10308: Christmas High Street Set Review
The LEGO® Winter Village sets have been a staple of the LEGO Group’s festive offerings since 2009. Each year a new set is released and many LEGO fans use these Christmas-themed builds to craft their own magical festive displays. They began life as Advanced Models before falling under the Creator Expert brand and more recently the Winter Village sets have been positioned as LEGO ICONS sets. This year the Winter Village Collection...
LEGO Hallmark 2022 Keepsakes Hands-on
For a number of years, Hallmark has been creating yearly Christmas ornaments called Keepsakes. These cover a whole host of interests and characters including the LEGO® brand. For the first time ever, the Hallmark Keepsakes are being officially sold in the UK. Currently, only three of the four LEGO-branded 2022 designs are available in the UK. Mine has been delivered so thought I’d take a closer look at them all. The designs of...
75331: The Razor Crest UCS Set Review
With Andor currently making waves with its gritty new take on the galaxy far, far away, it’s another Disney+ series which has truly had an impact on the Star Wars universe. The Mandalorian helped to breathe new life into Star Wars as well as introducing new characters, locations and of course, new ships. One of the ships is Mando’s Razor Crest, a ship which has already been transformed into a couple of different scale LEGO...
40566: Ray The Castaway LEGO Ideas GWP Review
Along with transforming fan creations into LEGO® sets, LEGO Ideas has also tapped the creative keg of fans to help with a number of smaller promotional sets. In recent times fan creations have been the basis of four GWP sets. These have included the Space Rocket Ride, Sailboat Adventure, Vintage Car and most recently Cosmic Cardboard Adventures. They will soon be joined by a fifth set and the second Ideas-themed GWP to be released...
LEGO In Focus Photography Book Review
Since Chronicle Books began publishing LEGO-focused books in 2020, they have created a number of interesting coffee table-type titles. The latest of those books is focused on the creative world of LEGO® photography. LEGO In Focus collates the incredible work of two talented fan photography communities, Brick Central and Stuck in Plastic. This interesting new book is set t be published next month and Chronicle Books have kindly...
76215: Black Panther Set Review
The dedicated focus on adult LEGO® fans has truly changed the landscape of LEGO sets being released. They no longer have to appeal to a wide or younger age range. This has seen the sort of sets released really showcase just what’s possible to create with LEGO bricks. This particular set is a great example of this, a life-sized bust, which recreates one of the most iconic Marvel superheroes. It’s also a difficult set to...
40554: Jake Sully & His Avatar BrickHeadz Review
This October the world of Avatar joins the ever-increasing line-up of sets based on blockbuster movies. As well as a number of playsets based in the alien world of Pandora, there will also be a special LEGO BrickHeadz pack. The set features former marine Jake Sully and his Na’vi Avatar, styled as BrickHeadz characters. The set will be available from October 1st, but here’s an early look at both characters in my review of...
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