City Advent Calendar Review - Day 23
We are now getting very close to the big day so I would expect the gifts to be improving dramatically and remaining festive. Today's trike fits the bill for me as it features a festive colour scheme...
View ArticleReview: 70221 Flinx's Ultimate Phoenix
Toy shops across the UK have started filling the empty spaces of their LEGO shelves with 2015 sets, at last. My branch of The Entertainer put City, Chima and Friends sets out yesterday and I've already...
View ArticleFriends Advent Calendar Review: Day 23
I'm happy to say I feel much better today and I was also cheered by today's gift, which is an excellent rendition of a Christmas tree.As with previous Christmas tree models, this is made up of various...
View ArticleStar Wars Advent Calendar Review - Day 23
As we reach the end of the penultimate day of this year's Advent Calendars, we would expect the gifts to be the best yet. Unfortunately that is not the case with today's fireplace, which is a nice idea...
View ArticleCity Advent Calendar Review - Day 24
On day 24 we receive our final minifigure, and there are no prizes for guessing who it might be. Once again the appearance of Santa Claus in the Advent Calendar is a tradition, unsurprisingly, and he...
View ArticleFriends Advent Calendar Review: Day 24
Well, the big day is upon us and those of us with chocolate-filled advent calendars will be enjoying an extra-large treat today. But is today's final LEGO Friends gift a bumper build or not?Actually,...
View ArticleSummer 2015 news
I am guessing that the 2HY retailers' catalogue is out because the number of rumours circulating on other sites concerning sets that will be out later next year have increased significantly this week....
View ArticleStar Wars Advent Calendar Review - Day 24
24 days, 72 reviews and it all comes down to this! The annual festive treat from the Star Wars Advent Calendar this year comes in the form of Darth Vader, who wears a red overcoat and special belt for...
View Article2014 Advent Calendar Roundup
So there you have it, our reviews of the 2014 LEGO Advent Calendars are complete! In past years people have complained due to a lack of scores for each build, so this year we decided to rate each gift,...
View ArticleReview: 60073 Service Truck
If you're reading this on the 25th: Happy Christmas! Don't worry, I do have better things to do today than write reviews so here's one I prepared yesterday so that you have something new to read.For...
View Article[UK] 2015 items now available at shop.LEGO.com
LEGO has made the January releases available for pre-order at shop.LEGO.com today: Chima, The LEGO Movie, Creator, Friends, City, Disney Princess and probably more...© 2014 Brickset.com. Republication...
View ArticleReview: 41097 Heartlake Hot Air Balloon
Like Huw I have prepared a review for today and here it is, ready for some light reading after Christmas lunch:Of all the 2015 sets 41097 Heartlake Hot Air Balloon caught my eye more than any other...
View ArticleYear of the Sheep
The Chinese year of the Goat (Sheep) 2015 will start on February 19, 2015. To commemorate this, and to make further inroads into the Chinese market, LEGO has released a special set, 40148.Like 2013's...
View Article4th annual ORTCo awards
Outer Rim Trading Co is once again running a LEGO awards ceremony and it would like you to participate. From its website:"2014 was another great year for LEGO toys with many fantastic products released...
View ArticleThis week's top news articles
These are the most read articles that we've posted over the last couple of weeks:Review: 10246 Detective's Office (22 Dec, 25724 views)2015 Set Sightings - Update #2 (17 Dec, 20132 views)Avengers: Age...
View ArticleReview: 41062 Elsa's Sparkling Ice Castle
Frozen is perhaps the greatest film phenomenon of recent years and one might therefore have expected LEGO to have produced sets related to the movie before now. However, just over a year after the film...
View ArticleReview: Chima tribe packs - Ice
As the battle between fire and ice rages in the Chima universe, LEGO has released four 'battle packs' to enable both sides to reinforce their troops. Each one consists of three minifigs, a tribal flag...
View ArticleReview: 60083 Snowplough Truck
The so called 'Great Vehicles' are some of the most interesting City sets in my opinion and many would agree that the highlight of the selection in this wave is 60083 Snowplough Truck. Not only is this...
View ArticleLDraw parts library updated
News just in from the LDraw team:"The 2014-02 LDraw Parts Update has now been released. This update includes 1005 new files in the core library, including 558 new parts and 83 new primitives."The last...
View ArticleImages of Admiral Yularen and Trickster minifigs
This promotional minifigure polybag containing Admiral Yularen has been found on the Chinese auction site Taobao.This character appeared a great deal during the Clone Wars having appeared briefly...
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