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  • Build. Play. Display. Repeat? Is LEGO® Creator 3-in-1 losing sight of its raison d’être?

    Build. Play. Display. Repeat? Is LEGO® Creator 3-in-1 losing sight of its raison d’être?
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    For me, Creator 3-in-1 has been the quintessential LEGO® Theme: Build something. Play with it. Rebuild into something else. Rinse and repeat. Simple! The theme took off as The LEGO Group recovered from an existential financial crisis in the mid-2000s, and it shows the importance of refocusing on the brick after trying their hand at other interests. If a friend asks me where to start with a set for their child, I used to refer them here as an example of different models made with the same pieces, without needing to adhere to minifigure scale. But would I now? We… READ MORE

  • See the sights of the Marvel Universe for only $US99.99

    See the sights of the Marvel Universe for only $US99.99
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    The Marvel universe has been growing up over the course of more than 50 years, and has developed some iconic locations over at period. With a lot of the action taking place in New York City, it makes sense that you might aim to join them together to produce a Skyline of their own. And so the LEGO Group has! And so this is what we see coming up in January 2027. Priced at $AUD149.99 / $USD99.99 / 99.99€ / £89.99 and packing 1261 pieces, The Marvel Skyline captures locations from across the Marvel Multiverse. READ MORE

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I love this globe print that is part of Creator 3-in-1 31378 Space Exploration Telescope. The set comes with a lightbrick, allowing you to project the images of planets and stars onto a wall in a dark room. I think these models collectively have the best play features of the January Wave of Creator sets. And it’s one of 2 sets in that wave that don’t feature animals. A terrific gift from @tashologue while I was visiting Denmark. I first received playmobil figures for Christmas in 1974. Most of them are still intact, albeit with faded chrome. I found this LEGO Explore/ DUPLO whistle from 2002 while I was in Denmark recently. It only appeared in 2 sets. It has a couple of holes, which lets you change the pitch. Let’s see if we can play a little tune. After arriving in Jutland, I made my way to the Flea Market. It was a grey day as I waited for the train out of Copenhagen. The wind blew, and I was grateful for my coat as it whistled down the platform. Billund: There are over a million plastic stories in the Home of the Brick. With a System in evolution, Things are changing. The bricks that brought me joy as a child continue to engage, but the stories have changed, the blockiness gone and studs becoming so rare that a brick separator is increasingly irrelevant. Here’s our first look at October’s LEGO® Ideas Release, 21371 Wallace and Gromit. Submitted by Pidelium as part of the 90s Throwback, the Next Chapter Challenge, this set captures the claymation essence of our titular heroes, as seen in A Close Shave. The builds of Jeff Friesen (@jeff_works on Instagram) are familiar to many LEGO Fans on Instagram: he has a certain style in the worlds he creates: whether Spaceships, Cities or Castles, his sense of line and colour is immediately recognizable. In his latest book - Building LEGO® Worlds - Create the Worlds You’ve Only Imagined (Nostarch Press, released August 2026) - he breaks down his process: from terraforming and landscaping, through to filling your new world with microscale life.

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