<![CDATA[The Daily Brick Blog]]> Fri, 24 May 2013 03:59:13 +0000 hourly 1 <![CDATA[LEGO Architecture United Nations Headquarters 21018]]> Fri, 10 May 2013 08:09:12 +0000 thedailybrick The next Lego Architecture has set has been revealed by Flickr user motayan. The set is of the United Nations headquarters and the surrounding grounds. Interestingly, this was first rumoured in January of this year over on the Brickset forum after someone from the Lego group requested to obtain the rights to use a photograph in their instructions booklet.

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The 4000008 set is of the "Villy Thomsen Truck", the second page of the instructions explains that this was the third truck bought by Lego in 1957 and was seemingly one of their most prized. The name comes from the haulage company that they sold the truck to, presumably so they could then lease it back for cash flow reasons as Lego were the only users of the truck.

You can view the 4000008 instructions on our instructions browser. Check out the second page for some more pictures and the explanation.

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]]> http://www.thedailybrick.co.uk/wp/images/./LEGO-Castle-70404-Kings-Castle-Box-200x150.png <![CDATA[Lego Castle 2013 Pictures]]> <![CDATA[Mindstorms Education EV3 Due for release August 1st]]> Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:26:04 +0000 thedailybrick Lego have today announced the release date for the much anticipated upcoming Mindstorms EV3 set in a press release. The education variant of the set is due to be available starting on the 1st of August this year. Hopefully the consumer version will become available at a similar time.

In related news, we are expecting them to also release a "Space Exploration" expansion set for the EV3 line after the release. This will likely be similar to the expansion packs they used to make for the original Mindstorms set.

]]> http://www.thedailybrick.co.uk/wp/images/./ev3brick-200x176.jpg <![CDATA[Mindstorms Education EV3 Due for release August 1st]]> <![CDATA[Summer 2013 Friends Sets Pictures]]> Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:35:57 +0000 thedailybrick Around this time last year we brought you the images of the 2012 friends sets, now it's time for the 2013 friends sets.

In this summer wave there will be a total of 9 sets. Heartlake city is getting a bakery which seems to specialise in some delicious looking cakes and star shaped biscuits and a school building for the Lego friends minifigures to brush up on their sums and have a good chat over lunch. This time we get a sneak peak into the glamour of Andreas Bedroom, and Emma splashes out on a Sports Car. There also seems to be lots of summer fun at the beach with Olivia's brand new Beach Buggy and a rather substantial Dolphin Cruiser. We are treated to three new friends foil bagged sets; a pampered poodle, an acrobatic bunny and an adorable hedgehog.

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]]> <![CDATA[Build your own Lego iPad Dock]]> Fri, 15 Mar 2013 10:34:08 +0000 thedailybrick The new Lightning connector based iPads suffer from exactly the same problem as the iPhone 5, no official docks. So, as Lego is the solution to everything, we decided to create a successor to the Lego iPhone 5 dock, the Lego iPad Dock. The dock is designed for the iPad Retina, but it will also work with any other lightning connector based iPads such as the iPad mini.

The iPad dock is quite similar to our iPhone dock but is a lot stronger and more stable, with about double the amount of parts. The dock has added support at the back to keep the iPad held up and has little rubber bumpers to stop the back of the iPad getting scratched. The back support also reduces wobble so you can use the iPad while it is docked.

After you have built the dock, the cable that comes with the iPad simply clips into place on the Lego clips inside. It is then held firmly in place and won't move around when you dock or remove the iPad.

The building instructions can be viewed for free, the list of parts required is on the last few pages. In total there are 79 parts needed.

If you don't have all the required bits, or would prefer to get them all in one colour, you can buy a complete kit from us in black.

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Via Geekologie

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