40477: Disney’s DuckTales LEGO BrickHeadz Review
Whether you grew up glued to the TV watching it during Disney Afternoons or are more familiar with the recent reboot, DuckTales has been enjoyed by multiple generations. Now those tales of daring are the inspiration for another new LEGO® BrickHeadz set. Duckburg’s most adventurous trillionaire, Scrooge McDuck and his nephew’s Huey, Dewey and Louie have been transformed into BrickHeadz. In a similar fashion to the recently...
21326: Winnie The Pooh LEGO Ideas Set Review
LEGO® Ideas has fast become the most varied and inventive of the current LEGO themes. The 34th fan project to become an official LEGO set is based on the classic English tale of Pooh Bear and his Hundred Acre Wood chums. Pooh first had a rumbly in his tumbly back in the 1920s, in A. A. Milne’s book, with Pooh’s adventures lovely brought to life through E. H. Shepard’s beautiful illustrations. Many will also know of...
43181: LEGO Raya & The Heart Palace Set Review
Disney has been the source of some wonderful animated adventures over the years. The latest of those adventures, Raya and the Last Dragon is now showing on Disney+ Premier Access. Set in the fantasy world of Kumandra, humans and dragons once lived together in harmony before monsters threatened the land. Until the dragons sacrificed themselves to save humanity. Now, 500 years on the threat returns and Raya must track down the last...
LEGO 2021 Polybags Review Part 2
LEGO® promotional sets, recruitment bags or as most of us know them – polybags, offer a selection of interesting builds inspired by current LEGO themes. Here in the UK, they were mostly obtained via newspaper giveaways or from various LEGO GWP promotions. In recent years, they haven’t been the easiest things to locate, but they have started to appear in various magazines, sold in supermarkets, bundled with stationery...
43186: Frozen’s Bruni The Salamander Set Review
Since its release back in 2013, Disney’s Frozen has become a cultural phenomenon. The original movie, along with its various shorts and sequel has been the inspiration for a number of LEGO® products. Last year those sets expanded beyond playsets to include buildable characters, with the first being Summer-loving snowman, Olaf. Now another character from Frozen II has been transformed into a cute brick-built creature. We first...
43179: Mickey & Minnie Buildable Characters Review
Since long before LEGO® toys were made from plastic, the LEGO Group and Disney have enjoyed a strong partnership. In the last few years, this has seen a number of sets based on classic Disney characters and there are none more so iconic than a certain mouse. In 1928 Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks introduced Mickey and Minnie Mouse in the animated short Steamboat Willie, which was also one of the first cartoons with sound. Since that moment...
Building The LEGO Disney Train & Station
Disney Plus is just under a week away for those of us in the UK and parts of Europe, so it’s the perfect time to take a look at the LEGO® Disney Train & Station set. The set was released last year and it’s the second large-scale Disney set based on an iconic area of Disney Theme Parks. It’s also the first Disney set to feature Powered Up functions. One of the biggest draws of the set is the inclusion of an...