Here’s a message from Blocks magazine Editor Graham E. Hancock to our readers as the holiday kicks into high gear and we say goodbye to 2025.
Somehow Christmas has rolled around again! That means we have published another 12 issues of Blocks, the monthly magazine for LEGO fans, plus another entry in our Blocks Book of Retro LEGO Sets series.
I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that this has been the biggest year in the LEGO world yet. From the nostalgic fun of 10355 Blacktron Renegade to the impressive scale of 10365 Captain Jack Sparrow’s Pirate Ship, it has been an epic year full of truly impressive builds. As ever though, the fan community has surpassed anything that can be delivered in a product and showcased the true creative potential of the System, at events around the world and on online platforms where everyone can admire their ingenuity.
For the team at Blocks, that has given us a bigger challenge than ever before, as we aim to cover the LEGO hobby in a complete way, so all of our readers feel abreast of everything going on with the brick. Hopefully you have noticed that every 116-page magazine is packed with more exclusive content than ever before.
I’d like to say a massive thank you to everyone who has read the magazine during 2025 and an extra special thank you to our subscribers. As ever, if there is anything you want to see in the magazine or any feedback you want to share, please email me at graham@blocksmag.com (same email if you have writing or photography skills and want to get involved).
Amidst the AI slop that threatens to overrun the internet, there is some really engaging and fun content online. More than ever though, over the past year I have heard people talking about reducing their screentime. It’s not easy when our devices provide so many conveniences, but if you are spending hours of your week scrolling and then not even recalling what you were looking at, it’s hard to see it as a positive.
That’s where I believe that print material will always have a place and where Blocks fits into your LEGO life. Instead of FOMO inducing videos designed to create intrigue to increase your watch time, it’s a curated experience. There are sections, there are word counts, each page has been considered and balanced against the rest of the magazine.
If you sit down to read an issue for half an hour here, half an hour there, by the time you get to the end of it you will know more about the LEGO world, be inspired to be creative and be thinking about the brick in a slightly different way. You won’t forget how you spent the time or feel bad about leafing through it.
Having said all of that, we do have a goal to bring our style of LEGO content to online spaces and you have seen us start on that this year via our YouTube, Instagram and TikTok channels. If you can subscribe or follow us there that would be super helpful. These are new spaces for Blocks and we are just exploring what we can do with them, so do leave a comment on any of them and tell us what you would like to see us do – we want to add something new to the mix.
Those places will not replace the monthly magazine though; they are simply there to complement it and provide a bit of extra LEGO content between issues.
We have some exciting things planned for Blocks over the next few months, we have covers mapped out until May and some extra special issues that we have been discussing internally. On that note, if you haven’t picked up Blocks Book of Retro LEGO Sets Volume III yet, order a copy now – it’s entirely new content that has not been published before in the monthly magazine.
Although I am often presenting the magazine and talking about it, there is a talented team that I could not do this without; I’d like to acknowledge the brilliant people who make Blocks with me, as without them it couldn’t happen.
Daniel Konstanski, Ryan Everleth, Anthony Walker-Cook, Phil Wrighton, Geneva Durand, Dave Cartlidge, Kat Rees-Jauke, Will Tachick, Matt Chiles, Simon Pickard, Dimitri Nicomanis, Daniel Jamieson, George Chrysostomou and Sean Pervin are the dream team. Lorna Mansford and Keith Wood make sure the magazine looks the part every month thanks to their design know-how.
Then there’s also the Silverback Publishing crew who make Blocks possible behind the scenes, who do all of the complicated stuff – and the most important things; ensuring we go to print every month and that the magazine arrives with subscribers.
Last acknowledgements for this note – a Death Star sized thanks to all of the builders and photographers who put their trust in us to showcase their creations. We also appreciate the LEGO Group collaborating with us to support the work that we do.
Yes, 2025 has been a big one in the LEGO world, but I have a feeling 2026 will only be bigger. There are exciting prospects like LEGO Pokémon, developments worthy of scepticism like the Fifa agreement, anticipated moments like the release of LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight – and many surprises that are likely to come our way. Blocks will be there every step of the way and we’ve already kicked off with Issue 135, which you can order now.
Have a fantastic Christmas and New Year – I hope it involves some building.
Leg godt!
Graham E. Hancock
Editor
graham@blocksmag.com
