WELCOME TO ISSUE 1!

Hi, it’s Max!

We’re all getting ready
for the big Lunar New Year
celebration. There will be
dragon dances, lion dances,
and a whole lot of
other fun things.

THE ADVENTURES OF MAX

I GOT A POSTCARD
INVITING ME TO BE PART OF THE
NO, TIGER. YEAR OF
THE TIGER. WE SHOULD MAKE
TIGER.
YOU THINK EVERY
YEAR SHOULD BE THE
YEAR OF THE DOG,
PIC
BIG LUNAR NEW YEAR PARADE!
DID YOU KNOW 2022 IS THE
YEAR OF THE TIGER?
SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR
THE PARADE. WHERE DID
I PUT THE GLUE?
T-I-G-E-R. DON’T YOU?
YOU
GOT IT!*
FA
DOG. LE
Wha
DOG. LEG
D-O-G. cove
DOG. out
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*THE NEXT YEAR OF THE DOG WILL
BE IN 2030. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

JUST PUZZLED? W
Look for these icons on activity pages. They will tell you if the TH
FOR YOU! activity is easy, hard, or somewhere in between. Try them all
M
and see how you do! If you get stuck, the answers can be
Check out all the excitement Ask
found on page 27. to s
in this issue! You will also see
LEG
Max holding up his flag where pages have LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3 t
been created just for you. Look for him
Easy Somewhere Hard
throughout the magazine!
in-between

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 I’VE HAD A LOT
THESE LANTERNS OF FUN MAKING
WE’RE MAKING WILL CRAFTS.
LOOK GREAT IN THE
LANTERN FESTIVAL.

THERE’S NOTHING
I LIKE BETTER THAN
A PARTY THAT LASTS
TWO WEEKS!

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 HAPPY
THAT’S
MANDARIN
GONG XI CHINESE FOR
“HAVE A
FA CAI, MAX! PROSPEROUS

LUNAR NEW YEAR.”

WHAT ARE YOU
DOING?

NEW
YEAR! HI! WHAT DOES
THAT MEAN?

TH

I’M MAKING A BIG DRAGON

COSTUME FOR THE LUNAR NEW
YEAR’S PARADE. LIKE IT?

AWESOME!
IS IT GOING TO BE
REALLY SCARY?

CHINESE DRAGONS
AREN’T SCARY. THEY ARE
HONORED AND BELIEVED TO BRING
GREAT BLESSINGS. THEY ARE ALSO
A SYMBOL OF PROSPERITY AND
GOOD LUCK.

SEE YOU LATER! BY TRADITION, THERE ARE

WE’RE WORKING ON SOME THINGS YOU DO NOT DO ON
A TIGER COSTUME IT’S THE YEAR I’M MAKING LUNAR NEW YEAR’S DAY:
FOR THE PARADE. OF THE TIGER, DUMPLINGS. USING A BROOM OR SCISSORS OR A KNIFE,
YOU KNOW. IT’S A DISH LOTS OF FAMILIES WASHING YOUR HAIR – OH, AND DON’T WEAR
ENJOY WHEN THEY GET BLACK AND WHITE.
TOGETHER TO
CELEBRATE.
WHAT ARE YOU
MAKING?
NEEDS
CARROTS. IN FACT,
EVERYTHING NEEDS
MORE CARROTS.
ESPECIALLY ME.

DOG.
DON’T MENTION I ALWAYS WEAR BLACK
THAT AROUND HIM. AND WHITE.
BYE!

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 IT’S REALLY BIG, THOUGH.
I’LL NEED TO GET SOME FRIENDS
TO HELP ME WITH IT IN THE
IT’S DONE!
PARADE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?

STUPENDOUS!
GREAT!

THE NEXT DAY…

BAD NEWS. MOST OF MY

FRIENDS ARE DOING THEIR OWN UH-OH…
THING FOR THE PARADE. WHO CAN
HELP ME WITH THE DRAGON?
WAIT, I KNOW!

