Blog Archive 2019-11
Announcement LEGO® Originals Wooden Minifigure
Making its entrance for the first time in 1978, the LEGO® minifigure has become one of the biggest pop-cultural icons of modern times and continues to renew itself—this time paying homage to its heritage in a decorative wooden 5:1 upscaled version…
LEGO Celebrates the Chinese New Year
Today LEGO announces 2 new sets to celebrate the Chinese New Year. The Lion Dance set vividly reproduces a well-loved scene of the Spring Festival and is sure to evoke fond memories of the traditional festival. The set features 5 beautifully decorated small lion figurines and a percussionists’ stage…
LEGO launches the ULTIMATE LEGO® 1989 BATMOBILE™
The latest addition to the LEGO DC universe is a UCS style batmobile, celebrating the 30th anniversary of Tim Burton's Batman movie.
The set consists of 3,306 pieces and is aimed at a 16+ public. The finished model is 60cm long and 22cm wide…
Review ➟ LEGO Originals: Wooden minifigure
With a little delay we have received the new wooden figure of LEGO Originals, the first in a series of collectible wooden toys that LEGO will launch in the coming months. I have to admit that I was skeptical when I received the preliminary information. I thought "What for?" A wooden 5:1 scale…
Set Review: ➟ 76139 The 1989 Batmobile
Those of us in our 40s have our teens marked by vehicles that are so iconic they have a name of their own, such as the Back to the Future DeLorean, Ghostbusters Ecto-1, or Scooby Doo’s Mystery Machine. And among all these vehicles, one of the most recognizable is undoubtedly the Batmobile, a…
LEGO Acquires BrickLink
I checked my calendar and today is not April Fools Day. The news is real. LEGO has just acquired BrickLink! LEGO had started a collaboration with this giant in the second hand LEGO sets and elements market by participating in the AFOL Designer Program this year. However, the program was announced as…
