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Sneak peek at 2024 LEGO Friends sets!

November 8, 2023 By Jay Ong 11 Comments

A Finnish retailer has given us a sneak peek and preview of 5 upcoming 2024 LEGO Friends sets, including a massive set with the number 42639 featuring an incredibly modern (and fancy) mansion, with more of the original main characters making a return! We don’t have piece counts, thanks to a previous listing, we do… 

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Filed Under: News Tagged With: 42608 Mini Boutique, 42614 Vintage Fashion Store, 42620 Olly and Paisley’s Family Home, 42621 Heartlake City Hospital, friends, lego friends, lego friends 2024

New LEGO Offers and Promotions include 2x VIP Points for Mario Day, and return of Houses of the World 1

March 4, 2023 By Jay Ong 6 Comments

Right after the conclusion of the Moving Truck GWP, we now have a brand new set of offers for mid-March, including one that will make picking up 10316 Lord of the Rings: Rivendell, slightly more worth your while. Unfortunately, this also means that it doesn’t look like there’ll be an International Women’s Day gift with… 

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Filed Under: News Tagged With: 40583 Houses of the World 1, friends, gift with purchase, gwp, lego star wars, lego super mario, march 2023, mario day

Review: LEGO Polybags (First-Half of 2023)

February 21, 2023 By Jay Ong 10 Comments

I was at the Melbourne Legoland Discovery Centre over the weekend and stumbled upon a whole heap of new first half of 2023 LEGO Polybags on sale. I wasted no time picking most of them up, as I really enjoy polybags as impulse purchases and builds, and with the skyrocketing price of LEGO, I figured… 

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Filed Under: LEGO Reviews, Promotional Polybags Tagged With: 30633 Skate Ramp, 30634 Friendship Flowers, 30638 Police Bicycle Training, 30639 Dog Park and Scooter, 30641 Panda Bear, 30642 Creator Birthday Train, 30644 Vintage Car, 30646 Moana's Dolphin Cove, 30649 Ice Dragon Creature, 30654 X-Wing Starfighter, 30656 Monkey King Marketplace, creator, disney, friends, lego polybags, lego star wars, ninjago, polybag, polybags, promotional polybags, star wars

New LEGO Friends The Next Chapter animated series launch special now streaming on Youtube – my first impressions!

January 29, 2023 By Jay Ong 9 Comments

It’s a huge year for LEGO Friends, with all-new characters, all new sets, and also, an all-new animated series! Titled LEGO Friends: The Next Chapter, the first season will follow the everyday lives of Aliya, Autumn, Leo, Zac, Nova, Paisley, Olly, and Liann, new LEGO Friends main characters as they navigate their first year of… 

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Filed Under: News Tagged With: friends, heartlake city, lego 2023, lego friends, lego friends reboot, lego friends the next chapter, lego youtube, march 2023

Review: LEGO Friends 41732 Downtown Flower and Design Stores

January 10, 2023 By Jay Ong 6 Comments

It’s 2023, and amidst the deluge of exciting new sets lies a momentous milestone for LEGO, as it welcomes a whole new generation of LEGO Friends, essentially rebooting and refreshing the 10-year old theme with a new cast of characters, and an all-new look at Heartlake City. For the next few weeks, I’ll be diving… 

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Filed Under: Friends, LEGO Reviews Tagged With: 4/5, 41732 Downtown Flower and Design Store, friends, heartlake city, january 2023, lego, lego friends, lego friends 2023, lego friends reboot, liann, minidolls, olly, review

Review: LEGO 4002022 10 Years of Friendship (2022 LEGO Employee Gift)

December 13, 2022 By Jay Ong 3 Comments

Today’s a very special day, and I have a very special set to review – 4002022 10 Years of Friendship, an ultra-exclusive LEGO Employee Christmas gift set. If you’re unaware, LEGO creates special exclusive sets that are only available to LEGO Employees for Christmas, and each year there’s a specific milestone or anniversary celebrated that… 

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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
🎁 Having trouble buying the perfect gift for a 🎁 Having trouble buying the perfect gift for a LEGO fan who seems to have almost everything?

Buy them a vintage/used set from their childhood for Christmas! Satisfaction guaranteed 💯

What vintage set from your childhood would you love to see under the Christmas Tree?

#lego #christmas
Here's a look at the LEGO Marvel Taxi, a gift with Here's a look at the LEGO Marvel Taxi, a gift with purchase that you can only get if you purchase 76269 Avengers Tower from 24-27 November 2023, while stocks last.

