LEGO Watch & Build – Lightyear
Disney Pixar’s Lightyear lands in cinemas today and the latest Pixar adventure has inspired a number of LEGO® playsets. Lightyear is the story of the ‘real’ Buzz Lightyear, the action movie hero who inspired the toy first seen in the Toy Story films. There are three sets, a DUPLO set and a BrickHeadz inspired by Buzz Lightyear and his new adventures. Watch – Lightyear in cinemas now. Build – LEGO Disney Lightyear...
How LEGO Bricks Helped Shape Pixar’s Lightyear
Creating a movie is a complex process, even more so when it’s an animated one. In fact, animated films are a creative phenomenon in their own right as they need to create numerous concepts before a final frame of a scene is ‘shot’. In the early days of animation, Disney would shoot live-action scenes to help animators visualize how characters would move when hand-drawn. For modern animated movies, characters are...
New LEGO Disney Mickey & Friends Out Now
The LEGO® Disney Mickey & Friends set may be aimed at 4+ builders but they are filled with some super unique minifigures and that’s set to continue with the latest releases. Three new sets are released today and the most unique is the Castle set as it has all-new versions of both Mickey and Donald. All the sets feature different members of the Disney crew including Pluto and Goofy. Plus each set has some decent printed...
Star Wars Celebration Day 1 Announcements
Both Lucasfilm and Disney have partnered with the LEGO Group for numerous years, in fact, Disney was the first-ever licensed partner back before LEGO® bricks even existed. So although not directed related to LEGO products, the announcements from Star Wars Celebration could heavily influence future set releases. I’ve already covered the first trailer for Andor but there’s been a few other reveals which could inspire new...
First Star Wars Andor Teaser Trailer Released
With Star Wars Celebration in full swing, the first teaser for the upcoming Disney+ series, Star Wars: Andor has been released. As we’ve come to expect from Disney+ content it’s often the inspiration for LEGO® products and I’d expect a LEGO Star Wars set or two based on the show at some point in the future. Especially as more than one season is planned. Andor is a Star Wars tale set five years prior to the events of...
New Star Wars LEGO BrickHeadz Revealed
Ahead of Star Wars Celebration a new LEGO® BrickHeadz double pack inspired by the Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi has been revealed via the LEGO Instructions page. Set 40547 will include both Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi, who are set to come face-to-face again in the upcoming Star Wars show. It was expected that the set would be available as part of the Star Wars Celebration lottery system but it’s since been suggested the LEGO...
LEGO Watch & Build – Disney’s Chip ‘N Dale
Sometimes some crimes, go slipping through the cracks but these two, gumshoes are back. Ch-ch-ch-Chip ‘N Dale Rescue Rangers is now showing on Disney+. After the hit 90s cartoon series was cancelled, Chip and Dale goes their separate ways but sometimes, some crimes call for the expertise of the Rescue Rangers. Their latest adventure is jam-packed with cameos, think Roger Rabbit, Space Jam, and The LEGO® Movie and then times it...
43207: Ariel’s Underwater Palace Set Review
The world of Disney has been the source of some great LEGO® sets. With many of the Disney Princesses being the focus of some often overlooked sets. In particular, the underwater world of the Little Mermaid has featured in some interesting sets. This classic Disney film is part of the 90s animation renaissance and is inspired by the Danish fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen. Before Ariel heads to land the film opens under the sea and...
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