40820: Up-Scaled Santa Minifigure Set Review
Sep27

40820: Up-Scaled Santa Minifigure Set Review

The concept of buildable characters is new, but upscaled minifigures have been a fairly recent addition. The upscaled minifigures began with a pair of Harry Potter characters before a pirate-themed LEGO House set, a generic minifigure and most recently a race car driver. The latest upscaled minifigure is part of the 2025 Christmas line-up and transformed Santa into a bigger, displayable ‘up-scaled’ minifigure. Here’s a closer look at...

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40806: Gingerbread AT-AT Walker Set Review
Sep26

40806: Gingerbread AT-AT Walker Set Review

The LEGO® Star Wars universe has a surprising affinity for the festive period. Along with several years’ worth of LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendars, in 2020, Disney+ aired an animated special dubbed the LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special. This used Life Day as a backdrop for festive celebrations in a galaxy far, far away. The special was accompanied by the first retail Christmas Star Wars set, featuring a festively decorated section...

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75419: UCS Death Star Minifigures Review
Sep21

75419: UCS Death Star Minifigures Review

As the largest, most expensive, and seemingly most controversial LEGO® Star Wars set yet, the 9,038-piece Ultimate Collector Series Death Star is also packed with minifigures. In fact, it features 38 of them from different eras of the Star Wars timeline, and many of them are connected to particular moments aboard the Imperial Battle Station. After already taking a look around the UCS Death Star and its accompanying GWP set, here’s a...

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21361: Gremlins: Gizmo Set Review
Sep17

21361: Gremlins: Gizmo Set Review

The 1980s were an amazing decade; it had awesome music, questionable fashion and some of the most iconic movies. The 80s were also the inspiration for the 2024 LEGO Ideas “If we could turn back time” challenge. This tasked fan builders to create a LEGO build inspired by iconic 80s entertainment franchises. The vote was split across two groups of builds, and one of the two winning designs was based on a true 80s classic. Released in...

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10361: Holiday Express Train Set Review
Sep16

10361: Holiday Express Train Set Review

For over 15 years, the LEGO® Winter Village sets have provided an annual celebration of the festive period. The ever-growing range of sets is anticipated by those LEGO fans who like to use them to create yearly Christmas displays. The latest addition to the Winter Village Collection is the Holiday Express Train. This is the second time a festive train has been a part of the Winter Village range. The first was released in 2016, but the...

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LEGO Voyagers Game Review
Sep15

LEGO Voyagers Game Review

In 2019, Apple attempted to create a new iOS-based gaming service known as Apple Arcade. As part of its launch, several exclusive titles were announced, including two from the LEGO Group, LEGO Brawls and LEGO Arthouse. Little was known about the latter, but the screenshots of the game revealed it would be very different from most LEGO gaming offerings. A few months after Apple Arcade’s launch, LEGO Arthouse re-emerged as LEGO...

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75419: UCS Death Star Set Review
Sep13

75419: UCS Death Star Set Review

The new LEGO® Star Wars Death Star set has certainly got tongues wagging. At just over 9,000 pieces and featuring a whopping 38 minifigures, it is the largest and most expensive LEGO Star Wars set to date. But it’s not the first time the iconic moon-like Imperial Battle Station has appeared in LEGO form. The first Ultimate Collector Series take on the Death Star arrived in 2005 and was based on the partially complete but fully...

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42674: Comic Book & Game Store Review
Sep12

42674: Comic Book & Game Store Review

Today is National Video Games Day, making it the perfect time to take a look at the gaming-themed LEGO Friends set, Comic Book & Game Store. This colourful new addition to Heartlake City is packed with some great elements, unique mini-dolls and excellent little builds to create what appears to be one of this year’s best LEGO Friends offerings. But how does it shape up? Grab some loose change and spend the day at Heartlake City’s...

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