Other LEGO Sets & Themes

A couple of days ago, LEGO announced a new theme called LEGO DOTS. The theme is basically a new arts and crafts building concept, all about creating patterns and mosaics using small LEGO tiles and decorated elements. Below is the press-release, with all the information, pictures, and an interesting introductory video by the designers. Check […] Read more

As you probably know already, the five new LEGO Speed Champions sets are a pretty big deal. First of all, two new brands have been added to the collection; Jaguar and Lamborghini. Secondly, the vehicles are now 8-stud vide. This allows more accurate scaling, more brick-built techniques and less stickers, and seating of two minifigs […] Read more

A couple of days ago, we discussed the large selection of new sets released for the New Year (see: January 2020 – New LEGO Sets & Promotions). However, there are a couple of small, but still very useful supplementary sets I forgot to mention under the LEGO Xtra collection. We talked about LEGO Xtra sets […] Read more

Although LEGO no longer releases as many LEGO BrickHeadz sets as they did a couple of years ago, the theme is still well and alive, mainly focusing on blocky brick-built characters for holidays and special occasions. Early 2020, we are getting five LEGO BrickHeadz sets, which is what we’re going to talk about today. :arrow: […] Read more

Here is an interesting update from the LEGO Powered Up team. LEGO Powered Up 3.0 is going to be available soon! (The app is currently in beta, and going through the app store’s approval process.) Below are the details. So what’s new with LEGO Powered Up 3.0? For those of you that have more than […] Read more

Yesterday, we talked about the upcoming LEGO Technic Top Gear set, but that’s not the only car-related news for LEGO fans. LEGO Speed Champions is expanding with several new sets, including sets representing new brands. Let’s take a look. Two of the new brands we know about already are Jaguar and Lamborghini, and there will […] Read more

LEGO Hidden Side is an awesome collection of LEGO sets mixed with augmented reality (via the LEGO Hidden Side app). If you have a compatible device that supports AR (see device compatibility guide here), you can bring the hidden side of your sets to life. But, even if you can’t use the LEGO Hidden Side […] Read more

Last year, LEGO started a new line of accessories called LEGO Xtra. The collection includes sturdy cardboard playmats, stickers, and small accessory packs with interesting LEGO elements. We have reviewed many of the LEGO Xtra products previously (see links at the end of this post), so today we will only recap what’s available in the […] Read more

(Written by William) Riding the high from the #70425 LEGO Hidden Side Newbury Haunted High School set we reviewed last week (Brick Breakdown: LEGO Haunted High School), I was eager to build the #70424 LEGO Hidden Side Ghost Train Express. As I mentioned in the previous review, I don’t have a compatible device for the […] Read more