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Get the latest news and information about LEGO. Find out what the latest sets are and when they will be available. Not to mention all the awesome goings on in the world of LEGO.

LEGO Creator Bookshop 10270 walkthrough and thoughts!

December 7, 2019 By GJBricks Leave a Comment

Reading Time: 2 minutes

This is my adult fan (afol) look at the newly announced LEGO Creator Bookshop (10270). This is the 2020 Creator Expert Modular and It think it’s rather good! But not perfect. Find out why in my walkthrough and thoughts video!

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Introduction from the Official LEGO Press Release

10270 Bookshop
Ages 16+. 2,504 pieces

US $179.99– CA $199.99– DE €159.99– UK £149.99 – FR €159.99– DK 1299DKK
*Euro pricing varies by country. Please visit shop.LEGO.com for regional pricing.

Build and display a quaint bookshop and modular town house

Recreate the charm of a backstreet bookshop that you might discover in any European village or town with this LEGO® Creator Expert collectors’ toy. The 3-story bookshop and adjoining modular town house building is filled with fun building techniques and surprising details, including a display window, reading nook and an open-out design. Collectors will love to display this big 2,504-piece LEGO set proudly alongside their other modular buildings.

An ever-growing modular house collection
The LEGO Creator Expert Modular Buildings series is a premium collection of advanced, interconnecting buildings featuring authentic designs from around the world.

LEGO sets that bring passion to life
LEGO Creator Expert building sets are for adults and teenagers with a passion. From authentic buildings and classic cars to other objects of desire, Creator Expert advanced LEGO sets offer a world of nostalgia, escapism, self-expression, pure enjoyment and surprise.

• An advanced LEGO® Creator Expert Modular Buildings set bookshop with adjoining town house packed with surprising details and unexpected features that teenagers and adults will enjoy building and displaying with pride.
• This big 3-story LEGO® set features so many details, including a display window, bookshelves, reading nook and living spaces in the town house. 5 minifigures also help to really bring this collectors’ toy to life.

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About the GJBricks LEGO YouTube Channel
I’m a lifelong Australian AFOL and this channel is all about sharing the joy, creativity and happiness that we all get from LEGO Creations.

I’m fine with constructive criticism as well as polite disagreement!

Please help me keep this channel as a friendly, positive and safe environment to talk about LEGO! *

LEGO® is a trademark of the LEGO Group of companies and are in no way associated with this channel unless stated in the video description.

*There is a ZERO tolerance policy for disrespect, swearing, bullying, sexism, racism, etc. and no spam on my channels. All comments are moderated by me to protect people of all ages in the LEGO/LEGOS community. If you breach these rules you will be reported and blocked!

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GJBricks is part of BrickTubers Network (https://thebricktubers.com) that includes awesome LEGO channels such as:

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Filed Under: LEGO News

New LEGO City 2020 Sets & My thoughts on all the sets so far!

December 4, 2019 By GJBricks Leave a Comment

LEGO City 2020 Sets - My thoughtsReading Time: 2 minutes

Join me for my thoughts on the LEGO City 2020 sets that have appeared so far. I’ll talk about what I like, what I laughed at, how many quad bikes there are and whether we’ll be adding them to Studsburg! [Read more…] about New LEGO City 2020 Sets & My thoughts on all the sets so far!

Filed Under: LEGO 2020, LEGO City, LEGO News Tagged With: cars, fire, LEGO, lego 2020, LEGO City, LEGO news, my thoughts, petrol station, police, race cars, rescue, service station

LEGO Acquired Bricklink! What the!?!? My AFOL Thoughts Good & Bad

November 29, 2019 By GJBricks Leave a Comment

LEGO Bought Bricklink! What the... My AFOL Thoughts Good & BadReading Time: 3 minutes

So the LEGO Group announced this week that they were acquiring Bricklink. Got to admit, didn’t see that coming! They say it’s a way to connect to the AFOL Community. But what does that mean for our favourite LEGO Brick [Read more…] about LEGO Acquired Bricklink! What the!?!? My AFOL Thoughts Good & Bad

Filed Under: GJBricks YouTube, LEGO 2019, LEGO News Tagged With: bricklink, GJBricks, LEGO, LEGO news, thoughts

How to build LEGO Train Shipping Containers (Custom MOC) #tutorial

October 25, 2019 By GJBricks Leave a Comment

Reading Time: 2 minutes

A tutorial to make a simple LEGO Train Shipping Container as featured in my previous LEGO Train Cargo MOC Video. These containers are 6×16 studs and are compatible with the LEGO Maersk Train 10219.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS_mdwIk1vQ

