Blog Archive 2019-12
The LEGO® Castle Book
There are many ways to challenge yourself building LEGO. For many of us minifig scale is the one and only true standard. For others building big is the true dream. There is, however, a real challenge in building small, really small: microscale small. Jeff Friessen publishes his second title with…
Set Review ➟ 60148 ATV Race Team
While we wait for the much expected reveal of the upcoming modular building, I decided to have another look at this year’s modular: the Corner Garage. Many of the modular have included nods to older sets and themes and in the case of the Corner Garage the most prominent of these to me was the…
Presentation: 10270 Bookshop
Recreate the charm of a backstreet bookshop that you might discover in any European village or town with this LEGO® Creator Expert collectors’ toy. The 3-story bookshop and adjoining modular town house building is filled with fun building techniques and surprising details, including a display…
Powered Up: 6 ⚡ Upcoming update of the Powered Up app
Today the Powered Up team has announced an update to the app that will add a number of much awaited features. The app is currently in Beta and will need to go through the app store approval process (both Android and iOS) before it becomes available, but in the meantime we can a small glimpse of what…
The new LEGO Train wheels explained
LEGO has recently changed the train wheel design. After decades of using metal axles, the new design only uses plastic. The newer trains, particularly the 70424: Ghost Train Express from Hidden Side and the 71044: Disney Train and Station use this new design…
Set Review ➟ 31099 Propeller Airplane
LEGO has just released its first wave of Creator 3-in-1 sets for 2020. HispaBrick Magazine proofreader Adrian Barbour worked together with members of the Top of the South branch of LUG 4/2 to review these sets for us. Today we offer you the first of these reviews with more to come in the following…
Set Review ➟ 31104 Burger Monster Truck
When the name of this set first released, there was speculation as to whether it would be a truck selling ‘monster burgers’, or a truck driven by some kind of ‘burger monster’. It has of course turned out to be a glorious combination of a monster truck and a burger-selling food stall, making this…
Set Review ➟ 31100 Sports Car
This is a nice little set with a good range of standard pieces to add to your collection. It includes many red and black bricks, plus lots of useful SNOT pieces and small curved slopes which are versatile parts for MOCs. It compares well with early Creator sets that had only two models and very…
Set Review ➟ 31102 Fire Dragon
This was a more challenging model to build, and includes a fire-breathing dragon and a treasure chest. The dragon is around 15cm high and features many moveable parts—the head, mouth, wings, feet and tail can all be manipulated for a full range of movement. The fire in the mouth is an awesome detail…
Set Review ➟ 31101 Monster Truck
This set looks appealing from the box, featuring a cool monster truck with some kind of suspension, a little car to crush, and a couple of promising alternate models. The box contains three bags of parts, four loose tires, three separate small instruction books, and zero stickers…
Xtra, Xtra, read all about it
LEGO brings 2 new sets to the Xtra theme. Officially the set (polybag) contains 36 pieces, but of course there are a few spares as well. The polybag also contains a sheet with instructions for the archery target, but not for the hockey goals…
Set Review ➟ 42103 Dragster
The LEGO Technic line-up for the first half of 2020 contains a total of 3 pull-back motor sets. The first of these is the 42103 Dragster. Pull-back motors are a great way to create simple but engaging sets, provided the model is interesting enough. This year LEGO has upped its game with the pull…
Set Review ➟ 42104 Race Truck
I’m not usually a big fan of pull-back motor sets. They are usually quite simple sets (which means few mechanisms) and unattractive for an adult fan. This year, however, the sets of this type that LEGO brings to the market seem to me more attractive. Let’s start with the 42104 Race Truck…
Set Review ➟ 31103 Rocket Truck
I was excited just hearing the name. “Rocket Truck”—how can it not be cool? So, let’s get into it! The box has perforated finger holes which I hate because you ruin the box getting it open. I would also like to see the name of the set on the box, and the part count for that matter. The set…
Set Review ➟ 42105 Catamaran
Technic sets typically portray cars and construction vehicles: cranes, bulldozers, excavators, and some farm machinery. Then there is the occasional helicopter or plane. Helicopters are more abundant, probably because they tend to have more and more complex moving parts. Finally, over the last few…
Set Review ➟ 31105 Toy Shop Town House
This build is the best build, as the primary models generally are. The toys and the candy dispenser were great to build and show some clever part use. The plane using an ice skate as the rotor worked really well and roller skates for the wheels on the truck equally well…
