40506: LEGO® Fabuland® Tribute. A love letter to fans of LEGO® Storytelling.

I was all aflutter last week when the 40506 LEGO Fabuland Tribute was revealed. The idea of enlarging Fabuland figures is familiar to me: after all, I am now twice as tall and twice as round as a 5 year old. While I have previously reimagined some of these characters as Brickheadz, the interpretation here is much closer to the original figures with regards to their shape and function. But is it work a trip to Billund to pick the set up?

Yes it is. The End.

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Why did I cry when I first saw this year’s LEGO House Exclusive set?

“Are you sitting comfortably? Then we’ll begin.”

It was the first day of Fan Media days 2024, and the team had us meet up at the LEGO House, where we were hearing about some of the upcoming plans. We made ourselves comfortable, while Stuart Harris, Master Builder at the LEGO house, sat in a chair next to a large black box with a question mark on it, opened a book, and spoke.

“It was a beautiful Spring Day in Fabuland and Edward Elephant was out in his garden…”

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