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LEGO Ideas Book 260 from 1990

April 8, 2019 By GJBricks Leave a Comment

LEGO Ideas Book 260 from 1990Reading Time: 2 minutes

Join me on another journey down the LEGO brick-built pathway into the history books of LEGO Ideas. This time it’s the Ideas book 260 released in 1990! [Read more…] about LEGO Ideas Book 260 from 1990

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LEGO Birthday Haul! They didn’t listen!

April 3, 2019 By GJBricks Leave a Comment

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LEGO BIRTHDAY HAUL! THEY DIDN’T LISTEN! So yeah, it’s my birthday already. It seems like just a year ago I was in the London LEGO Store. Wait… It was. So I told my family not to get me LEGO. Did they listen?

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Well, my wife did and got me practical things I need. My kids, on the other hand, would only settle for LEGO! I cannot complain as I love them dearly as they already know me so well!

The first set is kind of funny as I’m from London and that is the mini LEGO LONDON BUS – 40220. What a fun little set! I’m going to be saving that for a Marvellous Monday Mini Build.

Next up is one from my childhood. A Show I loved, had the game on My Atari ST and I will be hunting for it on my online services to introduce my kids to it. And that is of course, the new LEGO Ideas Flinstones (set 21316). What a beauty! And shows just how well my family knows me! That will be finding a home in the new Studsburg Residential area which you can see in this LEGO City Update video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3WL54BNt-Y

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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! *

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Marvellous Monday Mini Build – LEGO Creator Drone Explorer (31071)

April 1, 2019 By GJBricks Leave a Comment

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Marvellous Monday Mini Build – LEGO Creator Drone Explorer (31071). I hope your Monday started as well as mine. I’m aiming to have it finish on a high note with a quick LEGO build with friends!

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This is a smaller LEGO creator set, but that doesn’t make it a mighty build. I picked this set up for $9 at my local Kmart and I think that is a bargain for what the set includes.

It does remind me of the ships from the movie Oblivion. It’s one I’ve had my eye on for a while so this is the perfect venue for this great little LEGO Creator set!

Join me as I build this sub $15 LEGO Set and talk you through some of the history and thoughts I have on this set.

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The GJBricks LEGO YouTube Channel is all about the happiness we get from LEGO! My kids already love Lego and I’m a lifelong AFOL and this channel is all about sharing the joy we 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!

#lego #legocity ==============

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Filed Under: LEGO News

LEGO City Update #12: A New LEGO Train

March 30, 2019 By GJBricks Leave a Comment

LEGO City Update #12: A New LEGO TrainReading Time: 2 minutes

LEGO CITY UPDATE #12: A NEW LEGO TRAIN! This update shows the market appearing, The LEGO Train depot getting busy. A theme park has risen. And SigFigs blowing things up. Wait, what? [Read more…] about LEGO City Update #12: A New LEGO Train

Filed Under: LEGO City Update, Studsburg Custom LEGO City Design Tagged With: Australian AFOL, City, LEGO, lego 7938, LEGO City, lego city layout, lego city layout ideas, lego city planning, LEGO City Update, LEGO MOC, LEGO Passenger Train, LEGO Train, lego trains, minifigures, Studsburg LEGO City

LEGO CITY UPDATE 12: A New LEGO Train and a Theme Park!

March 29, 2019 By GJBricks Leave a Comment

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LEGO CITY UPDATE 12: A New LEGO Train and a Theme Park! This update shows the market appearing, The LEGO Train depot getting busy. A theme park has risen. And SigFigs blowing things up. Wait, what?

Check out LEGO City Update Number 13 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTFB3ZqRtAI
Check out LEGO City Update Number 11 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkWzlG7_v7M
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The biggest change in this video is the addition of the raised area for the theme park which I’m really happy about.

I’ve swapped the cargo yard around and think it kicks butt now! The change was made to make it more interesting but also so you can see into the sheds when I add them.

