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60473 The City Tower: Celebrating 20 years of LEGO City

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LEGO City Tower set (60473) featuring a vibrant multi-level building with a metro station, police and fire stations, a construction crane, a rooftop launchpad, and various vehicles and minifigures celebrating 20 years of LEGO City.

It was 2005 and the LEGO Group was in the process of turning away from near collapse and ruin. The Evergreen Town range had been out of development for a few years while licensed themes such as Star Wars and Harry Potter occupied the company’s mind (great ini the years a film was released, less so if it wasn’t). The closest thing to a ‘Real World’ town theme was LEGO World City. There were a smattering of fire craft, a train with station and engine shed, and an airplane done out in 13 different liveries. Nothing really felt complete, except for the police with their car, helicopter, truck and station (and some villains in a hovercraft as a separate set to boot). Had World City drifted a little too far from its roots? Were kids failing to relate to it? As the company underwent a ‘back to basics’ as part of its financial recovery, so too did World city get Revamped.

LEGO City: The City Tower set featuring a multi-level building with a train station, police and fire stations, a spaceship launchpad, and various minifigures, designed for children aged 8 and up.
An overhead view of the LEGO City: The City Tower set showcasing a multi-level structure, featuring a police station, fire station, and a metro station, along with various vehicles like a spaceship, police car, and construction crane. Seven minifigures are included, highlighting action-packed play possibilities.
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10360 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft revealed. This hit me smack bang in the childhood.

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Image of the LEGO 10360 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft set featuring a detailed replica of a Boeing 747 modified to carry the NASA Space Shuttle Enterprise, with promotional text overlay.

Growing up in the 1970s, the excitement of ongoing space exploration despite the end of the Apollo Program continued, particularly in the form of the Pioneer and Voyager probes exploring the outer solar system, as well as the Viking Lander on Mars. But things really go exciting for 8 year old me when I saw there were plans afoot for the Americans to return to a manned space program. My first glimpse of the Space Shuttle was likely a prototype model featured in The Encyclopaedia of Nature and Science (1974, R. Taylor Editor, Bay Books).

Today, the LEGO Group officially reveal their upcoming 10360 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft – depicting the modified 747 along with the prototype shuttle ‘Enterprise’. The set has 2419 pieces and will retail for $AUD349.99 / €229.99 / £199.99 / $USD229.99. It is due for release for LEGO Insiders on May 15th, 2025, and to all on May 18th.

LEGO Icons 10360 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft set featuring a Boeing 747 with the NASA Space Shuttle Enterprise mounted on top.
Box design for the LEGO Icons Shuttle Carrier Aircraft set featuring a detailed model of the Boeing 747 and NASA Space Shuttle Enterprise.
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New LEGO® Star Wars Sets Revealed for May Release.

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May is coming, and with that, International Star Wars Day: May the 4th (Be With You). There’s a lot going on, from nine new sets being revealed today, gifts with purchase revealed, Star Wars Celebration this weekend, and a New LEGO IDEAS Activity.

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Marvel Minibusts Revealed: 76327 Mk4 Iron Man &76326 Iron Spider

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Today, the LEGO Group officially revealed a new scale of superhero sculpture. Measuring around 17 cm high and a similar width, the details incorporated in these sculptures extend beyond the helmet, to incorporate a complete mini-bust, along with a representative minifigure. The Mk4 Iron Man, along with the Iron Spider, will be the first to appear in June and August, respectively. They will be priced at $AUD99.99/$USD59.99/€59.99/£54.99 – in a similar price bracket to the previous helmet/mask series, and are available to preorder in some markets. Let’s take a closer look…

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A Long Awaited Party: 10354 The Shire Revealed.

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Rumors have been floating around for months, and even an own goal scored by the LEGO Events team announcing a set-signing event in early April on the LEGO website a few weeks ago. Finally, we can show you 10354 The Shire.

This set brings us to Bag End and the location of Bilbo’s Party, as seen in the first part of the Fellowship of the Ring. With nine minifigures, including Bilbo, Frodo, Gandalf the Grey, Merry and Pippin, we also have a couple of new characters, including Rosie Cotton and the Proudfoots. The set has 2017 pieces and has a recommended retail price of $AUD399.99; €269.99 £229.99 $USD269.99. It will be released on April 2dn to LEGO Insiders, and available to all on April the 5th.

