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Best LEGO Stories On Medium

Everything about LEGO, its history, quirks, theories around its present and future, set reviews. Basically everything about LEGO and just LEGO! All written or curated by 30+ years LEGO fan, Attila Vago. All GENUINE reviews, NOT sponsored by LEGO.

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Pixels Made Us Happier Than Modern Games

Confessions of a non-gamer hooked on pixelated nostalgia…

Pixels Made Us Happier Than Modern Games

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5d ago

Behold, The World’s Most Useless Bicycle!

But at least this one fits into my apartment …

Behold, The World’s Most Useless Bicycle!

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Oct 15

How To Teach Your Kids The Basics Of Mechanics With LEGO

Who needs large, expensive Technic sets, when you can get one for the price of a coffee.

How To Teach Your Kids The Basics Of Mechanics With LEGO

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Oct 5

Mayday in the Living Room: The Day My Pan Am DC-3 Met Gravity

Have you ever seen a 1,900-piece airliner completely deconstruct itself? I have. And this time, it wasn’t part of the instructions…

Mayday in the Living Room: The Day My Pan Am DC-3 Met Gravity

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Sep 14

Is This The Final Frontier Of Brick Building?

Beam me up, Bricky! Or maybe not? How LEGO managed to disappoint half the Star Trek fans …

Is This The Final Frontier Of Brick Building?

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Sep 10

I Never Thought Art Required Nerves Of Steel

I don’t know how relaxed Monet was when he painted “Bridge over a pond of water lilies”, but I sure as heck sweat through the LEGO build.

Money’s Bridge of the painting visible in LEGO form.

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Aug 21

Aliens Exist And The Truth Is Really Out There

We finally have proof. In a box. In a LEGO box. With a mini Mulder and a mini Scully…

An alien, a Mulder and a Scully LEGO minifigure standing in the forest.

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Aug 1

How To Build Your Own Pinball Machine And Rescue A Space Baby In The Process

This might just be the ultimate LEGO set that anyone can build and play with…

Closeup of the LEGO Pinball Machine.

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Jul 19

Meet The Extreme Evolution Of Engineering

LEGO brings to life the first-ever megacar, the Koenigsegg Sadair’s Spear…

Meet The Extreme Evolution Of Engineering

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Jul 14

Belgium Has Every Right To Exist

If nothing else, it got us In Bruges, Poirot, and my all-time favourite Tintin…

Tintin and Milou in front of the Belgian flag.

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Jul 12

Building a LEGO DeLorean Made Me Revisit My Own “What Ifs”

I started with a tiny time machine and ended up exploring choices, chance, and the stories we tell ourselves about the past

Building a LEGO DeLorean Made Me Revisit My Own “What Ifs”

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Jun 25

I Did The Unthinkable And Tried Some “Fake LEGO”

Can a tech-packed Pantasy set convince me to ditch “overpriced” LEGO?

A cool closeup shot of the Pantasy DJ Player’s jog wheel all lit up.

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Jun 19

Life Lessons From Snoopy

Optimism in LEGO form is the best kind of optimism of them all…

Life Lessons From Snoopy

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Jun 11

2.5D Printing Is Both Odd And Fun

And until now, it was an impossible hobby…

Singer Daya in LEGO minifig form in front of the EufyMake E1 UV printer.

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Apr 4

The Most Unhealthy Build in LEGO History, And I Love It!

Welcome to Springfield: bringing Krusty Burger to life, brick by brick…

Parts of the Simpsons family parked in front of the Krusty Burger.

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Mar 20

LEGO’s Barcode Computer: The Wildest STEM Toy You Never Heard Of

Long before Scratch, kids were able to program with barcodes. And it was fun, and innovative…

The LEGO Code Pilot in the hand of the author.

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Mar 5

What Do LEGO And Coldplay Have In Common?

Sometimes greatness comes in humble packaging…

A projected image of a planet with halo effect.

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Mar 1

“We Have LEGO At Home Too.” Nope, We Didn’t. But Now We Do!

How LEGO helped me validate my inner child on some of the things that I missed out on as a kid

“We Have LEGO At Home Too.” Nope, We Didn’t. But Now We Do!

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Feb 20

How I Made A Wireless Light Brick To Prove LEGO Wrong

If cramming a bunch of sensors into a brick is “peak tech” these days, maybe my home-made wireless light brick is “out of this world”…

How I Made A Wireless Light Brick To Prove LEGO Wrong

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Feb 13

Do You Agree With LEGO’s Stance On Military Vehicles?

While LEGO still refuses to go anywhere near the theme, another brand decided to build an entire business around it…

Do You Agree With LEGO’s Stance On Military Vehicles?