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42172: LEGO TECHNIC McLaren P1 1:8 Supercar officially revealed.

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It’s the middle of an even year, and at this time, for the last eight years, we have seen the reveal of a new 1:8 scale supercar in the LEGO Technic Range. These sets have been associated with a challenging build experience and magnificent packaging. Previously, we have seen releases involving collaboration between the Technic Team and the engineers at

  • Porsche
  • Bugatti
  • Lamborghini
  • Ferrari

This year, the tradition continues with the results of a collaboration between the LEGO Groups and McLaren Automotive to create a 1:8 scale LEGO Technic 42172 Mclaren P1.

Decked out in bright yellowish orange/flame orange, this 3893 piece model measures 59cm long, 25 cm wide and 14 cm high. It will be available on August 1 2024, from LEGO .com and LEGO stores. It will be priced at €449.99 / £389.99 / $449.99 / 589.99 CAD / 699.99 AUD.

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You’re gonna need a bigger bookshelf! 21350 LEGO® Ideas JAWS officially revealed.

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 The northern summer of 1975 was unlike any that had come before. There was a terrifying phenomenon never before seen: the cinema release that was so popular that people would queue up around the block to see it—the literal Block Buster. Forty-nine years ago last month, Jaws was released upon a population of unsuspecting holiday beachgoers!

The 1497-piece LEGO® set based on the 1975 summer blockbuster JAWS was designed by LEGO fan Johnny Campbell, and features characters Martin Brody, Matt Hooper and Sam Quint as minifigures, aboard the Orca boat – plus the shark, which can be displayed in its entirety OR with just the front half of the body, preparing to make a tasty snack of the fishing boat, ORCA.

The LEGO® Idea JAWS set will be available for LEGO Insiders from 3rd August 2024 and for all from 6th August 2024. It will be priced at €149.99 / 129.99 GBP/ $149.99/249.99 AUD/1399 CNY/199.99 CAD/3999 MXN.

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New Botanicals: Bringing elegance on a budget

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In recent years, one of the most successful of the LEGO Group’s adult-focused subthemes has been the Botanical Collection. Featuring an unprecedented amount of neat parts usage while keeping the pricepoint reasonably affordable, this theme has captured a new audience for the building brick. To say nothing of the increased cries of “That’s not LEGO®!” when people come and look at the display shelves. Today, the company officially unveiled the latest two sets in this series LEGO®Chrysanthemum (10368) and the LEGO® Plum Blossom set (10369). These two sets take the aesthetic sensibilities of the Orchid and Bird of Paradise and shrink them down to a sub-$USD30 ($AUD50) pricepoint!

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77092 LEGO® The Legend of Zelda™ Great Deku Tree Revealed

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Ever since the LEGO-Nintendo collaboration was announced years ago, fans have been calling for representation from the Legend of Zelda franchise. Today, the LEGO Group revealed the LEGO® The Legend of Zelda™ Great Deku Tree 2-in-1 Set, an epic homage to an iconic character in Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda™ series.

The 2-in-1 LEGO set is a brick-built recreation of the character, which can either be built as the Great Deku Tree from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time or from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

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10333 Barad-Dûr Revealed; New Minifigures;$450USD; Speculation…

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In which the latest LEGO® Lord of the Rings set is revealed, some minifigures are updated (while others are not) and I try not to feel too bad about the cost.

JRR Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings is a timeless classic of epic fantasy and world building. I was introduced to the work back in 1981, when the BBC’s radio drama was broadcast over 26 half hour episodes on a Sunday Morning. I probably only ever discovered it because the NPR dramatisation of Star Wars finished the previous week. That version of the story missed some of the same bits as Peter Jackson’s cinematic adaptation from the early days of the century. While the action of the narrative swirled across middle earth, there is one location that might be considered core to the drama, but never visited by the story tellers Point of View: The Darks Lord’s Tower, Barad-dûr.

And while MOCs have been produced over the years in a variety of scales, from the tabletop to the major installation, the LEGO Group have never produced a model kit of the Dark Tower of Mordor. Until now.

This 5471 piece set will be available from June 1st 2024, priced at €459.99 / £399.99/ $USD459.99/$AUD699.99 /$CAD599.99 /10999 MXN. On release it will be a LEGO exclusive – only through LEGO and LEGO Certified stores. I will come and revisit that price later in this post, and explain why I don’t think it is totally outrageous.

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Icons of Paris: Notre Dame and Mona Lisa revealed

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A few years ago, if you were visiting Paris for the first time, there were two things many tourists would try to fit in: one would be a trip to the Louvre to see the Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece, which never fails to astound first time views by just how small it is; and as visit to Notre Dame Cathedral. Or at least it was before the fire in 2019. With the cathedral’s restoration on track to be completed at the end of 2024, tourists will again be able to visit the medieval church.

With this in mind, the LEGO Group today revealed two new products to help bring the magic of Paris closer to home for builders. Fans can start building their very own art collection with the LEGO® Art Mona Lisa or choose to be captivated by the majestic LEGO® Architecture Notre-Dame de Paris set. 

These two global icons of Paris have been unveiled to celebrate the rich heritage and history of the French capital, which has an exciting and packed year ahead and will be available for pre-order on 7th May.

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We Talk to Graham E Hancock, author of LEGO®Star Wars: The Force of Creativity

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One of the cornerstones of the LEGO® Star Wars 25th Anniversary celebration is the release of the art book ‘The Force of Creativity.’ Written by editor of Blocks Magazine, Graham E. Hancock, the book promises to be “The ultimate treat for yourself or a Star Wars gift for a fellow fan,” but priced at $AUD239.99/USD149.99/£129.99, a lot of people have expressed reservations at making the investment, particularly for a book that is essentially unseen at the time it goes for sale on LEGO.com.

I got to know Graham when attending the LEGO Fan Media Days in Billund a few years ago, so I thought I’d give him a call in order to find out a bit more about what might find inside…

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New LEGO® Space sets with an Adult Focus Revealed

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As we have previously discussed, 2023 has been the most wonderful year for LEGO® Space fans – from City and Friends sets that are out of this world, Technic sets adding a bit of realism and a set of Collectable Minifigures just around the corner (if you are in the rest of the world – May 1) or a little further away if you are in Australia (1 June). While some might be anxiously awaiting some classic spaceships reimagined with parts and techniques of the 2020s (at this point, I only have hopes and dreams and not even a reliable rumour to hang my hat on). But, once the dust settles on Star Wars, we will be seeing two new sets with an adult focus launch on the scene: one for fans of Space Travel and one for fans of art and astronomy: 10341 LEGO ICONS NASA Artemis Launch System [3601 Pieces; AUD449.9/ €259.99 / £219.99/USD259.99] and 31212 LEGO® Art The Milky Way Galaxy [3091 Pieces; AUD299.99/ €199.99/ £169.99/ USD199.99]

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May the Fourth Be With You: 25th Anniversary of LEGO Star Wars brings TIE Interceptor and More.

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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.

7181 from 2000. The First Ultimate Collector Series set.
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You can read More about all of the new releases, including the GWPs below

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Supersized sets announced. First up : Minion Tim.

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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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