Louis Vuitton | Fashion Meets with Bricks

There are unique collaboration, and some of them really benefit in growing brand together that keeps them relevant individually. With LEGO® and Louis Vuitton it takes a new level of appreciation how both are iconic brands that can work together. This glass display has been spotted late in the afternoon at the posh side of Greenbelt mall, where all the high end clothing product related to fashion and gadgets can be found in one of the most highly commercialized side of the Makati CBD.

LEGO® Ninjago | Garmadon #1

LEGO® as company continue to expand not only in creating new sets yearly, but also how they market their brand. In the age or original content it’s been a challenge to create stories based on all-new content. This includes creating a mythology for something it is based from a LEGO® theme. Ninjago is an original LEGO® creation and has been around for more than a decade expanding into an animated CGI series, and the 2015’s feature length theme. IT is considered one of the longest original content from LEGO® that continue to release its own themed sets and going back to its original roots why it is popular with children and those who have grown up to pass the toys to their own kids. There hasn’t been LEGO® Ninjago published in the realm of the comicbooks or graphic novels until Skybound Entertainment, the creators of The Walking Dead acquiring the rights to produce a new series that would delve through the original characters from world of Ninjago, and also introduce Garmadon to the world!

Melbourne F1 Grand Prix | LEGO® McLaren F1 Car

In the Philippines, a season of summer means there’s a lot of events happening and one of them just previously wrapped up that was quite a success for the local car show events. Meanwhile, a few days ago as the local car events are happening Melbourne was gearing up for the return of the Melbourne F1 Grand Prix, and to celebrate the event LEGO® unveiled the McLaren Formula 1 Race Car.

MIAS 2022 | LEGO® Vespa 125

Vespa scooter is a design icon and a popular ride that became its own subculture. The popularity has spawned due to challenging times, and became the simplest lifestyle in driving a small vehicle. LEGO® has produced a set for their Creator Expert range due to its icon status. This set is aimed at AFOLs (Adult Fans of LEGO) with impressive details, and if you saw it in person chances are you have been at the Manila International Auto Show (MIAS), where this was displayed beside its real world counterpart.

MIAS 2022 | Brick Built Ferrari 512 M

The Ferrari 512 M is one of most important cars in their racing history, which was a later model follow the Ferrari 512 S. It is being raced at the iconic Le Mans, which competed with Ford GT-40. This V-12 powered race car is not just an icon, but it is a prototype produced by Scuderia Ferrari. LEGO® has produced the 512 M under the Speed Champions sub-range of licensed cars from all over the world, and it is the current kit that is released for 2022. This car was also produced in a larger brick-built scale that is on display at this year’s MIAS!

Behind the Concept Art | Ian Sta. Maria

05.28.2020 - LEGO® has been known for its colorful and innovative construction themed toys to popular licensed sets based on Star Wars and other properties. But majority of those who would acquire these sets won't notice the packaging design or the box art that it's more exciting to build the sets to notice it. There's a lot that goes into producing a themed set like Ninjago or the Star Wars sets.

Mega Brands | Replacement Parts Policy

06.18.2019 – There’s a lot of products out there that is being produced by toy manufacturers out there, that chances are that you might end up buying one with a quality issue. This is one in a million that you end up with a defected product that these companies made sure they put warranty clause in each one. With Mega Brands Inc, the parent company of Mega Bloks and their Mega Construx building toys make sure customer service is in place if there’s a chance that one customer might end up with product defect either it slipped past from their quality control or the aforementioned piece in the product is broken.

Jolly Kiddie Meal | Jolly Town Blocks

03.24.2019 – Jollibee is a famous fast-food chain in the Philippines, and it has already opened branches all over the world. It is considered McDonald’s competitor and has been around for 41 years. It’s popular for its Chicken Joy and Spaghetti as well as its other favourite food on its menu. The other thing that is popular about Jollibee is the toys included in their Jolly Kiddie Meal or sometimes called Jolly Kids Meal depending on how they marketed their version of a Happy Meal. For this month, they have their latest Jolly Town Blocks!

Building Block | Base Plate

05.28.2018 – LEGO® the pioneering brand has produced different kinds of base plate in all shapes and sizes that required a particular set. But lately the recent sets don’t depend much on the base plate and it’s also sort of an excuse for cost cutting. The most common base plate nowadays are sold with the standard 32 x 32 in dimension as part of the LEGO® Classic which is in green and recently re-released blue plate for all the fun creative ideas for kids out there. But since there are no smaller size plate Target came up with this one.

