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Review: LEGO 21029 Buckingham Palace

February 19, 2017 By Jay 3 Comments

I had such a good time reviewing 21032 Sydney that it made me quite eager to put another Architecture set together. 21029 Buckingham Palace is one of my “backlog” sets from last year which I never got around building because I had a baby around that time. Now that life at home has gotten back into… 

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Filed Under: Architecture, LEGO Reviews Tagged With: 2016, 21029, architecture, buckingham palace, lego, lego architecture, review

Jay’s Brick Blog Year In Review – 2016 Retrospective

January 9, 2017 By Jay 28 Comments

What a year 2016 has been! I can’t believe that 2016 has flown by, and no, I’m still not used to the fact that it’s 2017! For all the bad stuff that people associated with the year 2016, I actually had one of the best years ever – not just in terms of this LEGO… 

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LEGO Friends Advent Calendar 2016

December 1, 2016 By Jay 53 Comments

So this was a little random, but starting the 2016 Star Wars Advent Calendar this morning made me kinda regret not getting another one to go alongside it. One impulsive lunchtime shopping trip later, I’ve ended up with a 2016 LEGO Friends Advent Calendar to go along with my Star Wars countdown! If you’ve been reading… 

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Filed Under: Friends Tagged With: 2016, advent calendar, countdown, friends, friends advent calendar, lego, mailbox, minidolls, naomi, olivia

Review: LEGO 10254 Winter Holiday Train

November 30, 2016 By Jay 19 Comments

It’s going to be December tomorrow, which officially marks the start of the festive season! Hurray! One of the things I look forward to the most each year is assembling the year’s Winter Village LEGO set. Last year, LEGO re-released the Winter Toy Shop which received mixed reactions from LEGO fans. For 2016’s Winter Village set, we… 

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Filed Under: Creator Expert, LEGO Reviews Tagged With: 10254, 2016, christmas, christmas train, creator expert, lego, review, seasonal, train, winter holiday train, winter village

Here are the winners of the 2016 Halloween Costume contest!

November 1, 2016 By Jay 9 Comments

Hope you had a blast at Halloween yesterday! I certainly had a great time yesterday. It’s now time to announce the winners of the 2016 Halloween Costume Contest! Once again, I was blown away by the entries that came in. It seemed like you guys had a ton of fun with dressing up your minifigs… 

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Filed Under: Giveaway Tagged With: 2016, giveaway, halloween, series 16

Halloween 2016 Giveaway – Win a set of Series 16!

October 26, 2016 By Jay 9 Comments

Halloween is less than a week away! We organise a huge Halloween party at my workplace – so this holiday is something I look forward to each year! Last year’s Halloween Giveaway was a smashing success, so I’ve decided to run another this year! I was blown away by all the great entries last year and I… 

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Lots of stickers, lots of teeth and not enough Sym Lots of stickers, lots of teeth and not enough Symbiote tendrils.

My early review of 76199 Carnage is now live on the blog, hit the link in bio to read, or swipe through the gallery to see more photos!

If you enjoy LEGO’s Helmet collection, or are a big Carnage/Spider-Man fan Carnage will be a no-brainer addition to your collection.

With all my helmets currently on display, Carnage is the ones that stands out the most, in a good way, and I like that they’re expanding Marvel’s helmet collection.

I do think that there’s a wasted opportunity here with the lack of tentacles, or Symbiote tendrils sticking out from the back. I know it will technically break the Helmets’ style and design language, but for a character like Carnage, it feels like a massive miss to not have anything stick out.

Will you be picking up 76199 Carnage?

#LEGO #carnage
Hope you're having a Hoppy Easter 🐰 Hope you're having a Hoppy Easter 🐰
🚨 BREAKING: Effective immediately, the LEGO Gro 🚨 BREAKING: Effective immediately, the LEGO Group announced that it would be strengthening its commitment to Child Safety and Safe Play by mandating that proof of age identification be presented when purchasing all 18+ adult-focused sets, online or at LEGO Brand Retail Stores.

LEGO sets being purchased by adults have quadrupled in the last year compared to a decade ago, as adults flock towards the LEGO brick, a trend that was accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic.

To prevent these 18+ sets from falling into the wrong and age-inappropriate hands, The LEGO Group will now require its customers to provide the following proof of age documents: driver’s license, passport, social security card (USA) or any other valid government-issued form of identification.

“At the LEGO Group, child safety is our number one priority” says Søren Christiansen, Senior Child Safety Compliance Officer.

“Following complaints from parents, we cannot afford to expose impressionable children or teenagers to adults-only sets like Winnie the Pooh. The LEGO 18+ label has allowed us to broaden our product portfolio and explore adult-themes like 123 Sesame Street, which would be highly inappropriate for children.”

Hit the link in bio to learn more
Did you know a group of sharks is called a Shiver Did you know a group of sharks is called a Shiver of Sharks? 🦈 🥶

That'd also coincidentally make a great #LEGOVidiyo band name!
Channelling my inner Kylo Ren - my Darth Vader shr Channelling my inner Kylo Ren - my Darth Vader shrine is coming together quite nicely.

#LEGO #LEGOstarwars #darthvader
New review up on the blog! Check out the new @LEGO New review up on the blog! Check out the new @LEGO Darth Vader and Scout Trooper helmets!

Hit the link in bio to read my review! 

Really loving the #LEGOStarWars helmet collection expanding - they make for such eye-catching display models that don't take up much space.

Can you guess which one of these 2 are my favourites?
Love it when @lego Bricks and Pieces orders arrive Love it when @lego Bricks and Pieces orders arrive!
🚀 LEGO continues to nurture its partnership wit 🚀 LEGO continues to nurture its partnership with NASA to reinvigorate interest in space exploration with the all-new 10283 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery, launching into the your collection on 1 April 2021 – no, not an April’s Fools joke!

This ode to NASA’s Space Shuttle program is meant to commemorate the original @NASA STS-31 mission, over 30 years ago, which launched the Hubble Telescope – capturing images of our universe, to help us understand more about the great beyond.

Coming in at 2,354-pieces, the @LEGO Space Shuttle Discovery will be released globally on 1 April 2021 for US$199.99 / AU$299.99 and will be available exclusively from LEGO.com and your local #LEGO store.

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I reviewed the new #LEGOVIDIYO Bandmates Series 1! I reviewed the new #LEGOVIDIYO Bandmates Series 1! 🎵

Hit the link in bio to read the full review

They’re not the main characters in this wacky new #Vidiyo world, and most of the minifigure designs show – while I do like the cohesive musical-theme that these characters are based off, and the wild colours, I was left wanting a little more.

What did surprise me was just how much I liked the Beatbits. The artwork and design prowess that has gone into them are just sublime, and I love that we get to see the talents of LEGO’s Graphic Design team put to excellent use with these quirky LEGO takes on physical media.
Overall, I have mixed feelings about Bandmates series 1. 

It’s crystal clear that @LEGO funelled the most unique and promising designs into the more expensive Beatboxes (for $$$), and a lot of the characters here just feel like an afterthought.

That said, there are some gems such as the Ice Cream Saxophonist, Shark Singer and Genie Dancer, and while the animal minifigures don’t do it for me, they might bother other fans less.
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