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All aboard the ICONS Jack Sparrow Ship, cannot quite believe we’ve waited on this set for this long but it’s here and I’ll offer those who might be a tad bothered by the depletion of their bank accounts during the hollibobs that this one is £300. Who cares I hear …

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Better than a golden ticket – A Willy Wonka LEGO set based on the original

Over-excited perhaps, but rarely does an item stop us in our tracks as this scrumptious set did. Based on the film released back in 1971 starring Gene Wilder as Mr Wonka the scene brought to us is the heart of the Chocolate factory was designed by Italian-based duo, Roberto Ceruti …

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LEGO Riviera set is a Bellisimo brick build from the Danish designers

What news, there is no other news today, not now all our efforts are focused on acquiring the LEGO Ideas Italian Riviera set. This is one stunning architectural set with 18+ emblazoned all over it. Builders, time to embark on a journey (on a speedboat of note) to the picturesque …

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Ay Caramba, LEGO revisits Springfield with this new Simpsons set

It is a decade since the Danish brick maker got itself into the animated family way with the dysfunctional, delightful and enduring Simpsons. Their family house was first into the blocks in 2014 followed up a year later with the Kwik-e-Mart, now it’s time to eMMMbrace the burger with the …

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Impressive efforts from F1 and LEGO at Miami Grand Prix meet

The partnership between Formula 1 and LEGO started well, couple of decent launch events, totally acceptable range of vehicles appealing to F1 fans of all ages. We’re saving our superlatives to be honest, I mean this weekends efforts were off-the-scale, TEN full sized, full-liveried F1 cars on the track, each …

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LEGO launches new line of Super-Busts

Big enough to have an on-shelf impact these scaled down bust-esque builds celebrating two of the most iconic Marvel creations are arriving soon. Each is 6.5in x 6.5 in with decent enough detail, price wise they’re £54.99 apiece, we’re thinking a tad on the spendy side but, with Kidults firmly …

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The T-Rex skeleton from LEGO is roar-some

We apologise for the headline, roar-some has been overused in descriptors of this new three-foot long Jurassic Park T-Rex but it encapsulates our feeling about said 3,145 piece set. We’ll not witter on about its dimensions, display stand and other elements just lay down some press imagery here for you …

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Kicking off Q1 with some top Kidult Kit

It’s a bit “broken record” of us to keep harping on about how the Kidult market (which has ben around forever) is now thrust into the limelight, labelled and defined, toy companies and licensors seeing the incredible cash to be had from grown-ups with money that isn’t isolated to be …

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A masterpiece in its own right – the new LEGO Sunflowers

  Delighted to see this, the Sunflowers set, right up there detail wise to the Stary Starry Night set. reated in close collaboration with the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, the brick-built painting captures the iconic brushstrokes of Van Gogh’s masterpiece. A 2615-piece sets you up to learn more about …

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