The latest issue of Blocks, the LEGO magazine for fans, leads with a LEGO Queer Eye interview special. LEGO Vice President of Design Matthew Ashton reveals what went into the set’s design and Queer Eye star Bobby Berk talks about his LEGO experience.
Issue 84 is available worldwide as a single issue or as part of a subscription now and will be in UK stores from October 7. Subscribe today to be in with a chance of winning one of three 21329 Fender Stratocaster sets!
LEGO 10291 Queer Eye – The Fab 5 Loft focuses on subject matter covered before, making it the perfect moment to speak to the designer, Matthew Ashton , to share the full story of how it came to be. The feature is illustrated with never-before-seen minifigure development art. Bobby Berk, the Fab Five’s interior design guru, drops in to talk about his collaboration with Matthew.
The cover spot is taking by the LEGO Marvel Collectible Minifigures, based on the Disney+ streaming shows – Loki, What If…?, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and WandaVision. Inside there’s a review of this new collection of characters as well as other new Marvel sets.
Other reviews include 10290 Pickup Truck, 21329 Fender Stratocaster, 10291 Queer Eye – The Fab Five Loft and 10284 Camp Nou. Barcelona’s stadium also gets a guided tour from Design Specialist Rok Zgalin Kobe, who brought his Architecture know-how to the famous grounds.
Model Designer Chris McVeigh reveals how he got into the Christmas spirit to come up with 10295 Santa’s Visit, this year’s set in the Winter Village series.
If you’re nostalgic for airports and easy international travel, Blockstalgia heads back to Town and admires those amazing, baseplate heavy airports, before providing a step-by-step guide to building a modern version of 6536 Aero Hawk.
There’s plenty more besides in Blocks magazine’s 116 pages, including a guide to building minifigure scale sound systems, an investigation into clutch power, the 10 largest ever LEGO sets, tips on photographing minifigures on skis, everything you need to know about colour change sets and much, much more.
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