10362: French Café Set Review
Feb07

10362: French Café Set Review

LEGO® Icons has become an interesting theme filled with a mixture of different sets covering an array of subjects. The Icons theme is also home to several sub-themes, these collections include modular buildings, festive creations, vehicles and retro reimagining. This set introduces another new collection dubbed Restaurants of the World. The first set being released under this banner is the French Café and here’s a closer look at...

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10355: Blacktron Renegade Set Review
Dec19

10355: Blacktron Renegade Set Review

We’ve all had those fun moments when building a LEGO® set and finding a minifigure wearing a top sporting the logo of a classic theme or when we spot a bygone set referenced in sticker. For many years, LEGO designers have loved to sneak nods to past LEGO builds into newer sets. But it wasn’t until 2022 and the celebration of the LEGO Group’s 90th anniversary that they really started to delve into much loved, bygone...

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10359: Fountain Garden Set Review
Nov30

10359: Fountain Garden Set Review

It’s time to kick off the 2025 set reviews with a look at the LEGO® Icons Fountain Garden. The recently revealed set is part of the newly dubbed ‘Gardens of the World’ Subtheme. It follows the release of what is now technically the first set in the line-up, the Japanese inspired Tranquil Garden set, released last year. The Fountain Garden encapsulates a tranquil Spanish space, filled with water features, plants and...

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10330: McLaren MP4/4 & Ayrton Senna Set Review
Nov17

10330: McLaren MP4/4 & Ayrton Senna Set Review

Back in September, the LEGO Group announced a new partnership with Formula 1. Throughout 2025, there will be multiple F1 sets released across numerous themes. But you haven’t got to wait until the new year for a fix of LEGO® F1. A recent LEGO Icons vehicle celebrated to true racing icon and offered a taste of things to some. Ayrton Senna dominated the racing scene between 1984 and his death in the mid-90s. His most successful...

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10391: Over the Moon with Pharrell Williams Set Review
Nov08

10391: Over the Moon with Pharrell Williams Set Review

Pharrell Williams’ Piece By Piece finally arrives in UK cinemas today, albeit on a limited release. Nevertheless, it’s the ideal time to take a brief look at the accompanying LEGO® set. The Over the Moon with Pharrell Williams set is inspired by the new film which recounts the music producer’s life story through a LEGO lens. Piece By Piece is animated in the style of previous LEGO movies but that’s where the...

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10339: Santa’s Post Office Set Review
Sep26

10339: Santa’s Post Office Set Review

Christmas comes but once a year and with it comes the annual LEGO® tradition of a new addition to the Winter Village Collection. Each Christmas the festive brick-built village grows a little larger thanks to an Icons set. This year’s offering is Santa’s Post Office. It nicely links with previous releases from the collection and harks back to even early Winter Village sets. The set is inspired by Santa’s postal...

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10338: Bumblebee TRANSFORMERS Set Review
Jun15

10338: Bumblebee TRANSFORMERS Set Review

For many years, two titans of their craft have been bitter rivals. The LEGO Group and Hasbro’s relationship couldn’t be considered friendly. In 2011, Hasbro marketed a range of familiar-looking construction toys, under the ‘KRE-O’ brand in direct competition with the LEGO® product range. It’s a face-off which could be compared to the war between the Autobots and the Decepticons. So when rumours of a LEGO...

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