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  • Welcome To The Slightly Revamped Rambling Brick

    Welcome To The Slightly Revamped Rambling Brick
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    I’ve just revamped our home page and archive page to improve your experience on both desktop and mobile platforms. It’s the first major revamp in a decade, and it’s been on the to-do list for a few years now. The blog was initially started one afternoon in 2016 after I bought a Nexo Knights set and thought, “Wow. That’s interesting. I have some things to say about this”  Three hours later, the blog was live. It was constructed on the fly using a free WordPress theme, and has received a few gentle nudges along the way. A year or three… READ MORE

  • REVIEW: 11513 Dark Flower Arrangement

    REVIEW: 11513 Dark Flower Arrangement
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      This has been a year of many and varied Botanical sets – with different sets covering potted plants, bouquet and event a small chance of woodland. The theme has brought us hit after hit over the past few years, but this set takes a different approach: bringing us a collection of previously seen flowers (and a couple of new ones) , with a darker colour palette. The 11513 Dark Flower Arrangement has just been released. It has has 562 pieces and is priced at $AUD99.99/ USD$59.99 / 59.99€ / £54.99. The LEGO Group sent a copy over for review:… READ MORE

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Not quite a 3 point turn… LEGO Botanicals have released hit after hit over the past 5 years. LEGO sent the 11513 Dark Flower Arrangement over for review. The set brings dramatic recolours to a few favorite flowers that we have seen before: the, tulip, and roses, along with dark leaves filling in the back. The set has around half the pieces of 2025’s Flower Arrangement, but is a bit more than half the price. Branko’s review of 42239 LEGO Technic Batmobile Tumbler is now live on the blog. It’s a brave new world when Branko reviews 43295 Jasmine’s jewelry box. It’s got fund storage and a fun play functioning, but will it replace music boxes of old? Branko has taken a look at these three LEGO technic sets in the latest review up on the blog. And so it begins. I guess I have properly started to put some thoughts together for my next MOC. “The Game” The LEGO® Icons Star Trek: U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701™ Bridge (11385) is available for pre-order from 23 July 2026, and for immediate purchase from 1 September 2026, priced at $AUD299.99 /£159.99 / €179.99 / $199.99 via LEGO.com/Star-Trek or your nearest LEGO Store. LEGO IDEAS 21369 The X-Files is a 1478 piece set with eight minifigures encompassing key scenes from the enduring TV Series.

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