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
One of the cornerstones of the LEGO® Star Wars 25th Anniversary celebration is the release of the art book ‘The Force of Creativity.’ Written by editor of Blocks Magazine, Graham E. Hancock, the book promises to be “The ultimate treat for yourself or a Star Wars gift for a fellow fan,” but priced at $AUD239.99/USD149.99/£129.99, a lot of ..read more
The Rambling Brick
4d ago
Last weekend, Branko headed off to the Illawarra Brick Show. Along the way, he got caught up in a celebrity brick battle… On the weekend of 20-21 April 2024, the Illawarra Annual Brick Show took place in Berkeley NSW. Organised by Gonglug, the event was raising funds for Kidswish, a charity in the Illawarra region ..read more
The Rambling Brick
6d ago
This year’s City Space subtheme brings us a huge variety of sets, from the small one man flyer, to small to medium space ships, to a fully fledged base and a space station. These sets are united through a common colour scheme and the use of modules used in various sets, incorporating the docking linkage ..read more
The Rambling Brick
1w ago
A few weeks ago, we got our first look at three of the sets in August’s Dreamzzz sets via the Mexican Certified Store. Today, the remainder of the August Dreamzzz range has been revealed on LEGO.com. We gain a little bit of an insight into some of the issues facing our heroes in season 2 ..read more
The Rambling Brick
1w ago
New space-themed Minifigures in the BUILD A MINIFIGURE Station were revealed at an AFOL event put on by Australian LEGO Certified Stores tonight. The three figures are part of a wider assortment, but I was possibly a bit distracted to notice what else was becoming available…(skip to the end to see that pack) These figures ..read more
The Rambling Brick
1w 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
2w 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
3w 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
3w 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
1M 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