FIRST
TIME I’VE SEEN
WHO THOUGHT A
EVERYTHING AT A
RABBIT ON STILTS
PARADE!
WAS A GOOD IDEA?

LET’S GO,
THE PARADE IS
STARTING!

OUCH! I THOUGHT THAT FROM ALL OF US TO ALL OF YOU,

WHO’S STANDING ON WAS MY PAW!
MY PAW? GONG XI FA CAI!
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 N E W ! A PUZZLING PICNIC!
The LEGO minifigures got together for a fun dinner in the forest.
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W
Fi
Everyone is feeling cozy and relaxed. Which food would you try
if you were at this dinner party? Nee
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!st.
SPOT THE
DIFFERENCES!
What’s this? The two pictures don’t look the same!
Find and circle the 12 differences in these two pictures!
try
ty? Need Help? Answers can be found on page 27.
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 FRIENDSHIP,
FOOD AND
FUN!
Emma and her friends are spending Saturday
at the Street Food Festival. Yum, there’s the
taco truck. Time for a tasty treat!

HI! MY FAMILY
AND I JUST MOVED
INTO THE APARTMENT
BUILDING.

THIS OR THAT
Which of these do you like more? Circle your answers and ask your
friends what they like.

Mild salsa OR Hot salsa Playground OR Football field

Lunch OR Dinner Eat it all OR Share with friends
Salsa OR Black beans TV OR Cinema
Meat OR Cheese Sour cream OR Guacamole
Eat in OR Takeaway Beach OR Mountains
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 WHERE’S THE
TEDDY BEAR?
Maya has lost her toy.
Where can it be?
Help her find
her teddy
bear on
these pages.

Need Help? Answer can

be found on page 27.

SURE, THERE ARE

PARKS, FOOD TRUCKS,
MUSEUMS, CINEMAS
- SOMETHING FOR
AWESOME!
EVERYONE!
THERE ARE LOTS OF
FUN THINGS TO DO IN
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD…
TELL HER!

DO YOU LIKE TRYING NEW FOODS?

Your friends might like different foods than you do. They might even
want to share things they like with you! Do you like trying new foods,
or would you rather stick to old favourites? Choose the face
that matches how you feel.

Frightened Excited Happy Unsure Nervous 9

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 ALL OUCH! GET OUT OF
THE WAY!

TIED OOF! NO, NO.

AGAIN.

UP!
THE DOJO TEMPLE.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP
YOUR SPINJITZU SKILLS SHARP.
NOW TRY AGAIN. I DON’T THINK I CAN WE ALL MISS HER, JAY.
DO THIS. I JUST MISS I STILL CAN’T
NYA TOO MUCH. BELIEVE SHE BECAME
ONE WITH THE SEA.

THIS WILL BE THE

SIXTH TIME THIS
MORNING.

THAT’S SIX TIMES

TOO MANY.

NEW PLAN. ZANE, GO GET

SOME ROPE. YOU WILL ALL
DO THE OBSTACLE COURSE
HMMMM… WITH YOUR HANDS TIED
BEHIND YOUR BACKS. WOW, THAT WILL
WHAT?! MAKE IT HARD TO DO
SPINJITZU!

THIS MAKES
NO SENSE
AT ALL.

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 HEY, ME?
BEGIN! LOOK OUT! YOU GOT IN
MY WAY!

WELL, THIS IS A
I’M GLAD I DON’T WEAR PROBLEM.
WHITE ANYMORE.

HOW DO WE CLIMB MAYBE …

IT WITHOUT USING I HAVE AN IDEA.
OUR ARMS? IF YOU CAN ALL BOOST
ME UP TO THE TOP…
TOO BAD THERE ISN’T
A NINJA OF LAUNDRY.

