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4DBrix Announces a Game Changer
Tom Lowa at 4DBrix has worked continuously to bring new innovations to the Lego train hobby for some time now. Using their own on-site 3D printer, they’ve been making things like remote switch...
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25 Days of Holiday “Trainvertising” #1: Deck the Load and Hauls!
“Deck the Load and Hauls with Technic. Fa–la–la–la–la, la–la–la–la.” Trains receive a lot of love around this time of year, especially on the cover of many a LEGO Shop-at-Home catalog over the years....
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25 Days of Holiday “Trainvertising” #2: Miracle on 56th Street
Our second post comes straight to you from 2001. The winter was cold, and LEGO’s financial situation wasn’t so hot either. In a partnership that will probably never happen again, LEGO teamed up with...
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25 Days of Holiday “Trainvertising” #3: Walking in a Wooden Wonderland
LEGO makes a Christmas card for its employees each year, and this was the example made to celebrate the company’s 50th anniversary in 1982. It is filled with vintage LEGO goodness, including loads of...
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25 Days of Holiday “Trainvertising” #4: A Very Spielberg Christmas
Today’s catalog comes to you straight from 2000. The cover art of this U.S. holiday catalog prominently features the engine from “Freight and Crane Railway” (set 4565), originally released in 1996....
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Our AAR 53′ 70 Ton Flat Car Premium Instructions are now on sale, plus Restocks!
Our fourth premium instructions, for the AAR 53′ 70 Ton Flat Car are now available for purchase in our store! See our video review here From the 1940s to the 80s and beyond the AAR 53′ 70 ton flatcar...
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25 Days of Holiday “Trainvertising” #5: Duplo through the Snow
1993 was a good year for LEGO…I have fond memories of the Dragon Knight sets. Today’s image comes from the front cover of a 1993 UK Christmas catalog. This one gives Duplo trains some love. Meanwhile,...
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25 Days of Holiday “Trainvertising” #6: Holiday Magic (1994)
Folowing our first “25 Days of Trainvertising” post, a BMR Facebook fan pointed out an error on the front cover. The cover featured the train from set 4563 (Load and Haul Railroad). Evidently, a 2×4...
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25 Days of Holiday “Trainvertising” #7: Jack Stone Nipping at your Rails
Some fun artwork from the cover of the 2001 U.S. Holiday LEGO Shop at Home catalog. Palpatine guards a steam engine from the My Own Train theme, introduced in 2001. The tree is decorated with Bionicle...
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25 Days of Holiday “Trainvertising” #8: Making a Wishlist and Checking it Twice
How many of you remember looking through LEGO catalogs as a kid, checking off all the sets you wanted Santa to deliver. If so, the cover of this 1992 U.S. Holiday Shop at Home catalog is sure to...
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25 Days of Holiday “Trainvertising” #9: The Islander of Misfit Toys
Freight Rail Runner (set 4564) was the new train set for 1994, and it makes an appears on the cover of this 1994 UK holiday catalog. The Islanders don’t seem to care about the cold, and it appears as...
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25 Days of Holiday “Trainvertising” #10: I Spyrius Set 4525
Yesterday, we shared the cover of a 1994 holiday catalog with you. This time we’re bringing you the cover of a 1994 U.S. Shop at Home catalog. Spyrius and Islanders are back, but the style of the...
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25 Days of Holiday “Trainvertising” #11: Dinosaurs, Elephants and Bears…Oh My!
Today’s piece of advertising comes from the front cover of a 1998 preschool Shop-at-Home catalog. It features a Duplo steam engine pulling a load of classic ’90s Duplo animals, including a bear,...
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25 Days of Holiday “Trainvertising” #12: Steamin’ Santa
This image comes to us courtesy of Emil from the UK. Back in the 1980s, the UK LEGO Club sent its members a Christmas card each year. This is one of them! It’s a pretty colorful and well-built scene,...
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25 Days of Holiday “Trainvertising” #13: The polar bear who ate Steven Spielberg
You may recall the post featuring Steven Spielberg (shared on December 4th). I later discovered that the UK Winter 2000 Shop-at-Home catalog had a similar holiday cover illustration…but with slightly...
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“You’re in the Army now. You’re not behind the plow.”
Flickr user Tablizm brings us a super-detailed U.S. Army train. You may have seen this when it was blogged by the Brothers Brick, but I did not stumble upon it until today. I enjoyed looking at it so...
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A cute little engine you can build
Did you receive set 40235 (24-in-1 Holiday Countdown Set) this year? The set comes with instructions for building 24 different models (one for each day leading up to Christmas). Bill Ward has been...
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25 Days of Holiday “Trainvertising” #14: The Snowy Sixties
Flickr user Niels Thomsen (aka bricklick) has a wonderful vintage LEGO collection, filled with many unique and unusual items. Thanks to him, we are able to enjoy this circa 1966 LEGO Christmas card....
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Brick Model Railroader December 2017 Shipping Delays
We’ve lost our bearings. Unfortunately, this is no laughing matter. Hello to our Brick Model Railroader fans. We want to update you on shipping delays we are currently experiencing with our Premium...
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25 Days of Holiday “Trainvertising” #15: Walking in a Windsor LEGOLAND
Today’s images come from a booklet advertising Christmas at LEGOLAND Windsor in 1999. How did the UK LEGO park celebrate Christmas that year, you might ask? There was a Peter Pan live show, Santa &...
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