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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10333: The Lord Of The Rings: Barad-Dûr Set Review
May17

10333: The Lord Of The Rings: Barad-Dûr Set Review

After taking a look at the minifigures featured in the upcoming LEGO® Icons: The Lord of the Rings: Barad-Dûr set, it’s now time to set what the set has to offer. After the colourful trip to Rivendell last year, 2024’s return to Middle-earth is far darker. Barad-Dûr is one of the two towers featured in The Lord of the Rings films. This dark tower looms over Middle-earth searching for a glimpse of the once lost ring....

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10333: Barad-Dûr Minifigures Review
May15

10333: Barad-Dûr Minifigures Review

Despite only being on sale for a couple of years, the original LEGO® The Lord of the Rings sets have amassed a feverish fan base. The love for the long-retired theme is so strong, that it returned last year under the LEGO Icons banner with the magnificent Rivendell set. This year things have become a little darker as the latest LEGO Icons The Lord of the Rings set returns to Mordor and Sauron’s looming dark tower of Barad-Dûr....

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10334: Retro Radio LEGO Icons Set Review
May11

10334: Retro Radio LEGO Icons Set Review

Ever since the LEGO Group decided they would expand the LEGO® product line to include sets aimed at adult builders, the LEGO Design Team has excelled at showcasing what is possible with LEGO bricks. In recent years LEGO elements have been used to craft real-world items including a typewriter, a globe, a Nintendo Entertainment System console and a Polaroid camera to name but a few. That’s not even mentioning the array of flowers...

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10341: NASA Artemis Space Launch System Set Review
May08

10341: NASA Artemis Space Launch System Set Review

The LEGO Group have always had a fondness for space. By space, I’m not talking about the colourful beloved Classic Space theme but LEGO® builds grounded in reality. Back when LEGO sets began introducing themed sets, mankind’s journey to the Moon made space all the rage but it’s an interest which has remained. This year alone, space has been a running theme across several themes and the latest comes from LEGO Icons....

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10331: Kingfisher Bird Set Review
Jan28

10331: Kingfisher Bird Set Review

LEGO® Icons has rapidly become an impressive showcase of the creativity of LEGO building. The theme has featured everything from highly detailed buildings to iconic cars. It’s also been the home to the wide-reaching LEGO Botanical Collection, which has used LEGO elements to recreate plants and flowers. With the Botanical Collection having the flora covered, this upcoming set branches out to the fauna. Ahead of its release on...

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