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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It is Batman Day 2020 and the LEGO® Group is celebrating with a new set announcement. Last year we got the 1989 Batmobile. Today we learn the 1989 Batwing is coming soon. Incidentally, as a kid I knew of Batman well before 1989. However, it was Tim Burton’s film from that year that really turned me into a fan. The
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This week I reached way back to the early days of True North Bricks. The very first Minifigure I ever drew digitally was a Pirate Batman coloring page in 2016. I was still learning how to draw digital images, so some of the line work is a little rough. Additionally, I did not color in the early coloring pages using
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Minifigure Monday is a weekly celebration of LEGO® characters through art. However, “weekly” has been hard to keep up of late. Work is hectic despite the COVID-19 shutdown. Additionally, my inspiration comes from new Minifigures. However, retail closures due to the pandemic stopped my Minifigure purchases. Series 20 is out, and I do not have a single one. In fact,
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30 years ago, I was seven years old. The year was 1989. As an avid DC Comics superheroes fan, you can imagine my excitement when I found out that there was a Batman movie in theaters. I was a little young to be seeing a PG-13 film, but my mother took me anyway. That was the moment that Batman became
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November 29 marked the official release of the 1989 Batmobile set (76139). This version of the car remains my favourite. To sweeten the deal, early purchases of the set come with a Minifigure scale 1989 Batmobile (Limited Edition) set for free. That exclusive offer runs from November 29 until December 5, 2019, or while supplies last. Both the actual 1989
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Hot on the heels of the Chinese New Year sets announced earlier this week comes more exciting news from the LEGO® Group. Thanks to the LEGO® Ambassador Network, I have learned that the 1989 Batmobile (76139) is hitting store shelves later this month. Click here to read about the Chinese New Year sets. Excitement does not begin to describe my
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I got this set for free with saved up VIP points for one reason, and one reason only. I wanted the Batwoman Minifigure. I have greatly enjoyed the Batwoman comics in the past, and she is one of my favorite characters in the DC Comics universe (or should I say Multiverse?). The set itself held no other particular interest for
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It’s no secret that I am a big fan of DC Comics, and Batman in particular. One of my favorite stories was the Court of Owls. This offering from the LEGO® Group took the Talons from that arc, and brought them to life in Minifigure form. Like with many other of the Super Heroes sets, in order to get your
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From the early trailers for the LEGO® Movie 2, there was one character I knew that I must have as a Minifigure, and that was Battle Ready Batman. This Minifigure is available in two sets from the theme: Welcome to Apocalypseburg, and the subject of today’s review, Battle-Ready Batman and Metalbeard. Of the two sets, today’s review deals with the
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