Here’s the parts list. You can load this into Bricklink as a Wanted list. This is for a basic white container but you can change the colour however you want.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aCcK9McLOfl4Srvw1vVkuI5yoGKDTRLo/view?usp=sharing

If you need help importing the parts list, check out this video:
https://youtu.be/y0DcsaJ_Who

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If you want to skip through the video:
00:00 Intro
02:03 All of the bricks laid out for the LEGO Cargo Container
03:23 The doors
04:47 Base of the Cargo Container
05:20 Adding the walls
06:33 Building the hinges
08:56 Adding the roof and modified tiles
09:26 Connecting the doors
10:02 Dismantling the Container
11:07 Bricktubers Network

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About this LEGO Toys Video:
This container was designed to compliment the containers that come with the 60052 LEGO City Cargo Train (one of my favourite trains). That has containers that are 6×8 in size and these are 6×16 studs. This design should work with with the Maersk train as well. Let me know if you try it.

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About the GJBricks LEGO YouTube Channel
I’m a lifelong Australian AFOL and this channel is all about sharing the joy, creativity and happiness that we all get from LEGO Creations.

I’m fine with constructive criticism as well as polite disagreement!

Please help me keep this channel as a friendly, positive and safe environment to talk about LEGO! *

LEGO® is a trademark of the LEGO Group of companies and are in no way associated with this channel unless stated in the video description.

*There is a ZERO tolerance policy for disrespect, swearing, bullying, sexism, racism, etc. and no spam on my channels. All comments are moderated by me to protect people of all ages in the LEGO/LEGOS community. If you breach these rules you will be reported and blocked!

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GJBricks is part of BrickTubers Network (https://thebricktubers.com) that includes awesome LEGO channels such as:

BlockheadUK
https://www.youtube.com/blockheaduk

Brick After Brick Toys
https://www.youtube.com/brickafterbricktoys

Brick Bakery
https://www.youtube.com/brickbakery

Bricksonville
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Dr McBrick
https://www.youtube.com/drmcbrick

GJBricks
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Small Brick City
https://www.youtube.com/smallbrickcity

#lego
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#tutorial

Filed Under: LEGO News

Custom LEGO Marvel Sanctum Sanctorum Showdown Modular Showcase (76108)

October 11, 2019 By GJBricks Leave a Comment

Reading Time: 2 minutes

Check out the updated version here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT6fh4xIh7I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96W36vfhP-g

This is my Custom LEGO MOC based on the excellent LEGO Sanctum Sanctorum (76108) set that is part of the Marvel Avengers Infinity War Movie. Boy am I happy with how this MOD turned out! Watch the video for a tour of this LEGO MOD. I’ll be doing an update and review video soon!

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If you want to skip through the video:
00:00 Introduction
00:48 LEGO Sanctum Sanctorum MOC Overview
02:28 Ground Floor with Grand Staircase and Iron Man
03:45 1st Floor Balcony, window and spiral staircase
05:14 The Roof
06:44 Modular Building
06:50 The top Floor with time monster
08:21 Building a sloping, angled corner in LEGO
08:51 Another look at the balcony
09:20 Putting the LEGO Modular MOC back together
10:03 Another look at the exterior
10:52 Let me know your comments on this LEGO MOC
11:22 Like this Video
11:41 Subscribe to the GJBricks LEGO YouTube Channel
11:47 Thanks for watching
11:55 Two more videos to watch

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About this LEGO Toys Video:
The Sanctum Sanctorum Showdown set was a set I got for Father’s Day a year ago and I’ve waited to build this MOC for so long. I’ve been itching to do it but really wanted to wait until I was confident I could get it just right! I think I did a good job.

This MOC is actually based off of two of the LEGO Sanctum Sanctorum (76108) sets combined with the smaller 76060 set which features some interesting play features which I’ve incorporated throughout this MOC.

The details include a Grand Staircase, Angled corner, interior furniture, a bathroom (important for the minifigures!), and lots more!

This is a quick tour of the MOC and I’ll be doing a full review/breakdown soon!

Let me know what you think in the comments.

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About the GJBricks LEGO YouTube Channel
I’m a lifelong Australian AFOL and this channel is all about sharing the joy, creativity and happiness that we all get from LEGO Creations.

I’m fine with constructive criticism as well as polite disagreement!

Please help me keep this channel as a friendly, positive and safe environment to talk about LEGO! *

LEGO® is a trademark of the LEGO Group of companies and are in no way associated with this channel unless stated in the video description.

