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We missed it this weekend, but LEGO Shop@Home is currently doing a double VIP points promotion, which runs until the end of tomorrow (June 13th). If you've been thinking about buying some sets but haven't had the reason to, now is as good a time as any. This is especially true if it's a LEGO exclusive and not something you'll see on sale at Amazon, Target, or Walmart in the future.View the full article

It's time for another stream! Join us on the BZPower Twitch channel in about 90 minutes (2 PM Eastern) as we build the LEGO Creator Expert 77942 Fiat 500 set and compare it to the original yellow one. We'll be giving away a Star Wars buildable figure to one lucky viewer! See you there!View the full article

Earlier this week Tufi Piyufi kicked off the Official BBC Contest #81: Water You Building! You have until Tuesday, June 27th at 11:59 PM Eastern to build a constraction creation that fits the theme of water. The wettest winner will be able to douse the flames of 70787 Tahu - Master of Fire by taking it home as their prize, and second place will win 70783 Protector of Fire. Additionally, if you send your entry to BrickFair Virginia (which is completely optional) you'll be entered into a raffle for 5002942 Bionicle Villain Pack. Good luck to all the builders!View the full article

We missed last week, but we'll be back tonight playing more LEGO Jurassic World over on the BZPower Twitch channel! The stream will start by 7:30 PM Eastern (probably 5 to 10 minutes earlier) and will go for an hour or so while we revisit all of the levels collecting the collectibles and lots and lots of studs. See you there!View the full article

A little while ago, Bo99 joined the forums to share a unique piece of Bionicle memorabilia that had come into their possession: a large scale Bionicle sculpture of Keelerak. Nato G sleuthed that it looks like it was the grand prize in a 2005 competition, and this is the first we've seen of it since then. Bo99 appears to be interested in selling it, so if you'd like to add this one-of-a-kind sculpture to your collection, reach out to them!View the full article

We're almost halfway through the year, and with it now being June there's a new giveaway for everyone to enter. Head on over to the 2023 Member Raffle #6 for a chance to win LEGO Star Wars set 75536 Range Trooper from the vastly-underrated Solo: A Star Wars Story film. Good luck!View the full article

BZPower member The Archivist hit the forums recently with a good question: How do We Know When a Prototype/Rare Mask is Real? Why is Authentication Never An Issue? It certainly seems like a subject worth discussing, especially as new G1 pieces pop up years and years later. So go join the conversation and add your input!View the full article

Okay, if you win the 2023 Member Raffle #5 you're not actually winning a trip anywhere, sorry. But you can use your imagination and the LEGO Star Wars Buildable Figure 75523 Scarif Stormtrooper to pretend you're on the gorgeous paradise world of Scarif as seen in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. There's only a few more days left to enter, so good luck!View the full article

It's time to adventure with dinosaurs again! Today's Tuesday, which means that starting at 7:30 PM Eastern (or a little before) we'll be over on the BZPower Twitch channel playing more LEGO Jurassic World. We've collected all of the red bricks and now it's time to go through the levels finding minikits and amber bricks and collecting all the studs (we need sixty-five million)! Hope to see you there!View the full article

It's that time of year, the time all the Bionicle and Constraction builders on the Internet look forward to: the Bio-Cup! As has become tradition, BZPower will be donating a bevy of prizes which will hopefully be announced soon. And of course I'm sure many of our members will be entering their builds in the preliminary round, which is underway! Best of luck to everyone, and I'm sure you'll be seeing some of the amazing creations in our monthly MOC recaps and all over social media. Get building!View the full article

We're long past due for another LEGO live stream, so let's build 75335 BD-1 from Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Jedi: Survivor! Come by the BZPower Twitch Channel starting at 1 PM Eastern tomorrow, May 20th, to watch, chat, and hopefully win some prizes!View the full article

Earlier this month The Economist shared some insights into the efforts The LEGO Group is making to win over the Chinese market. In the article, titled "Lego, the world's top toymaker, focuses on China," they cover the things many LEGO fans are familiar with - like Monkie Kid and the Lunar New Year sets - but also discuss the continuing fight the company is having with competitors that range from direct copies of LEGO sets to real-life Chinese military vehicles made out of bricks. They also dropped the staggering stats that last year TLG opened 95 stores in China and plans on opening another 80 this year. It seems like there's no shortage of love for the brick in one of the biggest markets in the world.View the full article

Hooray, it's Tuesday again! Join us over at the BZPower Twitch channel as we head out to Isla Nublar and Isla Sorna to play some more LEGO Jurassic World. We'll be live by 7:30 PM Eastern (probably a little earlier than that) to work on finding all of the red bricks and other collectibles in the open world. See you there!View the full article

