LEGO Party! Game Review
What do you get when you combine millions of digital LEGO® bricks, hundreds of digital minifigures and a frantic array of LEGO-themed minigames? The answer is LEGO Party! Party games, in various forms, have been a staple of gaming for a long time. But the genre was truly born when Nintendo released the first Mario Party game on the N64. This saw Nintendo characters battle against each other across short minigames. The party game is...
40809: Festive Gingerbread House Set Review
There are many different symbols of the festive period, but one of the tastiest is gingerbread. The slightly spiced sweet treats have been used to create decorations and structures such as houses. Gingerbread has also been the focus of several Christmas LEGO® sets, including the upcoming Star Wars AT-AT. But the set, which is the focus of this review, is a little more traditional. Here’s an early look around the Festive Gingerbread...
LEGO Minecraft Visual Dictionary Book Review
Minecraft is an interesting LEGO® theme. It began life as a LEGO CUUSOO set, the forebearer of LEGO Ideas, in 2012 and became a standalone theme the following year. Now, 13 years on, Minecraft has been a regular theme inspiring countless playsets, a monthly magazine and even a 2025 LEGO Advent Calendar. It’s also inspired another title from DK Books, with their Visual Dictionary series taking an extensive look at the sets,...
40820: Up-Scaled Santa Minifigure Set Review
The concept of buildable characters is new, but upscaled minifigures have been a fairly recent addition. The upscaled minifigures began with a pair of Harry Potter characters before a pirate-themed LEGO House set, a generic minifigure and most recently a race car driver. The latest upscaled minifigure is part of the 2025 Christmas line-up and transformed Santa into a bigger, displayable ‘up-scaled’ minifigure. Here’s a closer look at...
40806: Gingerbread AT-AT Walker Set Review
The LEGO® Star Wars universe has a surprising affinity for the festive period. Along with several years’ worth of LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendars, in 2020, Disney+ aired an animated special dubbed the LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special. This used Life Day as a backdrop for festive celebrations in a galaxy far, far away. The special was accompanied by the first retail Christmas Star Wars set, featuring a festively decorated section...
75419: UCS Death Star Minifigures Review
As the largest, most expensive, and seemingly most controversial LEGO® Star Wars set yet, the 9,038-piece Ultimate Collector Series Death Star is also packed with minifigures. In fact, it features 38 of them from different eras of the Star Wars timeline, and many of them are connected to particular moments aboard the Imperial Battle Station. After already taking a look around the UCS Death Star and its accompanying GWP set, here’s a...
21361: Gremlins: Gizmo Set Review
The 1980s were an amazing decade; it had awesome music, questionable fashion and some of the most iconic movies. The 80s were also the inspiration for the 2024 LEGO Ideas “If we could turn back time” challenge. This tasked fan builders to create a LEGO build inspired by iconic 80s entertainment franchises. The vote was split across two groups of builds, and one of the two winning designs was based on a true 80s classic. Released in...
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