New space-themed Minifigures in the BUILD A MINIFIGURE Station were revealed at an AFOL event put on by Australian LEGO Certified Stores tonight. The three figures are part of a wider assortment, but I was possibly a bit distracted to notice what else was becoming available…(skip to the end to see that pack)
These figures draw heavily on this year’s LEGO City space sets for inspiration. Read on to see them in greater detail.
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Regular readers would be aware that I’ve spent quite a bit of time looking at the LEGO City Space sets this year – and they have brought just about everything you could ask for from a LEGO Space theme, with the possible exception of a revival of vintage colour schemes and monochromatic spacemen. I recently discovered some more LEGO CITY sets in the bottom of that shipping box – those from the Fire Brigade. It has been a few years since I looked at this CITY Subtheme. However, since LEGO City has undergone a design renaissance over the last couple of years, I was keen to see how things might have changed and approached it with an open mind. However, at the end of the day, my inner space fan has found myself wondering if it is hinting at something else…
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It’s the middle of April and this means that its time to get the Heads Up for what might be coming for May the Fourth, the commercial Celebration of all things Star Wars This year.
The marquee set this year is the UCS TIE Interceptor. The first UCS set released, back in July 2000 was a 703 piece piece version of this sleek fighter from Return Of the Jedi.
You can read More about all of the new releases, including the GWPs below
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If you have been watching the series that goes along with LEGO DREAMZZz, you might recognised that all of the sets that have been revealed to date (June last year; January this year), tie- in with the first season. This week, we have had some sets from the June wave revealed by the Mexican Certified Store. I presume these will tie-in to the next series, due to appear online in mid May. read on to see what is coming. There might be some spoilers coming for series one.
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Branko’s been away for a couple of weeks too. He took the 42170 to the Netherlands, while visiting his family… Reasons follow!
When receiving the LEGO® 42170 Kawasaki Ninja H2R motorcycle I considered how qualified I was to review a motorcycle. While my sons, wife and me all ride (or have ridden) motorbikes, it seemed appropriate to bring this set with me when visiting my dad, who has ridden motorcycles for more than half a century and is more knowledgeable and passionate about these two wheelers than anyone I know. Apologies upfront for the quality of photos; I was not able to bring a photo setup; my dad lives on the other side of the planet.
The new 42170 Kawasaki Ninja H2R contains 643 pieces with a recommended retail price of AU$99.99/£69.99/US$84.99/€79.99. This is the spiritual successor in the mid-sized-Technic-motorcyle-class to the 42063 BMW R 1200 GS Adventure from 2017 and the 42107 Ducati Panigale V4 R from 2020. These are not to be confused with the BIG motorcycles from LEGO like the 42159: Yamaha MT-10 SP and 42130: BMW M 1000 RR that contain almost three times more pieces.
First thing my dad noted when seeing the set was “Yep, that’s Kawasaki green, strange they are usually more green, but I guess they make black ones too.” As it turns out this particular model is indeed sold as largely black with some Kawasaki green accents which are captured nicely in the LEGO model. How does the rest of the model stack up compared to the real thing? Read on to see if this set is worth adding to your collection.
This set was provided by the LEGO Group for review purposes, all opinions are our own.
You may have worked out by now that the Supersized Minion Tim set mentioned on April 4 was a joke. However, as some people pointed out, they couldn’t have told the joke without some level of IP approval, and today, we get out first look at 2 new Despicable Me sets due for release on May 1. In the first, we see an 868 piece model of Gru’s Family manision, along with the family and minions; while the second gives us a brick build model of Gru, along with a collection of different minions.
read on for more details.
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It’s been a busy few months. Too busy perhaps. Over the Easter break, I opted to build a LEGO Set without the pressure of knolling and photographing every step of construction under studio conditions. I have been waiting for a chance to put together 71819 Dragon Stone Shrine from the moment it arrived from Denmark, but other things have been getting in the way. So I waited for the family to go to bed, and sat down at the table and started to build.
So, how did it go? Read on to find out…
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LEGO sets have, increasingly in recent years, becomes a way for fans of third party IP – particulately Star Wars; Harry Potter; super heroes and more. We love to fill our shelves and living rooms with display pieces, that become talking points with out friends. In my house, Rivendell and smaller Star Wars sets occupy the main shelves in the living room, but the building experience for each of these was relatively short lived: a few days at most.
Today, the LEGO Group have announced a new range of supersized LEGO sets for super fans. These sets represent their biggest builds yet! These commanding display pieces will take weeks to complete and take up more space than might be considered practical. There is no doubt, however, that people will be talking about them: Certainly while they are being built and once they are on display. Perhaps less so while they occupying a storage unit in preparation for their disposal once your enthusiasm for the fandom dies away…. But perhaps I am getting ahead of things.
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There are plenty of LEGO® sets that have been released over the past couple of years that have given builders the chance to put together some brick built flowers, but otherwise not formally labelled as being part of the Botanical Series.
The 40863 Flower Trellis Display is a novel set, bringing us some colourful flowers growing on a vertical trellis. It is a substantial build that brings a pleasing , unique floral model, arriving just in time for Mothers’ Day in May ( in Australia at least – other geographies might vary.) It is scheduled to be available April 1 – 16, with a purchase threshold from LEGO.com of: 150 EUR/ 150 USD/ 135 GBP/ 240 AUD.
Interested? Let’s take a closer look. This set was provided by the LEGO Group: All opinions are my own.
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When I looked at 60343 Space Base and rocket Launchpad last week, I felt it was a fantastic set, with a lot to offer: A base, crane, rover and space craft, all in the one box. Just what you need to start a moon colony. But at $USD135/$AUD250, its a bit of a tall ask. Especially if you have already invested in a few of the other spacecraft this year. This set brings us a small base only for a much more palatable $USD35/$AUD70. Not only that: it can be used to extend the base in the larger set. But does it contain enough to get going with the play action? Let’s take a look
This set was provided by the LEGO Group for review purposes, all opinions are my own.
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