Back in February of 2011, we noted when LEGO released a hula girl minifigure as part of the 3rd series of collectible closed-package mystery figures. The toys are now about to launch their 8th series, so its getting one of the girls now is almost impossible.
To make things a little easier on us, LEGO has [...]
I think I may have been more excited than my son when I saw this new LEGO SpongeBob Squarepants set, “Bikini Bottom Undersea Party,” in the company’s new catalog.
SpongeBob Squarepants was one of the few shows that inserted references to tiki culture when it started in 1999 and LEGO has produced a number of playsets [...]
No one knows for sure how the giant stone tiki heads, called Moai, were constructed on Easter Island, but they probably weren’t nearly as easy to make as these Ohio Arts Easter Island Nanoblocks.
These Japanese super-small blocks come with detailed color instructions and measure 2.5 inches x 3.125 inches x 3.125 inches and are recommended [...]
Life of George is an innovative game from LEGO that challenges builders to create 2-dimensional objects from LEGO bricks against the clock. In a novel twist, the game uses an iPhone,iPod Touch, or iPad with a camera to score the player, who takes photos of their creation against a specially-designed game board.
The game has players [...]
Way back in 1994, long before the Internet appeared to give groups of people interested in oddly specific things a way to connect and communicate with each other, LEGO released a few sets based on an Polynesian theme. Called Islanders, the themed was rife with snap-together islands, stone tiki, outrigger canoes, spear-toting natives, and the [...]
This year LEGO has taken a page from the vinyl figure toy market and started selling a series of highly-themed minifigures in sealed “mystery” bags. The figures typically include special accessories, a display plate, and leaflet describing the character. The idea is that kids (and collectors) will purchase the minifigs like trading cards, swapping the [...]
LEGO enthusiast Bill Vollbrecht built this incredible reproduction of a tiki bar out of LEGO bricks in homage to the now-defunct King Kwongs Polynesian restaurant in Salt Lake City.
There are a lot of great details in the piece, including glass float lights above the bar (that actually light up), a waitress serving a drink in [...]