LEGO Exclusives

(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

The #21306 LEGO Ideas Yellow Submarine will be released in just a few days, but apparently it has been showing up at various retailers already. The LEGO version of the Beatles Yellow Submarine was submitted on LEGO Ideas back in May of 2015 by LEGO and Beatles fan Kevin Szeto. The project quickly achieved the […] Read more

As long as I can remember I loved trains. When I was little, we lived on the third floor of an apartment complex, which was a perfect vantage point to see the trains passing in the not-too-far distance. Whenever we heard a train passing, my brother and I dropped everything, ran to the window yelling, […] Read more

As we have discussed recently, the long-awaited #21307 LEGO Ideas Caterham Seven 620R is going to be released in just a few days (October 1st) You can read the full announcement, see pictures and watch a video-review here: LEGO Ideas Caterham Seven 620R revealed! The project was submitted to LEGO Ideas by LEGO and Caterham […] Read more