60306: LEGO City Shopping Street Set Review
Apr08

60306: LEGO City Shopping Street Set Review

Ever since I played with LEGO® sets as a kid, some 30 plus years ago, many of them used large studded sheets more commonly known as baseplates. These much-loved LEGO pieces have remained an important part of LEGO play and more so display, ever since. That was until this year. Introduced alongside many of the new LEGO City sets is a brand-new road system. In place of the large baseplates is a smaller, sturdier and modular road system....

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Why LEGO City Has Introduced New Road Plates
Jan08

Why LEGO City Has Introduced New Road Plates

Along with the new sets released just after Christmas, the LEGO® City theme also introduced a new buildable road system to replace the previous baseplates. Of course, this has a greater impact on the LEGO community than just being another new set. Many AFOLs have spent a vast amount of time planning and building their own brick-built cities, most of which used the old baseplate roads. As these new buildable road plates mark a major...

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60291: Family House Set Review
Dec31

60291: Family House Set Review

When we aren’t being ‘treated’ to various Police and Fire sets, the LEGO® City range offers up something different with sub-themes. In the past, these have seen sets based on construction, mining, ocean exploration and trying to get into space. For 2021 things are a little different, the sub-theme is focused on a particular area instead is focused around the new raid plate system and is collectively known as...

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