WELL DONE. TRUE

WISDOM IS REALIZING
THAT SOMETIMES YOU HAVE
TO ACCEPT THE ABSENCE OF
SOMETHING… OR SOMEONE…
AND STILL KEEP TRYING TO
DO YOUR BEST.

SEE?
NOW, COLE, YOU LIFT OH, AND
JAY UP. ONE MORE THING…
S
GOOD LUCK UNTYING
YOURSELVES.

BE NINJA!
START YOUR JOURNEY AT

NINJAGO.com
TODAY!
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 MONSTER JAM RACE!
It’s the Megalodon monster truck vs. the El Toro Loco monster truck
™ ™
™

START
in the ultimate race. Challenge a friend and see who finishes first.

HOW TO
You’re in the lead!
PLAY: Roll again.
1 You will need two four-stud
LEGO bricks of different colors
®

for playing pieces and one Off to a fast start!

brick for a die. PULL- Roll again.
BACK
2 Each player puts their playing ACTION!
piece on Start and chooses a Move
path to drive on. ahead
3 Youngest player goes first. five
spaces. You take the lead!
4 Roll the brick. If it lands:
• Stud side up, move one space Move ahead
• Stud side down or on its side, one space.
move two spaces.
5 As you travel the board, either Hear the crowd roar!
follow the instructions on each Move ahead
space or flip the brick to move. one space. PULL-
6 First to reach the finish line BACK
wins the race! ACTION!
Move
ahead
five
le! Cruising towards spaces.
o ub the finish line!
r k
e t ac .
Tir Go b pace
es
on
Hit the brakes!
Go back Setting a new
one space. speed record!

Put on an
extra burst Pit stop. ©2022 Feld Motor
FINISH

Sports, Inc.
of speed! Lose one turn. MONSTER JAM , ™

MEGALODON , ™

Lo F EL TORO LOCO , ™

se uel and all related logos

on up! and characters/
et The finish line designs are
ur intellectual property
n. is in sight! of and used under
license from Feld
Motor Sports, Inc.
All rights reserved.
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 MISSING!

Not all mini-dolls shown are part of the set.

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 MISSING!

M IS S IN
G!

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M I SS I

e set.

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 IT’S A CITY FULL OF TRAFFIC IS TIED UP
ON MAIN STREET DUE TO
AN ICE CREAM BREAK.

SURPRISES!
There’s always something
unexpected happening in
LEGO City. You never know
®

what you’re going

to see!
THIS IS THE
ONLY WAY TO TRAVEL!

IN THIS CITY,
YOU HAVE TO BE READY
FOR ANYTHING!

MMMM,
VANILLA,
CHOCOLATE
AND BROCCOLI
FLAVOUR!

WHAT KIND OF
SURPRISING THINGS DO
YOU THINK WOULD HAPPEN
IN LEGO CITY?

WRITE TO MAX AND

LET HIM KNOW!
FOR DETAILS, SEE PAGE 20.
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 LEGO SUPER MARIO
® ™

TEAM UP MATCHING ACTIVITY!

LEGO Mario and LEGO Luigi
® ™ ® ™

make a great team. Here’s

your chance to team up with
a friend or family member in
this fun matching activity!

Check out more action and

fun in the LEGO Life app.
®

18
 HOW TO PLAY:
1. Cover up all the squares with
pieces of paper or LEGO bricks.
®

2. Pick up a piece of paper (or brick)

and look at the picture underneath.
Then pick up another and see if
you can make a match.
3. If the two pictures match, take the
pieces of paper (or bricks) off the
board. If they don’t match, put the
papers (or bricks) back and take
another turn.
4. When you and your teammate
have found all the matches, the
game is done!