In this post, We’ll take a quick look at the set. Then I’ll bring some of my history with the Shire: from Discovering the Lord of the Rings, visiting the Hobbiton sets and building my version of Bag End a year or so before the official set was released in 2012. Then we’ll take a look at some photos of the set from the Fan Media Days in Billund last year, and hear some words from Kenyon Brady, one of the LEGO Designers who worked on the set. Finally, we will get to the official Press release, as well as details of the Gift with Purchase, available when the set will be released in early April.

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LEGO & The Pokémon Company International are teaming up in 2026: Gotta Catch ’em All!

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Exciting news for Pokémon trainers everywhere: Today, the LEGO Group and The Pokémon Company International announced a new multi-year partnership that will bring LEGO® Pokémon™ to fans for the first time from 2026.

Pokémon first debuted as a videogame in 1996 before being developed further as an animated series and trading card game. This partnership seems set to launch in time for the 30th anniversary year. While the world might not quite return to the lofty heights of the Pokémania of the early 2000s, the property now has a transgeneration fanbase – something to be enjoyed by adults and children alike, with many of the same nostalgic feels that come along when your childhood favourites obtain new lease of life in your adult years.

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Let’sa Go! 72037 (large scale) Mario & Standard Kart revealed

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Over the last couple of years, it has become increasingly common for a kid scaled version of a build to be matched up with an ICONS 18+. build, and this time it’s Mario’s turn. To celebrate March 10 (Mar10 day!), the LEGO Group and Nintendo have revealed a new large scale Mario build, complete with a Standard Kart from Mario Kart. The set has 1972 pieces and will be priced at $AUD250/ €169.99 / £139.99 / $USD169.99. It is due for release on May 15th 2025. The model measures 32cm long, 19cm wide and 22 cm high

It’s still March10 (Mar10 Day) in some parts of the world…

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New LEGO® Jurassic World Rebirth sets roaring soon, inspired by an all-new era in the Jurassic World franchise

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  With the latest episode in the Jurassic world Franchise arriving in cinemas in July 2025, the LEGO Group have revealed 6 playsets designed to tie-in with Jurassic World Rebirth. These sets are due for release in June 2025. You can check out my earlier survey of LEGO® Dinosaurs from across the years, here

We have a whole new cast of characters and brand new dinosaurs, including the Aquilops, Titanosaurus, and Spinosaurus, as well as a brick-built Mosasaur. Read on for more details and pictures.

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Re-Discover the Age of Dinosaurs with the New 76968 LEGO® Jurassic World Dinosaur Fossils: Tyrannosaurus rex

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Dinosaurs have a broad appeal, from the young to the old. Is it the scale? Is it the lure of the relatively unknown? Is it just because we really enjoyed being terrified by Jurassic Park, back in the day? Today we see the official reveal of the largest Jurassic World set to date: the 3145 piece Jurassic World Dinosaur Fossils: Tyrannosaurus rex (T.rex) set. This is the largest LEGO® Jurassic World set released to date and offers a challenging and rewarding building experience for fans. Featuring a detailed T. rex fossil skeleton, over 1m (more than 3 feet!) in length, this set is sure to impress both builders and collectors alike. The set will retail for $AUD399.99/€249.99/£219.99/$USD249.99

Seven year old me is very excited. Six year old me would have been excited, but not had the patience to consider such a project.

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I spent my weekend trying to recreate this Fabuland sticker from 71837 Ninjago City Workshops! Was it Worth it?

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In which I get distracted by nostalgic content included on a sticker in a Ninjago set I don’t have, do some colouring in, review 3265 Sandy Seagull’s Aeroplane and 3697 Flour Mill and Shop, do some figure matching and ultimately spend the weekend trying to reconstruct that sticker in photographic form. Will I succeed?

I’ve been a bit busy away from LEGO® bricks recently. While I have dodged much of the upcoming March Madness preview season, I also failed to mention that the 71837 Ninjago City Workshops is being released on March 1 2025. Had I mentioned this at the time that it was first announced, I would have also most certainly highlighted the fact that the set includes a Fabuland Reference: One of the panels includes a sticker that highlights several Fabuland Figures, a couple of Fabuland sets with the word ‘Fabuland’ plastered across the middle of the poster in Ninjago script. While I don’t have a review copy of the Ninjago Workshops, I do have quite few Fabuland figures and elements lying around the place; accumulated over the years from various sources. Let’s take a closer look at what’s featured in the sticker and see if we can recreate the view in real life.

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