Author Archives: Blockman

Trading your LEGO Series Minifigures

As many of us have concluded, the LEGO series minifigures have been both a joy and a torture to try and collect. As if it isn’t hard enough to locate them, but then you have to hope, pray, grope, or make … Continue reading

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Series 6 minifigures

I took a trip to my local LEGO store and snagged a few (18) packets of the series 6 minifigures, First of all, they have the same rule as the LEGO website, in which you can only purchase 16 at … Continue reading

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Ideas for separating and storing individual LEGO pieces

Whether anyone admits it or not, we all have encountered that desire to organize and store your LEGO pieces for easy access when looking for a specific part. Yes, I can read your mind and see into your past! I … Continue reading

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New LEGO sets sighted!

I was in a local retail store and saw that there are a few new sets available. I spotted a couple of new LEO CITY police sets: one looked like a Chinook Helicopter; another had what looked like a 4wd … Continue reading

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Another Faction for my Kingdom: Woodsmen or Woodland Tribe

Here is another group of characters that I’ve been working on for a while. Ever since I acquired the LEGO series 1 minifigure “Robin Hood” guy, I wanted to incorporate him into my Kingdoms series. Although Iwas only able to find one … Continue reading

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Dwarf Army

  Here is a faction that I have created for my LEGO castle theme. I used various minifigure parts, but mainly gray heads (blank faced), gray torsos, and earthy-toned short legs. All but one has a beard, and all of … Continue reading

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Time Capsule

I have spent most of my day going through old things and distinguishing between keepers and the stuff that just needs to go. In my exploration, I found some old LEGO papers from around 1999, as well as an old … Continue reading

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Kingdoms: Mill Village Attack set

I just assembled the Mill Village Attack set, so I thought I’d give a little review for anyone interested in this kit. As can be seen on the box photos, the set comes with 3 Dragon Knights (Swordsman, Archer, and Axeman), … Continue reading

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Ideas for Castle Features

Here are a couple of ideas that I am toying with for my castle. Like many, I chose to use a pre-existing LEGO Kingdom castle set as my basis for building onto. Here are a few crude photos of prototype … Continue reading

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Things that concern me…and maybe you, too. LEGO Gold pieces

I recently purchased the LEGO Pirate of the Carribean “Isla de Muerta” set. I only bought the set for its boat and gold pieces. It turns out that the gold pieces are not the classic shiny, metallic gold, but a … Continue reading

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