LEGO Look Back – Forza Horizon 4 X Speed Champions
With the latest edition of Forza Horizon speeding onto Xbox and PC today, it’s the ideal time to take a look back at the first-ever LEGO® content for the game series fourth outing. Back in 2019, at E3, Xbox Studios and Playground Games announced the LEGO Speed Champions expansion for Forza Horizon 4. This added an entire LEGO brick-filled world to the popular racing series, along with several LEGO Speed Champions vehicles. Once...
Dimensional Delights – LEGO Mission: Impossible
As the latest Mission: Impossible hits cinemas today it got me thinking about the time the long-running espionage series officially became part of the LEGO® lexicon thanks to LEGO Dimensions. Back in 2015, TT Games and the LEGO Group combined their expertise to enter the once-thriving toys-to-life market. The result was LEGO Dimensions which combined the much-loved LEGO Games formula with physical LEGO models. It also made...
LEGO Group & NASA Countdown Of Collaborations
The LEGO Group take inspiration for their many sets from many different places. From fantasy and fiction to the real world, every build tells a story whether it’s real or not. But there’s one particular place which continues to inspire – space. For 20 years, the LEGO Group have worked with NASA in numerous ways but way before that, journeys into the stars influenced LEGO sets. As astronauts made their way to the...
LEGO Look Back – LEGO Mixels
Today is National Monster Day, making it the perfect time to take a fond look back at one of the LEGO Group’s most unique themes – LEGO® Mixels. The LEGO Mixels theme was launched in 2014 in association with Cartoon Network. The theme would last just over 2 years, with 81 sets released across 9 series. The Mixels made their debut at San Diego Comic-Con before being released shortly after. Each series featured three...
LEGO 90 Years Of Play – When Classics Return
With the LEGO Group celebrating its 90th Anniversary this year, the LEGO® Design Team has delved into the LEGO Vault for inspiration for a number of new sets. But the Galaxy Explorer, Lion Knights’ Castle and Forest Hideout GWP aren’t the first time classic LEGO sets and themes have inspired other LEGO sets. Here are just some of the other sets released over the last few years which have reimagined the early days of LEGO...
What If LEGO Friends Were Minifigures?
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the LEGO® Friends theme, making it a perfect time to take a look back at how the theme went from concept to toy shelves. The LEGO Group had dabbled in ‘girl’ themes before with products such as Belville and Scala, but the brand had a greater connection to boys. So LEGO Friends was introduced to capture the interest of girls, who at the time were not engaging with LEGO construction in...
LEGO Look Back 2021 – Rise of The AFOL
The LEGO Group have recognised the importance of the adult fanbase for a number of years but it wasn’t until recently that they actually created and marketed sets directly at AFOLs. Although this began in 2020, this year truly saw the ‘Adults Welcome’ ethos hit its stride. Previously LEGO® Creator Expert was considered the most prominent collection of sets skewed towards older builders. But the branding was dropped...
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