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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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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Each year, Hallmark releases a new selection of keepsake ornaments. Recently, they issued their latest Dream Book, featuring all new designs for this year. Like previous years, the Hallmark 2020 ornaments selection includes several LEGO® characters. I greatly enjoyed the last three years’ offerings. However, I am even more excited about what is coming up. Hallmark is releasing five LEGO®
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Back in April 2020, I shared information about the upcoming release of LEGO Shazam Magic and Monsters. This direct-to-home-video release came out for digital download on April 28. However, the physical Blu-ray/DVD only recently hit store shelves. The incentive to wait until June 16 to buy the film came in the form of an exclusive Shazam Minifigure. I am a
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While the Wonder Woman 1984 film was postponed by a couple of months, the LEGO® set associated with it is out. We reported on that some time ago (click here to see it). In addition to that, the LEGO® Group recently officially announced the upcoming wave of new comic book themed sets. In this post, we take a closer look
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DC Comics Super Heroes fans rejoice! A LEGO® Shazam movie is on the horizon. The digital release date for this direct-to-home-video film is set for April 28, 2020. The blu-ray/DVD combo pack hits shelves on June 16. Personally, I really dislike the discrepancy in release dates. However, in this case there is a strong incentive to wait. Physical copies of
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The LEGO® Wonder Woman 1984 set has been revealed. I did not get an official press release for this new set. However, Amazon in Spain posted a product description for the upcoming Wonder Woman 1984 tie-in set. The description includes some official pictures, which I pilfered and posted below. You might recall that the original Wonder Woman film also received
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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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