LEGO 2025 Polybags Hands-on Part 2
Thanks to Brick-a-brac, many of the new 2025 promotional LEGO® sets are now readily available. Commonly known as polybags among LEGO fans, they are now packaged in paper-based bags. So technically they are now longer polybags, but ‘paper bags’ doesn’t sound right although they are officially known as recruitment bags. Regardless of their packaging, these minisets are inspired by various LEGO themes and offer little...
LEGO 2025 Polybags Hands-on Part 1
Thanks to Brick-a-brac, many of the new 2025 promotional LEGO® sets are now readily available. Commonly known as polybags among LEGO fans, they are now packaged in paper-based bags. So technically they are no longer polybags, but calling them ‘paper bags’ doesn’t sound right, although they are officially known as recruitment bags. Regardless of their packaging, these minisets are inspired by various LEGO themes and...
40756: Lucky Knots GWP Review
The start of the New Year is going to be filled with promotional sets, one of those sets expected to be offered during January is the Chinese New Year-themed Lucky Knots GWP set. The recently revealed set features two buildable ‘knots’ which are tied to blessings of good fortunes in Chinese culture. Luck and fortune are a big part of the Chinese New Year celebrations, with certain symbols, characters and colours being...
40698: Books Are My Passion GWP Review
As well as allowing LEGO® fans to realise their dreams of being a LEGO designer by turning their ideas into LEGO sets, LEGO Ideas has also been the source of several GWP sets. Over the last few years LEGO Ideas has transformed several smaller fan designs into promotional builds. The latest of those fan designs to become a GWP set is the ‘Books Are My Passion’ set, which will be available next week. Here’s an early...
40693: The Lord of the Rings: Fell Beast Review
I’ll begin by noting this set is no longer available. It was given away with purchases of the newly released set inspired by The Lord of the Rings: Barad-Dûr set. Unfortunately, by the time the set arrived to review, it had already sold out. But here’s a look at it anyway, which is inspired by the fearsome beasts used by Sauron’s Ringwraiths. Promotion Details Free Set: 40693: Fell Beast | Pieces: 269 | Spend...
40686: Trade Federation Droid Carrier GWP Review
Of all the LEGO® Star Wars minifigures, there is none more infamous than the Battle Droid. The ‘clankers’ have remained largely unchanged since they were introduced 25 years ago. It also wouldn’t be Christmas without a Battle Droid featuring in the annual LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar. Now fans of the Battle Droid can bolster their collection with this year’s LEGO Star Wars May the 4th GWP set, the Trade...
LEGO 2024 Polybags Hands-on Part 3
With a couple of new LEGO® polybags released this Spring, here’s the third part of my look at some of the latest promotional LEGO Polybags. These are all inspired by licensed LEGO themes and offer little tasters of larger sets. They can be tricky to track down but they appear in supermarkets or are given away free through LEGO promotions and magazines. They are also available through various online retailers including The...