Review: 70621 The Vermillion Attack
70621 The Vermillion Attack is the smallest of the seven new NINJAGO sets which make up The Hands of Time range, priced at £8.99 or $9.99 and containing just 83 pieces.These little sets are often...
View ArticleNew Year update at LEGO customer Services
LEGO has just published 414 new instruction manuals and 163 set inventories, which contain 458 new parts.Among the instructions are some hitherto unknown polybags which brings the number of those in...
View ArticleLEGO Boost: Robotics for a younger audience
Today, ahead of the CES consumer electronics show in Las Vegas, LEGO has announced a new robotics system, LEGO Boost, aimed at kids too young for Mindstorms. We haven't received any press material and...
View ArticleLEGO Boost: Press release
Here's the press release, published on the Boost microsite:17101 Boost Creative Toolbox, available August 2017Combine the versatile LEGO building system with advanced technology to boost your...
View ArticleMini VW Beetle free later this month
Sophie at LCC is reporting that this cool polybag will be free with Creator Expert purchases in European brand stores from 16th January, and hopefully from shop.LEGO.com, too.Bet you wish you'd waited...
View ArticleAll you need to know about LEGO Boost
The LEGO Group has released much more detailed information on the Boost product (17101 Creative Toolbox), via their newsroom site:LEGO® BOOST BUILDING AND CODING SET UNVEILED AT CES EMPOWERS CHILDREN...
View ArticleThe art of LEGO Bionicle
As you will no doubt recall, Bionicle was re-launched in 2015 after a 6 year hiatus, only to be retired again last year.By way of thanks to Bionicle's many loyal and dedicated fans, LEGO has published...
View ArticleCool Star Wars polybag found
This polybag (40268) containing droid unit R3-M2 has been found in a Romanian monobrand store and is free there with purchases of Star Wars sets.Hopefully it will become more widespread later in the...
View ArticleThe Frosty Review
This article has been written by guest contributor Jason "Joefish" Railton:In England, we have a quirk of historical climate to thank for the Victorian dream of a white Christmas, with thick snow all...
View ArticleUpdated LEGO designer BrickLists
Several LEGO product designers maintain BrickLists which document the sets and themes which they have worked on and these are frequently updated by their creators.With a new wave of sets comes a flurry...
View ArticleLEGO Message Boards closing down
Unexpected news broke last night in the form of LEGO.com's online Message Boards closing down. You can read the full announcement right here, or at the topic pertaining to the news written by moderator...
View ArticleLEGO Weetabix promotions
As a kid in the 1970s, one of the highlights of the day was pouring out cereal from its box at breakfast time and hoping that the free toy came out with the cornflakes. Sadly, the days of finding...
View ArticleLDraw Parts Update
The 2016-01 LDraw Parts Update has been now been released. This adds 572 new files to the core library, including 475 new parts and 43 new primitives. This update also includes updated versions of the...
View ArticleMost read articles of 2016 and other statistics
We post a list of most read articles every week, as you know, so I thought it'd be interesting to see a list of most read from last year:ArticleDate postedViewsLikes1Technic 42056 Porsche 911 GT3 RS25...
View ArticleInterview with Gemma Anderson, set designer
Gemma Anderson has been working at The LEGO Group as a set designer since May 2013, and helped create the wacky, wonderful Mixels for store shelves starting in 2015. That ended this year,...
View ArticleNew reviews
These reviews have been contributed by Brickset users recently:ImageSet detailsReview summaryAuthor42052 Heavy Lift HelicopterNice looks and functionsDrFrankenstein31052 Vacation GetawaysGreat...
View ArticleMore minifigures revealed for The LEGO Batman Movie
Rumours surrounding the summer sets based on The LEGO Batman Movie have been swirling for a couple of weeks but we now have our first look at some of the minifigures which will be included in the...
View ArticleReview: 75174 Desert Skiff Escape
75174 Desert Skiff Escape yields our fourth model of a Bantha-II Cargo Skiff at this scale. The last was released in 2012 and is one of my favourite smaller Star Wars sets thanks to its tremendous...
View ArticleThis week's top news articles
These are the most read articles that we've posted over the last couple of weeks:ArticleDate postedViewsLikesReview: 10255 Assembly Square26 Dec476631422017 sets now available!01 Jan15393402017...
View ArticleSummer sets listed on Dutch toy store website
Over at Hoth Bricks Will has reported that Dutch website SinQel has listed many of the summer set releases, including new City sub-themes Jungle and Coastguard, and a set similar to last year's Fun at...
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