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LEGO Chinese New Year Temple Fair review and thoughts (80105)

January 12, 2020 By GJBricks Leave a Comment

Reading Time: 2 minutes

The is the new LEGO Chinese New Year set 80105 for 2020. When I saw this, it was one I had to have. And here in Asia & Australia, we got it on the 1st January with the rest of the world getting it on the 10th. Watch my review to get my AFOL thoughts and plans for this fabulous set!

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If you want to skip through the video:
00:53 Looking at the box
02:52 Back of the box
04:06 Opening the Box
05:22 The completed temple
06:22 BBQ Stall
08:01 Toy Stall
09:06 Snow covered trees
09:58 Pottery stand
11:26 Shadow Puppet stand
12:43 The Chineses Temple
15:03 Minifigures
20:13 Let’s talk about that pram
21:01 Final thoughts

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About this Video:
Recreate the decorative splendour and festive celebrations of a Chinese New Year Temple Fair with this unique LEGO toy building set (80105).

With a gorgeously decorated Chinese temple, stalls displaying a vast, colourful array of LEGO barbecue dishes, candy, toys, vases and dough figurines, plus 13 minifigures and a baby figure, there is so much to inspire imaginative role-play.

Authentic elements such as the ‘Fu’ decorations, ‘best wishes’ scrolls, red envelopes and ‘paper’ windmills teach about traditions. And they will love the rocket firework element and staging a shadow-theatre performance!

Celebrate Chinese culture! Collectable LEGO Chinese cultural toy models make super centrepieces and offer a variety of immersive building challenges and fun, creative play for anyone interested in Chinese traditions.

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About the GJBricks LEGO YouTube Channel
Welcome to my LEGO Channel! I’m an Australian AFOL builder focused on the joy and creativity of LEGO!

On this channel, you will find general interest videos and photos about LEGO and everything related to the joy creating with it! We’re creating our own unique LEGO City, Studsburg with its fleet of LEGO Trains, city building, Ninjago Mountain, crowds of minifigures and lots more!

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!

Note: if you are under 13, please visit YouTube Kids) – channel viewers are predominately aged 18 years and over.

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GJBricks is part of BrickTubers Network (https://thebricktubers.com) that includes these talented LEGO builders:

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
#LegoReview
#LegoChineseNewYear

Filed Under: LEGO News

The LEGO Backlog Challenge | Bag of Bricks Podcast #2

January 1, 2020 By GJBricks Leave a Comment

GJBricks Bag of Bricks PodcastReading Time: < 1 minute

In my second podcast/vodcast I talk about what’s been going in the GJBricks household, and that eternal challenge… Conquering the LEGO Backlog and some strategies to handle. I’ve been trying to decide how to tackle mine and my procrastination. Listen on to hear my thoughts. [Read more…] about The LEGO Backlog Challenge | Bag of Bricks Podcast #2

Filed Under: Bag of Bricks Podcast Tagged With: bag of bricks, GJBricks, LEGO, podcast, vodcast

Alpha Centauri – Copernicus Base

December 30, 2019 By GJBricks Leave a Comment

Alpha Centauri - Copernicus BaseReading Time: 2 minutes

If you follow my YouTube channel will know that I’ve been building a Space Centre in my LEGO City. So, as you can guess from that, I’m a space and sci-fi nut which is why the Alpha Centauri – Copernicus Base by Montgomery Burns (actual name Kris Kelvin) appealed to me. [Read more…] about Alpha Centauri – Copernicus Base

Filed Under: LEGO Moc Tagged With: Flickr, golf, LEGO, lunar, MOC, rocket, Space, space ship

Conquering The LEGO Backlog Challenge | Bag of Bricks Podcast #2

December 29, 2019 By GJBricks Leave a Comment

Reading Time: 2 minutes

In my second podcast/vodcast I talk about what’s been going in the GJBricks household, and that eternal challenge… The LEGO Backlog. I’ve been trying to decide how to conquer mine (and my procrastination). Listen on to hear my thoughts and tactics.

If you missed it: Why do a LEGO Podcast? | Bag of Bricks Podcast #1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVHd7gXevkk

If you prefer the Audio Podcast version, you can get it here:
https://anchor.fm/bagofbricks
https://anchor.fm/bagofbricks/episodes/The-LEGO-Backlog-Challenge–Bag-of-Bricks-Podcast-2-e9t3b4

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/gjbricks/

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About the GJBricks LEGO YouTube Channel
Welcome to my LEGO Channel! I’m an Australian AFOL builder focused on the joy and creativity of LEGO!

