LEGO Watch & Build – Lightyear
Jun17

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...

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How LEGO Bricks Helped Shape Pixar’s Lightyear
Jun11

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...

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New LEGO Disney Lightyear Sets Now Available
Apr24

New LEGO Disney Lightyear Sets Now Available

Get ready to build to infinity and beyond with the new LEGO® Disney Pixar Lightyear sets. These three new sets are inspired by the upcoming Toy Story spin-off which tells the origin story of Buzz Lightyear and the creation of Star Command. Buzz’s Spaceship is particularly interesting as it features a rather ‘Classic Spacey’ looking cockpit canopy. This was due to the film’s director, Angus MacLane, who is a...

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New April LEGO Releases Round-up
Apr10

New April LEGO Releases Round-up

This month is an odd one for LEGO® releases, instead of everything dropping at the start of the month, there are quite a few sets being released throughout April. On April 17th many of the LEGO Jurassic World Dominion sets are released. They are inspired by the upcoming third film in the Jurassic World trilogy and include new dinosaurs to collect. It’s also joined by a Jurassic Park Diorama set, inspired by the 1993 classic....

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LEGO DUPLO Lightyear Set Revealed
Apr01

LEGO DUPLO Lightyear Set Revealed

As well as inspiring a number of LEGO® sets, Disney Pixar’s Lightyear will also be getting a LEGO DUPLO set. The upcoming movie is a spin-off from the Toy Story franchise and tells the story of the real-life Buzz Lightyear. The style of DUPLO sets actually works nicely for the animation style of the film, with the sets featuring a Buz Lighyera figure, along with Sox the robot cat, Ivan the computer and Eric the triangular droid....

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New LEGO Disney Lightyear Sets Revealed
Mar28

New LEGO Disney Lightyear Sets Revealed

Three new LEGO® sets based on Disney Pixar’s Lightyear have been revealed today. They include two standard sets along with a 4+ set and are inspired by the Toy Story spin-off. Although not directly based on the Toy Story version of Buzz Lightyear, the sets have plenty of familiar traits including Star Commands space suits, Buzz’s ship and bad guy Zurg. The three sets will be available from April 24th. Check them out below....

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Lightyear Trailer May Offer Hints Towards Future Sets
Oct27

Lightyear Trailer May Offer Hints Towards Future Sets

With rumours of a trio of LEGO® sets releasing next year based on Disney•Pixar’s upcoming Lightyear movie, the newly released trailer could hint towards what the sets could offer. Lightyear is the story of the ‘real’ astronaut, who acted as the inspiration for the Buzz Lightyear toys from the beloved Toy Story franchise. The non-toy version of Buzz Lightyear will be voiced by Chris Evans. As the trailer shows there...

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