*There is a ZERO tolerance policy for disrespect, swearing, bullying, sexism, racism, etc. and no spam on my channels. All comments are moderated by me to protect people of all ages in the LEGO/LEGOS community. If you breach these rules you will be reported and blocked!

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BlockheadUK
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Brick Bakery
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Bricksonville
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Dr McBrick
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GJBricks
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Small Brick City
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Filed Under: LEGO News

LEGO IDEAS Announces 3 new sets coming in 2020!

October 1, 2019 By GJBricks Leave a Comment

LEGO Ideas 2019 First Review set AnnouncedReading Time: < 1 minute

Great LEGO News! The LEGO IDEAS Blog has announced the first 3 sets to come from the LEGO Ideas 2019 Review! 123 Sesame Street, Pirate Bay and a Playable Piano will be joining the 2020 LEGO Set lineup! [Read more…] about LEGO IDEAS Announces 3 new sets coming in 2020!

Filed Under: LEGO Ideas, LEGO News Tagged With: GJBricks, LEGO, lego (toy line), lego 2020, LEGO Ideas, lego ideas 2019, lego ideas review, LEGO MOC, LEGO news, LEGO Review, lego toys, piano, pirate bay, pirates, Playable Piano, sesame street

LEGO Exclusive Star Wars Imperial Star Destroyer Now Available to VIPs

September 18, 2019 By GJBricks Leave a Comment

LEGO Gingerbread House 10267 boxReading Time: 2 minutes

The new LEGO UCS Star Wars Imperial Star Destroyer and Gingerbread House are now available for preorder to VIPs. [Read more…] about LEGO Exclusive Star Wars Imperial Star Destroyer Now Available to VIPs

Filed Under: LEGO 2019, LEGO News, LEGO Star Wars Tagged With: 2019, christmas, dtc, gingerbread house, Imperial Star Destroyer, LEGO, LEGO Star Wars, LEGO UCS, new star destroyer

@TrixBrix LEGO Train 3D Printed Track Preview

September 13, 2019 By GJBricks Leave a Comment

Reading Time: 2 minutes

You’ve probably seen my chopping up LEGO Train tracks before to make new and better shaped junctions. Well, @TrixBrix 3D print custom track that is a lot more flexible than the dissection method I use! Thanks BANANENBUURMAN for persuading me to try them! Lets have a quick run through of how these will help my LEGO Trains!

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https://www.youtube.com/user/bananenbuurman

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Index of the LEGO in this video:
00:30 Injured train tracks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIvX7dVKofw
01:00 DIY LEGO Hack: How to make LEGO Train Junctions go “Outward” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ccebx2-NuRk
02:45 Official LEGO R40 Curve vs TrixBrix R24 Train Curve
04:20 Short Train Track
05:25 TrixBrix Train Junction Demonstration
09:14 TrixBrix 3-Way Junction

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About this LEGO Toys Video:
This is a sort of LEGO haul video but not really, or maybe really. I can’t decide. But I got this TrixBrix track because I’ve really wanted to give it a try for quite some time! They are fully compatible with LEGO Trains and Train Track but you can customise the shape of them a bit to give you some better shapes and angles! Checkout my little Haul video and I’ll have some reviews and demos of the track in action soon!

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About the GJBricks LEGO YouTube Channel
I’m a lifelong Australian AFOL and this channel is all about sharing the joy, creativity and happiness that we all get from LEGO Creations.

I’m fine with constructive criticism as well as polite disagreement!

Please help me keep this channel as a friendly, positive and safe environment to talk about LEGO! *

LEGO® is a trademark of the LEGO Group of companies and are in no way associated with this channel unless stated in the video description.

*There is a ZERO tolerance policy for disrespect, swearing, bullying, sexism, racism, etc. and no spam on my channels. All comments are moderated by me to protect people of all ages in the LEGO/LEGOS community. If you breach these rules you will be reported and blocked!

========

GJBricks is part of BrickTubers Network (https://thebricktubers.com) that includes awesome LEGO channels such as:

BlockheadUK
https://www.youtube.com/blockheaduk

Brick After Brick Toys
https://www.youtube.com/brickafterbricktoys

Brick Bakery
https://www.youtube.com/brickbakery

Bricksonville
https://www.youtube.com/bricksonville

Dr McBrick
https://www.youtube.com/drmcbrick

GJBricks
https://www.youtube.com/gjbricks

Small Brick City
https://www.youtube.com/smallbrickcity

#lego
#gjbricks
#legotrains
#bricktubersnetwork

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