For LEGO® lovers, spending money on copious amounts of plastic bricks causes an environmental conundrum. After all, the LEGO® Group designs bricks to last for generations. Additionally, they produce billions of plastic bricks each year. While most AFOLs never dream of tossing their bricks, beach clean-up crews consistently find LEGO® bricks around the world. Plastic in our oceans is a
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Ever wanted to build your own life-sized Christmas tree out of LEGO® bricks? Do you wonder how many bricks you need, or even where to start? Ponder no more, dear reader. You can get step by step instructions for assembling a life-sized LEGO® Christmas tree measuring 185 cm (6’1”) high and 178 cm (5’10”) wide. These instructions come compliments of
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LEGO® Star Wars: Castaways hit Apple Arcade on November 19, 2021. We reported on the game back in October. Since then, True North Bricks caught up with the Castaways design team via email. Now, we’ve got an exclusive interview with Gameloft Montreal. Our questions were answered by General Manager and Senior Producer, Lee Kaburis, and Creative Director, Jacques Durand. They
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True North Bricks caught up with LEGO® Masters runners up, Zach and Wayne for an interview about their experiences on season two of the show. Along with fellow fan media outlets, Brothers Brick, Bricks King Podcast, Brickset, BZ Power, and TalkBricks, we chatted about the duo’s inspirations, builds, and relationships with other contestants. Find out what it takes to reach
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Season two of LEGO® Masters may be over, but True North Bricks still has a few posts to go! Along with fellow LEGO® fan media outlets, Brothers Brick, Bricks King Podcast, Brickset, BZ Power, and TalkBricks, we caught up with the top three teams to find out about their experiences on the show. First up are the bronze medalists. Check
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In episode eight (Puppet Masters) of LEGO® Masters season two, the cast sadly said goodbye to two more members. True North Bricks caught up with eliminated contestants, Bryan and Lauren for an interview about their time on the show. They shared details of their builds not seen on the show, precious moments with the cast, and their own LEGO® family
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After a two week hiatus, LEGO® Masters is back this week. However, before we get there, True North Bricks caught up with Susan and Jen for an interview following their elimination in the Demolition Derby episode. Along with fellow LEGO® fan media outlets Brickset, Brothers Brick, and BZ Power, we learned about the duo’s time on the show. Additionally, Susan
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Following their elimination from LEGO® Masters USA, season two True North Bricks caught up with Paras and Moto for an interview about their time on the show. Along with fellow Recognized LEGO® Fan Media outlets Brothers Brick, Bricks King Podcast, Brickset, BZ Power, and TalkBricks, we chatted about their experiences and reflections about everything that went down. The interview lasted
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Following the elimination episode last week on LEGO® Masters, True North Bricks caught up with former contestants Jack and Dawn for an interview. With fellow fan media outlets Brothers Brick, Bricks King Podcast, Brickset, BZ Power, and TalkBricks, we Zoomed our way through their experiences on the show in addition to learning about their LEGO® story. Be sure to check
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Not long ago, I stumbled across a phenomenon in the AFOL community previously unknown to me: the secret world of sig fig swapping. There is a whole subset of the AFOL community who trade their personalized Minifigures all over the world. As it turns out, a friend of mine is big into the trading scene. Many of you know her
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