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LEGO and Asmodee bringing us a joint venture boardgame

The last time LEGO tried a rang of “boardgames” they were pretty woeful affairs so, good news this time round they’ve teamed up with one of the market leaders to bring us the firs we hope of a collection of games. Game publisher Asmodee are jointly-crafting this one called Monkey …

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LEGO Family Tree set arrives via Ideas

Here we have the LEGO Ideas (21346) Family Tree set!. Another set to get the 18+ label this set is likely the most collaborative collection of bricks we’ve ever seen. This 1040 piece set has its eyes firmly set for a space on your shelf and was submitted by Filipino …

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LEGO partners with Polaroid

Another set stepping into the 18+ LEGO category is this Polaroid OneStep SX-70 instant camera. Whilst not a fully working model (perhaps we’ve just to wait on that iteration) this unit, made up of 516 pieces, features a working viewfinder, the iconic Colour Spectrum, exposure compensation dial and a shutter …

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LEGO Icons adds muscle car Corvette

Celebrating the 70th anniversary of this iconic car LEGO have produced one of their best motors yet. The name of this most spectacular ride was inspired by the fast strike warships used in WWII, you are very welcome pub quizzers. The 1210-piece set can be built as a convertible or …

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LEGO Disney Castle comes at a Princeley price

Celebrating 100 years of Disney the Danish brick builder have all manner of sets hitting the shelves and activations galore. Here is one by Tower Bridge in London, a 220,000 brick mural by some famous artist and they’ll be doing this in three other cities (Paris, Manchester and New York) …

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Latest LEGO Batman set is an impressive piece

Based on the Warner Bros. Batman Returns film the set features the full Batcave inside a display box with a cutout in the shape of the Batman emblem. At the heart of the set is the Caped Crusader’s Batmobile and, just like Batman’s Batcave, the set features clever functions and …

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Disney and LEGO – The perfect couple?

So, Disney are celebrating 100 years in the business in 2023, from their weird looking predecessor to Mickey in the form of Oswald the rabbit to a plethora of big screen hits, they can do little wrong, right? Here’s their 18 Minifigs, plenty more to talk about from their new …

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One set to rule them all – LEGO, the LOTR Rivendell set

Here it is folks, the LOTR LEGO set, licenced by Warner Bros this extend the Icons range, a 6,167 piece set with the Elven stronghold from Middle-earth and 15 minifigure characters. Home to the house of Elrond, Rivendell is the place where the Fellowship was formed and the quest to …

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Bitcoin Blackpool

A gang of bitcoin fraudsters made so much money from an online scam they bought new cars for strangers in pubs and handed out £5,000 gift vouchers in the street. They included James Parker, from Blackpool who began orchestrating the scam in 2017 after discovering a glitch which allowing him …

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3,2,1 – Cornwall, we have lift-off.

Tonight, from Spaceport Cornwall (a part of Newquay airport) Virgin will launch the country’s first horizontal rocket, a modified Boeing 747 called Cosmic Girl, into space from Newquay well after nightfall this evening. The modified Boeing called Cosmic Girl will take off with the LauncherOne rocket beneath its wing, fly up …

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