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    Review: 30100 Friends Beach

    CopMike
    By CopMike,

    The

    Summer Of Friends rolls on here at Eurobricks :sweet:!

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    New sets are coming out all the time, so go check out the 30100 Beach review here in the Town Forum.


    Colosseum

    Rick
    By Rick,

    LEGO Certified Professional reload used approximately 200,000 bricks to recreate the Colosseum in LEGO.

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    Check out how he managed to combine how this impressive structure looked in 80AD with how it looks nowadays in one build in the Historic Themes forum.


    Review: 9398 4 x 4 Crawler

    Siegfried
    By Siegfried,

    Thanks to TLG and Blakbird (the Technic Angel of Retribution) we have a (sort-of early) review of the new Technic flagship!

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    Servo motors, L motors a new receiver.... why are are you still reading! Go to the rock crawler review!


    Batman Minfig Customisation Contest - Voting

    LuxorV
    By LuxorV,

    Eurobricks Staff in co-operation with fellow Eurobricks member and contest sponsor

    The Penguin announce the start of the voting phase for the Batman Minifg Customisation Contest! Who will win the superb prizes at stake?

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    To vote your favourite entry/ies, click on the banner or follow this link to check the Minifig Customization Workshop Forum.


    The Golden Age of LEGO

    Bonaparte
    By Bonaparte,

    Inside our "General Discussion and News"-forum there's an interesting discussion ongoing about The Golden Age of LEGO.

    Are we now in the second Golden Age of LEGO, with the first one being from 1978-1995? When did the 2nd Golden Age start in your view and which sets/events marked the start? Or do you have a totally different view?

    Join the discussion and share your view in this discussion topic.


    Build with Chrome

    Superkalle
    By Superkalle,

    Google announces "Build with Chrome"

    As part of the 50th anniversary of the LEGO brick in Australia, Google Australia and New Zealand is releasing "Build with Chrome", a Google Chrome Experiment. So now you can claim your land in these two countries...and cover it with bricks. :classic:

    Read more here and here

    Try it here (you need Chrome)

    Discuss it here

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    Win Helm's Deep!

    I Scream Clone
    By I Scream Clone,

    Round 4: Elemental Mayhem

    Guilds of Historica Competition

    How would you like to win Helm's Deep? Well the generous Guild Leaders in conjunction with Eurobricks have decided to put one copy of the amazing Helm's Deep up as first prize for Round 4 of the Guilds of Historica Challenge, so head over here to read more! If you have yet to join a guild then sign up today and take part in this great competition. First place from each of the guilds wins one of the sweet custom printed figures (no decals) and the grand winner shall receive a deboxed copy of Helm's Deep mailed to their door :thumbup:

    The figure head printings were designed by EB Staff member Brickthing and produced by Citizen Brick. Weapons supplied by Brick Warriors :thumbup:

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    Welcome to the Piney Woods

    WesternOutlaw
    By WesternOutlaw,

    Welcome to the Piney Woods...of East Texas

    LEGO Train Builder Extraordinaire, SavaTheAggie, has shared his amazing Piney Woods LEGO Train Layout in EB's Train Tech Forum. Built for the 2012 Brick Fiesta, the impressive 10x10' layout will be displayed at TSRR Park at Palestine Texas. Fortunately, you can see this splendid LEGO Train layout right here at EB. Check out the details!

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    Welcome to Summer of Friends!

    Rick
    By Rick,

    Summer is here (for those of us inhabiting the Northern Hemisphere at least) and here on Eurobricks, we devote an entire Summer to... Friends!

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    To kick off Summer of Friends, we challenge you to Friendsify your avatar and get out your bricks for the Friends Building Contest, but... be sure to stay tuned for more!


    Enter the first ReBrick Building Challenge!

    Siegfried
    By Siegfried,

    Want to win this ultra rare set?

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    Well if you've got an octopus, some LEGO, a bit more talent... and maybe a bit of luck too... then it's yours! Go to ReBrick for further details and discuss ReBrick here!


    Modular Madness Prizes

    Ricecracker
    By Ricecracker,

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    The prizes have been announced for the Modular Madness contest! Check out the discussion topic in the LEGO Town Forum to see what you could win!


    Century Fighters

    Rick
    By Rick,

    Ralph_S a.k.a. "Mad Physicist" has posted his latest masterpieces, two Cold War jet fighters. I especially like the camouflage colours on this F-105.

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    More in the Special Themes forum.


    The Old Lifeboat Station

    Rick
    By Rick,

    With his "Legoput Lane Collection", Derfel Cadarn shows that he's not just a very talented Castle builder.

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    For more pictures, see the Town forum.


    New Character Packs form BrickWarriors

    LuxorV
    By LuxorV,

    Eurobricks Forum member, LEGO customiser and

    BrickWarriors founder Thrash announces the release of the new Royal Knight Pack and Resistance Trooper Pack!

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    (Click on the images above to join the discussions, or browse the Minifig Customisation Workshop to learn more about the LEGO customisers' world)


    Breaking News!

    Peppermint_M
    By Peppermint_M,

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    Go here to discuss!