TM & © 2022 Nintendo

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 COOL CREATIONS

Rainbow Party
Cool Fire Truck
Idian, age 6,
Belgium

NINJAGO Training
®

Nathéo, age 6, France

Do you have an AWESOME BUILD you would like Monster Truck

Vilads, age 6,
to share with other builders? Denmark
My
SEND US YOUR PHOTO! LE
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1 Have a photo taken of you with your build. You might see it ag
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on this page in a future issue.
2 Ask a parent or guardian to go to LEGO.com/magazine.
3 There they can download and complete the Submission Form,
then email it along with your photo. See the Submission Form
for the email address.
4 Remember that you can send us a story about your model
too. Tell us how you built it, what’s going on in the scene, or
whatever you like. Max also loves getting your letters!
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Australia
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EVERYONE WHO SENT FOR MORE COOL
IN THEIR CREATIONS, CREATIONS.
INCLUDING ADITHAN, AMALIA,
AMITIE, BEN, RYAN,
JASMINE AND VILLUM!!
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 Emma’s Hideout and Olivia’s Boat
Hannah, age 5, and Ellie, age 7, USA
Rainbow Party
Enrico, age 8, New Zealand

ing
nce

Mermaid Fairy
Performance
Palace
Felicity, age 5,
My Australia
LEGO ®

Sign
Mattis,
age 6,
Germany

Spaceship Rainbow Castle

Éanna, age 5, Ireland Olivier, age 9, and Tygo, age 7, Netherlands

GO ®
Swim Paradise Shark Attack LEGO House
®

res Beau, age 7, Ali, age 7, Sweden William, age 8,

e 7, Netherlands United Kingdom
alia

Wesley Twins’
House
Ophélie, age 7,
Canada

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GUID
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 Battle Set My LEGO City
®

Aaron Huang, Andrew, age 6,

age 8, USA
New Zealand

Tool Car Animal House NINJAGO ®

Henry, Lola, age 7, and Vehicles

age 6, Bowie, age 5, Immanuel,
Denmark Netherlands age 6,
United
Kingdom

LEGO City
®
Amusement Park Dream City
Sam, age 7, David, age 5, Sweden Franka, age 9,
and May, Germany
age 5,
Australia

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 MEET MONKIE KID!
A new hero, Monkie Kid, uses ancient powers and modern machines
to battle the world’s worst villains!

The Tale of
Monkie Kid (MK)
When the powerful
Demon Bull King
escapes his prison,
the entire world is
in danger.
Young MK stumbles on
the magical staff of the
legendary Monkey King.
The great hero tells MK
that he is the hero the
world needs now.
He is Monkie Kid!
With the help of his
friends, Monkie Kid
discovers that nothing
is impossible, if you
Use your own
just believe. He can
LEGO® bricks to make
a cool vehicle by transform his staff using
combining different types the power of imagination
(cars, planes, boats, etc.) and creativity!
together! Share it with us
in Cool Creations
(see page 20
for details).

SAVE THE DAY!

Monkie Kid has a cool car, aeroplane and
mech. Which should he use to save the
day in these three adventures?
Aeroplane
B
1 Demon Bull King is hiding in the
mountains. What should Monkie
Kid use to search for him?

2 Monkie Kid has to get to Pigsy’s

noodle store in a hurry! But the
weather is too bad to fly. What
C
should he use to get there?

3 Six-Eared Evil Macaque is A

threatening the city with his Mech
mech. What should Monkie Kid
use to stop him?
Car
Need Help? Answers can be found on page 27.
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 BUILD THE ULTIMATE MOBILE HOME!
Home is never far away when it can travel wherever you
go. This amazing house comes with propellers so it can
fly to any destination. Make it a cozier place to live by
adding trees, a garden or flower boxes to your build!

Share your cozy model in the LEGO Life app

®

Magazine Stuff group, or check out page 20 for

details on how to submit to Cool Creations.
BUILD A COZY FLYING HOUSE

1
1 3

2 4

2x
2x

4 6

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 7
1
3
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n

8
4

11

Get the free LEGO Building ®

Instructions app and start building

with digital instructions!
10 Don’t forget to ask a grown-up’s permission
before downloading apps.
• Save your sets
• Zoom in
• Rotate your model while you build
• Track your building completion!
Search for the LEGO Building Instructions app on:

Apple and the Apple logo are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.
App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc. Google Play is a trademark of Google Inc.
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 A VISIT FROM
MULAN!
Princess Jasmine is
N EW!
getting ready for a visit
from her friend, Mulan.
Complete all of the
activities to help
her prepare!
Need Help? Answers can
be found on page 27.

