Blogs about Toys

This year most of the Marvel Legends I've purchased have been X-Men related as that's been the focus of my Marvel Legends collecting for a few years now. I have grabbed a few figures here …

Today’s guest article comes from Tammy Schefcik, the mother of BrickNerd Editor-in-Chief Dave Schefcik. She has fostered creativity and community through LEGO for years and shares her experience with the new LEGO holiday botanicals. A …

What’s your favorite holiday sweet? Candy canes? Cookies? Fudge? …Fruit cake? In Denmark, where our Advent Calendars are designed, this is the season for Æbleskiver, which are pancake balls served with jam. Fresh from the …

COMMANDER GREE STAR WARS: REVENGE OF THE SITH (HASBRO) “On the planet of Kashyyyk, Commander Gree serves Jedi Master Yoda and helps the Wookiees fight the invading Separatists. When the secret Order 66 is issued, …

Continuing the exploration into interesting LEGO techniques, my son played around with SNOT. SNOT stands for Studs Not On Top – it is a way of building LEGO where the studs face in other directions, …

The Missus and me went on our annual pilgrimage to Headingley last week. Not for the cricket but for the charity shops along the high street and the student eateries.Originally it was on my birthday …

Occasionally, a new LEGO® part will present opportunities that I haven't encountered before. The family of rounded plates received two further wonderful new additions in 2023, and although they’re not quite so new anymore I …

Yesterday, the LEGO Group revealed a cosmic tribute to the iconic LEGO Blacktron Future Generation series with the new #10355 LEGO Icons Blacktron Renegade set. First introduced in the 1980s, the Blacktron Renegade was a …

It turns out that a really good way to make Christmas arrive quickly is to write advent calendar reviews every few days! I can't believe that the 25th is already less than a week away. …