    Review: 9471 Uruk-Hai Army

    Rick
    By Rick,

    Global Moderator and Reviewers Academy Teacher WhiteFang reviews the Lord of the Rings army builder 9471 Uruk-Hai Army.

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    Head over to the Historic Themes forum for the complete review.


    Brickworld Eurobricks Giveaway

    Peppermint_M
    By Peppermint_M,

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    As you well know Brickworld is in full swing. Eurobricks has corralled a number of members and created a large collaborative display. Swing by our layout for a special free gift!

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    All you need to do is say hi to us and give us your username and e-mail to receive a special polybag!

    As a little extra perk for our Ladies, we have a super special Friends polybag to giveaway. As before all we need is your username and e-mail.

    So come say hi! Free Stuff!


    BrickArms new release

    LuxorV
    By LuxorV,

    Eurobricks Forum member, LEGO customiser and

    BrickArms official spokesman the enigma that is badger announces the release of 20 new BrickArms items and reminds us that the World War Brick event in Wheeling, IL (June 15 - 17) begins today!

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    (Click on the images above to join the discussions, or browse the Minifig Customisation Workshop to learn more about the LEGO customisers' world)


    And there are the Tigers!

    Bonaparte
    By Bonaparte,

    Thanks again to Wrinkledog for showing us how a future LEGO Tiger could/should look like.

    The regular (orange) Tigers:

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    And what about some White Tigers :wub:

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    Wanna vote for these on CUUSOO? Go here at once. You can discuss these Tiger designs in our forums in this thread. And it's still not too late to submit your top 5 of most wanted missing LEGO animals (results will be provided to LEGO).

    Maybe we should call this Animals Week :laugh:


    Article: LEGO and Animals

    Bonaparte
    By Bonaparte,

    ARTICLE: LEGO and Animals

    In 1984 the Classic LEGO Horse was released and it remained the most interesting LEGO animal for many years. It was (and is) liked and loved by fans over a range of themes from Castle, City, Belville, Prince of Persia to Pirates and Wild West. Later in the 80's we got some more animals like Parrots, Monkeys and Sharks when the first Pirates line was released in 1989. However during the 90's the LEGO fans didn't see many new animals, except for a cat and few others but nothing spectacular, and non of those even came close to the popularity of the classic LEGO Horse from the 80's. The 90's could be seen as the 'dark ages' for LEGO animals.

    After the Millennium things finally started to improve with the release of some new interesting animals like the amazing Elephant (Adventurers theme), Owls with Harry Potter, and a Dog in 2004. But it was in the year 2009 when LEGO finally released an animal which could compete in terms of popularity with the good old LEGO Horse: No, it's not the Fish but the breathtaking LEGO Cow! There were 2 versions, one with the well known back & white pattern and another one in reddish brown. The removable horns being the icing on the cake! The fans had to wait 25 years after the release of the Horse for getting their long requested Cow. It's hard to grasp why it took LEGO so long as it was very easy to predict the Cow would become an instant classic.

    The next 'big thing' for LEGO animals came in 2010 with the release of a fleshy Pig. The Pig immediately entered my top 3 of LEGO animals, with the Horse on a firm 1st place and the Cow on a 2nd position. Thinking of it, some of the most important animals (for food production) in our real world are a Cow, Pig, Horse ... and of course Chicken which finally entered the LEGO universe in the year 2011. LEGO by now had understood the fans wanted more animals which was evident from the release of a detailed Goat together with the Chickens in the Kingdoms series. Let's not forget the year before there was a Camel and Ostrich as part of the Prince of Persia theme (2010) allowing fans to explore the deserts of the world. In our current year (2012) we already got the instant popular Bear (certainly so judging from the Bricklink prices), which is very high on my own shopping list. To be complete, this year there were also the Dino's which I consider 'special animals' being extinct and having limited usefulness for most themes.

    While LEGO is clearly catching up, there are still a lot of animals missing which I'm hoping to see in future sets. I'd love some LEGO Lions, Tigers and Sheep, but also wouldn't mind some Deer, Moose, Cheetahs, Gorilla's, Giraffes and Panthers. Not to forget the Bird segment which has a lot of untapped potential (Falcons anyone?). In an ideal world LEGO would make a Zoo set or better an entire Zoo subtheme, not in Duplo, but a regular subtheme that's complementary with LEGO City just like the Forest Police subtheme. Doing this LEGO would speed up their 'Animal catch up efforts' and spoil us fans with a nice variety of LEGO Animals just like we have nowadays with the minifigures.

    A few days ago I stumbled upon some designs by our member Wrinkledog which show the potential of some of the animals that are mentioned in my wish list.

    This is what a LEGO Cheetah family could look like:

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    And a family of LEGO Deer:

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    And maybe some LEGO Lions?

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    To give the project of Wrinkledog a push in the right direction and make LEGO aware that 'we want more', go here on CUUSOO to cast your vote. You can discuss Wrinkledog's designs here in our forums where you find some of his other designs like Elk, Kangaroos and Moose.

    We'd love to hear about your top 5 of 'missing animals', so share it with us in this forum topic. I will summarize all your feedback and provide LEGO a top 10 of most wanted animals based on this survey.


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