“The Heart and Soul of The LEGO Parts Guide”: A Q&A with Tom Alphin

by Tyler | Nov 6, 2026 | Maker Stories

If you’ve ever labelled a LEGO drawer, there’s a good chance you’ve used Tom Alphin’s work. His LEGO Brick Labels, The LEGO Storage Guide and the online LEGO Parts Guide at Brick Architect have helped builders get organized for more than a...

Bricks in the Six 2026: A First-Timer’s Guide, Plus a Free Game With Prizes to Win

by Tyler | Oct 29, 2026 | LEGO Events

Featured image: Fairmont Château Laurier, Ottawa, built by Lucie Filteau and Michael Gale, photographed at BITS 2025. What you’ll see when you walk in Picture a huge sports dome lined table to table with LEGO builds made by fans: towers, castles, and scenes...

Bricksplosion 2026 Moves to Dalhousie, Plus a Game You Can Play Now

by Tyler | Oct 15, 2026 | LEGO Events

Update: Bricksplosion 2026 has wrapped. Recap below A weekend of MOCs, costumes, and people like you Picture a hall full of tables, each holding something somebody spent months building: a city skyline, a spaceship, a haunted house with tiny glowing windows. Builders...

LEGO Storage Ideas You Might Not Have Considered

by Tyler | Sep 17, 2026 | Collecting

When your collection outgrows your system Maybe you started with one bin… then a second was needed before you knew it. Eventually a shoebox just for minifigures seemed like a good move so you weren't endlessly sifting through your bulk bin for a specific facial...

The Round Green Door

by Tyler | Jun 11, 2026 | Once Upon a Brick

Featured image: LEGO set 79003 An Unexpected Gathering composited against the real Bag End hill at Hobbiton, New Zealand Once Upon a Brick · Chapter 8 The story of how Infinite Brick came to be: the people, ideas, and moments that shaped it. Each chapter reveals...