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 …
Read More »You want to see some new LEGO sets, ok then.
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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »LEGO Technic Oracle Red Bull Racing RB20 – More F1
The LEGO announcement that it had entered into a deal with F1 last year has already given us more F1 stuff than we can shake a (gear) stick at. Huge launch in Vegas recently for a range of smaller builds here is the 18+, 1,639 piece set, impressive enough and …
Read More »The Kidults – Results are in, winners declared and a few entries achieve “Approved” status
The inaugural Kidult Awards have concluded after an overwhelming response to this unprecedented event which saw almost 100 entries play out for recognition in 11 categories. The celebrity judging panel had to call in assistance to ensure everything was put thoroughly to the test and ensure the inaugural allocation of …
Read More »LEGO does some research – Parents prioritise Kids Xmas lists over their own*
*shocker eh? No, but seriously, beyond the headline that an impressive 97% of parents prioritise Kids Xmas lists over their own is that it is the age of 17 when lists start to get boring, no, still we await the revelations. LEGO and their research also found that half of …
Read More »