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…
A masterstroke of design – LEGO Typewriter Designers Q&A (RLFM Days 2021)
At LEGO’s Virtual RLFM Days 2021, we managed to get a very early preview of the newly announced LEGO Typewriter during an extended LEGO Ideas session where we got to hear from Samuel Johnson, Design Manager for LEGO Ideas, Design Master Wes Talbott and Designer James May, the latter two worked on bringing Steve Guinness’…
Forging the Medieval Blacksmith – Interview with LEGO designers Wes Talbott and Austin Carlson
Last week, I had the opportunity to participate in a virtual roundtable with the designers of the LEGO Medieval Blacksmith – Wes Talbott and Austin, Carlson along with 4 other Recognised LEGO Fan Media (RLFM) to chat about their latest set – 21325 Medieval Blacksmith. The Medieval Blacksmith is the first LEGO Ideas set of…
