Category: Deep Dive
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After 6000 Ideas: The Legacy of Bill and Mary 1981-1990
In which we attempt to follow the trail of Mary and Bill, after events of the 6000 Ideas book. We look through subsequent Ideas…
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In search of Bill and Mary II:
Evidence for character development within and between LEGO Themes. In which I go in search of changes that occur to characters within LEGO themes,…
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The Search For Bill and Mary I
Long Term Character Development in LEGO Town and City. In which we begin our ongoing search for Bill and Mary, by looking through LEGO…
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6000 Ideas: The Adventure Continues.
In which we continue the story of the 6000 Ideas Book, take in ‘the weird space bit’ and the ‘not nearly weird enough castle…
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6000 Ideas Book: Now the story really starts.
LET ME tell you a story. Years ago, before LEGO® Life, before the internet, and before instructions required us to place only 2-4 elements…
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![Minifigure 40: Classic Castle [Advertising Archive]](https://ramblingbrick.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/classic-castle-header.png)
Minifigure 40: Classic Castle [Advertising Archive]
In recent weeks we have celebrated the 40th Birthday of the LEGO® Minifigure by looking at the ways in which print advertisements evolved over…
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![Minifigure 40: LEGOLAND® Space [Advertising Archive]](https://ramblingbrick.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ad-1979_641-e1536672559723.jpg)
Minifigure 40: LEGOLAND® Space [Advertising Archive]
Celebrating its 40th Anniversary this year, LEGO® Space is one of the great evergreen themes of the Minifigure era. One of the terrific aspects…
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![Minifigure 40: LEGO® Town [Advertisement Archive]](https://ramblingbrick.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/untitled-7.png)
Minifigure 40: LEGO® Town [Advertisement Archive]
Forty years ago, we saw the change in LEGO® sets: the arrival of the minifigure. Now we had articulated figures to bring our models…
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![Minifigure40: Trains [Advertisement Archive]](https://ramblingbrick.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ad-1980_105-2.jpg)
Minifigure40: Trains [Advertisement Archive]
As part of the recent Minifigure40 campaign, LEGO have sent out a collection of old print advertisements for a number of themes, from the…
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Forty years of minifigures: some of the changes are on the inside.
In which I explore the ever evolving structure of the basic minifigure over the past 40 years and realise that there are a remarkable number…
