Reading Time: 3 minutesThe LEGO Ideas Motorised Lighthouse 21335 was approved all the way back in June 2021 and has now become an official product. And boy oh boy have LEGO smashed this one out of the park! It is awesome! Anyone that follows my channels knows I’m quite fond of lighthouses – checkout my Smuggle’s Cove Lighthouse […]

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Reading Time: 2 minutesThe LEGO Ideas Stargate project has just passed the halfway milestone of 5k votes. Join me and get to know Captain Mutant the creator and understand a bit more about his project, the challenges of the LEGO build and maybe a little more of the Stargate universe for any noobs 🙂 I’m a massive fan […]

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Reading Time: 3 minutesWe now have details of the official LEGO Ideas Fender Stratocaster (21329) set which is dropping on the 1st of October with 1,074 pieces. Official LEGO Press Release Tune-up and turn your amp up to 11 as the LEGO Group reveals the new LEGO® Ideas Fender® Stratocaster® set The LEGO Group announces the new LEGO […]

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe LEGO Ideas Typewriter (21327) is now available for purchase from the LEGO website [affiliate link]. There’s a lot to love about this LEGO set and the inspiration behind it. This detailed LEGO typewriter model and was designed as part of the LEGO Ideas fan submission program. The design is inspired by the classic typewriter […]

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMoving back to my love of rollercoasters, I’ve embarked on a mission to convert the LEGO Pirates of Barracuda Bay into a rollercoaster. This video shows the first step where I’ve laid out the track and put one of the builds and that magnificent ship to test the track plan will work. Let me know […]

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Reading Time: 2 minutesToday LEGO Ideas announced that a whooping 26 projects had reach 10k votes. That’s amazing and shows how good the quality of the ideas being submitted now are. Hear my thoughts on all 26 of them and which I think will (and I’d like to) become sets. Let me know your thoughts on these sets […]

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Reading Time: 4 minutesOne of the most exciting LEGO Ideas sets ever (in my opinion) and a return of the classic favorite Pirate theme is now available to order! The LEGO Pirates of Barracuda Bay (21322)! As you can tell from that first line, I’m excited! I’ve always loved the pirates’ theme but never been lucky enough to […]

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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: 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 minutesHow to build a LEGO Train Handcar inspired by the LEGO Ideas Book 7777. This was a smaller build in the LEGO Ideas 7777 book and I wanted to build it using modern LEGO Train parts. If you’re new to my channel why not Subscribe – it’s Free! First of all, the parts list for […]

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Reading Time: 2 minutesLEGO TRAIN IDEAS BOOK 7777 – INSPIRATION FOR YOUR LEGO CITY RAILWAY! All about 4.5V and 12V LEGO Trains. This is my favourite LEGO book and this is why! Originally published in 1981, the 7777 LEGO Ideas Book is focused solely on trains. And, in my opinion, this was one of the best times for […]

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Reading Time: 2 minutesThis is my thank you, shoutout and LEGO chat video for my 200 YouTube Subscribers to the GJBricks LEGO YouTube Channel (so far)! In debating what to do for this video I decided to do a few things. First up a straight out thank you and what the YouTube LEGO Community has taught me. How […]

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Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen it comes to products I love, nothing makes me happier than finding out the team behind it loves it as much as me. This is the designer video for the new LEGO Ideas Voltron set 21311. Voltron is a set which I confess I never thought would make it into reality. So happy it did!

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Reading Time: 3 minutesThey did it! They actually did it! Voltron Legendary Defender is coming in LEGO form this August! I just cannot tell you how happy that makes me. But I’ll try… Now, before I continue, first a confession. I am still a child of the 80s! I will always be into Transformers, Mask, LEGO, etc. And […]

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Reading Time: 4 minutesTop 10 LEGO Ideas from the first 10k votes club for 2018 have been announced by LEGO! These projects have qualified for review and are now one step closer to becoming actual sets! Let's take a look at them!

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Reading Time: 2 minutesDigging through old boxes of LEGO I encountered a bag with these in it. They are an old school Mech design that I’d created when I was at school. They’d sort of survived all these years. Despite the fact they’d come apart, I still remembered how they went together. Built using some old school parts, I’d […]

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe new LEGO TRON:Legacy set is available to buy online now through the LEGO store and various other retailers today.

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAwesome LEGO Teen Wolf build from Bob's Vintage Bricks that was recently posted the LEGO Ideas site. It's such a beautiful build and the guys have done a fantastic job! Such a cute set of pictures and that van they've designed is perfect!

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