Hello and welcome to another guest review by Greg McDonald from the For The Love of Brick podcast. Greg runs a fantastic LEGO podcast, where he interviews plenty of interesting guests from all across the LEGO spectrum. He recently interviewed brick artist Nathan Sawaya and yours truly. With the release of new 2021 Friends sets,…
From Scala and Belville to Friends and Elves: The evolution of LEGO themes marketed towards girls
Editor’s Notes: Today, the entire world celebrates International Women’s Day, a global event marking progress in the women’s rights movements and gender equality. I’ve got two articles planned for today, and this is the first – charting the evolution of LEGO themes and sets marketed towards girls, and another that will drop later tonight, so…
What big moves will LEGO make in 2021? Part 2 – More Diverse Minifigures
2021 is almost upon us, and there’s still time to peer into my LEGO crystal ball and try to get some predictions in on what LEGO might do in 2021. If you missed it, be sure to check out Part 1 of my predictions series, which focused on Entertainment. In Part 2, I’m predicting that…
Happy International Women’s Day! How far has female representation in LEGO sets progressed?
Today, the world observes International Women’s Day, a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women as well as marking a call to action to accelerate gender parity. Gender equality and parity is something that’s personally quite important to me, mostly because I’m raising a little girl, who I hope will be…
LEGO Friends Advent Calendar 2016
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…
LEGO reveals DC Super Hero Girls – super powered Minidolls!
Early this morning, LEGO unveiled one of their brand new themes for 2017 – DC Super Hero Girls! Yes, these are DC Super Heroes-themed minidolls. And yes, these are going to be fairly controversial among a certain subset of LEGO fans. And yes, I really dig these and can’t wait for them. DC Super Hero…
