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Review: LEGO 21344 The Orient Express

November 26, 2023 By Jay Ong 11 Comments

All aboard the LEGO 21344 The Orient Express which rolls into LEGO Stores and LEGO.com on 1 December 2023. It’s the 52nd LEGO Ideas set, and features a detailed model of The Orient Express. I will preface this review by saying that I’m not a LEGO Train expert or even a fan, so I’m feeling… 

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Review: LEGO 10326 Modular Natural History Museum

November 4, 2023 By Jay Ong 15 Comments

In a surprise shakeup to the release of Modular Buildings, the latest set from the collection, 10326 Natural History Museum will release on 1 December 2023, instead of its traditional release slot on the 1st of January. The LEGO Modular Natural History Museum is also unique in other ways; it’s the biggest LEGO Modular ever… 

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Review: LEGO 40613 Mini Palace of Agrabah

October 20, 2023 By Jay Ong 3 Comments

It’s been a huge year for Disney fans, with LEGO pulling out all the stops to celebrate Disney’s 100th anniversary, and die-hard Disney devotees have been spoilt for choice. To pay homage to the classic animated film Aladdin, LEGO have decided to go small with 40613 Mini Palace of Agrabah, a pint-sized but utterly delightful… 

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Review: 40598 Gringotts Vault (GWP)

September 4, 2023 By Jay Ong 4 Comments

To celebrate the launch of 76417 Gringotts Wizarding Bank and 76419 Hogwarts Castle and Grounds, LEGO are running a Back to Hogwarts promotion, and one of the key offers 40598 Gringotts Vault gift with purchase (GWP). You can qualify for 40598 Gringotts Vault by spending over US$130 / AU$215 / £115 / €130 on LEGO Harry Potter sets… 

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Review: LEGO 60378 Arctic Explorer Truck and Mobile Lab

July 26, 2023 By Jay Ong Leave a Comment

August will see North America finally getting their hands on the LEGO City Summer 2023 sets, which means they’ll be able to enjoy the new LEGO City 2023 Arctic sets. After reviewing 60368 Arctic Explorer Ship and 60376 Arctic Explorer Snowmobile, I have 60378 Arctic Explorer Truck and Mobile Lab next on my list –… 

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Review: LEGO 71456 Mrs. Castillo’s Turtle Van

July 23, 2023 By Jay Ong 4 Comments

One of LEGO’s big launches in 2023 is LEGO DreamZzz, a brand new original theme that features some of the wackiest, and most fantastical designs ever seen that weaves in imagination and fun back into LEGO sets. LEGO DreamZzz is backed by an excellent animated TV series (available on Netflix, Prime Video and Youtube) which… 

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LEGO Technic's March 2024 is out of this world - l LEGO Technic's March 2024 is out of this world - literally!

Blown away by the futuristic take on Space. It has everything from education-focused builds like Planet Earth and Moon in Orbit, to a @nasa Mars Exploration Rover to an awesome VTOL Heavy Cargo Spaceship that's unashamedly LEGO Space!

So glad Technic have broken free from the shackles of reality and are going where theme has never gone before! 🚀

Hit the link in bio to see more and catch up on all the new 2024 sets revealed!

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CHECKMATE, FLAT EARTHERS! 🌏 Here's your very f CHECKMATE, FLAT EARTHERS! 🌏

Here's your very first look at 42179 Planet Earth and Moon in Orbit, a new Space-themed Technic set coming in March 2024!

It'll retail for €79.99.

🚀 Notice the Space strip on the side of the box? Pay close attention as 2024 is going to be all about Space! 👀 

Thanks to @jbspielwaren for the photos!

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More 2024 reveals underway! Here's your first look More 2024 reveals underway! Here's your first look at the LEGO Technic 42169 NROM McLaren Formula E Team, coming in March 2024!

Thanks to @jbspielwaren for the photos

#lego #technic #legotechnic #mclaren #neom #formulae #legonews #lego2024 #afol #legocars
Here's your first look at new LEGO Harry Potter se Here's your first look at new LEGO Harry Potter sets coming in March 2024!

That Owlery looks like a hoot! 🦉 

Thanks to @jbspielwaren for these!

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First look at 76285 Spider-Man’s Mask which will First look at 76285 Spider-Man’s Mask which will be released on 1 January 2024.

This will look so great next to the Venom and Carnage helmets! 

Thanks to @legocertifiedstores_anz for the photos! 

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2023 is going to be the biggest Advent Calendar Se 2023 is going to be the biggest Advent Calendar Season yet! 🎄

📅 We kick off the annual Jay's Brick Blog Advent Calendar countdown tomorrow on the blog.

This year, we're doing ALL of them! City, Friends, Marvel, Harry Potter and Star Wars, plus the Employee Gift Gingerbread House (on Instagram) 

Looking forward to counting down with regulars and newcomers alike!

#lego #christmas #legochristmas #adventcalendar #legoadventcalendar ##legostarwars #legocity #rlfm #reviews #legofriends #legomarvel #legoharrypotter #41758 #75366 #76267
The 2023 LEGO Employee Gift was delivered by the p The 2023 LEGO Employee Gift was delivered by the postman today and it's beautiful!

This is 4002023 Gingerbread House, a brick built LEGO Advent Calendar with 24 mini builds you can discover each day as you count down to Christmas!

As a member of the LEGO Ambassador Network, we are incredibly privileged to receive this set, and is something I look forward to each year as we close out the year.

No spoilers here, but I hope you can appreciate the great box and graphic design, and just how cool this LEGO Dots-adjacent set is!

I'll be sharing the builds daily here on Instagram (with a one day delay to prevent inadvertent spoilers), so keep an eye out!

Also 1 December is when we kick off the annual Jay's Brick Blog Advent Calendar countdown! Hope you're ready!

#lego #legochristmas #afol #legonews #legos #rlfm #christmas #rebuildtheworld
Here's a look at the Sapphire Star, the locomotive Here's a look at the Sapphire Star, the locomotive that pulls the @lego Orient Express!

Honestly, I think the Locomotive looks pretty good. In the flesh, it's much more attractive than LEGO's marketing photos and on the box art.

The boiler is a little short and stubby, and it looks plain from the front but there's plenty of nice details such as the gold and blue colour scheme, minions heads, gold pens and also NPU usage with the helicopter blades for the running board.

It's definitely not as impressive the original ideas submission, but with LEGO having to work with @orientexpress, many of the changes came at the behest of the IP partner, including the colour change.

That said, the Orient Express has never been about the locomotive (the carriages are the stars), but I think it's still a very fun build - just that the bar set by the original submission was too high!

Hit the link in bio to read my full review!

Special thanks to LEGO for sending this review copy over!

#lego #legonews #legoideas #theorientexpress #legoleaks #afol #legotrains #rlfm #reveals #21344 #rlfmdays #afol #reviews #legoreview #orientexpress
In case you were wondering, here's the @lego Orien In case you were wondering, here's the @lego Orient Express next to one of the most legendary trains ever, The Emerald Night! 

The Orient Express is satisfyingly large and the carriages are the star of the show, dwarfing The Emerald Night's singular carriage.

Special thanks to @ramblingbrick for loaning me The Emerald Night for this comparison!

Review copy provided by LEGO.

#lego #legotrains #legoideas #orientexpress #theorientexpress #afol #rlfm #reviews #21344
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