Shop Spotlight | Inside the LAYGO Store

09.16.2017 – Laygo is one of the two third party stores that specializes the LEGO® brand as its main product since there has no LEGO® Certified Store in South Australia. It’s one of the go to stores for part elements and other things LEGO®. For those who resides in South Australia and have not heard of this store here’s something for you to look forward to besides looking for missing pieces and other hard-to-find sets. This is also a good place to spend your birthday parties too.

When Ursula Takes a Day Off!

07.31.2017 – What does villains do on a weekend? They take a day off of course and that’s what Ursula from Little Mermaid would do. Usually this baddie is off somewhere in some barren rock sulking in the sun but its winter time. How can one get to spend some free time in the cold sea when you can go about and roam the city with some not-so villainous companions?

Build LEGO® Creations at Adelaide City Library!

01.09.2017 – Libraries used to be a place of study, research, and just plain reading. But in the internet age you’d be surprised that some libraries now allow you to use their facilities to surf the net, listen to audio books or even let you borrow movies. Adelaide’s City Library does that too and more with a wide variety of books for research and study to foreign articles for everyone. But what makes this library stand out is the support in building your imagination through LEGO® that caters from the age of 1 to 99 and they don’t charge you to play!

Happy Meal 2008 Feat. LEGO® Batman!

12.10.2016 – This won’t be considered entirely as a LEGO® set or minifigure, but collectibles from McDonald’s Happy Meal. This would still be related to LEGO® despite being part of a promo regarding the release of LEGO® Batman videogame in 2008. But the interest of LEGO® license themes such as Batman from DC Comics wasn’t as popular now that he’s the star of the upcoming 3D animated film in 2017. The breakout star in 2014’s The LEGO® Movie has certainly found its sequel, sort of.

Adam Savage Builds LEGO® Sisyphus Automata

04.15.2016 – Sisyphus is from the Greek Mythology, was the king of Ephyra (now known as Corinth). He was punished for his self-aggrandizing craftiness and deceitfulness by being forced to roll an immense boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll back down, repeating this action for eternity. Adam Savage tracked down Jason Allemann’s MOC of Sisyphus Automata building the kit with Norm…

Kobe Bryant Officially Announced His Retirement!

11.30.2015 – This might not be related to LEGO®, but surely for those who where aware of the Sports subtheme would remember that for a season in 2003 they collaborated with the National Basketball Association. Earlier today Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant has confirmed that this 2015-2016 will be his last as he announced his retirement. LEGO® produced sets based on the Basketball theme which included a Kobe Bryant minifigure.

LEGO® Build Tip: Green Jeep Editions!

11.18.2015 – If you have been curious to know how and what are the ingredients to put together the Pick-A-Model Green Jeep variant featured last week you’re in for a surprise. The primary parts you need are mostly green, but a different color will be just fine. Of course you need the parts and elements that make this Green Jeep an interesting build. It’s up to you which color you plan to put together and it won’t be green.

Radio Times Builds the TARDIS from Doctor Who!

11.06.2015 – The release of the next LEGO® Ideas is less than a month away and the Whovians are excited. Radio Times just recently shared a time-lapse video on how to put together the Doctor Who set featuring the TARDIS! The release of this set is on December 1st in UK and it’s a great time to be a Whovian to get their hands on the time lord’s iconic Police Box!

LEGO® Bionicle VS. Technic: Hit the Slopes!

11.05.2015 – LEGO® is a creative brand and when it comes to creativity they also apply it on how they market their products. Kopaka a noble Bionicle warrior was on his way to the top, but he has never seen a Tracked Pick-up Truck. This is a short but interesting ad that even Kopaka can’t deny.

Sheng Yuan SY220B: Flaming Head!

10.31.2015 – There has been so many well-known building toys out there since LEGO® pioneered the concept of interlocking bricks. But there are also the China-made no name brands that are bootlegs or knock offs, and they no longer that cheap too like this Sheng Yuan ‘Heroes Assemble’ Flame Head!

Happy Halloween from LEGO® CITY!

10.30.2015 – This year something big and hairy is making a visit to the LEGO® CITY. You might skip town as this Halloween season this creature is making a visit at the same time making some property damage to local residence. LEGO® put up an interesting stop-motion animation on whose coming to make the visit to the big city and you’ll never know who might that be…