It has become a tradition at the LEGO company that employees receive a very special exclusive holiday set as a Christmas gift. These sets are only distributed to employees and are not available directly to the general public (although you can find them on eBay, BrickLink, and other secondary marketplaces). Some of the highlights from […] Read more
LEGO Exclusives
(Written by William) With the winter holiday season upon us, it’s time to arrange and display the LEGO Winter Village sets. This year, the #10267 LEGO Winter Village Gingerbread House takes us to the whimsy side, just like the #10245 LEGO Winter Village Santa’s Workshop did back in 2014. New neighbors have moved into the […] Read more
LEGO designers really outdid themselves with the #10267 LEGO Winter Village Gingerbread House, the latest set in the LEGO Winter Village series. It’s cute, festive, funny, full of lovely parts and colors, and it really captures the spirit of the holidays. And if that was not enough, LEGO is currently offering a mini version of […] Read more
There are a couple of designer videos LEGO recently uploaded to their YouTube channel that I thought you would enjoy. Both videos are about newly released LEGO Ideas sets, so they are especially interesting for the adult LEGO fan community. Hearing directly from the designers gives us a glimpse into their work, the challenges they […] Read more
(Written by William) I must admit that being legally blind I wouldn’t have thought that the LEGO Creator Expert vehicles would have much appeal for me. But truth be told, more times than not they are amazing building experiences. And the #10269 LEGO Creator Harley-Davidson Fat Boy in particular took me for a ride. Before […] Read more
Today, the LEGO Group revealed its 2020 Chinese New Year sets – the #80104 LEGO Chinese New Year Lion Dance and the #80105 LEGO Chinese New Year Temple Fair. The launch follows on from this year’s popular sets: the #80103 LEGO Chinese New Year Dragon Boat Race, the #80102 LEGO Chinese New Year Dragon Dance, […] Read more
A couple of days ago, LEGO announced an interesting new product line called LEGO Originals. The first product in the series is a 5:1 upscaled wooden minifigure, which celebrates both the long history of LEGO minifigures as well as LEGO’s first wooden toys. Below is the press-release with all the details. Launching with the #853967 […] Read more
Back in May of this year, the LEGO Ideas team announced (see links at the end of this post) that the Dinosaurs Fossils Skeletons Natural History Collection by French LEGO fan Jonathan Brunn (a.k.a. Mukkinn) was approved to become an official LEGO set. And now, we can finally see what the set will look like! […] Read more
(Written by William) The recently released #71044 LEGO Disney Train and Station is the second largest set after the very successful #71040 LEGO Disney Castle. We will look at some of the interesting building techniques found in the set, but first I wanted to share some general thoughts. The two sets are similar in price […] Read more
(Written by William) When I first heard that LEGO Ideas was coming out with a tree house, I thought it would be a quaint little design great for putting next to any house. I didn’t pay attention to the LEGO Ideas submission that the set was based on, so I didn’t realize until the price […] Read more
