


The tips and commentaries in the instructions would have sparked many “Oh, that’s why they designed it that way” moments. I can imagine a child just beginning their LEGO journey might really learn a thing or two from the tutorials. As a long-time builder, I was clearly not the target audience of the program.Ĭertainly, less experienced builders would have benefitted immensely. Technique: Modular Building - Creating a standardized connection to allow multiple models to be easily joined.Īfter building all 36 Master Builder Academy models you may not have become an instant Master Model Builder, but you were certainly given a range of skills to build upon in your LEGO building hobby! Looking back, did the MBA experience improve my building as an AFOL? Yes, but probably not a huge amount. Technique: Story Building - Using LEGO bricks to create an adventure with a setting and things to do within the model.

Kit 7, The Lost Village, Set #20206, 229 pieces: (They also included a little frog traveling companion which made an appearance in our frog article.) Here’s a summary of the different kits in Level Three. They were themed with darker colors like orange, brown, grey and black. The MBA’s Level Three sets focused more on storytelling, play functions, recreating natural shapes and realism. These springboard models were intended to spark further creativity from the builder. While Level One and Two’s Designer Handbooks had instructions for three models, Levels Three and Four had only one primary model and several other “springboard” models. This follows a natural progression of building skills. The MBA’s Level Three and Four sets seemed to focus on more conceptual techniques than Levels One and Two. The next few levels started to get a little more complicated.