On this channel, you will find general interest videos and photos about LEGO and everything related to the joy creating with it! We’re creating our own unique LEGO City, Studsburg with its fleet of LEGO Trains, city building, Ninjago Mountain, crowds of minifigures and lots more!

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!

Note: if you are under 13, please visit YouTube Kids) – channel viewers are predominately aged 18 years and over.

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GJBricks is part of BrickTubers Network (https://thebricktubers.com) that includes these talented LEGO builders:

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 #bricktubersnetwork

Filed Under: LEGO News

LEGO Airport Food court by Dawn Bleyle

December 27, 2019 By GJBricks Leave a Comment

LEGO Airport - Food Court by Dawn BleyleReading Time: < 1 minute

I’ve been collecting a lot of LEGO Interior builds recently and this concept for an airport came up. It definitely has that familiarity of travelling through an airport. [Read more…] about LEGO Airport Food court by Dawn Bleyle

Filed Under: LEGO Moc Tagged With: Airport, Flickr, food, GJBricks, interior, LEGO, LEGO Airport, MOC

Kahuka Koffee – A LEGO Architecture MOC by Andrew Tate

December 26, 2019 By GJBricks Leave a Comment

Kahuka Koffee by Andrew TateReading Time: < 1 minute

Browsing through my Pinterest stream looking for amazing builds by others, and this appeared in my LEGO Architecture board. What a stunner of a MOC! [Read more…] about Kahuka Koffee – A LEGO Architecture MOC by Andrew Tate

Filed Under: LEGO Moc Tagged With: Architecture, coffee, creator, french design, GJBricks, inspiration, LEGO, LEGO MOC, van

Get Away From Her You Grinch! Aliens Inspired Santa Mech LEGO MOC

December 25, 2019 By GJBricks Leave a Comment

Get Away From Her You Grinch! Aliens Inspired Santa Mech LEGO MOCReading Time: 2 minutes

This is Santa’s newest tool to help him not only deal with the ever-growing number of presents he has to deliver on Christmas day. But he also has to deal with the increase in Grinches! This is the Santa Claws Sleigh Loader 3000. It is part of a LEGO MOC Habitat inspired by the famous Power Loader from Aliens.
[Read more…] about Get Away From Her You Grinch! Aliens Inspired Santa Mech LEGO MOC

Filed Under: GJBricks YouTube, LEGO Moc Tagged With: alien, alient, bricktubers, christmas, GJBricks, LEGO, Mech, mecha, MOC, power loader, santa

Get Away From Her You Grinch! Mech inspired by Aliens, designed for Santa

December 21, 2019 By GJBricks Leave a Comment

Reading Time: 2 minutes

This is Santa’s newest tool to help him not only deal with the ever-growing number of presents he has to deliver on Christmas day but also the increase in Grinches! This Mech is the Santa Claws Sleigh Loader 3000. It is part of a LEGO MOC Habitat inspired by the famous Power Loader from Aliens (One of my favourite movies!)

The Santa Claws Sleigh Loader 3000 gets its name from those huge claws like hands that allows the mech to quickly manipulate presents, no matter their size. It came from Santa’s Special Projects Engineering Works and features a 100 Reindeer Cross Pulled One Night Engine. It’s good for a range of work beyond frantically loading Santa’s Sleigh. Rumour has it, it’s even been used to clean out the Reindeer’s sheds in record time – don’t smell your presents too closely!

Featuring an integrated Present wrapping system with a cutting blade and Reindeer Controlling Carrots, this workhorse of a Vehicle can help Santa load up to 3000 presents per hour (hence the name).

I am a life long fan of the Aliens movies and the power loader is one of the many amazing vehicles to come from the Alien franchise. I’ve always wanted to build one out of LEGO and letting Santa have one to help him load his Sleigh seemed only natural!

BrickTuber Christmas Mocs:
Dr. McBrick: BrickTubers Holiday MOC Special with Tutorial for building a Lego Snowman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4Ggs9ZNqMs

Bricksonville: LEGO Christmas MOC “Coming home after Christmas” Habitat – Bricktubers Network
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyU8wgIBkHo

BlockheadUK: BrickTubers LEGO Christmas Minifig Habitats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATldWga3H1k

BrickBakery: LEGO MOC: The Night Before Christmas [Christmas LEGO]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIIhGEhgyGA

GJBricks: Get Away From Her You Grinch! Aliens Inspired Santa Mech LEGO MOC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qPft6J9ZRk

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About the GJBricks LEGO YouTube Channel
I’m a lifelong Australian AFOL (Adult Fan of LEGO) and this channel is a general interest channel 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
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
#bricktubersnetwork

Filed Under: LEGO News

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