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Tag: Relax with Bricks
Why swapping your LEGO sets with friends will change the way you build
Author, screenwriter and adult fan of LEGO Emma Kennedy has a radical idea for LEGO fans: swapping your sets with friends. Do you remember when you were a kid and you had a fistful of cards that smelled of bubble-gum that were pictures from Star Wars or Superman, and you stood in the playground, back…
Yes, you can (and should!) go to LEGOLAND without kids
Author, screenwriter and adult fan of LEGO Emma Kennedy proves you don’t need kids in tow to have a great day out at LEGOLAND. There’s an unspoken rule that you can only go to LEGOLAND if you have at least one ice cream-smeared child dragging off you by two sticky hands. It’s a rule that…
Phew, LEGO Technic isn’t that scary after all
Author and screenwriter Emma Kennedy faces her fears to get to grips with the LEGO Group’s most daunting construction system. When I began my odyssey of discovery with LEGO as an adult, I had a fear of the sets that involved long bricks with holes in. Back then, when I was an innocent, wide-eyed adult…
Oh no: even individual LEGO bricks are stupidly expensive
Author and screenwriter Emma Kennedy discovers that even individual LEGO bricks can fetch incredible sums of money on the aftermarket. We’re always on the lookout for something new on Relax With Bricks – something we’ve never tried or seen before. Think the first time you tasted houmous or mango, or clapped your eyes on an…
How to make LEGO stop-motion movies
Author, screenwriter and LEGO YouTuber Emma Kennedy gives us a crash course in making LEGO stop-motion movies. Sometimes, as I sit in the LEGO shed, looking at all my pots and pieces and sets, I find myself wondering what I can do with them all bar staring at them. Like a scrag end of mutton…
Let’s be honest: finding the time to build LEGO isn’t easy
Author and screenwriter Emma Kennedy explains how she separates building LEGO for her YouTube channel and building for herself. I was asked recently whether I build in my free time, simply for my own enjoyment, or whether I save all my pent-up LEGO-based needs for filming on Relax With Bricks. The short answer is: it’s…
Giving LEGO fans a say is the best way to build a YouTube audience
Author and screenwriter Emma Kennedy explains how giving viewers a say in your LEGO YouTube channel can help to build a consistent audience. Finally, I am building a car. We operate as a semi-functioning democracy over at Relax With Bricks, whereby as I’m coming to the end of each build I give the AFOLWACs (Adult…
LEGO Ideas 21327 Typewriter demonstrates the difference between AFOLs and everyone else
Author and screenwriter Emma Kennedy reveals how LEGO Ideas 21327 Typewriter helped her understand what it means to be an adult fan of LEGO. We’ve been building 21327 Typewriter from the Ideas range this week on Relax With Bricks. It was a set I was initially sceptical about – it’s for display rather than play,…
What makes an entertaining LEGO set? Anything but Star Wars
Author and screenwriter Emma Kennedy discusses mixed reactions to Marvel, the boredom of Star Wars and the novelty of Ideas while figuring out the ingredients for an entertaining LEGO set. There’s no way of knowing whether a build on Relax With Bricks is going to be a rip-roaring success or a damp squib, but then…
