BricksFanz Weekly Recap Sept 25th – Oct 1st
A new month means there’s been a lot of activity in the world of LEGO®. A number of new sets have launched today, including the Viking Village and sets inspired by Disney’s Wish. There’s also Insiders Early Access to the latest Star Wars UCS and Winter Village sets. We also got a peek a little further into the future with the first details of some of the 2024 releases. The biggest news this week was the announcement...
BricksFanz Weekly Recap September 18th – 24th
This past week didn’t seem to be that busy but we’ve had the reveal of a couple of new sets and the release of the latest global LEGO® ad campaign. Newly revealed sets include an awesome brick-built recreation of the Piranha Plant from the Super Mario series and the latest addition to the annual Winter Village Collection range, with the Alpine Lodge. On the subject of lodges, LEGOLAND Windsor gave us the first peek inside...
BricksFanz Weekly Recap September 11th – 17th
Firstly, apologies for the lateness of today’s recap post, I’ve spent the day in the hospital with my Mum after she was rushed in earlier today, she’s all good though. The big news this week was the unofficial and then the official reveal of the latest LEGO Star Wars UCS set. The huge Venator-class Republic Attack Cruiser forms part of the 20th Anniversary of the Clone Wars celebrations. I’ve reviewed a few...
BricksFanz Weekly Recap September 4th – 10th
Another week of 2023 is done and dusted. This past week has seen a number of new sets released. Including the huge new Concorde set and the equally huge Gringotts Wizarding Bank. But size isn’t everything as the amazing new LEGO Ideas Insect Collection set has also been released and it’s up there as one of the best LEGO sets released not only this year but of all time. Elsewhere, we’ve had the unexpected appearance...
BricksFanz Weekly Recap Aug 27th – Sept 3rd
It’s been a rather busy week for LEGO® news thanks to new set reveals, half-year financial results and the release of many new sets. The big news was the surprise reveal of the latest LEGO Ideas set. Which was joined by reveals of a Christmas-themed Star Wars set and another mini Disney Castle. Although the LEGO Group is doing well, profits have dipped during the first half of 2023, despite price increases, the launch of new...
BricksFanz Weekly Recap August 21st – 27th
Despite rumours of a new LEGO title being announced by TT Games during Gamescom, nothing official has been revealed. However, with Back to Hogwarts day approaching, could the rumoured LEGO Harry Potter Saga game.be revealed them? Elsewhere, we got the first episode of the new animated LEGO City series and it was announced Braille Bricks would be released as a retail set. The VIP replacements, LEGO Insiders also launched with very...
BricksFanz Weekly Recap August 14th – 20th
The big news this week has been the impending discontinuation of the long-running LEGO® VIP scheme, in favour of a new program called LEGO Insiders. Before you panic, the current VIP features such as collecting points and using points for rewards will continue. Your current VIP points will simply become LEGO Insiders points. But there will be a few changes, for one LEGO Insiders will unite the entire LEGO ecosystem under one login. So...
BricksFanz Weekly Recap August 7th – 13th
Another week has passed and LEGO® news is still a little light on the ground. We did get the reveal of a new LEGO Icons set inspired by the iconic supersonic passenger jet, Concorde. This new set is surprisingly gigantic in size and gives the UCS Falcon a run for its money when it comes to displaying it. We also got the first look at a new LEGO book title focused on the LEGO Icons Botanical Collection sets. Thanks to a combination of...
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