Mulan, Khan and

1 Time for some fun! Trace
over the word “Welcome”
in Jasmine’s invitation. W
2 Cri-Kee will be
hungry after their
long trip. Draw along
the dotted line to
help Rajah gather
the food.

3 Draw flowers in the

flower pots by the
palace entrance
as a happy hello.

Jasmine and Mulan spent one hour

Mulan lost her bowl

5 eating, one hour talking, and one

4 and chopsticks on the

journey. Can you spot
hour playing a game. How many
hours did they spend together?

them in the picture?

1+1+1=
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 ROLL-A-STORY! ANSWERS:
LEGO Minifigures, pgs. 6–7
®

Create your
own magical
and fun
adventure!

LEGO Friends, pg. 8–9

HOW TO PLAY:
1. Roll a dice three times to choose the princess, setting and adventure.
2. Use these to make up a story you can share with your family
and friends. You can also draw a picture or build a scene out
of LEGO bricks, if you like.
®

Princess Setting Adventure LEGO Monkie Kid , pg. 23

™

1. B, 2. A, 3. C
Tiana
Forest
Go LEGO | Disney Princess , pg. 26
™

exploring Answer to #4

Castle
Find
treasure
Merida Search for
Beach missing
Answer to #5 is 3 hours
jewels

Boat
Get together
with friends DID YOU FIND
MY CHICKEN?
IT WAS TAKING
A SHOWER.
Aurora
Picnic
Journey
to a castle
M ISS IN G !

Enter
Campfire
a race

Share your
Roll-a-Story
creations in the
LEGO Life app.
®

© Disney
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 ®
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Dear Max, Dear Max,

Picture of Unagami by Matilda

I love LEGO bricks and trolls. I have

®
Can the next issue of the LEGO Life
made a troll from the spare spikes from Magazine be Star Wars themed? Also,
™

another LEGO set I have. He has spiked can you be on the cover, wearing Jedi
ears, nose and robot hands. He is holding robes and wielding a lightsaber? I have
a troll club in his hand. My mum thinks it a whole collection of LEGO magazines
looks like a candy stick! and I have some questions for you.
-Marlowe Where is your Max 3000? What are
you building now? Are you making
LEGO sets?
-Hannon
Dear Max,
I needed a place for my HI HANNON,
LEGO minifigures to do MY MAX 3000 ROBOT SHARES MY ROOM
their gymnastics, so I built a WITH ME, WHICH IS GREAT (EXCEPT
gymnastics area for them. IT SNORES). RIGHT NOW, WE ARE
REBUILDING SOME OF MY LEGO SETS
-Ellie
KEEP INTO A COMBINATION ROCKET-POWERED
HOVERBIKE AND POPCORN POPPER!
SHARING THOSE
LETTERS AND DRAWINGS!
NOTHING MAKES ME
HAPPIER THAN SEEING LETTERS, YOUR LETTER
DRAWINGS AND PHOTOS MIGHT BE
ANSWERED IN A
OF YOUR MODELS. SEND ME
FUTURE ISSUE!
SOMETHING TODAY!

LETTERS TO MAX ARE

TRANSLATED INTO MANY DIFFERENT
LANGUAGES, SO THAT ALL READERS
AROUND THE WORLD CAN ENJOY THEM.
WE CORRECT THE SPELLING TO MAKE
TRANSLATIONS EASIER.

Ask a grown-up to go to LEGO.com/magazine to download the submission form.

It includes simple steps for sending your letters and Cool Creations to the LEGO Life Magazine.

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