You can make some great LEGO creations from directions on line!

When we were in California it was So hot! It was more then 45 degrees (in the100's) so we spent allot of time during the day indoors, my mom brought a container of Lego with us on our trip and one day when we were indoors we all were building our own Lego. My mom made this duck in the photo above from directions she found on line.

Following the instructions my mom made this cool duck. You can find directions on how to make your own duck and many other Lego Creations at http://creative.lego.com/en-us/FamilyTime/buildinginstructionssecret/BuildingInstructionsBoxSecret.aspx?domainredir=www.legofamilytime.com

Playing Lego as a family was so much fun. later that night my Aunty Janeen built a large truck , I was building a sling shot of Lego, it sort of worked.
Check out the directions on making some really fun Lego creations like my mom did or you can just use your imagination like I do. ~by Nicholas

More Lego Adventures with Nicholas...

On vacation my mom picked up this movie from Best Buy for only $6.99. This movie is about a Lego Figure called Clutch Powers and a Jail brake on a prison planet. The three villains escape, and its up to Clutch to save the day.
I really liked this movie especially because we spent 14 hours a day driving to and from California, and I got to watch this one on the way home.
When I got home I wanted to use my movie as an inspiration to make my own Lego city, here is what I made.

 

I started with standard Lego bricks that I already had and I made a bank building first. 

Then it started to evolve from there, I made more parts of the city, including cars and parking spaces. I used all my mini figures as characters for my city.

This picture shows the park I made .

The weather was really nice so I built my Lego city outside. 

If you see this DVD in the store and you like Lego you should pick up this DVD and make your own Lego city .

~by Nicholas

Legoland from a mom's perspective

Hi I am Nicholas' mom Karen and this is a photo of my younger sons Alex and Oliver and I on one of the fun "rides" at Legoland, in California.

We took our three boys to Legoland this summer and I am so glad we did. I wanted to share some of the park highlights and services available to families, especially families who have children or family members with special needs. Nicholas' brothers have Autism.  For a family with children with special needs going to new places and busy places like Legoland can be very difficult. Legoland really makes it easy for families of children with special needs to enjoy the park together as a family. For our younger sons, waiting in long lines is very difficult, noises, smells and crowds can be very challenging for them, so we were thrilled to find out that there is a special access pass for families with children who require assistance. This pass made it easier for us to enjoy the park because we were able to go in the Exit of each ride we wanted to go on and be given an exact time to come back. This made it so that if we had to wait a long time we could go find somewhere quiet to sit and wait instead of standing in lines. Sometimes we were able to ride almost right away.
The staff at the rides and the park were fantastic. Each of them  making a point of talking to our kids and offering assistance on and off rides. There is no additional fee for this pass, just check in with customer service when you arrive.

The park also has re-useable  family lockers and a service where if you buy something while in the park you can pick it up on your way out of the park, not having to carry it with you all day.  One of the highlights of our second day was trading the mini figures with the staff in the park, it was so much fun, for under $3 we were able to trade all day with the staff who all have name tags made out of Lego and  if they have a mini figure on them you can trade them for what you have, Nicholas traded several times and it was allot of fun. There is lots to see at Legoland so I recommend comfortable shoes, sunscreen and the lockers so you do not have to carry large bags with you all day. You can rent strollers for the younger ones, and there are lots of places to stop and sit. Oh and they have these amazing APPLE FRENCH FRIES with Whipped cream I totally recommend trying!

I recommend if you are going to buy your drinks at the park purchase the kind you can refill for a small amount of money. Also the lunches in the restaurants for the boys came with raisins and you can upsize your kids pack to get the refillable cup.Which makes a great take home souvenir.  The water park had lots of long lines for the slides which were worth the wait, however if we were to do the water park again  I would recommend renting a cabana and having a comfortable place to sit and relax.

There was so much to see and do and I loved that all the boys had a great time, regardless of their ages and abilities.
Well we will be back with more Lego posts soon! ~by Karen Owen

2nd Day at Legoland! A surprise from my mom and dad!

My mom and dad took us back to Legoland for the 2nd time on our trip. I was so surprised! We got to ride the rides again and I got to go on some I had missed.

One of the best parts of our second day was I got to trade the mini figures with the park staff. My mom gave me one when we got there, when I opened it , it was the werewolf, I traded it first for the Viking, then a ninja, then a hockey player and finally and artist!
Then my mom bought another mystery pack and it was a Sailor.

I got to go to the big shop again with my family and we got another small Legoland treat. I got another Hero Factory 3.0 Stringer!  I had so much fun at Legoland for the second time! We did not do the water park this time but it was so much fun!

I can not wait for the new ling of Mini figures due out this August!
That's all for now!
Nicholas

Greetings from Legoland!

We just came back from a day at Legoland in California. It was so much fun. My favorite part was ALL OF IT! They had the a mini land that had a Starwars section that was so cool and they had cities and towns made all out of Lego blocks! They also had really cool rides and awesome Mini-Figures that were bigger then regular people.
Lego land also had a water park that looks like it was made out of real Lego. My favorite part of the water park was the water cannons in the far end of the park.
My brother Oliver's favorite part of the water park was the waterslides! They even had a pool and play area for my little brother Alex who is 3.
They had some really cool old Lego, and stuff from when Lego made toys out of wood in the restaurant.
The shopping was the best! I got  a Hero Factory helmet and new Nex 3.0 figure from my Aunt in the Lego Big shop.

You can even trade the mini figures with the park staff but we did not do that. It looked like lots of fun though.
I think anyone who likes Lego and water parks would really like Legoland! My mom bought some cool post cards for my friends too, she mailed them today.
By Nicholas

LEGO FUN FACTS

For today's post I decided to share with readers some history behind Lego. Here are six fun Lego Facts


1) Lego was invented in 1932 in Denmark .The company was called Lego in 1934

2) Lego was created by a man named Ole Kirk Christiansen

3) Lego means "I put together"

4) In 1942 the Company burnt down

5)The Lego Group estimates that in the last 50 years it has produced some 400 billion Lego blocks

6)  In Danish Lego means "play well"

 

I will be back tomorrow with more fun Lego posts 

By Nicholas

How to build Cutup my Hero Factory Creation

Today's Bonus Video can be seen at the link below it is about the figure "CUTUP" that I am showing you how to make in today's post.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDidX-7gVnA

"Cutup" is a hero factory figure that has never been scene in Hero Factory before because he is a character that I have made up. He is mostly white and black and has an red head and white helmet. I made him out of parts of other hero factory figures. Here is how I built "CUTUP" and how you can too.
Today I will show you how to build "CUTUP"
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Finished

Cutup on his own

I hope you enjoyed my post today and that you will use parts from your LEGO hero
factory figures to create your own characters.
~ by Nicholas