LEGO 2023 Polybags Hands-on Part 1
Feb14

LEGO 2023 Polybags Hands-on Part 1

One of the yearly LEGO® highlights continues to be low-cost polybag sets. These little tasters of various themes appear in all sorts of places, from promotions run in LEGO stores or online, at LEGOLAND stores, supermarkets and even magazines. Admittedly they aren’t always the easier things to track down but availability is getting better and some of the sets released this year, have already been revealed. I’ve found a few of the new...

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LEGO 2022 Holiday Employee Gift Hands-on
Dec12

LEGO 2022 Holiday Employee Gift Hands-on

As a LEGO® Ambassador, I’m lucky enough to receive a wonderful Christmas gift from the folks at the LEGO Group. It’s not just us Ambassadors who are graced by some festive generosity. Every year members of the LEGO Design Teams create festive-themed sets, with one being chosen to become the set gifted at Christmas. The chosen set then gets given to all LEGO employees. Thanks to the AFOL Engagement Team, all of the Ambassadors and...

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40579: Eiffel’s Apartment LEGO GWP Review
Nov18

40579: Eiffel’s Apartment LEGO GWP Review

As I continue to construct the LEGO® ICONS Eiffel Tower, here’s a look at the exclusive GWP set which will come with all purchases of the tallest LEGO set ever. Officially revealed earlier this week, the Eiffel Tower stands at almost 1.5 metres in height and contains an impressive 10001 pieces. Thankfully as an added bonus, if the set is purchased during the Black Friday event, you’ll get the Eiffel’s Apartment...

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40563: Tribute To LEGO House GWP Review
Nov15

40563: Tribute To LEGO House GWP Review

As revealed yesterday, one of the upcoming LEGO® Black Friday GWP sets will pay tribute to the LEGO House attraction in Billund. As the Home of the Brick celebrates its 5th anniversary this year, the promotional set recreations miniature versions of the first 5 LEGO House exclusive sets including the LEGO House Architecture set, Tree of Creativity, Wooden Duck, Dinosaurs and the Moulding Machine. Ahead of its availability,...

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40566: Ray The Castaway LEGO Ideas GWP Review
Sep26

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...

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LEGO Delivery Truck GWP Hands-on
Aug09

LEGO Delivery Truck GWP Hands-on

With the Leicester Square LEGO® Store reopening tomorrow, there will be a number of promotional items available over the next couple of weeks. One of those items is a VIP exclusive LEGO Delivery Truck set. This will be offered to shoppers visiting the Leicester Square store from Monday next week. I was invited to the exclusive press preview event yesterday, where I left with a goody bag which featured the Delivery Truck set so...

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The Minifigures Of 90 Years Of Play
Jul15

The Minifigures Of 90 Years Of Play

This year marks the 90th Anniversary of the LEGO Group and to mark this milestone a number of special sets have been produced. Some of them feature the return of a few familiar faces from LEGO® history. I’ve already taken a look at the Classic Space-inspired Galaxy Explorer set, but ahead of my review of the Lion Knights’ Castle I’ll be taking a look at all the minifigures found within the Galaxy Explorer set, the...

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