This week, we'll be over on the BZPower Twitch channel this Wednesday, September 11th! Come watch as we continue playing through LEGO Indiana Jones 2 before we take a break next week. We're nearing the end of the collecting phase, after which we need to go through and wrap up the remaining achievements. Hopefully we'll see you all there as we brandish our snake whip and unlock as much as we can!

This week will be a rare Friday stream for B6's Block Party. Come by the BZPower Twitch channel on September 6th starting around 7 PM Eastern (or around ten to fifteen minutes before) as we head back into LEGO Indiana Jones 2! We've been making some solid progress recently, and should hopefully get through a bunch of the second Crystal Skull zone. Can't wait to see you all there!

Autumn is practically here, and a new month means it's time for a new BZPower giveaway! At your leisure, make sure you head over to enter the 2024 Member Raffle #9! We're giving away LEGO Star Wars set 75115 Poe Dameron from the sequel trilogy, complete with rare orange CCBS shells. Best of luck to all the members who enter!

Earlier today, The LEGO Group posted a press release sharing their financial results for the first half of 2024. Overall, it seems like the company is doing quite well, with growth outpacing the rest of the toy industry. One thing that stuck out to me was the opening of forty-one new stores, although if you read the fine print, this includes, "LEGO Travel Retail stores," which may include things like the LEGO vending machines you see in airports, but is unclear. The other big takeaway is that, "30 percent of all resin purchased was certified mass balance, which translates to an estimated average of 22 percent material from renewable and recycled sources," which seems like a major milestone. Even if LEGO bricks can't be made from entirely recycled materials, it's good to see more renewable resources coming into play!

There's only a few more days to enter the 2024 Member Raffle #8! Head over before September for a chance to win 70792 Skull Slicer from the Bionicle Gen 2 line. Best of luck to all who enter!

Tomorrow, August 27th, we'll be heading over to the BZPower Twitch channel for this week's installment of B6's Block Party! Starting around 7 PM Eastern we'll be continuing to work our way through LEGO Indiana Jones 2. Last week we just about completed the original three films, so now we get to replay through The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, finding bonus and treasure levels and unlocking everything we can find! Hope to see you there!

Amidst the preparation of BrickFair late last month, I missed this awesome collaboration that cropped up around the web. But after seeing some of the Uniter Collab in person at the show, I knew I'd have to share it here! Seven impressive builders constracted their takes on the 2016 Toa Uniters and their Creatures, as well as Makuta and Ekimu - and the results are staggering. Go give each one a thorough look to see the cool techniques and nice parts usage they all contain!

B6's Block Party will be back this week with two streams! You can find us at the BZPower Twitch channel on Tuesday, August 20th and Thursday, August 22nd, starting around 7 PM Eastern. We'll be playing more LEGO Indiana Jones 2 - we made a lot of progress last week, and hopefully the collecting train will keep rolling as we approach 100% completion!

Cosmic Cupid Forges recently joined BZPower to share a trailer for a project they're working on called Bionicle: Apostates. The episodic video series is planned for a 2026 release, and based on the short preview, looks like it'll be a really fun watch! I'm excited to see more over the next year and a half as work continues and we get closer to the premier!

Come on by the Block Party this Wednesday, August 14th starting at 7 PM Eastern! I'll be live over on the BZPower Twitch channel playing some more LEGO Indiana Jones 2 going through the Last Crusade bonus and treasure levels - hopefully we'll get enough studs to unlock some more red, green, and blue bricks. I'm looking forward to playing and hope you can come by and join us!