People of Chinese heritage around the world are currently celebrating the Lunar New Year – a 15-day long festival that marks the start of a new year in the Chinese calendar. Yesterday (12 February) was the first day of Chinese New Year (or today if you’re in the US!), where the festivities begin. Recognising the…
Review: LEGO 80106 Story of Nian
Following on from my review of the outstanding LEGO Spring Lantern Festival set, let’s take a look at the second set of the 2021 Chinese New Year LEGO sets – 80106 Story of Nian. LEGO have been on a great run of LEGO sets that revolve around Chinese Festivals and Chinese New Year, which is…
Review: LEGO 80107 Spring Lantern Festival
As we get ready to welcome 2021, the Western New Year isn’t the only thing that’s on the horizon – for those of us that live in Asia or have East Asian heritage, one of the biggest cultural holidays, Chinese New Year is fast approaching (on 12 February 2021). For the 3rd year running, LEGO…