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…
Blog Archive 2019-11