Posted on May 8, 2013 by brickplate • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged "toys, afol, hklug, hong kong, iron man, lego, lug, toy • Leave a comment

I’m a proud member of a Lego Users Group — or LUG for short — but the folks at Hong Kong LUG really take fandom to a new level, churning out great MOCs on a consistent basis and even sharing neat stuff like building instructions for Tony Stark’s laboratory!

Brickplate.com’s Lego News Roundup, May 7

Posted on May 7, 2013 by brickplate • Posted in Lego, star wars • Tagged "toys, afol, collectors, lego, moc, tech, toy • Leave a comment

In your mind-blowing MOC of the Week, here is Goel Kim’s Battle of Hems Deep from The Lord of the Rings. The level of details — and sheer masses of minifigs — is Gollumesque in its madness. Says Goel, “It is 90 percent completed so far.” Hard to believe there’s still 10 percent to go! (Brothers Brick)
Our condolences go out to the family and friends of Kathleen Fleming, director of entertainment development at Lego, who worked on projects including the TV series Lego Legends of Chima and Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles. She was 39. (Variety)
Today in Lego video games we’ll see, but never get to play: Lego Breaking Bad. Even Walter White couldn’t get away with it. (Los Angeles Times)
Yes, the venerable Lego company makes bonehead mistakes. For instance, they allowed a licensee to make a sticker set featuring a pervy construction worker. (Adweek)
…And the company has apologized. (Yahoo!)
Do you agree with Gizmodo Australia’s list of ten most useful Lego bricks?
Finally, a side-by-side review of the original UCS X-Wing and its redesigned re-release, the Red Five X-Wing. (FBTB)