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.

BrickStix Now in the Philippines!

11.21.2015 –If you’re a MOC (My Own Creation) Builder who wants more detail on your creations, usually a personalized sticker would add identity and originality to it. In 2011, a then-12-year-old invented a reusable sticker label that changed the way you create and customize, either using LEGO® or any other building toy brand. This is how BrickStix was introduced by the creative mind of Greyson MacLean.

Peanuts Mini Bricks: Snoopy Editions!

11.14.2015 – There have been alternate brands besides LEGO®, but there are also brands that have micro bricks smaller than the standard bricks used. Japanese toy manufacturer Nanoblock™ is popular with that kind of concept. Just like LEGO® they have clones and alternate brands too. The resurgence of Snoopy & the Peanuts gang with the new animated movie have new building toys!

Asia Pop Comicon 2015: LEGO®!

09.18.2015 – Asia Pop Comicon Manila is rolling the carpet for the biggest fan experience the Philippines has been hoping for in the seven years. With that they bring guests that the fandom has to offer and that also include quality exhibitors. In line with the brands out there LEGO® will be part of the huge event as they mostly cover a quarter of the showroom floor. This is filled with displays, dioramas and what’s new for the Philippine market that you’ll find in the local retail soon…

ATCO is Medquip's Interlocking Bricks?

09.14.2015 – Rarely aside from LEGO®, Mega Bloks, and Kre-O as popular brands of building toys few have been much known aside from Combi and K’Nex. For those who have grown up in the early 1990s few have heard of ATCO Bricks. For those who haven’t heard of ATCO probably not everyone wasn't interested LEGO® was the only brand that was popular until now.

The World of KRE-O® CityVille Invasion!

03.12.2014 – CityVille Invasion is based from the CityVille online game series that was develope4d by Zynga. The game is similar to SimCity Social and Farmville where your goal is to build develop a city or a farm through constructing buildings. KRE-O® collaborates with Zynga to create CityVille Invasion a line that promotes and introduces the “Sonic Motion Technology”, which triggers specific movements in special Kre-O bricks.

New Construct-Bots Sighted in Adelaide!

02.15.2014 – Toy Fair 2014 in New York is happening this weekend and some news outlets have released some teaser images on what to see in that event. Transformers, the brand is celebrating 30 years and Hasbro is coming up with new stuff. Some are getting early releases and thanks to twitter user @SeanFewster shares first images...

Cobi Scooby Doo Series!

01.14.2014 – Cobi is one of the lesser known LEGO® clones around behind Megabloks and Kre-O that are presently have products sold in Toy Kingdom and Toys R’ Us in the Philippines. Most would think it’s another clone that’s made from China. Some thought it’s another product from China what most people doesn’t know is that they are a company based in Poland. Cobi has been around since 1987 as importer and distributor of a wide assortment of licensed toys until they produced their own products starting with building toys in 1992.

SDCC 2012: Kre-O Star Trek Unveiled at Comic-Con!

07.07.2012 – Space could be the last frontier in Science Fiction and yet man has not yet discovered the possibilities of faster than light space travel to reach its destination. For anyone who has been wondering if there’s a possibility for the Star Trek to have a license product similar to LEGO Star Wars.

Riding High with K'NEX & Mario Kart Wii's Luigi!

01.22.2012 – For years LEGO® has been synonymous with construction or building toys and there were a lot of competition back then and some claimed to be copy cats with their inter-locking brick technology. For those brief years you can’t even copy the exact patent and LEGO® took all of them to court with filed lawsuits left and right. Though I can’t assume if what I’ve read online was true but things change the past couple of years to the point LEGO® can’t barred some of them in using that same inter-locking design.

At World's End with Mega Bloks Jack Sparrow 1048!

01.08.2012 – If you just recently picked up the latest incarnation of Pirates of the Caribbean sets from LEGO® you’d be surprised that the properties firs appeared before in Megabloks. The current iteration of the Pirates of the Caribbean series in the movie titled “On Strangers Tides” shown in 2011 was not the only set produce to promote the series.

Toy Con 2011: LEGO® Convention Sightings!

06.18.2011 - Ever wonder if you have looked around at this year's Toy Con? Though limited of bricks to go around the dealers show area its not bad to look around. As there is already interest in bricks like LEGO, Megabloks, Kre-O, Oxford, and other construction toys. With the fan following and havign a local group to support the hobby. There will be third party sellers out there that will give you more choices for you to get those missing parts that you plan to build.

Mega Bloks At World's End: Brethren's Court 1057!

02.08.2011 – The Pirates Caribbean: At World’s End, which is the final instalment of the first trilogy that Mega Bloks produced a lot of sets based from the said film. Mega Bloks originally had the rights to all three movies from Disney, since they started producing sets starting with Dead Man’s Chest. They replaced their generalized version of their pirates theme with “Pirates of the Caribbean," which directly competes with another brand that had a similar theme.