Rebooting LEGO Mindstorms in a Licensing-dominated Toy Market
A closer look at the upcoming ‘Smart Brick’, the recent failure of LEGO Mindstorms, and an opportunity to teach programming concepts without writing code.
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What 3D-printed LEGO parts teach us about Connector Pairs (#10361 Holiday Express Train)
Let’s explore how The LEGO Group used more tolerant connector pairs for their first tentative steps to include 3d-printed parts in official LEGO sets.
December 2025 LEGO News Roundup
LEGO Parts Guide is beta complete, first look at the new modular, and awesome articles from across the web.
Review: 2026 Ninjago Mega Review
Celebrating the 15th anniversary of LEGO Ninjago with a range of good sets containing great minifigures.
November 2025 LEGO News Roundup
Parts Guide Beta sign-up form, lots of new architectural LEGO sets, and awesome articles on LEGO building creativity.
Review: 21064 Paris – City of Love (LEGO Architecture)
The LEGO Skyline concept — but compressed into a wall decoration. Does the idea have enough depth, or will it fall flat?
DIY Book Nooks: Telling stories with LEGO Bricks
LEGO Book Nooks squeeze rich brick-based storytelling in the smallest of spaces. Let’s learn how to build your own!
Video: Making the LEGO Parts Guide into a book!
Discover some of the challenges I’m facing while creating a printed parts guide, and the solutions I’m exploring to make the book great!
As you hopefully know, I’ve been working hard to translate my online LEGO Parts Guide into a printed book. I’ve been sharing extensive ‘Behind the scenes‘ content with my supporters on Patreon, but also try to share some of my progress on the website and in my newsletters.
I gave the following presentation at BrickCon on September 5, 2025. The presentation included interactive sections asking participants for feedback on some of the challenges I was facing in completing the guide, such as:
- The number of top-level categories in the guide.
- How much ‘history’ to include in the chapters.
- How ‘retired’ parts could be handled in future editions of the guide.
- How to handle groups of nearly identical parts.
- If DUPLO should be included.
You can watch the whole presentation on YouTube. (Give it a ‘thumbs up’ if you liked it.)
I hope enjoyed the video… Ideas to make the guide even better? Send me an email. Thanks!
October 2025 LEGO News Roundup
LEGO Parts Guide progress, 2025 Advent Calendars reviewed, a real motorcycle decorated with LEGO?
Review: 2025 LEGO Advent Calendars
Each new holiday period brings new Advent Calendars to build. Let’s explore which of this year’s lineup is a hit … and which may be a miss.
Review: #40820 Up-Scaled Santa Minifigure
Does Big Santa offer Big Fun, Big Value, or Both? Let’s snap some bricks together and find out!
September 2025 LEGO News Roundup
The most expensive LEGO set ever, progress on my printed LEGO Parts Guide, and lots more!
