’m also taking a new direction with my Minifigure Monday posts. Rather than review a Minifig each week, I will simply showcase one. I figure not everything needs to be quantified and scrutinized. Some things should just be enjoyed. So, while I will continue to review LEGO sets, I will
Read moreI have a Marvel themed week coming up, and here is the first installment. This week’s free coloring page is Thor from the Avengers! Click here to download the PDF file.
Read moreThis week’s free LEGO® coloring page is Iron Man! I have not made very many Marvel coloring pages, with Captain American being the only other one so far. While I have greatly enjoyed the Marvel movies, I have never really read the comic books. Because of this, I have not collected the LEGO® Marvel sets. I received the Captain America
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A review of the Captain America’s Motorcycle polybag So, I finally found the time to squeeze in a trip to the movies. Coincidentally, I happened to see Captain America: Civil War on the same weekend as the free Captain America polybag offer at the LEGO Store. I got the polybag first, and then got all pumped to put it together
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