LEGO Exclusives

You might remember that back in January LEGO announced an interesting new robotics system called LEGO BOOST (you can read the original press-release here: LEGO BOOST – A New Type of LEGO Robotics). The #17101 LEGO BOOST Creative Toolbox (the official name of the set) was displayed at the various toy fairs earlier this year, […] Read more

During the recent fan media event at Billund, Denmark, LEGO officially revealed the upcoming #21310 LEGO Ideas Old Fishing Store. The model was originally submitted by Dutch LEGO fan Robert Bontenbal, it achieved the required 10K public votes, and was chosen by the LEGO Ideas team to be the next set in the collection of […] Read more

(Written by William) One of my favorite series in the LEGO Creator line is the fairground rides sets. This includes the #10244 LEGO Creator Fairground Mixer from 2014, the #10247 LEGO Creator Ferris Wheel from 2015, and the newly released #10257 LEGO Creator Carousel. They are beautifully detailed, and are functional with a rotating action […] Read more

(Written by William) Last year, I finally caught up with what I considered my “must have” LEGO sets, and with a bit of extra money left in the budget, I decided to take a second look at some of the sets I initially passed on. I was particularly considering the vehicles in the LEGO Creator […] Read more

The LEGO Apollo 11 Saturn-V Rocket was originally submitted by LEGO fans whatsuptoday and saabfan back in the fall of 2014. The project achieved the required 10,000 public votes by the end of the following year, and it was announced to become the next LEGO Ideas set in the summer of 2016. We have heard […] Read more

The #71042 LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean Silent Mary became available for LEGO VIP members a couple of weeks ago, and on April 1st (tomorrow) it will also be available to the general public. This exclusive set includes a large and very detailed display-model of the ghost ship from the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean: […] Read more

Last week, LEGO announced the results of the LEGO Ideas second 2016 review period, which included twelve qualifying projects that achieved 10,000 public votes. Based on the announcement, the next LEGO Ideas set is going to be Women of NASA by Maia Weinstock (a.k.a 20tauri), and LEGO is still considering the Voltron – Defender of […] Read more

It has become a Christmas tradition that LEGO employees receive a very special set from the company. These exclusive sets have been particularly noteworthy in the past three years, as they are quite substantial with unique models that aren’t released to the public. While most of these sets remain the treasured possessions of LEGO employees, […] Read more

As we are almost at the end of the year, I thought this was a good time for an annual review of the largest LEGO sets released during 2016. This has been a particularly interesting period, because the number of big sets almost doubled compared to previous years. In fact, let’s start out with a […] Read more