After months of being in and out of stock, one of LEGO’s most elusive “small” sets, 40499 Santa’s Sleigh has now stocked online globally, albeit with purchase limits of 2 in most countries, and 5 in Australia. With Christmas and winter coming up, and Winter Village fans excited to start building/rebuilding their Christmas displays, Santa’s…
Monday Musings #6: Buy your LEGO early ahead of the 2021 holiday season
Welcome to another instalment of Monday Musings – a fortnightly(ish) series devoted to random musings on the LEGO hobby, community, my collection and beyond. In case you missed it, Monday Musings can be long-form, or short bursts of whatever strikes my fancy, and be more traditional “blog-type” content. You may have noticed that I’m doing…
Introducing the 2021 LEGO Winter village set – 10293 Santa’s Visit
The long-awaited LEGO Winter Village 2021 set has finally been revealed (a little early by LEGO Singapore) – 10293 Santa’s Visit, a quaint little Christmas set that’s due to arrive on 1 October 2021, with VIPs to get early access on 16 September 2021. UPDATE: I’ve just published my review of 10293 Santa’s Visit. Check…
Introducing the 2017 Winter Village set – LEGO 10259 Winter Village Station
There are a few things in life that are certain – death, taxes and a new LEGO Winter Village set each year. This year, much to my surprise, LEGO have unveiled 10259 Winter Village Station, a quaint holiday-themed set that is the perfect companion to 2016’s Winter Holiday Train! It kinda makes sense for LEGO…
Attending the LEGO Brickstameet – an Instagram meetup hosted by Fed Square
Last Saturday, I had the pleasure of attending Brickstameet, a LEGO-themed Instagram Meetup (aka Instameet) that was organised by the lovely folks at Federation Square and a couple of Melbourne’s most popular LEGO Instagrammers. ? Join @Brett_Wilson , @TheShortNews , @LLWorld & @CheepJokes (played by @CityLifeOfPieces) at @FederationSquare tomorrow for an Instameet! There will be a very…
Visiting the LEGO Christmas Tree at Federation Square, Melbourne
This has been a pretty great weekend. I finally got to visit the massive LEGO Christmas Tree at Federation Square, Melbourne and it was every bit as awesome as I expected it to be. I was pretty bummed that I wasn’t able to attend the launch on the 27th of November as I was overseas for…
