Blog Archive 2020-07
LEGO® Art
LEGO announces a new product series in their line of products that are aimed primarily at adult LEGO fans. LEGO Art consists of a series of sets that allow fans to recreate imagery of their favourite themes as mosaics. AFOLS have been building mosaics for a long time, using many different techniques, and LEGO have settled on an approach that uses 1x1 round plates or tiles (depending on the image) as the main element.…
Set Review ➟ 41255 Pop Village Celebration. A musical excursion into the Trolls World Tour.
The movie Trolls 2—Musical Tour was scheduled for release in March. Like so many things it has been postponed until we have recovered a greater degree of "normality", but the LEGO® sets associated with the film are now available! Although we still don’t know much about the plot of this sequel …
Set Review ➟ 41430 Friends Summer Fun Water Park
I must confess I am a long-time fan of Friends. Whether or not that is mostly because I have kids in the right age range remains to be seen. Of course, I enjoy building sets together with them and it provides a clear distinction between THEIR sets and MY sets. But there is more to it. The vibrant colours and fresh designs make the sets look appealing and I am …
The LEGO Group introduces LEGO® edition of classic Nintendo Entertainment System™
The LEGO Group and Nintendo build on LEGO® Super Mario™ partnership with this new LEGO® Nintendo Entertainment System™ and 1980s-style TV that let adult fans recreate Super Mario Bros.™ gameplay and rekindle nostalgic NES memories. The LEGO Group today announced a LEGO® Nintendo Entertainment System™ (NES) Building Kit for adults, letting grown-up fans create their own NES console with LEGO bricks.…
Set Review ➟ 80104 Lion Dance
Within the theme that LEGO® is bringing out in which it explores Chinese traditions and festivals, we present to you the set 80104 Lion Dance. The first impression you get is the great amount of colors you will encounter and exclusive details in the mini-figures such as new prints on the torsos.…
Set Review ➟ 42115 LEGO® Technic Lamborghini Sián: Driving in Style
As a long-time LEGO Technic fan, I am always excited when a large new set is revealed. When LEGO introduced a new concept in the Technic theme back in 2016 with the introduction of the exclusive 40256 Porsche 911 GT3 RS, squarely aimed at the adult market. I wasn’t just excited about the set, but also about the new direction LEGO Technic was taking.…
New! 21323 Ideas Grand Piano
Build the first-ever playable LEGO® Grand Piano! Do you have a passion for music? Do you like to relax by focusing on a fun, hands-on project in your free time? If so, this incredible LEGO Ideas Grand Piano model kit (21323) is just the creative activity for you.…
Set Review ➟ 42107 Ducati Panigale V4 R
LEGO Technic has a constant stream of licensed sets which in many cases bring added incentives. And the Ducati Panigale is another example. Sets based on real life vehicles have a twofold “benefit”—the models have a a special attraction not just for LEGO Technic fans, but for fans of the brands they work with.…
LEGO® Ideas launches fan vote for a new LEGO book aimed at AFOLs
LEGO Publishing, a division of the LEGO Group, is excited to announce a public vote on LEGO Ideas to choose the direction for a new book celebrating the rich history of the iconic LEGO brick, made in collaboration with AFOLs. >Will fans want to wander the pages of the “Brick Museum”, discover the “100 bricks that built LEGO history” (are your favourites included?…
Powering Up LEGO Mario
A few weeks ago, when LEGO unveiled their new LEGO Super Mario theme, we published an article that showed you what the LEGO Super Mario Starter Course contains. We had a closer look at the Mario hub. Essentially Mario is a small hub with 2 AAA batteries, a colour sensor, a gyro sensor, screens for eyes, mouth and stomach and Bluetooth connectivity.…
