Inside The New LEGO Southampton Store
The latest UK LEGO® store has opened its doors inside Westquay Southampton. The new store is one of two new locations for UK LEGO fans to get their bricks fix. The store will be getting its official grand opening on October 26th, but you don’t need to wait until then to check it out. The store is open Monday – Friday 9am to 8pm. To learn more about the store and some of the offers and promotions available at the store...
Cultural Creatives Help Rebuild The World
Following on from the videos I highlighted last week, the LEGO® Rebuild the World campaign will be releasing a series of videos highlighting three cultural creators and how LEGO play shapes their creative process. Mark Ronson, Simone Biles and Tomo Koizumi will each talk about how LEGO inspires them in their fields. From early play memories, planning routines and testing patterns, it’s amazing how LEGO is used beyond just...
Unearth The Secrets Of The Latest LEGO Ideas Set
The recently revealed LEGO® Ideas Dinosaur Fossils set is based on an original fan design submitted to the LEGO Ideas platform. Budding LEGO fan designers can unleash their creations in the hope of gaining 10,000 supporters. The Dinosaur Fossils project was submitted to LEGO Ideas by Jonathan Brunn and after hitting 10K, the LEGO Ideas Review Team decided it would become the 28th LEGO Ideas set. It features three detailed dinosaur...
Dazzling LEGO Fireworks Coming To LEGOLAND Windsor
This Halloween LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort is once again bursting to life with its famous LEGO® Fireworks Spectacular. starting this weekend, you’ll be able to visit the park and partake in Lord Vampyres spooky celebrations. Venture across the park and hunt down ghosts or trackdown the better than ever Brick or Treat trail, get ready to boogie in the Monster Rocker’s Dance Party. Then when darkness falls across the park, get...
Introducing LEGO Replay A New Pilot Scheme
There are very few toys or in fact products in general which were made over 60 years ago that can still be used today. LEGO® bricks produced in 1958 are still fully compatible with ones created today. Because of this most homes will have boxes of bricks hidden away in lofts or basements. This has been the inspiration for a new pilot scheme by the LEGO Group called LEGO Replay. The scheme will allow anyone to donate their old bricks to...
Controlling World’s Largest Excavator With Control+
Earlier this month the largest and most expensive LEGO® TECHNIC set was released. The Liebherr R 9800 is one of the world’s biggest excavators, it’s also the inspiration for one of the most advantage LEGO Technic sets yet. Powered by Technic Control+, the set is pretty advanced and features many of the functions found on the real world vehicle it’s based upon. That inspired an idea to use Control+ to control the...
New LEGOLAND Attraction Coming To China
The LEGO® brand is to once again expanding its presence in China, as Merlin Entertainment announce plans for a new LEGOLAND resort in the Sichuan Province of Western China. LEGOLAND Sichuan Resort will feature all the usual LEGOLAND lands and rides, along with LEGOLAND Hotels. This new park is expected to open in 2023 and will join upcoming new locations in New York and Korea. It was recent announced that the family owned group, who...
LEGO & Amazon Join Forces For Mindstorms Challenge
LEGO® Mindstorms and Amazon have joined forces for a new challenge, which tasks builders with creating an Amazon Alexa Skill to interact the a Mindstorms creation. Mindstorms is an incredibly creative platform which has been used by builders to create numerous impressive creations. Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa is also being used in create ways to make life easier for people and automate their daily lives. This new build...
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