Tag: Mindstorms

  • Empower the future with a new LEGO STEM campaign

    Empower the future with a new LEGO STEM campaign

    A new STEM campaign has been announced, focusing on space and other engineering-related sets to turn passions into possibilities. The LEGO Group has launched a new campaign to promote STEM, highlighting a selection of sets with in-store demonstrations, VIP rewards and a contest to win a massive space-based bundle of models. Named ‘Empower the Future’,…

  • Take part in a MINDSTORMS and LEGO Education survey and have your say

    Take part in a MINDSTORMS and LEGO Education survey and have your say

    A new survey from the LEGO Group is now available, asking how you use LEGO MINDSTORMS and LEGO Education’s SPIKE Prime. The LEGO Group have launched a new survey regarding the compatibility of LEGO MINDSTORMS and SPIKE Prime, how you use the app to interact with the model and whether or not you actually do.…

  • Five huge LEGO sets you can still get for the Cyber Monday gifts

    Five huge LEGO sets you can still get for the Cyber Monday gifts

    For those who are looking to get both free Cyber Monday gifts on the official online LEGO store, there are plenty of huge sets still available. LEGO.com around the world has been busy over the past week with LEGO VIP Weekend, followed by the Black Friday weekend and now Cyber Monday. However, the closing event…

  • Raspberry Pi is making a new computer for LEGO robots

    Raspberry Pi is making a new computer for LEGO robots

    Raspberry Pi is working with LEGO Education to produce a new add-on that’s compatible with LEGO products, offering more flexibility and connectivity than existing LEGO hardware. Known as the Raspberry Pi Build HAT (which stands for Hardware Attached on Top), the product will bridge LEGO devices and Raspberry Pi computers for the first time. It…

  • LEGO Stores are getting arcade cabinets – and they could feature your games

    LEGO Stores are getting arcade cabinets – and they could feature your games

    The LEGO Group is installing arcade cabinets in LEGO Stores around the world, and it wants you to design video games for them. It’s all part of the second LEGO Ideas contest launched in partnership with Unity (originally teased last week), which again hands the reins of LEGO video game development over to fans through…

  • LEGO Technic, Ideas and STEM all involved in new event

    LEGO Technic, Ideas and STEM all involved in new event

    Combining the worlds of LEGO Ideas, Technic and STEM learning might seem daunting, but a new event on the platform is aiming to do just that. As part of the latest LEGO Ideas activity, users are being asked to take off their coats after the last rain-themed challenge and get creative with their Technic and…

  • A past LEGO promotional set is now available to buy

    A past LEGO promotional set is now available to buy

    The LEGO Mindstorms 40413 Mini Robots gift with purchase is back, but this time it’s available to buy separately without any price threshold. After first becoming available towards the end of 2020 as part of a monthly deal on the official online store, LEGO Mindstorms 40313 Mini Robots is now available to purchase like any…

  • The 22-year evolution of LEGO Star Wars R2-D2 sets

    The 22-year evolution of LEGO Star Wars R2-D2 sets

    The latest version of the famous Star Wars astromech R2-D2 has been compared to the original model, with 22 years of LEGO design differences between the two sets compared. In 1999, before the first brick build of the domed droid could release, there was one other model of the Star Wars character that graced LEGO…

  • FIRST LEGO League contest winners revealed

    FIRST LEGO League contest winners revealed

    LEGO Ideas has announced the winners of its contest to design a new mission model for the FIRST LEGO League. The world’s foremost robotics competition, FIRST LEGO League is intended to inspire kids to pursue careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) fields. Students from over 100 countries compete in the tournament every single…

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