My residential area is coming along too with lots of new buildings and I’ve started figuring out the roads too. A brick built road is definitely the way to go there! Now to try and get some tiles before Dr McBrick orders them all!

And let’s not forget the minifigures of our LEGO City are up to many whacky things as always. It never ceases to amaze me how much bricking around they can do!

Let me know what you think along with suggestions when you’ve finished watching the video and don’t forget to like it!

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The GJBricks LEGO YouTube Channel is all about the happiness we get from LEGO! My kids already love Lego and I’m a lifelong AFOL and this channel is all about sharing the joy we 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!

#lego #legocity #legotrain ==============

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LEGO Movie 2 Emmet’s Dream House Build (70831) #shorts

March 29, 2019 By GJBricks Leave a Comment

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Let’s Build! LEGO Movie 2 Emmet’s Dream House! 70831. This is one of my favourite sets from the movie line up and I’ve been itching to get my hands on it. This version of the set will be placed in our LEGO City. Full Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcuZcJQ48vE

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One of the things that really attracted me to this set was how Classic LEGO it felt. That design reminds me of so many classic LEGO house builds.

This whole set is oozing with fun and detail and the LEGO Designers have managed to make the build really fun and not at all repetitive.

It took me about 90 minutes beginning to end. I will say that the “junk” element was a little less exciting than I’d expected.

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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!

#lego #legomovie2 #legobuild ==============

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LEGO Movie 2 Emmet’s Dream House & Rescue Rocket (70831) – Good or Bad?

March 29, 2019 By GJBricks Leave a Comment

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LEGO Movie 2 Emmet’s Dream House & Rescue Rocket (70831) – Good or Bad? This is my favourite set from the LEGO Movie 2 lineup. This is a review of both sets and overall thoughts on the finished builds. And be sure to check out the build videos.

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This is an unboxing and review of this LEGO Movie 2 “2 in 1” set. I’ll run through both of the builds (linked below) and tell you my final thoughts as well as showing you the rather unique box and it’s contents.

Both builds are great and I love the nod back to the 80s style brick built house from the old LEGO City and Ideas books.

My least favourite part was re-building the rocket into the house as you’ve got to keep the parts organised. That, and I wasn’t blown away by the “scrap” build”

Watch to the end to get my final thoughts and review of this great set (Spoiler).

Speed Build of the LEGO Movie 2 Rescue Rocket (70831):
https://studio.youtube.com/video/_lt9BZbffBE/edit

Speed Build of the LEGO Movie 2 Emmet’s Dream House (70831):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B486gsbqIH4

Let me know what you think along with suggestions when you’ve finished watching the video and don’t forget to like it!

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The GJBricks LEGO YouTube Channel is all about the happiness we get from LEGO! My kids already love Lego and I’m a lifelong AFOL and this channel is all about sharing the joy we 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!

#lego #legomovie #legomovie2 ==============

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

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

Brick Bakery
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Bricksonville
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Dr McBrick
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Brick Link Haul and LEGO Mail Time!

March 27, 2019 By GJBricks Leave a Comment

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Brick Link Haul and LEGO Mail Time! This order came from the states and mail time joins me from the UK this time

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I’ve been stocking up on my signature minifigure (sigfig). But when I did that I check out the bricklink store inventory and this time I stocked up on some minifigure accessories. I’m rather pleased with what I got. Especially the LEGO Pirate hat.

Next up we have a SigFig from Caz of BlockHeadUK. She’s included a very thoughtful gift as well.

And last up is a car package from my dear mum who knows how much I love my LEGO and always keeps an eye out for some reading stuff for me!

Let me know what you think along with suggestions when you’ve finished watching the video and don’t forget to like it!

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The GJBricks LEGO YouTube Channel is all about the happiness we get from LEGO! My kids already love Lego and I’m a lifelong AFOL and this channel is all about sharing the joy we 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!

#lego #legocity #legohaul ==============

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

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