A Look At LEGO… The Lord Of The Rings
Lord of the Rings is back in vogue thanks to Amazon Studio’s first-ever TV series inspired by The Lord of the Rings, The Rings of Power. But back when Warner Bros. wasn’t cancelling films and TV left, right and centre, they also dabbled in the world of Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings books, with a trilogy of blockbuster films. Each film was crafted around the three main The Lord of the Rings books – Fellowship...
When LEGO Themes Go Large
As the popularity of LEGO® sets has grown, the audience who enjoys them has also widened. For many years all LEGO releases were expected to cater for LEGO builders of all ages. But things changed a few years ago when the LEGO Group decided to really focus on its older customers. Whilst we’ve come to expect large-scale sets from themes such as ICONS and Star Wars. Other themes have started to expand their scope and when they do...
LEGO Look Back – LEGO Mixels
Today is National Monster Day, making it the perfect time to take a fond look back at one of the LEGO Group’s most unique themes – LEGO® Mixels. The LEGO Mixels theme was launched in 2014 in association with Cartoon Network. The theme would last just over 2 years, with 81 sets released across 9 series. The Mixels made their debut at San Diego Comic-Con before being released shortly after. Each series featured three...
LEGO 90 Years Of Play – When Classics Return
With the LEGO Group celebrating its 90th Anniversary this year, the LEGO® Design Team has delved into the LEGO Vault for inspiration for a number of new sets. But the Galaxy Explorer, Lion Knights’ Castle and Forest Hideout GWP aren’t the first time classic LEGO sets and themes have inspired other LEGO sets. Here are just some of the other sets released over the last few years which have reimagined the early days of LEGO...
Retro Rebuilds – The King’s Castle
My very first LEGO® set was bestowed upon me in the late 80s. Santa kindly bought me set 6080: King’s Castle set. The set was first released in 1984, but I received it a few years later. Almost 40 years on, I still own that set. Like many childhood toys, it’s been living in a storage box, along with other old LEGO sets. It’s been in the loft and for a short time even visited the shed. As today is the 90th Anniversary...
Life-sized LEGO Jurassic World Big Build
Dinosaur Week continues with a look at how the life-sized LEGO® T. rex head was created. This impressive Jurassic World Big Build took a team of LEGO Master Model Makers 2000 hours to create and 200,000 LEGO elements. The build was featured with Chris Pratt during his appearance on the Today Show, where it got told off for climbing in the mouth of the model. You can build your own LEGO Jurassic World adventures with the new LEGO...
The Dinosaurs Of LEGO Jurassic World
To celebrate the cinema release of Jurassic World Dominion, it’s Dinosaur Week here at BricksFanz and over the next few days, there will be features celebrating how the blockbuster dinosaur franchise has inspired a number of LEGO® sets, books and TV shows. Starting with the most important aspect of the LEGO Jurassic World sets – the LEGO Dinosaurs. Way back in 1993, legendary director, Steven Spielberg helped to kick start...
LEGO Watch & Build – Marvel’s Multiverse Of Madness
Get ready to experience the madness of the Multiverse as the Doctor Strange sequel hits cinemas today and the MCU treads new ground. Exploration of the Multiverse began in Loki and played a major part in Spider-Man: No Way Home as well as playing into the animated series What If…? It’s already inspired a number of LEGO releases including characters featured in the Marvel Minifigures series, Spider-Man and What If…?...
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