It’s never too early for Christmas with The LEGO® Group. The 2021 Advent Calendars are now listed online and will be out September 1st. A total of five calendars will be available this year – the most to date. New for this year is a Marvel Avengers themed calendar which we covered in a previous article (click here). The four
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I saw an amazing MOC of the Tuning Workshop (60258) once. So, despite being an older set, customization potential inspired me to get it. I would love to build something similar for my city. As such, I requested this set from the LEGO® Group. Truthfully, I am not that into City theme cars. Tuning Workshop has a lot of them.
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News of the summer 2021 City sets has started to surface and wildlife fans are in for a real treat. In 2017, The LEGO® Group released a Jungle Exploration theme with sets like the Jungle Halftrack Mission and Jungle Exploration Site. Each came with animal figurines. This new wave returns City Minifigures to the wilderness. Consequently, it features a wildlife
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The Donut Shop Opening (60233) set came out in 2019. However, I waited a while to pick it up. Partly, that was due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Stores closed for months more than once. Consequently, my usual deal hunting did not happen. The first lockdown in my area eased up close to my birthday. I used the opportunity to
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Recently, I reviewed the Friends Heartlake City Airplane (41429). Prior to that, I also looked at the City Passenger Airplane (60262). When the LEGO® Group announced these sets in summer 2020, I intended to buy the City set. However, the Friends variant intrigued me as well. Ultimately, I decided to acquire both to compare the sets. Consequently, let us make
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With 2020 firmly behind us, I thought we would take a moment to reflect on some of the highlights of the year. It certainly was one for books. However, despite pandemics, politics, and environmental disasters, it was not all bad. For LEGO® collectors, there were many great moments. For my look back, I decided to reflect on my top 10
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The LEGO® Group launched the first annual Build Day on December 26, 2020. They encouraged fans to show their builds on social media with the hashtag #LEGOBuildDay. With the usual Christmas rush, I think it is a great idea to just stay home and build something on Boxing Day. That is especially true with the current state of the world
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The new year is almost here! As many LEGO® fans know, this also means more January 2021 sets. We have already reported on many of the upcoming sets through our winter 2021 coverage. However, since writing up the summaries of each theme, the LEGO® Group added a few odds and ends. I have summarized them for you below with official
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The LEGO® Group officially announced the January 2021 City sets. Included in this wave is the new iteration of roads. The internet is abuzz about this buildable streets. There is some controversy surrounding them with some collectors wanting the baseplates of old. I will reserve judgement for now and wait to build them. However, I do wonder how these roads
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My LEGO® City does not have an airport. However, I have long wanted some LEGO® airplanes. I am not talking about small planes here. I have long wanted a large, proper plane for my Minifigures to fly in. Despite this desire, I let the last round of airplanes pass me by. As I mentioned earlier, my city does not have
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