Yesterday, LEGO unveiled the final LEGO Ideas set of 2022 – 21337 Table Football, which will be released on 1 November 2022. The 2,339-piece set packs an incredible amount of diverse minifigure options, but conversations about the set have been dominated by the set’s relatively high pricetag (US$249.99 / AU$379.99) and most contentious of all…
Interview with the LEGO Ideas Design Team and fan designer of 21335 Motorised Lighthouse
Now that the LEGO Ideas 21335 Motorised Lighthouse is now on sale, some of you might have already had the opportunity to put the set together, and marvel at one of the most unique LEGO sets yet. I had the opportunity to interview the design team that worked on the LEGO Motorised Lighthouse, as well…
LEGO makes it on Time magazine’s 100 Best Inventions of 2021
Time magazine has just unveiled its Best inventions of 2021 cover, celebrating 100 innovations changing how we live, featuring cutting-edge technology from disability-friendly hands-free sneakers, a supersonic plane, to Covid-19 vaccines. In a triumph for LEGO’s deep investment into Research & Development, in particular, in the area of sustainability – LEGO have been awarded a…
Review: LEGO 75309 UCS Republic Gunship
LEGO Ideas and Star Wars ran an interesting experiment in early 2020 – let the fans decide what the next LEGO Star Wars UCS set would be, pitting the various Star Wars sub-fandoms against each other. LEGO have now revealed the winning set for 2021 – 75309 UCS Republic Gunship which ran away with the…
First look at LEGO 75309 UCS Republic Gunship, which bears an unfortunate printing error
After months of teasing, and drip-feeding LEGO Star Wars fans with information, and the no-show at LEGO CON, I can now officially reveal 75309 UCS Republic Gunship in all its glory! The 3,292–piece Ultimate Collectors Series (UCS) set edged out two other models in the LEGO Ideas UCS Fan Vote reinging supreme with over 30,000…
Everything you need to know about LEGO’s recycled plastic prototype brick & sustainability efforts
Last week, LEGO unveiled the very first prototype 2×4 brick made from recycled plastic – a groundbreaking achievement and stepping stone towards LEGO’s eventual goal of using plant-based or recycled materials for all their elements by 2030. I was lucky enough to sit in on a roundtable where we got to speak to Tim Brooks,…
