Reading Time: 3 minutesFinishing off the interior of my huge LEGO Sanctum Sanctorum Modular moc has been a passion project for several weeks. Being version 2, and having more interior space I could finally deliver the interior details I’d always wanted. And I could not be happier with the results of my LEGO MOC! Every floor is brimming […]

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Reading Time: 6 minutesNews Update: LEGO Nintendo Entertainment System Officially Announced and a look at the 3 new LEGO Monkie Kid Wave 2 sets. The console looks amazing and features a play scene when you crank a handle. And love how they’ve integrated it with the LEGO Mario system as well! The Nintendo System has been announced early […]

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Reading Time: 2 minutesThis is a video review, unboxing and motorization of the new for 2020 LEGO Crocodile Locomotive (10277). I share my thoughts on this new for 2020 LEGO Train It is based on the Swiss Class Ce 6/8 II locomotive which is designed to pull heavy loads up twisting, steep mountain railways – its basically two […]

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteI love LEGO Trains and I'd been wanting to add some "small wagons" to use with my new 7810 (set 40370). So I thought why not build one and share with you how I did it. So here's my take on this simple, versatile train wagon.

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is a review of the March 2020 LEGO gift with purchase from lego.com. It’s the 40th Anniversary Steam Engine which is a modern take on the 1980 LEGO Train, set number 7810. An absolute classic but is it something I’m keen to have in my collection? Let me know in the comments what you […]

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis week’s JossBricks is brought to you by the LEGO Hidden Side and Bat! Ok, all jokes aside, Joss wanted to share her thoughts on the Exclusive Newbury Juice Bar (40336). And then decided to do the Wrecked Shrimp Boat (70419). Let me know in the comments what you think and don’t forget to subscribe […]

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteYou all know that I like trains. Especially LEGO Trains! So being a long time LEGO train fan, I had to have the 40th Anniversary Train (40370)! And another set I’ve wanted for a long time also came back into stock. Hooray! Let me know in the comments what you think and don’t forget to […]

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn this episode, I talk about what LEGO means to me. How it inspires me, helps me and how amazing it is seeing it fuelling my kids’ imaginations! Which makes me so happy and also remember how it inspired me. Let me know your thoughts on this topic in the comments below. And don’t forget […]

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn 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. If you missed the first podcast: Why do a LEGO […]

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’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. He built this LEGO MOC in 2010 and looks to have not progressed it, but I still wanted to share it. There are all the things you’d […]

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteBrowsing through my Pinterest stream looking for amazing builds by others, and this appeared in my LEGO Architecture board. What a stunner of a MOC! It’s one of those buildings that every time I look at it, I see something new in the Architecture. The strips of colour resembling the layers of a milky coffee. […]

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Reading Time: 2 minutesThis 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 […]

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn my last video I reviewed this train and liked it a lot. In this video I’ll show you how to take the parts from a LEGO City Passenger Train (60197) to provide the Powered Up components to get the LEGO Winter Holiday Train using Powered Up! Buying a whole LEGO City 60197 Train Set […]

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis epic LEGO moc started out as "just" the Titan of Ephesus. Then the creator built an entire Citadel for it to call home! Welcome to the Citadel of Megiddo by Flickr creator Gerry Burrows!

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Reading Time: 2 minutesThis is my second Service Station MOC and I’m rather proud of how this has turned out. Blurring the boundary between building something realistic and the thing my imagination really wanted to build! A Spaceship Refuelling Station!Checkout my LEGO Service Station and Spaceship Refuelling Depot MOC! Subscribe to GJBricks LEGO Channel here: http://bit.ly/2LCmzIC Support this […]

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Reading Time: 3 minutesSo 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 shopping site? My AFOL thoughts. Subscribe to GJBricks LEGO Channel here: http://bit.ly/2LCmzIC Visit Bricklink: https://www.bricklink.com […]

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt finally happened! I built it as promised! This is a tour of my Custom LEGO MOC based on the excellent LEGO Sanctum Sanctorum (76108) set that is part of the Avengers Infinity War Movie. Boy am I happy with how this MOD turned out! The Sanctum Showdown was a set I got for Father’s […]

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteGreat 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! Over the past 4 months, the LEGO Review Board has been busily evaluating the 9 product ideas […]

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Reading Time: 3 minutesToday Land Rover unveiled the new Land Rover Defender. And so did LEGO! The LEGO Technic Land Rover Defender (42110) was actually leaked back in June/July but now we have the official details and videos from LEGO! Watch the LEGO Technic Land Rover Defender (42110) Official LEGO Press Release BUILD YOUR OWN ICON: INTRODUCING THE […]

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Reading Time: 2 minutesI’ve been keeping an eye on the new LEGO UCS Star Destroyer rumour for a while, especially as I regret not getting the 2002 LEGO Star Wars original UCS Star Destroyer. But what do I think of this one? Does it live up to the hype or is it a Disney Star Wars tax too […]

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s been a while since I last did a LEGO Train update. I’ve had some things in the pipeline which I started and immediately went on a sort of tangent. In this video I’ve been working on some LEGO City Train Custom Cargo MOCs for my trains to haul! And stay tuned to see it […]

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteLooking like something straight out of the Tim Burton era of Batman, this is a long, sleek car that provides a fun and solid build. Help Batman chase The Joker through the streets of Gotham City! But is it the best LEGO Batmobile ever made?

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Reading Time: 2 minutesJoin 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! This comes from my LEGO Archives and was amongst the many historic LEGO Books I have. In the video, I haven’t opened the book for a long time […]

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Reading Time: 2 minutesLEGO CITY UPDATE: We’ve been hacked! Someone’s hacked some of the LEGO Train junctions to go outwards and that meant the train yard had to swap places with the living zone, and now I think it might be awesome! This was one of those ideas that I just couldn’t get out of my head. Now […]

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Reading Time: 3 minutesMy first LEGO Movie 2 sets! Did I make the right choice? There are some great sets that LEGO has released for this movie. I like a lot of them and will get more. But thought I’d start with these ones now they’re out in Australia. But did I get the right ones first? One […]

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Reading Time: 2 minutesThis is a way to make LEGO City Train Junctions go outwards instead of inwards which saves you precious LEGO City building space! You may have seen my previous video, LEGO Train Junctions Shorter Crossover Hack, that I’m not afraid to injure some LEGO Track in the interest of saving some precious LEGO City build […]

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Reading Time: 2 minutesHave you ever heard the phrase "LEGO Spot The Difference Building Instructions"? This video is all about showing how LEGO Instructions used to put the guesswork into building!

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