The Rambling Brick
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Enjoy rambling Lego reviews, opinions, nostalgia, and building techniques. Richard Jones is an Adult Fan of LEGO in Melbourne, Australia. He aims to take a look at some of Lego the things that are often not blogged about but are still relevant to upbuilders: Photography, Lighting, MOC design, Exhibiting, and so on.
The Rambling Brick
2d ago
Regular readers would be aware that I’ve spent quite a bit of time looking at the LEGO City Space sets this year – and they have brought just about everything you could ask for from a LEGO Space theme, with the possible exception of a revival of vintage colour schemes and monochromatic spacemen. I recently ..read more
The Rambling Brick
1w ago
It’s the middle of April and this means that its time to get the Heads Up for what might be coming for May the Fourth, the commercial Celebration of all things Star Wars This year. The marquee set this year is the UCS TIE Interceptor. The first UCS set released, back in July 2000 was ..read more
The Rambling Brick
2w ago
If you have been watching the series that goes along with LEGO DREAMZZz, you might recognised that all of the sets that have been revealed to date (June last year; January this year), tie- in with the first season. This week, we have had some sets from the June wave revealed by the Mexican Certified ..read more
The Rambling Brick
2w ago
Branko’s been away for a couple of weeks too. He took the 42170 to the Netherlands, while visiting his family… Reasons follow! When receiving the LEGO® 42170 Kawasaki Ninja H2R motorcycle I considered how qualified I was to review a motorcycle. While my sons, wife and me all ride (or have ridden) motorbikes, it seemed ..read more
The Rambling Brick
3w ago
You may have worked out by now that the Supersized Minion Tim set mentioned on April 4 was a joke. However, as some people pointed out, they couldn’t have told the joke without some level of IP approval, and today, we get out first look at 2 new Despicable Me sets due for release on ..read more
The Rambling Brick
3w ago
It’s been a busy few months. Too busy perhaps. Over the Easter break, I opted to build a LEGO Set without the pressure of knolling and photographing every step of construction under studio conditions. I have been waiting for a chance to put together 71819 Dragon Stone Shrine from the moment it arrived from Denmark ..read more
The Rambling Brick
3w ago
LEGO sets have, increasingly in recent years, becomes a way for fans of third party IP – particulately Star Wars; Harry Potter; super heroes and more. We love to fill our shelves and living rooms with display pieces, that become talking points with out friends. In my house, Rivendell and smaller Star Wars sets occupy ..read more
The Rambling Brick
1M ago
There are plenty of LEGO® sets that have been released over the past couple of years that have given builders the chance to put together some brick built flowers, but otherwise not formally labelled as being part of the Botanical Series. The 40863 Flower Trellis Display is a novel set, bringing us some colourful flowers ..read more
The Rambling Brick
1M ago
When I looked at 60343 Space Base and rocket Launchpad last week, I felt it was a fantastic set, with a lot to offer: A base, crane, rover and space craft, all in the one box. Just what you need to start a moon colony. But at $USD135/$AUD250, its a bit of a tall ask ..read more
The Rambling Brick
1M ago
The Grand Prix has come to town (Melbourne this week) and to celebrate I’m taking quick look at the LEGO Technic 42165 Mercedes-AMG F1 W14 E Performance Pull-Back. If I was better organised, I’d present the 42171 Icons version – designed for an adult audience. I’ll look at that in weeks to come. In the ..read more