If you missed out on the Bionicle Gift With Purchase set earlier this year and wanted to build a Tahu of your own, then you're in luck! Jay's Brick Blog shared on Twitter that the two printed pieces from the set - Tahu and Takua's masks - had shown up on LEGO Pick A Brick for people to buy individually. Unfortunately it looks like Takua's Pakari has sold out, but you can still pick up PLATE, W/ BOW 2X2X2/3, NO. 69 aka Tahu's Hau while supplies last! View the full article

http://www.bzpower.info/Imaging/stories/2023/05/5-07-2023-BioniLUG.jpg Last month BioniLUG members made a lot of cool MOCs, from dinos to plants to Bionicle GWP designs. Read on to see a few of the highlighted models.View the full article

After a two week break, it's time to continue our videogame streams! Come by the BZPower Twitch Channel starting at 7:30 PM Eastern as we head back into LEGO Jurassic World and figure out where it was that I left off. We have many things to collect and complete, so it should be an action-packed stream!View the full article

http://www.bzpower.info/Imaging/stories/2023/05/5-06-2023-BioniLUG.jpg It's been a while since we last featured the MOCs made by BioniLUG members, so let's change that with a look back on what they built in March 2023. From mechs to dragons to trees to chefs to more mechs, there are a lot of cool builds. Read on to check them out.View the full article

Early last month, Michiel Wouters joined BZPower to share some Bionicle memorabilia that had rediscovered from their childhood: a water bottle and a drink cup from LEGOLAND Germany. After some sleuthing, it turns out the water bottle came from LEGOLAND too, and while Michiel is keeping that in their collection, the drink cup is now up for sale in the B/S/T forum. If you'd like to own this unique piece of Bionicle history, now's your chance!View the full article

It's a new month and that means it's time for us to give away another LEGO set. Swim on over to the 2023 Member Raffle #5 for a chance to win LEGO Star Wars Buildable Figure 75523 Scarif Stormtrooper, straight from Rogue One. We'll be giving this away shortly after Memorial Day, aka the end of May, so before you break out your white pants make sure you enter. Who knows, you could be lucky like Lalajujunini, who won our April raffle!View the full article

Are we already almost at the end of April? Well then, you all had better go and enter the 2023 Member Raffle #4 before it's too late! A lucky BZPower member will walk away with LEGO Star Wars set 75529 Elite Praetorian Guard - hopefully it's you!View the full article

Earlier this week The LEGO Group announced that they and Novo Nordisk had entered into a partnership with European Energy. The energy company will use renewable energy and biogenic carbon dioxide to produce e-methanol, which in turn will be used to produce polypropylene, polyethylene, and potentially other plastics to move away from fossil fuels. The LEGO Group already uses polyethylene derived from sugarcane in a majority of cases, but this agreement could potentially see polypropylene, the plastic used in minifigure weapons and accessories, switch to a sustainable source. The first batches of e-methanol won't be delivered until 2024, so don't expect this to happen overnight, but it's still a great step in the right direction for the planet. Happy Earth Day!View the full article

More LEGO bricks and dinosaurs? Count me in! Join us tonight at 7:30 PM Eastern on the BZPower Twitch channel as we play some more LEGO Jurassic World. We're going to head into The Lost World: Jurassic Park zone to track down some more red bricks and open up the map to find all the things that there are to find. Looking forward to more exploration and dinosaur fun with you all!View the full article

The voting for Official SBC Contest 4: The Gift That Keeps On Giving! concluded and... there was a tie! So Tufi Piyufi has launched the Official SBC Contest #4 Tiebreaker! for the two best-performing entries. Go vote before April 19th at 11:59 PM Eastern to help us determine the final-final winner!View the full article

http://www.bzpower.info/Imaging/stories/2023/04/2023-Bracket-Toa-Teaser_7.jpg It's time to call the results from BZPower's Best Bionicle Toa Bracket, Round 4. The people have voted, and the top Toa has been chosen. It is none other than 2004's Toa Lhikan! It was a very interesting bracket and I hope you all had fun following it. Read on for more insight, and stay tuned to BZPower for future Bionicle brackets. (I asked if y'all wanted more, and you said yes!)View the full article

Now that we're back, we're back, and you can't stop me from streaming if you try! (Until I have to take a break due to real life in a couple weeks.) We successfully finished LEGO The Incredibles last week, getting 100% completion and all of the achievements, so it's time to head to another game. Come by the BZPower Twitch channel starting at 7:30 PM Eastern tonight to watch us play LEGO Jurassic World, where we'll begin by collecting the red bricks to give us bonuses to make the rest of the challenges less complex. I'm excited to be streaming again and to be hanging out with dinosaurs and our community!View the full article