LEGO City has failed to appeal to me for the last few years. Apart from outlier sets like Fun in the Park and Service Station, the theme has been plagued by endless repetition – it mostly just feels like the same old Trucks, Police and Thieves and Firemen sets recycled year after year. This year, LEGO managed…
Review: LEGO 60132 Service Station
When LEGO revealed that they were releasing an Octan Service Station (better known as “servos” here Down Under) in 2016, I was pretty ecstatic. When I was younger, I had always wanted an Octan Gas Station (specifically 6397 Gas N’ Wash Express) but my parents never got around to buying me one. Enter 60132 Service Station,…
Review: LEGO 60036 Arctic Base Camp
Here’s a bit of a throwback – a review of one of my favourite modern LEGO City sets from 2014 – 60036 Arctic Base Camp. The set has proudly been on display in my study since 2014 but with a recent move coming up, I’m forced to dismantle and pack up most of my LEGO…
Review: LEGO 60095 – Deep Sea Exploration Vessel
One of the themes that I was most excited about in the second half of 2015 was the City Deep Sea Explorers subtheme. Following on from last year’s awesome Arctic subtheme, Deep Sea Explorers can be considered the spiritual successor to 1997’s Divers, which saw LEGO plunge into the world of marine biology and underwater exploration….
Review: LEGO City 60073 – Service Truck
The new 2015 LEGO City sets started showing up in Australian toy stores earlier this month. I took advantage of a Myer Buy 2 Get 1 Free sale to pick up some of the new vehicles at great prices, paying $20 each, which I think is the ideal price for these small vehicle sets. They’re…
Review: LEGO City 60034 Arctic Helicrane
I really love reviewing and photographing LEGO sets, and it’s been too long since my last set review which coincidentally was also from the Arctic theme (Arctic Ice Crawler). I constructed the Arctic Helicrane a few weeks ago, and it’s been sitting on my shelf ever since so I decided to put my Sunday to good…