Blog Archive 2020-03
LEGO® Super Mario™
The LEGO Group and Nintendo partner to take legendary brick-building to a new level. Designers from both companies join forces to create a new physical play experience that brings Super Mario to life in the world of LEGO® bricks, launching later this year.…
Quarantine: Day 1
Although officially the quarantine in Spain began this weekend, today is the first "working" and "school" day. Today is when we begin to notice that our routines have really changed—and will continue this way for some time…
New LEGO® Star Wars™ Helmet Building Sets
Today LEGO launches a new series of Star Wars sets that are aimed specifically at adults: New LEGO® Star Wars™ Helmet Building Sets challenge builders to display their dark side…
Quarantine: Day 2
It’s not all about staying busy during the lockdown. It’s worth taking a moment to think about those who do most to guarantee our well being during these difficult times…
Quarantine: Day 3
The basis of success is good planning. I have seen several proposals for calendars over the last couple of days, but this one stood out as particularly useful for a LEGO fan…
Quarantine: Day 4
How's this for an activity (official announcement by The LEGO Group)? In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the LEGO Minifigure Series we will be launching the first Minifigure Madness Tournament!…
Quarantine: Day 5
The Powered Up ap is slowly picking up speed. After the addition of multi hub support as week as support for the Control+ hub, the latest update of the app announces it is now possible to communicate with the "old" Power Functions elements…
Quarantine: Day 6
The current health situation has a big effect on AFOL activity. Even if you are it in lockdown, large gatherings have been cancelled all over the world, and that includes AFOL events like exhibitions…
Quarantine: Day 7
Today we have decided to make a slight deviation from our daily Facebook and Instagram vignettes. Instead of celebrating anonymous heroes, we have a look at anonymous villains…
LEGO Ideas 21322 Pirates of Barracuda Bay
Cabin boy! Become a pirate with this brand-new LEGO Ideas set, inspired by the 1989 Black Seas Barracuda pirate ship model. Adventurers can now explore the island and the wreckage of Captain Redbeard’s famous ship, which was lost at sea over 30 years ago…
Quarantine: Day 8 ★ ROBOTMAK3RS
One of the side effects of the quarantine is that we are all learning about homeschooling. With all of our kids at home there is a limit to what teachers can do to help us (and they are doing all they can from a distance). We also need to make a personal effort to ensure our kids have learning…
Quarantine: Day 10 ★ No Starch eBooks Discount
Yes, I skipped a day. Sometimes personal circumstances cruelly remind you of the reason why we all need to respect the quarantine. But we need to carry on and no better way to do so than with a distraction. Over the years we have reviewed many LEGO related books and one of the main editors in this…
Quarantine: Day 11
A few days ago posted a picture of upcoming Friends sets for the summer. Let's see if these help you to think about the fun times ahead…
Quarantine: Day 12
Skype, Zoom, Hangouts, Facetime... videoconferencing is gaining ground as quarantine and other drastic measures are adopted throughout the world. We found this equipment for video conferences on Reddit and we simply had to share it.…
Interview with Star Wars helmet designers
A few days ago LEGO announced a new Star Wars™ product line aimed specifically at adult fans. The first sets in this line are Star Wars helmet building sets . HispaBrick Magazine was offered the opportunity to interview the LEGO designers who worked on the Star Wars helmets.…
Full speed ahead!
Today LEGO announces a new license for the Technic LINE. A collaboration with The Fast and the Furious and Universal Studios to reproduce the iconic Dodge Charger. The full press release below…
Quarantine: Day 14 ★ Bluebrick
Yesterday we published an interview with the designers of the upcoming LEGO Star Wars buildable helmets so I'm sure you'll forgive me for not adding another entry to the blog. Today I want to share some news related to Bluebrick, a display planning program that we have highlighted several times in…
Quarantine: Day 16 ★ 100 Brick LEGO Challenge
Today we have another building challenge for you. And this time from a site many of you may not have seen before. There are many LEGO fan sites, but there is also an entire world of Education related LEGO websites…
HispaBrick Magazine 034 is out!
With a bit of a delay…HispaBrick Magazine 034 is here! It took longer than usual because we have a new member on the team. She is a BFOD (Baby Fan Of Duplo) who prefers her father plays with her rather than allowing him to prepare the magazine for the whole AFOL community…
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