As you can see, it comes in the yellow GWP boxes, and the elements are packed into a singular ziploc bag instead of the usual numbered plastic bag - this is typical for these yellow box GWPs as they are produced in very limited numbers and are packed by hand.

Thankfully the minifigures aren't exclusive, but it was a pleasant surprise that all the decorations are printed, including the license plate tile which has the Avengers Tower initials (AT) and set number printed on it.

It makes for a good companion to the taxi from the Daily Bugle, and whilst not absolutely necessary for the Avengers Tower, it's a decent enough bonus to reward those that buy it at launch.

You'll also be able to stack the Majisto's Workshop and Winter Market Stall GWPs, so it's a actually a really good time to order the Avengers Tower if it's on your wishlist.

Hit the link in bio to read my full review!

Special thanks to LEGO for sending this review copy over!

lego #avengers #marvel #legomarvel #mcu #minifigures #legominifigures #minifigs #legoreview #legonews #legos #legoleaks #reviews #rlfm #76269 #hulk #blackpanther #legogwp #blackfriday
(。◕▂ ◕。) You wouldn't like me when I'm k (。◕▂ ◕。) You wouldn't like me when I'm kawaii!

We get a brand new Hulk bigfig, which includes a wig for the bigfig head. This allows The Hulk to swivel and turn his head properly for the first time ever.

The new bigwig also makes for some fun combinations possible.

As a bonus, I've included a group photo with some of the other bigfig green Hulks.

Hit the link in bio to read my full review of all the Avengers Tower minifigures!

Special thanks to LEGO for sending this review copy over.

#lego #avengers #marvel #legomarvel #mcu #minifigures #legominifigures #minifigs #legoreview #legonews #legos #legoleaks #reviews #rlfm #76269 #hulk
Took a deep dive into all the minifigures from the Took a deep dive into all the minifigures from the @lego Avengers Tower, which launches on 24 November! 

With 29 minifigures, 1 Ant-man nanofigure and 1 Hulk bigfig, the set contains the most minifigures in a retail set!

There are a total of 15 exclusive figures which feature slightly updated designs, new characters like Alexander Pierce and Erik Selvig to dramatic upgrades like Vision and a new bigfig design for the Hulk.

It's definitely "the most Avengers" set ever in minifigure terms, but there's still a number of characters that are central to the forming of the Avengers like Agent Coulson, Happy Hogan or even Maria Hill.

Which characters would you have liked to see in this lineup? 

Hit the link in bio to see more!

Special thanks to LEGO for sending this review copy over.

#lego #avengers #marvel #legomarvel #mcu #minifigures #legominifigures #minifigs #legoreview #legonews #legos #legoleaks #reviews #rlfm #76269
LEGO and @bricklink have announced the short-liste LEGO and @bricklink have announced the short-listed designs of Bricklink Designer Program Series 3!

5 designs will now proceed into the next stage of production after the crowd voting phase, and preorders are expected to open in October 2024 for these sets!

- The Art of Chocolate by @brickester_
- Forest Stronghold by Krackenator
- Lost City by @letsgolegobrick
- Camping Adventures by thepresident14
- Harbormaster's Office by @richs_username

Hit the link in bio to learn more about the Bricklink Designer Program, and also key dates for Series 1, 2 and 3!

#lego #bricklink #legonews #afol #legomoc #legos #legodesign
Your reward for buying the @lego Avengers Tower at Your reward for buying the @lego Avengers Tower at launch.

Here's a look at the LEGO Marvel Taxi gift with purchase. It'll only be available from 24-27 November when you purchase the Avengers Tower.

As with all yellow-packaged GWPs, expect there to be limited quantities, especially as the Avengers Tower is looking to be a really popular set.

I wouldn't wait around if you are planning on picking up the Avengers Tower. Hopefully there'll also be a slew of other GWPs that you can benefit from as well.

Review to come soon!

Special thanks to LEGO for sending this review copy over!

#lego #lego2023 #legomarvel #marvel #avengers #mcu #legogwp #legonews #legoleaks #afol #legos
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LEGO's Cyber Monday sales are now live worldwide, but alas, there isn't too much to be excited about as many of the heavy-hitting sets and GWPs have sold out worldwide. Interestingly, Australia has some pretty decent deals, with 20-40% off LEGO exclusives and Brickheadz. Unless there's something really compelling, it's probably best to wait for December and for a new GWP/offer from LEGO! ... See MoreSee Less

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